![]() When read together, these long narrative pieces illuminate the defining moments in Tobias Eaton's life.The first three pieces in this volume - "The Transfer," "The Initiate," and "The Son" - follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, and the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions.The fourth story, "The Traitor," runs parallel with the events of Divergent, giving readers a glimpse into the decisions of loyalty - and love - that Tobias makes in the weeks after he meets Tris Prior. Readers will find more of this charismatic character's backstory told from his own perspective in Four: A Divergent Collection. ![]() ![]() His voice is an integral part of Allegiant. ![]() 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories told from Tobias Eaton's point of view.DIVERGENT - also a major motion picture series.Readers first encountered Tobias Eaton as "Four" in Divergent. I found it really good, it covers Fours whole initiation and gives insight on Fours relationship with the other initiates. ![]()
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![]() Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated, and she began reading. ![]() When Hans died, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela, he couldn’t bring himself to talk about it. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who, to escape the German death net, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo’s eyes. Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. ![]() Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. ![]() In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. ![]() In this astonishing story that “reads like a thriller and is so, so timely” ( BuzzFeed) Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: “Like Anne Frank’s diary, it offers a story that needs to be told and heard” ( Booklist, starred review). ![]() ![]() ![]() William McGuire "Bill" Bryson is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on science. Currently-lives in Norfolk, England, UK.Eloquently and entertainingly described, as well as lavishly illustrated, science has never been more involving or entertaining. Now, in this handsome new edition, Bill Bryson's words are supplemented by full-colour artwork that explains in visual terms the concepts and wonder of science, at the same time giving face to the major players in the world of scientific study. The result is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. ![]() ![]() Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. In this acclaimed bestseller, beloved author Bill Bryson confronts his greatest challenge yet: to understand-and, if possible, answer-the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. This brand-new edition of the colossal bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson's exciting, informative journey into the world of science. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has won multiple top prizes at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and in 2002 he was presented with the prestigious Margaret Mahy Award by the Children's Literature Foundation in recognition of his contributions to children's literature. He is also well-known for children's and young adult fiction such as Under the Mountain (1979). Gee's novel Plumb (1978) is considered one of the best novels ever written in New Zealand. ![]() In 2003 he was recognised as one of New Zealand's greatest living artists across all disciplines by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, which presented him with an Icon Award. He is one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and has won numerous awards both in New Zealand and overseas, including multiple top prizes at the New Zealand Book Awards, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the UK, the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, the Robert Burns Fellowship and a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. Maurice Gough Gee (born 22 August 1931) is a New Zealand novelist. ![]() |