2008, ISBN: 9780060987527

Very Good. Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh … Mehr…

Very Good. Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh new look for today's children, teachers and parents, with lively new covers and fresh artwork. Engaging new artwork and covers Alex Brychta's unique style of artwork enthrals and entertains children, and the fresh new look will heighten their pleasure in reading the stories. With freshly drawn artwork for all the favourite core stories at Stages 2 - 5 and fantastic new covers, Oxford Reading Tree is more appealing than ever! Stories children love The Oxford Reading Tree stories have always captivated children's imagination, inspiring them to read - and the stories and characters in the new editions haven't changed at all. Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool. Simplified structure We have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from you: Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 and 7 Storybooks; magpies become Stages 8 and 9 Storybooks; wrens at Stage 2 have become patterned stories at Stage 1+; and wrens at Stage 3 are now patterned stories at Stage 2. New teaching support material In addition to the existing guided reading cards, perfect for use in guided reading sessions, we have brought out new teaching materials to reflect the needs of teachers in today's classroom: · Flexible, friendly teacher's notes included FREE with each pack of Oxford Reading Tree books - these are easy to store and will save you hours of preparation! · New Take-Home cards for every Storybook from Stages 1 - 9 to help parents or carers get the most out of reading with their child · Free resources website at www.oup.com/uk/primary with downloadable photocopy masters · New Teacher's Handbook and special edition for Scotland, 3, Very Good. Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh new look for today's children, teachers and parents, with lively new covers and fresh artwork. Engaging new artwork and covers Alex Brychta's unique style of artwork enthrals and entertains children, and the fresh new look will heighten their pleasure in reading the stories. With freshly drawn artwork for all the favourite core stories at Stages 2 - 5 and fantastic new covers, Oxford Reading Tree is more appealing than ever! Stories children love The Oxford Reading Tree stories have always captivated children's imagination, inspiring them to read - and the stories and characters in the new editions haven't changed at all. Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool. Simplified structure We have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from you: Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 and 7 Storybooks; magpies become Stages 8 and 9 Storybooks; wrens at Stage 2 have become patterned stories at Stage 1+; and wrens at Stage 3 are now patterned stories at Stage 2. New teaching support material In addition to the existing guided reading cards, perfect for use in guided reading sessions, we have brought out new teaching materials to reflect the needs of teachers in today's classroom: · Flexible, friendly teacher's notes included FREE with each pack of Oxford Reading Tree books - these are easy to store and will save you hours of preparation! · New Take-Home cards for every Storybook from Stages 1 - 9 to help parents or carers get the most out of reading with their child · Free resources website at www.oup.com/uk/primary with downloadable photocopy masters · New Teacher's Handbook and special edition for Scotland, 3, Very Good. Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh new look for today's children, teachers and parents, with lively new covers and fresh artwork. Engaging new artwork and covers Alex Brychta's unique style of artwork enthrals and entertains children, and the fresh new look will heighten their pleasure in reading the stories. With freshly drawn artwork for all the favourite core stories at Stages 2 - 5 and fantastic new covers, Oxford Reading Tree is more appealing than ever! Stories children love The Oxford Reading Tree stories have always captivated children's imagination, inspiring them to read - and the stories and characters in the new editions haven't changed at all. Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool. Simplified structure We have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from you: Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 and 7 Storybooks; magpies become Stages 8 and 9 Storybooks; wrens at Stage 2 have become patterned stories at Stage 1+; and wrens at Stage 3 are now patterned stories at Stage 2. New teaching support material In addition to the existing guided reading cards, perfect for use in guided reading sessions, we have brought out new teaching materials to reflect the needs of teachers in today's classroom: · Flexible, friendly teacher's notes included FREE with each pack of Oxford Reading Tree books - these are easy to store and will save you hours of preparation! · New Take-Home cards for every Storybook from Stages 1 - 9 to help parents or carers get the most out of reading with their child · Free resources website at www.oup.com/uk/primary with downloadable photocopy masters · New Teacher's Handbook and special edition for Scotland, 3, Very Good. Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh new look for today's children, teachers and parents, with lively new covers and fresh artwork. Engaging new artwork and covers Alex Brychta's unique style of artwork enthrals and entertains children, and the fresh new look will heighten their pleasure in reading the stories. With freshly drawn artwork for all the favourite core stories at Stages 2 - 5 and fantastic new covers, Oxford Reading Tree is more appealing than ever! Stories children love The Oxford Reading Tree stories have always captivated children's imagination, inspiring them to read - and the stories and characters in the new editions haven't changed at all. Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool. Simplified structure We have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from you: Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 and 7 Storybooks; magpies become Stages 8 and 9 Storybooks; wrens at Stage 2 have become patterned stories at Stage 1+; and wrens at Stage 3 are now patterned stories at Stage 2. New teaching support material In addition to the existing guided reading cards, perfect for use in guided reading sessions, we have brought out new teaching materials to reflect the needs of teachers in today's classroom: · Flexible, friendly teacher's notes included FREE with each pack of Oxford Reading Tree books - these are easy to store and will save you hours of preparation! · New Take-Home cards for every Storybook from Stages 1 - 9 to help parents or carers get the most out of reading with their child · Free resources website at www.oup.com/uk/primary with downloadable photocopy masters · New Teacher's Handbook and special edition for Scotland, 3, Very Good. Decades after her death, the legend of Eva Peron continues to captivate millions. No other female political leader in the 20th century - not Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi or Golda Meir - is surrounded by more mythology and romantic love than Eva Peron, the power-obsessed, boldy revolutionary wife of Argentine dicator, Juan Peron. In this biography, French-Argentine journalist Alicia Dujovne Ortiz unveils the myths and penetrates the complexities behind Eva Peron's enduring allure. With access to declassified archives of the Peron government, Ortiz reveals the slippery truths, including rumoured connections between Peron and the German Nazis. Ortiz has researched many personal testimonies, including the confidences of Father Hernan Benitez, Eva's personal confessor, as well as analyzing Eva's own memoirs., 3, Very Good. Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh new look for today's children, teachers and parents, with lively new covers and fresh artwork. Engaging new artwork and covers Alex Brychta's unique style of artwork enthrals and entertains children, and the fresh new look will heighten their pleasure in reading the stories. With freshly drawn artwork for all the favourite core stories at Stages 2 - 5 and fantastic new covers, Oxford Reading Tree is more appealing than ever! Stories children love The Oxford Reading Tree stories have always captivated children's imagination, inspiring them to read - and the stories and characters in the new editions haven't changed at all. Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool. Simplified structure We have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from you: Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 and 7 Storybooks; magpies become Stages 8 and 9 Storybooks; wrens at Stage 2 have become patterned stories at Stage 1+; and wrens at Stage 3 are now patterned stories at Stage 2. New teaching support material In addition to the existing guided reading cards, perfect for use in guided reading sessions, we have brought out new teaching materials to reflect the needs of teachers in today's classroom: · Flexible, friendly teacher's notes included FREE with each pack of Oxford Reading Tree books - these are easy to store and will save you hours of preparation! · New Take-Home cards for every Storybook from Stages 1 - 9 to help parents or carers get the most out of reading with their child · Free resources website at www.oup.com/uk/primary with downloadable photocopy masters · New Teacher's Handbook and special edition for Scotland, 3, Very Good. Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh new look for today's children, teachers and parents, with lively new covers and fresh artwork. Engaging new artwork and covers Alex Brychta's unique style of artwork enthrals and entertains children, and the fresh new look will heighten their pleasure in reading the stories. With freshly drawn artwork for all the favourite core stories at Stages 2 - 5 and fantastic new covers, Oxford Reading Tree is more appealing than ever! Stories children love The Oxford Reading Tree stories have always captivated children's imagination, inspiring them to read - and the stories and characters in the new editions haven't changed at all. Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool. Simplified structure We have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from you: Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 and 7 Storybooks; magpies become Stages 8 and 9 Storybooks; wrens at Stage 2 have become patterned stories at Stage 1+; and wrens at Stage 3 are now patterned stories at Stage 2. New teaching support material In addition to the existing guided reading cards, perfect for use in guided reading sessions, we have brought out new teaching materials to reflect the needs of teachers in today's classroom: · Flexible, friendly teacher's notes included FREE with each pack of Oxford Reading Tree books - these are easy to store and will save you hours of preparation! · New Take-Home cards for every Storybook from Stages 1 - 9 to help parents or carers get the most out of reading with their child · Free resources website at www.oup.com/uk/primary with downloadable photocopy masters · New Teacher's Handbook and special edition for Scotland, 3, Hutchinson, UK, 2005. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 527 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson, UK, 2005. