Scandalous lj6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() My father is the one forcing me to work here. I let loose a sugary smile, scanning his face and torso for no other reason other than to taunt him. “You won’t be working here.” His arm brushed my shoulder, but I didn’t think it was by accident. ![]() “I don’t like you,” Rexroth whispered under his breath, his voice harsh. The fading noise of Vicious barking at people to move along, and my father finally letting go of my arm to move toward Jaime and Dean-probably trying to gain both allies and sympathy-died down. Trent’s gaze cut to mine and stopped when his grays met my blues. But a scandal is what we’re going to give them.Īnd oh, what a beautiful chaos it will be. The writing isn’t just on the wall, it’s inked on my soul.Ī scandal is the last thing my family needs. ![]() Trent Rexroth is going to break my heart. I’m just a kid to him and his enemy’s daughter.Īnd I am…feeling. ![]() He’s a single dad and my father’s business partner. When he does, my stomach flips and my world tilts on its axis. When he does, his words aren’t meant for me. Hard, cold and calculated, he rarely speaks. Scandalous by LJ Shen Publishing Date: September 29th, 2017 Genre: Contemporary Romance Scandalous, the highly anticipated next standalone in the Sinners of Saint Series by LJ Shen is available NOW! ![]()
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Disoriental negar djavadi6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ‘These pages won’t be linear,’ says narrator Kimiâ Sadr, a young woman whose family fled Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to settle in France. There is already a hint of Scheherazade in the prologue of the 2018 novel Disoriental, by Iranian–French author Négar Djavdi (translated from the French by Tina Kover). We can imagine the King (and the reader) greedy to hear the ending of each story, the storyteller using the equivalent of a ‘cliff hanger’ to keep the narrative-and herself-alive. The stories were gathered from across Arabic, Egyptian, Indian, Persian, and Mesopotamian folklore and literature so we can imagine Scheherazade using suspense as a narrative device to retell a range of stories that were far from linear or cohesive. ![]() In the seminal Middle Eastern work One Thousand and One Nights, noblewoman Scheherazade-in order to avoid being executed-tells the King a new story every night, postponing the conclusion each time so that he keeps her alive in order to hear the end. ![]() The iron fey book 16/9/2023 ![]() Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she loves, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face.and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart. Ten years later, when her little brother also goes missing, Meghan learns the truth-she is the secret daughter of a mythical faery king and a pawn in a deadly war. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan Chase's life, ever since her father disappeared when she was six. ' What if your world was filled with guilds and. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE THAT WAY FOR ME. Upon the death of his brother, Shiro, he receives the final marks that confirm him as the King of the Elves. Countless stories, songs and poems have been written about this wonderful age, when a girl finds true love and the stars shine for her and the handsome prince carries her off into the sunset. ![]() ![]() In less than twenty-four hours, I'll be sixteen. This special edition of The Iron King includes the bonus novella "Winter's Passage" and an exclusive excerpt from the new Iron Fey book, The Iron Raven. Written by Julie Kagawa, this internationally acclaimed saga is a must read for lovers of faeries. Enter a fantastical world of dangerous faeries, wicked princes and one half-human girl who discovers her entire life is a lie. The Iron Fey is a YA fantasy series that started in 2010. ![]() Dan brown book digital fortress6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s interesting to note, though, that some of the topics that the book covers are even more relevant in this modern world than they were back in 1998, when the book was first published. However, don’t read this before reading Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol – they’re better-known for a reason. Still, Digital Fortress is far from the worst book that I’ve ever read, and it’s definitely worth reading if you’ve read Dan Brown’s work before and enjoyed it. That’s probably because he was formerly a lecturer in creative writing, and they always say that you need to know the rules before you break them – unfortunately, Brown never breaks them. ![]() ![]() In many ways, it’s typical of all of Brown’s other work – you’ll notice, after reading a couple of novels, that they all follow a formula. ![]() Far from the madding crowd about6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() She keeps her own accounts, personally negotiates sales of her produce in the corn-market and closely supervises key agricultural tasks such as sheep shearing – even getting involved after being taunted by the hero of the novel, Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts). She quickly decides to manage everything herself and makes for a very hands-on estate manager – at least until her marriage to the handsome and reckless Sergeant Troy (Tom Sturridge). But she soon inherits her uncle’s farm, a large agricultural property and old manor house – now financially as well as spiritually independent. It’s an image that jolts us out of comfortable period drama expectations, announcing that the film revolves around a woman ahead of her time.