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Lament (The Ghost House Saga)
by Alexandra AdornettoFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Halo trilogy comes a beautiful and powerful new novel. Alex is more real than anyone I've ever known. And him being dead...really doesn't change a thing. After the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy again starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a child. Spending time at her grandmother's country estate in England is Chloe's chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that trouble her. Until she meets a mysterious stranger... Alexander Reade is 157 years dead, with secrets darker than the lake surrounding Grange Hall and a lifelike presence that draws Chloe more strongly than any ghost before. But the bond between them awakens the vengeful spirit of Alexander's past love, Isobel. And she will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who threatens to take him from her. To stop Isobel, Chloe must push her developing abilities to their most dangerous limits, even if it means losing Alex forever...and giving the hungry dead a chance to claim her for their own.
Lana's World: Let's Have A Parade! (Green Light Readers)
by Erica Silverman Jess Jess GoldenUnable to interest her parents, her brothers, or even her dog in having a parade in the rain, Lana lines up her toys in the hallway and is soon leading the parade of her dreams.
Landmark Roses: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #7)
by RafterElsie Nuefeld loves to sit on her porch and watch the children grow in the Mennonite community near Landmark, MB. Returning to the area after moving to Paraguay for a time, Elsie is happy to be living on the wild rose dotted prairie of south-eastern Manitoba. Her granddaughters are growing up and getting married, it's an exciting time. If you enjoyed Tricia Goyer's The Kissing Bridge you'll love Landmark Roses.
Landscape As Urbanism: A General Theory
by Charles WaldheimIt has become conventional to think of urbanism and landscape as opposing one another--or to think of landscape as merely providing temporary relief from urban life as shaped by buildings and infrastructure. <P><P>But, driven in part by environmental concerns, landscape has recently emerged as a model and medium for the city, with some theorists arguing that landscape architects are the urbanists of our age.
Landscape in Children's Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)
by Jane Suzanne CarrollThis book provides a new critical methodology for the study of landscapes in children's literature. Treating landscape as the integration of unchanging and irreducible physical elements, or topoi, Carroll identifies and analyses four kinds of space — sacred spaces, green spaces, roadways, and lapsed spaces — that are the component elements of the physical environments of canonical British children’s fantasy. Using Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising Sequence as the test-case for this methodology, the book traces the development of the physical features and symbolic functions of landscape topoi from their earliest inception in medieval vernacular texts through to contemporary children's literature. The identification and analysis of landscape topoi synthesizes recent theories about interstitial space together with earlier morphological and topoanalytical studies, enabling the study of fictional landscapes in terms of their physical characteristics as well as in terms of their relationship with contemporary texts and historical precedents. Ultimately, by providing topoanalytical studies of other children’s texts, Carroll proposes topoanalysis as a rich critical method for the study and understanding of children’s literature and indicates how the findings of this approach may be expanded upon. In offering both transferable methodologies and detailed case-studies, this book outlines a new approach to literary landscapes as geographical places within socio-historical contexts.
Landscape with Invisible Hand
by M. T. AndersonWhen the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth -- but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really be called an invasion when the vuvv generously offered free advanced technology and cures for every illness imaginable? As it turns out, yes. With his parents' jobs replaced by alien tech and no money for food, clean water, or the vuvv's miraculous medicine, Adam and his girlfriend, Chloe, have to get creative to survive. And since the vuvv crave anything they deem "classic" Earth culture (doo-wop music, still-life paintings of fruit, true love), recording 1950s-style dates for the vuvv to watch in a pay-per-minute format seems like a brilliant idea. But it's hard for Adam and Chloe to sell true love when they hate each other more with every passing episode. Soon enough, Adam must decide how far he's willing to go -- and what he's willing to sacrifice -- to give the vuvv what they want.
Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem Renaissance (African-American Biographies)
by Christine M. HillSurveys the private life and literary accomplishments of the writer whose varied works reflect the traditions, feelings, and experiences of African Americans.
