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Frostblood

By: Elly Blake

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Book 1 of the New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of Red Queen. An "enchanting and fast-paced debut" that "lights up the page with magic, romance, and action." Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has concealed her powers of heat and flame from the cruel Frostblood ruling class her entire life. But when her mother is killed trying to protect her, and rebel Frostbloods demand her help to overthrow their bloodthirsty king, she agrees to come out of hiding, desperate for revenge. Despite her unpredictable abilities, Ruby trains with the rebels and the infuriating—yet irresistible—Arcus, who seems to think of her as nothing more than a weapon. But before they can take action, Ruby is captured and forced to compete in the king's tournaments that pit Fireblood prisoners against Frostblood champions. Now she has only one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who has taken everything from her—and from the icy young man she has come to love. Vivid and compelling, Frostblood is the first book in an exhilarating series, followed by Fireblood and Nightblood, about a world where flame and ice are mortal enemies...but together create a power that could change everything.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316273260

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Fireblood

By: Elly Blake

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Fireblood

By: Elly Blake

In this action-packed sequel to the New York Times bestselling Frostblood, Ruby must choose between her fiery homeland and the icy king who loves her. Against all odds, Ruby has defeated the villainous Frost King and melted his powerful throne. But the bloodthirsty Minax that was trapped inside is now haunting her kingdom and everyone she loves. The answers to its demise may lie to the south in Sudesia, the land of the Firebloods, and a country that holds the secrets to Ruby's powers and past.... Despite warnings from her beloved Arcus, Ruby accompanies a roguish Fireblood named Kai to Sudesia, where she must master her control of fire in a series of trials to gain the trust of the suspicious Fireblood queen. Only then can she hope to access the knowledge that could defeat the rampaging Minax--which grows closer every moment. But as sparks fly in her moments alone with Kai, how can Ruby decide whom to trust? The fate of both kingdoms is now in her hands.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316273279

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9780316273275

Nightblood

By: Elly Blake

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Nightblood

By: Elly Blake

The explosive finale of the New York Times bestselling Frostblood Saga, perfect for fans of Three Dark Crowns, Red Queen, and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Ruby's world has changed more than she ever could have imagined. She's in love with a powerful Frost King. She's the heir to the Fire Throne. And she may be a Nightblood--the spawn of a vengeful deity hellbent on releasing an imprisoned army of shadowy wraiths. Once freed, these beasts will roam the earth, devouring the spirits of every last person until he or she is nothing but an empty husk. Ruby is able to control the shadows to a degree, even hosting one in her own body. But will this tenuous connection--which threatens to consume her--be enough to hold the beasts back? With time running out, she must bring Frostbloods and Firebloods together to make a stand against an immortal foe more deadly than any she's faced. And the price of peace may be her very life. In this heart-pounding finale of Elly Blake's gorgeously written and action-packed Frostblood Saga, the fate of Frostbloods, Firebloods, and all of humanity is at stake.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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031627335X

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9780316273350

The Ghost Fields

By: Elly Griffiths

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The Ghost Fields

By: Elly Griffiths

The macabre discovery of a downed WWII plane with the pilot's skeleton still inside leads Ruth and DCI Nelson to uncover a wealthy family's secrets in the seventh Ruth Galloway mystery.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544330145

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9780544330146

Common Entrance 13+ English Revision Guide

By: Elly Lacey

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Common Entrance 13+ English Revision Guide

By: Elly Lacey

Exam board: ISEB Level: 13+ CE and KS3 Subject: English First exams: November 2022 This comprehensive, ISEB-endorsed English guide focuses on revising the specific reading and writing skills needed to meet the requirements of the ISEB CE 13+ exam. · A supportive step-by-step approach to practising key skills for the Reading Paper: narrative viewpoint, poetic techniques or dramatic methods. · Study a diverse range of annotated extracts: modelling ways of analysing extracts in preparation for the Reading Paper. · Hone technique for the Writing Paper: guided support for planning and reviewing written work and sample answers with marking guidance for both directed writing and creative writing tasks. · Prepare for the exam: practice tasks to consolidate revision at the end of each chapter and strategies for performing well in the exam with tips for revising effectively throughout. Continue your revision with Common Entrance 13+ English Exam Practice Questions and Answers (ISBN: 9781398326484).

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Galore Park

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1398322636

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9781398322639

The Postscript Murders

By: Elly Griffiths

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The Postscript Murders

By: Elly Griffiths

First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Quercus"--Copyright page.