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Tom Sullivan is about to graduate from Princeton. He's intelligent and popular, but haunted by the violent death several years earlier of his father, an academic who devoted his life to studying one of the rarest, most complex and most valuable books in the world. Since its publication in 1499, "The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" has baffled scholars who have tried to understand its many mysteries. Coded in seven languages, the text is at once a passionate love story, an intricate mathematical labyrinth, and a tale of arcane brutality. Paul Harris, Tom's room-mate, has deeply personal reasons of his own for wanting to unveil the secrets the book hides. When a long-lost diary surfaces, it seems the two friends have found the key to the labyrinth - but when a fellow researcher is murdered only hours later, they suddenly find themselves in great danger. And what they discover embedded in the text stuns them: a narrative detailing the passion of a Renaissance prince, a hidden crypt, and a secret worth dying to protect. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN: 0099451956. ISBN/EAN: 9780099451952. Inventory No: 19030078.. 9780099451952, Hutchinson, 2005, 2.5, -: Arrow Books Ltd, 2005. None. Paperback. Very Good. -. Tom Sullivan is about to graduate from Princeton. He`s intelligent and popular, but haunted by the violent death several years earlier of his father, an academic who devoted his life to studying one of the rarest, most complex and most valuable books in the world. Since its publication in 1499, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili has baffled scholars who have tried to understand its many mysteries. Coded in seven languages, the text is at once a passionate love story, an intricate mathematical labyrinth, and a tale of arcane brutality. Paul Harris, Tom`s roommate, has deeply personal reasons of his own for wanting to unveil the secrets the book hides. When a long-lost diary surfaces, it seems the two friends have found the key to the labyrinth - but when a fellow researcher is murdered only hours later, they suddenly find themselves in great danger. And what they discover embedded in the text stuns them: the passion of a Renaissance prince, a hidden crypt, and a secret worth dying to protect., Arrow Books Ltd, 2005, 3, -: Picador, 2008. None. Paperback. Very Good. -. Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife, mother, rabbi and sometime moral voice of the nation, it is she whom everyone wants to be with at her older son`s glorious February wedding. Until Leo becomes a bolter and the heyday of the Rubin family begins to unravel ...His calm, married, more mature sister, Frances, tries to hold the centre together but the stresses, for Frances, force her to re-examine her own middle way and lead to a decision as shocking in its way as Leo`s has been. Meanwhile, Claudia`s husband Norman has, uncharacteristically, a secret to hide - a secret whose imminent unveiling he can do nothing about ...This work presents a warm, poignant and true portrayal of a London family in crisis, in love, in denial and - ultimately - in luck., Picador, 2008, 3, -: Arrow Books Ltd, 1993. None. Paperback. Good. -. Unveils the living nightmare of a world planned by the Nazis in reality, but never achieved. It illuminates the trail taken by the loner March, leading him to the discoveries of wartime corruption, Swiss bank vaults, love, danger, and - most terrifying of all - the black heart of the Nazi state. --> Genre: Thriller Action, Arrow Books Ltd, 1993, 2.5, William Morrow Paperbacks. Very Good. 1.1 x 5.9 x 9 inches. Paperback. 2000. 384 pages. <br>[An] engrossing story...endearing and memorable. - Boston Herald [An] arresting hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel. -Detroit Free Press A tale so movingly told th at you will say at the end of the first reading, 'It's been a lon g time since I've read a book this good.' -Nashville Tennessean Gregory Maguire proves himself to be one of contemporary fictio n's most assured myth-makers (Kirkus Reviews) with Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, his ingenious and provocative retelling of t he timeless Cinderella fairy tale. Perhaps best known for his dar k and breathtaking Oz series The Wicked Years-including the novel Wicked, which inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical-M aguire is a master at upending the ordinary to help us see the fa miliar in a brilliant new light. Editorial Reviews Review ?[A] bewitching story...Confessions has its roots in a fanciful tale-- the Cinderella story--but it teases out motifs deeper than the ge neric fall-in-love-and-marry-the-prince-happily-ever-after....Wit ty and wise?Adult and sophisticated, his musings on beauty, uglin ess, magic, reality, and imagination explore how our past follows us always and shapes our self-perception.? --Chicago Tribune?A r avishing meditation on the truism that 'beauty helps preserve the spirit of mankind.' Maguire is rapidly becoming one of contempor ary fiction's most assured myth-makers.? --Kirkus Reviews (starre d)?A tale so movingly told that you will say at the end of the fi rst reading, 'It's been a long time since I've read a book this g ood.' For philosophical depth and lively evocative language, few writers match Gregory Maguire.? --Nashville Tennessean?A beguilin g reconstruction of the Cinderella story...Maguire's sophisticate d story-telling reimagines age-old themes and folklore-familiar c haracters...a vision that fantasy lovers will find hard to resist .? --Publishers Weekly?Captivating and beautifully written...Conf essions is a rich canvas of colorful characters and fantastic eve nts rendered by an artist attentive to every surface and texture. ? --Book Magazine?Lively and delicious...its language is an extra ordinary blend of moving narrative and music....[Maguire's] books may be placed beside the works of Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Cr owley and the late Mervyn Peake. This dark folktale, a reworking of the Cinderella fable, is as exotic a vision...as mysterious as life itself.? --Memphis Commercial Appeal?[An] engrossing story. ..endearing and memorable.? --Boston Herald?Highly absorbing...Ma guire'sprecise, slightly archaic language...sweeps readers throug h this mysterious and fascinating story.? --Booklist?