Books with author Christopher Rae

Deep in the woods is a little wooden house, with nine neat windows and a red front door. When a little mouse decides it will make the perfect home, so do the other animals in the wood - including a great big bear!But will the bear be able to put everything right when their home comes tumbling down? Find out in this beautifully illustrated retelling of a classic Russian folk tale.

One night, the island of Guernsey convulsed. As shock followed shock, the landscape tilted violently in defiance of gravity. When dawn came and the quakes had stilled to tremblings, Matthew Cotter gazed out in disbelief at the pile of rubble that had been his home. The greenhouses which had provided his livelihood were a lake of shattered glass, the tomato plants a crush of drowned vegetation spotted and splodged with red.Wandering in a daze of bewilderment through the devastation, he came to the coast, looked out towards the sea ...There was no sea: simply a sunken alien land, now drying in the early summer sun.Gradually, a handful of isolated survivors drifted together. But where were the rescue missions from the mainland? How far did the destruction actually extend?For Matthew, whose beloved daughter Jane had recently moved to England , finding the answer was all he had left to live for.

No one trusts a quitter... More than anything Boots Raymond wants to be a quarterback for the Apollos. But because of his size, the coach assigns him to a tackle position-and there's no arguing with the coach. Boots rebels and almost quits the team. It seems that nothing can change his mind, but his brother Tom intercepts and teaches Boots something valuable he learned from playing football and being a soldier.

From Chris Hart, the bestselling art instruction author of all time, the first in a brand-new series—and the perfect go-to guide for anyone ages 12 and up interested in beginner-level figure drawing. In Begin to Draw People, bestselling how-to-draw author Christopher Hart taps into his vast experience to prove that anyone can depict the human body. Chris has carefully designed his step-by-step instructions so they’re accessible to absolute beginners, especially kids 12 and up. His simplified yet detailed guidance covers drawing the head and body for men, women, and children in a wide variety of facial features, expressions, styles, and poses. Learn to capture the many personalities and activities of people in everyday life, from firefighters, doctors, soldiers, and students to swimmers, skateboarders, gymnasts, and even daydreamers. A quick look through this book will make it clear to any aspiring artist: you can learn to draw, quickly and easily—and love every step along the way!

Drink deep from the first three volumes of the #1 New York Times bestselling Thirst series in this boxed set from Christopher Pike.Alisa has been a vampire for five thousand years, and she’s always lived on the fringe of society in order to maintain her secret. But everything changes when she falls in love. Suddenly there is more at stake than her own existence. Her humanity is returning, and secrets from her past are coming back to haunt her. Alisa must quickly reconcile her new and changing identity, and figure out who to trust, before everything she’s worked for in the past five millennia turns to ash.... In this boxed set containing Thirst No. 1, Thirst No. 2, and Thirst No. 3, follow Alisa’s path from vampire to human to target of a covert organization, as she learns what it means to be truly alive.

Broken families, abortion, AIDS, internet pornography, sexual abuse scandals, homosexual marriage; our Church and our world are in the midst of a profound sexual crisis. Is there a way out? For such a time as this have we been given St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Based on the words of Jesus, St. John Paul II's famous reflections on the body and sex take us to the root of the modern crisis and chart the path to an authentic sexual liberation. Yet the saint s dense scholarship often intimidates the average person. In his previous book, Theology of the Body Explained, Christopher West offered a more detailed, six-hundred-page commentary on St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body. In Theology of the Body for Beginners, West provides a short and popular summary of the saint's revolutionary teaching while answering big questions like: ● What is the meaning of life? ● Why did God create us male and female? ● Why is there evil in the world and how do we overcome it? ● How do we attain true happiness on earth? ● What kind of joys await us in heaven? ● How can we experience the love we long for in the depth of our hearts? The first edition of Theology of the Body for Beginners (2004) quickly became an international best-seller. This freshly revised and expanded edition is based on Dr. Michael Waldstein's much improved translation of St. John Paul II's catechesis. New for this edition: ● All quotations have been updated with the new translation ● Key insights discovered through Dr. Waldstein s access to the St. John Paul II archives have been incorporated ● The outline of the text has been substantially reorganized to reflect the newly discovered outline of St. John Paul II's original manuscript ● St. John Paul II s hidden and previously untranslated addresses are summarized

The first volume in the classic paranormal thriller series, Thirst, from bestselling author Christopher Pike. At five thousand years old, the vampire Alisa thought she was smart enough to stay out of trouble. But when her creator returns to hunt her, she must protect herself by befriending Ray, the boy who may be her only chance at finding her maker. When she begins to fall in love with Ray, all of a sudden there is more at stake than her own life. Originally published in 1994, this series netted more than 500,000 copies as individual titles and later as bind-ups. This hot new repackage will revive the series for today’s teen.

Descend into underground danger in this third book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series—now on TV!There is a famous cave located just outside of Spooksville. A lot of stories surround the dark place: scary ones as well as exciting ones. Adam decides to explore the cave with his friends, Watch, Sally, and Cindy. But the moment they go into the cave, the entrance closes behind them. They are trapped. In the dark. They walk deeper into the cave, frantically searching for a way out. The batteries in their flashlights begin to run low. Then they realize something is following them. Something that has been in the cave for a long time. Something big, black…and hungry.