And then there were the animals: pets gone missing out of yards. That, and there was that boy, Max Larsen.the one from years ago, found dead after also disappearing under mysterious circumstances. He knows what each ticking moment may mean for Jude, his cousin and best friend. And despite Stevie Clark’s youth, he knows that, too he’s seen the cop shows. They’re well aware that the first forty-eight hours are critical and after that, the odds usually point to a worst-case scenario. Young Jude Brighton has been missing for three days, and while the search for him is in full swing in the small town of Deer Valley, Oregon, the locals are starting to lose hope. An unforgettable horror novel from bestselling sensation Ania Ahlborn-hailed as a writer of “some of the most promising horror I’ve encountered in years” ( New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire)-in which a small-town boy investigates the mysterious disappearance of his cousin and uncovers a terrifying secret kept hidden for years.
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As everyone around her celebrates their return, Lauren begins to scream, These are not my babies.ĭetermined to bring her true infant sons home, Lauren will risk the unthinkable. The infants look like Morgan and Riley―to everyone else. But when they’re found, something is different about them. And one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren’s side in a park. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she’s imagining things.Ī month passes. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own…creatures. And they’re right with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. “Mother knows best” takes on a sinister new meaning in this unsettling thriller perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Grimms’ Fairy Tales.Įveryone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. “The well-turned phrase amuses, and the unexpected turn of events surprises in a plot that is tightly strung.” - Booklist, starred review ALA Notable Book So when they told Anastasia she could name the new baby when the time came, she wrote in the back of her green notebook the most terrible name she could think of. And what’s more, he was entirely unnecessary. There was no room for him, as Anastasia pointed out to her parents. Like being the only girl in the fourth grade with a name too long to fit across a tee shirt without disappearing into her armpits.Īnd then there was the matter of an impending baby brother. And really getting to know her grandmother, who was ninety-two and lived in a nursing home and could never remember her granddaughter’s name. Like falling in love with Washburn Cummings, who had a fantastic way of walking. It had appeared shortly after her tenth birthday and was only one of the things that were important about that year. Anastasia had a small pink wart on her left thumb. Additional topics in Richardson extrapolationģ. The Richardson Extrapolation Process and Its Generalizations:Ģ. It differs from existing books by concentrateing on the most powerful nonlinear methods, presenting in-depth treatments of them, and showing which methods are most effective for different classes of practical nontrivial problems. The methods discussed are geared toward common problems in scientific and engineering disciplines. This state-of-the art reference for mathematicians, scientists and engineers is concerned with the coherent treatment, including derivation, analysis, and applications, of the most useful scalar extrapolation methods. These limits can be approximated economically and with high accuracy by applying suitable extrapolation (or convergence acceleration) methods to a small number of terms. Thus, to approximate limits with reasonable accuracy, it is necessary to compute a large number of terms, and this is in general costly. Description Product filter button DescriptionĪn important problem that arises in many scientific and engineering applications is that of approximating limits of infinite sequences which in most instances converge very slowly. He and a Cavalier named Hadji Ali, or “Jolly,” together with some of the other soldiers, steal their camel mounts and create their own “Camel Corps,” an outlaw gang.Īt home that evening, Nora is visited by her friend, the local Sheriff Harlan Bell. Army’s Camel Cavaliers, a (real historical) unit of camel-mounted soldiers headed for the Southwest. Berger relentlessly tracks Lurie, forcing Lurie to flee from state to state, picking pockets to support himself (and driven, in part, by the “want” of the late Hobb). The Matties split up and flee their separate ways. Federal Marshal John Berger issues a warrant for the whole gang. During a fight, Lurie kills a teenage boy from New York, and U.S. In death, Hobb has been reduced to an all-consuming “want.” Lurie, Donovan, and some of Donovan’s cousins form the criminal Mattie Gang. When Hobb dies of typhoid, Lurie finds himself haunted by Hobb’s ghost. He starts running with the Mattie brothers, Hobb and Donovan, a pair of low-level outlaws. As a child, Lurie supports himself by robbing graves and is eventually forced to flee his hometown. As we journey across time and place, we discover a hidden, thousand-mile-long wall in Asia's steppes learn of bizarre Spartan rituals watch Mongol chieftains lead their miles-long hordes witness the epic siege of Constantinople chill at the fate of French explorers marvel at the folly of the Maginot Line tense at the gathering crisis in Cold War Berlin gape at Hollywood’s gated royalty and contemplate the wall mania of our own