5/29/2023 0 Comments Escaping destiny amelia hutchins![]() Just when I thought I had everything under control, our enemies attacked the hunter guild from every angle, and my whole world was kicked out from beneath me. There’s too much at stake to allow myself to be influenced or for him to stand in my way. ![]() There’s one thing Kieran didn’t count on, though. He’s an egotistical maniac with a secret agenda and a psychotic need to possess and control me. The transition should have gone smoothly, and it would have if Kieran Knight hadn’t shown up. The moment I took control, everything began to unravel around me. When the unthinkable happened, my father was taken, and I was forced to step up. I’d trained my entire life to take over the hunter guild. Spellbinding, action-packed, mystery, and romance. New from USA Today Bestselling Author Amelia Hutchins comes a new Dark Urban Fantasy that will have you begging for more. ![]()
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5/29/2023 0 Comments William least![]() ![]() ![]() His latest work, Writing Blue Highways, is an unusual and useful blend of autobiography and writing guide. Heat-Moon's other works include Roads to Quoz and River-Horse. The subtitle, A Deep Map, a term popularized by Heat-Moon, is a documentary that layers topographical notes with observations on regional life, folkways, and whatever else deepens insight into the region. Like its predecessor, PrairyErth is a documentary. Heat-Moon's next book, PrairyErth, recounted a journey taken on foot through Chase County, Kansas. It stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 42 weeks. Heat-Moon, who descends from Osage and European ancestors, outfitted a Ford van he named Ghost Dancing, and lit out.īlue Highways is a record of Heat-Moon's conversations with people throughout his journey, layered with descriptions of the land and towns he visited. His college teaching position had been cut and his 600 applications to other colleges all met with rejection. Heat-Moon undertook the journey when his life had pretty much come to a dead end. He made his reputation with Blue Highways, a detailed account of a 1,300-mile journey through America. William Least Heat-Moon is one of America's indefatigable travelers, a man on a perpetual quest to know himself and his country. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Homeland by R.A. Salvatore![]() ![]() He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet. Salvatore’s first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, and French. ![]() Salvatore’s original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy (October 2004) debuted at # 1 on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and at # 4 on The New York Times best-seller list. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. ![]() Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. As one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R.A. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Love and friendship jane austen![]() ![]() It was too pathetic for the feelings of Sophia and myself - We fainted alternately on a sofa".Perhaps as a sign of maturity, Laura begins instead to regularly "shriek and run mad" at dramatic moments in her life. Never did I see such an affecting Scene as was the meeting of Edward and Augustus."My Life! my Soul!" (exclaimed the former) "My Adorable Angel!" (replied the latter), as they flew into each other's arms. We were interrupted in the delightfull Employment by the entrance of Augustus (Edward's freind), who was just returned from a solitary ramble. We flew into each other's arms and after having exchanged vows of mutual Freindship for the rest of our Lives, instantly unfolded to each other the most inward secrets of our Hearts. ![]() The young, love-obsessed duo of Laura and Sophia regularly faint at unexpected romantic developments:"She (Sophia) was all Sensibility and Feeling. The spelling disarmingly needs work, particularly on the "i before e" rule.And large swatches are really funny. ![]() The writing is impressive - she has a remarkable sense of flow and timing even at such a young age. There is some presaging of what is to come with this author, with discussions of the importance of marriage and wealth, obsessions with appearance, inflated pomposity, and more. Mainly in the form of letters, outrageous spoofs of the romance genre abound. Love and Freindship by Jane Austen was written when she was 14 and 15 (mine has her History of England in it, too). ![]() ![]() ![]() She soon realized that there was still more of the Angevins' story to tell and the result was Lionheart, followed by The King's Ransom. In 2008, she published Devil's Brood, which was to be the final book in her trilogy about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The mysteries did not enjoy the same success as her "straight" historical novels, to which she returned in 2002, with Time and Chance, again covering the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II. In 1996, following the success of When Christ and His Saints Slept (which dealt with the Anarchy and the early career of King Henry II of England), Penman ventured into the historical whodunnit with four mysteries set in the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine during the reign of Richard I. The Sunne in Splendour, a novel about Richard III of England is one of the most popular books on the Historical Novel Society's list of best historical novels. ![]() Penman received her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, she majored in history, and also received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Rutgers University School of Law, and later worked as a tax lawyer. