![]() "Spencer takes her readers on a fast-paced journey into disbelief. Czerneda, author of In the Company of Others "Each and every character is fascinating, extraordinarily well-developed, and gets right under your skin. Armed with an intelligence the size of a planet, steel toed boots, and a junk yard dog attitude, Tinker is ready to kick butt to get her first kiss. Tinker finds herself taking on the Elven court, the NSA, the Elven Interdimensional Agency, technology smugglers and a college-minded Xenobiologist as she tries to stay focused on what's really important – her first date. ![]() ![]() When a pack of wargs chase an Elven noble into her scrap yard, life as she knows it takes a serious detour. She runs her salvage business, pays her taxes, and tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down with gadgets of her own design. Inventor, girl genius Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Luckily, I enjoyed what I read.Īlyssa Cole is a new-to-me author. Tav tries to rebuff his apprentice-and his attraction to her-but when Portia accidentally discovers that he’s the secret son of a duke, rough-around-the-edges Tav becomes her newest makeover project.įorging metal into weapons and armor is one thing, but when desire burns out of control and the media spotlight gets too hot to bear, can a commoner turned duke and his posh apprentice find lasting love? (Goodreads)ĭon’t judge me, but I read this book because I love the dress the woman on the cover is wearing. Tavish McKenzie doesn’t need a rich, spoiled American telling him how to run his armory…even if she is infuriatingly good at it. Turns out she excels at aggravating her gruff silver fox boss…when she’s not having inappropriate fantasies about his sexy Scottish burr. An apprenticeship with a struggling swordmaker in Scotland is a chance to use her expertise and discover what she’s capable of. ![]() New York City socialite and perpetual hot mess Portia Hobbs is tired of disappointing her family, friends, and-most importantly-herself. ![]() ![]() And it was this same North Atlantic world that drove European, and especially English, interest in westward exploration. ![]() I start with this little aside, not to mock the early explorers of Canada’s Atlantic coast, but to draw in our earlier visit with the Norse-because the links between the voyages of Leif Erikson and those we’ll cover below are more direct than the 500 years of distance between them would suggest.Īlthough the Norse retreated from Newfoundland in the 11th century, they would remain a presence in the North Atlantic and the Canadian arctic for several centuries. The English managed to top that by claiming to have discovered Greenland again a few decades later. In the case of Greenland, the Portuguese bragged about discovering it around 50 years after the Norse left. ![]() Not only were these lands already populated, but they had already been visited by Europeans several hundred years earlier. That criticism is especially true of the voyages to the eastern coast of Canada in the 1490s and 1500s. The lands they encountered may have been new to them, but they certainly weren’t new to their indigenous residents. ![]() The European “voyages of discovery” in the late 15th and 16th centuries have long been derided as poorly named. ![]() What follows is the fourth instalment of The Nations of Canada, a serialized project adapted from transcripts of Greg Koabel’s ongoing podcast of the same name, which began airing in 2020. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The author is also very alert to the class issues that underlay it all. One harrowing tale involves the improbable rescue of a little girl in the swirling torrent that struck the town during a heavy rain when a dam, 14 miles away (and above the town), broke and sent millions of tons of water surging down into Johnstown and some small communities that lay in the torrent’s path. Roker is especially adept at focusing on key individuals-residents, politicians, movers and shakers, rescue workers-and letting their stories represent the myriads of others. Roker, who wrote about a 1900 hurricane ( The Storm of the Century, 2015, etc.), has some sizable footsteps to follow in this one-David McCullough’s 1968 The Johnstown Flood-but he fills them nicely in this fresh account of the Pennsylvania dam break that destroyed Johnstown and killed more than 2,000 people. The ebullient weather personality from NBC’s Today show returns with a flood account that is both intimate and alert to the wealth and class distinctions highlighted by the 1889 Johnstown Flood. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the West seeks a new China policy, we learn from private papers how Margaret Thatcher anguished over the fate of Hong Kong, sought secret American briefings on how to deal with Beijing, and put her trust in a spymaster who was tormented by his own doubts. The story takes the listener from the earliest days of trade through the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century to the age of globalization, the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, the fight for democracy on the city's streets, and the ultimate victory of the Chinese Communist Party. The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on documents from archives in China and the West, interviews with key figures, and eyewitness reporting over three decades. ![]() ![]() "What happened?": The Holocaust Memoirs of Isabella Leitner Adrienne Kertzer 11. Connolly Part IV: Distinctions, Demarcations, and Double Address 10. ![]() Crossing Borders from Africa to America Paula T. Writing for a Dual Audience in the Former Soviet Union: The Aesopean Children's Literature of Kornei Chukovskii, Mikhail Zoshchenko, and