[An] arresti ng hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel...Confessi ons of an Ugly Stepsister isn't easy to classify or forget....The characters in these ?Confessions' might not end up happily ever after, but you won't want to miss them.? --Detroit Free Press?The re was a time, long ago, when Cinderella was simply a children's tale in which good triumphed over bad, pretty over ugly, pumpkins and mice over carriages and footmen....Now, the story has much m ore depth. Gregory Maguire has applied his devilish writing style and vivid imagination to the story of the glass slipper, and, in doing so, turned this simple tale into a Gothic saga of 17th-cen tury Holland.? --Fort Worth Morning Star-Telegram From the Back Cover Is this new land a place where magics really happen? From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much- anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling o f the timeless Cinderella tale. In the lives of children, pumpki ns can turn into coaches, mice and rats into human beings.... Whe n we grow up, we learn that it's far more common for human beings to turn into rats.... We all have heard the story of Cinderella , the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty . . . and what curses accompanied Cinderella's exquisite looks? Extreme beauty is an affliction Set against the rich bac kdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Step sister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds her self swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world o f wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes int ertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beaut iful girl destined to become her sister. Clara was the prettiest child, but was her life the prettiest tale? While Clara retreat s to the cinders of the family hearth, burning all memories of he r past, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household-- and the treacherous truth of her former life. God and Satan snar ling at each other like dogs.... Imps and fairy godmotbers trying to undo each other's work. How we try to pin the world between o pposite extremes! Far more than a mere fairy-tale, Confessions o f an Ugly Stepsister is a novel of beauty and betrayal, illusion and understanding, reminding us that deception can be unearthed-- and love unveiled--in the most unexpected of places. About the Author Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name-Son of a Wi tch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England. </div About the Author Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Ora cle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Conf essions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicke d Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that i s the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway music al of the same name-Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England. </div ., William Morrow Paperbacks, 2000, 3<

2004, ISBN: 9780060987527

William Morrow Paperbacks. Very Good. 6.12 x 0.88 x 9.25 inches. Paperback. 2002. 352 pages. <br>A brilliant, perceptive, and deeply moving fable. -Boston Sunday Globe Publishers… Mehr…

William Morrow Paperbacks. Very Good. 6.12 x 0.88 x 9.25 inches. Paperback. 2002. 352 pages. <br>A brilliant, perceptive, and deeply moving fable. -Boston Sunday Globe Publishers Weekly calls Gregory Maguire's Lost a deftly written, compulsively readable modern-day ghost sto ry. Brilliantly weaving together the literary threads of J.M. Bar rie's Peter Pan, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, and the Jac k the Ripper stories,the bestselling author of The Wicked Years c anon creates a captivating fairy tale for the modern world. With Lost, Maguire-who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Oz, and in spired the creation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway blockbuste r Wicked-delivers a haunting tale of shadows and phantoms and thi ngs going bump in the night, confirming his reputation as one of contemporary fiction's most assured myth-makers (Kirkus Reviews). Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover Winifred Rudge, a bemus ed writer struggling to get beyond the runaway success of her mas s-market astrology book, travels to London to jump-start her new novel about a woman who is being haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper. Upon her arrival, she finds that her stepcousin and old friend John Comestor has disappeared, and a ghostly presence seem s to have taken over his home. Is the spirit Winnie's great-great -grandfather, who, family legend claims, was Charles Dickens's ch ildhood inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge? Could it be the ghostly remains of Jack the Ripper? Or a phantasm derived from a more ar cane and insidious origin? Winnie begins to investigate and finds herself the unwilling audience for a drama of specters and shade s-some from her family's peculiar history and some from her own u nvanquished past. In the spirit of A. S. Byatt's Possession, wit h dark echoing overtones of A Christmas Carol, Lost presents a ri ch fictional world that will enrapture its readers. About the A uthor Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author o f The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter S wan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; L ost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name-Son of a Wit ch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England. Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights res erved. Lost By Maguire, Gregory ReganBooks Copyright ©2004 Gre gory Maguire All right reserved. ISBN: 0060988649 Chapter One S omebody Else in the Vehicle said the attorney-type into his cell phone. He wiped the wet from his face. There must be. It's in th e carpool lane. He listened, squinting, and motioned to Winnie: S top. Don't open the car door yet. Already, other drivers were slo wing down to rubberneck. Where are we, Braintree, Quincy? On 93 n orth, anyway, a half mile beyond the junction with 128. Yes, I kn ow enough not to move anyone, but I'm telling you, you'll have a hell of a time getting an ambulance through, what with rush hour -- there'll be a backup a mile long before you know it. He liste ned again. Then, Right. I'll look. Two or more, maybe. Returning from a few quiet days on Cape Cod, Winifred Rudge had missed her turnoff west and gotten stuck on the JFK toward Boston. Woolgath ering, nail biting, something. Focus was a problem. Late for her appointment, she'd considered the odds: in this weather, what wer e her chances of being ticketed for violating the diamond lane's two-riders-or-more rule? Limited. She'd risked it. So she'd been at the right place on the downgrade to see the whole thing, despi te the poor visibility. She'd watched the top third of a white pi ne snap in the high winds. Even from a half mile away, she'd noti ced how the wood flesh had sprung out in diagonal striations, lik e nougat against rain-blackened bark. The crown of the tree twist ed, then tilted. The wind had caught under the tree's parasol lim bs and carried it across three lanes of slow-moving traffic, flin ging it onto the hood and the roof of a northbound Subaru in the carpool lane. The driver of the Subaru, four cars ahead of Winnie , had braked too hard and hydroplaned left against the Jersey bar riers. The evasive action hadn't helped. Winnie had managed to t amp her brakes and avoid adding to the collection of crumpled fen ders and popped hoods. She had been the first out in the rain, th e first to start poking through dark rafts of pine needles. Mr. U seful Cell Phone was next, having emerged from some vehicle behin d her. He carried a ridiculous out-blown umbrella, and when he go t off the phone with the 911 operator he hooked the umbrella hand le around a good-size tree limb and tried to yank it away. They said don't touch the passengers, he yelled through the rain. Afr aid her voice would betray her panic, she didn't even like to ans wer, but to reassure him she managed to say, I know that much. Th e smell of pine boughs, sap on her, hands, water on her face. Wha t was she scared of finding in that dark vehicle? But the prime v irtue of weather is immediacy, and the wind tore away the spicy C hristmas scent. In its place, a vegetable stink of cheap spilled gasoline. We may have to get them out, do you smell that? she sho uted, and redoubled her efforts. They could use help; where were the other commuters? Just sitting in their cars, listening to hea r themselves mentioned on the WGBH traffic report? Cars don't bl ow up like in the movies, he said, motioning her to take a positi on farther along the tree trunk. Put your back against it and pus h; I'll pull. One. Two. Three. Thanks mostly to gravity they mana ged to dislodge the thing a foot or so, enough to reveal the wind shield. It was still holding, though crazed into opacity with the impact. The driver, a fiftyish sack of a woman, was slanted agai nst a net bag of volleyballs in the passenger seat. She didn't lo ok lucky. The car had slammed up against the concrete barrier so tightly that both doors on the driver's side were blocked. Isn't there someone else? said Winnie. Didn't you say? You know, I th ink that is gasoline. Maybe we better stand off. Winnie made her way along the passenger side of the car, through branches double -jointed with rubbery muscle. The rear door was locked and the fr ont door was locked. She peered through pine needles, around spor ts equipment. There's a booster seat in the back, she yelled. Bre ak the window, can you? The umbrella handle wasn't strong enough . Winnie had nothing useful in her purse or her overnight bag. Th e cold rain made gluey boils on the windows. It was impossible to see in. No car could catch on fire in a storm like this, she sai d. Is that smoke, or just burned rubber from the brake pads? But then another driver appeared, carrying a crowbar. Smash the windo w, she told him. Hurry, said Cell Phone Man. Do they automatical ly send fire engines, do you think? Do it, she said. The newcome r, an older man in a Red Sox cap faded to pink, obliged. The wind ow shattered, spraying glassy baby teeth. As she clawed for the r ecessed lock in the rear door, Winnie heard the mother begin to w himper. The door creaked open and more metal scraped. Winnie lurc hed and sloped herself in. The child strapped into the booster se at was too large for it. Her legs were thrown up in ungainly angl es. Maybe we can unlatch the whole contraption and drag it out, s aid Winnie, mostly to herself; she knew her voice wouldn't carry in the wind. She leaned over the child in the car's dark interior , into a hollow against which pine branches bunched on three side s. She fumbled for the buckle of the seat belt beneath the molded plastic frame of the booster. Then she gave up and pulled out, a nd slammed the door. I'll get it, said Red Sox Fan, massing up. They said leave everybody where they were, said Cell Phone, you could snap a spine and do permanent damage. No spine in her, sai d Winnie. It's a life-size...Continues... Excerpted from Lostby M aguire, Gregory Copyright ©2004 by Gregory Maguire. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be r eproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the pub lisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site. About the Author Gre gory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brid es of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hidde nsee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirro r Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award -winning Broadway musical of the same name-Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New Englan d. Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Lo st By Maguire, Gregory ReganBooks Copyright ©2004 Gregory Magui re All right reserved. ISBN: 0060988649 Chapter One Somebody El se in the Vehicle said the attorney-type into his cell phone. He wiped the wet from his face. There must be. It's in the carpool lane. He listened, squinting, and motioned to Winnie: Stop. Don't open the car door yet. Already, other drivers were slowing down to rubberneck. Where are we, Braintree, Quincy? On 93 north, anyw ay, a half mile beyond the junction with 128. Yes, I know enough not to move anyone, but I'm telling you, you'll have a hell of a time getting an ambulance through, what with rush hour -- there'l l be a backup a mile long before you know it. He listened again. Then, Right. I'll look. Two or more, maybe. Returning from a fe w quiet days on Cape Cod, Winifred Rudge had missed her turnoff w est and gotten stuck on the JFK toward Boston. Woolgathering, nai l biting, something. Focus was a problem. Late for her appointmen t, she'd considered the odds: in this weather, what were her chan ces of being ticketed for violating the diamond lane's two-riders -or-more rule? Limited. She'd risked it. So she'd been at the rig ht place on the downgrade to see the whole thing, despite the poo r visibility. She'd watched the top third of a white pine snap in the high winds. Even from a half mile away, she'd noticed how th e wood flesh had sprung out in diagonal striations, like nougat a gainst rain-blackened bark. The crown of the tree twisted, then t ilted. The wind had caught under the tree's parasol limbs and car ried it across three lanes of slow-moving traffic, flinging it on to the hood and the roof of a northbound Subaru in the carpool la ne. The driver of the Subaru, four cars ahead of Winnie, had brak ed too hard and hydroplaned left against the Jersey barriers. The evasive action hadn't helped. Winnie had managed to tamp her br akes and avoid adding to the collection of crumpled fenders and p opped hoods. She had been the first out in the rain, the first to start poking through dark rafts of pine needles. Mr. Useful Cell Phone was next, having emerged from some vehicle behind her. He carried a ridiculous out-blown umbrella, and when he got off the phone with the 911 operator he hooked the umbrella handle around a good-size tree limb and tried to yank it away. They said don't touch the passengers, he yelled through the rain. Afraid her vo ice would betray her panic, she didn't even like to answer, but t o reassure him she managed to say, I know that much. The smell of pine boughs, sap on her, hands, water on her face. What was she scared of finding in that dark vehicle? But the prime virtue of w eather is immediacy, and the wind tore away the spicy Christmas s cent. In its place, a vegetable stink of cheap spilled gasoline. We may have to get them out, do you smell that? she shouted, and redoubled her efforts. They could use help; where were the other commuters? Just sitting in their cars, listening to hear themselv es mentioned on the WGBH traffic report? Cars don't blow up like in the movies, he said, motioning her to take a position farther along the tree trunk. Put your back against it and push; I'll pu ll. One. Two. Three. Thanks mostly to gravity they managed to dis lodge the thing a foot or so, enough to reveal the windshield. It was still holding, though crazed into opacity with the impact. T he driver, a fiftyish sack of a woman, was slanted against a net bag of volleyballs in the passenger seat. She didn't look lucky. The car had slammed up against the concrete barrier so tightly th at both doors on the driver's side were blocked. Isn't there som eone else? said Winnie. Didn't you say? You know, I think that i s gasoline. Maybe we better stand off. Winnie made her way along the passenger side of the car, through branches double-jointed w ith rubbery muscle. The rear door was locked and the front door w as locked. She peered through pine needles, around sports equipme nt. There's a booster seat in the back, she yelled. Break the win dow, can you? The umbrella handle wasn't strong enough. Winnie h ad nothing useful in her purse or her overnight bag. The cold rai n made gluey boils on the windows. It was impossible to see in. N o car could catch on fire in a storm like this, she said. Is that smoke, or just burned rubber from the brake pads? But then anoth er driver appeared, carrying a crowbar. Smash the window, she tol d him. Hurry, said Cell Phone Man. Do they automatically send fi re engines, do you think? Do it, she said. The newcomer, an olde r man in a Red Sox cap faded to pink, obliged. The window shatter ed, spraying glassy baby teeth. As she clawed for the recessed lo ck in the rear door, Winnie heard the mother begin to whimper. Th e door creaked open and more metal scraped. Winnie lurched and sl oped herself in. The child strapped into the booster seat was too large for it. Her legs were thrown up in ungainly angles. Maybe we can unlatch the whole contraption and drag it out, said Winnie , mostly to herself; she knew her voice wouldn't carry in the win d. She leaned over the child in the car's dark interior, into a h ollow against which pine branches bunched on three sides. She fum bled for the buckle of the seat belt beneath the molded plastic f rame of the booster. Then she gave up and pulled out, and slammed the door. I'll get it, said Red Sox Fan, massing up. They said leave everybody where they were, said Cell Phone, you could snap a spine and do permanent damage. No spine in her, said Winnie. It's a life-size...Continues... Excerpted from Lostby M, William Morrow Paperbacks, 2002, 3, William Morrow Paperbacks. Very Good. 1.1 x 5.9 x 9 inches. Paperback. 2000. 