![]() Two decades later Jennifer never dreams that the photo she finds stuck between the pages of a neglected book will tear open a gaping wound to her mother’s secret past. ![]() ![]() When a family is torn apart by death, two sisters take violently divergent paths and the story of their family appears to end terribly and abruptly. Jennifer must do the impossible – bring her mother home. ![]() If I had been a little less busy, I’m sure I would have read it in a day, and it’s not a short novel! It was THAT good! I am SO glad I did! I devoured this book in three days. It had two great reviews on Amazon, though, so I thought I’d give it a chance. It’s self published, and I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical when I loaded it onto my kindle. On Little Wings is the debut novel of Regina Sirois. ![]() On a whim I picked up On Little Wings by Regina Sirois. I’m still in love with the Kindle Touch I received for Christmas, and I’ve been loading it with tons of free books from Amazon. ![]()
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![]() Here, Sir Richard and Liz are mutually attracted. ![]() And if you know your history of this period, you know that there were rumors of an affair between King Richard and his niece Elizabeth. The cousin’s lovely daughter Liz is Elizabeth of York. Others include his cousin who is built like a battleship who is supposed to be Richard’s consumptive wife, Anne Neville. The members of the society each assume the identity of people associated with King Richard. She is quick witted and adept at solving mysteries as well as defending herself with a weighty purse which she wields with lethal precision. ![]() Jacqueline Kirby is among the house guests but not a member of the Ricardian group, having being invited by her love interest, Thomas. That letter had been lost for centuries and the recent unearthing of the letter purportedly contains additional pages clearing Richard III of the murders of her brothers, the Princes in the Tower. ![]() Sir Richard Weldon hosts a meeting of fellow devotees of Richard III at his English Country House for purposes of reading of some scholarly papers, a medieval themed banquet and costume ball, and, most importantly, to announce the re-discovery of a letter from Elizabeth of York in which she declares her love for her uncle Richard. ![]() ![]() The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lanas typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1,000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum, and many more. Lana Del Rey Lanas breathtaking first book solidifies her further as the essential writer of her times ( The Atlantic). ![]() They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason Im proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. Описание: THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT BOOK OF POETRY FROM LANA DEL REY, VIOLET BENT BACKWARDS OVER THE GRASS Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. ![]() ![]() Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. The adventures of Goldie Vance, teen super sleuth, continue in the second volume of this hit comic adventure. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can't crack, he agrees to mentor Goldie in exchange for her help solving the mystery.īook Synopsis Nancy who? Goldie Vance is on the case! The adventures of the teen sleuth continue in this second volume of the hit comic book series. ![]() Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel's in-house detective. ![]() ![]() There's a new sleuth on the block! Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. About the Book The adventures of the teen sleuth continue in this second volume of the hit comic book series. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book delights in shrouding its events, characters, history, and even locations in a thick layer of ambiguity. As the seemingly disconnected characters and episodes gradually reveal their importance to the overall plot, the story takes on overtones of High Fantasy, or perhaps a strange Deconstruction juxtaposed with increasingly surreal scifi elements and religious philosophy. The earliest chapters, in particular have a Low Fantasy feel as Severian largely wanders from place to place. Along the way he meets many strange people and experiences many life-altering events. After falling in love with one of his charges, Severian is exiled from the guild and sent to a distant city as its appointed executioner. ![]() Severian, an apprentice of the Torturer's Guild, narrates his story. The story takes place in a feudal society a million years in the future. Wolfe, and this novel in particular, have a cult following for its deceptively engaging Worldbuilding couched in Science Fiction trappings that take the form of the narrator's memoirs. The Book of the New Sun is a lengthy Science Fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe, originally published as four spearate books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was involved in that work from almost the beginning of the war, after a lady from the Foreign Office, who had been billeted on my family home in the nearby village of Swanbourne, said that people with my knowledge of French and German would be useful down the road. Churchill visited Bletchley more than once in the course of the war and said later that its work "shortened the duration of the war by at least two years". ![]() In fact it was the result of work by a team of code-breakers, which was described by Winston Churchill as " the goose that laid the golden egg but never cackled". They appear to have assumed that any information, which actually could only have come through the reading of their cypher traffic, was the work of an informer. What is also extraordinary is that the Germans themselves never seriously believed that Enigma had been compromised. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Everyone wants their kids to be successful, but we are all still human. Every kid is different, so maybe Harrod will only start to shine later in life.""Even if he doesn't turn out the way you want him to, you shouldn't feel frustrated about it either. ![]() "Avery's kids are all so brilliant, and whenever I think about the difference between Harry and them, I would doubt whether Elliot and I are even related. I haven't even sent out the invitations!" "That shou "First of March, then! We can't have it on Valentine's as I had not expected the preparations to be done this quickly. Maybe you should ask Eric's parents.""They are probably okay with anything we decide as well!" Layla grabbed the phone and randomly picked a date on the calendar. "Your dad and I don't have any date in mind. When do you want to have the wedding?""Just any day after New Year's, I guess!" Layla said."You need to pick a date! Once you select the date, you will need to send out the invites to your family and friends." Avery pulled up the calendar on her phone and showed it to Layla. That afternoon, Harry called Elliot to inform him that Ivy's script was ready, and Elliot immediately sent the driver to the television station to pick the script up.Once the driver brought the script home, Ivy returned to her room to recite her script.Avery pulled Layla aside and said, "Preparation for the wedding is almost done. ![]() ![]() That’s where all the real trouble starts for Tichy. When weird rebels attack Costa Rica, where the Congress is held, the government uses chemical agents to turn them into peaceful citizens. ![]() Polish SF author Stanislaw Lem in his 1972 novella “The Futurological Congress.”Ĭosmonaut Ijon Tichy, hero of countless other Lem stories, including the much acclaimed “Star Diaries” reluctantly agrees to participate in the 8th International Futurological Congress. ![]() ![]() One friend might arrive from a shift as a stoker in a boiler room, another from work as a janitor in a communal apartment on proletariat street-bottom-rung jobs that satisfied the state’s requirement for citizens to be employed, and little else. The clothing worn by this gathering would be especially lacklustre frumpy dresses, crummy shoes and in winter, the ubiquitous felt cap and shapeless overcoat. On a shelf: a three-litre jar of birch juice, pickled cucumbers and a gray salami procured for a special occasion. ![]() The décor would display only muffled colors-the mediocre browns and grays of the Soviet everyday. The radio would be turned to full volume, drowning out loose talk that might otherwise escape through pre-fabricated walls. During the drained-out years of the 1960s and ’70s, when there was no public outlet for a frank conversation, Homo sovieticus would gather with friends in a Moscow kitchen, identical in shape and size to those in concrete apartment blocks all over the USSR. ![]() ![]() ![]() This description makes the book sound like more of a pure fantasy than it is. ![]() The jinni ends up in New York City when he is accidentally released after spending what seems like an eternity in an old copper flask, where he was imprisoned by a rival Bedouin wizard. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay by an elderly and mysterious man who lives in the forest her master is a single man heading to a new life in America. The Golem and the Jinni tells the story of the two supernatural creatures of the title who find themselves not in Danzig, Germany and the Syrian desert where they were created but in 1899 New York City. I wish I were reading it right now, rather than writing about it. I loved every minute of it and didn’t want it to end. Helene Wecker’s The Golem and the Jinni is just that sort of book. They cast a spell on you, transport you to another time and place, and introduce you to characters and situations you would otherwise never experience. And then there are the books you love, both while you’re reading them and when you’re finished. Some books you simply enjoy because they’re fast, fun reads. ![]() There are some books you struggle with but respect and even admire for the challenge and rewards they present. ![]() |