So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. "Once there was a tree.and she loved a little boy." This edition features a beautiful metallic green jacket, a commemorative gold sticker, and a CD recording of Silverstein reading The Giving Tree. This classic is perfect for both young readers and lifelong fans. Illustrations.įrom Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years. About the Book In celebration of its 40th anniversary, one of the most beloved children's books of all time is now available in this special edition featuring an audio CD of Shel Silverstein reading his classic tale of a boy and the tree who loves him.
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This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French. This acclaimed modern translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky won the PEN/ Book of the Month Club Translation Prize in 2001. this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come. Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. Anna Karenina Hardback Shop Now Summary Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny and self-destruction, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition from Penguin Classics. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny and self-destruction, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition from Penguin Classics.Īnna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. Ian Watson's "The Eye Of The Ayatollah" is an sf/horror tale involving Muslim extremists, the Fatwa against Salman Rushdie, and a missing eye replaced with a circuitized glass one that connects the owner to a surveillance satellite. Another solidly told Westall piece (love the double cross title) with a creepy, sinister threat and his usual adroit handling of children characters. "The Last Day of Miss Dorinda Molyneux" by Robert Westall - a school-outing to an ancient church leads to the release of something old and unwholesome from a crypt, a tattered something which leaves insulting graffiti scrawled on the various tombs in it's own dead tissue and which menaces the children. Some placeholder reviews, as while this entire collection hasn't been gotten to yet in my exhaustive reading schematic, I reading a handful of Robert Westall and Ian Watson stories, and this volume happens to contain pieces by both. She ends up in Ravensbruck, a women's concentration camp, along with women from France, Poland, and Germany. No one has a clue where she or her plane is - because she has been captured and taken to Germany. Her uncle uses his connections to get her a flying assignment to France and it is on the return back to England where she disappears. She goes to England to join the Air Transport Auxiliary and assist the Allied cause. Rose Justice is an eager American pilot who learned flying at the knee of her father, the owner of a flight school in Pennsylvania. It's also for that reason, though, that I think a book like Rose Under Fire is so important. The experiences of the women at Ravensbruck were so horrible and beyond imagination, it's no wonder that people at the time didn't believe the stories coming out of Europe. It's not a quick read nor is it an easy read. It was so much harder to take knowing that all these atrocities were based on actual events. With Rose, even though I knew it was also a work of Elizabeth Wein's ability and imagination, it felt so much like a memoir. However, I never forgot that it was a work of historical fiction. It was a heartbreaking and beautiful story about friendship and courage set during World War II that I compulsively read in a day. Verity was one of my favorite books last year. To me, Rose Under Fire was a harder read than Verity. |