![]() ![]() One thing is certain: she's learned how to fight evil. Gwen Proctor must keep friends close and enemies at bay to avoid being exposed-or watch her kids fall victim to a killer who takes pleasure in tormenting her. But just when she's starting to feel at ease in her new identity, a body turns up in the lake-and threatening letters start arriving from an all-too-familiar address. Though still the target of stalkers and Internet trolls who think she had something to do with her husband's crimes, Gwen dares to think her kids can finally grow up in peace. ![]() ![]() You also get a ONE DAY ONLY DEAL for book 1 in the Stillhouse Lake series for. With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. German Readers: You can purchase books 2-5 in the Stillhouse Lake series for just 1.99 EUR all month long. ![]() But when a car accident reveals her husband's secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor-the ultimate warrior mom. Gina Royal is the definition of average-a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. An Amazon Charts and USA Today bestseller. In Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine, Gwen Proctor, ex-wife of serial killer Melvin Royal, believes she has found a place where she can safely live with her. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On an early morning in late June, he is bright and bubbly, talking effusively about his writing and bouncing between topics with that palpable joy that is so characteristic of his work. There Michael struggles with romantic relationships and defining the boundaries of identity, finally finding himself in drag culture.ĭean met me over Zoom to talk about the craft of verse novels, building traditions, and accessibility in literature. His debut novel, The Black Flamingo (2019), follows his explosive poetry collection- I Am Nobody’s Nigger (2013)-and tells the somewhat autobiographical story of a Greek-Cypriot Jamaican-British mixed-race queer boy as he leaves school and goes to university. Following in the footsteps of names like Jacqueline Woodson and Elizabeth Acevedo, he is now one of the YA authors making poetry cool again through #ownvoices verse novels. Weaned on spoken word and online poetry culture, Dean rose to internet fame when he wrote a poem titled “I am Nobody’s Nigger” following the death of Stephen Lawrence. Dean Atta is a Greek-Cypriot Jamaican-British poet who was named one of the most influential LGBT people in Britain by the Independent on Sunday. ![]() ![]() A deeply thematic novel "Kokoro" provides an excellent introduction to one of Japan's most beloved authors, Natsume Soseki. The third part of the novel recounts a letter that the narrator receives from the "Sensei," which describes the circumstances that caused his loss of faith in humanity and the guilt he feels over the death of a childhood friend which drives him to the reclusive life that he has led. In the second part of the novel the narrator graduates from college and returns home to await the death of his father. In the first part we find the narrator attending university where he befriends an older man, known only as "Sensei," who lives a largely reclusive life. Divided into three parts "Sensei and I," "My Parents and I," and "Sensei and His Testament," the novel explores the themes of loneliness and isolation. ![]() ![]() Literally meaning "heart", the Japanese word "kokoro" can be more distinctly translated as "the heart of things" or "feeling." Natsume Soseki's 1914 novel, which was originally published in serial format in a Japanese newspaper, "Kokoro" deals with the transition from the Japanese Meiji society to the modern era. Kokoro is a 1914 novel by Japanese author Natsume Sseki. ![]() ![]() “He is not only a Hugo and a Dickens, but also a Galsworthy, a Mann, a Zola, and a Jules Romain.” - London Review of Books ![]() “As a citizen Naguib Mahfouz sees civility and the continuity of a transnational, abiding, Egyptian personality in his work as perhaps surviving the debilitating processes of conflict and historical degeneration which he, more than anyone else I have read, has so powerfully depicted.” -Edward Said “One of the greatest creative talents in the realm of the novel in the world.” -Nadine Gordimer
![]() The story centers itself around three main themes: parent-child relationship, feminism and colonial influence on Caribbean culture. As Annie grows she experiences knew facets of her culture through the diverse adventures she partakes in and many friendships she forms. ![]() At first, the book shows the strong bond between a young girl and her mother, but as she searches for her own identity, we see this girl gradually distance herself from her family. The book is a coming of age story as it depicts the life of a young girl named Annie John as she shifts from her childhood to her adolescence. ![]() ![]() Annie John is a novel written by Jamaica Kincaid in 1985. ![]() ![]() The Kung San (or Bushmen) of the Kalahari Desert are generally depicted as being a very peaceful community. The encounter with civilisation, far from introducing aggressive warfare to the peaceful primitives, generally served to pacify their murderous tendencies. The truth of the matter is that since the advent of humanity violence has been commonplace and lethal, with a large percentage of all adult males of all bands and tribes being involved at some stage in