![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dragonmount, where the Dragon had died-and with him, some said, the Age of Legends-where prophecy said he would be born again. North and east the wind blew beneath early morning sun, over endless miles of rolling grass and far-scattered thickets, across the swift-flowing River Luan, past the broken-topped fang of Dragonmount, mountain of legend towering above the slow swells of the rolling plain, looming so high that clouds wreathed it less than halfway to the smoking peak. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose on the great plain called the Caralain Grass. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. ![]()
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![]() 1 The book was first published on Septemthrough Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and follows Tana, a teenager that believes that she has been infected with vampirism. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the heart of Coldtown itself.Ī wholly original story of rage and revenge, love and loathing from bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Folk of the Air series, Holly Black. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a 2013 young adult novel by Holly Black. The only other survivors of the massacre are her ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. When Tana wakes up one morning after a perfectly ordinary party, she finds herself surrounded by corpses. It's an eternal party, shown on TV 24 hours a day - gorgeous, glamorous and deadly! The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown's gates, you can never leave. ![]() In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. A prison for the damned and those who party with them.įrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince comes a deliciously dark YA novel for fans of Twilight and The Vampire Diaries. ![]() ![]() ![]() Until Irish independence in 1922, the country was a British colony. The reason for her extended absence is the fractious relationship Britain had with Ireland for much of the twentieth century, and for hundreds of prior years, too. She’s 85 now, yet this is the first time in her long reign that she has crossed the narrow seas to visit our neighbor to the west. I was reminded of this as Queen Elizabeth traveled to Ireland this week. That map at Oxford-which must now have gone, as its owner is retired-was more or less the limit of my exposure to my country’s imperial past during my formal education. Above the image was a line of large text that read, “How on earth did we get away with it?” Shaded red were all of Britain’s former overseas possessions, from India to swathes of Africa to North America. The continents were outlined in black on a white field. When I was an undergraduate at Oxford University my tutor-a deeply eccentric but profoundly decent man who claimed to both “loathe this century” and be surprised by the fact that he had lived to see it-had a map on his wall. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How observant you are! Sounds like a great trait for an author. Ladies are better at seeing details than men. ( Winter Mascara 2:22am November 14, 2013) ( Glenda Martillotti 11:24pm November 13, 2013) ![]() Ha! Great story!! More evidence that guys tend to be cluelessĪbout so many little details. Great excerpt! I look forward to reading their story. I haven't read And The Miss Ran Away With The Rake, but this excerpt from your new project sounds interesting. Wow, what an excerpt! I can't wait to read this novella. ( Linda Brennan 3:49pm November 13, 2013) Listen to their wives! Your book sounds wonderful! Thanks for the chance ![]() I loved your story - it proves, once again, that our husbands should always No Marriage of Convenience, September 2000įeaturing: Crispin, Viscount Dale Lady Henrietta Seldon Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress, May 2009Ĭonfessions of a Little Black Gown, April 2009 The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane, November 2014Īnd The Miss Ran Away With The Rake, March 2013 Four Weddings and a Sixpence, January 2017 ![]() ![]() The ALC’s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji’s darkest secret: the cult’s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.īut when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him-the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. ![]() ![]() "A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus." -The New York Times A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors. ![]() ![]() And given the state of our modern-day world (and the return of his dystopian classic 1984 to best-seller lists after the 2016 election), it's safe to say his works are as relevant as ever. Whether he was criticizing totalitarian governments, classism, or poverty, his books pointed out ugly-but-important truths about 20th-century life. We also have him to thank for words like “newspeak,” "doublespeak," “Big Brother” and even "bellyfeel."