![]() Part historical novel, part supernatural page-turner, The Taker is a "mesmerizing" ( Booklist, starred review) story about the power of unrequited love not only to elevate and sustain, but also to blind and ultimately destroy. And now, two centuries later, the key to her healing and her salvation lies with Dr. But the price she pays is steep-an immortal bond that chains her to a terrible fate for all eternity. Consumed as a child by her love for the founder's son, Jonathan, Lanny will do anything to be with him. ![]() Andrew, Maine, back when it was a Puritan settlement. ![]() Her impassioned account begins at the turn of the 19th century in the same small town of St. As she begins to tell her story, Luke finds himself utterly captivated. He is inexplicably drawn to her.despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort. A mysterious woman with plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae-Lanny-enters his ER, she changes his life forever. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. True love can last an eternity.but immortality comes at a price. ![]() From the author of The Hunger-hailed by Stephen King as "deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down"-comes a hauntingly atmospheric tale filled with alchemy, lust, and betrayal. ![]()
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6/29/2023 0 Comments The Dharma Comes by S. Ford Brown![]() ![]() She is open with her sexuality and expression, often making friends with unique people. Dharma couldn't help but look back at the subway as she climbed the stairs, while the boy pressed his face against the subway glass to catch another glimpse of the girl.Īs they years went by, Dharma adapted to her surroundings and took on many different jobs around the world. ![]() Their parents ushered the kids past one another, both making remarks on how much they detest the other class. The two families came face-to-face, with Dharma greeting the well-dressed boy, and the boy returning the greeting. In 1977, Dharma and her parents exited the subway just as their polar opposites boarded. Dharma was homeschooled and raised around the country and globe, learning from life experiences and not a textbook. 2.8 Abby's pregnancy and marital growthĭharma was born to Abby O'Neil and Larry Finkelstein, two free-spirited hippies with unconventional parenting tactics. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The way past winter book![]() You almost begin to shiver on reading the opening paragraph: The story takes place in a mythical northern land, with the opening setting being Eldbjorn Forest. The cover design, comprising an outline of a girl, white trees, wolves, snow, a bird and a bear, neatly summarise the content of the story but does not quite prepare you for the breathtaking prose within the covers. ![]() ![]() It’s a green hardback with a beautiful Scandinavian-style front cover design, delicate peach endpapers and the pages throughout are wonderfully illustrated by the cover designer, Helen Crawford-White. My first festive read of this Christmas holiday was The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, with design by Helen Crawford-White, which I highly recommend.įirstly, this book is gorgeous and simply compels you to pick it from the shelf. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Dear martin by nic stone![]() ![]() ![]() Would you enjoy reading if you weren't able to connect with the words on the page? I wouldn't. Then, why, you ask? Because there are not enough books of this nature that exist, books that help them see a reflection of themselves and the world they live in, and books that contain characters, such as Justyce, that not only help them see the truth that exists in our world today, but also that offer solutions for possible conflicts they may face. In fact, a large number of them have never completed an entire novel, not just because of the absence of a home library, either. Many of my students did not grow up reading and/or being read to daily. And, I don't mean "need" as in reading one book per year I mean all the time, every day, all year long. I live for books like this because they are exactly what my students, and our world, needs. This is my 20th year teaching high school Spanish and English Lit & Composition in an urban setting district. Dear Martin by Nic Stone, narrated by Dion Graham is an amazing audiobook for teens and young adults, as well as adults, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, and/or SES. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Christmas Auction by M.K. Moore![]() Under the Mistletoe: A Sexy Bad Boy Holiday Novel (The Parker's 12 Days of Christmas) by Ali Parker, Weston Parker, Blythe Reid, Zoe ReidĦ3 Days Later: A Holiday Tail by Adrienne Wilderīetween Him and Us (She's Beautiful Series Book 4) by Nicole Richardīlood Gift: Paranormal Vampire Romance (Blood Immortal Book 5) by Ava BentonĬrane: Lost Valkyries MC by Esther E. Steele, Madison Faye, Dale Mayer, Jenika Snow, Penny Wylder, Mia Ford, Michelle Love, Delilah Devlin, Piper Davenport, Sloane Meyers, Random Novels TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS of the New and Original Grand COMIC ENGLISH CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, HARLEQUIN BLUE BEARD. ![]() ![]() Read books online free novels Hot Authors Sam Crescent, Flora Ferrari, Zoe Chant, Alexa Riley, Mia Madison, Lexy Timms, Claire Adams, Leslie North, Elizabeth Lennox, Sophie Stern, Amy Brent, Jordan Silver, Frankie Love, Bella Forrest, Kathi S. