5/11/2023 0 Comments Blyss by J.C. CliffShe is Nick's ultimate obsession, and he will stop at nothing to own her. Nick has been setting the stage for a long time, and sparks fly when their separate worlds collide. She's down to earth and has an independent streak a mile wide, insisting she makes her own way in this world. Julianna isn't the stereotypical rich girl, a spoiled prima-donna. Julianna Oakley has just finished up her junior year at college and flies home to spend her last free summer with her father on their prestigious Georgia estate. Sexual tension, danger and intrigue will keep you on your toes! The Blyss Trilogy is part of a carefully orchestrated, organized game, and is driven by much bigger and darker forces. Two sexy, ruthless men.one innocent female caught in the middle. * Reviewers are saying:I can't believe I waited so long to read this book! It's hot steamy and an emotional rollercoaster all rolled into one book.A very Complex and original plot! ~ By Rachel Bound by Books.īlyss is something the world has been trying to create since the beginning of time, the ultimate aphrodisiac, a drug used against women with one single purpose in mind. The storyline is unique, the characters wellĭeveloped and twists and turns everywhere." Yep, it's that good!" ~ilookfamous "ilookfamous"īlyssful beginning "Just when you think you've readĪll there is to read when it comes to the captive trope in books, Bestselling Author brings you The Blyss Trilogy with over 2000 five star ratings and growing!
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5/11/2023 0 Comments Scrivener by Ana Maria TrigoIn fact, it seems as though he paints the narrator to be more of an antagonist. After reading the short story the question we must all ask ourselves is does this story have a ‘hero’? Who is it? How does this affect the story?Īlthough Bartleby and the narrator are seen as the main characters, Widmer does not identify a “hero” in the story between those two. For the contemporary reader, Bartleby’s existence could have a double meaning: an alter ego for the alienated person who is living under circumstances completely different from what nature intended it to be and a choice of passive response to societies compulsiveness to adjust and submit to a strict simple but deceptive rules. Besides considering the personality and actions of the narrator, others have concentrated their attention on the relationship between the two and the significance of their interaction or lack thereof. Bartleby’s unique character was so mysterious that it forced readers to look into the motives of the other major character, the narrator. Herman Melville’s short story, “Bartleby and the Scrivener,” has provided readers and critics with enough material to speculate upon Bartleby’s condition and the message the writer intends to send through the peculiar character. 5/11/2023 0 Comments Half wild sally greenThe Council's Hunters are on his trail, so he is always on the run. Nathan’s friend, Gabriel, is missing, likely dead, and although Nathan has found his unique magical Gift, he can’t control it. Now Nathan has escaped, and he dreams of a quiet life of freedom with Annalise, the girl he loves-but Annalise is a prisoner, wasting away in a deathlike sleep. Kept in a cage for two years by the Council of Fairborn Witches, Nathan was trained to kill his father, the most violent and feared of the Blood Witches. "An enthralling fantasy in the Harry Potter tradition."- Time magazine on Half Bad The second thrilling book in Sally Green's Half Bad trilogy, the inspiration for the Netflix series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself 5/11/2023 0 Comments Book elizabeth stroutIt was kind of a strange, and lovely, experience. I sort of never intended to write that book, it just kept coming to me and unfolding to me as I heard her voice. I guess the inspiration for Lucy Barton came from initial scenes I kept playing with, having a mother and a daughter in that hospital room. What was the initial inspiration behind My Name is Lucy Barton? So writing was always with me, starting from my earliest memory of myself I was a writer. I do remember a phase when I was quite young, thinking perhaps I could be an astronaut (I suspect the point of view was interesting to me, to think of seeing the earth all on its own, so far away.) And I remember fleetingly wishing I could be a concert pianist, but I had such stage fright I knew that would never happen. In fact, I feel I was born a writer, and I always knew that. Read on to find out about Elizabeth’s fleeting dreams of being a concert pianist, the experience of seeing her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Olive Kitteridge being adapted for the small screen and the initial inspiration for her iconic and well-loved character – Lucy Barton.ĭid you ever want to be anything but a writer?Įlizabeth Strout: I never remember wanting to be anything but a writer. The first novel My Name is Lucy Barton was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016. We caught up with Elizabeth Strout, New York Times bestseller and author of the Lucy Barton series. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Taxes and TARDIS by N.R. WalkerThere's diction and tonal distinction between every character, and even the narrative is performed with a natural intonation so you don't get a bland monotone recital like so.many other narrators afford the narrative and descriptive passages. Russo does a fairly good English accent, and as always he performs all the dialogue with conviction, passion and authenticity. There was about 5 really good recent Walker releases I had to skip because the narrators were a bit bad. Walker is back to using Nick J Russo as a narrator. Talking of quality, I am so damn happy that N.R. I usually don't purchase Audiobooks under 6 hours but it was NR Walker and there's not much other new quality stuff out on the m/m market atm. The only thing wrong with this book is that it's too short. I wish it had gone deeper into the social politics of dating people outside your normal social circle and the problems it can cause but I guess this was a lighter take on that theme. Really nice story about two guys who shouldn't compliment each other but do. