Hunted spooner5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() But I think I just can’t do retellings of Beauty and the Beast because I did not enjoy the story as much as I thought I would. The book was gorgeous and well told and was a great retelling of a classic story. It was different from the tale we all know and love, but also very similar and familiar. ![]() Hunted was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast and I was eager to read it. Source: I borrowed a digital copy through Kindle Library Lending Who will survive: the Beauty, or the Beast? A world that can bring her ruin or salvation. But Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance.ĭeaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva hunts this strange Beast back into his own territory-a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures that Yeva’s only heard about in fairy tales. ![]() Out in the wilderness, there’s no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas…or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman. So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Though she grew up with the city’s highest aristocrats, far from her father’s old lodge, she knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering them. Summary: Beauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones-and in her blood. ![]()
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The neverending story book5/22/2023 ![]() Urn:lcp:neverendingstory00ende_0:epub:8b1af4c2-ccd9-49b7-9a57-31fb8e3646b5 Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier neverendingstory00ende_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8rb8mt0h Invoice 11 Isbn 9780140386332ĩ6049342 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL1010717M Openlibrary_edition A German dramatized audioplay under the title Die unendliche Geschichte (Karussell/Universal Music Group. Urn:lcp:neverendingstory00ende_0:lcpdf:a1372b63-4c11-485d-8350-173ed149cbb6 The Spanish indie rock band Vetusta Morla derived its name from the ancient turtle in the novel, and the Spanish. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:52:14 Boxid IA164502 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition External-identifier ![]() Exit the Actress by Priya Parmar5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “Parmar’s fabricated journal is an uncanny success,” the Times review said. Parmar’s narrative spans nearly eight years in the early adult lives of the sisters, from 1905 to 1912 beginning with a February 23, 1905, diary entry by Vanessa. “After immersing herself in the thousands of letters exchanged by Vanessa’s social circle, Parmar proceeded to invent a diary for Vanessa, along with a series of letters, postcards and telegrams that bring dimension and vitality to her headstrong entourage,” it said. “The facts of Vanessa’s complicated life have long been available, even if her private thoughts are harder to surmise, since, unlike Virginia, she didn’t keep a diary,” the Times review noted. “The world remembers Virginia better than her enigmatic older sister: Parmar restores the symmetry of their relationship in the familial landscape, showing how essential Vanessa’s steadying force was to Virginia’s precarious balance,” it notes. ![]() Parmar’s portrait brings noted modernist English writer Woolf’s sister “Vanessa out of the shadows, into fully realised, shining visibility”, the influential daily said in its book review. Vanessa and Her Sister, has been included in the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2015.ĭescribed as “A novel of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, constructed around an invented diary and letters,” the Times calls it a “multilayered, subtly shaded novel”. Indian-origin author Priya Parmar’s historical novel ![]() Out of the Ashes by Ari McKay5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The evil has its sights set on Arden, and if Eli wants to save his mate and the people he is entrusted with protecting, he’s in for the fight of his life. They’ll need to bond together, because the forces opposing them are stronger and more sinister than anyone predicted. But as Arden and his friends struggle to help Eli in his quest, Eli surrenders to the demands of his body-and his heart. Title: His to Save Author: Ari McKay Series: Candy Cane Club Publisher: Self Published Reviewer: Michaelene Release Date: Genre(s): M/M BDSM Romance Page Count: 174 Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 3. Out of the Ashes (Asheville Arcana 1) Ari McKay. Blurb: Asheville Arcana In their differences, they’ll find strengthand love. It is the 1st book in the Asheville Arcana series. He needs help locating and rescuing his pack mates, but the supernatural council in Asheville, North Carolina, turns him away.Īs they work together, Eli is stunned-and not especially thrilled-to discover half-elf Arden Gilmarin is his destined mate. Out of the Ashes is tagged as fantasy, urban fantasy, m-m, paranormal, contemporary, vampires. Asheville ArcanaIn their differences, they’ll find strength-and love.