![]() ![]() If theatre, if music, if learning to grasp the very essence of life, is your thing, then this is your kind of book. That is, once having been given The All-clear. Responsibilities, most people call them like, i.e., looking out for his son, whom, as it so transpires, Phillip’s unable to visit until the ex-wife sees fit or, say, the rekindling of a love-affair with his psychiatrist, who’d been waiting patiently at home and let’s not forget that returning to England entails completing his undergraduate studies, they being the very basis of his year in Nancy in the first place. ![]() Save he, Phillip, the actor, didn’t take it, the permanent gig, given the many holes to be refilled back in England. For theatre has become his one true raison d’être and not since the days of Northern Soul has he been imbued with such a passion. ![]() ![]() Well, it wasn’t too many months ago Phillip Rowlings was living in France, in Nancy – was indeed a Nancy Boy, for one year only – by the end of which he obtained une carte blanche, or a permanent gig: the chance to tour the country on a professional footing, forming part of an acting troupe. (book 3 of The Rowlings Years, novella 1) ![]()
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![]() ![]() Agent: Kim Witherspoon, Inkwell Management. Driven by Katie’s witty observations and numerous missteps as she attempts to reconcile various aspects of her identity, this novel is smartly satirical and entertaining. She moves back home to Somerset to help her father start a glamping business, only to have her two worlds collide in unexpected ways. Then, just as Katie begins to feel like her dreams are within reach, with renewed confidence at work, possible new friends, and a potential love interest, she gets fired. ![]() Meanwhile, her controlling boss, Demeter, appears to be living the perfect life that Katie covets. Still, she’s intent on projecting an image of perfection, both to her family and her Instagram followers. Happy Never Afteris a soul-searching journey from despair to clarity and a forensic examination of our troubled times. ![]() She becomes isolated and often feels like she’s playing a role. the ashes of Jills epic breakdown comes this raw, funny, and uplifting exploration of our age of anxiety. ![]() But with her tight budget, peculiar roommates, long commute, and tedious work assignments, reality falls short of her expectations. Katie Brenner, a 26-year-old research associate at a branding agency in London, left her father’s farm in Somerset with the intention of living her dream life in the city. With her signature humor, bestselling author Kinsella ( Shopaholic to the Stars) explores the frequent disconnect between perception and reality in modern life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Libby tracks down an old girlfriend of Ben's, Diondra, who was pregnant at the time of the murders and disappeared. The story is told from a few points of view including the past. Many strange things surface - Ben was supposedly a Devil worshipper, her father was violent and wanted money, but we also find out her mother was going to lose the farm they all lived on because she owed money. They are convinced her brother Ben was wrongly convicted, and pay her to research the crime - talk to her brother, visit him in jail, talk to her estranged dad et cetera. She begins doing things for them for money. She meets a man called Lyle, who runs a Kill Club - a club for people who are obsessed with murders, killers and such. She is informed that money is almost over and begins to think what to do to get it back. Libby has no contact with her brother, is quite challenged and lives off of money people gave to help her when the case was popular. Her brother was convicted of the murders as Libby testified against him and sentenced to life in prison. When she was a child, Libby escaped a massacre in her own home, in which both of her sisters and her mother were killed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having a young black character from a lower income neighborhood will speak to so many kids. The magical aspect of both books in both books was fun and the good vs. Picked on for no other reason but who he is. It was reminiscent of Harry Potter with the kid who is an outsider, but special. But if she doesn’t stick it out and pass the tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton. No matter how hard she tries, Amari can’t seem to escape their intense doubt and scrutiny-especially once her supernaturally enhanced talent is deemed “illegal.” With an evil magician threatening the supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she’s an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. Now she must compete for a spot against kids who’ve known about magic their whole lives. ![]() So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton-if only she can wrap her head around the idea of magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural creatures all being real. ![]() Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. Ascension of the Phoenix Book Review | Action - Thriller Summary of Amari and the Night BrothersĪmari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. ![]() ![]() Enslavement is one of the keys to understanding the complex history of the church in America.
![]() ![]() ![]() Both an urgent, essential call to action and an uplifting love letter." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Readers will feel as if they are in conversation with a caring, respected expert guide who offers a hopeful, nourishing vision. ![]() "owerful guidance.Additional art beautifully enhances teachings and tales from many nations, personal reminiscences, fascinating natural history, and other enriching content. ![]() Smith smartly streamlines language while staying true to the narrative's core concepts.Crisp pen and ink wash illustrations by Navajo artist Neidhardt provide visual interest by depicting Skywoman's creation in comics spreads, Neidhardt both complements and elevates Smith's approachable prose." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this young readers adaptation of the 2013 adult bestseller of the same name by Potawatomi botanist Kimmerer, Smith, who is Cree and Lakota, breaks down myriad Indigenous nations' relationships with nature. ![]() ![]() She fills her days with visits with her longtime friends, a group of gently eccentric women who call themselves the Knit-Wits, and fills her nights cleaning at the aquarium. Erik was an 18-year-old golden boy when he vanished, and the police, although they found no body, believe he killed himself. But the unsealable wound is the disappearance 30 years ago of her only child. ![]() Her estranged brother has just died, with no reconciliation between them, and her beloved husband died a couple of years before from cancer. ![]() At age 70, she’s stoic but lives with layers of grief. Tova, too, has lived in the town for most of her life, in a house built by her father. What he can’t do is escape from captivity in a small public aquarium in the fictional town of Sowell Bay, near Puget Sound. A giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus, to be precise, and he is that-the novel opens with the first of several short chapters narrated in the first person (unlike the rest of the book) by the octopus himself, who can, as he points out, do many things we don’t know he can do. ![]() Tova Sullivan’s best friend is an octopus. A lonely woman discovers that sometimes humans don’t have all the answers. ![]() ![]() Margot stood apart from them, from these children who could never remember a time when there wasn’t rain and rain and rain. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. It had been raining for seven years thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun. ![]() ‘Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today, will it?’ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Each chapter highlights a different pitch, from the blazing fastball to the fluttering knuckleball to the slippery spitball. From the earliest days of the game, when Candy Cummings dreamed up the curveball while flinging clamshells on a Brooklyn beach, pitchers have never stopped innovating.In K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, Tyler Kepner traces the colorful stories and fascinating folklore behind the ten major pitches. ![]() Each pitch has its own history, evolving through the decades as the masters pass it down to the next generation. We can grip it and hold it so many different ways, and even the slightest calibration can turn an ordinary pitch into a weapon to thwart the greatest hitters in the world. NATIONAL BESTSELLER From The New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today.The baseball is an amazing plaything. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Khai is an excellent MC and a great representation for the Autism spectrum. I love romance series that are like this because if, for example, book one flops, at least you can redeem the series by hoping that book two is better. Non-Spoiler ReviewĪs mentioned in the summary, this book can be read as a standalone and not necessarily in sequence as could be inferred from the premise that it’s a sequel to TKQ. At first Khai doesn’t really like Esme, as she ruins his scheudule, and Esme doesn’t really understand Khai but their relationship blossoms and this book turns into a slow-to-warm-up romance. His mom decides to find a woman for him from Vietnam in order to make him fall in love and marry someone. Therefore, there are certain thinks he cannot tolerate, such as light touches, or things that need to be done a certain way, such as his schedule. This book follows Khai, Michael’s cousin mentioned briefly in TKQ, is on the Autism spectrum. Otherwise, this book could be considered a standalone. The only reason you would “need” to read TKQ is if you want some background or history on the characters mentioned such as Quan, Michael and Stella. The Bride Test takes place after The Kiss Quotient but is mutually exclusive. ![]() |