![]() ![]() As humanity plans its first adventures beyond the solar system, Reggie and thousands of others join NOUMENON - a convoy of nine ships on a mission to reveal the origins of this anomalous star. `A striking adventure story that could hold a galaxy in its scope' KIRKUS REVIEWS Astrophysicist Reggie Straifer has discovered a mysterious object in deep space: a strange star, blinking in a seemingly impossible pattern. (Unfortunately, it's not going to be enough.) It's a coming-of-age story for old fogeys, a how-to-make-love guide for diehard celibates, and a laugh-out-loud tragedy with a hopeful twist.Love conquers all. Definitely easier said than done, as success means losing him to a brainy, smart-mouthed bombshell (her younger self), and that's a heart breaker, save the world or not.This offbeat tale is about falling madly in love when one is too cynical for such things, letting go of pessimism when it's the last life jacket on a sinking ship, and racing against the clock when one doesn't have the proper footwear. When she arrives twenty years in the past, buck naked and mortally wounded, she has 24 hours to convince a stunned but enraptured nineteen-year-old to change their future. If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?When offered a one-way trip to the past, Isabel sacrifices everything for a chance to change the rapidly deteriorating present-and see her murdered lover one last time. ![]()
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Also the conflict at the end was external which I love. Loved the banter and building of the romance between them. It was steamy, with a protective but not an alphahole hero. This is the first in the series and I absolutely loved it. Instead, she finds herself wearing his chains…Īs a fatal curse continues to spread over the planet of Dakkar, I make a deal with an alien witch who claims she can stop it. The alien romance I needed - Captive of the Horde King by Zoey Draven. To save Dakkar, she must lure him to his deadly prison. ![]() ![]() Harris owns an island called Beechwood Island near Martha's Vineyard and has built a home for himself called Clairmont along with a house for each of his daughters. Harris has three daughters, Cadence's mother Penny, and her aunts Carrie and Bess. Although her family pretends to be perfect, Cadence knows that beneath the surface, the wealth and privilege have taken an insidious toll on her family and any unhappiness or odd behavior is ignored or repressed to perpetuate the image of refinement. ![]() However, not every summer is the same-when something happens to Cadence during the summer of her fifteenth year, the four "Liars" (Cadence, Johnny, Gat and Mirren) re-emerge two years later to prompt Cadence to remember the incident.Ĭadence Sinclair Eastman is the eldest grandchild of the wealthy Harris Sinclair. It is centered on the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family, who spend every summer sitting gathered on their private island. We Were Liars focuses on the theme of consequences of one's mistakes. It was also listed as an ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults for 2015. The novel has received critical acclaim and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. We Were Liars is a 2014 psychological horror young-adult novel by E. ![]() Young adult fiction, psychological thriller ![]() ![]() ![]() She was the Hollywood correspondent of The New York Times from 1978 to 1990. Bound in the original orange boards, stamped in shiny gold. Aljean Harmetz is a Hollywood journalist and film historian. The Making of the Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM- and the Miracle of Production No. It identifies 122 of 124 Munchkins, discusses theft of the ruby slippers in 1970, the sale for $165,000 of another pair at a 1988 auction, and has memorials to 9 cast members who died between 19. This updated edition adds a new preface with much of interest including details of the author's friendship with Margaret Hamilton. ![]() With 93 illustrations and photos, 18 in beautiful full color. Gives details of the script, music, casting, special effects, the Munchkins, costumes, sets, intricacies of Technicolor, accidents during production, etc. A delightful history of the film and its stars. First printing of the 1989 updated and enlarged edition, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. A gorgeous, pristine HARDCOVER copy in PERFECTcondition. ![]() ![]() ![]() She had a rough upbringing so please see the trigger warnings. I was super entertained trying to figure out who arranged the murders, what nefarious thing was going on at the office, and what secrets Ellice was hiding. There’s also a plot point about an extreme political group, keeping this vague to avoid spoilers. There are important messages and themes about race since Ellice is the sole Black executive and one of the few Black employees of the office. Overall, I really enjoyed this and am very impressed this is the author's debut work. ⚖️ A little confusing keeping all the coworkers straight. ⚖️ Important discussion of race, especially in the legal field/corporate world. ![]() ⚖️ Dual timelines of the present and Ellice’s past. ![]() ⚖️ The law student in me loved the lawyer talk and discussion of legal ethics. ⚖️ Loved the main character and definitely got Annalise Keating vibes. While she investigates, secrets from her past threaten to be revealed.