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Houghton Mifflin

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0358418615

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9780358418610

Dear Student

By: Elly Swartz

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Dear Student

By: Elly Swartz

When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is faced with a dilemma--can she give fair advice to everyone, including her friends, while keeping her identity a secret? Starting Middle School is rough for Autumn after her one and only BFF moves to California. Uncertain and anxious, she struggles to connect with her new classmates. The two potential friends she meets could not be more different: bold Logan who has big ideas and quiet Cooper who's a bit mysterious. But Autumn has a dilemma: what do you do when the new friends you make don't like each other? When Autumn is picked to be the secret voice of the Dear Student letters in the Hillview newspaper, she finds herself smack in the middle of a problem with Logan and Cooper on opposite sides. But before Autumn can figure out what to do, the unthinkable happens. Her secret identity as Dear Student is threatened. Now, it's time for Autumn to find her voice, her courage, and follow her heart, even when it's divided.

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Delacorte Press

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0593374142

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9780593374146

Husbands Should Not Break

A Memoir about the Pursuit of Happiness after Spinal Cord Injury

By: Shane Clifton,Elly Clifton

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Husbands Should Not Break

A Memoir about the Pursuit of Happiness after Spinal Cord Injury

By: Shane Clifton,Elly Clifton

In October 2010, Shane Clifton had a serious accident that left him a quadriplegic. Husbands Should Not Break is a memoir that describes the challenges of adjusting to life with a disability. Shane is a theologian by trade, so the memoir explores the problem of pain--where is God when we suffer--weighing the sometimes-abstract categories of theology against the harsh realities of his experience. It is a brutally honest account, which does not shy away from the author's doubts and failures, and touches on rarely spoken-about topics, such as the impact of spinal cord injury upon sexuality. But while the narrative deals with sadness, it is a hopeful rather than depressing text, and often surprisingly funny, as it describes the comedic strangeness of struggling with a broken body. The memoir is an invitation into Shane's mind, providing readers with the opportunity to imagine what it might be like to experience the loss that comes with spinal cord injury and, thereafter, to think about life, loss, disability, and the possibility of happiness in the midst of the hardship and fragility of life.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498225802

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9781498225809

Analyzing Syntax through Texts

Old, Middle, and Early Modern English

By: Elly van Gelderen

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Analyzing Syntax through Texts

Old, Middle, and Early Modern English

By: Elly van Gelderen

Explores the momentous changes that have taken place in the Russian nationalism since Putin's return to the presidency

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474420400

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9781474420402

A History of the English Language

By: Elly van Gelderen

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A History of the English Language

By: Elly van Gelderen

This exceptionally clear text focuses on internal changes in the English language. It outlines the history of English from pre-Old English times to the present. Not only does it present the traditional morphological descriptions of the various stages of the language, it provides many example sentences, texts, and cartoons that are analyzed for the benefit of the student and which make this book ideal for class use. Some language-external topics are covered such as early printing and authorship debates. Tables and figures complement the material covered and exercises review the main points as well as ask further, more challenging, questions. Answers to the exercises are provided, as is a time line listing some of the external events, and some guidance on how to use the OED. Complementary web site information is provided throughout the book, and a companion web site accompanies the book. This book has a companion website: www.historyofenglish.net

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027293244

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Grammaticalization as Economy

By: Elly van Gelderen

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Grammaticalization as Economy

By: Elly van Gelderen

This book provides much detail on the changes involving the grammaticalization of personal and relative pronouns, topicalized nominals, complementizers, adverbs, prepositions, modals, perception verbs, and aspectual markers. It accounts for these changes in terms of two structural economy principles. Head Preference expresses that single words, i.e. heads, are used to build structures rather than full phrases, and Late Merge states that waiting as late as possible to merge, i.e. be added to the structure, is preferred over movement. The book also discusses grammar-external processes (e.g. prescriptivist rules) that inhibit change, and innovations that replenish the grammaticalized element. Most of the changes involve the (extended) CP and IP: as elements grammaticalize clause boundaries disappear. Cross-linguistic differences exist as to whether the CP, IP, and VP are all present and split and this is formulated as the Layer Principle. Changes involving the CP are typically brought about by Head Preference, whereas those involving the IP and VP by Late Merge.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027295328

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9789027295323

The Linguistic Cycle

Language Change and the Language Faculty

By: Elly van Gelderen

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The Linguistic Cycle

Language Change and the Language Faculty

By: Elly van Gelderen

Elly van Gelderen examines the linguistic cycle and describes how it offers a unique perspective on the language faculty.

