Can we ever be wholly free? In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world. The reflection we are faced wit
This small and sturdy accordion book opens to stand up in a crib, on the carpet, or on a bed, making it easy for your baby to enjoy tummy time, all the time.Make the best of tummy time with your baby with this fold-out book featuring beautiful illustrations of life on a farm. Your baby will fall in love with this small and sturdy accordion book that opens to stand up in a crib, on the carpet, or in a bed, making it easy for your baby to enjoy tummy time all the time. With two reflective "mirror" pages your baby can see him- or herself and practice those future smiles! And since the American Academy of Pediatrics and other top pediatric organizations around the world recommend tummy time to help “build the strength and coordination needed for rolling over, crawling, reaching, and playing” this book is not just fun, it's also good for your baby. Also available: TummyTime®: Happy Baby, TummyTime®: Animal Parade, and TummyTime®: Love Is All Around.
It's Christmas Eve and Peter Rabbit and his sisters are excited, but Peter is worried too. They have all wished for a special present but Peter can't sleep, and he knows Father Christmas won't visit if he's still awake. As the hours drag by anxious Peter hears a little creak here, and a little bump there, so now he's even LESS likely to fall asleep.Poor Peter. Will his Christmas wish EVER come true?This is the second title in a new series of stories for the very young set in Peter Rabbit's world. The simple tales mirror important early experiences and emotions of young children through the eyes of Beatrix Potter's most well-loved characters, while Eleanor Taylor's illustrations are filled with charm, warmth and humour.
A little girl discovers the beauty in herself--and the beauty of the world around her--not by looking in the mirror but by looking in her Nana's eyes. Synthia Saint James's gloriously bright illustrat
Palace Walk is the first novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork.The novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons—the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. The family’s trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two world wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries.Translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny?
In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the dazzling first volume of Mordant’s Need, New York Times bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson introduced us to the richly imagined world of Mordant, where mirrors ar
A continuation of the story that began in Equestria Girls finds Twilight Sparkle and her loyal pony friends sharing a new adventure in the human world on the other side of a magical mirror. TV tie-in.
Choosing ten symbols from the natural world (the sun, the shell, the bird) and ten man-made (the window, the book, the mirror), Francoise Barbe-Gall illuminates our understanding of how these have bee
One day, at the beginning of this book, something strange was lying on the floor. What did the animals find? When they pick it up, things get out of hand. It gets weirder and weirder until...A hilarious story showing what happens when animals see themselves in the mirror for the first time, this book allows children of a young age to think about identity and the world around them. Mark Janssen has created a picture book that will charm readers young and old, with bright and fun illustrations.
"An alternately charming and horrifying exploration of what it means to be human and how far we'll go in pursuit of personal and societal 'perfection.' Dayton's newest is imagination at its best and most terrifying. I devoured this book." --Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I DarkenFor fans of television shows Black Mirror and Westworld, this compelling, mind-bending novel is a twisted look into the future, exploring how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimen and what it means to be human at all.Set in our world, spanning the near to distant futures, Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is a novel made up of six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the definition of "human."This extraordinary work explores the amazing possibilities of genetic manipulation and life extension, as well as the ethical quandaries that will arise with these advanc
Kara and Zed go on magical adventures in this twisted fairytale series!Magic, friendship, and adventure are the perfect ingredients for a new twisted fairy tales Branches series from Anna Staniszewski!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!The Enchanted Kingdom is in a heat wave until the Ice Princess uses her magic mirror to make winter come -- no wonder Kara and Zed are too hot. But the magic mirror is broken! And no one else wants to help the princess. Can Kara and Zed find out how to fix the mirror and bring back winter? Or will it be summer forever? Macky Pamintuan's illustrations are on every page, welcoming readers into the adorably silly world of the Once Upon a Fairy Tale series.
Anish Kapoor (b.1954) is one of the world?s most prominent artists, as the creator of popular public sculptures around the globe ? including Cloud Gate (2004, Millennium Park, Chicago), Mirror (2006,
I get this bizarre mirror world filled with a horse/guy who I have the serious hots for, creatures who are terrorising civilisation, deodorant-less armpits that probably stink and no toilet paper.
Follow unexpected possibilities on fanciful and humorous journeys, powered by the limitlessness of the imagination and the openness of the human spirit.SUPPOSING I looked in the mirror one day and saw someone who wasn't me atall...SUPPOSING I sailed around the world and when Iwas a mile from my hometown, I just turned the boat and sailed round again theother way...SUPPOSING...Supposing leads to pondering a chain of hypothetical events that play with theway that things are, daring to imagine a world beyond the laws of physics andunbeholden to societal conventions. Each sentence may start with the same word"SUPPOSING," but it's impossible to predict where the zany musings will lead!Alastair Reid's text, still as delightful and fresh as it was in 1960, isaccompanied by new, dazzlingly vibrant illustrations from JooHee Yoon.
Set in a mirror of our own world, Sigil & Shadow is a roleplaying game of urban fantasy and occult horror in which players take on the roles of illuminated heroes and shadowed monsters to face the ris
A tale of two sisters against a backdrop of Night Film meets Black Mirror, this atmospheric novel will keep you guessing until the very end.After their world-famous mother disappeared under mysterious
Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2021A book about babies for a new baby - with a mirror on the final page! Babies change and babies grow. They're different every day. But you're the baby I love best, in every single way.There are so many different kinds of babies in the world . . .big, small, short, tall - they can even be cheeky or squeaky! With bold animal artwork on every spread and a mirror on the last page, this irresistibly lovely board book will brighten any bookshelf and is the perfect first book to share with babies everywhere.
Enter the magical world behind the Mirrors... Jacob has uncovered the doorway to another world, hidden behind a mirror. It is a place of dark magic and enchanted objects, scheming dwarves and f
The ancient Chinese were profoundly influenced by the Sun, Moon and stars, making persistent efforts to mirror astral phenomena in shaping their civilization. In this pioneering text, David W. Pankenier introduces readers to a seriously understudied field, illustrating how astronomy shaped the culture of China from the very beginning and how it influenced areas as disparate as art, architecture, calendrical science, myth, technology, and political and military decision-making. As elsewhere in the ancient world, there was no positive distinction between astronomy and astrology in ancient China, and so astrology, or more precisely, astral omenology, is a principal focus of the book. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including archaeological discoveries, classical texts, inscriptions and paleography, this thought-provoking book documents the role of astronomical phenomena in the development of the 'Celestial Empire' from the late Neolithic through the late imperial period.
Draw the mirror image! Mudpuppy's Amazing Insects is a book of split images illustrated by Jon Cannell. It's up to YOU to draw, color, mix and match to create your own insect world.
