![]() They go from strangers to friends.Īlthough he and Brian both identify as straight, their growing desire burns hotter than the tropical sun. They make each other laugh despite being stranded. As days turn into weeks with no sign of rescue, Troy and Brian rely on each other. He has Brian.īrian's smart and brave and strong. The turquoise ocean and white sand beach looks like paradise, but danger lurks everywhere. Forget dodging the paparazzi-now Troy's desperate for food and water. The plane crashes on a jungle island in the South Pacific. He'll take a private jet home and figure out his life away from the spotlight. Troy Tanner walks out on his boy band's world tour rather than watching his little brother snort his life away. ![]()
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![]() until a nefarious group comes after her in search of a rare and dangerous immortality elixir. There is more to Bri's sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it. One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community. When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. ![]() But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined-it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri's unique family lineage. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. ![]() When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. ![]() Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.īriseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. ![]() ![]() ![]() For most other e-book readers, the EPUB format works best. Poul Anderson (19262001) was one of the most prolific and popular writers in science fiction. SWORDSMAN OF LOST TERRA-Proud Kery of Broina felt like a ghost himself shade of a madman flitting hopelessly to the citadel of Earth’s disinherited to recapture the fierce, resonant Pipes of Killorn-weapon of the gods-before they blared out the dirge of the world! By Poul Anderson Read by Tom Weiner 7.15 Hours 08/01. THE VIRGIN OF VALKARION-Tonight, so spake the Temple Prophecy, a sword-scarred Outlander would come riding, a Queen would play the tavern bawd, and the Thirty-Ninth Dynasty should fall with the Mating of the Moons! It would mean a reprieve from the headman’s axe-a few more precious moments of life and love… though his lover be a witch! WITCH OF THE DEMON SEAS-Guide a black galleon to the lost, fear-haunted citadel of the Xanthi wizards-into the very jaws of Doom? Corun, condemned pirate of Conahur, laughed. He combines elements of both genres in the three novellas presented here, which have never been collected in one book before. ![]() Poul Anderson is one of the most celebrated authors of science fiction and fantasy. ![]() ![]() ![]() The second part of the book meets an urgent demand: people who are carrying out their own research projects need literature which validates their frustrations in dealing with various Western paradigms. Extending the work of Foucault, she explores the intersections of imperialism, knowledge and research en route she provides a history of knowledge from the Enlightenment to postcoloniality. ![]() Her other books include the co-edited collections Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology (Zed 2019) and Indigenous and. In the first part of the book, the author critically examines the historical and philosophical base of Western research. Linda Tuhiwai is Vice-Chancellor with responsibilities for Maori development at the University of Waikato, as well as Dean of the University's School of Maori and Pacific Development, New Zealand. ![]() Here, an indigenous researcher issues a clarion call for the decolonization of research methods. Her distinctive proposals for an indigenous. Summary: From the vantage point of the colonized, the term 'research' is inextricably linked with European colonialism the way in which scientific research has been implicated in the worst excesses of imperialism remains a powerful remembered history for many of the world's colonized peoples. Linda Tuhiwai Smiths powerful critique of dominant research methodologies is eloquent, informed and timely. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think it’s mainly because the book falls into the ‘nice’ category. Pineapple Street is a tricky review to write. Publisher: Random House | Date: 2023 | Genre: General Fiction Pineapple Street Review It’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots and everything in between, and the insanity of first love. Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t (and really shouldn’t) have and must confront the kind of person she wants to be. ![]() Sasha, middle-class and from New England, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider, wondering how she might ever understand their WASP-y ways. Plot: Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, carefully guarded, old-money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and inheritance for motherhood, sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Funeral Oration was recorded by Thucydides in book two of his famous History of the Peloponnesian War. Several funeral orations from classical Athens are extant, which seem to corroborate Thucydides' assertion that this was a regular feature of Athenian funerary custom in wartime. The last part of the ceremony was a speech delivered by a prominent Athenian citizen chosen by the state. Finally they were buried at a public grave (at Kerameikos). Then a funeral procession was held, with ten cypress coffins carrying the remains, one for each of the Athenian tribes, and another left symbolically empty for the missing or those whose remains were unable to be recovered. The remains of the dead were left in a tent for three days so that offerings could be made. It was an established Athenian practice by the late 5th century BCE to hold a public funeral in honour of all those who had died in war. Main article: Funeral oration (ancient Greece) ![]() ![]() And Adore is full of feelings and emotions. this was some roller coaster! Nina Lane is an amazing writer, I love her style and how she writes about feelings (especially in the scenes between couples). “You’ve always rocked my world hard, professor, and you know it.” Moreover Break the Sky is a great read on itself!! Now, going back to the review: Adore is the fourth book in the Spiral of Bliss series by the amazing Nina Lane and it continues with the story of Dean and Olivia West, now parents of Nicholas and people who are very busy in their professional lives as well. If you want to know and understand everything about this novel I think it’s better if you have read the three previous books (of course) but also Archer and Kelsey’s book ( Break the Sky) because there are SOME spoilers, also these two are very important characters in this installment and you’ll get better the references related to them. And this novel is just another great chapter in the West’s lives.įirst of all, let me tell you all something. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Nina Lane announced we would have more of Dean and Liv let’s just say I was all over it lol I think many of us were! Why? Because the love story between these two captured my heart since the beginning. ![]() ![]() ![]() After graduating form Simmons College in Boston and studying creative writing at Harvard and Columbia, Kimberly entered the work force and climbed the corporate ladder to management positions in fortune 500 companies. Some times they would try to make their own money, and sold candy bars, lemonade, or cookies door to door. This was before the internet and cell phones, so she spent her nights and weekends running around outside of the house with friends. She spent most of her youth looking forward to being an adult, getting a job, and having her own money to pay for the things she wanted. Kimberly Gordon is a children's book author and illustrator committed to sharing stories that glorify youth empowerment and entrepreneurship. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kirkus Reviews Essential to Cosmere completists, and it's a beautiful addition to anyones bookshelf. White Sand Volume 2 continues the New York Times bestselling series of graphic novels, bringing a crucial chapter of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere to life exclusively in a visual format. However, there's another complication: assassins are coming for him from all directions, and Kenton's only true ally is Khriss, a visitor from the other side of the planet who has an agenda of her own to pursue. ![]() With the ruling council poised against him, the hot-headed Kenton must become a diplomat to have any hope of preventing the eradication of his people forever. Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell of the few remaining Sand Masters, magicians who can manipulate sand to do their bidding. ![]() ![]() James insisted that writers in Great Britain and America should be allowed the greatest freedom possible in presenting their view of the world, as French authors were. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. ![]() His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. Henry James, OM (1843-1916), son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction. ![]() |