Kevin Wilson
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin stepkids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Lillian is convinced...
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English
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"Twenty years after secretly causing panic in her hometown through the written word and artwork, along with a fellow loner named Zeke, famous author, mom, and wife Frances Eleanor Budge gets a call that brings her past rushing back, threatening to upend everything." --
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English
Description
When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's fresh out of high school, pregnant with her art teacher's baby, and totally on her own. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or relatives to help, she's left searching. Dr. Grind, an awkwardly charming child psychologist, has spent his life studying family, even after tragedy struck his own. Now, with the help of an eccentric billionaire, he has the chance to create a "perfect...
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Language
English
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Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist's work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents' madcap pieces. but now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it difficult to cope with life outside the fishbowl of their...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider-a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted....
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English
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"The US 8th Air Force came of age in 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Operation Argument in February targeting German aircraft production plants to bringing the Luftwaffe to battle over Berlin, the combined US Air Force - Royal Air Force forces' round-the clock campaign bottled up the German army in Normandy. Day after day, the American bomber boys watched their comrades burn to death in blazing bombers,...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee, Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this celebration of the comfort and community to be found in a warm, well-made cup of chai, Kevin Wilson offers readers his famous chai recipes alongside meditations on how to live a simple yet full life. Dubbed "the CEO of Chai" by Bon Appaetit magazine, Kevin Wilson is an expert on all things chai. When Wilson was a teenager, his family in Sri Lanka applied to come to America, but his was the only visa approved. A world away from his country...
Author
Publisher
Elluminet Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Learn about your tropical fish the easy way with full colour fish profiles, vital stats, compatibility advice, feeding requirements and more... Species Guide is the essential guide to finding out more about your fish, what fish to buy, what fish are compatible with what species, feeding requirements and all the common questions you would ask at an aquatic store when you buy your fish." -- taken from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
Written as an illustrated, step-by-step guide, this book will introduce you to Python with examples using the latest version of the language.
You'll begin by learning to set up your Python environment. The next few chapters cover the basics of Python such as language classifications, Python language syntax, and how to write a program. Next, you will learn how to work with variables, basic data types, arithmetic, companion, and Boolean operators,...
You'll begin by learning to set up your Python environment. The next few chapters cover the basics of Python such as language classifications, Python language syntax, and how to write a program. Next, you will learn how to work with variables, basic data types, arithmetic, companion, and Boolean operators,...
Author
Publisher
Elluminet Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out every month, most users don't have time to keep up or figure everything out on their own and it can be quite overwhelming. With full color screen prints, photographs and illustrations, this guide explores... Setting up your tablet, setting up and transferring your data. Getting to know Android; the app dock, drawer, icons, and...
Author
Publisher
Motorbooks International
Pub. Date
20231107
Language
English
Description
The Electric Vehicle Revolution explores the exciting, fast-changing technology and design in the electric-vehicle world, forecasts what the future may hold, and provides an eye-opening look back at a history stretching to Victorian days.
Author
Publisher
Elluminet Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Written for complete beginners, this full color photography book is easy to read and understand, even if you have never worked with a camera before. It has step-by-step tutorials covering the basics of digital cameras and photographic techniques." --
Author
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"COPIC markers are very popular drawing materials used all around the world. This long-awaited book provides techniques for rendering exciting textures using COPIC markers. From basic techniques to color sample sheets, this book provides step-by-step visual instructions for rendering textures for a variety of materials, from metals to bricks." --
Publisher
[NIPPAN IPS Co., Ltd.]
Pub. Date
[2018.
Language
English
Description
"Enjoy learning how to knot and create stunning pieces of macramé with this beautiful book. Macramé Décor introduces fashionable and useful interior décor items created with macramé--a form of textile created using knotting techniques. 'Boho chic style' décor, which borrows from both bohemian styles and hippie styles, is currently quite popular. Twenty-five macramé projects are featured with step-by-step instructions and techniques. From plant...
Author
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tens of thousands of devoted sneaker fans customize regular sneakers, purchased on the open market to turn them into rare, one-of-a-kind works of art. Here's the perfect resource for fans who take their love of sneakers to the level of customizing them to be one of a kind. With photos and tips for turning sneakers from well-known brands like Adidas and NIKE sneakers into works of art, the team at the popular Customize Kicks magazine introduces you...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In March of 1944 recently appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Eisenhower, meets with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. They must come up with a brilliant strategy to put an end to World War II.
20) The bird's nest
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Series
Language
English
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Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old whiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother's inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jackson's characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one girl -- but four separate, self-destructive personalities.
