Uncle Melvin, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1989.ĭoodle Flute, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1991. Guys from Space, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1989. The Frankenbagel Monster, Dutton (New York, NY), 1986.Īunt Lulu, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1988. The Muffin Fiend, Lothrop (New York, NY), 1986. The Moosepire, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1986. I Was a Second Grade Werewolf, Dutton (New York, NY), 1983.ĭucks!, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1984.ĭevil in the Drain, Dutton (New York, NY), 1984. Tooth-Gnasher Superflash, Four Winds (New York, NY), 1981.Īttila the Pun: A Magic Moscow Book, Four Winds (New York, NY), 1981. The Magic Moscow, Four Winds (New York, NY), 1980. Pinkwater) Pickle Creature, Four Winds (New York, NY), 1979. Pinkwater) Return of the Moose (also see below), Dodd (New York, NY), 1979. Pinkwater) The Last Guru (also see below), Dodd (New York, NY), 1978. Manus Pinkwater) The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1977. (As Daniel Manus Pinkwater) Fat Men from Space, Dodd (New York, NY), 1977. (As Daniel Manus Pinkwater) The Big Orange Splot, Hastings House (New York, NY), 1977. (As Daniel Manus Pinkwater) The Blue Thing, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1977. (As Daniel Manus Pinkwater) Lizard Music (also see below), Dodd (New York, NY), 1976. (As Daniel Manus Pinkwater) Magic Camera, Dodd (New York, NY), 1974. (As Daniel Manus Pinkwater) Wizard Crystal, Dodd (New York, NY), 1973.
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More incidents occur and Linnett is found murdered in the morning shot in the head and her string of pearls missing. Poirot declines being maid and tries to convince Jacqueline de Bellefort to stop hounding Ridgeway but ultimately fails.Ī life-threatening situation leaves Linnet in shock and Jacquelineas the suspect. She wants to hire Poirot and have him prevent her stalker from stalking her. While on the steamer, Poirot is approached by Linnet Doyle nee Ridgeway, a successful socialite. Hercule Poirot is on holiday and on board a steamer that is touring the Nile River. Keep reading for a short summary of the novel and why this mystery novel demands to be read! Death on the Nile Summary Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is an action-packed mystery novel that includes all of the best features of a Christie novel. A murder mystery that takes place on the Nile River is what we will be reviewing today. But once a storyteller, always a storyteller-even when the stories aren’t his to tell. Sure of the loyalty of the man she calls "True Heart," Babe never imagines the destruction Truman will leave in his wake. Through Babe, Truman gains an unlikely entrée into the enviable lives of Manhattan’s elite, along with unparalleled access to the scandal and gossip of Babe’s powerful circle. This diminutive golden-haired genius with a larger-than-life personality explodes onto the scene, setting Babe and her circle of Swans aflutter. But beneath this elegantly composed exterior dwells a passionate woman-a woman desperately longing for true love and connection.Įnter Truman Capote. Guest, Gloria Guinness, and Pamela Churchill.īy all appearances, Babe has it all: money, beauty, glamour, jewels, influential friends, a prestigious husband, and gorgeous homes. Her flawless face regularly graces the pages of Vogue, and she is celebrated and adored for her ineffable style and exquisite taste, especially among her friends-the alluring socialite Swans Slim Keith, C. Of all the glamorous stars of New York high society, none blazes brighter than Babe Paley. A triumphant new novel about New York’s “Swans” of the 1950s-and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley. Who exactly is Aidan? Before long, Aidan has befriended a giant and a weredog, and excited the ire and interest of Mr. Then 12-year-old Aidan appears from an orphanage, fleeing Stalkers, he says, and seeking refuge. Stock insists that Andrew hire his alluring, elvish niece. Stock insists that he hire her large and lumpen nephew, and Mr. Stock (no relation to one another), he's more than busy. Andrew has no idea, but when he moves into his grandfather's cottage and also inherits the cantankerous housekeeper and gardener, Mr. In this diverting novel, Professor Andrew Hope is bemused when his magician grandfather bequeaths him his house and "field-of-care" – whatever that is. In her new offering, Enchanted Glass (HarperCollins, 332 pages, $18.99, ages 9+), she does it again. Despite the massive outpouring of children's fantasies in the last decade, England's Diana Wynne Jones can still knock the socks off just about all of them – for humour, intelligence, character, originality, inventiveness, insight. His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering before these subjects were common in the genre. As a futurist, he wrote a number of utopian works and foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the World Wide Web. In addition to his fame as a writer, he was prominent in his lifetime as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on a global scale. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and has been called the "father of science fiction." His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. ĭuring her years attending Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois, Okorafor was a nationally known tennis and track star and excelled in math and the sciences. Her first name is Igbo for "mother is good". Okorafor is the third child in a family of four children and grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and would often travel to Nigeria to spend her holidays with her extended family. Nnedimma Nkemdili Okorafor was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1974 to Igbo Nigerian parents who travelled to America in 1969 to attend school but purportedly could not return to Nigeria due to the Nigerian Civil War. She is considered to be among the third generation of Nigerian writers. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Eisner Award and World Fantasy Award. Her writing is Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism, which is heavily influenced by her dual Nigerian and American heritage. She has also written for comics and film. She is best known for her Binti Series and her novels Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Lagoon and Remote Control. Nnedimma Nkemdili " Nnedi" Okorafor // ( listen) (formerly Okorafor-Mbachu born April 8, 1974) is a Nigerian-American writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in AfricaĮisner Award for Best Graphic Album - Reprint University of Illinois, Chicago (MA, PhD) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA) troops throughout World War II, Army officials were never entirely satisfied with the European-style design.Ī cutaway of a late model T-13 beano grenade. While the Mark II was the default grenade for U.S. The ground combat branch’s iconic Mark II grenade-which troops nicknamed “pineapple” owing to its checkered body-shares its basic structure with the French weapon. The deliveries included French F-1 hand grenades, which the Army quickly copied. Washington rushed to purchase weapons from its better-prepared allies. When the United States entered World War I, the Army was both inexperienced and ill-equipped compared to its European counterparts. Army weaponeers have designed grenades shaped just like balls in order to capitalize on soldiers’ existing experience with sports such as football and baseball. On one occasion in 2005, three young people died in Bosnia while horsing around with one of these small bombs, according to Reuters.īut throwing is throwing. Most people would probably agree that playing catch with a hand grenade is a bad idea. What she discovers brings forth the trauma of her childhood and what follows is an enigmatic journey through her past and the life of one troubled BookFrog, Joey Molina. Something squeaked.Īt the end of a late-night shift at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Lydia does one final sweep through the store to make sure any lingering customers, in particular those from the scruffy hodgepodge group she has deemed her BookFrogs, make their way out before closing time. Lydia stepped into a familiar warren of tall wooden shelves and followed their angles and branches into different alcoves and sections, each holding a chair or a couch, a table or a bench: Psychology, Self-Help, Religion, Travel, History. “Joey?” The third floor was dim and peaceful. He was a shattered young man, Lydia often thought, haunted but harmless- a dust bunny blowing through the corners of the store. I welcomed myself into the world of children rhymes like Aabol Tabol ( আবোল তাবোল ), Gonf Churi ( গোঁফ চুরি ), Kumdopatash ( কুমড়োপটাশ ), Ramgaruder Chhana ( রামগরুড়ের ছানা ) and others. I got completely engrossed in that book and my mischievousness decreased. My uncle decided to buy me a Bengali book, ‘ Sukumar Rachanasamagra ( সুকুমার রচনাসমগ্র )’, a collection of works by Sukumar Ray ( সুকুমার রায় ). I was alone, away from my parents, and at my mischievous best. I went with my uncle to his house one month prior to the marriage. In the summer of 1995, my aunt was to be married. I had problem reading the conjunctives ( যুক্তাক্ষর ) and I still face the problem. I used to read Bengali books of Ananda Marga Schools, where my uncle was a teacher. Over the period of time, I learnt the alphabet and could read the book on my own. I had no idea about the alphabet and couldn’t read anything. The book had lot of rhymes and I memorised each one of them. At the age of 3 or so, my mother decided that she would read from the book, ‘ Hansi Khushi ( হাঁসি খুশি )’ by Jogindranath Sarkar ( যোগীন্দ্রনাথ সরকার ). I was a mischievous child, to put it mildly. In fact, I have coined a term for me and my brother, “ Hindi Speaking Maharashtrians born to Bengali Parents”.īut today, I am going to talk about how I learnt to read Bengali. If you know me, you know that my parents are Bengali but you have seldom heard me talking in Bengali at length. Its protagonist is an urban red oak tree by the name of “Red.” Not only that, but “Red” can talk. I said: “Let me read it when you are done.” That night I found it on my night stand. My wife Kathleen is a former school librarian and reading juvenile literature is one of her passions, especially Newberry Medal winners and Dorothy Canfield Fisher winners. Why?” She was sitting next to me reading Wishtree by Katherine Applegate. I was thinking about what book I should review for the next issue, when my wife asked: “What is a red oak tree?” I looked across my driveway to the massive tree on the front lawn and said: “That is a red oak tree. Having just received my VWA newsletter, I was sitting on my front porch relaxing and reading the very excellent issue. 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