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Oxford University Press

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019975604X

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9780199756049

A History of English Reflexive Pronouns

Person, Self, and Interpretability

By: Elly van Gelderen

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A History of English Reflexive Pronouns

Person, Self, and Interpretability

By: Elly van Gelderen

This book brings together a number of seemingly distinct phenomena in the history of English: the introduction of special reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself), the loss of verbal agreement and pro-drop, and the disappearance of morphological Case. It provides vast numbers of examples from Old and Middle English texts showing a person split between first, second, and third person pronouns. Extending an analysis by Reinhart & Reuland, the author argues that the 'strength' of certain pronominal features (Case, person, number) differs cross-linguistically and that parametric variation accounts for the changes in English. The framework used is Minimalist, and Interpretable and Uninterpretable features are seen as the key to explaining the change from a synthetic to an analytic language.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027227608

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Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho?)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida)

By: Rob van Soest,Elly Beglinger,Nicole De Voogd

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Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho?)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida)

By: Rob van Soest,Elly Beglinger,Nicole De Voogd

Sponges usually obtain their distinct shape and structure by arrangement of mineral or organic skeletal elements (spicules, ?bers). A small group, although provided with spicules, nevertheless is incapable of developing recognizable shapes because the type of structural spicules they have (equal-length four-rayed siliceous elements called calthrops) preclude the possibility of building a cohesive skeleton. Such sponges insinuate themselves in crevices and holes, diminishing the chance of their discovery and collection. The study addresses the taxonomy and biodiversity of two globally distributed genera of these sponges, Dercitus and Calthropella, including the description of ten new species (of 38 species so far documented). The two genera appear similar in spiculation, but they differ in the types of small spicules (microscleres). This induces a discussion of their phylogeny and classi? cation: are they closely related or is it convergent evolution? No proposals are made for a rearranged classi? cation pending independent evidence from molecular studies.

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PenSoft Publishers LTD

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9546425664

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The Linguistic Cycle : Language Change and the Language Faculty

Language Change and the Language Faculty

By: Department of English Arizona State University Elly van Gelderen Regents' Professor

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The Linguistic Cycle : Language Change and the Language Faculty

Language Change and the Language Faculty

By: Department of English Arizona State University Elly van Gelderen Regents' Professor

Elly van Gelderen provides examples of linguistic cycles from a number of languages and language families, along with an account of the linguistic cycle in terms of minimalist economy principles. A cycle involves grammaticalization from lexical to functional category followed by renewal. Some well-known cycles involve negatives, where full negative phrases are reanalyzed as words and affixes and are then renewed by full phrases again. Verbal agreement is another example: full pronouns are reanalyzed as agreement markers and are renewed again. Each chapter provides data on a separate cycle from a myriad of languages. Van Gelderen argues that the cross-linguistic similarities can be seen as Economy Principles present in the initial cognitive system or Universal Grammar. She further claims that some of the cycles can be used to classify a language as analytic or synthetic, and she provides insight into the shape of the earliest human language and how it evolved.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199857636

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A History of the English Language

By: Elly van Gelderen

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A History of the English Language

By: Elly van Gelderen

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027232369

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Elly Sienkiewicz's Beloved Baltimore Album Quilts

25 Blocks, 12 Quilts, Embellishment Techniques

By: Elly Sienkiewicz

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Elly Sienkiewicz's Beloved Baltimore Album Quilts

25 Blocks, 12 Quilts, Embellishment Techniques

By: Elly Sienkiewicz

Featuring quilts from the 2010 Quilt's Inc. exhibit, Baltimore Album Review II: Baltimore's Daughters - Friends Stitch Past to Future. Celebrate the return of classic Baltimore patterns! These smaller blocks make for easier, more portable quilt projects that you and yours will cherish for years to come.

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C&T Publishing Inc

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1571208488

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9781571208484

Now You See Them

A Mystery

By: Elly Griffiths

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Now You See Them

A Mystery

By: Elly Griffiths

The fifth book in the Magic Men series, Now You See Them is a wild mystery with detective Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto, as they investigate a string of presumed kidnappings in the swinging 1960s. The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar's new wife, though--former detective Emma--is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best detective on the team. But when an investigation into a string of disappearing girls begins, Emma sees her chance to get back in the action. She begins her own hunt, determined to prove, once and for all that she's better than the boys. Though she's not the only one working toward that goal--there's a new woman on the force, and she's determined to make detective. When two more girls go missing, both with ties to the group, the stakes climb ever higher, and Max finds himself drawn into his own search. Who will find the girls first? And will they get there in time?

