D.C. Noir by George Pelecanos5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() in a story called “The Confidential Informant.” Written by Pelecanos, the plot details a young man who serves as an informant for the DC Police Department while constantly striving to earn his father’s love and respect. The collective memories begin with the voice of Verdon Coates, Jr. Together, Kinigopoulos and Pelecanos produced a 20-minute film that has already received an award for Outstanding Local Film at the 2015 DC Shorts Film Festival. ![]() Noir was published, Pelecanos decided to reach out to Stephen Kinigopoulos, a young director who grew up on the set of The Wire where his mom styled hair for the show’s actors. As the editor and lead writer of this anthology of stories detailing the darker side of the nation’s capital, Pelecanos notes that “It’s about the collective memories of the locals, and also about the voices.” Pelecanos is also the author of the short story “The Confidential Informant,” which was published in the 2005 anthology D.C. Stephen Kinigopoulos and George Pelecanos outside the DC JailĪ writer born and raised in Washington, DC, Pelecanos is perhaps best known for his role as producer, writer, and story editor for the acclaimed HBO series The Wire, in addition to being the author of eighteen novels set in and around DC. ![]()
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The yield by tara winch5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Her overwhelming grief is compounded by the pain, anger, and sadness of memory-of growing up in poverty before her mother’s incarceration, of the racism she and her people endured, of the mysterious disappearance of her sister when they were children an event that has haunted her and changed her life. ![]() The land itself aids him he finds the words on the wind.Īfter his passing, Poppy’s granddaughter, August, returns home from Europe, where she has lived the past ten years, to attend his burial. Before he takes his last breath, Poppy is determined to pass on the language of his people, the traditions of his ancestors, and everything that was ever remembered by those who came before him. A member of the indigenous Wiradjuri tribe, he has spent his adult life in Prosperous House and the town of Massacre Plains, a small enclave on the banks of the Murrumby River. Knowing that he will soon die, Albert “Poppy” Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill. ![]() A young Indigenous Australian woman searches for her grandfather's dictionary, the key to halting a mining company from destroying her family's home and ancestral land in this exquisitely written, heartbreaking, yet hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering, and empowerment in the tradition of Louise Erdrich, Sandra Cisneros, and Amy Harmon. ![]() ![]() But Gwen’s partnership with quick-tongued, roguish William may prove to be even more of an adventure for her than finding the lost girls…. ![]() Thrown together by circumstance, Gwen and William must cooperate to track down the young ladies before others with nefarious intent get their hands on them. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED Lauren Willig’s Pink Carnation novels have been hailed as sheer fun and charming. But, when the Pink Carnation’s little sister goes missing from her English boarding school, Gwen reluctantly returns home to investigate the girl’s disappearance. The Passion of the Purple Plumeria by Lauren Willig: 9780451414724 : Books NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED Lauren Willig’s Pink Carnation novels have been hailed as sheer fun and charming. Upon his return to the Isles, however, he finds that one of his daughters has vanished, along with one of her classmates.īecause she served as second-in-command to the Pink Carnation, one of England’s most intrepid spies, it would be impossible for Gwendolyn Meadows to give up the intrigue of Paris for a quiet life in the English countryside-especially when she’s just overheard news of an alliance forming between Napoleon and an Ottoman Sultan. ![]() Lauren Willig’s Pink Carnation novels have been hailed as “sheer fun”* and “charming.”** Now she takes readers on an adventure filled with hidden treasure and a devilishly handsome English colonel.Ĭolonel William Reid has returned home from India to retire near his children, who are safely stowed at an academy in Bath. ![]() Javascript the good parts the good parts5/30/2023 ![]() So if objA has _ proto _ equal to objB, and objB has _ proto _ equal to objC, then objA inherits objB and objC, while objB inherits objC. ![]() Some good resource on this could be found atĪn object objA inherits another object objC if objA and objC are connected through any number of _ proto _. ![]() ![]() The _ proto _ is what defines the inheritance. Moreover, any Function instance object (created using new constructor) has a property _ proto _. To avoid confusion, I would refer such objects as Function object, and for object created using new () construct of a function as Function instance object.Īny function object in javascript has two properties: _ proto _ and prototype. From this, I mean not the object created by new () construct, but the function itself. Function object vs Function instance objectįirst of all, in javascript, a function is also an object. ![]() ![]() ![]() “There’s a certain pleasure in making a person predetermined to dislike instead acknowledge one’s superiority,” she remarks to her fawning companion Mrs. Reginald is intelligent, attractive and wealthy, but for Lady Susan, perhaps the most important thing is that he’s a challenge. Upon arriving, she sets her sights on handsome young Reginald DeCourcy (Xavier Samuel), brother of Charles’ wife Catherine (Emma Greenwell). Lady Susan’s reputation as “the most accomplished flirt in all of England” precedes her as she takes up residence at Churchill, the country estate owned by her late husband’s brother Charles Vernon (Justin Edwards). As a widow, Lady Susan is financially dependent on the generosity of others, but she’s romantically