![]() ![]() ![]() Swallowing the lump in her throat, she spit out, “Don’t you dare do this to me, again.” The lump slid heavily into her solar plexus. “Don’t shut down and turn your self-loathing inside out and onto me.” “I am not pitying you.” Her hands curled into fists as she spoke low through her teeth. Loti’s eyes flashed with resentment as she recovered and took a step towards him. He shoved her away and she stumbled backward. ![]() Can love and light survive a downward spiral into darkness? Tangled up in the chaos of black ops conspiracies and fae treachery, they make a fatal mistake-overlooking the enemy in their midst. While searching for clues to the homicidal vampire’s whereabouts, they uncover secrets that begin to unravel reality as they know it. All too aware there will be no happily-ever-after for them until Modore is dealt with, they form a dubious alliance with untrustworthy forces from Wolf’s past. And Loti and Wolf are done waiting to find out what they are. After surviving Modore’s attempt to kill Wolf, the lovers want nothing more than some peace and quiet. When the universe conspired to bring Loti and Wolf together, it was just getting warmed up. Enter the giveaway Samskaras by Melissa Lummis ![]()
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![]() ![]() The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he’s concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and…Jamie. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. ![]() ![]() She thinks no one will take it seriously.īut someone does. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules…with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos “pretending” to be a witch. I have added it on my Autumn tbr together with other books with witches.Ī warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family-and a new love-changes the course of her life.Īs one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. I have already read so many great things about this book. Thanks to Penguin Random House for hosting this blog tour. Happy Publication Day to The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna! ![]() ![]() ![]() Kowalski regards money as the key to happiness money will buy anything. She searches for values, reflecting education in her manner of speaking. Speech, to Stanley, is a way of expressing his wants, likes, and dislikes. Her preferences for entertainment are teas, cocktails, and luncheons. Kowalskis relish loud poker parties with their characteristic rough humor. A DuBois wouldn't be found working in a steel mill, as would a Kowalski. We assume DuBois to be an aristocratic name, possibly one with a proud heritage. Williams has begun to sketch the personalities by a nationality association. We immediately recognize that the very name DuBois and Kowalski contrast. The most obvious difference between the worlds of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski lies in the diversity of their backgrounds. ![]() ![]() ![]() That is, they should understand some of the differences between the DuBois world and the Kowalski world. To understand fully the scenes of confrontations, readers should have a good understanding of what is at stake in each encounter. In the first scene the confrontation is not so severe, but it increases in severity until one of the two must be destroyed. The structure of this play is best seen through a series of confrontations between Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the end it was the Royal Academy of Antwerp in Belgium, which did recognise his talent. Strikingly enough, after his school period, the 'Frisian' Lourens was not admitted to any of the Dutch art schools, which were located in the major Dutch cities. Self-portrait Lourens Alma Tadema at the age of sixteen, a gift to his mother, 1852Īlma-Tadema world-famous except in the Netherlands After his death the Tadema family went through a difficult financial period.Īlthough it made more sense for Lourens to become a lawyer later on, his mother recognised his artistic talent and stimulated him to practice painting and sketching early in the morning, before going to school. His father was a notary in the Frisian town of Donryp. In 1840 Lourens Alma-Tadema lost in his father at the age of 4. In this article, we tell you more about Alma-Tadema's life, his paintings and especially his engravings, which are still for sale for the 'common' man nowadays. The few original engravings that have survived in time are nowadays sought-after collectors' items. Besides paintings, Alma Tadema also produced and sold beautiful etchings and engravings during his lifetime. ![]() Today, Alma-Tadema's paintings hang in the most famous museums or are in the possession of important private collections. ![]() ![]() Even less people know that he was a world-famous Dutch painter during the Victorian period. Few people are familiar with the name Alma-Tadema, better known as 'Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema'. ![]() ![]() ![]() Often the target is the individual's spouse. The series features non-fiction narratives of people who have committed murder or attempted murder or have been accused of committing or attempting to commit murder. As of November 22, 2020, 500 original episodes of Snapped have aired. ![]() The show also played a large role in the decision by parent company NBCUniversal to relaunch Oxygen as a crime network in 2017. It has since become the network's longest-running original series, with its 28 defined seasons and sixteen years in production (and two spin-offs) outlasting the seventeen seasons and thirteen years of the Bad Girls Club. Each episode outlines the motivation for murder, whether it be revenge against a cheating husband or lover, a large insurance payoff, or the ending to years of abuse, with each murder's circumstances as unique as the women profiled. The series depicts high profile or bizarre cases of women accused of murder. Snapped is an American true crime television series produced by Jupiter Entertainment. