Books with author . Mitchell

Meant to comfort and give direction to bereaved parents, Beyond Tears is written by nine mothers who have each lost a child. This revised edition includes a new chapter written from the perspective of surviving siblings.The death of a child is that unimaginable loss no parent ever expects to face. In Beyond Tears, nine mothers share their individual stories of how to survive in the darkest hour. They candidly share with other bereaved parents what to expect in the first year and long beyond:*Harmonious relationships can become strained*There is a new definition of what one considers "normal" *The question "how many children do you have?" can be devastating*Mothers and fathers mourn and cope differently*Surviving siblings grieve and suffer as well*There simply is no answer to the question "why?" This sharing in itself is a catharsis and because each of these mothers lost her child at least seven years ago, she is in a unique position to provide perspective on what newly bereaved parents can expect to feel. The mothers of Beyond Tears offer reassurance that the clouds of grief do lessen with time and that grieving parents will find a way to live, and even laugh again.

Rob Mitchell is one of the last “lifers” raised in an American orphanage. Left by a dysfunctional family in an Illinois children's home, he grew up with kids who were not friends but rather “co-survivors.” After becoming a Christian as a teenager, Rob found what he was looking for, home and family, in a relationship with God. Rob was able to overcome his past, forgiving his relatives and forging healthy family relationships of his own.

She must win this war.Even if it means becoming something far worse than her enemy.The evil sorceress, Kaliena, is raising legions of undead warriors to claim the immense power stored within the Keep. Barraged by a relentless onslaught of losing battles, Fate’s last line of defense is to take the war to Oldwilde. But that means Finn must leave to forge new alliances between Oldwilde’s age-old enemies, while Fate remains to defend the Keep. In a desperate move to hold ground, Fate unleashes a demon against Kaliena–a misguided strategy resulting in a loss too unbearable to accept. Lost and alone, with only the memories of the life she lived before she entered the Book of Fables, Fate has forgotten she’s a skilled warrior with a dormant power waiting to emerge and is rescued by a desert prince. But is she saved, or is she in even more danger with a war on its way that only she can win?Fiercely romantic and spellbinding, this adrenaline-fueled YA fantasy will hold readers riveted as Fate's story builds to a fevered pitch that may destroy everything she holds dear. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo!Her Dark Destiny Series (formerly Fate’s Journey Series):Book 1: Fate’s FablesBook 2: Fate’s KeepBook 3: Fate’s WarBook 4: Fate’s Fury (next release)Book 5: (to be announced)

THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKSELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMESSELECTED AS A SUMMER READ BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES AND THE MAIL ON SUNDAY'Revelatory' Guardian'A miracle' Telegraph'Remarkable' Daily Mail'A landmark book' Financial TimesHow do you build a life when all that you know is changing?How do you conceive of love when you can no longer recognise those who mean the most to you?A phenomenal memoir – the first of its kind – Somebody I Used to Know is both a heart-rending tribute to the woman Wendy Mitchell once was, and a brave affirmation of the woman dementia has seen her become.

A very sick and about to be abducted Thomas Ross, is rescued by an ugly and grumpy old wizard (whom he later finds out is his grandfather), and taken to a place called Rainbow’s End. After waking up, the eleven year old finds himself in a place so magical and different, he doubts his own sanity at first. But he soon discovers a whole lot of things: about Rainbow’s End, and himself. That he himself is in fact, wizard-born, and that gods and demi-gods, fairies and dwarves, and witches and their ilk really do exist. That each person has a purpose, and that time is merely a dimension. Wizard is also the story of two dwarf-planets: Rainbow's End and Desolation. One on the sun-side and the other on the dark side of the moon. And their rulers: The demi-god twins, Ariana and Kraylle. One - loving and caring and good; the other - cruel, vindictive and filled with hate. The first and her Traveller-Wizards try to make their own world and The Earth better places for all; the other and his Boys in Black's only aim: to destroy everything good. Including his twin sister... "Wizard" is the first installment in the Thomas Ross story. It's the beginning of a boy's journey into manhood, and his discovery of the power within himself. Power which will eventually make him the greatest Wizard ever... *****"Brilliant brilliant brilliant. Cannot WAIT for Fire Starter. Best fantasy book ever." - Jenny Hall (Goodreads)"What a blast!" - Derik Masters (Goodreads)"I didn't feel like I was reading a book more like watching film." - Timothy McNamara (Amazon UK)"I read the book through in one sitting and when I was done I had to look for book 2" - Ron Sturm (Amazon US)"I didn't want this to end." - Hula Book Worm (Amazon US)"I am thrilled to have discovered a great new fantasy author" - Jos Elbers (Amazon UK)

This is a summary/study guide of the book. The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger from January 1879 to November 1880. Dostoevsky died less than four months after its publication. The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel set in 19th-century Russia, that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, judgment, and reason, set against a modernizing Russia, with a plot which revolves around the subject of patricide. Dostoevsky composed much of the novel in Staraya Russa, which inspired the main setting. Since its publication, it has been acclaimed as one of the supreme achievements in world literature.

