![]() The edition is signed by Tom Bagshaw and is housed in an illustrated slipcase. End sheets are embossed, and it is the only edition of the three with the dust jacket. It is a full cloth, smyth-sewn binding with a foil stamped cover. The Artist Edition is limited to 1000 copies with a reversible dust jacket featuring two wrap-around illustrations by Tom Bagshaw. Ingenious and masterfully written, The Silence of the Lambs is a modern-day classic of suspense and storytelling. Hannibal Lecter, and in The Silence of the Lambs he ushers Lecter to center stage, creating one of the most iconic and enduring villains the page and screen have ever known. In Red Dragon, author Thomas Harris introduced us to Dr. Lecter’s help, Starling will have to risk everything by letting him inside of her mind. ![]() This time, the cannibalistic forensic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter is called upon by FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling, to use his powers of deduction to assist her in tracking down the grotesque serial killer known only as Buffalo Bill. ![]() Hannibal Lecter, and in The Silence of the Lambs he ushers Lecter to center stage, creating one of the. The second book in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal series, The Silence of the Lambs was first published in 1988 a sequel to the author’s 1981 novel, Red Dragon. In Red Dragon, author Thomas Harris introduced us to Dr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Mother Superior agrees to accept Margherita into their order. But now that Raphael has died, the convent is her only hope of living an honest and peaceful life. Margherita was Raphael’s beloved and was depicted as the Madonna in several of his paintings. She is Margherita Luti, a baker’s daughter from a lowly neighborhood on the Tiber, now rejected by Roman society, oppressed by influential enemies within the Vatican. At the nearby convent of Sant’Apollonia, a young woman comes to the Mother Superior, looking for refuge. His body lies in state at the magnificent marble Pantheon. The Eternal City is grieving the sudden death of Raphael Sanzio, beloved painter and national hero. Listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction, The Ruby Ring (2005) is a novel by critically acclaimed historical novelist Diane Haeger. ![]() ![]() ![]() Doesn't seem to fit a Labradoodle, but it did, a lovely rambunctious, destructive bundle of fur! Wiggly Poo.hated the name at first but it grew on me. Plus there's a dog.who doesn't love a dog in a book, especially when they play a huge role. You eventually find out, and much to my delight see that they will be having books of their own. ![]() I understand how this author's writing works, she makes the reader work for information, but I wanted more clarity on a few people in particular and how they were related to the main characters. My only complaint would be that while I enjoyed the fact that the story didn't get hung up on details, I felt like I needed a few more about certain characters. Light easy quick read, great for the beach or a lazy afternoon on the couch. ![]() 4 Solid Stars! Loved the shenanigans in this book! Good times with the Irish! ![]() ![]() Lord, thank You for those that have already come to faith in the Lord Jesus. Enable them to quickly locate any victims that may be trapped or even unconscious. ![]() ![]() Help them Lord, and keep them safe when they are engulfed in the choking smoke and flames. Protect each one, and give them the courage and strength to tackle whatever dangers may occur on their watch. Thank You for the unselfish way that they put their lives on the line, in order to save those that may be trapped by a burning inferno that can so quickly endanger lives. ![]() Dear Father God, thank You for the firemen and women that are so often called upon to protect us from the dangers of fires and accidents that can happen in our lives so quickly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 265(1404) pp. As frogs increasingly make headlines for their troubling worldwide decline, the importance of these fascinating creatures to their ecosystems remains underappreciated. The Book of Frogs brings readers face to face with six hundred astonishingly unique and irreplaceable species that display a diverse array of adaptations to habitats that are under threat of destruction throughout the world. Success breeds success in mating male reed frogs, Hyperolius marmoratus. Accessibly written by expert Tim Halliday and containing the most up-to-date information, The Book of Frogs will captivate both veteran researchers and amateur herpetologists. Life-size color photos show the frogs at their actual size-including the colossal seven-pound Goliath Frog. Six hundred of nature's most fascinating frog species are displayed, with each entry including a distribution map, sketches of the frogs, species identification, natural history, and conservation status. The Wood Frogs of North America freeze every winter, reanimating in the spring from the glucose and urea that prevent cell collapse.The Book of Frogs commemorates the diversity and magnificence of all of these creatures, and many more. Male Darwin's Frogs carry their tadpoles in their vocal sacs for sixty days before coughing them out into the world. ![]() A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill 100,000 people. Tim Halliday The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World Hardcover Illustrated, 29 January 2016 by Tim Halliday (Author) 182 ratings Edition: Illustrated See all formats and editions Hardcover 102.70 1 Used from 191.00 8 New from 102. ![]() With over 7,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors. ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will devour his trademark poetic wordplay and cadences that feel as fresh as they were when he wrote Boy Meets Boy (2003). His musings on love, longing and human nature knit seamlessly with A's journey. Levithan's self-conscious, analytical style marries perfectly with the plot. The two have much to overcome, and A's shifting physical appearance is only the beginning. A pursues Rhiannon each day in whatever form he/she wakes up in, and Rhiannon learns to recognize A-not by appearance, but by the way he/she looks at her across the room. A tries to interfere as little as possible with the lives of the teenagers until the day he/she meets and falls head over heels in love with Rhiannon, an ethereal girl with a jackass boyfriend. One downside of A's life is that he/she doesn't have a family, nor is he/she able to make friends. Straight boys, gay girls, teens of different races, body shapes, sizes and genders make up the catalog of A's outward appearances, but ultimately A's spirit-or soul-remains the same. One morning, A wakes up a girl with a splitting hangover another day he/she wakes up as a teenage boy so overweight he can barely fit into his car. ![]() ![]() A is a 16-year-old genderless being who drifts from body to body each day, living the life of a new human host of the same age and similar geographic radius for 24 hours. ![]() Starred Review */ Imagine waking up in a different body every day. ![]() ![]() Please know that when you shop at Bella, more of your dollars reach the women who write and produce the books you love. With over 3,600 books & eBooks in our store from your favorite authors and publishers, we're sure you'll find what you're looking for here at. Our sister company, Bella Distribution, works with Bella and these other publishers to offer an unparalleled range of reading choices. Bailey, The Way Of The Woods: A Manual For Sportsmen In Northeastern United States And Canada (Classic Reprint)Edward Breck, Wishful Thinking And Other Philosophical ReflectionsNicholas Rescher, The Space BetweenMichelle L. Everything’s great for Harper Isabelle, the most popular girl in grade nine. In keeping with our commitment to provide access to entertaining and absorbing reads for lesbians everywhere Bella partners with other publishers in presenting a vast catalog of lesbian and women's paperbacks and eBooks. An emotional & entertaining story with characters that become so authentic they truly become like real people in your mind & a riveting plot lines that draws. From heart-pounding romance to mystery, erotica and thriller, Bella Books celebrate the girl-next-door, the best friend, the love of our life and the superwoman that exists in all of us. Books where the woman always wins and the story lingers in our minds long after the last words.īella Books is the premiere publisher of vibrant and irresistible fiction for and about lesbians. ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of my essay will be devoted to the first of Musil’s achievements: his essayistic novel. The authoritative English translation by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike runs to nearly two thousand pages. Both acts are played out in the magisterial, unfinished novel that occupied the last twenty years of his life: The Man without Qualities ( Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), its first two parts published in 1930, the third in 1933, and many additional materials posthumously, after 1942. R obert Musil’s importance in the conception and practice of the essay rests on two remarkable achievements: (1) his transformation of that literary genre or mode into a novel, expanding a traditionally short form into a much more encompassing one, and (2) his existentializing of the form, elevating it to a paradigm for ethical action. ![]() It was more or less in the way an essay, in the sequence of its paragraphs, explores a thing from many sides without wholly encompassing it-for a thing wholly encompassed suddenly loses its scope and melts down to a concept-that he believed he could most rightly survey and handle the world and his own life. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it’s never going to happen.īut when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn’t a gimmick after all. ![]() Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness and leave him there. ![]() It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. But Lily is resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. ![]() The “reigning romance queens” ( PopSugar) and New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners present a charming and laugh-out-loud funny novel filled with adventure, treasure, and, of course, love. ![]() ![]() ![]() This review was originally posted on May 17, 2008 And that her barely concealed…uh, attributes are the ones gracing the new interstate billboard.Īs if being taken for a blue movie queen isn't rattling enough, there's Johnny Walker, the local bad boy turned good-a man who tempts Emma to be just as wild and wicked as Joyful thinks she is.Įvery Thursday, we’ll be posting throwback reviews of our favorite and not-so-favorite books. Thanks to small-town gossip and citizens who clearly need to get a life, Joyful's residents think Emma Jean is the "famous star" building a strip club in town. When Emma Frasier returns home to Joyful, Georgia, she's greeted with the kinds of winks and lusty grins one might offer…an adult film star? ![]() When she was good, she was very, very good… Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Books ![]() |