Kate Banks

Kate Banks

Kate Banks is the award-winning author of many books, including This Baby. She lives in the south of France.

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Max’s Words
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Max’s Words
  • By: Kate Banks
  • Narrator: Kate Banks
  • Length: 8 minutes
  • Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
  • Publish date: June 07, 2013
  • Language: English
  • (939 ratings)
(939 ratings)
Max’s Words by beloved children’s author Kate Banks is “in a word: captivating” (Booklist). Benjamin collects all kinds of stamps, and Karl has a huge collection of shiny coins. Neither of them, however, will let their... Read more
The Magician’s Apprentice
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The Magician’s Apprentice
  • By: Kate Banks
  • Narrator: Charlie Thurston
  • Length: 3 hours 33 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (219 ratings)
(219 ratings)
Baz has always dreamed about leaving his dusty little town, so when a stranger comes to his family’s home and asks him to be a weaver’s apprentice, Baz is eager to start his journey. He and the stranger travel for several sunrises and... Read more

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The Anti-Romantic Child “TheAnti-Romantic Child is remarkable. This haunting and lyrical memoir will bean invaluable and heartening guide to all who find themselves in similarsituations and indeed anyone confronting an unforeseen challenge.” —MarieBrenner, writer for Vanity Fair andauthor of Apples and Oranges With an emotionally resonant combination of memoirand literature, Wordsworth scholar Priscilla Gilman ... Read Book
War of the Encyclopaedists “A captivating coming-of-age novel that is, by turns, funny and sad and elegiac” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) about two best friends as their post-grad lives diverge–one into liberal academia, the other into the American military occupation of Iraq.On a summer night in 2004, prepping for another blowout party in the arty Seattle enclave of Capitol Hill, Mickey Montauk has just ... Read Book
Domain An asteroid impacts Earth, forever changing life on our planet. Only the object wasn’t an asteroid … For thirty-two years, archaeologist Julius Gabriel investigated the Mayan calendar, a 2,500-year-old enigma of time and space that predicts humanity will perish on December 21, 2012 (the winter solstice). Julius believes that certain mysterious sites: the Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, the ... Read Book
How Not to Fall in Love A hardened cynic and a hopeless romantic teach each other about love in this swoony and heartful romance that’s perfect for fans of Tweet Cute and The Upside of Falling. Harper works in her mom’s wedding shop, altering dresses for petulant and picky brides who are more focused on hemlines than love. After years of watching squabbles break out over wedding plans, Harper thinks romance ... Read Book
Solomon’s Jar [Dramatized Adaptation] Rumors of the discovery of Solomon’s Jar—in which the biblical King Solomon bound the world’s demons after using them to build his temple in Jerusalem—are followed with interest by Annja Creed. An archaeologist intrigued by the arcane, Annja pursues the truth about the vessel and its ancient origins. Her search leads her to a confrontation with a London cult driven by visions of a new ... Read Book
Perilous Times An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet—saving the politically polarized, rapidly warming world from itself—in this slyly funny contemporary take on Arthurian legend. “A brilliant collision of ancient mysticism with modern madness.”—Robert Jackson Bennett, bestselling author of the Founders Trilogy Legends don’t always live up to reality. Being reborn ... Read Book
Shepherd of The Hills Originally published in 1907, The Shepherd of the Hills is Harold Bell Wright’s most famous work. In The Shepherd of the Hills, Wright spins a tale of universal truths across the years to the modern-day reader. His Eden in the Ozarks has a bountiful share of life’s enchantments, but is not without its serpents. While Wright rejoices in the triumphs, grace, and dignity of his characters, he ... Read Book
Echoes of Light Zohar, an ancient land of sand and splendor, rallies for its last stand. The genocidal Aelarian Empire sends its legions to destroy the small desert kingdom. King Epher and his band of rebels stand against a fire they cannot extinguish. And it is Claudia herself, once Epher’s paramour, who leads the legions tasked with killing him. Across the sea, in the Empire’s capital, a cruel new emperor ... Read Book
Making Contact How can we prepare for an event that is literally beyond anything humanity has ever faced? Making Contact presents multiple perspectives on what no longer can be denied: UFOs and their occupants are visiting our world. The book answers questions which remain in the wake of the recent Pentagon’s disclosures as to who and why these beings are here. The volume contains original writings by the ... Read Book
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Exile In the Stars Wars galaxy, evil is on the move as the Galactic Alliance and Jedi order battle forces seen and unseen, from rampant internal treachery to the nightmare of all-out war. With each victory against the Corellian rebels, Jacen Solo becomes more admired, more powerful, and more certain of achieving galactic peace. But that peace may come with a price. Despite strained relationships caused ... Read Book
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