era. The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves-rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone, and with them effectively divide humanity: on one side were those the walls protected on the other, those the walls kept out. With esteemed historian David Frye as our raconteur-guide in Walls, which Publishers Weekly praises as “informative, relevant, and thought-provoking,” we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed-to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. “A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society” ( Library Journal)-walls- and a haunting and eye-opening saga that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live. she's the female quarterback and coach of her high school football team and she wants to go even further to the college or pro level but her dad is not supportive of her playing even though he was a football player himself. Jordan's a great character and I liked her right away. I wanted to read catching Jordan because I really enjoy racing Savannah one of the later ones in the series so I figured I would try and see if I like more of the authors writing style. Other teen romance books by Miranda Kenneally: Can she keep her head in the game while her heart's on the line?Ĭatching Jordan is the high school football romance to sweep your heart away! For the first time, Jordan's feeling vulnerable. Meanwhile, Sam is her rock - he supports Jordan's dreams even when her traditional dad doesn't - but suddenly things feel different between them. Not only is he an amazing QB, but he's also amazingly cute. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university.īut everything she's ever worked for is threatened when Ty Green moves to her school. Her teammates, including her best friend Sam, all see her as their leader and one of the guys, and that's just fine. Miranda Kenneally's first book in the beloved sports romance Hundred Oaks series! Love is the toughest game to play…Īthletic superstar Jordan Woods is the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. Dynamic characters who form part of his stories include his sidekick rhino-tracking dog, Wilma, and a black rhino named Elmore who becomes an integral part of his life. Nick shares raw moments of heartbreak and hope from the frontline, while taking the reader on an honest and humorous trip of his years spent in Africa. Under constant threat of being poached for their horns, the rhinos become the pivot around which Nick and the Anti-Poaching Unit’s lives revolve. Tasked to monitor and protect critically endangered black rhinos, Nick soon cultivates an understanding of the different individual personalities and their temperamental behaviour by studying the animals in their natural environment. Catapulted into the grim world of rhino poaching, Nick Newman trades life in London for a humble, yet adventurous existence in South Africa. Wyeth wed Betsey James at the start of the new decade. In 1936, Andrew Wyeth had his first showing at the Art Alliance of Philadelphia the following year, he had his debut one-man show at New York City’s Macbeth Galley, where all of the pieces were immediately sold. was a major, sometimes frightening presence in the household who guided his son’s artistic talents and skill.Īndrew, who would do earlier work submitted under his father’s name, took to painting using regular watercolor and dry-brush watercolor techniques, eventually adopting the tempera method. The youngest of five siblings had by mother Carolyn and father N.C. as well as the portrait series “The Helga Pictures.”Īndrew Newell Wyeth III was born on July 12, 1917, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.He became an internationally exhibited, award-winning artist with pieces like: … But for me, behind that picture could be a night of moonlight when I’ve been in some house in Maine, a night of some terrible tension, or I had this strange mood.” -Andrew Wyeth Synopsisīorn on July 12, 1917, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Andrew Wyeth received tutelage from his artist father and garnered fame for his own works, taking to egg tempera techniques. “Oftentimes people will like a picture I paint because it’s maybe the sun hitting on the side of a window and they can enjoy it purely for itself. Wyeth, was a 20th century painter known for his realism in portraiture and pastorals, as seen in the iconic “Christina’s World.” Since then he has written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning his American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Not an origin story, modernization, or reinvention-but instead a timeless and iconic presentation refined by the passion and craft of master storytellers, All-Star Superman presents a unique and elegant interpretation of the original and most recognizable of all superheroes. Now, see it again as though for the first time. No one could possibly anticipate how he'll be affected-except Lex Luthor! Now, the world's greatest superhero must set his affairs in order, beginning by telling Lois Lane the truth about Clark Kent's secret identity. In the first volume, the World's Greatest Super-Hero rescues a doomed group of astronauts on the surface of the sun, where he's exposed to massive amounts of solar radiation. Two of the comics industry's top creative talents, writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, the acclaimed team behind 'JLA:EARTH 2' (2000), reunite to redefine Superman based on the timeless, essential iconic elements that everyone knows about the Man of Steel. "The measure of a man lies not in what he says but what he does." |