![]() ![]() With one life left behind and chaos on the horizon, Tamsen struggles to adapt to a life for which she was never prepared. ![]() ![]() The State of Franklin has been declared, but many remain loyal to North Carolina. ![]() With trouble in pursuit, Tamsen and Jesse find themselves thrust into the conflict of a divided community of Overmountain settlers. As the two cross a vast mountain wilderness, Tamsen faces hardships that test the limits of her faith and endurance.Ĭonvinced that Tamsen has been kidnapped, wealthy suitor Ambrose Kincaid follows after her, in company with her equally determined stepfather. But shedding her old life doesn’t come without cost. Western North Carolina, 1787 To escape a threatening stepfather and an unwanted marriage, Tamsen Littlejohn enlists the aid of Jesse Bird, a frontiersman she barely knows, to spirit her away from Morganton, North Carolina, west beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains. Forsaking security and an arranged marriage, she enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the Watauga settlement in western North Carolina. Ze krijgt hulp van de mysterieuze pionier Jesse Bird bij het oversteken van de Blue Ridge Mountains en dat is. In an act of brave defiance, Tamsen Littlejohn escapes the life her harsh stepfather has forced upon her. Vertaling van: The pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn AanschafInfo: North Carolina, 1787: als Tamsen Littlejohn op een dag getuige is van de moord op haar moeder door haar stiefvader, ontvlucht ze hem en het door hem gearrangeerde huwelijk. Frontier dangers cannot hold a candle to the risks one woman takes by falling in love ![]()
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![]() Danny and Audrey struggle with their new life together, and must face not only their own internal demons, but a catastrophe that will soon rip apart everything they think they know about themselves and each other.” (Goodreads) When Audrey and Danny meet and fall in love, it seems like the best version of fate.īut love is only the beginning, as Danny loses a leg in the Battle of the Somme, and returns home to Halifax with Audrey, only to discover that he’s unable to leave the war behind. Audrey Poulin is alone in the world, and struggling to survive the war in the French countryside. It’s 1916, and the last thing Nova Scotian soldier Danny Baker expects to find in war-torn France is the love of his life. “ A novel of love, loss, and honour amidst the horrors of war and its aftermath. ![]() ![]() Tides of Honour by Genevieve Graham (audiobook narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Part 2 (Chapters 3–5) Klein discusses the devastating effects of neoliberalization in Chile and Argentina and how state terrorism was an integral part of its spread and implementation. To be clear, Klein positions Friedman as a shock doctor that first tested his economic theory in the laboratory that Chile provided after the coup of 1973. ![]() She likens Cameron's attempts to use electroshock therapy to cure mental disorders by deprogramming and reprogramming the human brain to Friedman's neoliberal project to deregulate and restructure economies. Klein begins in Part 1 (Chapters 1 and 2) with a comparison between Ewen Cameron of McGill University and Milton Friedman. ![]() In The Shock Doctrine, Klein presents a scathing critique of the history of neoliberalism, which she contends has developed into the noxious phenomenon of disaster capitalism. From the tsunami-swept shores of Sri Lanka to the flooded city of New Orleans to the war in Iraq, Klein examines how natural and human-produced disasters have become virtual capitalist feeding frenzies. Taking a more comprehensive look at the global economy than she did in her first book, No Logo, which helped spur the anti-globalization movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s, Naomi Klein exposes the latest frontier of neoliberalism: disaster capitalism. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism ![]() ![]() ![]() As their season progresses and friends turn out to be enemies, Robbie finds solace in an online stranger known only as "Jimmy2416." Between keeping Robbie's secret and saving him from taking his life, Tristan is given the final call: sacrifice his dream for a brother he barely knows, or pursue his own path. Jerkbait Mia Siegert North Star Editions, Inc. Robbie's future in the NHL is plagued by anxiety and the mounting pressure from their dad, coach, and scouts, while Tristan desperately fights to create his own future, not as a hockey player but a musical theatre performer. Tristan starts seeing his twin not as a hockey star whose shadow Tristan can't escape, but a struggling gay teen terrified about coming out in the professional sports world. ![]() ![]() Forced to share a room to prevent Robbie from hurting himself, the brothers begin to feel the weight of each other's lives on the ice, and off. Siegert currently works as an adjunct professor and a costume designer. A short reading of JERKBAIT was performed by the New Jersey Playwrights Association where it was tremendously received. Even though they're identical, Tristan isn't close to his twin Robbie at all-until Robbie tries to kill himself. Mia Siegert has been published in Clapboard House, Word Riot, The Limn Literary & Arts Journal as well as a few other small presses. ![]() ![]() ![]() We are more than brothers because we chose each other as brothers. Because of that, you can make fun of me, I can cry in front of you, I can ask you anything. You lived at my house, I watched you grow up and you watched me. We’re the same age, we were circumcised on the same