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Amy bass one goal![]() The climber posted to Instagram that she had made a mistake in a rush to compete and didn’t mean to climb without her hijab. And if sports cannot protect the women who play, how can we ever expect society at large to do it?ĭespite foggy detail and little evidence, for example, when stories emerged that Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi had gone missing after competing in the Asian Continental Climbing Championships in Seoul without wearing a hijab, many believed them, with much speculation about her passport, her cell phone and her whereabouts. ![]() While circumstances may be vastly different, one thing remains the same: in different ways, in different places, female athletes are not safe. ![]() Griner’s continued Russian imprisonment sits among a barrage of headlines regarding dangerous situations for female athletes. Would public reaction to her situation or her fate itself be different, for example, if she were an NBA, not WNBA, star? Does anyone challenge the reality that Griner never would have been in Russia, where she receives a star’s salary to play for UMMC Yekaterinburg, in the first place apart from her gender and the pay gap that goes along with it? ![]() Griner’s plight raises tough questions regarding women in sports. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Lemurian Medium by G.G. Collins![]() ![]() "Flying Change" is horse fiction and "Without Notice" is about coping with loss. Whether she is faced with a recalcitrant author or coping with the varied personalities at employer, Piñon Publishing, Taylor can't help stumbling over murder victims.Ĭollins' interest in writing young adult novels was inspired by Judy Blume. As a mystery lover, she just can't seem to stay in the office. In The Taylor Browning Cozy Mysteries, Taylor is a mystery editor at a book publisher. It's friendship, fun and solving the unsolvable. ![]() Chloe always caters their stakeouts and envies Rachel's reporting job. Rachel is a journalist who finds a mystery in every assignment. The Rachel Blackstone Paranormal Mysteries features Rachel and Chloe, fast friends who solve paranormal mysteries. They are infused with Native American traditions and the American Southwest with many of her stories set in New Mexico and Arizona. With an interest in metaphysical subjects and science fiction, she began writing paranormal mysteries. ![]() Later on, it was Stephen King who drew her attention. From that time on she loaded up on mysteries from the library: cozy, police procedural and romantic suspense. Her love of mysteries began as a teen when she read "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson. ![]() G G Collins writes the Rachel Blackstone Paranormal Mysteries, the Taylor Browning Cozy Mysteries and young adult novels. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Presence cuddy![]() As Harvard professor Amy Cuddy's revolutionary book reveals, we don't need to embark on a grand spiritual quest or complete an inner transformation to harness the power of presence. Too often we approach our lives' biggest hurdles with dread, execute them with anxiety, and leave them with regret.īy accessing our personal power, we can achieve "presence," the state in which we stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead adjust the impression we've been making on ourselves. ![]() ![]() Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. Description MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD: Learn the simple techniques you'll need to approach your biggest challenges with confidence. ![]() ![]() ![]() By stabbing a ghost with the athame, Cas can bury the spirit forever. Cas’s weapon of choice is a blade called an athame. His mother is an herbal witch who helps keep Cas out of too much trouble, and she travels around the country with him. But Cas has a secret-like his father and his ancestors before him, he hunts and kills unruly ghosts who are causing trouble in communities. To most people, he looks like any other teenage boy. ![]() ![]() The main character of Anna Dressed in Blood is a seventeen-year-old boy called Theseus Cassio Lowood, or “Cas”. Her latest series, Three Dark Crowns, is a bestseller. Blake is a popular writer for teenagers, and writes in a variety of genres from paranormal to contemporary. It was first published in 2011 by Tor Teen and was nominated for numerous fantasy and young adult awards, including the 2012 Endeavour Award and the 2015 Lincoln Award. It’s the first book in the Anna duology and tells the story of a ghost hunter who must kill a very powerful ghost before she destroys the whole community. Anna Dressed in Blood is a young adult paranormal novel by Kendare Blake. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz![]() ![]() ![]() Schwarz certainly succeeds at keeping the reader engrossed." -FRANCINE PROSE Us Weekly "DEFT AND ASSURED. ![]() Told in the voices of several of the main characters and skipping back and forth in time, the narrative gradually and tantalizingly reveals the dark family secrets and the unsettling discoveries that lead to the truth of what actually happened the night of the drowning. The shock of her death dramatically changes the lives of her daughter, troubled sister, and husband. In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. A] CHILLING, PRECOCIOUSLY GOOD START TO A BRIGHT NEW NOVELIST'S CAREER." -The New York Times " A] gripping psychological thriller. ![]() |