![]() ![]() I appreciated the new hire on the accountancy side, her particular supernatural type was a lot of fun. This is the same kind of book that I’ve come to expect-fairly episodic with a nice through-line, amusing stories, an overall “blue sky” feel, with some fun situations for our Vampire Accountant to get himself out of. But the main event is the wedding-which brings out friends (old and new) and enemies (old) alike. ![]() ![]() He’s got to hire someone to help him deal with his rapidly expanding business, he has to submit to some tests from the Blood Council, Amy needs some help with her new business model, and so on. The wedding is nigh-Fred’s just got a little to take care of first. I doubt I’ll continue on in the series, but I’m glad I gave this a shot. I think Lily can do better than Dash, but that’s probably just me. The narrators did a pretty decent job convincing me that they were teenagers. I’d read something by Levithan years ago and had good memories, figured I’d try it out. I picked this up as the result of “I need something to listen to and the library’s app just happened to have it at the top of the list.” This was about the time that the Netflix series was about to launch, so a good part of my Twitter feed was talking about it. Grab a copy from your local indie bookstore! ![]() Mystery/Detective Fiction/Crime Fiction/Thrillerīy Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, Ryan Gesell (Narrator), Tara Sands (Narrator). ![]()
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![]() Winner of a Minnesota Book Award, the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award, and a Midwest Book Achievement Award. ![]() ![]() There are bodies, of course, but the real mystery in "Silent Words" is about the secrets that hide and fester in family histories and hearts. She explores the meaning of family in its many guises, the complexity of human nature regarding our notions of "good" and "bad," and the lengths to which the living will go to protect their dead. As Tyler attempts to fulfill her mother's deathbed wish, she unearths layer after layer of half-truths, legends, and lies accumulated over the years and passed down through the generations, binding some members of this community to a conspiracy of silence. Tyler, directed to "find the truth," has no inkling what truth she is supposed to search for in this idyllic haven perched on the edge of Lake Superior. ![]() With her mothers last words still echoing in her ears, Tyler Jones, the San Francisco-based newspaper columnist and amateur sleuth introduced in 'The Other Side of Silence,' journeys to the family home in northern Minnesota. With her mother's last words still echoing in her ears, Tyler Jones, the San Francisco-based newspaper columnist and amateur sleuth introduced in "The Other Side of Silence," journeys to the family home in northern Minnesota. Get FREE shipping on Silent Words by Joan M Drury, from. ![]() ![]() ![]() This edition includes a new foreword by Diane Johnson, author of the best-selling novels Le Divorce and L’Affaire. Frank and spontaneous, vulnerable and cruel, thoughtless and insightful, Sagan's young narrator explores such perennial themes as unrequited love and the precarious balance of irrational emotions and self-restraint. His worldly uncle strikes her as more exciting, appealingly risky and forbidden. She is fond of her loyal boyfriend, but he, too, bores her. Like Bonjour Tristesse, this story is set in Paris in the 1950s and told by a young student bored by her law books, restless and curious about love and sex. But her second novel, A Certain Smile, less shocking and more psychologically convincing, was preferred by many critics. Françoise Sagan is best known for her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, which caused a scandal when she first published it at the age of eighteen in 1953. ![]() ![]() ![]() The ancestors of Donna’s family were among the first pioneer families of the town of North Georgia. Some of her prominent pen names are Rebecca Flanders, Donna Boyd, Donna Carlisle, Taylor Brady and Leigh Bristol. Other than writing under her real name, Donna also uses a number of pseudonyms for writing different styles of novels. Donna was born in the year 1951 in North Georgia, United States and began her writing career from the year 1982 onwards. Most of her novels are based on the romance genre, whereas some of them have been written by her in the mystery and fiction genres. The Message in the Miracles (As: Donna Carlisle)ĭonna Ball is a well known author from the United States who has written more than 90 successful novels. Matchmaker, Matchmaker (As: Donna Carlisle) It's Only Make Believe (As: Donna Carlisle) Yesterday Comes Tomorrow (As: Rebecca Flanders) Under the Mistletoe (As: Rebecca Flanders) Search the Heavens (As: Rebecca Flanders)Ī Man Around The House (As: Donna Carlisle) The Growing Season (As: Rebecca Flanders) ![]() Rainbows And Unicorn (As: Rebecca Flanders) ![]() Twice in a Lifetime (As: Rebecca Flanders) ![]() ![]() This hidden quarter of the city, somewhere between the Inns of Court and the river, somehow exists outside time and space as we understand them. ![]() Michael meets Friar Isidore, an honest-to-god monk, with a tonsure and everything, who introduces him to Alsacia, the secret heart of London. And this, as they say, is where the story really starts. From the printing presses around Fleet Street to the coffee bars of 1950s Soho, young Michael received an eclectic education on the streets that saw him become, by the age of 16, a published author, aspiring skiffle musician and editor of Tarzan Adventures magazine. Few children, he writes, could have enjoyed growing up as much as he did. Moorcock’s first memories are of the Blitz and a childhood spent in the tangle of streets that mark the border between the City and the West End. It’s fitting indeed that Michael Moorcock should become his own unreliable narrator. ![]() ![]() The fictional elements of the book are, confusingly enough, about exactly the same subjects. The reality in The Whispering Swarm is the life and career of one Michael Moorcock, writer, guitarist, Londoner and working-class hero, plus the magnificent city in which he grew up. So it stands to reason that, having played around with notions of time, space and genre, he should do the same with reality and fiction. ![]() Michael Moorcock never saw a boundary he didn’t want to cross, blur or dispense with altogether. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through the lens of the books in her life, Annie comments on everything from feminism to culture to health to poverty to childhood aspirations. Her notes to The Virgin Suicides and The Time Traveler’s Wife feel like classics, sure to strike a powerful chord with readers. We read her love letters to The Goldfinch and Matilda, as well as her snarky break-ups with Fifty Shades of Grey and Dear John. In Dear Fahrenheit 451, she addresses those books directly. Annie Spence, who has a decade of experience as a Midwestern librarian, does this not only at her Michigan library but also at home, for her neighbors, at cocktail parties-everywhere. And they put back the books they treasure. They remove the books that patrons no longer check out. Not weeds, but books! Books that have reached the end of their shelf life, both literally and figuratively. ![]() Literati is thrilled to welcome Annie Spence in support of her new book Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the StacksĪ Gen-X librarian's snarky, laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to the books in her life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Uznwany za klasyka i najwybitniejszego przedstawiciela polskiej fantastyki grozy. ![]() Opowieść o maszyniście Grocie", "Dzieje noweli", "Przyczynek do psychologii tworzenia". ![]() Także autor powieści "Salamandra" (1924), "Cień Bafometa" (1926), "Klasztor i morze" (1928), "Wyspa Itongo" (1936) oraz pozostawionej w rękopisie powieści "Motywy docenta Ponowy". Autor dramatu scenicznego "Ciemne siły (Willa nad morzem)" (1921), oraz misterium dramatycznego "Zaduszki". Cie Bafometa to powie fantastyczna, która jest niezwykle twórczym przeoeniem mitu Doktora Jekylla i pana Hyda. Opublikował zbiory opowiadań "Na wzgórzu róż. 100, 9780006476580, 7888130, Update, Nothing Lasts Forever. Read 'Cie Bafometa Powie fantastyczna' by Stefan Grabiski available from Rakuten Kobo. Zmarł w 1936 roku we Lwowie.ĭebiutował w 1909 roku pod pseudonimem Stefan Żalny wyborem nowel "Z wyjątków. Zamieszkał w miejscowości kuracyjnej Brzuchowice pod Lwowem. W ostatnich latach życia, z powodu zaawansowanej gruźlicy został zwolniony na emerturę. W latach 1914-1915 przebywał w Wiedniu, w 1927 roku odbył podróż do Włoch, a w 1929 do Rumunii nad Morze Czarne. Po złożeniu egzaminu nauczycielskiego w 1911 roku rozpoczął pracę w państowych i prywatnych gimnazjach lwowskich. Studiował literaturę polską i filologię klasyczną na Uniwersytecie Lwowskim. Stefan Grabiński urodził się w 1887 roku w Kamionce Strumiłowej nad Bugiem. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book and the whole series take the steamy scenes to quite a dark place that could also be triggers or just taken to far for a lot of readers. ![]() Amelia had an interesting take on Fae and other creatures being integrated into the human world.I enjoyed the darkness of the story you know you are going to lose people and that everyone might not get a happy ending.I enjoyed this book so much and immediately had to dive in a binge read the others in the series! This is 100% an adult romance book lots of steam, gore, and Oh Dear, Rhyder! This was a fast paced paranormal romance story with an extra dark twist to it. HOLY STEAM!!!! Not safe for work and not safe for kids/YA. I recommend if you liked: The Bargainer Series Fighting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins- Book 1 of the Fae Chronicles Series ![]() ![]() It was always going to be one of the identical twin sisters, Zadie or Nor, that was going to be chosen in the ceremony to become the next princess, but an accident that left Nor scarred took her out of the running. But discovering her own formidable strength may be the one move that costs her everything: the crown, Varenia and Zadie. In order to save her people, Nor must learn to negotiate the treacherous protocols of a court where lies reign and obsession rules. ![]() ![]() ![]() And as she grows closer to Ceren’s brother, the charming Prince Talin, Nor uncovers startling truths about a failing royal bloodline, a murdered queen.and a plot to destroy the home she was once so eager to leave. To Nor’s dismay, her future husband, Prince Ceren, is as forbidding and cold as his home – a castle carved into a mountain and devoid of sunlight. Then Zadie is gravely injured, and Nor is sent to Ilara in her place. But when a childhood accident left her with a permanent scar, it became clear that her identical twin sister, Zadie, would likely be chosen to marry the Crown Prince – while Nor remained behind, unable to ever set foot on land. Nor once dreamed of seeing the wondrous wealth and beauty of Ilara, the kingdom that’s ruled her village for as long as anyone can remember. But though every girl longs to be chosen as the next princess, the cost of becoming royalty is higher than any of them could ever imagine. ![]() For generations, the princes of Ilara have married the most beautiful maidens from the ocean village of Varenia. ![]() ![]() ![]() The "civilized" world, she taught us had much to learn from the "primitive." Now this groundbreaking, beautifully written work as been reissued for the centennial of her birth, featuring introductions by Mary Pipher and by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.ĭuring childhood summers spent at grandmother's cottage in SW Michigan there was little to do but go on walks with the dog, play solitaire, knit, assemble puzzles or read. Adolescence, she wrote, might be more or less stormy, and sexual development more or less problematic in different cultures. Here, for the first time, she presented to the public the idea that the individual experience of developmental stages could be shaped by cultural demands and expectations. It details her historic journey to American Samoa, taken where she was just twenty-three, where she did her first fieldwork. Margaret Mead accomplished this remarkable feat not once but several times, beginning with Coming of Age in Samoa. When they do - as in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, for example - they become classics, quoted and studied by scholars and the general public alike. Rarely do science and literature come together in the same book. ![]() |