DIVDIVForget ghosts—this Halloween, seventh grade is frightening enough/divDIV For Madison and her friends, the Halloween season is full of activity. There are ghost stories in English class, a big costume dance, and a scary-story contest on Madison’s favorite website. No wonder everyone has Halloween fever! But Madison still needs to find a costume to wear that doesn’t seem too babyish. And what if she looks stupid dancing in front of everyone? No matter what, this Halloween will be one to remember./div/div
In the morning, they had hatched and had spread. Now the small town of Hammond is under quarantine and the inhabitants are fighting to survive. They face something they can't see and no one, not even the military has answers. They just know they must escape before it's too late. They must stop themselves from being Caught in the Web…
The Spider-Man 2 Dream Machine—from original idea to final cut— unmasking the creative genius at work in the blockbuster movie The epic adventure of one of the greatest superheroes of all time explodes on the silver screen as never before. Now, in this captivating journey behind the scenes and into the imagination, fans can discover how the myth and magic became real in Spider-Man 2, as they plunge deeper into Spider-Man’s world to meet the characters, explore the environments, and follow the storyline in a stunning visual journey. Packed with hundreds of amazing production illustrations, prepared by many of the most talented illustrators in Hollywood, Caught in the Web features • Original sketches, artwork, and doodles that became the inspirations for characters, sets, and computer–generated imagery • Climactic scenes from the movie as they first appeared in conceptual art • Design work used to develop costumes and visual effects—as well as blueprints and architectural drafts used in the construction of both physical and virtual environments • Unique insights into the genesis of Doc Ock—revealing how he evolved from his comic-book origins • An intimate behind-the-scenes look at the full creative process for Spider-Man 2 Enter the amazing realm where dreams come true and discover how the epic adventure was created as you immerse yourself in the action and atmosphere of Spider-Man 2, from the first rough sketches to the final on-screen adventure.
This unique and celebrated biography describes how a largely self-educated boy from a small village in Scotland entered the world of scholarship and became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and a great lexicographer. It also provides an absorbing account of how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it, and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned. "It is a magnificent story of a magnificent man, one of the finest biographies of the twentieth century, as its subject was one of the finest human beings of the nineteenth." --Anthony Burgess "A moving and dramatic story . . . sometimes tragic, often comic, ultimately triumphant." --Times (London) "A biography that possesses many of the virtues of James Murray himself--grace, humor, intelligence, curiosity, and scholarship." --Time "In her vivid biography, Murray's granddaughter brings his remarkable personality to life, and provides an unexpectedly fascinating account of the OED's long and difficult birth." --Times Literary Supplement "A gripping, engaging story; endearing, too. The daily round of a big Victorian family, with its jokes, games, and treasured seaside holidays, is entrancingly evoked." --Sunday Times (London)
Tracy Taylor is a young, beautiful, educated woman whose life appears to be a fairy tale - from the outside looking in. The only problem is she always ends up on the short end of the stick when it comes to love. Tracy dedicates herself totally to her relationship with the man of her dreams, Torrey. After years with Torrey and feeling their relationship is ending, her world is turned upside down with the loss of the most important person in her life. Tracy is faced with a decision that will change her life forever. She knows what she wants, and she will do anything, with anyone, to achieve it! What you put out into the universe comes back to you 10-fold. Hopefully Tracy's realities won't be accepted too late for her to experience true happiness!
Delving into the disturbing netherworld of child porn, Sher tells the startling story of the police officers, prosecutors, and high-tech analysts around the world using creative undercover work and computer forensics to rescue these young victims.
Ahana is missing. While many suspect her father Randhir to be responsible for her disappearance, he is prepared to do anything to get her back. Trapped in a room under constant surveillance, Ahana doesn’t remember what freedom looks like. She is being watched on the Dark Web – as a part of a reality show where survival is a brutal game. Haunted by dark secrets and harrowing memories, will Ahana survive? Caught in a Web is a gripping psychological thriller that takes the reader into the world of twisted games and horrifying realities, where the lines between right and wrong are constantly blurred.
Humiliated and abused as a child, her only friend her father, her only benefit her education - which enabled Ambrosia to excape to a comparatively normal life as wife and mother and to earn a living working as a research scholar on the Web. But jealousy and hate will not leave her alone and the footsteps which have been stalking her alll her life, finally close in. They lead to madness and murder.
The bodies of high school and middle school kids are found dead from an overdose of heroin and fentanyl. The drug trade along the I-94 and I-43 corridors and the Milwaukee Metro area is controlled by MS-13, a violent gang originating from El Salvador. Ricardo Fuentes is sent from Chicago to Waukesha to find out who is cutting in on their business, shut it down and teach them a lesson. But he has an ulterior motive: find and kill a fifteen-year-old boy, George Tokay, who had killed his cousin the previous summer. Detectives Jamie Graff, Pat O'Connor and Paul Eiselmann race to find the source of the drugs, shut down the ring, and find Fuentes before he kills anyone else, especially George or members of his family. The three detectives discover the ring has its roots in a high school among the students and staff.
