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The Demeter Flower by Shelley Singer7/8/2023 What characters! What plotting! What a wealth of historical background (especially of the Twentieth Century) and the descriptive setting of the New World from our time forward to the plot setting of 2066! Blackjack will linger in the mind for long after the completion, with the question ringing: Could a near-future like this actually occur?-Euro-Reviews A story whose pace is akin to the speed of a rocket-launcher missile, Blackjack will grasp any reader by the throat and hang on till the end. Martins, Worldwideīlackjack is truly one of those books that the reader simply cannot set aside until completion. Royal Flush, 1999, Perseverance Press/John Daniel&Co., trade paperback Torch Song 2014, BooksBNimble e book hardcover (as Blackjack)Five Star Press, and audiobook, Books in Motion. not to be confused with a later production called Night Feeders, plural, about which I know nothing. Shelley Singer is the author of ten mysteries, two science fiction novels, one mainstream fiction, and many short stories. San Francisco Bay Guardian on Royal Flush Singer has a good ear for dialogue among the witless…It's fun to watch the two old friends work together, and the bad guys eventually get their satisfying comeuppance, after an interesting plot twist that keeps things hopping till the very end." "The crowd of racist, anti-Semitic Neanderthals who hang at Thor's Bar and Grill make Jake's skin crawl, but when it comes right down to it, he can pretend to be an idiot with the best of them.
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The case for christ audio book7/8/2023 Nevertheless, the methodical medical technique and proof he found in his search for the truth, convinced me it is much more practical to place my self-confidence in Jesus than not. Stemming from a clinical history, I was furthermore doubtful concerning this whole “religious beliefs thing”. Lee Strobel’s “A Scenario for Christ” was extremely important in leading me to authorize Jesus Christ as my Lord & & Hero.
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Flock kate stewart series7/8/2023 He introduces her to his close-knit circle of friends - including the enigmatic Dominic - a group who live by their own rules and brandish the same raven tattoo.Ĭecilia has always played it safe but, blinded by her growing feelings for Sean and Dominic, she's determined to enjoy her last summer of freedom and be open to new experiences no matter where they might lead. In return, he'll not only pay her college tuition, but will hand over a small fortune that will enable Cecilia to help her single mother.īut everything changes when she meets sexy local Sean on her first day of work. The deal is simple: all nineteen-year-old student Cecilia Horner has to do is survive a year in the small town of Triple Falls, living with her estranged father and working at his factory. In your heart of hearts, if you didn't have to choose, would you? Kate Stewart's Ravenhood Trilogy is a gritty, sexy, modern-day romantic take on Robin Hood and has been a TikTok phenomenon and international bestseller.
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Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan7/8/2023 Pyrgus is on the run from some nasties called Faeries of the Night, who are in league with demons who, apart from the fire and brimstone stuff, also drive flying saucers, and do medical experiments on people. Ordinarily Pyrgus isnt a titch with butterfly wings, but something went wrong when he translated into our world, which is like an alternate universe to the Faerie Realm. Who is actually the Crown Prince of the Faerie Realm, Pyrgus Malvae. It begins when Henry rescues a butterfly from Mr. Fogarty is right about fairies and alien abductions. So he certainly isn’t prepared to find out that old Mr. Henry hardly knows how to help himself, or his family. He does odd jobs for a crazy old man who believes in fairies and UFOs, in order to save money for an MP3 player. Henry Atherton lives in present-day England and he has very present-day problems.
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Fables dc comics7/8/2023 Plus, I knew from the very beginning of Fables that my fictional universe would allow for many ways to get Bigby Wolf into the DCU and Gotham City. It’s automatically a fish-out-of-water story for at least one of the main characters, and that sort of story always works. Why? Because Batman is a detective, and Bigby is a detective, and I love a well-crafted story crossing over characters from two different fictional worlds. “I’ve wanted to do this since the very first year of Fables. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham which will witness “ Fables’s infamous sleuth Bigby Wolf go head-to-head with the world’s greatest detective, Batman, in this six-issue spinoff miniseries from DC Black Label.” It will be written by Willingham with pencils by Brian Level, inks by Jay Leisten, and colours by Lee Loughridge and out this September from DC Black Label.īut, As a fan who loved the original series, why now? And, what else is there to tell in the saga of Fabletown? Bill Willingham explains:
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Much of her work was devoted to the beauty and importance of animals. Lathrop wrote and illustrated nine children’s books and several topical nonfiction books. During a prolific career spanning from 1919 to 1967, she used her artistic skills as an illustrator of other authors’ children’s fictional literature: more than 38 books were published with her illustrations. The book is told from the point of view of an inanimate doll named Hitty (short for Mehitabel), who was constructed in the 1820s and has since traveled around the world, through many different owners.ĭorothy Pulis Lathrop was born in Albany, New York, April 16, 1891. It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children’s literature in 1930. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years is a children’s novel written by Rachel Field and published in 1929.
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นครอรุณรุ่ง by Isaac Asimov7/7/2023 The robots that control the energy beams are in turn co-ordinated by QT-1, known to Powell and Donovan as Cutie, an advanced model with highly developed reasoning ability. Powell and Donovan are assigned to a space station which supplies energy via microwave beams to the planets. It is part of Asimov's Robot series, and was the second of Asimov's positronic robot stories to see publication. " Reason" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in the April 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and collected in I, Robot (1950), The Complete Robot (1982), and Robot Visions (1990). JSTOR ( December 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Reason" short story – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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The cairo trilogy7/7/2023 Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons - the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal.Īl-Sayyid Ahmad's rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in Palace of Desire, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. The novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. The Nobel Prize-winning writer's masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century. Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time.
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So when the city’s Great Magician starts appearing in odd places and essential songs are forgotten, Perry knows trouble is afoot. Perry knows Nola’s rhythm as intimately as his own heartbeat. To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2022! Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022! Apple Best Audiobook of 2022!Ī fun and fantastical love letter to New Orleans unfolds when a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song in this wildly imaginative debut. "Magical, lyrical, gritty, otherworldly…hype like Bayou Classic in the 90s."-P. "A wild and wonderful debut, teeming with music, family and art."- New York Times "Funny, wild, witty, and profound.”―Victor LaValle
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Jocelyn and Mack are complete opposites and still find themselves competing over everything. Mack Talbot, her first love, is now the blacksmith and caretaker of the ranch, and the two of them must work together to save her grandmother’s legacy. In Rescuing Harmony Ranch, my newest book with Hallmark Publishing, marketing exec, Jocelyn Stone comes home to Harmony Ranch to help her grandmother, who has been in a car accident. And make no mistake: everything must change after that kiss. It’s about more than just the mechanics of “pucker up and smooch.” The writer builds the tension and chemistry between the characters, then brings the readers along on the wild ride to that one magical moment where everything changes. Have you ever wondered how to write a kiss that will send your readers into a heady swoon? Or thought about what goes into that moment that makes a reader finish the sentence on a sigh as they press the pages of the book or Kindle to their chest?Īs a romance author, I often get questions about how to describe kissing in writing. |