![]() ![]() In the midst of this brewing rebellion, a series of brutal supernatural murders strikes at the heart of the Kingdoms. ![]() A power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master thief known as the Falcon Prince is reaching its climax. ![]() Traditional swords & sorcery fantasy with an authentic middle-eastern spin The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, land of djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, Khalifs and killers, is at boiling point. Only a handful of reluctant heroes can learn the truth, and stop the. ![]()
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![]() ![]() So it’s kind of a hate to love romance which I’m totally sucker for. He’s quite an arrogant douchebag who’s obsessed with the heroine but also hates her. ![]() The male lead in this book was totally messed up. I can now understand why there’s so much hype surrounding this book but I don’t think it would work out for everyone. Shen but I’ve heard great things about this series especially Vicious so I finally decided to give it a shot and I wasn’t disappointed. Vicious is the first book in a stand alone series Sinners Of Saint. That should deter me from chasing her, but it doesn’t. ![]() The woman who knows my darkest secret, and the daughter of the cheap Help we hired to take care of our estate. She paid the price.Įmilia LeBlanc is completely off-limits, my best friend’s ex-girlfriend. Ten years ago, she barged into my life unannounced and turned everything upside down. Now, he came for me in New York, and he isn’t leaving until he takes me with him. Ten years ago, he made me run away from the small town where we lived. ![]() A bully and a savior, a monster and a lover. They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true.The man who comes to me in my dreams also haunts me in my nightmares. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her thoughtful portraits will linger with you long after the book is finished 'A gripping feminist masterpiece' – Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feministĭeborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War. 'With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the centre of the story. Troy has fallen.įrom the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope awaiting the return of Odysseus, to the three goddesses whose feud started it all, these are the stories of the women embroiled in the legendary war. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. ![]() ![]() This was never the story of one woman, or two. ![]() In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective, for fans of Madeline Miller and Pat Barker. Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No one else on the planet could have written this book. You have a sibling with academic art knowledge base…and then another rather unexpected musical background. Analysis of what Warhol was trying to do and was doing I thought particularly good and done with a set of tools that are completely unique to Alice. The author is making an attempt though to understand what is was that caused others to love her…when they could not know her at all. Edie was deeply loved by those who knew her. It is a memoir of sorts written out of love and I am certain years of anguish in an attempt to understand huge unspeakable loss and at the same time beauty. ![]() Fans of Edie and Edie should feel fortunate to be able to have a glimpse of what is so deeply personal. This is a book that is not written for fans of Edie and Andy…it is the bonus though. ![]() I suppose I am able to place myself in some of these locations and the descriptions and the relationships all the more compelling. It accurately describes and consistently tells what I had been told as a child. A friend alerted me to it and I immediately ordered. I had no idea this book was being written. ![]() ![]() ![]() Standing in the young mother’s way is Evan Meade, the boy’s guileful and mean-spirited father, who hires a child recovery specialist when the efforts of the embattled local sheriff, Monroe Rossi, fail to track them down. Told in prose that is both stripped-down and overpowering, Gilbert shapes the everyday conflict of child custody into a stunning search for sense of worth. In A Lovely, Indecent Departure, the riveting and emotionally-charged debut from Steven Lee Gilbert, a promising new voice in literary thrillers, comes the captivating story of a mother’s love and desperation set amidst the heart wrenching landscape of an international parental abduction. When a district court awards custody of Oliver to his father, she abducts the five year old and flees to Italy where with her family’s help they disappear into the fabric of her native homeland. Anna Miller wants only one thing, her son, and she will do anything to keep him. ![]() ![]() The sisters then return home to face real-world problems that may prove most challenging of all. ![]() When they reach their grandmother’s house, the dialogue-heavy story continues with extensive reflection of a level of maturity incongruous with the behavior exhibited in prior pages. Despite multiple decisions that lead them into danger, the younger sisters persist in dismissing Odilia’s warnings, their bad choices ranging from silly to decidedly immature. ![]() What follows is a series of adventures that hover somewhere on the border between fantasy and magical realism as the sisters are helped and hindered by supernatural forces including Latin American legends La Llorona, lechuzas and chupacabras. She is soon overruled by her sisters, who clamor to return the man to his family and visit their grandmother, all of whom live in Mexico. When narrator and eldest Odilia and her sisters, Juanita, Velia, Delia and Pita, find a dead man in their swimming hole, Odilia wants to call the authorities. ![]() ![]() In her first fantasy, Pura Belpré winner McCall ( Under the Mesquite, 2011)tells the story of five sisters and their myriad adventures as they travel from their home in Texas to Mexico. ![]() ![]() ![]() Named spiritual economous of Roraigrande. Named vice-chancellor of the curia of Concordia and chaplain at the hospital of Portogruaro. ![]() Ordained, December 26, 1899, Portogruaro. Tommaso, where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy on May Between 18, in Rome, he frequented the Accademia di S. From 1892 untilġ897, he studied at the Seminary of Portogruaro. After completing his elementary education, he followed his father's trade as a mason and worked as a bricklayer the age of eleven. Brother of Giovanni (1880-1956), first bishop of La Spezia and titular archbishop of Colosso. Second of the ten children of Costante Costantini, a small building contractor, and MaddalenaĪltan, from an illegitimate branch of the counts Altan di San Vito al Tagliamento. April 3, 1876, Castion di Zoppola, diocese of Concordia, Italy. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - January 12, 1953īirth. ![]() ![]() She finds friendship to be as old as early life on the African savannas-when tribes of people grew large enough for individuals to seek fulfillment of their social needs outside their immediate families. In Friendship, science journalist Lydia Denworth takes us in search of friendship's biological, psychological, and evolutionary foundations. ![]() But what makes these bonds not just pleasant but essential, and how do they affect our bodies and our minds? Friends, after all, are the family we choose. ![]() The phenomenon of friendship is universal and elemental. About the Book A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Nonfiction Book of Winter 2020 and a Real Simple Best Book of 2020 (So Far)Ī revelatory investigation of friendship, with profound implications for our understanding of what humans and animals alike need to thrive across a lifetime. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They have brought their own deaths upon themselves. If there is a man who sleeps with a male as those who sleep with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act they must be put to death. If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death their blood shall be upon them. They must surely be put to death their blood is upon them. If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination they shall surely be put to death their blood is upon them. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense. “If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They are to be put to death their blood will be on their own heads. “’If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. ![]() ![]() ![]() However the validity of this distinction is challenged by a number of critics, researchers, and even supporters, some of whom have awarded The Daily Show with news and journalism awards. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his "mock news" desk. Stewart himself has also gained significant notoriety as a vocal, outspoken critic of the Bush administration and of personality-driven media shows, in particular Bill O'Reilly and the Fox News Channel. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim leading to his first Emmy Award in 2001. He is also a writer and co-producer of the show. Stewart became the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He went on to host his own show on MTV, called The Jon Stewart Show, and then hosted another show on MTV called You Wrote It, You Watch It. Stewart started as a stand-up comedian, but later branched out to television, hosting Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. He is best known for hosting Comedy Central’s The Daily Show from 1999 to 2015 and for his political satire. ![]() Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz) is an American comedian, satirist, actor, writer, pundit, and producer. ![]() |