Language Alone: The Critical Fetish of Modernity
by Geoffrey Galt HarphamHow did the concept of language come to dominate modern intellectual history? In Language Alone, Geoffrey Galt Harpham provides at once the most comprehensive survey and most telling critique of the pervasive role of language in modern thought. He shows how thinkers in such diverse fields as philosophy, psychoanalysis, anthropology, and literary theory have made progress by referring their most difficult theoretical problems to what they presumed were the facts of language.Through a provocative reassessment of major thinkers on the idea of language-Saussure, Wittgenstein, Derrida, Rorty, and Chomsky, among them-and detailed accounts of the discourses of ethics and ideology in particular, Harpham demonstrates a remarkable consensus among intellectuals of the past century and beyond that philosophical and other problems can best be understood as linguistic problems. And furthermore, that a science of language can therefore illuminate them. Conspicuously absent from this consensus, he shows, is any consideration of contemporary linguistics, or any awareness of the growing agreement among linguists that the nature of language as such cannot be known.Ultimately, Harpham argues, the thought of language has dominated modern intellectual history because of its singular capacity to serve as a proxy for a host of concerns, questions, and anxieties-our place in the order of things, our rights and obligations, our nature or essence-that resist a strictly rational formulation. Language Alone will interest literary critics, philosophers, and anyone with an interest in the uses of language in contemporary thought.
Language Arts Assessments: Literature & Comprehension, Writing Skills (Book 1)
by Literature Comprehension Writing Skills<P>Literature & Comprehension <P>Semester Review and Checkpoint <P>Writing Skills <P>Critical Skills Practice
Language Duel/ Duelo del Lenguaje
by Rosario Ferré"English and Spanish have been at war since Queen Elizabeth sank King Felipe's Spanish Armada in 1588," Rosario Ferré writes in the title poem of Language Duel; "Language carries with it all their fire and power." She explores this tension throughout this explosive collection, which plays with the sensual differences between the languages and lays bare many of the complications facing an increasingly bilingual America. In these poems, Miami is celebrated as a modern Tower of Babel and a place where the layers of history are particularly palpable. Wave after wave of conquerors wash across the Americas. A well-dressed Latino businessman inadvertently reveals his roots at the Ritz when someone steps on his foot, eliciting a profanity--in Spanish. Intimate snapshots capture the nameless heroism of homeless men, the exuberance of a child's affection for her hometown, and memories of lovers. "El español y el inglés han estado en guerra desde que la Reina Isabel hundió la Armada Invencible en el 1588", escribe Rosario Feré en "Duelo del lenguaje", el poema que da el título a esta colección; "los lenguajes llevan con sigo todo su fuego y poderío". Ferré explora las tensiones entre lenguas y culturas a través de esta colección de carácter controversial, que señala muchos de los dilemas a los que se enfrenta hoy una América cada vez más bilingüe. Estos poemas celebran tanto la antiquísima ciudad San Juan como las metrópolis más modernas: Miami, Nueva York, WDC. Pasado y presente, historia y sociedad se mezclan con una inmediatez sorprendente. Ola tras ola de conquistadores estalla sobre Norte América; un hombre de negocios bien vestido inesperadamente revela sus raíces cuando alguien le da un pisotón en el elevador del Ritz y suelta una maldición. Fotos instantáneas de los deambulantes que se desplazan por las calles de la capital, el cariño exuberante que siente un niño por su ciudad natal, los amantes cuya memoria perdura en el recuerdo, el rumor de la lluvia en el patio de atrás, que lava el remordimiento: he aquí algunos de los temas a la vez poéticos y cotidianos que se recogen en este libro.
Language, Identity and Diversity in Picturebooks: An Aotearoa New Zealand Perspective
by Nicola DalyThis book presents a range of perspectives on the way language, diversity, and identity are reflected in New Zealand children’s literature, based on the published research of Nicola Daly, an associate professor in the Division of Education of the University of Waikato, and her colleagues.The book is organised into two sections. The first section examines the use of Te Reo Māori and English in the text of New Zealand picturebooks, exploring the linguistic landscape of Māori-English bilingual picturebooks. The second section, The Pedagogical Potential of Picturebooks, explores how picturebooks featuring Māori, English, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), and Pacific languages reflect identity and support diversity in society. Research from several educational contexts, ranging from kindergarten to university, where picturebooks are used to support learning language and learning about language is also discussed. Themes of language, identity, and diversity are explored throughout the two sections and brought together in the concluding chapter’s discussion of the power of picturebooks.This book will be of interest to scholars in children’s literature and education; it may also be relevant to scholars in linguistics library and information studies, cultural studies, and media and communication studies.
