![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet they agreed to a temporary marriage that could end only in disaster. Maggie Osborne Author of Silver Lining Includes the names: Margaret St. To be sure, Max McCord was easy on the eyes, but he loved another woman and dreamed of a different life. ![]() But when pressed to reveal her heart's wish, she admits, "e I want a baby."e Not a husband, not a forced marriage to the proud man who drew the scratched marble and became honor bound to marry her. But one thing about Jenny-she may steal, fight, curse, and spit, but she doesnt lie, and a promise means more to her than life. Now meet the most irresistible and independent heroine of them all, a woman called Low Down, who never had anything good happen to her until the day she asked for the one thing that only a man could give her.As scruffy and rootless as the other prospectors searching for gold in the Rockies, Low Down wanted nothing in return for nursing a raggedy bunch through the pox. Hailed as ?one of the best writers in the business? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, multi-award-winning author Maggie Osborne delivers hilarious and heartrending tales of resilient women full of grit, pride, and dignity who shine through hard times. ![]()
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![]() Working through the reasons they've hated each other for the past three years isn't easy, especially not while writing a romantic novel. The last thing they ever thought they'd do again is hole up in the tiny Florida town where they wrote their previous book, trying to finish a new manuscript quickly and painlessly. ![]() They haven't spoken since, and never planned to, except they have one final book due on contract.įacing crossroads in their personal and professional lives, they're forced to reunite. But on the heels of their greatest success, they ended their partnership on bad terms, for reasons neither would divulge to the public. Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the brightest literary stars on the horizon, their cowritten books topping bestseller lists. ![]() They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside down. ![]() ![]() He establishes his grand plantation, The Forks of Cypress, in Alabama, while Andrew ascends to the White House, and the rumblings that will explode into the Civil War gather force." "James's son Jass Jackson inherits the plantation just as the genteel, well-ordered antebellum world begins to crumble. The two men become business partners, and James Jackson makes his fortune. From there we travel with Jackson to Nashville, where he meets Andrew Jackson, the future president of the United States. The story begins in Ireland, where Haley's white great-great-grandfather, James Jackson, Sr., is born. Once again, this is a personal saga, but one played out against the broad canvas of American history. ![]() Alex Haley's legacy has had as great an impact on American families as any story in the twentieth century." "Now, from the author of Roots, comes Alex Haley's Queen - the saga of his father's family." "Lovers of sweeping generational epics will find much to rejoice in here. Roots was an instant success, winning a Pulitzer Prize and spawning the most-watched miniseries in television history. ![]() For millions of people of all colors, that book was Alex Haley's Roots. "Once in every generation, there is a landmark book that adds a new richness to all our lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the end this is a story about us as a homo dei, the human being with his religious questions about his nature and destiny, the eternal secret of his existence and the awareness of transcendental values. And although illness and death should never be denied, as they are part of life and provide a deeper understanding and experience of our soul and existence than reason can ever offer to us, these dark powers should never be allowed to rule our thought for the sake of goodness and love. It is an education about the human condition, human love and human tragedy. ![]() It is a story about how a young man becomes an adult through a thorough education in European humanism. The Magic Mountain is the story about the best spirits and worst demons of European culture. The story is very much like Manns 'The Magic Mountain. When I red The Magic Mountain by the German novelist and Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann for the first time, I realized that I was the protagonist of the book! Like Hans Castorp I was young, curious, naive, a bit arrogant, full of questions, eager to read, to think and have long conversations about life and the world I live in. The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that pulses with life in the midst of death. RT missannabiller: THE OTHER LOVE (1947) is such a wonderfully haunting movie. ![]() ![]() The narrative is ostensibly in diary form, but certainly doesn’t come across that way, with little in the language that realistically represents the way teenaged girls feel (i.e., everything to the nth degree) or write. Even Natalie’s description of losing her virginity is tepid. Victoria, B.C., author Jodi Lundgren loads a lot of “firsts” into Natalie’s summer, but they are relayed so passively as to render them non-events. Before you know it, there are scenes of alcohol and drug use, sex, sneaking out, and underage clubbing. Not surprisingly, the older boy is bad news for naive Natalie, who falls hard and moves too fast for her own comfort. ![]() What should be just another innocent season in the sun quickly becomes something much more complicated and angst-ridden when she gets involved with her best friend’s 19-year-old brother. ![]() It’s the end of the school year, and 15-year-old Natalie has a whole summer ahead of her with only dance