Sterling is a small ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens
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Most undergraduate literature courses begin with a compulsory survey course on the novel. The Nineteenth-Century Novel: A Critical Reader fills a real gap in the market as no other book provides such a comprehensive selection of contemporary & modern essays & reviews on the most important novels of the period. By bringing together a range of material written across two centuries it offers an insight into the changing reception of realist fiction & a discussion of how complex debates about the meaning & function of realism informed & shaped the kind of fiction that was written in the nineteenth century. The novels discussed are: Northanger Abbey Jane Eyre Dombey & Son Middlemarch Far From the Madding Crowd Germinal Madame Bovary The Woman in White The Portrait of a Lady The Awakening Dracula Heart of Darkness. ...

The Ninjas today are the stuff of myth & legend in comics film & electronic games. But once they were real the medieval equivalent of the SAS: spies saboteurs assassins. In their secrecy undercover skills & determination to survive they were the opposite of the overt self-destructive samurai. Could they fly? Make themselves invisible? Of course not. It was just that their skills gave them a magical aura. As a result martial artists & story-tellers have turned them into fantasy creatures from James Bond to Mutant Turtles. In Ninja John Man goes in search of the truth. In a journey to the heartland of the ninjas he takes us from their origins over 1 000 years ago through their heyday in the civil wars that ended with Japans unification in 1600. But that was not the end of the ninja ethos. That re-emerged in World War Two as a little-known counterpart to Japanese militarism. Ninja ways live on in the real last of the ninjas Hiroo Onoda who held out in the Philippine jungle for 30 years. From feudal Japan to 21st Century Hollywood John Mans epic story reveals the reality behind one of the worlds most enduring legends. ...

Delving into new worlds populated by robots witches talking pandas & giant stags this collection offers funny haunting & heartbreaking poems. Highlighting the poets dazzling lyrical instincts balanced by her stinging wit it moves between high art pop culture science fiction & detective fiction to produce a series of unforgettable surprises. The characters herein speak from the page from the lonely android seeking love in the wrong places to Sherlock Holmess hunting for a Yeti in Tibet. By searching out the heart of every real or fantastical situation this compilation explores what it means to be human. ...

If middle school sucked for Vladimir Tod high school is a real drain. Besides being a punch bag for bullies hes still going nowhere fast with dream girl Meredith. Needless to say practicing his vampire skills hasnt exactly been a priority for Vlad
- until now. A monumental trip to Siberia with Uncle Otis training alongside the most gifted vampires is exactly what Vlad needs. & hed better get it right because the battle brewing back home with the vampire whos been stalking him.. .could be Vlads last.
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Though Nevermind" was Nirvanas most commercially successful album & the record that broke them
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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Winnie the Witch does things differently! In Winnies Wet Weekend Winnie & Wilbur escape to the seaside where Winnie discovers the perils of living in a sandcastle; in Jurassic Winnie a quest for a cereal packet collectors card sends Winnie & Wilbur back to the time of the dinosaurs; in A Wedding for Winnie the preparations for her sister Wendys wedding take a crazy turn when Winnie is put in charge; & in Nitty Winnie find out what happens when Winnies head is invaded by some tiny uninvited guests! Four crazily funny stories featuring everyones favourite witch her big black cat Wilbur & a zany supporting cast of new characters. Korky Pauls exuberant black line illustrations complement the humour slapstick & moments of real drama that run through each story. Pure magic! ...

If your translation of choice is the New International Version (NIV) & if you appreciate The Message for the freshness & insight it brings to your reading of the Bible then you'll love the NIV & THE MESSAGE SIDE-BYS-SIDE BIBLE. Setting the NIV & The Message together this Bible means that you can instantly compare the NIV & Eugene Peterson's bestselling paraphrase verse by verse. ...

Ready for Adventure? Embark on a fun exciting journey through Gods Word with the Adventure Bible. Along the way youll meet all types of people see all sorts of places & learn all kinds of things about the Bible. Most importantly youll grow closer in your relationship with God. This edition uses the full Bible text from the revised & updated NIV. Theres lots of additional material including articles on life in Bible times people of the Bible book introductions illustrations verses to highlight & hands-on activities. Twenty colour pages with games & other Bible fun & colour maps. ...