5/19/2023 0 Comments The truants kate weinberg![]() Seductive, unsettling, and beautifully written, The Truants is a debut novel of literary suspense perfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and The Secret History-a thrilling exploration of deceit, first love, and the depths to which obsession can drive us. ![]() Together, the two seek refuge on a remote Italian island, where Jess tastes the life she's long dreamed of - and uncovers a shocking secret that will challenge everything she's learned. Swept up in Lorna's thrall, Jess falls in with a tightly-knit group of rule-breakers - Alec, a courageous South African journalist with a nihilistic streak Georgie, a seductive, pill-popping aristocrat and Nick, a handsome geologist with layers of his own.īut when tragedy strikes the group, Jess turns to Lorna. ![]() Jess Walker has come to a concrete campus under the flat grey skies of East Anglia for one reason: To be taught by the mesmerizing and rebellious Dr Lorna Clay, whose seminars soon transform Jess's thinking on life, love, and Agatha Christie. People disappear when they most want to be seen. ![]()
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5/19/2023 0 Comments We free the stars book 1![]() Zafira battles a very different darkness festering in her through her bond with the Jawarat-a darkness that hums with voices, pushing her to the brink of her sanity and to the edge of a chaos she dare not unleash. He must learn to hone his power into a weapon, to wield not only against the Lion but against his father, trapped under the Lion’s control. But they are low on resources and allies alike, and the kingdom teems with fear of the Lion of the Night’s return.Īs the zumra plots to overthrow the kingdom’s darkest threat, Nasir fights to command the magic in his blood. ![]() ![]() Altair may be captive, but Zafira, Nasir, and Kifah are bound for Sultan’s Keep, determined to finish the plan he set in motion: restoring the hearts of the Sisters of Old to the minarets of each caliphate, and finally returning magic to all of Arawiya. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston![]() ![]() ![]() Consequently, the narrative sometimes meanders, but it consistently follows the linear trajectory of Kossola’s life, parallel to Hurston’s framing narrative, which describes her encounters with him. Hurston transcribed what Kossola told her during their time together, making her best effort to capture his oral and physical performance in the writing. The text was developed by anthropologist and creative writer Hurston, who spent many weeks interviewing Kossola. This study guide cites the Harper Collins Digital Edition published in December 2019.Ĭontent Warning: The source material and this guide describe slavery, extreme violence, murder, and police brutality.īarracoon is the firsthand account of the life of Oluale “Cudjo Lewis” Kossola, an African man who was among the captives on the Clotilda, the last slave ship to take the Middle Passage journey in 1859. ![]() ![]() ![]() And as Rory investigates, Marion’s behavior grows increasingly suspicious. ![]() But every member of the crew and cast is a suspect in the theft. To make a delicate situation even more complicated, the production is led by out-and-proud Marion Roosevelt and Rory is downright smitten with the handsome and talented actor. He has his hands full trying to investigate a skeptical and agitated crew while they work around the clock on The Bowery, a new show which promises to shake up the television industry. So when a hotshot television producer hires him to recover a stolen script, Rory isn’t surprised that he’ll need to go undercover on the set of a historical drama. ![]() Private investigator Rory Byrne, has gained a reputation as someone the elite of New York City can trust to solve their problems quickly and quietly. ![]() 5/18/2023 0 Comments Darkmore penitentiary series![]() Currently living just a few minutes from her parent's home in Kent, UK. ![]() Partnering with her sister Susanna, the pair have acted as each other's editors and critiques while coming out with multiple teen fantasy series. ![]() Creating storylines with characters created from her own imagination has kept the prolific author writing for the past decade and keeps her going through the long hours and writer's block. Encouraged by her Beatles obsessed, Tolkien fan father, Caroline went on to study Zoology but pursued writing as a career. A born-spirited reader, the young Peckham became enraptured by fantasy novels, waiting till midnight to read the latest Harry Potter release. Author Biographies and Other Books Caroline Peckham Biographyīorn in the UK village of Kent, Caroline was unconsciously set to become a fiction writer. ![]() 5/18/2023 0 Comments The prize an epic quest for oil![]() Their ships arrived in Borneo at the wrong times, carrying the wrong equipment that ended up rusting on the shore and grass, and often without manifests of the cargo. Rockefeller with respect to business organization and planning. Marcus Samuel and his nephew, Mark Abrahams, were the exact opposite of John D. Samuel was eventually able to obtain rights to a concession in Borneo. The stratagem worked, as the Rothchilds renewed the contract on terms favorable to Shell. To help with his contract renewal negotiations with the Rothchilds, Marcus Samuel made it look like he was about to find alternative and significant oil supplies in Borneo. In addition, Shell’s contract with the Rothschilds’ Russian oil was to run out in October 1900, so the Samuels sent their nephew, Mark Abrahams, to Kutei on the east coast of Borneo to develop oil concessions. ![]() ![]() Threatened by Royal Dutch in the East & Standard Oil elsewhere, Shell needed its own production field and crude to protect its markets and investments. Shell's Quest for Crude Oil and Samuel’s Vision of Oil for Fuel What were the advantages of the merger?.Was Samuel spread too thin, or did he make too many mistakes?.What were some of Deterding’s unique attributes?.Does oil production really exist in a cultural vacuum?. ![]() What were some of Kessler’s challenges?. ![]() 5/18/2023 0 Comments Michener space![]() ![]() My husband gave this to me when we were dating - a surprise package sent in the mail through a secondhand bookstore. But he said in his 1992 memoirs that the circumstances of his birth remained cloudy and he did not know just when he was born or who his parents were. Michener's entry in Who's Who in America says he was born on Feb. ![]() ![]() Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, best known for its permanent collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings and a room containing Michener's own typewriter, books, and various memorabilia. Toward the end of his life, he created the Journey Prize, awarded annually for the year's best short story published by an emerging Canadian writer founded an MFA program now, named the Michener Center for Writers, at the University of Texas at Austin and made substantial contributions to the James A. His first novel, Tales of the South Pacific, which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. James Albert Michener is best known for his sweeping multi-generation historical fiction sagas, usually focusing on and titled after a particular geographical region. ![]() 5/14/2023 0 Comments Unaccustomed earth book review![]() Unaccustomed Earth is a collection of eight short stories, divided into two parts – first part having five unrelated short stories and the second part having three related stories, detailing the lives of Hema and Kaushik.Īmong many qualities that the work by Jhumpa Lahiri may exhibit, the one injustice that these short stories blatantly execute is being called short stories! Modern writers have become comfortable in calling full-length novellas as short stories. Her second collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, forms a considerable part of her fame as a writer. ![]() ![]() Jhumpa Lahiri, despite her very few publications, has become popular for her writing which is full of ‘diasporic urges’ and the dilemma of human relationships. ![]() |