their lifetime in homicidal incidents. They seem to have adopted the views of Jean-Jacque Rousseau, who believed that “nothing could be more gentle” than man in his natural state. ![]() Keeley describes in great detail how archaeologists have artificially “pacified the past” and, in spite of compelling evidence, denied the possibility of prehistoric warfare. Keeley, exposes the myth of the peaceful savage. ![]() A 1996 book, “War before Civilisation” by Lawrence H. ![]() ![]() He worked on the at The New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, and his stories appeared in these magazines and many others. Biography: Jeff Brown was a story editor and assistant film producer in Hollywood.He won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Blown Away and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway medal for GRRRRR! His other books include Odd Dog Out (Aug 2016) and Sunk! (March 2017). Rob Biddulph is a bestselling and award-winning children's book author and illustrator. ![]() Jeff created the classic character Flat Stanley, whose adventures have been beloved by children around the world for more than 50 years. ![]() Jeff Brown was a story editor and assistant film producer in Hollywood. It's not every Christmas you get flown to the North Pole to meet Santa.īut Santa is fed up. With brilliant new illustrations by the award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph.Īmazing things always happen to Stanley Lambchop. ![]() Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo The hilarious and magical adventures of everyone's favourite flat hero - Flat Stanley. ![]() ![]() Geoff Johnss bestselling and critically acclaimed Green Lantern epic continues! "Rage of the Red Lanterns!" Collects Green Lantern (2005-2011 3rd Series) #26-38 and Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns (2008). If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. Tomasi, and Sterling Gates.Īrt by Ivan Reis, Daniel Acuna, Pascal Alixe, Oclair Albert, Patrick Gleason, Angel Unzueta, Prentis Rollins, Dustin Nguyen, Rodney Ramos, Vicente Cifuentes, Drew Geraci, Jamal Igle, Jerry Ordway, Pete Woods, Dave Gibbons, Julio Ferreira, Rob Hunter, Marlo Alquiza, and Ethan Van Sciver. Written by Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons, Peter J. ![]() The Sinestro Corps War is here! Sinestro has gathered an army of soldiers fueled by the fear they instill in others, including Arkillo, Karu-Sil, Cyborg Superman, and more of the most terrifying villains the universe has ever seen! Trapped in the Sinestro Corps' Citadel, Hal Jordan must find the will-power to face these terrible foes. "Sinestro Corps War!" Collects Green Lantern (2005-2011 3rd Series) #21-25, Green Lantern Corps (2006-2011) #14-18, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special (2007), Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman Prime (2007) and Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Secret Files (2007). ![]() ![]() ![]() Her life story offers an inspiring lesson: that disagreeing doesn’t make you disagreeable, and that important change happens one disagreement at a time. Debbie graciously agreed to an interview, and I was thrilled! So for all of you who want to learn about this top notch author, read along!ĮL: Why RBG? Were you interested in her before you started your research?ĭL: Why RBG?! Really, we (by which I mean the team at Simon & Schuster, my agent, me) were surprised to realize there wasn’t a picture book about Ruth Bader Ginsburg before this one! She is such a great role model-someone who’s been dissenting from unfairness since she was a kid, who’s been a path-breaker and a change-maker by challenging outmoded ways of thinking and by calling out injustice where she sees it. Lucky for me (and all of us), Debbie Levy is not only a talented author, but she is also a genuinely good and generous person. ![]() I am amazed at all the wonderful titles out there! When I happened upon Debbie Levy’s I Dissent, the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I knew I had to not only read it and use it in my classes, but I had to find out more about the author. As someone who is trying to break into non-fiction writing for kids, I have been reading as many non-fiction books as I can get my hands on. ![]() ![]() As the Belgica’s men teetered on the brink, de Gerlache relied increasingly on two young officers whose friendship had blossomed in captivity: the expedition’s lone American, Dr. ![]() In Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Julian Sancton unfolds an epic story of adventure and horror for the ages. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness and besieged by monotony, they descended into madness. When the sun set on the magnificent polar landscape one last time, the ship’s occupants were condemned to months of endless night. ![]() De Gerlache sailed on, and soon the Belgica was stuck fast in the icy hold of the Bellingshausen Sea. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica.īut de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. ![]() ![]() Sancton has produced a thriller.”- The Wall Street Journal “The energy of the narrative never flags. The “exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing” ( The New York Times) true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry-with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. ![]() |