5/12/2023 0 Comments Shadowspell by Jenna Black![]() ![]() Dinner would have been safer than the movie. That seemed way too date-like to me, so I bargained him down to just the movie.Īs I sat in the darkened theater beside him, I realized my bargaining skills could use some work. ![]() He called, emailed, and IM’ed me about a billion times asking me to go out with him, and I finally gave in. The problem was, it isn’t that easy to rebuild broken trust, especially when I still had so many reasons not to fully trust him.įor three weeks after he saved my life, I tried to keep my distance, but it didn’t seem to discourage him. And if I knew what was good for me, I’d keep it that way.Īfter a couple of nasty betrayals that had hurt me more than I cared to admit, Ethan had risked his life to save mine, and I’d agreed to wipe our slate clean. A totally hot, sexy friend who made my hormones do a happy dance, but still just a friend. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself. ![]() Okay, technically, it wasn’t really a date. Going on a date with a bodyguard hanging over your shoulder sucks. ![]()
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![]() In addition to Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Dean produced, directed and narrated another wonderful documentary called Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura. The documentary and bonus features were narrated, directed, and co-produced by Dean Butler who is well-known for his memorable portrayal of Almanzo Wilder on the “Little House on the Prairie” television series from 1979 to 1983. Finally, travel behind the scenes with director Dean Butler and illustrator Cheryl Harness to experience the making of Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. ![]() Step further into Laura’s world with 35 minutes of bonus features exploring such topics as Native Americans and African Americans on the prairie, the Morgan Horse, and the American artist Harvey Dunn. Her adventures come to life through interviews with historians, passages from the Little House books, archival photography, paintings from famous frontier artists, dramatic reenactments, a beautiful original score, and original artwork. ![]() Wilder’s personal story as a writer, wife and mother is a compelling narrative that has never been shown… until now. Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a one-hour documentary that goes beyond the famed Little House book series to the behind-the-scenes, true life story of one of America’s most iconic authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Ozland wendy spinale![]() ![]() ![]() Pete offers the assistance of his gang of Lost Boys and fierce sharpshooter Bella, who have all been living in a city hidden underground. Until the day they grab Joanna.Īs Gwen sets out to save her, she meets a mysterious boy named Pete. He and his Marauders stalk the streets snatching children for experimentation. Unsure if the virus has spread past England's borders but desperate to leave, Captain Hook hunts for a cure, which he thinks can be found in one of the survivors. They spend their nights scavenging and their days avoiding the ruthless Marauders - the German army led by Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer. The only ones who have survived are children, among them Gwen Darling and her siblings, Joanna and Mikey. London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. Because in Everland, the only way to grow up is to survive. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Gumiho kat cho![]() ![]() forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon’s. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous. ![]() ![]() With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. His grandmother used to tell him stories of the gumiho, of their power and the danger they pose to humans. Jihoon knows Miyoung is more than just a beautiful girl–he saw her nine tails the night she saved his life. Against her better judgment, she violates the rules of survival to rescue the boy, losing her fox bead–her gumiho soul–in the process. ![]() Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.īut after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young ReadersĮighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret–she’s a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. ![]() ![]() ![]() Young readers were fascinated by the author and asked Kathryn questions related to the novel and her journey as a writer. ![]() Mockingbird is a moving story of an 11-year-old girl with Asperger’s syndrome whose older brother dies in a school shooting and the steps she takes to get closure. The session was attended by Avrita Dang (Class VIII, Apeejay School, Mahavir Marg, Jalandhar), Manasvi Bansal (Class XI, The British Co-ed High School, Patiala), Avraj Manchanda (Class VIII, YPS, Patiala), Aahana Goel (Class VIII, YPS, Patiala), Aishmeen (Class VIII, YPS, Patiala), Issmat Kaur (Class VII, Our Lady of Fatima Convent School, Patiala) and Drishti Goyal.Īccording to the founder of this book club, Bhavya Garg, the group had an interesting discussion with the American author. The session was dedicated to Kathryn’s much-acclaimed book “Mockingbird”, that has won around 15 prestigious awards. Erskine has written a total of nine books till now and her next book, ‘My dad is a DJ’, will be out soon. ![]() Noted American author Kathryn Erskine was the esteemed guest who interacted with students in an engrossing online session. ![]() Aiming to spread the love for reading among schoolchildren and young adults, the members of ‘Young Patiala Reads’, a local book club for youngsters, held a ‘meet the author’ event recently. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Frost burned by patricia briggs![]() ![]() Mercy fears Adam's disappearance may be related to the political battle the werewolves have been fighting to gain acceptance from the public-and that he and the pack are in serious danger. ![]() After a traffic accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse can't reach Adam-or anyone else in the pack. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more. Becoming the mate of Alpha werewolf Adam Hauptman has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy's life. ![]() Mercy's life has undergone a seismic change. "item_description" : "Patricia Briggs has reached perfection* in this #1 New York Times bestseller, as Mercy Thompson faces a shapeshifter's biggest fear. ![]() ![]() ![]() Confederate Reckoning offers a powerful new paradigm for understanding events on the Confederate home front." The struggle for Southern independence, she shows, opened the door for the mobilization of two groups previously outside the political nation-white women of the nonslaveholding class and slaves. Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic "McCurry challenges us to expand our definition of politics to encompass not simply government but the entire public sphere. Richly detailed and lucidly told, Confederate Reckoning is a fresh, bold take on the Civil War that every student of the conflict should read." Not only against Union armies, but also slaves and poor white women who rose in revolt across the South. Dedicated to the proposition that men were not created equal, the Confederacy had to fight a two-front war. Winner of the Merle Curti Award "McCurry strips the Confederacy of myth and romance to reveal its doomed essence. ![]() Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize ![]() ![]() It’s only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. Meanwhile at university, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets. She has to confess why Carys disappeared… Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past… Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.Ĭaught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances’s dreams come crashing down. ![]() He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. Not friends, not a guilty secret-not even the person she is on the inside.īut when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favorite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?įrances has always been a study machine with one goal: elite university. ![]() The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books-now a major Netflix series. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments The circle dave eggers sparknotes![]() The Circle suggests that truly moral and ethical actions can't be inspired by fear of exposure or desire for praise. Throughout the novel, Dave Eggers suggests that the desire to do good in the world may not protect us from doing great harm. We decided to continue to have Personal Choice selections for some months. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. For each month members can read either book, and then discuss the book with the club. There were so many book title suggestions that we have decided to offer two (2) books per month. ![]() ![]() Although the group did not initially decide on a theme, after picking several books we noticed that many of the suggestions are about migration or displaced people in various parts of the world. July’s meeting was a consultation on how the bookclub will proceed for the next several months. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments All the pretty horses book cover![]() ![]() Movie Trailer for All the Pretty Horses (2000)Ĭormac McCarthy is a bestselling author whose works include All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, The Road, which won the Pulitzer Prize, and the two-part series, The Passengerand Stella Maris. book cover All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality, even where we will not. Everything you need to know: book description, quotes from the book, about the author and much more. The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real. I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.īetween the wish and the thing the world lies waiting. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood. The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. Audiobook Length: 11 hours and 15 minutes ![]() |