7/6/2023 0 Comments Hug jez![]() ![]() Just when things seem dire, out from the trees swings Bobo’s mom, who joyously envelops her offspring in a warm clasp, inspiring a hug-fest among all the congregated animals. In his journey he encounters familiar inhabitants in adult/infant pairs elephants, snakes, lions, and others embrace in genial expressions of affection as the forlorn chimp ambles past, plaintively calling out, “Hug.” Soon a menagerie of concerned animals trail in Bobo’s wake as he becomes increasingly distressed. A juvenile chimp wanders the jungle searching for-what else?-a hug. Alborough’s latest endeavor is brief on text but big on emotion. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Through his connection with Leah-and the unbelievable journey she takes him on–Josh soon learns that miracles can happen to anyone-especially at Christmastime…Ĭlick on the icon below the book cover to read the prologue and first chapter. ![]() As the holiday season approaches, everything he once believed about his life begins to shift when he meets Leah James, an enigmatic resident doctor who somehow holds the key to both his past and his future. Martins Press and her popular American Heiress Series with Avon/Harper Collins. While recovering in the hospital, he can’t seem to forget the woman he wanted to marry, nor can he make sense of the vivid images that flashed before his eyes when he was wounded on the job. The Color of a Memory (The Color of Heaven Series Book 5) Julianne MacLean (5,499) Kindle Edition CDN5.99 The Color of Love (The Color of Heaven Series Book 6) Julianne MacLean (4,751) Kindle Edition CDN4.99 The Color of the Season (The Color of Heaven Series Book 7) Julianne MacLean (5,331) Kindle Edition CDN5. The Color of Forever (The Color of Heaven Series Book 10) Kindle Edition 5.99 Product description About the Author Julianne MacLean is a USA Today bestselling author of 20 historical romances, including The Highlander Trilogy with St. ![]() First, he’s dumped by the woman he was about to propose to, then everything goes downhill from there when he is shot in the line of duty. From USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes the next instalment in her popular Color of Heaven series – a gripping, emotional tale about real life magic that touches us all during the holiday season…īoston cop, Josh Wallace, is having the worst day of his life. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Oedipus rex![]() Oedipus attempts to gain advice from Jocasta, the queen she encourages him to ignore prophecies, explaining that a prophet once told her that Laius, her husband, would die at the hands of their son. Oedipus mocks and rejects the prophet angrily, ordering him to leave, but not before Tiresias hints darkly of an incestuous marriage and a future of blindness, infamy, and wandering. Summoned by the king, the blind prophet Tiresias at first refuses to speak, but finally accuses Oedipus himself of killing Laius. ![]() At once, Oedipus sets about to solve the murder. The discovery and punishment of the murderer will end the plague. On his return, Creon announces that the oracle instructs them to find the murderer of Laius, the king who ruled Thebes before Oedipus. ![]() Oedipus has already sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the oracle to learn what to do. Throughout this mythic story of patricide and incest, Sophocles emphasizes the irony of a man determined to track down, expose, and punish an assassin, who turns out to be himself.Īs the play opens, the citizens of Thebes beg their king, Oedipus, to lift the plague that threatens to destroy the city. Oedipus the King unfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. Ritual and Transcendence in the Oedipus Trilogy.The Power of Fate in the Oedipus Trilogy. ![]() Summary and Analysis: Oedipus at Colonus. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Roxanne bad feminist![]() ![]() ![]() In Bad Feminist, her highly anticipated collection of more than three-dozen essays (some appeared in The Rumpus, Salon and Jezebel, among other publications), Gay casts a critical eye on entertainment and culture, particularly the consumption of television, news, movies, sports, literature and comedy. And on Tumblr, woven within step-by-step instructions for recipes of her favorite dishes, she ruminates on self-worth. She founded and co-edits PANK, a literary journal. To her 18,000 followers on Twitter, she tweets about episodes of The Barefoot Contessa, poker games with men, or her latest bout with insomnia. Flavorwire recently named Gay one of the Internet’s most influential writers. ![]() Roxane Gay’s writings capture the zeitgeist.Īn Untamed State, her chilling debut novel of a woman kidnapped and held 13 days for ransom, garnered praise from coast to coast after its release last May. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Pucked book 2![]() ![]() ![]() Also includes Alex and Violet inspired outtakes such as Weiner Warmers: a Holiday Outtake, Let’s Make An Alex Jr, Pretty Eyes (a Pucked-Good Luck Charm crossover), MILF in Training, and Kick Stand Kid. You can read this before Pucks and Penalties: Pucked Series Deleted Scenes and Outtakes Version 2.0 (Pucked, #6.5) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Īn extensive compilation of outtakes, deleted scenes and a crossover novella from The Pucked Series, which now includes: ENDORSE THIS: An Area 51 invasion outtake in which Alex once again tries to persuade Violet that he should go where no man has gone before. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Pucks and Penalties: Pucked Series Deleted Scenes and Outtakes Version 2.0 (Pucked, #6.5) written by Helena Hunting which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Pucks and Penalties: Pucked Series Deleted Scenes and Outtakes Version 2.0 (Pucked, #6.5) by Helena Hunting ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually, after a run-in with a sinkhole (that Shelby chased her into) Cole and Sam had to drag her out of before she drowned, she and Sam are reunited. In Forever, Grace tries to make her way back to Sam, but in her wolf form and with the ever present worry of shifting, it becomes hard. She is re-bitten by Cole and shifts at the end of Linger. However, in Linger it is not Sam's humanity that is in jeopardy but Grace's, as she comes down with an unknown illness and almost dies. In Shiver they meet after Sam is shot by Tom Culpeper during a hunt of the wolves following Jack Culpeper's "death", and begin a strange yet touching relationship. When she is saved from them by a yellowed-eyed wolf, Sam, she begins to feel a deep connection with him, often referring to him as "Her Wolf", and spending much of the winter months looking out for him. Grace Brisbane was taken from her backyard tire swing and attacked by the wolves behind her house when she was 11. ![]() The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy character ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments The stolen heir review![]() At the end of The Queen of Nothing, the final book in the first trilogy, the Kingdom of Teeth is in ruins, Lord Jarel is dead, and Lady Nore has sworn fealty to Suren. In the almost two years Suren, as she is known in Faerie, lived in the Court of Teeth, she was tortured and profoundly emotionally abused by her parents. Born a faerie, she was raised in the human realm in a loving family until her truly evil parents, Lady Nore and Lord Jarel, kidnapped her. Wren is one traumatized blue skinned changeling. Its heroine, Suren (Wren), the true Queen of the Court of Teeth, is less lovable than Jude and this book, the story of a quest she goes on with Jude’s younger brother Oak, the heir to the Kingdom of Elfhame and to whom Suren was once betrothed, meanders for too long before reaching a dramatic and rather horrifying conclusion. ![]() The Stolen Heir (the first of a duology) is worth reading but those who are looking for sublime will not find it in these 345 pages. ![]() Would a return to Elfhame be a return to the greatness that is the story of Jude and Cardan? Black’s novel after the trilogy, Book of Night, was a hot mess. Holly Black’s marvelous trilogy The Folk of Air is so damn good that when I heard she was continuing to explore the world of Elfhame, a kingdom of magical islands, I was thrilled. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Moo baa fa la la la la![]() Chickens and other animal friends offer quiet sounds.until (classic Boynton) a rowdy bunch goes “a little wild.” Excited little ones will love the implicit invitation." After “deck the halls with cows and holly,” singing, trimming the tree, and making merry (“All the happy pigs go HA HA HA!”), it’s time to settle down and go to bed. "The familiar farmyard gang celebrates Christmas Eve in Boynton’s latest holiday-themed board book. She lives in rural New England, and her studio is in a barn with perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America. King, “Alligator Stroll” starring Josh Turner, and “Tyrannosaurus Funk” (animated) sung by Samuel L. Boynton has also directed twelve music videos of her songs, including the award-winning “One Shoe Blues” starring B.B. Three of her six albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold) and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has been certified Platinum (over 1 million copies sold). She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced six albums of renegade children’s music. More than 85 million of her books have been sold, “mostly to friends and family,” she says. ![]() ![]() Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over seventy-five children’s books and seven general audience books, including five New York Times bestsellers. Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children’s author, songwriter, producer, and director. ![]() ![]() ![]() Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – beloved by literary great JK Rowling – has a beautiful new cover from Stateside illustrator Richie Stewart, while Brighton-based Matt Taylor was commissioned to design the front cover for The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. throbbing with emotion and humanity it went on to inspire an Oscar-winning film, directed by Anthony Minghella. ![]() ![]() Whether you fancy being whisked away to Indonesia, India and Italy with Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love – whose stunning new cover was designed by Portuguese illustrator Rui Ricardo – or want to dive head first into Ann Michael’s Fugitive Pieces a novel of astounding beauty and wisdom based in Nazi-occupied Poland that features a beautiful illustration from Matt Saunders, the Bloomsbury Modern Classics series has something for everyone. If, like me, you love nothing more than a beautiful book – one that will not only nurture your soul but look good on your book case as well – Bloomsbury’s Modern Classics will be a welcome addition to the shelves of any self-respecting bookworm.įeaturing ten titles – Restless by William Boyd, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale and The Little Friend by Donna Tartt – the Bloomsbury Modern Classics series will no doubt ensure that some of the publisher’s best loved books will reach new and eager hands, as well as reigniting the literary flame for readers past and present. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Poison book 2 bridget zinn![]() ![]() For the first time in her life, Kyra's poison dart misses its target, and now she is on the run. When she learns the future of her kingdom includes destruction and despair, she knows what she must do: assassinate the princess, who also happens to be her best friend. Sixteen-year-old Kyra is a potions master. Poison, pigs, and princesses combine in this fun fantasy adventure. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Kyra is not your typical murderer, and she's certainly no damsel-in-distress-she's the lovable and quick-witted hero of this romantic fairy tale that has all the right ingredients to make teen girls swoon. ![]() Kyra is determined to get herself a second chance, but will she be able to find and defeat the princess before Hal and the army find her? She's armed with her vital potions, a too-cute piglet, and Fred, the charming adventurer she can't stop thinking about. ![]() ![]() Now a fugitive instead of a hero, Kyra is caught in a game of hide-and-seek with the king's army and her potioner ex-boyfriend, Hal. With no other choice, Kyra decides to use her skills to poison the kingdom's future ruler, who also happens to be her former best friend.īut, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart misses. Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a talented potions master, is the only person who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction-which means she's the only one who can save it. ![]() |