![]() It occurred to me, as I kept reading, that my hands had begun to imperceptibly help tear off each page after I’d finished it. But I was convinced that the book wouldn’t survive if I tried to take it with me, that I had to finish it right then and there - light or no light, pain or no pain. I kept reading and the book just kept falling apart in my hands. Before I realized it, I was more than halfway through the story. I had never before read anything by Hamsun, for no particular reason, but I found his tone captivating, his prose sparse and direct. Half-smiling, I said to myself that it seemed as if the book wanted to be read one last time, by one last reader, before completely disintegrating - an act that somehow mirrored the narrator’s journey. Every time I finished a page, that page would fall off the spine. Then the same thing happened with the third page, and the fourth, and the fifth, and so on. Strange, I thought or maybe even whispered in the middle of an empty plaza, and I continued reading with two pieces of paper in my hand. But when I finished both sides of the second page, that page also fell off. Was it me? Did I pull on it too harshly? I decided to keep reading. ![]() ![]() But as soon as I finished reading both sides of the first page, that page fell off the spine and I was left holding it in my hand, a bit confused. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Translation: Alice im Wunderland / Alice hinter den Spiegeln ( 1963).Variant: The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass ( 1960).Variant: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There ( 1911) Īlice în Țara Minunilor ? Alice in Tara MinunilorĪlice in Tsara Minunilor ( 1940).Variant: Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass ( 1900).Variant: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass ( 1885).Variant: Alice in Wonderland ( unknown).Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass ( 1885).Through the Looking-Glass (excerpt) ( 1872). ![]() ![]()
![]() So when they needed me most, I offered the only thing of value I could use to help them.Īnd when helping them meant putting my life on the line, Nova had to decide just how much he was willing to do to get me out alive. He would never love me, at least not the way I needed him to.īut I couldn’t turn my back on him or The Fallen MC. I was a goner as a girl to a man they called Casanova for a reason. He had tattoos on his hands and wickedness tucked in his grin. ![]() Handsome as sin, older in a way that meant forbidden. ![]() Inked in Lies, an all-new sexy and gritty friends-to-lovers MC romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Giana Darling, is releasing July 31st, and we have the smoking hot cover! From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Giana Darling comes a new friends-to-lovers, MC romance about the asshole biker next door and the girl who loves him. ![]() ![]() Angela plays a part in the drama and turmoil as the workers begin to strike, protesting the terrible conditions. Hear My Sorrow, The Diary of Angela Denoto, A Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909Īngela, an Italian immigrant girl, must go to work in a shirtwaist factory to support her family. The tumultuous experience of a young African American girl who moves from the South to Chicago Katheleen "Kat" Bowen get to participate as her mother, her sister, and many others close to her organize and act to win the right to vote.Ĭolor Me Dark, The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 Jasper, a 14-year-old Pilgrim, makes his mark at Plymouth by establishing a friendship with the Nauset Indians.Ī Time for Courage, The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620 ![]() Lozette is a French slave who must find her place in the New World when her masters uproot her and bring her to colonial America. Look to the Hills, The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 The Devil's Book, The Salem Village Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691ĭeliverance Trembley finds herself caught up in the drama of the Salem witch trials. ![]() The Journal of Biddy Owens, The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama 1948īiddy's story covers the games, the grueling road trips, racial segregation, and day-to-day life in Birmingham during this pivotal time. ![]() ![]() She went to school at Covington and was swept off her feet by Michael. I write the Tourist Trap mystery series, the Cat Latimer mystery series, and the Farm to Fork mystery series.Ĭat Latimer is a native of Aspen Hills, Colorado. I have to say my favorite scent is of anything baking ““ pie, bread, cookies, quick breads. They are my feel-good fall back viewing pick. My husband would say my favorite film is any of the Harry Potter series since I’m always watching them. My favorite book is a toss-up between Illusions (Richard Bach) and The Stand (King). ![]() I am owned by two Pomeranians, Homer and Demon and a cat named Thor. My favorite color besides silver is blue. We live in a little town on the Mississippi River, filled with historic sites. I’m an Idaho native who followed my own romance hero out to the outskirts of St. ![]() Lynn, Would you introduce yourself to readers? ![]() Lynn was kind enough to take time from her schedule to sit “In the Hot Seat” and answer questions. If you don’t get the chance to get there, Cahoon’s books, along with others by the Kensington authors, are available through the Web Store. Lynn Cahoon is one of the Kensington Books authors who will be participating in the Kensington Cozy Convention on Saturday, November 3 from 1 to 5 PM. ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm not going to dispute King's findings, but I'm so used to him being venerated that it was a shock to the system! One historical figure King is relatively harsh about is our 23rd Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage. When thinking about The Treaty it is like the Maori & the Europeans were signing two different documents - that is because they were! Trying to fix what often seems to be unfixable has dominated New Zealand's recent history. I found the writing on the Treaty of Waitangi particularly illuminating & the speed which the Maori translation was cobbled together really frightening. It is nice to believe our British forebears overall meant well & that Maori were not naive dupes, but often gracious hosts & masterly strategists. ![]() King looks at our mistakes (& as a country we have made some lulus!) but doesn't condemn us. ![]() I love this photo of him (taken in 1992, sourced from Wikipedia)Ī happy face, right? & I like to think this is how he looked when he wrote about us Kiwis, as for a history this book is astonishingly non judgemental. This book was published in 2003 & there will never be a revised edition - not written by Michael King anyway, as he was tragically killed in a car accident in 2004. ![]() ![]() Day watches as Republic soldiers enter the house and leave more than an hour later after painting a huge red X with a vertical line through it on the front door. Only his older brother, John, knows Day is still alive. Test scores reveal whether kids get to go on to high school and college or reside in the slums for their rest of their lives.Īs the story opens, Day is secretly spying on his mother and two brothers in their house with his friend Tess, a young street girl he has taken under his wing. She is a prodigy who scored a perfect 1,500 on her trial, a test every teenager in the Republic is forced to take. Metias is a captain in the military, and June is being groomed for a leadership position in the military. Her parents are dead, but her older brother, Metias, looks after her. June Iparis, on the other hand, was born into an elite family in the Republic. ![]() The Republic is basically the state of California, with Los Angeles being its capital, and the Colonies are the western territories, such as Nevada and Texas.ĭaniel “Day” Altan Wing is the Republic’s most-wanted criminal. ![]() has been split into two warring factions: the Republic and the Colonies. ![]() ![]() It recognizes the fact that there is a variety and diverse range of tones in the different ethnic communities. ![]() ![]() His appointment as the creative make up director of Fashion Fair Cosmetics is a perfect fit, as the company is known for producing cosmetic products for women of color.įine’s involvement with Fashion Fair Cosmetics will further bolster the company’s aim to provide foundation and powder shades that would work great with any woman regardless of skin color. He has broken through the color barrier, having been hired as the first African American spokesperson for Revlon. Celebrities like Vanessa Williams, Queen Latifah and Patti Labelle have also availed of his services. Commanding a salary of more than $3,500 per day, which does not include overtime and travel allowances, Fine has done the faces of such supermodels like Naomi Campbell, Iman and Tyra Banks. ![]() Makeup Artist/First African American Spokesperson for RevlonĬhicago native, Sam Fine is one of the highest paid make up artists in the world today. ![]() ![]() Managing the Colonial Union's survival will take all the political cunning and finesse its diplomats can muster. And they've invited the incensed people of Earth to join them. Now, other alien races have formed a new alliance against the Union. The Union deliberately kept Earth as an ignorant backwater - and as a source of recruits for its war against hostile aliens. But the people of Earth now know the ugly truth. THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN RACE IS AT STAKEįor years the Colonial Union has protected its citizens from the dangerous universe around them. ![]() ![]() He must help preserve the union of humanity's colonies, in the wake of a terrible revelation.įor years the Colonial Union has protected its citizens from the dangerous universe around them. Lieutenant Harry Wilson has an impossible mission. ![]() ![]() Son of a famed and sexually ruthless novelist, Leith begins to resist his own self-sufficiency nurtured by war. In its wake, Aldred Leith, an acclaimed hero of the conflict, has spent two years in China at work on an account of world-transforming change there. The great fire of the Second World War has convulsed Europe and Asia. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() The Great Fire is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Fiction. In the looming shadow of world enmities resumed, and of Asia's coming centrality in world affairs, a man and a woman seek to recover self-reliance, balance, and tenderness, struggling to reclaim their humanity. Helen Driscoll, a young girl living in occupied Japan and tending her dying brother, falls in love, and in the process discovers herself. At the center of the story, Aldred Leith, a brave and brilliant soldier, finds that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. Some will fulfill their destinies, others will falter. In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. ![]() The conflagration of her title is the Second World War. A great writer's sweeping story of men and women struggling to reclaim their lives in the aftermath of world conflict The Great Fire is Shirley Hazzard's first novel since The Transit of Venus, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1981. ![]() |