384 pages. <br>[An] engrossing story...endearing and memorable. - Boston Herald [An] arresting hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel. -Detroit Free Press A tale so movingly told th at you will say at the end of the first reading, 'It's been a lon g time since I've read a book this good.' -Nashville Tennessean Gregory Maguire proves himself to be one of contemporary fictio n's most assured myth-makers (Kirkus Reviews) with Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, his ingenious and provocative retelling of t he timeless Cinderella fairy tale. Perhaps best known for his dar k and breathtaking Oz series The Wicked Years-including the novel Wicked, which inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical-M aguire is a master at upending the ordinary to help us see the fa miliar in a brilliant new light. Editorial Reviews Review ?[A] bewitching story...Confessions has its roots in a fanciful tale-- the Cinderella story--but it teases out motifs deeper than the ge neric fall-in-love-and-marry-the-prince-happily-ever-after....Wit ty and wise?Adult and sophisticated, his musings on beauty, uglin ess, magic, reality, and imagination explore how our past follows us always and shapes our self-perception.? --Chicago Tribune?A r avishing meditation on the truism that 'beauty helps preserve the spirit of mankind.' Maguire is rapidly becoming one of contempor ary fiction's most assured myth-makers.? --Kirkus Reviews (starre d)?A tale so movingly told that you will say at the end of the fi rst reading, 'It's been a long time since I've read a book this g ood.' For philosophical depth and lively evocative language, few writers match Gregory Maguire.? --Nashville Tennessean?A beguilin g reconstruction of the Cinderella story...Maguire's sophisticate d story-telling reimagines age-old themes and folklore-familiar c haracters...a vision that fantasy lovers will find hard to resist .? --Publishers Weekly?Captivating and beautifully written...Conf essions is a rich canvas of colorful characters and fantastic eve nts rendered by an artist attentive to every surface and texture. ? --Book Magazine?Lively and delicious...its language is an extra ordinary blend of moving narrative and music....[Maguire's] books may be placed beside the works of Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Cr owley and the late Mervyn Peake. This dark folktale, a reworking of the Cinderella fable, is as exotic a vision...as mysterious as life itself.? --Memphis Commercial Appeal?[An] engrossing story. ..endearing and memorable.? --Boston Herald?Highly absorbing...Ma guire'sprecise, slightly archaic language...sweeps readers throug h this mysterious and fascinating story.? --Booklist?[An] arresti ng hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel...Confessi ons of an Ugly Stepsister isn't easy to classify or forget....The characters in these ?Confessions' might not end up happily ever after, but you won't want to miss them.? --Detroit Free Press?The re was a time, long ago, when Cinderella was simply a children's tale in which good triumphed over bad, pretty over ugly, pumpkins and mice over carriages and footmen....Now, the story has much m ore depth. Gregory Maguire has applied his devilish writing style and vivid imagination to the story of the glass slipper, and, in doing so, turned this simple tale into a Gothic saga of 17th-cen tury Holland.? --Fort Worth Morning Star-Telegram From the Back Cover Is this new land a place where magics really happen? From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much- anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling o f the timeless Cinderella tale. In the lives of children, pumpki ns can turn into coaches, mice and rats into human beings.... Whe n we grow up, we learn that it's far more common for human beings to turn into rats.... We all have heard the story of Cinderella , the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty . . . and what curses accompanied Cinderella's exquisite looks? Extreme beauty is an affliction Set against the rich bac kdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Step sister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds her self swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world o f wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes int ertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beaut iful girl destined to become her sister. Clara was the prettiest child, but was her life the prettiest tale? While Clara retreat s to the cinders of the family hearth, burning all memories of he r past, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household-- and the treacherous truth of her former life. God and Satan snar ling at each other like dogs.... Imps and fairy godmotbers trying to undo each other's work. How we try to pin the world between o pposite extremes! Far more than a mere fairy-tale, Confessions o f an Ugly Stepsister is a novel of beauty and betrayal, illusion and understanding, reminding us that deception can be unearthed-- and love unveiled--in the most unexpected of places. About the Author Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name-Son of a Wi tch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England. </div About the Author Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Ora cle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Conf essions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicke d Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that i s the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway music al of the same name-Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England. </div ., William Morrow Paperbacks, 2000, 3<

2000, ISBN: 9780060987527

William Morrow Paperbacks. Very Good. 1.1 x 5.9 x 9 inches. Paperback. 2000. 384 pages. <br>[An] engrossing story...endearing and memorable. - Boston Herald [An] arresting hybrid o… Mehr…

