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Dig
by A. S. KingAcclaimed master of the YA novel A.S. King's eleventh book is a surreal and searing dive into the tangled secrets of a wealthy white family in suburban Pennsylvania and the terrible cost the family's children pay to maintain the family name.The Shoveler, the Freak, CanIHelpYou?, Loretta the Flea-Cir... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Switch
by A. S. KingA surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.Time has stopped. It's been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solut... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
The Dust of 100 Dogs
by A. S. KingThe first book from LA Times Book Prize and Printz Honor winner A.S. King--a witty, snarky tale of love and family, revenge and reincarnation, and pirates. In the late seventeenth century, famed teenage pirate Emer Morrisey was on the cusp of escaping the pirate life with her one true love and unfat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Still Life with Tornado
by A. S. King<P>A heartbreaking and mindbending story of a talented teenage artist's awakening to the brokenness of her family from critically acclaimed award-winner A.S. King. <P>Sixteen-year-old Sarah can't draw. This is a problem, because as long as she can remember, she has "done the art." She thinks she's ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
by A. S. KingIn this masterpiece about freedom, feminism, and destiny, Printz Honor author A.S. King tells the epic story of a girl coping with devastating loss at long last--a girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more.Graduating from high school is a time of limitl... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Reality Boy
by A. S. KingIn this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highly acclaimed Printz Honor author A.S. King explores the desperate reality of a former child "star" struggling to break free of his anger.Gerald Faust started feeling angry even before his mother invited a reality TV crew into his five-year-old lif... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
I Crawl Through It
by A. S. KingFour teenagers are on the verge of exploding. The anxieties they face at every turn have nearly pushed them to the point of surrender: senseless high-stakes testing, the lingering damage of past trauma, the buried grief and guilt of tragic loss. They are desperate to cope, but no one is listening. S... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Everybody Sees the Ants
by A. S. KingLucky Linderman didn't ask for his life. He didn't ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn't ask for a father who never got over it. He didn't ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn't ask to be the target of Nader McMillan's r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Ask the Passengers
by A. S. KingAstrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. She doesn't know the passengers inside, ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Attack of the Black Rectangles
by A. S. KingAward-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write.When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil’s Arithmetic and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he and his friends discover what the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Please Ignore Vera Dietz
by A. S. KingVera's spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she's kept a lot of his secrets. <P><P>Even after he betrayed her. <P> Even after he ruined everything. <P>So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone--the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Dark Minds: A Charity Collection of Short Stories from Some of Your Favourite Authors
by David Evans • Alex Shaw • April Taylor • Louise Jensen • Stephen Edger • A. S. King • S. E. Lynes • Paul Gitsham • Lisa Hall • Alex Walters • Lucy V. Hay • Ross Greenwood • Betsy Reavley • Emma Pullar • Anita Waller • Tara Lyons • Mark L. Fowler • Jane E. James • Bernie Steadman • Nick Jackson • B. A. Morton • Richard T. Burke • Tony R. Cox • Jt Lawrence • Ron Nicholson • Ka Richardson • A. J. Sendall • Pete Adams • L J Ross • Paul D. Brazill • Joel Hames • Simon Maltman • Jim Ody • Steve Dunne • Peter Best • Tess Makovesky • M. A. Comley • Roz White • Charlie Flowers • Hannah Haq • Jenna-Leigh GoldingA collection of short stories from some of your favourite authors Do you think you know darkness? Think again. Bloodhound Books presents Dark Minds – a collection of stories by authors who have come together to produce an anthology that will lure, tantalise and shock its readers. What took place ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Stepping Out
by S J KingWINNER of the Books and the City Choice Award in the #heatseeker short story competition, Stepping Out is a poignant, inspiring short story about acceptance, self-love and finding the courage to be who you really are.Paula has been practising walking in her new red velvet heels for weeks. So far, sh... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
The Castle in England and Wales: An Interpretive History (Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World #27)
Originally published in 1988, The Castles in England and Wales is a comprehensive treatment of the archaeology of the castles in England and Wales. The books looks at how following the Norman Conquest, one of the most characteristic structures of the English landscape, the castle, was used to contro... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1988 -
The King of Trees
When the three novellas in The King of Trees were published separately in China in the 1980s, “Ah Cheng fever” spread across the country. Never before had a fiction writer dealt with the Cultural Revolution in such Daoist-Confucian terms, discarding Mao-speak, and mixing both traditional and vernacu... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
The Multicultural Dimension Of The National Curriculum
Given the National Curriculum Council's failure to issue any formal guidance on the subject, multicultural education is becoming increasingly marginalized and left to individual schools. This book provides guidance and advice to schools on issues of racial equality and cultural diversity. It helps t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1993 -
Guide to Clinical Management of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
This clinically focused pocket guide offers a concise yet complete overview of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, covering the most recent information on aspects such as pathophysiology, management, treatment, and clinical trials. The text is easily accessible and offers pulmonologists and other health... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
The Unwritten Laws of Business
by W. J. KingThe bestselling business classic that Raytheon CEO William Swanson made famous. Every once in awhile, there is a book with a message so timeless, so universal, that it transcends generations. The Unwritten Laws of Businessis such a book. Originally published over 60 years ago asThe Unwritten Laws... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Ancestor's World: A Novel of StarBridge
On the planet Na-Dina, in Ancestor's Valley, the tombs of forty-one dynasties have lain undisturbed for six thousand years. But the visitors from the stars have brought with them progress, threatening the Valley and its treasures. The human archeologist Gordon Mitchell and his team from Star Bri... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1996 -
Angel of Death
A serial killer stalks Chicago.A gorgeous cop is on his trail.And someone else is watching, someone who will decide who lives... and who dies.The Angel of Death in Chicago oversees all people in the city, making sure their deaths fit their lives. But when a gruesome serial killer strikes, the Angel ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Death's Disciples
A very up-to-the-minute novel with the taboo-busting confidence of modern horror's finest, delivered with the blissful pace of a techno-thriller...SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD. When she woke up in the hospital, she could barely remember getting on the flight, let alone the terrorist bomb of which she wa... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Angel of Death
A serial killer stalks Chicago.A gorgeous cop is on his trail.And someone else is watching, someone who will decide who lives... and who dies.The Angel of Death in Chicago oversees all people in the city, making sure their deaths fit their lives. But when a gruesome serial killer strikes, the Angel ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Death's Disciples
A very up-to-the-minute novel with the taboo-busting confidence of modern horror's finest, delivered with the blissful pace of a techno-thriller...SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD. When she woke up in the hospital, she could barely remember getting on the flight, let alone the terrorist bomb of which she wa... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
We All Feel: Understanding Animal Grief and Love
From the time of our earliest childhood encounters with animals, we casually ascribe familiar emotions to them, though scientists have long cautioned against such anthropomorphizing. Recently, however, things have begun to shift in the other direction, and anthropologist Barbara J. King is at the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat
In recent years, scientific advances in our understanding of animal minds have led to major changes in how we think about, and treat, animals in zoos and aquariums. The general public, it seems, is slowly coming to understand that animals like apes, elephants, and dolphins have not just brains, but ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017