![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. If you new adult romance, you'll enjoy this book.īuy California Homecoming, the third book in the California Coast Romance Series, and find out if love can triumph adversity. With a low-level job and a transient motel for a home, Hunter isn't sure life is worth living.Ĭalifornia Homecoming is a story about two wounded people learning to trust again and opening their hearts to the possibility of love. ![]() His prosthetic leg allows him to run, but keeps him from his childhood passion, surfing. Finding a job is tough and housing doesn't come cheap in Costanoa. But a pretty and pregnant woman beats him to it. Hunter Evans' first plan after returning to his favorite town on California's Central Coast is to buy back his childhood home. Will she get the inn open in time to have this baby? She can't cook or fix a leaky faucet and in her condition landscaping is out of the question. She decides to go it alone, but she may not be up to the job. Her unexpected pregnancy tore them apart when he wanted nothing to do with a baby. ![]() Sarah Ladina dreamt of building a world-class destination inn with her boyfriend, Rick. Can they find a way past their wounds to trust each other? He's a recently returned veteran, trying to recreate his life but hampered by physical injury and PTSD. She's a single pregnant college graduate who has purchased a rundown Victorian to create an inn on the California coast. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “Diabolical Dragons Daintily Devouring Delicious Delicacies” It is also a huge testament to the depth and breadth of Graeme Base’s genius.Įach illustration centres around its main characters who are surrounded by a cornucopia of other things, figures and objects, all beginning with the respective alphabet letter. It abounds in references, including from Music (can you spot a nod to Jethro Tull’s “Heavy Horses” album cover?) and Politics (like “No Nukes for NZ” newspaper article on “N”) and more.įun with “Animalia” is proportional to its reader’s desire to engage with detail and is relative to the depth and breadth of their intellect. “Animalia” will appeal to your intelligence in Literature, History, Arts, and Sciences. Animalia went gangbusters in Australia and the US, and turned a hobby into a career.” Įach letter of the alphabet presents a hilarious absurd idea communicated through a complex alliterated sentence, which is then replicated visually in an insanely detailed illustration rich with graphic puns and visual riddles. ![]() Graeme Base refers to it as “the book that changed my life. First published in 1986, it has sold over 3 million copies worldwide and counting. ![]() It was included in the 1987 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year Honour List. Animalia – the creation of Graeme Base’s genius – is infinitely more than just an ABC book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bondage and Freedom is not a mere updating of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass of 1845 rather, it is an extensive revision of that one great tale Douglass believed he must tell–the story of himself.Ī quite different person–a much more mature, politicized writer–crafted Bondage and Freedom, as opposed to the twenty-seven-year-old orator of 1845 who needed to establish his identity through literacy. In long form, it was the masterpiece of his writing life, a work that modern scholars have given a prominent place in the literary American renaissance. Late in 1854, and especially during the first half of 1855, Frederick Douglass spent many weeks at his desk writing his ultimate declaration of independence, My Bondage and My Freedom, his second, more thorough and revealing autobiography. ![]() ![]() ![]() I know that I have too many things cluttering up my life, and as I was reading, I found myself getting rid of some things I hadn't used in years and probably never would use. I could have done without that.Īll of that said, I did find some good points in the book, and reading it did make me think about my life and some changes I could make to it. ![]() This book is an advertisement for Apple and its products. If finding a minimalism lifestyle worked for him, that's great, but I doubt that it would be a common cure for alcoholism, as he implies. Sasaki writes about being an alcoholic (he doesn't use the term but, to me, getting drunk every night and going to work hung over the next morning is being an alcoholic) before finding minimalism. Minimalism is the one true religion and you can change your life for the better by converting to minimalism. ![]() Reading Goodbye Things, I felt as if I was listening to a combination TV preacher and motivational speaker. In a way, it's the same deal - just going in another direction. However, he's gained an identity as a minimalist by giving things up. Sasaki writes about people gaining an identity through the things they have. In fact, the book could have almost been condensed to the "55 tips to help you say goodbye to your things" on the last few pages of the book. A good editor could have cut this book down to the length of a magazine article, added a few of the book's photographs, and nothing much would have been lost. Sasaki writes about minimalism in maximalist manner. ![]() ![]() ![]() "A wonderful winter-themed fractured fairy tale with so many clever details that kids will want to read again and again. ISBN: 9780385370066 Author: Lazar, Tara / Cummings, Troy (ILT) Binding: Hardcover Fiction/ Nonfiction: Fiction Subject: Fables, Folklore and Fairy Tales. "No skating on thin ice here-it's a winner." - Kirkus Reviews Lazar packs her story with fairy tale-based jokes.Cummings's cartoons feel as slick as ice, creating a playful backdrop for Lazar's wintry nursery rhyme punning." - Publisher's Weekly "An icy enchanted forest is home to a bevy of fairy tale characters, including Little Red Gliding Hood, an ice skater set on winning a new pair of skates in a skating competition. This one begs to be read, both over the river and through the woods." -Booklist, Starred "The reliably fun concept of odd-couple ice skaters is perfectly meshed into a clever narrative