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over fifty years later Donald’s design has been realized and the last remnants of mankind live in his silo. Shift – Donald Keene was recruited by the government to design an underground shelter.Tugging this thread may uncover the truth … or it could kill every last human alive. With newfound power and with little regard for the customs she is supposed to abide by, Juliette uncovers hints of a sinister conspiracy. Wool – After the previous sheriff leaves the silo in a terrifying ritual, Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, is suddenly and inexplicably promoted to the head of law enforcement.They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. But there are always those who hope, who dream. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo. Silo is a post-apocalyptic/Sci-Fi series that takes us to the future, when the world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. Ultimately, this became a trilogy called the Silo trilogy. Then came four sequel novellas that were later published as a novel. What is Wool about?Ĭoming from American writer Hugh Howey who initially self-published the series, Wool started with a short story in 2011. ![]() ![]() Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon. ![]() ![]() “Steamy scenes and some genuinely warm moments.”- Publishers Weekly Read moreīook Description: Marry Me Cara Paulsen does not give up easily. “Rebecca Zanetti has created a page-turner of a book, with a heroine willing to fight for the ones she loves and a hero who will literally take your breath-just before he steals your heart.”-Kate Douglas, New York Times–bestselling author ![]() Of course, the way he touches her, Cara might actually believe he's had that long to practice…. He also says that he's a three-hundred-year-old vampire. Sure, the mysterious Talen says that he's there to protect Cara and Janie. But "whatever it takes" has never before included a shotgun wedding to a dangerous-looking stranger with an attitude problem… ![]() A scientist and a single mother, she's used to fighting for what she wants, keeping a cool head, and doing whatever it takes to protect her daughter Janie. An alpha male vampire must save a scientist and her psychic daughter in this paranormal romantic suspense novel by a New York Times–bestselling author.Ĭara Paulsen does not give up easily. ![]() ![]() Its 23 selections and 65-minute running time are generous, and a number of tracks - "Coal Creek March" and "The Bourgeois Blues" - were recorded before vibrant live audiences (perhaps at the Newport Folk Festival). It isn't that The Essential Pete Seeger is a bad collection. ![]() He's also frequently performed numbers like "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies," "I Shall Not Be Moved," and "Oh What a Beautiful City." But other essentials like "The Hammer Song" and "Turn, Turn, Turn" - perhaps his most essential songs - haven't been included. Many of the songs, including "The Bells of Rhymney," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?," and "Wimoweh," have long been associated with either Seeger or his group, the Weavers. Pete Seeger usually recorded for Folkways and Columbia, but this collection, recorded between 19, comes from Vanguard's vaults. ![]() The Essential Pete Seeger is an odd compilation. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when the visions start to threaten the person she holds most dear, Sarah must do everything she can to get to the bottom of the house's secrets, and stop the course of history before it is cemented forever. She grows closer to both Jackson and a young man named Richard Hathaway, whose family histories are each deeply entwined with her own. She discovers that she can see visions of the house's past, like the eighteenth-century sea captain who hid the jewels, or the glamorous great-grandmother driven mad by grief. Kelly Moore is a New York Times best-selling author, former litigator, and single mother of three. The Amber House Trilogy is a series of young adult books by American author Kelly Moore and her daughters Tucker Reed and Larkin Reed. ![]() After her grandmother passes away, Sarah and her friend Jackson decide to search for the diamonds - and the house comes alive. ![]() She's never walked its hedge maze nor found its secret chambers she's never glimpsed the shades that haunt it, nor hunted for lost diamonds in its walls.īut all of that is about to change. Sarah Parsons has never seen Amber House, the grand Maryland estate that's been in her family for three centuries. "I was sixteen the first time my grandmother died." ![]() ![]() ![]() Zero the Hero by Joan Holub, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld Whether you have math lovers or math haters in your house, I hope you’ll all find these math books fun and engaging! I cannot imagine a moment in my life where a sheet of math problems would have cheered me up, but my girls are clearly not me!īecause of all the math love in our house, I’m always on the lookout for good books about math and numbers. She immediately cheered up, did all 20+ problems and then went off to school with a smile. ![]() Last year, when Ani was having a really rough morning and nothing I tried could snap her out of it, I finally offered to print her off a worksheet of math problems. I remember crying about math basically every single day from second grade through seventh grade (my poor mother) and even though I’m pretty good at math, I would never have considered it a favorite subject. One of them for me is how much my girls LOVE math. ![]() You know how there are always some surprises about your children? ![]() |