Hailed as a great Canadian classic on boyhood, Who Has Seen the Wind evokes the sheer immensity of the prairie landscape, from the relentless wind to the far reaches of the bright blue sky. Like children everywhere, Brian O’Connal is a curious sort, and with enchanting naïveté he bestows his unforgettable perspective on everything from gophers to God, from his feisty Irish grandmother to his friends Ben and Saint Sammy, the town of Arcola’s local madman. This is no simple, forgettable novel: Mitchell gives readers a memorable glimpse into the ins and outs of small-town life during the Depression years, always through Brian’s eyes, and in doing so creates a poignant and powerful portrait of childhood innocence and its loss.

For the damned, redemption may be just a mad dream…Years have passed since the demon Tarrik and his master, the sorcerer Ren, destroyed the servants of Samal and suppressed the very essence of the vile lord. The cost was greater than even a demon could have imagined. But in the realms of demons and humans, no evil can be fully controlled, and no one’s true fate can be foretold. Including Tarrik’s. He’s been summoned once more, now by the vengeful Linriel, who’s fallen in with one of Samal’s ravaged survivors.Linriel takes Tarrik, bound again to serve, on a journey to the harsh southern lands to find the source of Ren’s coveted powers, and there they discover a part of Tarrik’s past he thought had been lost forever. As old bindings more powerful than sorcery fetter him, Tarrik is drawn into an obsessive and insane mission to erase the demon lord Samal from existence forever. And only if he succeeds will he at last be freed from exile.As old threats are reborn, he must decide what sacrifices he’s willing to make and what risks he’s willing to take on the unforgiving road to redemption.

By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize“A novel as accomplished as anything being written.”—NewsweekNumber9Dream is the international literary sensation from a writer with astonishing range and imaginative energy—an intoxicating ride through Tokyo’s dark underworlds and the even more mysterious landscapes of our collective dreams. David Mitchell follows his eerily precocious, globe-striding first novel, Ghostwritten, with a work that is in its way even more ambitious. In outward form, Number9Dream is a Dickensian coming-of-age journey: Young dreamer Eiji Miyake, from remote rural Japan, thrust out on his own by his sister’s death and his mother’s breakdown, comes to Tokyo in pursuit of the father who abandoned him. Stumbling around this strange, awesome city, he trips over and crosses—through a hidden destiny or just monstrously bad luck—a number of its secret power centers. Suddenly, the riddle of his father’s identity becomes just one of the increasingly urgent questions Eiji must answer. Why is the line between the world of his experiences and the world of his dreams so blurry? Why do so many horrible things keep happening to him? What is it about the number 9? To answer these questions, and ultimately to come to terms with his inheritance, Eiji must somehow acquire an insight into the workings of history and fate that would be rare in anyone, much less in a boy from out of town with a price on his head and less than the cost of a Beatles disc to his name.Praise for Number9Dream “Delirious—a grand blur of overwhelming sensation.”—Entertainment Weekly “To call Mitchell’s book a simple quest novel . . is like calling Don DeLillo’s Underworld the story of a missing baseball.”—The New York Times Book Review “Number9Dream, with its propulsive energy, its Joycean eruption of language and playfulness, represents further confirmation that David Mitchell should be counted among the top young novelists working today.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Mitchell’s new novel has been described as a cross between Don DeLillo and William Gibson, and although that’s a perfectly serviceable cocktail-party formula, it doesn’t do justice to this odd, fitfully compelling work.”—The New Yorker “Leaping with ease from surrealist fables to a teenage coming-of-age story and then spinning back to Yakuza gangster battles and World War II–era kamikaze diaries, Mitchell is an aerial freestyle ski-jumper of fiction. Somehow, after performing feats of literary gymnastics, he manages to stick the landing.”—The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Motivate even the most reluctant student with intriguing math practice pages that reinforce skills in place value, estimation, addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division facts. First students solve problems on a hidden picture page. Then they use a key to color and reveal a mystery picture. Riddle clues on each page add to the fun. For use with Grades 2-3.

Three things happen when technophobe Lucy learns to mindhack: her brilliant crush becomes her boyfriend, they solve small crimes, she's deleted from his memory—and everyone else's. Now the only person looking for the college freshman is a mysterious young hacker who erases memories for profit. If he finds her, he will wipe out her memories—or worse. If Lucy doesn't find him and stop him, no one will know that minds can be hacked and lives rewritten.