![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere "Lamana goes for and achieves realism here, carefully establishing the characters and setting before describing in brutal detail, beyond what is typical in youth literature, the devastating effects of Katrina-loss of multiple family members, reports of attacks in the Superdome, bodies drifting in the current and less-than-ideal shelter conditions. A powerful story of courage and survival, Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere celebrates the miraculous power of hope and love in the face of the unthinkable. ![]() But when Hurricane Katrina hits the Lower Nines of New Orleans, Armani realizes that being ten means being brave, watching loved ones die, and mustering all her strength to help her family weather the storm. It means she's older, wiser, more responsible. All her friends are coming to her party, her mama is making a big cake, and she has a good feeling about a certain wrapped box. ![]() Armani Curtis can think about only one thing: her tenth birthday. A ten-year-old girl learns the importance of family and community in this tale of love and hope set during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. ![]()
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![]() Read The Pickup Artist and get into the game. Whether he’s holding court with eager disciples in South Beach, hanging out with his crew of fellow super-seducers in Las Vegas, or partying it up in the Hollywood Hills, Mystery is never far from where the action is-and never fails to get a piece of it. ![]()
![]() "Pierre Boulle was profoundly Anglophile," says Jean Loriot, who heads the Association of Friends of Pierre Boulle. And in World War Two he served as an undercover agent for the Special Operations Executive (SOE).įor The Bridge on the River Kwai he was writing of a world he knew well. ![]() From the mid-1930s he was a rubber planter for a British company in Malaysia. Pierre Boulle died in Paris in 1994, after a writing career that spanned more than 40 years and resulted in some 30 novels and collections of short stories.īut it was his life before taking up the pen that shaped his literary outlook. How on earth could it have been written by a Frenchman? And how did that same Frenchman then move from wartime adventure to the world of science fiction for his second Hollywood triumph? ![]() A book on the face of it so quintessentially British - about a British colonel and his conception of duty and honour. It turns out that Pierre Boulle was also the man behind another cinema great - none other than The Bridge on the River Kwai. ![]() It was in his 1963 novel La Planete des Singes (Planet of the Apes).īut there's more. He was the French author who first had the brilliant idea of humans travelling in time and stumbling on ape civilisation. Today few people have heard of Pierre Boulle. ![]() Before the newly released Dawn of the Planet of the Apes film, there was a long franchise going back to the first Apes movie - the 1968 classic with Charlton Heston. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then you can continue with the series as listed above. Jenkins series in chronological order, you should start with the three prequel novels which take place before the events in The Left Behind: The Rising, followed by The Regime, and The Rapture. If you want to read the Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Left Behind Book Series in Chronological Order Even after his death, Tim LaHaye will live in our hearts forever. Here is the Left Behind series order for the books that by now have become classic, along with series and books Tim LaHaye has written during his lifetime. Also, there are four movies in the series. Jenkins? All in all, there are 16 main books, with another 40 in the spin-off kids’ series. How many books are in the Left Behind series written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. I mean who can forget the film Left Behind with Nicholas Cage?Įven though the author recently passed away, the Tim LaHaye Left Behind series (also called Earth’s Last Days series) will live on for as many years as there are readers who believe in God and love reading books with religious themes. Even the author’s works were not as popular before, they certainly became popular once some of the books were made into movies. Jenkins are familiar to many readers who love Christian fiction. Last Updated on NovemThe Tim LaHaye books co-authored with Jerry B. ![]() Left Behind Book Series in Publication Order. ![]() Left Behind Book Series in Chronological Order. ![]() |