Lanterns in the Sky (The Starlight Chronicles #1)
by P. S. MalcolmThe first book in P. S. Malcolm's The Starlight ChroniclesEverything was normal for Lucy Maisfer until the day a star fell from the sky and knocked her out. Upon waking, she comes face-to-face with Jason Woods, who also happens to be the mysterious new guy in her best friend, Valarie's, life. Then the strange dreams begin, and she learns about the Starlight Princess— who must not under any circumstance be reawakened. Driven to uncover the meaning of it, she finds herself caught up in a strange twist of events that eventually lead to bigger danger than she ever anticipated. Before long, Lucy is forced to make a choice between saving the world, or saving her best friend; only to discover that Valarie cannot be saved... that she has an even darker secret, and that her supposed star-crossed romance with Jason might not be so destined after all...
Lark (Family Tree #4)
by Sally WatsonSet in seventeenth-century England under Cromwell, Sally Watson's LARK combines historical intrigue with romantic adventure in the high-spirited tale of a young girl who escapes from her uncle's stolid Puritan family. The daughter of Royalists exiled to France, thirteen-year-old Lark finds the prospect of marrying her cousin Will-of-God so distasteful that she decides to flee to the home of her sister in Scotland. On the way, she meets young James Trelawney, a Royalist spy whose annoyance with her slowly turns into concern and companionship as the two experience many harrowing, and occasionally humourous adventures. An unexpected encounter with Will-of-God, and a battle in which James is seriously wounded, finally lead the pair to refuge with a band of colourful Gypsies.
Lark Ascending (The Skylark Trilogy #3)
by Meagan SpoonerThe thrilling conclusion to The Skylark Trilogy: Revolution is brewing in the city within the Wall. The city stands divided, and war is imminent. The rebels need a leader. After months beyond the Wall, Lark returns with Oren by her side, prepared to overthrow the Institute once and for all. But Lark's triumphant homecoming is short-lived when another leader emerges to unite the rebels: Eve, a mysterious Renewable. Lark wonders if Eve's powers will bring them strength—or bring humanity's final downfall.
Lark and Kasim Start a Revolution
by Kacen CallenderFrom National Book Award-winner Kacen Callender, a contemporary YA that follows Lark's journey to speak the truth and discover how their own self-love can be a revolution. <p><p> Lark Winters wants to be a writer, and for now that means posting on their social media accounts--anything to build their platform. When former best friend Kasim accidentally posts a thread on Lark's Twitter declaring his love for a secret, unrequited crush, Lark's tweets are suddenly the talk of the school--and beyond. To protect Kasim, Lark decides to take the fall, pretending they accidentally posted the thread in reference to another classmate. It seems like a great idea: Lark gets closer to their crush, Kasim keeps his privacy, and Lark's social media stats explode. But living a lie takes a toll--as does the judgment of thousands of Internet strangers. Lark tries their best to be perfect at all costs, but nothing seems good enough for the anonymous hordes--or for Kasim, who is growing closer to Lark, just like it used to be between them . . . In the end, Lark must embrace their right to their messy emotions and learn how to be in love.
Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space
by Philip ReeveArthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman is on his way to visit, a Mr Webster. Visitors to Larklight are rare if not unique, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they discover when their guest arrives, and a Dreadful and Terrifying (and marvellous) adventure begins. <p><p>It takes them to the furthest reaches of Known Space, where they must battle the evil First Ones in a desperate attempt to save each other - and the Universe. Recounted through the eyes of Art himself, Larklight is sumptuously designed and illustrated throughout.
Las Brujas (Colección Alfaguara Clásicos #Volumen)
by Roald DahlLas brujas es una historia de Roald Dahl, el gran autor de literatura infantil. Las brujas de todo el mundo, bajo la apariencia de mujeres corrientes, están celebrando su Congreso Anual. Han decidido aniquilar a todos los niños sirviéndose de un ratonizador mágico. ¿Conseguirán vencerlas el protagonista de esta historia y su abuela? Más de 12 millones de ejemplares vendidos en el mundo.