William Morrow Paperbacks. Very Good. 1.1 x 5.9 x 9 inches. Paperback. 2000. 384 pages. <br>[An] engrossing story...endearing and memorable. - Boston Herald [An] arresting hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel. -Detroit Free Press A tale so movingly told th at you will say at the end of the first reading, 'It's been a lon g time since I've read a book this good.' -Nashville Tennessean Gregory Maguire proves himself to be one of contemporary fictio n's most assured myth-makers (Kirkus Reviews) with Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, his ingenious and provocative retelling of t he timeless Cinderella fairy tale. Perhaps best known for his dar k and breathtaking Oz series The Wicked Years-including the novel Wicked, which inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical-M aguire is a master at upending the ordinary to help us see the fa miliar in a brilliant new light. Editorial Reviews Review ?[A] bewitching story...Confessions has its roots in a fanciful tale-- the Cinderella story--but it teases out motifs deeper than the ge neric fall-in-love-and-marry-the-prince-happily-ever-after....Wit ty and wise?Adult and sophisticated, his musings on beauty, uglin ess, magic, reality, and imagination explore how our past follows us always and shapes our self-perception.? --Chicago Tribune?A r avishing meditation on the truism that 'beauty helps preserve the spirit of mankind.' Maguire is rapidly becoming one of contempor ary fiction's most assured myth-makers.? --Kirkus Reviews (starre d)?A tale so movingly told that you will say at the end of the fi rst reading, 'It's been a long time since I've read a book this g ood.' For philosophical depth and lively evocative language, few writers match Gregory Maguire.? --Nashville Tennessean?A beguilin g reconstruction of the Cinderella story...Maguire's sophisticate d story-telling reimagines age-old themes and folklore-familiar c haracters...a vision that fantasy lovers will find hard to resist .? --Publishers Weekly?Captivating and beautifully written...Conf essions is a rich canvas of colorful characters and fantastic eve nts rendered by an artist attentive to every surface and texture. ? --Book Magazine?Lively and delicious...its language is an extra ordinary blend of moving narrative and music....[Maguire's] books may be placed beside the works of Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Cr owley and the late Mervyn Peake. This dark folktale, a reworking of the Cinderella fable, is as exotic a vision...as mysterious as life itself.? --Memphis Commercial Appeal?[An] engrossing story. ..endearing and memorable.? --Boston Herald?Highly absorbing...Ma guire'sprecise, slightly archaic language...sweeps readers throug h this mysterious and fascinating story.? --Booklist?[An] arresti ng hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel...Confessi ons of an Ugly Stepsister isn't easy to classify or forget....The characters in these ?Confessions' might not end up happily ever after, but you won't want to miss them.? --Detroit Free Press?The re was a time, long ago, when Cinderella was simply a children's tale in which good triumphed over bad, pretty over ugly, pumpkins and mice over carriages and footmen....Now, the story has much m ore depth. Gregory Maguire has applied his devilish writing style and vivid imagination to the story of the glass slipper, and, in doing so, turned this simple tale into a Gothic saga of 17th-cen tury Holland.? --Fort Worth Morning Star-Telegram From the Back Cover Is this new land a place where magics really happen? From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much- anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling o f the timeless Cinderella tale. In the lives of children, pumpki ns can turn into coaches, mice and rats into human beings.... Whe n we grow up, we learn that it's far more common for human beings to turn into rats.... We all have heard the story of Cinderella , the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty . . . and what curses accompanied Cinderella's exquisite looks? Extreme beauty is an affliction Set against the rich bac kdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Step sister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds her self swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world o f wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes int ertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beaut iful girl destined to become her sister. Clara was the prettiest child, but was her life the prettiest tale? While Clara retreat s to the cinders of the family hearth, burning all memories of he r past, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household-- and the treacherous truth of her former life. God and Satan snar ling at each other like dogs.... Imps and fairy godmotbers trying to undo each other's work. How we try to pin the world between o pposite extremes! Far more than a mere fairy-tale, Confessions o f an Ugly Stepsister is a novel of beauty and betrayal, illusion and understanding, reminding us that deception can be unearthed-- and love unveiled--in the most unexpected of places. About the Author Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name-Son of a Wi tch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England. </div About the Author Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Ora cle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Conf essions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicke d Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that i s the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway music al of the same name-Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England. </div ., William Morrow Paperbacks, 2000, 3<

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[EAN: 9780060987527], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Harper Collins, New York, NY], FICTION FAIRY TALES FANTASY, Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 372 pages; Trade size paperback rubbed at edges, spine ends and corner tips. Corner tips are worn. Book solid and tight. Illustrations by Bill Sanderson. Text block clean and pages tight., Books<

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William Morrow Paperbacks. Used - Good. . Former Library book.. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business., William Morrow Paperbacks, 2.5<