![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This year, Isabella asks Emily to come with her but warns her about the abbey's odd quirks-like the fact that it's haunted by a lovelorn ghost.Įvery year on Ostara, all the townsfolk of Benevolence journey to nearby Mirror Lake, where they peer into the depths of the waters to see a moment of happiness from their coming year. When the winter festival of Imbolc draws near, Isabella makes preparations for her yearly pilgrimage to Lunarose Abbey, where she and her friends, since their Academy days, have always participated in the annual Imbolc play and kept candlelit vigil to the Rose Goddess. When Isabella meets the mysterious outcast shapeshifter, Emily, love begins to grow between the two women, but the chill of winter forewarns that not all is well in Benevolence. ![]() As the new village magicmaker, she's expected to cast only one spell a year in the sleepy village-something not even she could mess up. Isabella Fox has just moved to the charming little town of Benevolence. The Benevolence Tales, Volume 1 is a compilation of the full first three novellas in the Benevolence Tales series: Enter the magical world of Isabella Fox, mediocre witch for hire, and Emily Deer, outcast shapeshifter, and the charming little town of Benevolence, where these two women-in-love make their home. ![]()
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![]() Despite the fact that the south was still in the throes of racial prejudice and Stamps was at the forefront of the segregation, the young Maya Angelou appeared to enjoy a loving childhood. A tome that frequently features on banned book lists, I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings addresses issues of rape, racism and molestation, all of which Angelou was privy to during her adolescence and younger years.īorn Marguerite Johnson and often referred to as Ritie by her relatives, we learn about Angelou’s childhood in rural Arkansas where Maya and her older brother Bailey were taken to live with their grandmother following their parents’ divorce. ![]() The first in a six-strong series of autobiographies, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a depiction of Angelou’s life as a young girl in Stamps, Arkansas. And yet, it was only when I was at a loose end recently and perusing the shelves of Gertrude & Alice, that I decided to finally tick this much-loved memoir off my ever-expanding reading wish-list.Īs someone who has long been lauded as one of the most important voices of the 21st century, Maya Angelou is as well known for her activism as she was for her writing. ![]() ![]() How I managed to get to the ripe old age of 33 without reading any of Maya Angelou’s work is entirely beyond me, especially given that I wrote my university dissertation on black women writers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The author’s nuanced and lively narrative shows that a vigorous propaganda campaign by the Nazis, targeted toward tourists and other visitors, was hugely successful for years but became less so as the government tightened its control on the eve of World War II.įoreign diplomats and reporters followed events closely and generally understood what was going on. In her extraordinary and absorbing Travelers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism: 1919-1945, she tells their stories, often in their own words, as they “accidentally witnessed,” in varying degrees, the transformation of a government and its people before their eyes. ![]() Julia Boyd has done exhaustive research on these visitors and their firsthand accounts of their visits. ![]() Surprisingly few, it seems, had their minds changed as a direct result of their visits. Despite rumors and evidence of disturbing activity, many had made up their minds before they came of what they were to see-or not see. Years later, when those visitors looked back at their prewar visits, most genuinely claimed that they could not have been aware of the terrible actions of the Nazis. Foreigners continued to be captivated by Germany’s natural beauty, its strong cultural heritage in literature, music and philosophy, its technological advances and the friendliness of its citizens. In the years after World War I, as Hitler and his followers gained attention and then power in Germany, many foreign visitors, especially from Britain and the United States, poured into the country. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel goes back and forth from past to the present, further informing readers about how Addie survived on her own, the rules of her curse and the loneliness that drives her relationships. And for 300 years, she roams the earth alone, surviving on her cleverness, wit and charm until she runs into a bookstore clerk who remembers her. To rub salt in the wound, she is also immortal. 'I know his love': Shannon Lee shares father Bruce Lee's philosophies in 'Be Water, My Friend'īook review: Rumaan Alam's timely 'Leave the World Behind' is the best book you can read right now She is free of anyone’s memories, thoughts and opinions of her, which also bars her from making any meaningful connections. Her parents see her as a stranger, and no one can remember her for more than a night. No one can remember her the moment they leave the room or even turn the corner. In desperation, she escapes her wedding and makes a deal with the Dark for absolute freedom.