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A selection of Observer's Books including the first in the series, British Birds (1937), showing the wavy line pattern on the dustjackets. The Observer's Books are a series of small, pocket-sized books, published by Frederick Warne & Co in the United Kingdom from 1937 to 2003. They covered topics such as hobbies, art, history and wildlife.
Children of Heaven (Persian: بچههای آسمان, romanized: Bæccähâ-ye âsmân) is a 1997 Iranian family drama film written and directed by Majid Majidi. The plot follows a brother and sister, and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes.
Hope for the Flowers is an allegorical novel by Trina Paulus. It was first published in 1972 and reflects the idealism of the counterculture of the period. Often categorized as a children's novel , it is a fable "partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope – for adults and others including caterpillars who can read".
In "Secret Michigan: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure" Piper tells readers where they can find the largest collection of nun dolls, a secluded garden filled with lavender, flowers, and ...
Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 13, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer.He is the author of the multivolume Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, Otherland series, Shadowmarch series, and The Bobby Dollar series, as well as the standalone novels Tailchaser's Song and The War of the Flowers.
Emily Flora Klickmann (26 January 1867 – 20 November 1958) was an English journalist, author and editor. She was the second editor of the Girl's Own Paper, but became best known for her Flower-Patch series of books of anecdotes, autobiography and nature description.
Flowers for Algernon: Daniel Keyes: The Washington Post: 1959 For a Breath I Tarry: Roger Zelazny: 1966 Fountain of Age: Nancy Kress: Asimov's Science Fiction: 2007 Fragments of a Hologram Rose: William Gibson: Unearth3: 1977 Free Men: Robert A. Heinlein: The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein: 1966 From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled: Michael Swanwick ...
The book is about the author's then-10-year-old daughter, Annabel Beam, who was diagnosed with a rare terminal stomach disorder. During a visit home from the hospital, she fell; while climbing a tree with her older sister, a branch gave way, sending Annabel 30 feet headfirst into the hollow trunk of a cottonwood tree.