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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off one of the greatest manhunts in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He sat there longer than he should have, touched that his father had probably hit on the matter: he was lonely.ĭamn this war, he had thought then. He read it once and laughed he read it again and pushed back his chair, thoughtful. Your dutiful, if disgruntled, son.Ī week later, he had read Da’s reply over breakfast. I know I should appreciate this promotion, he had written, but, Da, I am out of sorts. While flattering, the promotion had bumped him off a ship of the line and into an office. He had written to his father, describing his restlessness and his dissatisfaction with the perils of promotion. 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Lex received a BA in Drama and English from the University of Virginia and has worked as an actor, director, and writer. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. Lex Thomas is the pen name for the writing team of Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Playground production for MASTERPIECE and Channel 5 in association with All3Media and Screen Yorkshire. MASTERPIECE® is a registered trademark of the WGBH Educational Foundation. Text Information: One of a series of hymns the author wrote for children on the Apostles’ Creed, this text (originally in seven stanzas) expands Maker of heaven and earth. ![]() Martin's PressĪll Creatures Great and Small is available on Blu-ray and DVD. 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"Nicholas Ralph's readings of Herriot's stories are as comforting an experience as the show, and even more immersive." - The Houston ChronicleĪ tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special, available on streaming and home video. **This program is read by Nicholas Ralph, star of the PBS Masterpiece series** All Things Bright & Beautiful : Owl City : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And just who is stealing from the cafeteria? Teacher's pets Annie and Dave are finally dating, but the arrival of another super-smart girl threatens them. The artsy crew is on their way to California.as long as Haley can get permission from her mom. Sasha's in major trouble now she's on her own, and she needs help to get her life back on track. Populettes Coco and Whitney have ditched Sasha and want Haley to be their new BFF. ![]() All the Boys Wanted You: After fall break, Haley Miller returns to her home with a new haircut and wardrobe, but the same problems have followed her. Every choice Haley faces, you have to make for her. Everyone Knew Your Name: Introduction to Haley Miller, a fifteen-year-old girl of average height, average weight, and a below-average sense of style. You may be looking for a trope called What If?, or another work by the same name. Each story begins in such a way that it loosely connects to the previous story. There will be a chapter after each choice, in which Haley's story changes due to the repercussions of the previous choice, and the chapter will end with either a choice, a proper ending, or, if the reader has made a particularly bad choice, the storyline will reach a dead end, and the reader is told to start over. In the first one, fifteen-year-old Haley Miller moves from California to New England and is installed in her first public high school at the start of sophomore year, and the reader is asked to make her choices. ![]() series is a series of Young Adult Gamebooks by Liz Ruckdeschel. ![]() ![]() ![]() Robot limbs and torsos were flung onto ledges. It crashed against the rocks, and robot parts flew everywhere. ![]() The same thing happened to the next crate. Actually, only four were left, because when that first crate crashed against the rocks, the robot inside shattered to pieces. The cargo ship had been transporting hundreds of them before it was swept up in the storm. Now, reader, what I haven't mentioned is that tightly packed inside each crate was a brand-new robot. The first crate rode to shore on a tumbling, rumbling wave and then crashed against the rocks with such force that the whole thing burst apart. As the crates drifted closer, the soft green shapes slowly sharpened into the hard edges of a wild, rocky island. And then a smudge of green appeared on the horizon. There was only calm water and clear skies and those five crates lazily bobbing along an ocean current. There were no clouds, no ships, no land in sight. One after another, they were swallowed up by the waves, until only five crates remained.īy morning the hurricane was gone. ![]() But as the hurricane thrashed and swirled and knocked them around, the crates also began sinking into the depths. The ship left hundreds of crates floating on the surface. And in the middle of the chaos, a cargo ship was sinking A hurricane roared and raged through the night. Our story begins on the ocean, with wind and rain and thunder and lightning and waves. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In April 1945, Reader’s Digest published a condensed version of the book, and soon thereafter the Book-of-the-Month Club distributed this edition to more than 600,000 readers. The first printing of 2,000 copies was exhausted instantly, and within six months more than 30,000 books were sold. Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.įirst published by the University of Chicago Press on September 18, 1944, The Road to Serfdom garnered immediate, widespread attention. Originally published in 1944-when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program- The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Harrigan, and the sweetness of this late-in-life connection is its own reward. Holly is reminded that friendship is not only life-affirming but can be life-saving. There is also evil’s opposite, which in King’s fiction often manifests as friendship. One of King’s great concerns is evil, and in If It Bleeds, there’s plenty of it. ![]() If these novellas show King’s range, they also prove that certain themes endure. And in “Rat,” a struggling writer must contend with the darker side of ambition. “The Life of Chuck” explores, beautifully, how each of us contains multitudes. Harrigan’s Phone” an intergenerational friendship has a disturbing afterlife. Mercedes trilogy and The Outsider) must face her fears, and possibly another outsider-this time on her own. In the title story, reader favorite Holly Gibney (from the Mr. The four brilliant tales in If It Bleeds prove as iconic as their predecessors. Many of his novellas have been made into iconic films, including “The Body” ( Stand by Me) and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” ( Shawshank Redemption). ![]() Readers adore Stephen King’s novels, and his novellas are their own dark treat, briefer but just as impactful and enduring as his longer fiction. Harrigan’s Phone”- now a Netflix original film starring Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell!įrom the legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new “exceptionally compelling novellas that reaffirm mastery of the form” ( The Washington Post). ![]() |