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Tootle little golden book 1945His portrayals of America's rapidly expanding transportation systems and the recognition of public servants foretold the dramatic social and cultural events that would impact American society in the 1950s. He was enchanted with his new life in a postwar New York that included skyscrapers, rushing traffic and the excitement of life in the big city.īy 1940 Gergely was working for the American Artists and Writers Guild and became a popular illustrator for Little Golden Books, providing drawings for more than seventy books, including illustrations for The Taxi that Hurried, Make Way for the Thruway, Five Little Firemen and Tootle. They settled in New York and his love affair with the city never waned. By 1939 the political situation in Europe was dire, and Gergely and his wife immigrated to America. Seller with a 100 positive feedback (7) 1970s The Little Golden Book childrens book lot Tootle Mickey Chipmunks etc. Known as a graphic illustrator and a caricature artist, Gergely’s early works documented Jewish life before the rise of Hitler. Little Golden Book Tootle 1945 1st Edition RARE Very Nice Condition. Original artwork, of page 12, for the book Tootle, written by Gertrude Crampton with illustrations by Tibor Gergely, published by Golden Press in New York, New York, in 1945.īorn in Budapest, Hungary into a middle-class Jewish family, Tibor Gergely (1900-1978) was captivated by art and culture at a young age. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Book review a walk to rememberShe took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. A quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. Certainly the last person in town he thought he’d fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town’s Baptist minister. He even swore that he had once been in love. It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. Every April, when the wind blows in from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. There was a time when the world was sweeter…when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats…when something happened to a seventeen-year-old boy that would change his life forever. government’s first tentative steps toward reining in its technology titans, it’s become clear that Zuboff helped crystallize previously vague apprehensions about the tech industry. Google and Facebook declined to discuss Zuboff or her book.īut after more than a year of tech-related privacy scandals, malign election-interference and online platform-fueled extremism, investigations opened by state attorneys general and the U.S. Consumers willingly trade their personal data for access to valuable services that don’t cost them a cent, they argue. Tech industry allies denounce Zuboff’s thesis as conspiracy-minded hyperbole. “She’s a rock star.”Įarly on, Zuboff realized researchers had missed the importance of the ambient data that digital services collect - where we use them, for how long, what we like, what we linger on and with whom we associate.īut Zuboff saw that this data wasn’t just an unexpected byproduct, says Chris Hoofnagle, a University of California-Berkeley privacy expert. House of Lords member who spearheaded child-protection rules limiting how apps gather data and tempt kids to linger online. Zuboff has “put the language of economics around the experience that we all know we’re having,” says Beeban Kidron, a film director and U.K. privacy bills and wrote a 34-page policy paper for the House Judiciary Committee, whose antitrust panel is studying Big Tech’s potential abuse of its market dominance. She offered input on several pending U.S. 5/10/2023 0 Comments The lost spells‘Luminously beautiful.Īn amulet in dark times, to be carried like a talisman out into the world, where it is very much needed’ Dara McAnulty’Ī book about spells that succeeds in being spell-binding in its own right. Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring its readers to attention, love and care. Moving, joyful and funny, The Lost Spells above all celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature’s power to amaze, console and bring joy. Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.Įach “spell” conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower - from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw - with which we share our lives and landscapes. This is a 10-session Literary Leaf for The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris which covers all aspects of the Lower Key Stage 2 content. 5/9/2023 0 Comments The history of white trashThe wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement to today’s hillbillies. Yet the voters that put Trump in the White House have been a permanent part of our American fabric, argues Isenberg. “When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win,” says Isenberg of the political climate surrounding Sarah Palin. In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg, #4 on the 2016 Politico 50 list, takes on our comforting myths about equality, uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing-if occasionally entertaining-poor white trash. |