day. They have shared everything together, as Mademba explains: Alfa’s Patroclus, his “more-than-brother” (like the Iliad their relationship is difficult to pin down) is Mademba Diop, whose mother adopted Alfa when his own mother vanished. There is more than a little of Achilles’ wrath in Alfa Ndiaye, the narrator of this short and immaculate novel of two 20-year-old Senegalese men fighting on the Western Front in France. The epic poem begins, “Wrath – sing, goddess, of the ruinous wrath of Peleus’ son Achilles”, and over twenty four books rarely wavers from this focus. ![]() In the Iliad, the Greek hero Achilles finally goes mad with rage when his beloved companion Patroclus is killed on the battlefield of Troy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than punish Utnapishtim for his disobedience, Enlil, King of the gods, granted the mortal eternal life and banished him to the island of Dilmun. He advised one of his devotees, Utnapishtim, to build a quadrangular boat to house humans and animals, and saved these living creatures from the Flood. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. I remember days of desperation.'Ī long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. Men just went on multiplying and the noise they made was ever more irksome. It came at the end of a long, tormented story. ![]() 'The Flood didn't come suddenly as a big surprise. A beguiling new reimagining of one of the most ancient and mysterious origin myths of human civilization ![]() ![]() ![]() She lives in the Bay Area and New York City. She has two children and is married to the novelist and screenwriter Rafael Yglesias. Her father was Jewish and her mother was from a Christian background. Her brother, George Packer, is a novelist, journalist, and playwright. Her uncle, George Huddleston, Jr., and her grandfather, George Huddleston, Sr., were congressmen from Alabama. In 1969, when Ann was 10 years old, he suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body. Her father was on the faculty of Stanford Law School, where he highlighted the tensions between Due Process and Crime Control. Her mother was a student of the historian/novelist Wallace Stegner at the Stanford Writing Program Nancy Packer later joined the Stanford faculty as professor of English and creative writing. She is the daughter of Stanford University professors Herbert L. She is the recipient of a James Michener Award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Ann Packer at the 2008 Texas Book Festival.Īnn Packer (born 1959) is an American novelist and short story writer, perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed first novel The Dive From Clausen's Pier. ![]() ![]() ![]() All of these allow them to go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t. When they’re not attending the local boarding school, they’re honing their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. Operating out of a base in Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from various parts of the world. ![]() Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret MI6 agency. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. ![]() The first three books are now together in a collectible paperback boxed set! The City Spies are back five young people all from different parts of the world, each with a unique skillset (a hacker, a magician, a codebreaker, a rebel and a genius) are all part of a MI6 special secret operative. In this thrilling and bestselling series Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read” from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, five kids from all over the world become real-life spies-perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. ![]() ![]() He becomes close with Frances the following week, and even lends her money to keep her in the boarding house. One of the tenants, Masurewicz, asks Walter if the large rat had a human face. He seeks assistance from the manager, but he refuses to help. He hears shrill screaming and rushes to help his neighbor, Frances, to find that she was being chased by a large rat. ![]() University student Walter Gilman moves to a very cheap room in an old boarding house. Ezra Godden had previously starred in another Stuart Gordon-directed Lovecraft adaptation, Dagon, based on Lovecraft's novella The Shadow over Innsmouth. It originally aired in North America on November 4, 2005. ![]() It is adapted from the short story " The Dreams in the Witch House" by American horror author H. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House" is the second episode of the first season of Masters of Horror, directed by Stuart Gordon. 2nd episode of the 1st season of Masters of Horror " H. ![]() ![]() ![]() He looked at a lifetime of notations on a collection of whiteboards, lines of meticulously maintained tools for his engineering projects, and glowing vats waiting for his next minion. “Hert,” Evan said as the girls ran into his lab and stopped next to the Agree-With-Me Ray with appreciative “oo’s” and “ah’s.” “The lasers are out in the desert for Minion Field Day, sir.” “And the knives,” Evan said as he hurried down the stairs. “Yes, Daddy!” they chorused before rushing Hert like the offensive line at the Pro-Bowl and charging down the stairs. Only touch something if Daddy says it’s okay. ![]() ![]() “Even if I ignored the laws, what could they do?” “Will you go to your lab? Please?”Įvan groaned in dismay. He needed to win the election, if nothing else he needed the Secret Service guarding his girls before they went to school. Is Daddy in the lab, sweetheart?”īlessing tilted her head to the side in an exact imitation of her mother. ![]() |