īathsheba initially lives modestly with her aunt – and there are shots of her working hard on the farm and riding carefree on the hills. No skirts rustle or drag in the mud – she’s wearing leather riding trousers and jacket. The opening scene of Far from the Madding Crowd, the new adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel, shows Carey Mulligan’s Bathsheba Everdene stride into a stable, rain pouring outside, to comfort a horse. ![]() Author vicki myron6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() "As a memoir, the book is decidedly fluffed-out and uneven effort, that suffers not so much from the insertion of the owner's personal history (as other reviewers have complained) as it does its inconsistency in weaving both the cat and the owner into the save cohesive tale. Slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history. Source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way ![]() Next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with hisĮnthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth sense aboutĪs his fame grew from town to town, then state to state, andįinally-amazingly-worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend, he became a Heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling onįrostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. Library director Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of herįamily farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returnedīook slot at the Spencer Public Library. ![]() ![]() Library, save a classic American town, and eventually become world famous? YouĬan’t even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story ofĭewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.ĭewey’s story starts in the worst possible way. One cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can ![]() ![]() Soon his wooden-framed "hut" was packed with hundreds of soldiers listening attentively to his messages. He was assigned to Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt, where he ministered to Australian and New Zealand troops, who later participated in the Battle of Gallipoli. In 1915, a year after the outbreak of World War I, Chambers was accepted as a YMCA chaplain. ![]() Oswald married Gertrude in May 1910, and on May 24, 1913, Gertrude gave birth to their only child, Kathleen. Even as a teenager, Chambers was noted for his deep spirituality, and he participated in the evangelization of poor occupants of local lodging houses. At age 16, Oswald Chambers was baptized and became a member of Rye Lane Baptist Chapel. Oswald Chambers was born to devout parents in Aberdeen, Scotland. ![]() Worm Gets a Job by Kathy Caple6/8/2023 ![]() Music takes center stage and bullies get properly pun-ished in this hearty and wholesome howl. ![]() ![]() Haley slips those lines, along with references to “Jowlene” and “I will pawlways love you,” into painted scenes of an all-dog-or-Dolly cast set against swirls of music and simply drawn backdrops. Trusted Shipping to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and all UAE Great Prices Secure Shopping 100 Contactless Easy Free Returns Cash. After a “ruff day” in which being scorned by big dogs for not being a “true muttropolitan” leaves him feeling “lower than a stick on the ground,” he eats some flowers, strums some tunes, forms a band with a trio of little dogs, and, after sending the big pooches packing, trots out a “pawsome” performance at the “Battle of the Bow-Wows.” And from there it’s on to the Grand Ole Opry to hear his big-haired favorite singer warble out lines from her song “Makin’ Fun Ain’t Funny,” about celebrating differences rather than mocking them. Inspired by musical dreams, Billy heads for Nashville. Promising at the outset that this is just the first of a series of adventures starring her beloved “god-dog,” Parton goes on to hit all the conventional thematic notes. First, though, he needs money to buy paints. Worm has the time of his life making his work as artistic as he can. In this picture book from singer Parton and co-author Perl, a small French bulldog goes to Nashville, joins a band, fends off bullies, and meets one of the queens of country music. he finally gets a job painting signs at Frogs Fruit Stand. ![]() Lyrical ballads 18006/8/2023 ![]() ![]() After its publication, Coleridge’s disagreement with Wordsworth’s preface began to surface through his writing of Biographia Literaria as well as other letters and essays. So even though the Lyrical Ballads was a collaborative effort, it was Wordsworth who added the preface in the 1800 edition and refined in 1802. Since it was his idea, Coleridge was supposed to write the Preface but, he never did leaving Wordsworth to write it under a very harsh time crunch (Shulz). He wanted the public to know that his and Wordsworth’s poetry was more real and therefore, would be more everlasting. In one of his journal entries on the topic, Coleridge mentions the “artificiality and impermanence of poetic fashion with aristocratic taste” (Shulz). ![]() After the Lyrical Ballads was written, Coleridge wanted to write a Preface so that he could clarify his poetic style and eliminate many criticisms that were coming to light about their new writing. Only four poems in Lyrical Ballads are written by Coleridge and all remaining by Wordsworth (refer to the table of contents link). Both Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were inspired to produce this book of poetry through many intellectual conversations. However, as many understand, the Lyrical Ballads was a collaborative effort. ![]() ![]() This page is found under the author, William Wordsworth. ![]() Love in English by Maria E. Andreu6/8/2023 ![]() Andreu captures Ana’s cultural and linguistic roller coaster with eloquence and precision, as Ana wonders “if learning one language doesn’t sometimes mean forgetting a little bit of another,” a process described as bittersweetly as coming-of-age itself. ![]() But as a budding poet (her journals punctuate the chapters), Ana’s real love affair is with language itself. 'Andreu creates a realistic portrait of the obstacles facing English language learners in the United States. Refreshingly, Ana is torn between two guys who are both fundamentally kind, though the school has its share of build-the-wall bullies. ![]() buns? And sausage?”-but she soon befriends Altagracia, a gay Dominican American girl with influencer aspirations Neo, a sweet kid from Greece and Harrison, a friendly, WASPy local in need of math tutoring. Andreu Published by Balzer + Bray on FebruISBN: 0062996517 Pages: 336 Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance Format: Chapter Book Fiction Goodreads. fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional fast-paced. The transition results in awkward moments for the teen-as when she announces in the cafeteria “I like the. 336 pages first pub 2021 ISBN/UID: 9780062996510. When 16-year-old narrator Ana moves with her family from Argentina to a New Jersey suburb, English feels like a “troll that won’t let me do anything until I pay him a price I can’t cover,” despite the fact that she studied the language growing up. ![]() The teen love triangle at the center of this warm and humorous novel by Andreu ( The Secret Side of Empty) is threaded with experiences that accompany acclimation to a new school and country. ![]() |