Download or read book Squid Squad written by Matthew Welton and published by Carcanet Press Ltd. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2020 A Telegraph Book of the Year 2020 In Squid Squad: A Novel we join Natalie Chatterley, Angus Mingus, Nerys Harris and friends as they make recordings of the doorbell, uncrumple their cash and fling their walnuts from the window. They contemplate the spaces between the spaces between things and compare the rhythm of rhetoric to the rhetoric of rhythm, while around them chickens feed on chestnuts, nuthatches nest in bicycle baskets, and budgerigars sulk themselves to sleep. The second half features shorter stand-alone poems. Here, poetic form is given a playful reworking: a poem to be spoken in a single breath, a poem made entirely of questions, a series of three poems in the form of university mark schemes, and poems that explore the possibilities of the list as a verse form.
Download or read book The Legend of the Coral Caves written by Megan Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing an All-New Series from the Underwater World of Minecraft! Torn from their lives as regular Librarian’s kids, Max, Ingrid, and Luke must survive in a hidden Librarian outpost—underwater! While their parents scramble to safeguard the books of the Overworld, the trio sneak out of their warren of underwater caves to investigate the deep waters of the oceans. When they hear about the Legend of the Coral Caves, a trove of golden coral beyond imagining, Max, Luke, and Ingrid realize that this wealth could help solve all their problems. Now it’s up to them to find the cave and bring the fortune back to save their families—and their books!
Download or read book Marine Madness written by Megan Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth and final installment of New York Times bestselling author Megan Miller's S.Q.U.I.D. Squad series. The S.Q.U.I.D. Squad is made up of three bold children who are part of a secret, underwater society of Book Guardians. They combine their unique talents to solve mysteries, right wrongs, and explore the oceans! While settling into their new base at Ocean's End, life returns to business as usual: books are being delivered and stored and everyone is at work. The only new trouble in their lives is a pair of twins who really don't want to be there. Troublesome turns to puzzling when the adults begin to behave oddly. First, Sofi can’t stop laughing. Abs begins making silly jokes and playing with toys. To Inky and the gang’s surprise, Ocean's End headquarters slowly transforms into fun and games. But when the S,Q.U.I.D. Squad realizes that the adults are suffering from a magic that turns them into kids, the joke is over. As the squad works to find a cure for their parents, another troublesome change occurs. The fish and sea creatures that used to be friendly begin attacking Ocean's End, and the magic barrier keeping them hidden starts to break down. If the SQUID Squad can't find the source of the mad magic and stop it, their noble mission will be exposed to the Pillagers and their lives will be in serious danger.
Download or read book Zombies vs Turtles written by Megan Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Installment in the Exciting New S.Q.U.I.D. Squad Series of Graphic Novels by Bestselling Author Megan Miller Max, "Inky," and Luke are the youngest members of a secret underwater society dedicated to protecting the books and artifacts of their home from evil invaders. They call themselves the S.Q.U.I.D. Squad, and they never turn down a dangerous adventure. So when an army of rogue zombies finds their hidden aquatic outpost, it is up to the S.Q.U.I.D. Squad to create the powerful conduit that will save their community. In their desperate search for the mysterious Heart of the Sea to power the Conduit, the brave, young explorers discover new allies, the turtles, to help in their quest. There's just one problem: zombies hate turtles. A full-on zombie-turtle war breaks out, threatening to wipe out the turtles and expose the secret society's mission to the vengeful, book-hating pillagers. Can the S.Q.U.I.D. Squad restore peace before all is lost?
Download or read book Squidtoons written by Garfield Kwan and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These beautifully drawn, educational comics combine fun science facts about marine life, kid-friendly wit, and a strong environmental message. From whale vomit to bone-eating worms, narwhals to sea dragons, Squidtoons presents real ocean science in a series of entertaining, easy-to-understand comics. Venture from the seashore to the deep sea, and learn about the ocean’s diverse life forms straight from the experts.
Download or read book Bear written by Ben Queen and published by Boom! Studios. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bear is a guide dog for the blind, and he would do anything for his best friend and owner, Patrick. But when Bear suddenly loses his own vision, he worries that he has lost his purpose! Determined to protect Patrick at all costs, Bear sets out on a quest to regain his eyesight. Along the way Bear will learn to tap into his other senses and begin to see the world from a new perspective that is at times more rich and colorful than the world he’s always known. Writer Ben Queen (Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 and Cars 3) draws inspiration from real life stories of how memory can influence how we recall our own surroundings, and artist Joe Todd-Stanton (A Mouse Called Julian) lovingly renders an unforgettable story of one dog’s grand adventure from the wooded countryside to the heart of Manhattan where he encounters new friends and discovers his true calling.
