Books with author John Clark Pratt

This is the story of an orphan of the 1349 plague, who became a monk, and eventually became a hero and legend.His special knowledge and skills developed in the monastery made him dangerous to his enemies, but put in danger those who would help him and those who were very close to him.Included as part of the story is a sample of his writing, which has confounded many over the ages. Could it hold clues to the source of his powers?

"Powerful, poetic realism...makes the tired old subject of life in a mental hospital into an absorbing Orwellian microcosm of all humanity."—Life.An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. This Viking Critical Library edition is accompanied by essays, discussion topics, a chronology, and a bibliography.A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results. With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become and enduring favorite of readers.

When a great storm ravages his tropical island, the young dragon, Paradigm, is forced from the safety of his cave into the wide world he fears so much. But when he discovers that he is not the only dragon on the island his fate is set in motion, and he is swept into an adventure that will take him across the ocean and back again. But Paradigm is more than just a dragon, he is a Dream Dragon and his fate is linked with that of mankind. He must quickly learn to use his powers before a dark and terrible force can steal his soul and encase the entire world in eternal fear. 103,000 words

A pair of magnets, compass, flashlight bulb with insulated copper wire and alligator clips, glass prism, set of small mirrors, and balloons make up a set of clever learning tools when they're supplemented with this kit's 64-page book of fascinating science experiments. Kids discover fundamental principles of physics in the most effective way, which is learning by doing! They can introduce themselves to the relationship between magnetism and electricity, and they will discover the fundamental principles of light as it is diffracted through a prism to produce the entire color spectrum. They can perform experiments with air pressure, and they will gain understanding of how a compass points toward the Earth's magnetic North Pole. All these experiments (plus dozens more fun projects) are safe, easy-to-perform, and require only the included materials and objects that kids will readily find around the house. Here's a great introduction to the world of science, perfect for school or home. (Ages 7 and older)