![]() ![]() After their parents' death in a fire, the children are placed in the custody of a murderous villain, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance and later, causes numerous disasters with the help of his accomplices as the children attempt to flee. ![]() The books follow the turbulent lives of orphaned siblings Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. Gothic fiction, absurdist fiction, mystery, comedy drama, Spy fiction children's fiction Ī Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. ( March 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. ![]()
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![]() ![]() With engaging artwork by Alexandra Boiger accompanying the inspiring text, this is a book that shows readers that everyone has the potential to make a difference, and that women in science change our world. She Persisted in Science is for everyone who’s ever had questions about the world around them or the way things work, and who won’t give up until they find their answers. In this book, Chelsea Clinton introduces readers to women scientists who didn’t listen to those who told them “no” and who used their smarts, their skills and their persistence to discover, invent, create and explain. They’ve been told that they’re not smart enough, or that their brains just aren’t able to handle it. A STEM-focused addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling She Persisted series! Throughout history, women have been told that science isn’t for them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() we watchfully hear the language skip, whoop and wheel across Miller's pages."-William H. One has to take the language back to Marlowe and Shakespeare before encountering a wealth of imagery equal in intensity."-Norman Mailer "There is an eager vitality and exuberance to the writing. ![]() They join in a grand paean to all that is still joyous, healthy, happy, and affirmative."-The Nation "The most enthralling and hilarious explosions are the sexual ones."-Newsweek "There is nothing like Miller when he gets rolling. The grandest passages are the scenes of lovemaking. "A superb entertainment that brings in jeremiads, casual lyrics, and sudden reaches toward the spiritual core of life."-The New York Times Book Review "American literature today begins and ends with the meaning of what Miller has done."-Lawrence Durrell "Miller has once and for all blasted away the very foundation of human hypocrisy-moral, social, and political. ![]() |