Las Lágrimas de Shiva (Periscopio)
by César Mallorquí del Corral Paco Giménez Ortega SantosEn cierta ocasión, hace ya mucho tiempo, vi un fantasma. Sí, un espectro, una aparición, un espíritu; lo puedes llamar como quieras, el caso es que lo vi. Ocurrió el mismo año en que el hombre llegó a la Luna y, aunque hubo momentos en los que pasé mucho miedo, esta historia no es lo que suele llamarse una novela de terror. --Todo comenzó con un enigma: el misterio de un objeto muy valioso que estuvo perdido durante siete décadas. Las Lágrimas de Shiva, así se llamaba ese objeto extraviado. A su alrededor tuvieron lugar venganzas cruzadas, y amores prohibidos, y extrañas desapariciones.--Hubo un fantasma, sí, y un viejo secreto oculto en las sombras, pero también hubo mucho más.
Las Manzanas del Sr. Peabody
by Loren Long MadonnaEste libro está inspirado en un cuento de casi 300 años de antigüedad que me contó mi maestro de Kabbalah. El cuento vivió en mí durante mucho tiempo y, cuando empecé a escribir cuentos para niños, decidí que en uno de ellos transmitiría su esencia.
Las alas del tiempo (Guardianes del destino #Volumen 1)
by Karen P. Sánchez¿Qué ocurre si te enamoras de un ángel? Nadie lo sabe. La gente ya no cree en ellos. Y menos aún se oye a alguien contar haber visto a uno a lo largo de una vida... Amaya lleva toda su vida viviendo en un pueblo costero. Le encanta vivir junto al mar y poder pasar tantas tardes como le plazca en la playa, salir en barco a explorar la costa junto a su hermano y encontrarse a sus vecinos al pasear. Todo es perfecto, más cuando está a punto de acabar el instituto y entrar en la universidad. Sin embargo, a veces los hilos del destino juegan sus cartas y no siempre se despliegan a nuestro favor. Tras un día navegando, el hermano de Amaya enferma de forma repentina y fallece, y esta cae en una profunda depresión, dejando de lado los estudios y abandonando su sueño de viajar por el mundo. Cuando ya casi va a hacer un año de la muerte de su hermano, las cosas comienzan a cambiar. Un misterioso forastero llega al pueblo. Con Darío la pena de Amaya parece amainar, recordando lo que era tener a alguien en quien poder confiar. Pero Darío guarda un secreto. Uno que podría romper a Amaya en mil pedazos. Porque, para empezar, él no es una persona cualquiera... Dos corazones de mundos diferentes se enfrentarán a las leyes del tiempo y el destino. ¿Podrá el amor ser más fuerte que cualquier secreto?
Las auténticas princesas (Destripando la historia #Volumen)
by Rodrigo Septien Alvaro Pascual¡Descubre el próximo libro de «Destripando la historia»! ¿Sabías que las princesas que crees conocer tienen los orígenes más locos y sorprendentes? ¿Te imaginas lo fascinantes que pudieron llegar a ser las vidas de algunas de las princesas de la historia? ¿Y que hay cuentos tan extraños y alocados que nadie te los ha contado nunca? Este libro te desvela, te descubre y te destripa las historias de las princesas más fascinantes que jamás se han contado. ¡Con contenido inédito, nuevas princesas y las ilustraciones desternillantes de las famosas canciones de «Destripando la historia»!
