Tom Daly
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From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and it established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King , a stunning new novel that tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in...
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Nobody takes much notice when an asteroid crashes off the coast of Santa Monica. Until, that is, two people turn up dead. It turns out that someone, or something, is ejected from the asteroid, and it is responsible for their deaths. The town must mobilize to track down the mysterious Phantom from Space, but what is its goal? Why is it here? And how easy a task will it be to track him down when it turns out he's invisible! Phantom from Space balances...
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With Martians like the "batratspidercrab," plus flesh-eating plants and a rolling amoeba with rotating eyes, you'll think twice before jumping into a spaceship! When an Earth rocket lands on Mars, the crew finds the planet not entirely dead. As these scientists begin to explore, they are attacked by unbelievably horrific and demented creatures at every turn. Battling for their lives, the survivors make it back to their ship only to discover intelligent...
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New Video
Pub. Date
c2005
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English
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The wheels on the bus: The classic children's ditty comes to live with Paul Zelinky's art and lively musical score by the Bacon Brothers. Dem bones: a skeleton band sings this well-known song based on the African-American spiritual. Over the meadow: A version of an old counting song for children is filled with the beauty and wonder of meadow life. I know an old lady who swallowed a fly: Sung by the legendary Burl Ives, this old lady ends up swallowing...