![]() I never thought about reading anything by Alistair MacLean until, at the Des Moines Salvation Army earlier this month, I stumbled on a crumbling 1957 paperback edition of H.M.S. ![]() It was also my interest in British military history that led me to dip my toe again into the mainstream fiction pool this week with a novel by Alistair MacLean, author of The Guns of Navarone. What does interest me is British military history, and so the obvious exceptions to my aversion from popular mainstream fiction would be all those Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell I read as a teen, and the 15 or so Aubrey and Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian I read in my thirties. ![]() Those sorts of things do not interest me. Somerset Maugham and James Dickey (I read Deliverance right before I moved to the Middle West) qualify as mainstream popular fiction, though I like to think of those writers as "literary figures." When I worked at a bookstore in northern New Jersey in the mid-90s all the bestsellers seemed to be either about lawyers and serial killers chasing each other, or knock-offs of Bridges of Madison County. I don't really read much bestselling mainstream popular fiction, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, that sort of thing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. ![]() ![]() Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-182) and indexĬlio's daughters, lost and found - "The easy task of obeying": Englishwomen's place in Colonial society - "They say it is tea that caused it": women join the protest against English policy - "You can form no idea of the horrors": the challenges of a home-front war - "Such a sordid set of creatures in human figure": women who followed the Army - "How unhappy is war to domestic happiness": generals' wives and the war - "A journey a crosse ye wilderness": Loyalist women in exile - "The women must hear our words": the Revolution in the lives of Indian women - "The day of jubilee is come": African American women and the American Revolution - "It was I who did it": spies, saboteurs, couriers, and other heroines - "There is no sex in soul": the legacy of Revolution Originally published: New York : Knopf, ©2005 ![]() ![]() My newest titles include Keeper of the Light: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog, Planting a Garden in Room 6, Butterflies in Room 6, Hatching Chicks in Room 6, Living Fossils, Clues to the Past and four books in the Caroline Arnold's Habitats series: A Day and Night in the Rain Forest, Desert, Prairie, and Forest. I have been writing for children since 1980 and am the author of more than 170 books, both fiction and nonfiction. REVIEW IN KIRKUS of KEEPER OF THE LIGHT. ![]()
![]() ![]() Elena was the new girl who knew absolutely nothing about the world in which she has been plunged without a training manual. The Booksįirebolt – This book was a wonderful introduction into the life of Elena and the book was written from both her and Blake‘s point of view. ![]() It was like Adrienne dreamt about what a magical version of One Tree Hill looks like and put everything in writing expect it was way darker and more fun. There are dragons, strange areas, princesses, princes, wyverns, really bad men, insta-love, slow-burning love and so much more. These children(if you can call them that) spend more time doing what they want than attend school especially in a community filled with other magical folks mainly Dragons and The Dragonians. This entire series had all the hallmarks of a magical high school with all the drama and intrigue that comes with it. ![]() Started this book a while ago and I told myself I wasn’t going to review any of the books until I have had a chance to read Starlight and now that I am done, I am ready to talk about Blake and Elena and their world. ![]() ![]() High school especially showed me what I was good at and what I loved, and likewise it showed me what I wasn’t so good at and would likely not enjoy as a life pursuit. Looking back, I’d say what shaped me the most is learning – discovering – what I was already wired to do, and that is write. What was the greatest thing you learned at school? ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s one thing that readers would be surprised to find out about you?Įven though I am comfortable with public speaking and attending big book events and meeting people, I’m a bona fide introvert who is happy when the mega event is over and I can retreat into a quiet corner with a glass of wine and a novel and maybe have just one other person sitting there beside me who sits there and lets me read. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had hoped to reach the ceiling of the Expanse, but the effort needed to re-scale the wall would be too much for my tired muscles. This time, I had been determined to ignore everyone only to forget about the receiver. All my previous forays had lasted about an hour before I'd been summoned to another important meeting. For the last twelve weeks, I'd been promised time to go exploring the Expanse. That had been the highest point I'd or anyone else had attained. I swung, tasting blood and lamenting the slip. After what felt like a thousand weeks, I reached the end of the rope and jerked hard, biting my tongue. ![]() Getting one hell of a rope burn, I grabbed my safety line and squeezed to slow my fall. "I know you can hear me," he said with an annoyed tone. Falling, I cursed my own stupidity for not switching my earring/receiver off. Logan had designed a special helmet equipped with a light to keep my hands were free. I cocked my head, sweeping the flashlight's beam across the wall in search of another pipe to grab. Distant voices floated on the stale dusty air. ![]() Then I repeated the motion with my left, climbing another meter higher.įar below, spots of daylight illuminated the half completed construction on level ten. When my heart slowed to a more normal rhythm, I relaxed my right hand's grip and stretched for the next hand hold-a short piece of pipe. I clung to the almost sheer metal wall and breathed in deep. Beads of sweat snaked down the skin on my back, leaving an itchy trail. My fingers ached as my leg muscles trembled. ![]() ![]() ![]() I will remain immune to Hunter Fitzpatrick’s charm.Įven at the cost of losing everything I have.Įven at the cost of burning down his kingdom. In all honesty, I wanted to punch Hunter in the face multiple times throughout this book and every series he pops into. ![]() It’s not like I’m in danger of falling in love with the appallingly gorgeous, charismatic gazillionaire who happens to be one of Boston’s most eligible bachelors. OKAY - NOOOTTT what I was expecting but I love LJ Shen and the Boston Belles series. I needed the public endorsement Hunter needed a nanny.īesides, what’s six months in the grand scheme of things? Little does she know, that’s not the only pipe I’ll be laying…īut the deal was too sweet to walk away from. The virginal archer is supposed to babysit my ass while I learn to take my place in Royal Pipelines, my family’s oil company. Like meeting with best friends and bantering and laughing Hunter’s and Sailor’s interactions and especially their internal monologues were hilarious and I can’t wait to start this book again but their unconventional love. ![]() Now my ball-busting father is sentencing me to six months of celibacy, sobriety, and morbid boredom under the roof of Boston’s nerdiest girl alive, Sailor Brennan. Like Stonehenge, Police Academy 2, and morning glory clouds. off Pretty Reckless (All Saints High Book 1) - Kindle edition by Shen, L.J. Details Or fastest delivery Wednesday, April 12. It was just one of those unexplainable things. Its our long awaited introduction into the angsty. The Hunter: .uk: Shen, L J: 9781732624740: Books Literature & Fiction Adventure Stories & Action Buy new: 14.95 FREE Returns FREE delivery Friday, April 14. I didn’t mean to star in a sex tape, okay? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.Īny changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here.Ĭhange the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. Quichotte by Salman Rushdie 3.2 (6) Paperback 18.99 Hardcover 28.00 Paperback 18.99 eBook 5.99 Audiobook 0. Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. ![]() ![]() ![]() And if you’re reading Farnam Street, you’re probably a book lover, or at least a liker. Ten Years in the Tub is a fun read precisely because it’s a window into a book lover’s soul. Hornby is everything you want in someone writing about books: cheeky, wry humor self-aware, non-nerdy. By my count, he read about 60 in the first year alone, so he was active. Once a month, Hornby would list all the books he bought and all of the books he managed to read that month, then he’d write about the ones he’d read. ![]() (All three became movies - Fever Pitch twice.) The book is a collection of ten years of Hornby’s columns for the magazine The Believer. If you don’t know him, Hornby is the English author of novels like About a Boy, Fever Pitch, and High Fidelity. I’m not sure how I missed Nick Hornby’s Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books when it was released a few years ago. “All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal…With each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.” – Nick Hornby ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and Rachels past comes back to haunt her - literally. |y . A novel by Kim Harrison Kick-ass witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan lost her lover, and now she wont rest until his murder is solved and avenged. To exact her revenge on the killer, she brings in her PI partners-Ivy, a bisexual vampire, and Jenks, a pixie in existential crisis-along with empathic psychiatrist Ford and the banshee victim's father, Federal Inderland Bureau captain Edden. ![]() |a Witch detective Rachel Morgan attempts to solve the mysterious death of her boyfriend by an emotion-sucking banshee. ![]() |a Contains an excerpt from the author's book Black magic sanction (p. In White Witch, Black Curse Rachel is mostly in a state of personal gloom. In book seven of a near-future urban fantasy series (The Outlaw Demon Wails, 2008. |a White witch, black curse / |c Kim Harrison. by Kim Harrison RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2009. ![]() |