![]() With its oversized format, high-quality paper, ribbon bookmark, and color on nearly every page, this edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans and book lovers of all ages. ![]() This stunning illustrated edition brings together the talents of award-winning artists Jim Kay and Neil Packer in a visual feast, featuring iconic scenes and much loved characters - Tonks, Luna Lovegood, and many more - as the Order of the Phoenix keeps watch over Harry Potter’s fifth year at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew boundless loyalty and unbearable sacrifice. Rowlings wizarding world with the dazzling artistic alchemy fans around the globe have come to know. Now Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Prepare to be enchanted once again as Jim Kay depicts J.K. exams a new teacher with a personality like poisoned honey a venomous, disgruntled house-elf or even the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. ![]() ![]() Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? It's not just the upcoming O.W.L. There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. The fifth book in the beloved, bestselling Harry Potter series, now illustrated in brilliant full color. ![]()
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Unable to find an exact model in history to fit America's unique situation, delegates met at Philadelphia in 1787 to create their own solution to the problem. ![]() ![]() ![]() No matter what the people of Wakanda do, they can’t save them. ![]() Much like Vibranium, the Heart-Shaped Herb is essential to the survival and prosperity of Wakanda. This story follows Shuri as she sets out on a quest to save her homeland of Wakanda.įor centuries, the Chieftain of Wakanda (the Black Panther) has gained his powers through the juices of the Heart-Shaped Herb. Shuri is a skilled martial artist, a genius, and a master of science and technology. From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes an all-new upper middle grade series based on one of the Marvel Universe’s break-out characters- Shuri, from Black Panther!Īn original, upper-middle-grade series starring the break-out character from the Black Panther comics and films: T’Challa’s younger sister, Shuri! 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Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. ![]() ![]() ![]() This event proves the animalistic and manipulative nature of humans when given some immense power. 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Hardworking – and hard-drinking – Nicole pursues the ex she unceremoniously dumped six years ago, while people-pleasing Jamie fears he’s sleepwalking into a marriage he doesn’t actually want.īut as the siblings grapple with the pressures of thirtysomething life, their parents struggle to protect the fragile facade of their own relationship, and the secrets they’ve both been keeping. ![]() So when Linda and Gerry announce that they’ve decided to separate, the news sends shockwaves through the siblings’ lives, forcing them to confront their own expectations and desires. ![]() To Nicole and Jamie Maguire, their parents seem the ideal couple – a suburban double act, happily married for more than thirty years. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Among The Dolls: A girl acts out her anger at her family with the dolls and dollhouse she receives, but soon finds that the dolls aren't happy about her actions. ![]() As a result, in addition to being cool reads for their own sake, his bibliography serves as an excellent collective Gateway Series before one ventures into the more brain-melting territory of New Weird and Bizarro Fiction. The format many of his stories take run along the lines of " Ordinary High-School Student stumbles into paranormal weirdness", but within this formula he explores a huge range of concepts from the deeper end of Speculative Fiction, with more than a few thought-provoking Mind Screws and plenty of ZigZagging of tropes along the way. William Warner Sleator III (Febru– August 3, 2011) was an American Speculative Fiction writer who mainly targeted his books towards young adults. ![]() ![]() Questions of love, friendship, and mortality take Iko on an emotional journey that will satisfy and delight fans of this bestselling series. ![]() But it is Iko who must face her deepest fears when she uncovers the truth about her own unusual programming. Unless Cinder can reverse the mutations that were forced on them years before, Steele and his soldiers plan to satisfy their monstrous appetites with a massacre of the innocent people of Earth.Īnd to show he's serious, Steele is taking hostages.Ĭinder and Kai, Scarlet and Wolf, Cress and Thorne, and Winter and Jacin all feature in this epic new battle. Iko-an audacious android and best friend to the Lunar Queen Cinder-has been tasked with hunting down Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a rogue band of bioengineered wolf-soldiers who threaten to undo the tenuous peace agreement between Earth and Luna. The world of the Lunar Chronicles comes alive in this thrilling continuation of Wires and Nerve. The second graphic novel, and sequel to Wires and Nerve, Volume 1, from #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Marissa Meyer! ![]() |