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Mariner Books

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1328971597

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The Lantern Men

By: Elly Griffiths

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The Lantern Men

By: Elly Griffiths

Convicted murderer Amyas March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with, and March offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried-- but only if Ruth Galloway will do the digging. When she warily agrees, March tells her that four more bodies are buried near a village bordering the fens. The area is said to be haunted by the Lantern Men, mysterious figures holding lights that lure travellers to their deaths. What is his plan in luring Ruth back to Norfolk? And are the killings really over? -- adapted from jacket

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0358237041

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9780358237044

Evidentials and Relevance

By: Elly Ifantidou

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Evidentials and Relevance

By: Elly Ifantidou

This work examines evidentials and relevance. It covers topics such as: evidentials - their nature and functions; speech-act therapy; Grice on communication; relevance theory; sentence adverbials; parentheticals; and evidential particles.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027251053

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Verbal Agreement and the Grammar behind its 'Breakdown'

Minimalist feature checking

By: Elly van Gelderen

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Verbal Agreement and the Grammar behind its 'Breakdown'

Minimalist feature checking

By: Elly van Gelderen

This book is about what the 'lack' of agreement indicates about the structure of language. Rather than assuming that mistakes occur in languages, disagreement can be seen as an indication of a certain structural relationship. In a Minimalist framework, the partial agreement or complete lack of agreement is determined by when checking of case and agreement takes place and with what nominal element. Earlier work has shown that there may be variation regarding the number of functional categories a language activates. If that account is correct, languages with fewer functional categories (Dutch and Old English) will also have fewer specifiers and therefore less Spec-Head agreement. In these cases, government will play a role in the checking of case and agreement. There are, however, other reasons for the 'breakdown'. For instance, expletives play a major role and they may only be specified for some features (number or person) and when they agree with the verb, the 'real' subject does not. Two additional reasons are discussed: the impact from grammaticalization and from asymmetrical (e.g. coordinate) structures. The focus is on Modern, Old and Middle English and Dutch, but other Germanic languages (German, Swedish, Yiddish), Romance languages (Catalan, French, Italian, Spanish), Arabic, Chamorro, Hebrew, Hopi, Kirundi, O'odham, Navajo, and Urdu/Hindi are discussed as well.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110959992

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Sweet Dreams, Moon Baby

A Quilt to Make, a Story to Read

By: Elly Sienkiewicz

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Sweet Dreams, Moon Baby

A Quilt to Make, a Story to Read

By: Elly Sienkiewicz

The author used her applique expertise to create the Moon Baby and its supporting cast of sweet block designs like Wee Babe, Sleepy Star, and Smiling Sun. The six dreamy baby projects include the Moon Baby quilt, Golden Slumbers wall hanging and a mobile.

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C&T Publishing Inc

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1571202099

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The Frostblood Saga Omnibus

By: Elly Blake

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The Frostblood Saga Omnibus

By: Elly Blake

This digital edition of Elly Blake's New York Times bestselling Frostblood Saga includes Frostblood, Fireblood, and Nightblood. Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has concealed her powers of heat and flame from the cruel Frostblood ruling class her entire life. But when her mother is killed trying to protect her, and rebel Frostbloods demand her help to overthrow their bloodthirsty king, she agrees to come out of hiding, desperate to have her revenge. Despite her unpredictable abilities, Ruby trains with the rebels and the infuriating -- yet irresistible -- Arcus, who seems to think of her as nothing more than a weapon. But before they can take action, Ruby is captured and forced to compete in the king's tournaments that pit Fireblood prisoners against Frostblood champions. Now she has only one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who has taken everything from her -- and from the icy young man she has come to love. Beautifully written with an unforgettable cast of characters, The Frostblood Saga is an unputdownable fantasy series for fans of the Shadow and Bone trilogy and Red Queen.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316706442

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9780316706445

Fire & Frost T1

By: Elly Blake

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Fire & Frost T1

By: Elly Blake

Ruby vit aux confins d'un royaume plongé dans un hiver sans fin. Cette jeune Sang-de-Feu a le don à la fois de guérir et de détruire grâce au pouvoir des flammes. Mais tous ceux qui possèdent cette aptitude sont pourchassés sans pitié par les Sang-de-Glace, l'élite du royaume. Lorsque sa mère est tuée devant ses yeux et qu'elle se retrouve traquée par les soldats de la garde royale, Ruby est secourue par Arcus, un Sang-de-Glace rebelle. Le jeune guerrier a besoin du pouvoir de Ruby pour déclencher un coup d'État contre le roi cruel qu'il déteste. La jeune femme sait qu'elle ne devrait pas lui faire confiance, même si chaque contact entre eux est électrique. Cette alliance contre nature entre ces deux ennemis que tout sépare est bien dangereuse, d'autant que, derrière son visage de glace, le jeune Arcus dissimule un sombre secret...

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Korrigan

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