Download or read book Whiti written by Victoria Cleal and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful 32-page illustrated book that dives into the mysterious world of the colossal squid. Through engaging text and glorious images, it tells the story of a colossal squid's life, from hatching out of a tiny egg to escaping the jaws of a sperm whale and becoming the world's biggest invertebrate. Side topics range from Te Papa's colossal squid specimen to Maori exploration of the sub Antarctic. Readers will discover how the squid survives in the deep waters of Antarctica, and will meet other strange creatures that are uniquely adapted to this hostile environment. Like Te Papa's new Nature | Te Taiao exhibition zone, this book weaves together scientific inquiry, matauranga Maori, and plenty of humour. It shows how all living things are connected--and how we too are part of the natural world.
Download or read book The Twinkie Squad written by Gordon Korman and published by New York : Scholastic Incorporated. This book was released on 1992 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaos spreads when Douglas, the most eccentric sixth grader in Thaddeus G. Little Middle School, joins the Twinkie Squad, a special counselling group for problem students.
Download or read book The Castoffs Vol 1 written by MK Reed and published by Oni Press. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years ago, mages fought for their survival against the Surrogate, a hive-minded robot army that consumed everything in its path. Now, a trio of young apprentice mages must cross the ruined forests to deliver a magical cure to a nearby town. But the girls couldn't be more different. Charris, a hotheaded fighter with elemental powers, Trinh, a shy mage who can literally turn invisible, and Ursa, a healer with more power than she lets on. The three girls must learn to trust and rely on each other if they’re going to save the village! Brian Smith, New York Times bestselling author (Stuff of Legend), teams up with MK Reed (Americus) and artist Molly Ostertag (Strong Female Protagonist) on a thrilling new fantasy adventure!
Download or read book Slime Squad Vs The Fearsome Fists written by Steve Cole and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SLIME, DON'T DO THE CRIME! An hilarious series about a group of crime-busting monsters - The Slime Squad! From the bestselling author of Astrosaurs and Cows in Action! Plog, Furp, Zill and Danjo aren't just monsters in a rubbish dump. Together, they are the SLIME SQUAD - crime-busting super-monsters here to save their whiffy world! Trashland is in trouble. Fearsome fist-creatures are on the rampage. Only four brave and slimy monsters can stop them. Are they up to the challenge? Or will the Fists flatten them and rule over all with an iron hand . . . ? It's time to fight crime with slime!
Download or read book The Culture of My Stuff written by Adam Crothers and published by Carcanet Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Culture of My Stuff is a collection of sonnets, prose, and political nonsense rhymes. Light-footed and light-fingered, the poems piece the stuff of their culture into surreal polemic and elegy, compressing and exploding their 'various vocabularies.' Brexit, Trump, Northern Ireland, Komodo dragons, the male gaze, Leonard Cohen, lapsed Protestantism, David Bowie, horror cinema, and typos are considered from a distance that's swiftly diminished by complicity, sorrow, and self-critique. Unable to transcend the consumerist violence of the world they confront and embrace, the poems nonetheless strive for emotional accuracy and lyric depth, giving form to a voice that revels in contradiction, excess, mischief, and music.
Download or read book The Totally Awesome Epic Quest of the Brave Boy Knight written by Pranas T. Naujokaitis and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As brave knights, a young boy and his furry friend Butterscotch battle a green monster that's destroying a princess's kingdom, seek a hidden treasure, and patrol the kingdom.
Download or read book Fast Forward written by Lou Anders and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Fiction is the genre that looks at the implications of technology on society, which in this age of exponential technological growth makes it the most relevant branch of literature going. This is only the start, and the close of the 21st century will look absolutely nothing like its inception. It has been said that science fiction is an ongoing dialogue about the future, and the front line of that dialogue is the short story. The field has a long history of producing famous anthologies to showcase its distinguished short fiction, but it has been several years since there has been a prestigious all-original science fiction anthology series. Fast Forward is offered in the tradition of Damon Knight’s prestigious and influential anthology series, Orbit, and Frederik Pohl’s landmark Star SF. Fast Forward marks the start of a new hard science fiction anthology series, dedicated to presenting the vanguard of the genre and charting the undiscovered country that is the future. Contributors scheduled for the first volume include: Kage Baker, Paolo Bacigalupi, Tony Ballantyne, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, A. M. Dellamonica, Paul Di Filippo, Robyn Hitchcock, Louise Marley, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, John Meaney, Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper, Mike Resnick and Nancy Kress, Justina Robson, Pamela Sargent, Mary A. Turzillo, Robert Charles Wilson, Gene Wolfe, and George Zebrowski.
