Author: Alice ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781784630430
Category : Asylums
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Gothic mystery of murder, mutilation, books and skin
The Story Collector
Author: Kristin O'Donnell TubbPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250143810
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
"For every book lover who fantasized about getting locked in the library overnight,The Story Collectoris a dream come true!"—New York Times-bestselling author Alan Gratz In the tradition of E. L. Konisburg, this middle-grade mystery adventure is inspired by the real life of Viviani Joffre Fedeler, born and raised in the New York Public Library. The Story Collector by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb is a middle-grade historical fiction inspired by the real life of Viviani Fedeler. Eleven-year-old Viviani Fedeler has spent her whole life in the New York Public Library. She knows every room by heart, except the ones her father keeps locked. When Viviani becomes convinced that the library is haunted, new girl Merit Mubarak makes fun of her. So Viviani decides to play a harmless little prank, roping her older brothers and best friend Eva to help out. But what begins as a joke quickly gets out of hand, and soon Viviani and her friends have to solve two big mysteries: Is the Library truly haunted? And what happened to the expensive new stamp collection? It's up to Viviani, Eva, and Merit (reluctantly) to find out.
The Switch Collector
Author: Jeffrey WittenhagenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781733292870
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Switch Collector is a comprehensive "Switchopedia" Collector book series that covers all the physical releases for the Nintendo Switch along with the must play digital-only releases we would like to see come out physically. Part two of the second volume, titled "Volume Two Part Two" continues our journey with the Switch finishing the second year of the Nintendo Switch. This book is also in an abridged format to streamline the information so it is easy for the reader to consume!
The Collector
Author: K. R. AlexanderPublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338212257
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
A spooky doll story filled with thrills and chills, for fans of Mary Downing Hahn and Neil Gaiman. Josie always liked visiting her grandmother's house. But when she's forced to move there, she starts to feel like something is a little . . . off. Her grandmother has some very strange rules:Never leave your windows open after dark.No dolls in the house.Never, ever go by the house in the woods.A little spooked, Josie is relieved to find that her school seems pretty normal. She even manages to make friends with a popular girl named Vanessa. When Vanessa invites Josie back to her house to hang out, Josie doesn't question it. Not even when Vanessa takes her into the woods, and down an old dirt road, toward the very house her grandmother had warned her about . . .The house that has been calling for her.
Author: Eric QuayleAlfred Zector, Book Collector
Author: Kelly DiPucchioPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060005815
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In his warm, weathered house, stuffed in crannies and nooks, were heaps, rows, and stacks of beloved bound books. The only thing that brings Alfred Zector joy is collecting books. And so he sets out on a mission to collect every last one, until his home on the hill is stretched at the seams with books big and small. But what happens when the rest of the townspeople have nothing left to read? In this clever rhyming story, Alfred Zector discovers what it means to find true joy in a good book.
The Collector and the Collected
Author: Megan BrowndorfPublisher:
ISBN: 9781634000901
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Explores the paradigm of "area studies" - a way of supporting regionally-focused collecting, processing, and liaison work - in the academic library, through an explicitly anti-colonial lens"--
Author: Edward Churton
Author: Seymour de RicciA Book Collector's Notes on the Tasmanian Aborigines
Author: Peter Roberts-ThomsonPublisher: Palmer Higgs Pty Ltd
ISBN: 1925112608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The author, a keen bibliophile, has selected 42 books which he believes represents the principal primary source of information concerning the Tasmanian Aborigines.Detailed bibliographic descriptions are provided for each book together with biographical summaries of each author. Then, in chronological sequence, the content of each book is carefully examined with special emphasis on how it has contributed to our corpus of knowledge of the world’s most primitive and isolated stone-age people. Frequent use is made of direct quotation from the original source. The book also contains an introductory description of the Tasmanian Aborigines (with a time line of important events) and a number of illustrations and tables supplement the text.
