![]() ![]() As the author of over a dozen different series, spanning from picture books to easy readers, Adler's works are intended to primarily offer a gateway into reading and history. With over one hundred and seventy five books published in a nearly thirty year career, Adler's wide-ranging oeuvre extends from his reference-oriented picture books to his mystery series for elementary students to his more mature biographies and Jewish historical materials for intermediate readers, providing him with a literary canon flexible enough to transition between preadolescent and teenaged readers. The following entry presents an overview of Adler's career through 2004. (Full name David Abraham Adler) American author of picture books, juvenile nonfiction, juvenile biography, riddle books, easy readers, and juvenile and young adult fiction. ![]()
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![]() ![]() From the author’s website… “Jacqueline’s first novel, Maisie Dobbs, was a National Bestseller and received an array of accolades, including New York Times Notable Book 2003, a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Mystery 2003, and a BookSense Top Ten selection. I’m not the only one who thinks the Maisie Dobbs series is wonderful. And, if you’ve read my blog, Bags, Books and Bon Jovi, you will have read how much I love the series. Jacqueline Winspear has been one of my favorite authors since I discovered “Maisie Dobbs” on a book shelf in a Border’s bookstore many years ago. ![]() ![]() Please welcome today’s guest blogger: Kathy from Bags, Books and Bon Jovi, who will be discussing the best and worst of Jacqueline Winspear. Visit the series page for more information about the guest bloggers, the featured authors, and the sign-up form. Each Wednesday I am featuring a guest post by a book blogger detailing which books they think are the “best” and “worst” by the author of their choice. ![]() ![]() It has been more than a decade since Jason and. The spooky and entertaining follow-up to the "New York Times" bestseller "Ghost Hunting" features stories from the Sci Fi Channel's hit show, "Ghost Hunters."įor the first time ever, Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, founders of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (T.A.P.S.), share their most memorable and spine-tingling early cases - none of which has ever appeared on television - and also offer essential tips for budding paranormal investigators. TVs popular Ghost Hunters reveal all-new, never-before-told stories from their spooky early investigationsFor the first time ever, Jason Hawes and Grant. 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It might be an expression of real modesty or imposed modesty because she did not want to antagonize her readers, especially male readers in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, who would have been offended if she considered herself a teacher. 2), it is possible that she was educated and that "unlettered" carries a more nuanced meaning. Although Julian refers to herself as a simple creature unlettered ( Rev. ![]() ![]() ![]() visual timeline of the time travel episode Reader’s Guide to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:Ī complete chapter-by chapter guide with notes and commentary.differences between the British and American versions.day by day calendar of events in the book.Illustrations by Mary GrandPré, 1999 Resources: ![]() Harry is forced to grow up a lot in this book, but he forms some very strong relationships with people who will be immensely important in his life. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the series. 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Here, prizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah interweaves history, original reportage, and personal narrative to explore the origins of contagions, drawing parallels between cholera, one of history's most deadly and disruptive pandemic-causing pathogens, and the new diseases that stalk humankind today. ![]() ![]() While we can't know which pathogen will cause the next pandemic, by unraveling the story of how pathogens have caused pandemics in the past, we can make predictions about the future. It could be Ebola, avian flu, a drug-resistant superbug, or something completely new. Ninety percent of epidemiologists expect that one of them will cause a deadly pandemic sometime in the next two generations. But which one? And how? Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either newly emerged or reemerged. Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Bluebell is the exact opposite of that. 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Then a tragedy occurs in the family, and things get seriously complicated. To get out of this immediate health crisis, she agrees to make an effort. There, she is told that she is overweight (no surprise) and prediabetic (big surprise) and must lose weight, move more, and keep a food diary. When BB has a worse-than-usual asthma attack, her mom insists she go to the doctor. Sixteen-year-old Bluebelle, also known as BB or Big Bones, lives her life unapologetically. 294) AboutĬlick to read other book reviews Synopsis ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Austria in 2017, asylum-seekers were suspects in 11 percent of all reported rapes and sexual harassment cases, despite making up less than 1 percent of the total population. In 2018 Germany, “offences against sexual self-determination” rose 36 percent from their 2014 rate nearly two-fifths of the suspects were non-German. Among these facts: In 2014, sexual violence in Western Europe surged following a period of stability. In Prey, the best-selling author of Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, presents startling statistics, criminal cases and personal testimony. ![]() Why are so few people talking about the eruption of sexual violence and harassment in Europe’s cities? No one in a position of power wants to admit that the problem is linked to the arrival of several million migrants-most of them young men-from Muslim-majority countries. ![]() ![]() And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you-and knows what has the power to hurt you and heal you. ![]() It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. More than a coming-of-age novel, this is the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. ![]() Yet they are best friends who swear they'll be there for each other, and for thirty years that promise holds strong-until events and choices in their lives make that promise impossible. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret home life that is destroying her. 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