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Chicago Sun-Times reviewer Elizabeth Hand gave the book a negative review, writing that it "is a crass, cynical attempt to cash in on a writer's youth and photogenic qualities". [2] Nora Krug wrote in The New York Times, "Her peer audience would do well to stick with masters of the genre rather than what reads like a homework project gone much ...
Title page of a printed lapidary by Conrad Gessner of 1565. A lapidary is a text in verse or prose, often a whole book, that describes the physical properties and metaphysical virtues of precious and semi-precious stones, that is to say, a work on gemology. [1]
With a view to providing Nepalese children with a good education in the English Medium in Nepal itself rather than sending them to Schools in the hill stations of India, Little Flowers' English School was established in Jhapa by Mr. Rajesh Khadka in 1981 A.D. Inspired by its success, GEMS was established by Mr. Khadka in 1984 A.D. in a rented house in Sanepa Height, Lalitpur with 78 students ...
The book is about twelve forest creatures whose mates disappear after being crystallized by a dark dust that falls every evening. The forest creatures combine forces with Zac (the handsome woodcarver), Ana (his beautiful half-elf, half-human wife), and their timid, chubby, winged "doth" Pook (inspired by the author's dog Misty) [3] to save the creatures and restore the dying forest.
With the invention of steam presses in the 1860s, Collins became able to publish books and dictionaries in all sizes. [1] The precursor of the Gem format (four inches high and two-and-a-half wide) was the Collins Gem Diary, which became popular in the 1880s. [2] The first Collins Gem English Dictionary was published in the late 1890s. [3]
JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain is a personal computer game in Knowledge Adventure's JumpStart series of educational software. As the title suggests, the game is intended to teach a third grade curriculum. This is the only version of this game created and, unusually for Knowledge Adventure, was still being sold over fifteen ...
How you respond to the news that “Robe of Gems” director Natalia López Gallardo is making her feature debut after editing work by the likes of Amat Escalante and Carlos Reygadas may ...
Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 – A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984. It covers a 44-year span between 1939 and 1983. Burgess was a prolific reader, in his early career reviewing more than 350 novels in just over two years for The Yorkshire Post. In the ...