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61) Iron Gods
Author
Series
Spin trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
In the depths of space, a beacon has awakened. And an ancient technology has begun to stir. As its memory returns, with it comes a terrifying knowledge--a grave warning about the future of the Spin that has been concealed for ten thousand years. Ten thousand years after the events of Creation Machine, the Spin is in decline and the beleaguered slave economy of the Inside is surrounded by rebel civilizations. A group of escapees from the vast forced-labor...
64) The cleft
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
"In the last years of his life, a contemplative old Roman senator embarks on what will likely be his last endeavour: to retell the history of human creation and reveal the little-known story of the Clefts, an ancient community of women living in an Edenic coastal wilderness. The Clefts have neither need nor knowledge of men; childbirth is controlled through the cycles of the moon, and they bear only female children. But with the unheralded birth of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In this companion to Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal, Paul Fleischman and Julie Paschkis turn to the universal story of creation"--
The author draws from a variety of folk traditions to put together the story of creation, including elements from many cultures.
Author
Formats
Description
"A New Yorker writer revisits the seminal book of her youth--Middlemarch-- and fashions a singular, involving story of how a passionate attachment to a great work of literature can shape our lives and help us to read our own histories."--From publisher description.
Rebecca Mead was a young woman in an English coastal town when she first read George Eliot's Middlemarch, regarded by many as the greatest English novel. After gaining admission to Oxford,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he has nurtured some of the most esteemed writers of recent decades. McPhee offers definitive guidance in the decisions regarding arrangement, diction, and tone that shape nonfiction pieces, and he presents extracts from his work,...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
"This accessible writer's guide provides a helpful framework for creating poetry and navigates contemporary concerns and practices. Stephen Dobyns, author of the classic book on the beauty of poetry, Best Words, Best Order, moves into new terrain in this remarkable book. Bringing years of experience to bear on issues such as subject matter, the mechanics of poetry, and the revision process, Dobyns explores the complex relationship between writers...
73) Creation
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The King James Bible creation story illustrated in a folk-art style" -- provided by publisher.
74) Goblin Quest
Author
Series
Jig the Goblin volume 1
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Jig is a scrawny little nearsighted goblin-a runt even among his puny species. When Jig's patrol is ambushed by a group of adventurers, he does what goblins do best: throws down his weapon and surrenders. Captured by a party of adventurers searching for a magical artifact, and forced to guide them, Jig encounters every peril ever faced on a fantasy quest. To survive, Jig will have to find a way to combine heroism with his own goblin ideals.
77) Creation
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A simply stated, vividly illustrated retelling of the creation story in the Book of Genesis.
Author
Series
Karma's World volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Publisher Annotation: Karma and her friends are the ultimate performers! This chapter book series is bursting with heart and humor.
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