Las aventuras de Finn en Bocanegra: . (Las aventuras de Finn en Bocanegra #Volumen 1)
by Shane HegartyDescubre la serie «Las aventuras de Finn en Bocanegra», una serie monstruosamente divertida y llena de acción. Amenazada por la invasión de unas criaturas mágicas llamadas «leyendas», la aldea Bocanegra cuenta con la protección de la familia de Finn, probablemente el cazador más incompetente que ha existido nunca. A sus doce años ha sido incapaz de realizar aún las tres capturas obligadas, y si no lo consigue antes de cumplir los trece, cuando se celebre su ceremonia de iniciación, se convertirá en el primer miembro del clan que fracasa en el intento. El primero. En toda la historia de Bocanegra. Sin embargo, no todo en la vida se reduce a cazar y Finn pronto descubrirá que posee otras aptitudes igual de valiosas. Puede que sea el peor cazador de leyendas de la historia, pero en estos momentos es la única esperanza de Bocanegra. Reseñas:«Un libro increíble. el próximo gran éxito.»Eoin Colfer, autor de Artemis Fowl «Podría pasarme horas escribiendo sobre lo buena que es esta novela, repleta de sorpresas y giros inesperados.»The Guardian «Uno de los placeres de que te hagan sentir miedo es la risa liberadora que llega después. Bocanegra rezuma humor travieso y sutil.»The Irish Times «Primer título de una serie que parece una combinación de Los cazafantasmas y Percy Jackson, con el humor de Terry Pratchett.»Kirkus Reviews «Una versión actualizada del tema de la caza del monstruo con un simpático héroe, un poco indeciso, que se crece ante las adversidades. Hay mucho que disfrutar en este prometedor libro: una trama entretenida, humor irónico y momentos emocionantes.»Publishers Weekly «Finn es gracioso y no tiene miedo de parecer ingenuo, unos rasgos excelentes para el protagonista de una nueva serie juvenil [...]. A aquellos que disfrutaron de Cómo entrenar a tu dragón les parecerá que leer este libro es el siguiente paso lógico.»School Library Journal
Las aventuras de Jaimito (Las aventuras de Jaimito #Volumen 1)
by Little JohnnyEl mítico personaje de Jaimito salta de los chistes a esta divertidísima novela de aventuras Seguro que has oído hablar de Jaimito. Pero ¿a que no sabes que tiene familia, profesores y unos cuantos «peores amigos»? En esta aventura los conocerás a todos y descubrirás que al chico le han encargado una misión bastante sencilla: ¡salvar el mundo! El profesor Daimon, que con ese nombre solo puede ser muy malvado y tener un plan terrible, ha puesto en peligro a la humanidad. Menos mal que Jaimito, junto con toda la Tropa del Topo, un selecto equipo preparado para actuar en situaciones de riesgo (bueno, ejem, en realidad son sus amigos del cole...), harán todo lo posible para detenerlo. ¿Cómo? Con un arma invencible, una que puede matar... de risa: ¡las ocurrencias y los chistes de Jaimito!
Las brujas de Su Majestad
by Juno DawsonENTRE NOSOTROS SE OCULTA UN AQUELARRE SECRETO DE BRUJAS. Conocidas como el Real Aquelarre de Su Majestad, protegen a la Corona y a su país de las fuerzas mágicas y de las entidades malignas sobrenaturales. Pero su peor enemigo viene de dentro. Una profecía anuncia el fin del aquelarre y cuatro amigas están a punto de verse en el ojo del huracán. ¿Conseguirán Helena, Niamh, Leonie y Elle impedir que se cumpla antes de que sea demasiado tarde? ¿O las diferencias que las han separado desde su infancia serán insalvables? La vida de una bruja moderna nunca ha sido fácil... Ahora está a punto de ser apocalíptica. Reseñas:«Entretenidísima y emocionante. Me ha encantado.» Marian Keyes «Dawson ha creado tu nueva obsesión; llena de la emoción y su humor característicos, y con un delicioso toque siniestro. He quedado cautivada con su aquelarre. ¡Necesito la nueva entrega ya!»Kiran Millwood Hargrave «Una gozada de lectura: el mundo en el que transcurre está desarrollado de una forma increíble, tiene un estilo sofisticado, y el género y la identidad están tratados con matices y respeto. Sensacional.»Louise O'Neill «Inteligentemente construida [...], poco a poco va desarrollando una crítica política que acaba revelando una compleja metáfora del ambiente sociopolítico y la transfobia dominante en Reino Unido [...]: un estimulante nuevo rumbo para Dawson. Los lectores contarán los días que faltan para que se publique la próxima entrega.»Publishers Weekly «Bella, emotiva e ingeniosa.»Cecelia Ahern