![]() The weekends he dreaded and she endured soon become the best part of their lives. ![]() With her divorced parents at each other’s throats and using her as a pawn, no amount of mental reediting will give her the love she’s starving for.įorced to spend every other weekend in the same apartment building, the boy who thinks forgiveness makes him weak and the girl who thinks love is for fools begin an unlikely friendship. As an aspiring director, she should know, because she’s been reimagining her life as a film ever since she was a kid. Jolene Timber’s life is nothing like the movies she loves-not the happy ones anyway. Now his fun-loving mom cries constantly, he and his remaining brother can’t talk without fighting, and the father he always admired proved himself a coward by moving out when they needed him most. ![]() Straight As, close friends and a home life so perfect that it could have been a TV show straight out of the 50s. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Congdon brings her personal passion as a lifelong swimmer to this beautiful and thoughtful collection of words and imagery about one of the world’s most treasured past-time and athletic endeavors. ![]() Lisa Congdon, bestselling author of Whatever You Are, Be a Good One, presents a colorfully illustrated tribute to our universal love for swimming: The Joy of Swimming: A Celebration of our Love for Getting in the Water. Her name is Lisa Congdon and her book came out April 19th. And when we do, we are immersed in fun, in joy, and in love.”Ī recent Masters Swimmer on the Willamette Valley Aquatic Club Masters team (they are no longer active) in Portland, OR, has published a book about swimming. ![]() “There’s something about the water that invites us to jump in. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. To earn his percentage this time, he's going to need all the smarts, skills, and wits he can muster. But although Stein may have just concluded the biggest deal of his career, it's quite another thing to negotiate for an entire alien race. ![]() He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal.Įnter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish. The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner, John Scalzi, a gleeful mash-up of science fiction and Hollywood satire ![]() ![]() ![]() Although it would take her almost a year to complete the novel, this competition was the beginning of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. ![]() While on summer vacation in 1816, staying at Villa Diodati (a mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva), a dark and stormy night offered the ideal setting for Lord Byron to read aloud from a book of ghoulish stories called Fantasmagoriana and inspired him to propose a friendly competition in which each member of the assembled party would write a ghost story. It is the story of how an 18-year-old girl came to write one of the best-known novels of all time, inspired by a friendly competition among a group of friends that included two of the most famous authors of the age (Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron). ![]() The subject of this book is the story-behind-the-story of Dr Frankenstein and his terrible creature. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means descending into the monster Briar believed her to be. But that love came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce's vast power cannot seem to break, and their dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash. Princess Aurora saw through Alyce's thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. Not even the one person who holds her heart. No one escapes the consequences of her wrath. ![]() Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce's wicked domain. Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce has spent 100 years wreaking her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, she is a former English teacher and a current librarian. Heather Walter is a native Southerner who hates the heat. Did they break the curse or begin one? Sleeping Beauty's dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice. Malice Duology, 1: Pages: 496: Sales rank: 14,211: Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d) About the Author. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5Īcclaimed author Chris Van Allsburg's daring companion to Caldecott-award winning Jumanji-a tale of intergalactic adventure and sibling rivalry where a roll the dice transports two brothers to the mythical land of Zathura. Physical Information: 0.36" H x 9.3" W x 12.14" (1.08 lbs) 32 pagesįeatures: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product ![]() ![]() Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: Twenty years after "Jumanji" (1981), Van Allsburg picks up where he left off, with Danny and Walter Budwing discovering an oblong box in the park that unleashes a new series of reckless characters. Contributor(s): Van Allsburg, Chris (Author) ![]() ![]() Letta, being able to experience and understand the words of the past, loves language and is resentful of its forced subjugation. ![]() Thus, she is one of the few people able to access the old language. However, Letta is the apprentice to the sole wordsmith in Ark, the keeper of the words which are allowed to be used by people, as well as the collector of ancient, beautiful words that have fallen out of use. The main character, a young girl named Letta, lives in what is thought to be the last safe refuge on earth - a strictly guarded community known as 'Ark'.Īrk is ruled by a man named John Noa, who sets up harsh rules in the society to maintain order - food and water are heavily rationed, and people are not able to speak freely - they are only allowed to speak the few hundred words that make up the language 'List', a shortened version of the english language. ![]() The story is set in the future, in a dystopian world in the aftermath of a great tragedy caused by global warming and human greed. ![]() The List is a thrilling sci-fi novel written by renowned author Patricia Forde, originally published in 2014. ![]() ![]() ![]() This isn't my favorite trilogy by a long shot. (Glen's list of times he lost consciousness while working a ranch? Yeah. It's a little heavy-handed in the sex talk, but not out of character for the guys. Geesh.Īnyway, I enjoyed this one every bit as much as the first two novels, and it's because our point of view character is trying, despite misconceptions, and succeeding, despite hits to his self-esteem. Google is your friend, if you want to learn what anabolic steroid use does. When the Dust Settles (Mary Calmes) p.7 Global Archive Voiced Books Online Free I’m sorry, he said gruffly, then closed the distance between us, taking my face in his big, rough, hard callused hands. One of them didn't miss it, but doesn't believe it. Reading comprehension is hard, apparently. Glenn Holloway’s predictable life ended the day he confessed his homosexuality to his family. I see at least a few reviewers totally missed why, even though it's mentioned more than once. A MelanieM Release Day Review: When the Dust Settles (Timing 3) by Mary Calmes. This is Glen's story, and man, it sure does explain why he was such an ass in the first two books. ![]() ![]() He sets his sights on Miss Edwina Sheffield, a lovely young woman with high society graces who would be a suitable match.Įdwina’s elder sister and stand-in guardian, Kate, is dead set against the match, thinking Anthony an incurable rake. Fearing that he will die young and leave his wife devastated like his mother when his father died, Anthony decides to find a wife of convenience and produce an heir quickly. ![]() In The Viscount Who Loved Me, eldest Bridgerton brother Anthony decides that a marriage based on love is not for him. This best of the Bridgerton books and prequels is a particularly sexy and endearing story of Anthony and Kate. The Viscount Who Loved Me: Bridgerton (Bridgertons Book 2) Expect the Bridgerton and Rokesby books to be more streamlined plotlines, with Julia Quinn’s trademark romantic prose. On the show, each book’s story is intertwined with the others, laying the groundwork for relationships in seasons to come. ![]() ![]() The books’ storylines differ from the Netflix series. If you haven’t dug into the Bridgerton books and prequels, this is the time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After pushing through and reading many more chapters, I was again disappointed. I picked the book up again with my mind in a place that was ready to accept the information and conclusions the author was putting forth. I found this to be a most difficult book to read, to the point that I read the first two chapters and then had to put it away for nearly a week. I am not sure if I am disappointed in the content of the book or the author. ![]() I was intrigued when I read the first line of the Introduction – “This is a new interpretations of Bible prophecy, that is 98% new” – I thought to myself, well now, this is going to be interesting. I have been interested in Bible Prophecy for many years and have read a variety of authors on the subject. I was excited for a chance to read and review this book when first read the title. Discoveries in Bible Prophecy by Michael D. ![]() |