![]() ' The pages are beautifully laid out and the illustrations complement the words perfectly' JUNO MAGAZINE ' You couldn't really ask for anything more magical at Christmas time!' BOOK ACTIVIST A treasure to be revisited each year, this beautifully illustrated edition delivers festive charm in bucket loads.' BABY LONDON MAGAZINE ' The perfect book to find peeping out of baby’s first Christmas stocking. ' It’s a total joy, the perfect shape for a stocking (ssssh!) and an essential Christmas book.' ANGELS AND URCHINS ' Sure to charm new generations of readers' Publishers Weekly A Christmas treasure that has been unavailable for decades.Playful use of the book's long thin format to depict santa coming down the chimney.The primary colour scheme and beautiful design appeal to everyone who likes a retro look. ![]() Re-discover Roger Duvoisin’s eye-catching interpretation from 1954, with a tall, narrow format just right for tucking into a Christmas stocking. Moore is read on Christmas Eve by families the world over. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Ultimately, it was on the list for a total 46 weeks. In total, Roots spent 22 weeks at the #1 spot on The Times' list, including each of the first 18 weeks of 1977. The television adaptation of the book aired in January 1977 and within seven months of its release, Roots had sold over 1.5 million copies. ![]() By mid-November, it had risen to the #1 spot on the list. Published in October 1976 amid significant advance expectations, Roots was immediately successful, garnering a slew of positive reviews and debuting at #5 of The New York Times Best Seller list. and you know that especially I do in deep appreciation of your great help with Roots- Sincerely, and with brotherly love! Alex Haley October 22, 1976.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Jinx, and Molly, and Ellis, and Abel- Kunta Kinte’s family wishes the very warm best to all of you. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.įirst edition of “the most highly acclaimed book of our time” (Washington Post). Octavo, original half cloth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This trilogy is by far my favorite of all of his books because of the wonderful and entertaining characters different story lines and how he interweaves them all together over the course of the. ![]() To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. Christopher Pike was one of my favorite authors back in the late 80s and its really neat to see that his books are being re-published 25 years later. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. 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With esteemed historian David Frye as our raconteur-guide in Walls, which Publishers Weekly praises as “informative, relevant, and thought-provoking,” we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed-to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. ![]() “A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society” (Library Journal)-walls-and a haunting and eye-opening saga that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live. ![]() ![]() ![]() Especially when one of them gets dangerously close to becoming more than just a client. But as she’s assigned to protect them no matter the cost, she can’t help but question the enemy’s true motives – and the humans’ story. Hunted by the most dangerous man in the city, they claim innocence. ![]() ![]() She’s prepared for anything, except the two civilian guys who bring hell on her head. Living in a city crawling with Beasts – her own kind gone rogue and using their supernatural gift to prey on humans – she’s a skilled fighter doubling as a bodyguard. Patricia aka Pain is known as a “kill first ask questions later” kind of girl. You can read this before Sky Ghosts: Initiation (Sky Ghosts, #1) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Įvil stalks New York streets at night – and she is its worst nightmare. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Sky Ghosts: Initiation (Sky Ghosts, #1) written by Alexandra Engellmann which was published in January 16th 2020 (first published December 7th 2014). Brief Summary of Book: Sky Ghosts: Initiation (Sky Ghosts, #1) by Alexandra Engellmann ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tal is a Chosen from the Castle, and Milla is an Icecarl from the Ice. The series follows two children from distinctly different societies in a world blocked from the sun by a magical Veil which leaves the world in complete darkness. 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![]() ![]() GPT-3 and -3.5-the free GPT model available to anyone-has a limit of 4,096 tokens, which is equal to roughly 3,000 words. Limitations of summarizing with ChatGPTĬhatGPT is still fairly new, so there are a couple of things you should keep in mind when using it to summarize articles. Now that's the kind of spoiler summary I'm looking for. (Warning: spoilers ahead!) Log in to OpenAI I'm using this episode recap on the series finale of The Good Place by Vulture. Get your digital source materialįind the body of text you want ChatGPT to summarize, and keep it open in a separate tab. ![]() Paste the URL of the source material in the message box, and ask ChatGPT to summarize the contents of the link. Paste the text in the message box on the ChatGPT home page, and ask ChatGPT to summarize the text.įind your digital source material and copy the URL. ![]() Here's the short version of how to use ChatGPT to summarize any text (but keep reading for a deeper dive):įind and copy your digital source material. How to use ChatGPT to summarize an article If you're looking to use ChatGPT to summarize an article, book, or research paper, here's how. ![]() But I've spent many hours modifying my prompts and experimenting with different article lengths to test the limits of what it can ( and can't) do. Full disclosure: ChatGPT's ability to summarize articles-or any other text, really-is hit or miss. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you require we will promptly send pictures of listed books upon request. AUDENS POEM SECONDARY EPic is puzzling only if you read it, as I did, before you read the Aeneid. We carefully inspect every single book we list and give accurate descriptions. This listing was made by a small independent book shop. It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter.' xlix+448 pages. 'The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. Typeset in Centaur, printed on Cordier Wove Paper. 'The Fagles translation is destined to be the English Aeneid of the new century.' -The Wall Street Journal Robert Fagless award-winning translations of Homers Iliad and Odyssey have sold more than a million copies and become classics in their own right. Bound by Lachenmaier, Germany, Full bound In Wassa Goatskin blocked with a design by Jeff Clements. A glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagless award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literature ONE OF THE PREEMINENT translators of our time, Robert Fagless interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon. ![]() This edition of the Aeneid is limited to 1750 numbered copies. This acclaimed translation by Robert Fagles retains the humanity, power, and poetry of the original verse. Text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. The book is in fine condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. ![]() |