Daniil Kharms Larissa Klein Tumanov 9. "Ages: All": Readers, Texts, and Intertexts in The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Roderick McGillis Part III: Oppression, Repression, Subversion, Transgression: Crossover and Censorship 8. Dual Audience in Picturebooks Carole Scott 7. The Double Attribution of Texts for Children and how it Affects Writing for Children Zohar Shavit 6. Children's, Adult, Human.? Maria Nikalajeva Part II: Ages All? Parents, Play, and Picturebooks 5. Crosswriting Child and Adult in France: Children's Fiction for Adults? Adult Fiction for Children? Fiction for all Ages? Sandra L. ![]() ![]() Crosswriting as a Criterion for Canonicity: The Case of Erich Kastner Bettina Kummerling-Meibauer 3. Authors do it, but so Critics? The Reception of Dual-Readership Authors in the Netherlands Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer 2. ![]() Beckett Part I: Critics, Crosswriting, and the Canon 1. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The true magic of the story is not so much in the plot and the amazing characters within it. Noel's writing is intense and vivid, pulling readers into the depths of her imagination.” ― Teen Reads on the Immortals series “ Night Star jumps right into high action and never slows down, not even after the last page. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() ![]() Only then, when the final mystery is unraveled and the last secret revealed, Ever and Damen's future will hinge on one ultimate decision that will put everything at stake.even eternity. Here in a land of scorched earth and endless rain, Ever and Damen will discover their relationship's hidden origins, expose a secret history they never imagined.and come face to face with the true reason fate keeps tearing them apart. But their fight to be together will lead them into the most formidable terrain yet.into the dark heart of Summerland. If they can just find the antidote, they'll finally be able to feel each other's touch―and experience the passionate night they've been longing for. Their darkest enemies now defeated, Damen and Ever are free to embark upon their final quest―to free Damen from the poison lingering in his body. ![]() Everlasting is the beautiful finale to Alyson Noël's bestselling Immortals series, in which their journey draws to a spectacular conclusion―where all will be revealed. Their epic love story has captured the hearts of millions and enchanted readers across the world. ![]() ![]() If we’re completely honest there is a strong element of snobbery behind both companies. For those of you who might be interested in these editions I thought it might be interesting to talk about the differences between the two companies and their approach to publishing classics (and SF/Fantasy). They not only ran a Masterpieces of Science Fiction series but would also bring out occasional runs of other famous books, such as E.E. James, so I hid the book behind the fire place so no-one could jump out and wave it in my face at an unexpected moment. I’ve since gone through phases of collecting The Folio Society books over the years, but they rarely published any SF or Fantasy, so a while back I turned across the pond to The Easton Press, who also specialise in swanky editions for collectors. That one picture I could never bear to look at as a child was the illustration to ‘Count Magnus’ in the Folio collection of The Ghost Stories of M.R. My parents collected The Folio Society books in particular, so I was introduced them when I was about 7 years old. Growing up in an arty/literary family meant that every member more or less had their own personal library covering at least one wall of their room. ![]() I’ve always been a sucker for beautiful books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps concerned that we will mistake "My Left Foot" for one of those pious TV docudramas, the movie begins in the middle of one of Christy's typical manipulations. Like many geniuses, he was not an easy man to live with, and the movie makes that clear in its brilliant opening scene. Tiny and twisted, bearded and unkempt, he managed, despite his late start, to grow into a poet, a novelist, a painter and a lyrical chronicler of his own life. Jim Sheridan's "My Left Foot" is the story of Christy's life, based on his autobiography and on the memories of those who knew him. He belongs on the same list with Helen Keller, and yet it is hard to imagine Christy being good company for the saintly Miss Keller, since he was not a saint himself but a ribald, boozing, wickedly gifted Irishman who simply happened to be handicapped. The story of Christy Brown is one of the great stories of human courage and determination. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was in the process of painting, redoing the trim, refacing the cabinets. ![]() She and her special friend, Jim Thurman worked on her house. She bought a fixer- upper home in Summit, SD. ![]() Upon retirement, she was ready to take on a big project. Vicki worked at the Watertown Police Department until her retirement in 2019. They moved around and enjoyed those adventures together before residing in Watertown, SD. Vicki then married her second husband on March 1, 2003, Jack Krucker. She then worked at the Marshall Courthouse in the Recorder’s Office. She received her Secretarial Associates Degree in 1989, and was named to the Director’s List. She was a mother and homemaker until going to Southwestern Technical Institute, Canby Campus. She moved to Taunton, MN, when she married Lawrence VanHecke. She lived in Tracy, was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith at Tracy Presbyterian Church. Vicki Lee Krucker was born April 10, 1952, to George and Vivian Schumacher in Tracy, MN. ![]() |