free in a way that few women of her time period are, and she indulges in that freedom by engaging in dalliances with pretty much any man she chooses, regardless of his marital status. But Lady Susan is entirely selfish, interested in her own position and comfort, even at the expense of her timid daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark). As much of a busybody as Emma Woodhouse is in Austen’s Emma, at least her intentions are honorable. In Love & Friendship, Kate Beckinsale plays the delightfully passive-aggressive Lady Susan Vernon, a freeloading widow who revels in meddling in the lives of others, generally to secure the best outcome for herself. ![]() Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember5/30/2023 ![]() When she isn't working or writing, Julia enjoys exploring the magical city of Edinburgh, riding horses, reading too many books, and trying out new restaurants! Readers can contact Julia via her website: Or connect with her through Twitter: this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Learn about membership options, or view our freely available titles. ![]() Her travels inspire the fictional worlds she writes about, and she populates those worlds with magic and monsters. Sign Up Now Already a Member Log In You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title. A world traveler since childhood, Julia has now visited over sixty countries. Her animals tend to make cameo appearances in her writing. A lifelong horse-lover, she also owns a freakishly adorable cob pony called Africa. ![]() Presently, she is the haggard slave of the cats Sirius Black and Luna Lovegood and Bellatrix Le Snake. She also spends an inordinate amount of time managing her growing city-based menagerie of pets with Harry Potter-themed names. ![]() She spends her days working as a professional Book Nerd and her nights writing YA Romantic Fantasy novels. Originally from Chicago, Julia Ember now resides in sunny Scotland, where she has learned to enjoy both haggis and black pudding. ![]() The foot book 19685/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Please let me know when you are done bidding/buying so that I may invoice you to get a combined shipping discount. I will be happy to combine shipping costs on multiple auction wins. ![]() I have a wide variety of cool and affordable items listed for sale so please take a minute to browse my store. Please check out my many other auctions of unique collectible and affordable items. I will be happy to answer any additional questions you may have about the item. Seuss (Author) 10,099 ratings Part of: Bright & Early Books (R) (33 books) See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 9.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 12.99 29 Used from 5.30 16 New from 11.55 1 Collectible from 60. All I ask is that you be reasonable and show a desire to make the transaction a win win for both of us. First edition, no code on copyright page, 1.95 price on flap, four titles listed on rear flap. Seusss Wacky Book of Opposites Board book Lift the flap, Nov. I am very willing to work with you to get you a price you like and a profit I can live with. Since I offer free shipping please be aware that I ship from PA so if you make an offer please keep in mind that priority shipping to west coast is much more costly on most items. Seuss The Foot Book Hardcover 1968 Grolier Book Club Edition First Edition ![]() Confessions of a common reader5/30/2023 ![]() As someone who played at building bricks with ther father's 22-volume set of Trollope, and who considered herself truly married only when she and her husband merged book collections, she is well-equipped to expand upon the perverse pleasures of compulsive proofreading, the satisfactions of reading aloud, and the siren call of literary gluttony. For Fadiman, the books she loves have become chapters in her own. ![]() Writing with humour and erudition, Fadiman revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically literary family. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. sunned spine, marks to cover, page tanning, some wear, watermarksĮX LIBRIS: Confessions of a Common ReaderįAIR: sunned spine, marks to cover, page tanning, some wear, watermarks ![]() ![]() ![]() At the settlement, Molly and her relatives Gracie and Daisy were forbidden to speak their native language,forced to abandon their aboriginal heritage, and taught to be culturally white. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, award-winning author Doris Pilkington traces the captivating story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from her community in Southwestern Australia and take to the Moore River Native Settlement. Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up by whites and takes to settlements to be assimilated. Three mixed-race Australian girls, having been taken from their Aboriginal families, escape and return home on foot, without supplies or gear, while trying to evade recapture, in an account based on a true story. Rabbit-proof fence / Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimara) Book Bib ID ![]() Rodzina by Karen Cushman5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:59714253 Scandate 20100209052436 Scanner . Grade 4-7-Twelve-year-old Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski tells the story of her journey across the United States on an orphan train in 1881 in this audio version of Karen Cushman's novel (Clarion, 2003). Against her will, she finds herself packed onto one of the 'orphan trains' that take children west to find new families. OL2973564W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 89.66 Pages 236 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:8493388300 Rodzina Brodski, a Polish-born Chicago girl, had a happy, reasonably comfortable life with her parents and little brothers, until a series of accidents and illnesses left her orphaned and alone. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:10:29 Boxid IA111105 Boxid_2 CH129925 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0008 Donor ![]() |