5/30/2023 0 Comments The book manhattan beach![]() ![]() a dreadnought of a World War II-era historical novel, bristling with armaments yet intimate in tone. In drawing from the classic catalog of New York stories, Manhattan Beach also takes its place among them. Manhattan Beach is a big gorgeous tribute to New York City and its seaport. But to focus on scattered imperfections would be like focusing on the litter of New York City streets while ignoring the wonder of the city itself. Especially at the beginning, Egan strains to convince readers of the authenticity of her story and intrusively references too many brand names and period details: Ivory Flakes for washing, automats, the 40-cent boxed chicken lunches that Anna buys at the Navy Yard. ![]() Manhattan Beach is ambitiously and deliciously plot-driven, and it boldly helps itself to a wide library of earlier New York stories. Like every good historical novel I've ever read, the storyline of this one is as hokey as hell and completely transporting. This is a big, traditional historical novel - in the manner of a Ken Follett or Herman Wouk. ![]()
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![]() Passage of the Year, by Alfred De Grazia (HTML at ) by Nancy Carol Joyner (PDF at )īlack on the Rainbow (New York: Pageant Press, c1952), by Dorothy Lee Dickens (page images at HathiTrust)īlood Sugar, by Jim DeFilippi (PDF at )ĭuck Alley (c1999), by Jim DeFilippi (PDF at ) Only When They're Little: The Story of an Appalachian Family (Boone, NC: Appalachian Consortium Press, c1985), by Kate Pickens Day, ed. The Puppet Master (included on a Baen CD image), by John Dalmas The Lion of Farside, by John Dalmas (HTML at Baen Ebooks) The Generals of October (electronic edition, 2007), by John T. ![]() Weed: A Novel (Evanston, IL: Regency Books, 1961), by Clarence L. The Arrangement of Space, by Martha Collins (HTML at CAPA)Ĭhoker's Son (New York: Comet Press Books, c1959), by Douglas Cook (page images at HathiTrust) Coleman (HTML and PDF with commentary at ) Sergeant Back Again (30th anniversary edition, c2009), by Charles A. Literature: American ( Go to start of category) ![]() Language and literature ( Go to start of category) R234 F37" ( Overview Include extended shelves) O4738 S4 2009 | The Online Books Page The Online Books Pageīrowsing Library of Congress Call Numbers ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Redwall recipes![]() ![]() The delicious silliness continues with Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook by Georgeann Brennan. My favorite recipe Boggis’s chicken from Fantastic Mr. The recipes range from labor-intensive to simple and are a lot of fun. ![]() Twit’s beard food from The Twits, Bogtrotter’s chocolate cake from Matilda, and even mosquito’s toes and wampfish roes most delicately fried from the Centipede’s rhyme in James and the Giant Peach (don’t worry, they’re toast with butter and sesame seeds). There are plenty of recipes from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory of course (lickable wallpaper!) but you’ll also find the Snozzcumbers and Frobscottle from The BFG, bird pie and Mr. We’ll start out with one of the best: Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipesby Felicity Dahl, recipes by Josie Fison. Like a heavenly mix of all that is good in this world, including chocolate. Here are five fabulous books of cookery based on actual books. But do you also love food? This post is for you. ![]() You’re on this site because you love reading, which has been thoroughly established. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Under the Stars by Laura Pavlov![]() ![]() Inflammatory titles like Does Anyone Else, Unpopular Opinion, or similar are not allowed.Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. ![]()
5/30/2023 0 Comments The call of ktulu book![]() ![]() Like most conventional wisdom, this is not quite accurate. The conventional wisdom within the role-playing design field is that Call of Cthulhu is the only role-playing game aside from Dungeons & Dragons (the overwhelmingly most popular role-playing rules set) that can support a continuous stream of profitable adventures. Such adventure material is relatively rare, and "pure" adventure books rarer still. ![]() Most role-playing supplements contain additional information on game rules or setting, or cover specific subjects such as weapons or genre emulation rather than present pre-scripted adventures or scenarios. Published adventures for the role-playing game Call of Cthulhu have remained unusually successful, both artistically and economically, in the role-playing game industry. ![]() "Puerile though the story was, old Zadok's insane earnestness and horror had communicated to me a mounting unrest. ![]() ![]() ![]() His heart was lined up but his words didn't get across. But no, men can be difficult to figure out and Lesto has been self contained and focused for years, has an image, and for whatever reason. ![]() He should be mature enough that when someone like Lesto focuses on him, it's solid. And that's a little hard to believe since Shemal is in his 40's. It was no wonder things fell apart and of course Shemal's confidence flagged. Lesto spent very little time with Shemal and in true man fashion never said much. ![]() While this was a nice continuation in the series, it didn't match