Ī democratic socialist, Orwell never hesitated to express his political beliefs through his writing. ![]() Born Eric Arthur Blair in 1903, George Orwell has had a substantial impact on both popular culture and the literary world-you know you've made it when people use your last name as an adjective (see: "Orwelllian"). ![]() It's not an exaggeration to say George Orwell books have changed American society as we know it. ![]() ![]() There, women were divided by career-legal professionals over here, doctors over there. When the Gileadean revolution began, Aunt Lydia was rounded up with several colleagues and taken to a stadium. ![]() (In case this isn’t obvious, one last warning: major spoilers ahead for The Testaments!) But Atwood’s understanding of Aunt Lydia feels more organically complex than the show’s, and the ultimate fate she chooses for the character is a fascinating one Atwood gives her an ending almost as ambiguous as the one Atwood chose for June in The Handmaid’s Tale all those years ago. Given all that, Atwood’s choice to make Aunt Lydia the de facto protagonist of her just-released Handmaid’s Tale sequel, The Testaments, is a risky one. Bruce Miller’s Hulu adaptation of the novel has tried to add nuance to the character, even giving her an emotional backstory-but the show’s efforts can feel contrived as they aim at creating sympathy for a character who hardly seems to deserve it. She is a figure immune to cajoling or deceit she is ruthless. This post contains spoilers for The Testaments.įew figures in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale are as purely terrifying as Aunt Lydia, the imperious instructor who indoctrinates handmaids into Gilead’s new world order. ![]() ![]() ![]() As his power grows, Bane realizes the Sith have lost their way. He takes the name of Bane and, amidst the deception and back-stabbing of the other students, he learns to unlock his latent dark-side talents. His heroism and skill in battle - along with his remarkable connection to the Force - draw the notice of the Sith Masters, and Des eventually finds himself studying at the Sith Academy on Korriban. When the Sith unite to bring the Republic down, Des is one of many to join their cause. Des - like many of the disenfranchised who live on the Outer Rim - is disillusioned with the stagnancy of the Old Republic. This is the story of the transformation of Des, a young miner, into the legendary Sith Lord Darth Bane. Thus it was he who, learning to cultivate patience and cunning, hid from the strife until it was over, and then rose to become the most powerful Sith Lord ever. ![]() In the midst of this rose a new Sith, Darth Bane, who recognized that the Sith Order would fall if nothing was done. But greed and hunger for power were eating away at the Sith Order, destroying it from within. Thousands of years before the rise of Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, the Old Republic was rife with the evil Sith, who were a constant thorn in the side of the Jedi. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kent and Aubrey’s relationship turns from blood enemies to respect and commitment as they risk their lives to protect Jefferson, find the murderers, and crush a cult that thrives on all that animal lovers despise. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for TAKING ON LUCINDA: A KENT STEPHENSON THRILLER (1) (KENT By Frank Martorana NEW at the best. More strangers arrive in town and Kent’s animal patients begin disappearing. What seems to be a simple matter of negotiation soon escalates to arson, then murder. He is licking his wounds after a vicious divorce that took away his daughter and hiding from the world in his profession surrounded by animals that love unconditionally.īut his brother, the police chief, has other plans for Kent and recruits him to defend their town. ![]() Kent Stephenson is the town’s veterinarian and a lifelong resident. Hollywood starlet Aubrey Fairbanks and her entourage of activists descend on the picturesque upstate New York village of Jefferson to protest animal testing at the cosmetic company that is Jefferson’s lifeblood. Stephenson uncovers a plot against the animals he has sworn to protect. While investigating the death of his mentor, Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() The knowledge people have about food preferences, partnership, and punctuality is stored in the brains of people. In other countries, you are supposed to be there perhaps around 3 or 4 or even 5 p.m. In some countries, when you schedule to meet someone at 2 p.m., you are actually supposed to be there at 2 p.m. In other countries, the parents choose the partner whom you are supposed to marry. In some countries, adolescents fall in love and decide to spend the rest of their lives together. In some countries, people eat roasted cockroaches, in others rabbits, in others dog meat. Even if we are not aware of it, culture influences are how we see the world and what decisions we make. ![]() All these studies show cross-cultural differences and how the experiences that we have growing up in a specific cultural environment can influence how we think. What are similarities and cultural differences in thinking and where do they come from? We refer to three different studies. During the last decades, there has been research about how people around the world see the world and make decisions. People from different cultures often do things quite differently. ![]() |