Books by Michael Lawrence
A Crack in the Line (Withern Rise)
A sixteen-year-old boy, who resides in a big Victorian house, stumbles into an alternate reality where he comes face-to-face with another version of his life where his beloved mother, who was killed in a train crash, is still alive. Reprint.
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A Crack in the Line (Withern Rise)
The mystery has begun
Alaric
It's been two years since his mother died in a terrible train crash, and Alaric's life continues to unravel. He and his father are barely on speaking terms, and Withern Rise, their Victorian mansion, is in shambles. Trapped at home during a blizzard, Alaric stumbles into a parallel world; a reality in which his mother is still alive. There's only one problem ... someone else is living his life.
Naia
Naia tries not to dwell on the horrible accident two years ago that nearly took her mother away. Now that life with her parents in Withern Rise has returned to normal, Naia thinks the worst is behind her. But during a freak snowstorm she's confronted by a stranger. Why does this boy look like her? Why does he have the same thoughts? The same memories? Who is he?
Alaric's and Naia's discovery of each other sets off an electrifying chain of events. And as their lives - and lifelines - entwine, the two teenagers uncover a truth with the power to rearrange, or even erase, their very existence.
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The Killer Underpants: A Jiggy McCue Story (Archive)
When Jiggy McCue wears the awful new pair of underpants his mother bought him, the evil briefs torment him all day by making him itch and do all sorts of crazy things, forcing Jiggy, along with his friends Angie and Pete, to put a stop to the maniacal pair of undies. Reprint.
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Jack and the Broomstick and From a Jack to a King (A Pair of Jacks)
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Meet Jack Withersnitch, and a Jack who is a little prince trying to be taller
What if Jack hadn't swapped his cow for magic beans, but exchanged her for a broomstick instead? In the second tale, Prince Jack is the fourth in line to the throne, so he certainly isn't expecting to be king.
About the Author
Michael Lawrence is the author of
Baby Christmas;
Small Eternities; the Jiggy McCue series, which includes
The Killer Underpants; and
A Crack in the Line, which won the Michael L. Printz Award and the Georgia Peach Award, and was chosen by the ALA as one of the year's best books for 12-18 year olds.
Tony Ross is the author and illustrator of
The Boy Who Cried Wolf,
Centipede's 100 Shoes,
I Don't Want to Go to Bed!,
Stone Soup,
Three Little Kittens and Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes, and
Wash Your Hands! He has received numerous awards, including the German Children's Book Prize and the silver medal in the Smarties Prize, and has been short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
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Jack and the Giant-Killer and Jackwitch (A Pair of Jacks)
A different cast of Jacks from the usualsometimes it's not the easiest name to have Hearing the name Jack the Giant Killer is enough to send a chill down the spine of any Giant, so imagine what it's like to be a Giant called Jack. The second Jack's father likes to go witch-hunting. One night his son decides to follow him into the woods, where he's in for a big surprise.
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Jack Four's Jackdaws and Jack of the Gorgons (A Pair of Jacks)
by Michael Lawrence, Tony Ross
Product Description Meet a family of Jacks, as well as a Jack who never, ever changed his socks There were once four brothers called Jack, who all set off into the big wide world to seek their fortunes—but an Ogre turns three of them into Jackdaws, leaving it to the youngest Jack to rescue them. In the second Jack tale, when Jack meets some Gorgons, it's his cheesy, smelly feet that save the day, and along the way he invents gorgonzola cheese. About the Author Michael Lawrence is the author of Baby Christmas;Small Eternities; the Jiggy McCue series, which includes The Killer Underpants; and A Crack in the Line, which won the Michael L. Printz Award and the Georgia Peach Award, and was chosen by the ALA as one of the year's best books for 12-18 year olds. Tony Ross is the author and illustrator of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Centipede's 100 Shoes, I Don't Want to Go to Bed!, Stone Soup, Three Little Kittens and Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes, and Wash Your Hands! He has received numerous awards, including the German Children's Book Prize and the silver medal in the Smarties Prize, and has been short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bridge, 2nd Edition
by Michael Lawrence, H. Anthony Medley
Revised, now with the wisdom of a world champion!
Learning to play bridge is much like learning a new language. But its enormous, worldwide popularity is evidence enough that people aren’t discouraged by the game’s challenging rules and
concepts. And why should they be, when there’s The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Bridge to teach them the game in a fun and easy-to-understand format?
•First edition has sold well
•Only this second edition contains the wisdom of Michael Lawrence, one of the most respected bridge players in the world
•New edition includes everything from the basics to the latest in bidding techniques
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Animal Life and the Moving Image
by Michael Lawrence, Laura McMahon
From the proto-cinematic sequencing of animal motion in the nineteenth century to the ubiquity of animal videos online, the histories of animal life and the moving image are enigmatically interlocked.
Animal Life and the Moving Image is the first collection of essays to offer a sustained focus on the relations between screen cultures and non-human animals. The volume brings together some of the most important and influential writers working on the non-human animal's significance for cultures and theories of the moving image. It offers innovative analyses of the representation of animals across a wide range of documentary, fiction, mainstream and avant-garde practices, from early cinema to contemporary
user-generated media. Individual chapters consider King Kong, The Birds, The Misfits, The Cove, Grizzly Man and Microcosmos, the work of Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Bresson, Malcolm Le Grice, Peter Greenaway, Carolee Schneemann and Isabella Rossellini, and YouTube stars Christian the lion and Maru the cat.
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