the first. Once again bodies falling left and right. Thank goodness they were on the same page otherwise they wouldn't have survived. Both men walked away from each other, hurt, and in an odd twist of fate they meet up again, air their differences, and start all over. As I had read these two books back to back I couldn't pinpoint that meeting. Lesto and Shemal met in the first book but it was barely touched on. Because pirates love jewels and earrings of course! The muscle bound hunk in this story is Shemal, he of the thick thighs and even thicker long hair with a love of earrings. I was surprised to read Lesto's physical form: He wasn't this muscle bound warrior but instead a slim supple man with a core of strength. Lesto is the right hand of the high king - Advisor, military commander, and brother-in-law. ![]() The Pirate of Fathoms Deep is Lesto and Shemal's story. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Maisie dobbs to die but once![]() ![]() Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before. ![]() Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately.Foster a deeper understanding of the book.Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups.Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. A Brief LookĮVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. Winspear has also was a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist for her work and can be found as a top seller on Amazon. ![]() Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series is a New York Times Bestselling series with eight of her books making the list. Winspear's latest book will tug on reader's heartstrings and pull on their adrenaline while they investigate with Maisie to find out what happened to the young apprentice, and her beloved friend. Shortly after Britain declared war on Germany, Maise Dobbs investigates the disappearance of an apprentice all the while the threat of invasion from Germany arrives to England. ![]() To Die but Once, Jacqueline Winspear's latest novel in the Maisie Dobbs' universe is here to set readers on the edge of their seats once more. To Die but Once by Jacqueline Conversation Starters ![]() ![]() * Translations of rare fragments, first time in digital publishing Mair’s translations, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Callimachus * Concise introduction to Callimachus and his works * Features the complete extant works of Callimachus, in both English translation and the original Greek * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Callimachus’ life and works ![]() ![]() This comprehensive eBook presents Callimachus’ complete extant works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. ![]() A master of the short poetic form, Callimachus rejected epics modelled after Homer, setting a literary trend for miniaturistic detail. Callimachus of Cyrene, famed scholar of the Library of Alexandria, was among the most productive and influential poets of the Hellenistic age. ![]() ![]() ![]() She has also been awarded the Thriller Writer’s Silver Bullet for charitable enterprises. In 2003, she was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Romance Writers of America. ![]() Heather has won several prestigious awards, which is really no surprise given what skillful and talented an author she is. She also creates characters with paranormal abilities, and does a great job at integrating their abilities to the day to day occurrences of life, which is not something that many authors can boast of. She has written romance, vampire fiction, occult, time travel, and Christmas books. Heather’s works are very diverse in nature. Heather is married and is a mother of five. Some of her earliest works were horror stories although she would later become a renowned romance author. With so much free time in her hands, she took up writing to keep herself busy. ![]() It was a rough time for her, and she eventually quit work to be a stay- at- home mother. Upon completion of her studies, she started working in a night theatre, as a backup singer and a bartender. She then went to the University of South Florida, where she pursued a degree in theatre arts. She married Dennis Pozzessere a short while after graduating from high school. Heather was born on the 15th of March in 1963 in the Miami- Dade County, Florida. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Sharon m draper melody![]() ![]() A place where she can trek through a forest, fly on a zip line, and even ride on a horse! A place where maybe she really can finally make a real friend, make her own decisions, and even do things on her own! By the light of flickering campfires and the power of thunderstorms, through the terror of unexpected creatures in cabins and the first sparkle of a crush, Melody’s about to discover how brave and strong she really is. There have to be camps for kids with disabilities like her, and she’s going to sleuth one out. And now with her Medi-talker communication device, she feels nothing’s out of her reach, not even summer camp. Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is a year older, and a year braver. Melody faces her fears to follow her passion in this stunning sequel to the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling middle grade novel Out of My Mind. ![]() |
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