Īs a law student, when I read the synopsis of this legal thriller and heard the comparisons to How to Get Away With Murder, I knew I had to read this. ![]() A post shared by Caroline photo posted by onīrief synopsis: Corporate attorney Ellice Littlejohn is thrust into the executive ranks of her office after her boss is murdered, but feels that not all is what it seems at the company. ![]() ![]() Verlaine congratulated Rachilde on the invention of a new vice. ![]() ![]() An inversion of the Pygmalion story, the book was judged to be pornographic, and a Belgian court sentenced its author (in absentia) to two years in prison. A writer and cultural arbiter of a salon in France from the early 1880s until 1930, Rachilde (Marguerite Eymery) won celebrity with this scandalously decadent novel. Raoule' s suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue. When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Venerande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. In this key text from the French decadent movement, an aristocratic young woman becomes enamored of a young man who makes artificial flowers for a living. ![]() ![]() ¡Cambian de color dondequiera que van! Esta colorida historia sobre la amistad, ahora disponible en una edición bilingüe, da nueva vida a esta tierna historia de Leo Lionni, para que los más pequeños puedan disfrutar tanto en español como en inglés. SKU: 9780375810916 Category: Childrens - English Tags: Boardbook. Todos los animales tienen su propio color, menos los camaleones. They change color wherever they go! This colorful tale of true friends is now available as a dual-language board book, bringing Leo Lionni's beloved story to life in both Spanish and English for the youngest child. ![]() All animals have a color of their own-except for chameleons. Annotation: Introducing a Spanish/English bilingual board book edition of Leo Lionni's beloved classic! Elephants are gray.Paperback (September 30th, 1997): 7.99 Board book (November 14th. Subtitle: (Spanish-English bilingual edition) Maximum Age: 7 Minimum Grade Level: P Maximum Grade Level: 2 Related Editions (all). ![]() ![]() ![]() 1946 saw the first of several film adaptions. Milne adapted part of it for the stage as Toad of Toad Hall in 1929. The novel was in its 31st printing when playwright A. In addition to the main narrative, the book also contains several independent short stories featuring Rat and Mole, which explore human emotions the emotions of fear, nostalgia, awe and wanderlust.These stories appear for the most part between the chapters chronicling Toad's adventures, and are often omitted from abridgements and dramatisations. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley. Alternately slowmoving and fastpaced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. 105 The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a story about the meaning of courage. ![]() The result is an exhilarating tale of fearlessness and heroism, recklessness and tragedy of extraordinary men who were willing to take monumental risks. It has opened its secret archives for the first time, granting historian Ben Macintyre full access to a treasure trove of unseen reports, memos, diaries, letters, maps and photographs, as well as free rein to interview surviving Originals and those who knew them. Now, the SAS has finally decided to tell its astonishing story. 'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' - Antony Beevor So began the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world- the SAS. In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely against the rules- a small undercover unit that would inflict mayhem behind enemy lines. ![]() ![]() Caine owns The Raven, an indie bookstore in Kansas-exactly the sort of establishment Amazon seems engineered to destroy. Should any company be that large, wealthy, and ubiquitous? Obviously not, Danny Caine persuasively answers in How To Resist Amazon and Why (just out from Microcosm Publishing). You’ve probably already used faux Amazon in some capacity several times today, but its namesake has been burning for decades, a canary in the climate-change coalmine that most of us have grown to ignore-at least in part because when we hear the word “Amazon,” disappearing rainforest is no longer the first thing we think of. To a book-addicted twentysomething on a teaching assistant’s budget, Amazon seemed heaven-sent. It might’ve been a devilish twinkle, now that I think about it. The site had existed for a few years by then.) One of my classmates, with a twinkle in his eye that I wasn’t sure how to interpret, pointed us to this new thing on the web. In a seminar, we were discussing the reading list, some of which couldn’t be accessed at the USC bookstore. The first time I heard of Amazon was in grad school, in the late nineties. ![]() |