Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies
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Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9781423164227
ISBN-13 : 1423164229
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies by : Guillermo del Toro

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood’s Guide to Dangerous Fairies is a dark and disturbing illustrated novel based on the world of Guillermo del Toro’s film “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.” Taking place a hundred years before the movie begins, the book chronicles the travels and explorations of Emerson Blackwood, a young and ambitious natural scientist who quickly discovers there is a mysterious world beyond what his education and peers understand. Follow Blackwood as he travels, discovering more and more about this secret world and the creatures that inhabit it -- creatures that Blackwood quickly realizes are just as interested in him as he is in them, particularly a long-lived and dangerous group of beings that have had centuries of encounters with humanity, creatures that live by eating enamel and bone.... The book, co-written by del Toro and the award-winning Christopher Golden, features illustrations by the director of “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” Troy Nixey.

Guillermo Del Toro: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood’s Guide to Dangerous Fairies

Guillermo Del Toro: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood’s Guide to Dangerous Fairies
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Publisher : Hyperion
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 142313401X
ISBN-13 : 9781423134015
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis Guillermo Del Toro: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood’s Guide to Dangerous Fairies by : Guillermo del Toro

An illustrated novel that dives into the world of the 2010 Miramax film “Don’t be Afraid of the Dark.” The movie is a PG-13 thriller written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, starring Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes, about a young girl sent to live with her father and his girlfriend. They move into a historic New England house, which is secretly inhabited by a brood of small creatures. These creatures seem at first to be playful figments of his daughter’s imagination, but quickly turn into a deadly threat. The book, co-written by Guillermo Del Toro and Christopher Golden, takes place a hundred years before the movie begins. It chronicles the travels and adventures of a young nature scientist who begins to understand there’s more to the world than science understands.

The Possibility of You

The Possibility of You
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 9781451616439
ISBN-13 : 1451616430
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis The Possibility of You by : Pamela Redmond

New York Times bestselling author Pamela Redmond delivers a beautifully written novel about three generations of women in New York City and the experiences that shape and connect them to each other. The Possibility of You weaves together three interlocking stories involving three women dealing with issues of pregnancy and motherhood at key moments in history of the last century: On the brink of the First World War and the dawn of the modern age; as the liberalism of the ’60s and ’70s gave way to Reagan’s 1980s; and during the autumn of Barack Obama’s election. Contemporary heroine Cait, an African-American journalist raised by white adoptive parents, goes on a search for her birth mother inspired by her own unplanned pregnancy. Orphan Billie travels from her hippie upbringing in San Francisco to discover the upscale New York grandmother she never knew existed. And Irish nanny Bridget loses the boy she cares for and loves in the 1916 polio epidemic, only to try and replace him with a child of her own. Delving into the complex emotions that lie at the heart of unplanned pregnancy, motherhood, and the definition of family, this sweeping inter-generational saga illuminates the struggles of these very different women—and shows how the search for belonging is a connection that remains universal.

The Hacker

The Hacker
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 355
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ISBN-10 : 9781801107822
ISBN-13 : 1801107823
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hacker by : Daniel Scanlan

'The Ericka Blackwood Files pack a serious punch. Dark and gripping, and brimming with authentic technologies that power our modern world - as well as the vulnerabilities that threaten it.' Daniel Suarez FBI Special Agent Ericka Blackwood chases a deadly online predator in a high-stakes hunt for the truth. Perfect for fans of Thomas Harris and Stieg Larsson. He's online. He's anonymous. He's deadly. When a video surfaces on the Dark Web showing a murder no one else could have witnessed, FBI Special Agent Ericka Blackwood starts tracking down the killer. But the case is even darker than Ericka thought. Hidden behind an avatar named Dantalion, a criminal mastermind is feeding his sadistic appetites by directing the crimes of others – and he may have been orchestrating his twisted schemes for years. As Ericka homes in on her target, the tables are suddenly turned. Dantalion has information that will help Ericka fulfil a deeply personal quest for revenge... but only if she risks her career, her life, and the fate of Dantalion's future victims. Does vengeance come at too high a price? Reviews for The Hacker 'Frighteningly plausible... a thrilling rollercoaster of twists and turns.' Boyd Morrison 'One of the most engaging and intelligent thrillers of the year.' Kashif Hussein, Best Thriller Books 'Dark, brutal, scary – yet absolutely riveting.' Samantha Brick 'Creates an atmosphere of high-tech terror... A modern, thrilling novel.' Promoting Crime Fiction

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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Publisher : Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 101
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by : C.S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis was a British author, lay theologian, and contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia.

Speaking from Among the Bones

Speaking from Among the Bones
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Publisher : Delacorte Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780345538680
ISBN-13 : 0345538684
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Speaking from Among the Bones by : Alan Bradley

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as “one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.” Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether they’re found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters’ diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the five-hundredth anniversary of St. Tancred’s death, the English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint’s tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, yet what she finds will halt the proceedings dead in their tracks: the body of Mr. Collicutt, the church organist, his face grotesquely and inexplicably masked. Who held a vendetta against Mr. Collicutt, and why would they hide him in such a sacred resting place? The irrepressible Flavia decides to find out. And what she unearths will prove there’s never such thing as an open-and-shut case. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Alan Bradley’s The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches. Acclaim for Speaking from Among the Bones “[Alan] Bradley scores another success. . . . This series is a grown-up version of Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and all those mysteries you fell in love with as a child.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune “The precocious and irrepressible Flavia . . . continues to delight.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Fiendishly brilliant . . . Bradley has created an utterly charming cast of characters . . . as quirky as any British mystery fan could hope for.”—Bookreporter “Delightful and entertaining.”—San Jose Mercury News

Glimpses of Fifty Years

Glimpses of Fifty Years
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Publisher : Chicago : Women's Temperance Publication Association
Total Pages : 808
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015009382931
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Glimpses of Fifty Years by : Frances Elizabeth Willard

Willard's autobiography is not only the story of an outstanding woman of the 19th century, it is the personal history of the W.C.T.U., the largest of the 19th century women's organizations.

The Playground of Europe

The Playground of Europe
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 534
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X000685853
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Playground of Europe by : Leslie Stephen

My Omaha Obsession

My Omaha Obsession
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : 9781496224712
ISBN-13 : 149622471X
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis My Omaha Obsession by : Miss Cassette

My Omaha Obsession takes the reader on an idiosyncratic tour through some of Omaha’s neighborhoods, buildings, architecture, and people, celebrating the city’s unusual history. Rather than covering the city’s best-known sites, Miss Cassette is irresistibly drawn to strange little buildings and glorious large homes that don’t exist anymore as well as to stories of Harkert’s Holsum Hamburgers and the Twenties Club. Piecing together the records of buildings and homes and everything interesting that came after, Miss Cassette shares her observations of the property and its significance to Omaha. She scrutinizes land deeds, insurance maps, tax records, and old newspaper articles to uncover a property’s singular story. Through conversations with fellow detectives and history enthusiasts, she guides readers along her path of hunches, personal interests, mishaps, and more. As a longtime resident of Omaha, Miss Cassette is informed by memories of her youth combined with an enduring curiosity about the city’s offbeat relics and remains. Part memoir and part research guide with a healthy dose of colorful wandering, My Omaha Obsession celebrates the historic built environment and searches for the people who shaped early Omaha.

Woodland Tales

Woodland Tales
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Publisher : Garden City, N.Y, ; Toronto : Doubleday, Page
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101042994309
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Woodland Tales by : Ernest Thompson Seton