classes lined up to keep her occupied. ![]() ![]() Praise for Kaikeyi : 'Mythic retelling at its best' R. A must for readers of historical and mythological retellings such as Madeline Miller's Circe and Jennifer Saint's Ariadne, this powerful debut weaves a tale of an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come. ![]() ![]() Kaikeyi must decide if resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak - and what legacy she intends to leave behind. ![]() But when evils from her childhood stories threaten her world, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family. With this power, Kaikeyi transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior, diplomat and favoured queen, determined to carve a better world for herself and the women around her. She turns to her mother's library and discovers a magic that is hers alone. ![]() Although she was raised on stories of the might and benevolence of the gods, her prayers for help go unanswered. The only daughter of a king, Kaikeyi watches as her mother is banished and her own worth is reduced to what marriage alliance she can secure. An instant New York Times bestseller and Tiktok sensation, Vaishnavi Patel's stunning debut Kaikeyi reimagines the life of the infamous queen from Indian epic the Ramayana. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A graduate of the University of Chicago and NYU's MFA program, Lauren Oliver divides her time between New York, Connecticut, and a variety of airport lounges. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide-with cataclysmic results.Įlegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, Rooms is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant. She has written one novel for adults, Rooms. The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself-in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. His estranged family-bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna-have arrived for their inheritance.īut the Walkers are not alone. Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. ![]() The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane-a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() Random House Publishing Group Publication Year. ![]() In They Came Before Columbus, we see clearly the unmistakable face and handprint of black Africans in pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming impact on the civilizations they encountered. They Came before Columbus : the African Presence in Ancient America Item Length. Examining navigation and shipbuilding cultural analogies between Native Americans and Africans the transportation of plants, animals, and textiles between the continents and the diaries, journals, and oral accounts of the explorers themselves, Ivan Van Sertima builds a pyramid of evidence to support his claim of an African presence in the New World centuries before Columbus.Combining impressive scholarship with a novelist's gift for storytelling, Van Sertima re-creates some of the most powerful scenes of human history: the launching of the great ships of Mali in 1310 (two hundred master boats and two hundred supply boats), the sea expedition of the Mandingo king in 1311, and many others. Sertima presents to us a compelling, dramatic and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of black Africans in. They Came Before Columbus reveals a compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Africans in ancient America. brilliantly has that there is far more to black history than the slave trade."-John A. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Another Fudge! Just what this family needs.’ I turned and stormed down the hall.įudge, my four-year-old brother, was in the living room. You’d have thought we were discussing the weather. I ducked and got out of the way before she could touch me.ĭad took the lid off the pot on the stove and stirred the stew. ‘The baby’s due in February.’ She reached over and tried to tousle my hair. ‘I saw the doctor for the second time today,’ Mom said. ‘Four months! You’ve known for four months and you didn’t tell me?’ ‘That’s right,’ she told me, patting her middle. Tiny pieces of chewed-up carrot flew out of my mouth and hit the kitchen counter. ‘We’re going to what?’ I asked, starting to choke. Or maybe my teacher had phoned, saying that even though I didn’t get the best grades in the fifth grade, I am definitely the smartest kid in the class. I figured out maybe my father’s been made president of the company. ![]() She was slicing carrots into the salad bowl. ‘We have something wonderful to tell you, Peter,’ Mom said before dinner. Life was going along OK when my mother and father dropped the news. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this section beliefs, tools, metals used, cooking, writing, painting, clothes etc are discussed in detail with a chapter(usually two pages) dedicated to each topic. The book shifts than to peoples ancestors and races of people and how they lived. The book begins with the concept of people and their countries where you can discuss with your young student concepts like different flags, money and government. Although it is only 32 pages long it would require several lessons to go through this book because inquisitive minds will be intrigued by far away cultures and want to know more. The book is short, concise and full of facts. The recommended age level is kindergarten through about third grade, or higher if you are working with students who have not yet achieved English language proficiency. Be sure to add me to your favorites list !Check out my other items ! The Usborne Book of People of the World by Roma Trundle If you are trying to teach a young one about the wonders of the world or you are trying to explain why people are different than this book could be beneficial. ![]() |