![]() You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. ![]() Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm I-V, Bubba Ho-tep STOP. ![]() Joe Garden, Features Editor, The Onion is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King. Every time I set the book down, I was wary that something really was afoot, that there were creatures I couldn't see, and that because I suspected this, I was next. This edition features additional material and an even more epic epic of slackers versus the occult! has updated the Lovecraft tradition and infused it with humor that rather than lessening the horror, increases it dramatically. John Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small town-and the world-from a host of supernatural and paranormal invasions. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Kawaguchi’s characters embark on lo-fi, emotional journeys unburdened by the technicalities often found in time travel fiction-notably, they are unable to change the present. In “Husband and Wife,” a nurse goes back in time to visit her husband before his Alzheimer’s erased her from his memory in “The Sisters,” a woman visits her younger sister, who died in an accident while trying to visit her, to apologize for not seeing her. ![]() In four connected tales, lovers and family members take turns sitting in the chair that allows a person to travel back in time for only as long as it takes a single cup of coffee to cool. Japanese playwright Kawaguchi’s evocative English-language debut is set in a tiny Tokyo café where time travel is possible. ![]() ![]() ![]() Richard makes his money selling three-dollar plane rides in Ferris, Illinois and sleeps in fields wherever a farmer allows him. The book then switches to Richard Bach’s narration. ![]() He hears a voice telling him to let go, to be happy in his life, and he decides to quit. The Master grows tired of trying to convince people that they can be free and goes to pray. Nevertheless, the other creatures cling on and start worshipping him. ![]() When one creature decides to let go and is free, the others asked him how he has done it, and he says all they must do is let go. ![]() When asked about his secret, he tells the story of a group of creatures clinging to the rocks beneath a flowing river. While working as a mechanic, he preaches and performs miracles for the crowds. The first chapter is presented as hand-written, telling the story of a Master born in Indiana who remembers his learnings from past lives and decides to spread his teachings around the world. With Illusions, Bach creates a world in which reality is an illusion, as seen in the central character of his own name, Richard Bach. Bach initially achieved fame for his allegorical book Jonathan Livingston Seagull and followed up his success with Illusions, which has been described as a parable with a very simple story whose main purpose is to share truth and wisdom. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah is a 1977 philosophical novel by American writer and pilot Richard Bach. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the story of Katie’s road to success, which includes her landmark interviews with George and Barbara Bush and Sarah Palin, to name a few however, this was more like an uphill struggle.Īnd speaking of uphill struggles, two story arcs dominate the book which involve two men in her life: her late husband Jay Monahan and former Today Show co-host Matt Lauer.įor the first time, readers get a first-hand account of the painful and agonizing period in 1997-98 when Katie stood by Jay as he unsuccessfully battled colon cancer, which claimed his life at the young age of 42. ![]() ![]() With the rhythmic text and engaging illustrations, here's a book that could become part of yours. "Chronicling the nighttime routine of a family, Brown has penned a bedtime story that is immediately warm and relatable for families with young children. This has high baby shower appeal, but it also has vigor, snap, and charm, to suit the actual kid audience." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ![]() "The springy rhyme is sweet without being saccharine, and touches of Spanish and neat phrasing add verve. "Brown and Ford make an outstanding team, drawing together realistic illustrations, gentle words, and beautiful phrases often uttered by parents to communicate love and acceptance to their children." - Booklist "A perfect read-aloud for bedtime." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review One of NPR's 100 Best Books for Young ReadersĪ Cooperative Children's Book Center Best Book of the YearĪ Parents Latina Magazine Best Latino Children's Book of 2020 From sunset to bedtime, two brown-skinned parents lovingly care for their beautiful brown baby. ![]() |