īut instead of receiving a gift, Addie is cursed. However, after years of maneuvering and cleverly avoiding marriage, Addie is stuck when her parents finally find a match. It is she who teaches Addie how to pray to the gods – and those you don’t pray to after dark. As a child, she befriends the old spinster who lives at the edge of town and worships the old gods. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the only person who can see or hear Jamie is A.J., and with his history of mental illness, he’s unwilling to believe his own eyes. to set the record straight-Quinn was the real villain of the legend. Only now A.J.’s being haunted by the ghost of his beloved great-grandfather, Jamie “please don’t call him ‘Kid’” Gallagher, who wants A.J. Gallagher hasn’t had an easy life, but hard work and a return to his large, supportive family in his Alaskan hometown has helped him earn ten solid years of sobriety-one quiet, uneventful day at a time. ![]() Then a too-handsome man in a cowboy hat waltzes into Alison’s trailer, claiming to be the great-grandson of Kid Gallagher-and oh, by the way, Alison and the rest of the world have gotten the facts of America’s best-known legend completely wrong… Now “Quinn,” a big-budget Hollywood movie, is being made on location in Jubilation, Arizona, and Alison’s the historical consultant, making sure the production team gets the story right. Marshal Silas Quinn, who survived the infamous 1898 shootout at the Red Rock Saloon only to witness the murder of his wife, Melody, by the brutal outlaw Jamie “Kid” Gallagher in the desolate Arizona hills. Alison Carter wrote the definitive book on legendary American hero, U.S. ![]() ![]() Watching her journey (both emotionally and travel-wise) changed me. Trisha's internal battle over her student life and her future were SO. ![]() You see, this book came at such a perfect time for me. All the little nods to Humboldt County, and the immersive descriptions of Oregon, completely captured my heart.īut my favorite thing about this book was the message. From the very start of the story, when Tricia anxiously awaits her train, I could just feel the anticipation, from the darkness of the night, grayed by the streetlamps, to the mounting thrill of a new experience. Paul's goodness and chivalry was charming, and the two's romance was absolutely darling! Trisha's pressure in college, the life she wants compared to the life she has. If only her ex-boyfriend weren't on the train, too. Haunted by the stress of homework and classes, she gives in to her impulsive side - and ends up on a train to Oregon, longing to find renewed strength. ![]() ![]() Where Trains Collide tells the story of Trisha Knolane, a college student who has little hope of a happy ending. Trisha had a dream, a painted masterpiece of what her future might be - until all her hopes finally burnt out.Įver since I read my first Amber Stokes book back in 2016, I knew I needed more! So when Amber announced the release of her latest novella, Where Trains Collide, a couple months ago, I signed up as a reviewer without a moment's hesitation! And oh, my friends, I'm so glad I did. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was there that she decided her future lay in theater design. During vacations she helped out at the Ipswich Repertory Theatre workshop, mixing paints for set designers. As a teenager, she entered art school and basked in the pleasure of drawing, and nothing but drawing, all day. You ought to go and do illustrations-you're much more interested in the character, and we don't know who's going to play the part!" But sets and scenery, not books, remained Helen Oxenbury's preoccupation for several more years as she e Married to John Burninghamīorn in 1938 and growing up in Ipswich, England, Helen Oxenbury loved nothing more than drawing. While studying costume design, however, Helen Oxenbury was told by a teacher, "This is hopeless, you know. ![]() Married to John Burningham Born in 1938 and growing up in Ipswich, England, Helen Oxenbury loved nothing more than drawing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why did this knowledge reappear, and where had it gone during those intervening thousand years? Violet Muller answers these questions and more in her combination history / medieval travelogue, The Map of Knowledge. A millennium later, however, some of those texts would be rediscovered and go on to fuel the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Scientific Revolution. While the debate over the extent of continuity between Rome and its various “barbarian” successor states will likely remain for quite some time, one sharp break that cannot be denied is the loss of countless texts, most notably those of the ancient scientists and natural philosophers. There has been much scholarly discussion in recent decades over how “dark” the European Dark Ages really were. The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Most nights, she preferred to stay at home, snuggle on the couch with her cat, and drown herself in a bottle of wine. Going out was the last thing she wanted to do. She groaned, wondering why she had agreed to go out with Kiera and a few of her co-workers that evening. Let me just put on some makeup and I’ll be right down. Kiera: Where are you? It’s quarter after. Twenty-one years is a long time to have no family.Īs she was contemplating her shit life on that Friday in mid-August, she heard her cell phone buzzing on her desk. Yes, twenty-one years seems like a long time. In exactly one week, her parents would have been dead for twenty-one years. That’s all Olivia Adler could think about as she stood staring out the window of her office on the twentieth floor overlooking the Financial District of Boston. ![]() |