Nancy Jean-Luc L Spina Elena:Claudio Parmiggiani. L'isola del silenzio
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Very Good. 4.20(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.20(d). Paperback. 2015. 352 pages. <br>Join Whit and Wisty on a magical quest to defeat t he villain, once an… More...
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Very Good. 4.20(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.20(d). Paperback. 2015. 352 pages. <br>Join Whit and Wisty on a magical quest to defeat t he villain, once and for all, who has devastated their world. Wh it and Wisty Allgood have sacrificed everything to lead the resis tance against the merciless totalitarian regime that governs thei r world. Its supreme leader, The One Who Is The One, has banned e verything they hold dear: books, music, art, and imagination. But the growing strength of the siblings' magic hasn't been enough t o stop The One's evil rampage, and now he's executed the only fam ily they had left. Wisty knows that the time has finally come fo r her to face The One. But her fight and her fire only channel mo re power to this already invincible being. How can she and Whit p ossibly prepare for a showdown with the ruthless villain that dev astated their world-before he can truly become all-powerful? In this stunning third installment of the epic, bestselling Witch & Wizard series, the stakes have never been higher-and the conseque nces will change everything. Editorial Reviews Gr 7-10--In the third installment (Little, Brown 2011) of James Patterson's dysto pian series, Whit and Wisty's parents have been vaporized, and th e Resistance, which worked against the totalitarian regime that r ules their world, has broken up. Now the teens, who have magical abilities, are on their own and on the run from the New Order gua rds. After a little prompting from an old friend, Whit and Wisty decide they must split up. Whit goes into the shadow realm to sea rch for his parents, while Wisty enters the New Order headquarter s to face The One. This book is darker than the previous two volu mes and is filled with more violence and less fun. The humorous m agical battles and stunts that populated the earlier books are sc arce here; in their place are descriptions of beatings and emotio nal angst. The writing is melodramatic in places and the magic sy stem is fuzzy and inconsistent. The voices of Elijah Wood and Spe ncer Locke are convincingly youthful and they unabashedly perform even the most over-written sections with feeling. Instrumental b ackground music signals impending doom or drama, adding to the ov erall mood. Those who enjoyed the first two books will probably b e willing to wade through this one to get to the happy ending.--D onna Cardon, Provo City Library UT - School Library Journal Elij ah Wood and Spencer Locke continue narrating the story of Whit an d Wisty Allgood, who are a wizard and a witch, in the third insta llment of this series. Musical interludes at the beginning and en d of select chapters help set the stage in this dark story as Whi t and Wisty struggle to master their powers and with their quest to defeat The One Who Is The One. As Whit, Elijah Wood is a natur al storyteller, and his smooth voice is well suited to this magic al tale. Spencer Locke's voice is more expressive and bright, ris ing and falling in agitation and fear as Wisty's power grows. Whi le both narrators have a habit of delivering the exclamations in overly loud voices, they do well at alternating sections without losing any of the intensity of the tale. E.N. © AudioFile 2012, P ortland, Maine - MARCH 2012 - AudioFile ., Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015, 3, SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2013* Publisher: Maclehose Press (Quercus).* Binding and cover condition: Black and white illustrated soft card covers showing a bus at night under the stars. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: A few b/w line drawn vignettes to chapter headings.* Pages: 169 pp. text. vii pp. notes, acknowledgements and blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- A frustrated publisher receives a mysterious angst-ridden manuscript: 'a friend' must send it in installments; its contents would put the author in danger. As he pieces together the story, he learns that the author is the wife of one of the two Martelli brothers - gangsters who dominate a small town in the Brazilian interior. Surely her dark outpourings are a cry for help? One by one, he dispatches his motley collection of friends to Frondosa - a town totally obsessed with five-a-side football - to investigate and to bring her to safety. Luís Fernando Veríssimo is a satirist, cartoonist, translator, television writer, saxophonist, playwright and novelist. With over sixty published titles, he is one of the most popular of contemporary Brazilian writers. * This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. fnl. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.* Costa, Margaret Jull, MacLehose Press, 2013-11-07, 5, New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000. CC4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. WELCOME BACK TO SHAKESPEARE - a charming Arkansas town with endless back roads, an eclectic mix of residents, and a dollop of noir. Featuring cleaning woman/karate expert Lily Bard, Charlaine Harris's series puts a unique spin on the traditional cozy to create mysteries that "work on every level. The writing and plotting are first rate {and} Lily is appealing in her own prickly way"(Washington Times). In the latest installment, Lily discovers lifelong Shakespeare resident Deedra Dean murdered inside a car parked in a woodsy area outside town. Determined not to get involved, Lily wants to leave the police work to Sheriff Marta Schuster and her team of deputies, and concentrate on cleaning, high kicks, and her boyfriend Jack's impending visit. But when Deedra's notoriously promiscuous lifestyle provides an extensive list of suspects but very few clues, Lily has no choice but to resume the roll of amateur detective and join the investigation. In this fourth book in Charlaine Harris's highly acclaimed and darkly compelling series, Lily Bard delivers a hard-hitting mix of Southern charm and street smarts, a combination so alluring that long-time readers and newcomers will be dying to visit Shakespeare again. 8.5"x5.75", 227 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Charlaine Harris Schulz is an American New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over thirty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States. She now lives in Texas with her husband and enjoys visits from her three grown children and her grandchildren. Though her early work consisted largely of poems about ghosts and, later, teenage angst, she began writing plays when she attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. She began to write books a few years later. Her later books have been in the urban fantasy genre. She is best known for The Southern Vampire Mysteries series, which HBO later adapted for its dramatic series entitled True Blood.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000, 3, Torino: Umberto Allemandi, 2006. Traduzione di Gachignard C. Testo Italiano, Francese e Olandese. Torino, 2006; br., pp. 104, ill., tavv., cm 24x34. Founded in 1663 by the order of St Saviour, the Chapelle des Brigittines is one of the most prestigious places today in Brussels for contemporary art. Claudio Parmiggiani's installation "L'Isola del Silenzio" has been sited here: a magnificent Lombard bell in bronze, placed on the floor in front of an irregular pyramid of books, piled up one against the other like the stones of an old building, in place of the altar. The artist's taste for allegory, the close relationship between space and art work, the silence, the ashes and dust settling on the paper, all create a psychological and ethical place characterised by angst and melancholy, but also a symbolically resistant rock that silently opposes the devastation of culture. The silent shape of the bell now stands where the choir once sang in harmony; where there was once a library with its treasure of knowledge and learning, a pile of useless paper remains. Parmiggiani's cry of alarm and pain is directed, with hope, towards more attentive and sensitive souls., Umberto Allemandi, 2006, 0<
