![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “We sold 8,000 copies in six months with no publicity, no nothing.”īates decided it was time to branch out. But people were buying stacks of 10 as gifts,” says Bates of a cookbook that would end up winning the nonfiction book prize from the Southern California Independent Booksellers Assn. ![]() Campoy, who died when her cookbook was still in the bound galley phase, had a thing against corporate booksellers, and left instructions forbidding sales of “Celebrating with Julienne” via Amazon, Borders and Barnes & Noble. In 2009, during the financial crisis, the tiny Altadena-based independent publishing house Prospect Park Books put out the cookbook “Celebrating with Julienne.” It was written by Susan Campoy, the beloved local chef-owner of Julienne, a French-inspired bistro on Mission Street in nearby San Marino, with Colleen Dunn Bates, Prospect Park’s founder.īates’ only previous experience with cookbooks consisted of, in 2007, distributing Amelia Saltsman’s self-produced “The Santa Monica Farmers’ Market Cookbook.” But otherwise the titles at her company consisted mainly of regional guide books and fiction penned by Southern California authors. ![]()
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![]() ![]() |a Microorganisms |v Juvenile literature. |a Looks at all the different microbes that inhabit the Earth and examines the varied jobs they do. |a 36 unnumbered pages : |b color illustrations |c 30 cm ![]() |a Somerville, Massachusetts : |b Candlewick Press, |c |a Tiny creatures : |b the world of microbes / |c written by Nicola Davies illustrated by Emily Sutton. |a CGL |b eng |e rda |c CGL |d BTCTA |d BDX |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d CZL |d UAB |d GO6 |d YDXCP |d TRACS |d FDA |d OCLCF |d IUL ![]() ![]() ![]() She has also received the Shelley Memorial Award a Guggenheim Fellowship an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Achievement Award the Christopher Award and the L.L. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, Oliver has received numerous awards. For more than forty years, Cook and Oliver made their home together, largely in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where they lived until Cook’s death in 2005. It was there, in the late ’50s, that she met photographer Molly Malone Cook. Vincent Millay in upper New York state, companion to the poet’s sister Norma Millay. She lived for several years at the home of Edna St. As a young woman, Oliver studied at Ohio State University and Vassar College, but took no degree. Oliver has since published twenty books of poetry and six books of prose. ![]() The New York Times recently acknowledged Mary Oliver as “far and away, this country’s best-selling poet.” Born in a small town in Ohio, Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28 No Voyage and Other Poems, originally printed in the UK by Dent Press, was reissued in the United States in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin. And speak it has, for the past five decades, to countless readers. Instead, she preferred to let her work speak for itself. A private person by nature, Mary Oliver (1935–2019) gave very few interviews over the years. ![]() ![]() Their early love affair had to be hidden and at first demonstrated through coded messages and discreet meetings. ![]() Same-sex relationships were illegal in Finland at the time and would remain so until as late as 1971. The two began working on projects together, a circumstance that would later lead to a deep romantic connection. Tove’s illustrations for ‘ Garm ‘ magazine (c.1939)Īlthough she was once briefly engaged, Tove met her life partner Tuulikki Pietilä, a US born, Finnish graphic artist who was also a professor in Seattle, during the 1950s. ![]() It was at this time, the artist began to be involved with Garm, an anti-fascist Finnish-Swedish satirical magazine for whom she created many illustrations. During the pre World War 2 era, Tove would regularly have illustrations published in magazines. Tove’s enrolment at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1938, after studying art in her homeland, would eventually lead to exhibitions of her work. Signe Hammarsten-Jansson’s self portrait. It would be the start of a lifelong love affair with creativity for the future artist, illustrator and author. As an adolescent she began creating books with her own illustrations. ![]() Both her parents were artists and from a young age Tove aided her mother, illustrator Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, with her commissions. Tove Jansson was born in the capital of Finland, Helsinki, the eldest of her siblings. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Omens are signs that tell of an event to come, whether good or bad. Persisting in reading meaning, significance into these occurrences, will lead to divination. Prophetic Signs’, many times are simply superstitious omens. ‘Angel’ feathers positioned on the floor, indicating location and direction of approaching ministry action, affirmation of angelic presents (angels have no wings!)