Īlpha werewolf Eli Hammond returns from a fishing trip to discover a nasty surprise-five members of his pack murdered and the rest missing. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Out of the Ashes, Paperback by Mckay, Ari, Brand New, Free shipping in the US at the best. ![]() Chabon moonglow review5/22/2023 ![]() The novel is largely Chabon’s ( Telegraph Avenue, 2012, etc.) effort to understand his grandfather’s wilder escapades. His grandmother was a tight-lipped Holocaust survivor with a fixation on tarot cards, while his grandfather was a World War II Army officer who’d also done time in prison. ![]() ![]() When “Michael Chabon,” the narrator of this novel, was growing up, his maternal grandparents were steeped in mystery and mythology. A faux memoir of the novelist’s grandfather, whose life as an engineer, veteran, and felon offers an entree into themes of heroism and imagination. ![]() Esio trot by roald dahl5/22/2023 ![]() He concocts a clever scheme to encourage Mrs. Therefore they can only understand words that are written backwards." Silver that, "Tortoises are very backward creatures. Silver's attention and love, but he's going to need a lot of tortoises Hoppy is struck with a brilliant idea as to how he can win Hoppy is desperate to make a favorable impression on Mrs. ![]() Silver is devoted to her pet tortoise and she is concerned because Alfie is not growing any bigger. Hoppy and he is in love with the woman who lives in the apartment beneath him, but he is too Silver.Įsio Trot is tortoise spelled backwards and Roald Dahl uses many words spelled backwards throughout his classic love story about a man, a woman, and her pet tortoise. Esio Trot, written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, is a sweet story about an elderly man who has a secret crush on his neighbor, Mrs. ![]() Towards zero agatha christie summary5/22/2023 ![]() What more could you want wrapped around a plot by the Queen of Crime herself? In addition to featuring a chilling, gruesome murder and a whole host of well-rounded characters as suspects (as is expected), the script also delves deep into human behaviour, becoming in turns an unpredictable melodrama an intelligent psychological thriller an exploration of mental health and, for some light relief, a comedy of social status. The play, a gripping murder mystery, is Christie at her finest. This week, the Norwich Players – the amateur theatre company based at the fine city’s Maddermarket Theatre – are staging a bit of a historical theatrical event: the European premiere of a play written by Agatha Christie, based on her own classic novel: Towards Zero. ![]() Mary downing hahn one for sorrow5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I wanted to show how people felt, what they thought, what they said. When I was in junior high school, I developed an interest in more complex stories. ![]() My stories were usually about orphans who ran away and had the sort of exciting adventures I would have enjoyed if my mother hadn't always interfered. Instead of telling them in words, I told them in pictures. All those facts - who cared what the principal products of Chile were? To me, writing reports was almost as boring as math.ĭespite my dislike of writing, I loved to make up stories. Requirements such as outlines, perfect penmanship, and following directions killed my interest in putting words on paper. I loved to read and draw but I hated writing reports. In elementary school, I was known as the class artist. In the summer, we went on day long expeditions into forbidden territory - the woods on the other side of the train tracks, the creek that wound its way through College Park, and the experimental farm run by the University of Maryland. We spent hours outdoors playing "Kick the Can" and "Mother, May I" as well as cowboy and outlaw games that usually ended in quarrels about who shot whom. I grew up in a small shingled house down at the end of Guilford Road in College Park, Maryland. ![]() Heaven and hell by kristen ashley5/22/2023 ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() Can he set aside his own feelings to keep Isabella safe?Īt first this was shaping up to be very close to a five-star read. Soon, though, Connor realizes someone is out to eliminate the Bartholomew family. Despite her growing feelings for the handsome Irish carpenter, she seriously considers accepting her wealthy and influential neighbor's proposal of marriage. Even with Connor's help, Isabella fears she'll lose her family's plantation. The responsibilities of running Breeze Hill have fallen on Isabella's shoulders after her brother was found dead in the swamps along the Natchez Trace and a suspicious fire devastated their crops, almost destroyed their home, and left her father seriously injured. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when he's sold to Isabella Bartholomew of Breeze Hill Plantation, Connor fears he'll repeat past mistakes and vows not to be tempted by the lovely lady. Anxious for his brothers to join him on the rugged frontier along the Mississippi River, Connor O'Shea has no choice but to indenture himself as a carpenter in exchange for their passage from Ireland. ![]() |