Download or read book Not One of Us written by Neil Clarke and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind comes face to face with extraterrestrial life in this short fiction reprint anthology from Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke. They Are Strangers from Far Lands . . . Science fiction writers have been using aliens as a metaphor for the other for over one hundred years. Superman has otherworldly origins, and his struggles to blend in on our planet are a clear metaphor for immigration. Earth’s adopted son is just one example of this “Alien Among Us” narrative. There are stories of assimilation, or the failure to do so. Stories of resistance to the forces of naturalization. Stories told from the alien viewpoint. Stories that use aliens as a manifestation of the fears and worries of specific places and eras. Stories that transcend location and time, speaking to universal issues of group identity and its relationship to the Other. Nearly thirty authors in this reprint anthology grapple both the best and worst aspects of human nature, and they do so in utterly compelling and entertaining ways. Not One of Us is a collection of stories that aren’t afraid to tackle thorny and often controversial issues of race, nationalism, religion, political ideology, and other ways in which humanity divides itself.
Download or read book The Devil and Sherlock Holmes written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager—and one of the most gifted reporters and storytellers of his generation—comes a “horrifying, hilarious, and outlandish” (Entertainment Weekly) collection of gripping true crime mysteries about people whose obsessions propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine Whether David Grann is investigating a mysterious murder, tracking a chameleon-like con artist, or hunting an elusive giant squid, he has proven to be a superb storyteller. In The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, Grann takes the reader around the world, revealing a gallery of rogues and heroes with their own particular fixations who show that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!
Download or read book A Battle Begins written by Megan Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For boys and girls who love Minecraft, the fourth book in a new series by New York Times bestselling author Megan Miller that uses over 750 images to transport young readers into the world of the game they love most. Max, "Inky," and Luke are the youngest members of a secret underwater society dedicated to protecting the books and artifacts of their home from evil invaders. They call themselves the S.Q.U.I.D. Squad, and they never turn down a dangerous adventure. When Pillagers establish an outpost not far from the Book Guardian's hidden ravine headquarters, it's time for the S.Q.U.I.D Squad to swim into action. When their plans to outwit and scare the Pillagers fail, they must turn to the help of a mysterious captive of the Pillagers, the Talker. But the Talker seems to have devious plans of her own.
Download or read book Octopuses Squid Cuttlefish written by Ole G. Mouritsen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans everywhere have always been fascinated by octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish, known biologically as cephalopods. They evolved hundreds of millions of years ago and are related to molluscs such as mussels and snails. They can grow to an enormous size with eyes as big as footballs, but they still live for only a couple of years. They mate once in their lifetime and die shortly after. They have blue blood and three hearts and they can shoot out jet-black ink. They have a brain and have behaviours that could be interpreted as signs of intelligence, even though more than half of their brain is distributed in their arms. They are colour blind, but they can change the colour of their skin in a flash. They are masters of disguise and are able to alter the texture of their skin and the patterns displayed on it at lighting speed. They can also ‘taste’ using the suckers on their arms. They can move extremely fast thanks to a jet-propulsion system built into their body cavity. Although they are soft-bodied and look vulnerable, cephalopods are formidable predators. Octopuses have arms that are so strong that they can exert a force equal to hundreds of times their own body weight. Squid and cuttlefish can shoot out a tentacle to capture prey at the speed of a javelin thrown by an expert athlete. Cephalopods are, however, so much more than just fascinating creatures with strange physical characteristics. They are a nutritious, delicious protein source that has found a place for thousands of years in many food cultures around the world. As squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses are native to virtually all parts of the ocean, they are an excellent and available alternative to meat from terrestrial animals. This book is written to promote the overall place of cephalopods in home kitchens and to inspire the uninitiated to add them to their diet. It describes the many facets of their anatomy that play a central role in their potential use as healthy, diverse, and interesting food sources, with a particular emphasis on their taste and texture. By way of an assortment of recipes, the authors hope to dispel the myth that it is difficult to prepare delicious dishes using squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses. In addition, there are contributions to the on-going discussions about how marine resources can be exploited more responsibly in a sustainable manner. Ole G. Mouritsen is a professor of gastrophysics and culinary food innovation at the University of Copenhagen,president of the Danish Gastronomical Academy, and director of the Danish national research and communication centre Taste for Life. Klavs Styrbæk is a chef and leader of the gastronomic enterprise STYRBÆKS, which includes a gourmet restaurant, a cooking school, a catering service, and a product development branch.