enhanced by candy-colored artwork ripe with inside jokes. ![]() ![]() ![]() I would absolutely keep going on this dark, hilarious and frequently just-plain-lovely journey. Finally, even though this book has an incredibly satisfying ending, I have to admit I really hope this becomes a franchise. I’m neither a teenager nor a girl - and it’s been a while since I was sent against my will to a government-sponsored off-book summer camp for teenage assassins (long story) - but I felt seen by this novel and couldn’t help but feel immersed in its dark and twisted world. Every time I thought I knew where the plot was going, or what choices Signal would make, Teen Killers Club surprised me at every turn. Personally, it can be tough to get through a first-person novel where you feel one step ahead of the protagonist - if I wanted to feel trapped in the head of a dummy I’d meditate more! - but not here. About the Book Title: The Devils You Know Author: M.C. ![]() Lily Sparks really knows how to write, and her hero Signal Deere is the best combination of clever and intelligent. ![]() ![]() Teen Killers Club achieves that rare feat of delivering all the things I want from YA thrillers - imaginative concepts, rich interior lives of young people, impossible crushes - but elevates it all with smart writing, existential questions, and crackling humor. ![]() ![]() ![]() While Vice-Principal Barbara is doing everything she can to execute the Constant UpGrade program (#CUG) and achieve the goal of a perfect school-ever higher test scores, ever fewer discipline problems, ever cheaper and more efficient to run-Max and Fuzzy are getting to know one another and become friends, as much as a human being can become friends with a fuzzy logic robot. Max, short for Maxine, is tired of Vice-Prinicpal Barbara and her constantly issued discipline tags (which are sent automatically and immediately to parents), but Max is also fascinated by the new student, Fuzzy, and the possibilities inherent in a robot student who re-programs himself in response to new data. And Vanguard One Middle School is nearly under the complete control of other, more specifically tasked robots, in particular Vice-Principal Barbara who practically runs the entire school from her secret control center in Room 43. ![]() Vanguard One Middle School has a new student: Fuzzy, a state-of-the-art, highly intelligent robot with speech recognition language processing, facial recognition software, and fuzzy logic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mercy loves to paint and is absorbed in her inner life, Robin is practical and conventional. ![]() The party are an apparently ill-matched couple in Mercy and Robin Garrett, and their three children. It begins with a holiday by a lake in 1959. There are family secrets and rivalries, awkward get-togethers, tensions and estrangements, precious moments of connection. This leads into the story of the Garrett family, told over three generations, beginning in the fifties and ending during the pandemic.Įach chapter relates a different event and period. ![]() French Braid begins in 2010 as a young couple return on a train from a family visit, discussing their different backgrounds and how they have been shaped by them. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s fun to experience their versatility and the varied skills they showcase.” “The actors have gone above and beyond anything I expected!” exclaims Brooks. “Brody is the main one who composed the music, and I worked as music director.” Both students also play roles in the show. “This adaptation of ‘Oliver Twist’ was originally performed with music, but it doesn’t have to be performed that way,” says sophomore Charlie Rice, who worked alongside junior Brody Harlan to incorporate the music into the show. ![]() ![]() In addition to humor, the audience will be treated to original music throughout the production. It’s fun to have the villains be just hilariously bad.” They are comic relief throughout the entire show. They’re hilarious! I’m so excited for people to see what they’ve done. “I’ve given them an opportunity to create their own material. “The actors incorporate genuine humor that I was not expecting them to find.” Seniors Laura Blankenship and Nini Hutcherson play two of the protagonists in the story – Mr. “He’s an orphan going through terrible things until he finds happiness.”ĭespite the story’s darkness, Brooks says the production has been a joy. “The story is a little dark,” says Morgan Brooks, show director. Based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens and adapted for the stage by playwright Neil Bartlett in 2004, the story follows the tragic life of an orphan, Oliver Twist. Reinhardt University Theater welcomes “Oliver Twist” on Feb. ![]() ![]() Fans of The Land enjoy the fact that the author, Aleron Kong, combines humour with very detailed RPG mechanics. "Absolutely anything." Welcome my friends! Welcome. Aleron Kong is the bestselling LitRPG author, with his Chaos Seeds series also known as The Land having sold over 1m copies. His lips pulled back in a blood-streaked smile. The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga Hardcover Novemby Aleron Kong (Author) 7,431 ratings Book 1 of 8: Chaos Seeds See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles 2.99 to buy Audiobook 0. What would YOU do if you were transported into your favorite video game? What would YOU do if the gore, adventure and pain became real? What would YOU do to win? Richter confronted these questions while an enemy lay savaged and screaming at his feet. Unofficial Hall of Records for The Land by Aleron Kong. ![]() The 50 Best Rapper Mixtapes By Ernest Baker, Alysa Lechner, David Drake. He was confronted not only with a life and death struggle, but also with questions that would define his very soul. These are beats like Drakes Pound Cake, M. until he found that nightmares walked The Land. ![]() Aleron Kong, the Father of American LitRPG! #1 in Cyberpunk and Video Game Science Fiction! Over EIGHTEEN HUNDRED positive reviews on Goodreads!!! When Richter was drawn into the greatest virtual reality MMORPG ever created, it seemed like a dream come true. ![]() |