- gems and gold dust, God’s favour and manifest presents,- double-yoke eggs, a sign of future prosperity,- re-occurring numbers on the clock, significant message to observer,- license plate messages from God,- cloud formations,- weather patterns,- signs in the sky,- constellations, astrology – coins found, indicating change,- daily life circumstances, indicating omens – sports team outcomes,- football/Superbowl omenology! – Superstitions regarding daily actions and outcomes. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the story of Bri's journey through the Australian legal system first as the daughter of a policeman, then as a law student, and finally as a judge's associate in both metropolitan and regional Queensland-where justice can look very different, especially for women. Two years later she was back as the complainant in her own case. If a single punch kills someone because of their thin skull, that victim's weakness cannot mitigate the seriousness of the crime.īut what if it also works the other way? What if a defendant on trial for sexual crimes has to accept his 'victim' as she comes: a strong, determined accuser who knows the legal system, who will not back down until justice is done?īri Lee began her first day of work at the Queensland District Court as a bright-eyed judge's associate. 'Scorching, self-scouring: a young woman finds her steel and learns to wield it' - Helen GarnerĮGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they find them'. ![]() ![]() I believe the last time we were this early in Jack's career as a newbie CIA analyst was for Clancy's own forgettable Red Rabbit, back in 2002. ![]() Marc Cameron takes Jack Ryan back to the height of the Cold War in Red Winter, the 34th overall book in the Jack Ryan Universe and sixth by Cameron, chronologically set just after Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October. Can he get the right answers before the Cold War turns into a Red Winter? Ryan is a former Marine and a brilliant CIA analyst who’s been the architect of some of the CIA’s biggest coups but this time he’s in enemy territory with a professional assassin on his tail. It’s a job Deputy Director James Greer can only trust to one man-Jack Ryan. With the East German secret police closing in, someone will have to go to behind the Berlin Wall to investigate the potential defector. It’s an offer they can’t pass up…if it’s genuine, but the risks are too great to blindly stumble into a deal. In East Berlin, a mysterious figure contacts the CIA with an incredible offer-invaluable details of his government’s espionage plans in return for asylum. The Nighthawk is the most advanced fighting machine in the world and the Soviets will do anything to get their hands on its secrets. ![]() ![]() In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the truth about a potential Soviet defector in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series.Ī top secret F117 aircraft crashes into the Nevada desert. ![]() ![]() This book has the craziest ideas about surviving from a Zombie apocalypse. ![]() Perfect not only for Halloween but any time of the year. ![]() Zombie book like this is very fun to read and full of excitement. A collection peculiar stories about living and zombies. Zombies signify failure-of political will and social cohesion, of technology and medicine, of the human body and soul. Each story speaks different voices which will boost up your adrenaline. The zombie apocalypse will be pedal-powered! Thirteen writers bring their diverse visions to this volume of feminist bicycle zombie stories: sometimes scary, sometimes spooky, sometimes hilarious, always on two wheels.Ī thrilling and fun book! It was very interesting how the writers came up with the idea of writing a story with the twist of riding bicycles. Bikes Not Rockets : intersectional feminist bicycle science fiction stories by Elly Blue Dragon bike : fantastical stories of bicycling, feminism, and dragons by Elly Blue C.A.T.S. Publisher : Elly Blue Publishing, an imprint of Microcosm (Photos Elly Blue) I just witnessed the unveiling of something truly in the Portland spirit: A locally built. ![]() Title: Pedal Zombies (thirteen feminist bicycle science fiction stories) ![]() ![]() ![]() You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. ![]() Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The first Corrigan, the son of Irish immigrants to the Midwest, loses his wife early on, and bears no affection for his perpetually frightened son, who dreams of the Chicago Exhibition rising on the land near their ramshackle home. The Corrigan tale as such, now easier to piece together than it was in the Acme series, concerns four generations of sad, dough-faced men. Jimmy’s story now finds its full expression in this wonderful book, itself an endlessly fascinating art object that deserves attention way beyond the comics market. The comics world has amply rewarded Ware for his amazingly innovative work-he’s won numerous prizes for his Acme Novelty Library, a combination of complex narratives about mice, a trove of visually arcane inventions (diagrammed with Rube Goldberg–like precision), and plenty of eye-straining text: a graphic self-effacement that echoes the creepy despair of Ware’s main creation, Jimmy Corrigan. ![]() |