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The Last Detective by Brian Cohn![]() But worst of all, he stumbles onto a conspiracy that puts the fate of the entire city in jeopardy. He reluctantly agrees, and in the course of his investigation witnesses the best, and the worst, that humanity has to offer: a plot to escape the labor camps a pending war between an in-your-face councilwoman and the corrupt city mayor and a priest who claims to have befriended the dead alien. When one of the slicks is murdered, they ask him to find the killer. Former homicide detective Adrian Grace was cut off from his family, but has somehow managed to survive. The unlucky few are rounded up and carted off to labor camps to face an unknown fate. The lucky ones are left to their own devices. ![]() Two years since the slicks came to our planet and herded humanity together like cattle, placing us under constant watch in the few cities that remain. Certainly I was repeatedly surprised." - Multiple NYT bestselling author Piers Anthony It's been two years since the invasion. ![]() ![]() ".I rate it as a superior novel and recommend it to anyone who appreciates the challenge of an unflinching mystery. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The camp is devastated and both the men and the dogs slaughtered, with only one of each missing. When the main expedition loses contact with this party, Dyer and the rest of his colleagues travel to their camp to investigate. Because of their resemblance to creatures of myth mentioned in the Necronomicon, they are dubbed the "Elder Ones". Their highly-evolved features are problematic: their stratum location puts them at a point on the geologic time scale much too early for such features to have naturally evolved yet. Six of the specimens seem to be badly damaged, the others uncannily pristine. ![]() ![]() The group that discovered and crossed the mountains found the remains of fourteen ancient life forms, completely unknown to science and unidentifiable as either plants or animals, after discovering an underground cave while boring for ice cores. On a previous expedition there, a party of scholars from Miskatonic University, led by Dyer, discovered fantastic and horrific ruins and a dangerous secret beyond a range of mountains taller than the Himalaya. He writes to disclose hitherto unknown and closely kept secrets in the hope that he can deter a planned and much publicized scientific expedition to Antarctica. The story is written in the first-person perspective by the geologist William Dyer, a professor from Miskatonic University. A non sequitur mass-market paperback cover, and the current cover used for the Del Rey Books publication. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Finders keepers by craig childs![]() ![]() He is currently working on a book about mammoth hunters. He admitted to being a “groupie to archaeologists,” following them around so he can write books. “You can feel the memory of places,” he said. the ghosts of history the land around us is always talking.”Ĭhilds said respects historic places and tries to capture those stories in his books. “I’m in the wilderness all the time,” Childs told the crowd. People lined up outside the theatre hoping to get a spot inside the sold-out presentation.Ĭhilds lives off the grid with his wife and two young sons at the foot of the West Elk Mountains near Norwood, Colo. ![]() At High Country News, he’s a contributing editor, and he teaches writing for both University of Alaska in Anchorage and Southern New Hampshire University. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men’s Journal, Outside and Orion. “House of Rain” explores the disappearance of the Anasazi, and “Finders Keepers” is about archaeological plunder and obsession.Ĭhilds has written more than a dozen critically acclaimed books, and is a commentator for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. The Sunflower Theatre in downtown Cortez was packed Saturday night to hear author Craig Childs speak about the history of the Southwest.Ĭhilds is best known locally for his books on archaeology. Benefit event helps Friends of Cedar Mesa ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By the next year, Farrow left the project due to creative differences, and Nicholas Ray was hired as director. In November 1958, actual development started when Farrow partnered with Samuel Bronston following their collaboration on John Paul Jones (1959). Throughout the 1950s, John Farrow began developing a proposed film project based on the life of Jesus, tentatively titled Son of Man. ![]() It stars Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus, with Siobhán McKenna, Robert Ryan, Viveca Lindfors, Ron Randell, Hurd Hatfield, and Rip Torn. Adapted from the New Testament, the film tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth from his birth and ministry to his crucifixion and resurrection. King of Kings is a 1961 American epic religious film directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Samuel Bronston for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 160 minutes (excluding overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music.) ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments The stardust thief book review![]() ![]() ![]() After her capture he offers her a choice, be executed or agree to embark on a quest to find the rarest of relics- a magical lamp with the power to restore nature to their lands by annihilating all jinn. That is until one day unbeknownst to her, she saves a prince from jinn possession and her location is revealed to the sultan himself. Loulie al-Nazari, the Midnight Merchant, Layla to some, is the infamous seller of rare jinn relics, a criminal by rights, but one who by the help of her jinn bodyguard has managed to elude the attention of the sultan’s soldiers. In a barren land where jinn are hunted for their life-giving blood, where their magical relics are made illegal to possess, a merchant of many names reluctantly embarks on a journey where if she succeeds it will both save and destroy all that she loves. The Stardust Thief is a spectacular debut novel by Chelsea Abdullah. ![]() Neither here nor there, but not so long ago a tale of jinns, magical relics, desert landscapes, ancient ruins and characters on a perilous quest captivated me whole. “Let us speak of lies and truths, and of the story hidden between them.” ![]() |