6/12/2023 0 Comments The secret lake by karen inglis![]() ![]() It was such a joy to reconnect with the characters again (they had been waiting very patiently!). 'Return to the Secret Lake' (for ages 8-12 and twice the length of book one) finally came out in March 2022. Needless to say, it really makes me smile that our children still love a traditional adventure story! ![]() It hit the UK bestseller lists in 2018-19, seven years after publication, and has now been enjoyed in print by over 400,000 children and is in translation in nine countries. ![]() In my first children's book, The Secret Lake, Stella (aged 11) and Tom (aged 8), while trying to find their elderly neighbour's missing dog, discover a time tunnel and secret lake that take them to their home and the children living there 100 years in the past. I have two boys, George and Nick (all grown up now!) who inspired me to write when they were younger. I'm an international bestselling children's author based in London, UK and I write for children from ages 3-11. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments The Gangster by C.S. Poe![]() ![]() This might be their most wild adventure yet, but criminal undergrounds can't compare to the dangers of the heart. ![]() But when Gillian's residence is broken into by a magical mechanical man who tries to murder him on behalf of Tick Tock, he and Gunner must immediately investigate the city's ruthless street gangs before the illegal magic becomes a threat that cannot be contained. ![]() The two men stand on the cusp of a romance that needs to be explored intimately and privately. Poe (Author) 348 ratings Book 2 of 3: Magic & Steam Kindle 3.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 14.99 1 Used from 16.86 6 New from 14. This report complicates Gillian's holiday plans, specifically those with infamous outlaw, Gunner the Deadly, who promised they'd ring in 1882 together. Poe The Gangster (Magic & Steam) Paperback Januby C.S. Now back in New York City, Gillian makes an arrest on New Year's Eve that leads to information on a gangster, known only as Tick Tock, who's perfected utilizing elemental magic ammunition. 1881 - Special Agent Gillian Hamilton, magic caster for the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam, has recovered from injuries obtained while in Shallow Grave, Arizona. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments An Honorable Thief by Anne Gracie![]() Now Leo must enter society to protect Clarissa from fortune hunters, and try not to be driven mad by the sharp-witted, rebellious, and intoxicating Izzy. But when he returns, he''s infuriated to discover that Izzy and Clarissa have launched themselves into society - with tremendous success! There''s no going back. Called away to his country estate, Leo instructs the young ladies to stay quietly at home. Even worse, sparks fly every time Leo and Izzy interact. To Leo’s frustration, nothing will convince them otherwise. However, the girls are devoted to each other and despite the risk of scandal if Izzy’s parentage is discovered, they refuse to be separated. Her lowly birth makes her quite unacceptable in London’s aristocratic circles. Leo must find Clarissa a suitable husband, but her illegitimate half sister, Izzy, is quite another matter. ![]() Even worse, his wealthy ward has brought her half-sister, the beautiful but penniless Isobel, with her. Recently returned to England, Leo, the new Earl of Salcott, discovers he''s been thrust into the role of guardian to an heiress, the daughter of a notorious rake. An earl is forced to play matchmaker for the daughters of a rake in a smart and witty new Regency romance from the national bestselling author of The Scoundrel’s Daughter. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Spqr beard review![]() Beard discusses the written sources for this period-Roman historians such as Livy, who were writing hundreds of years later-and says they had no direct evidence about this time, and were relying on tradition. There is compelling evidence that early Rome was ruled by kings, as the legends say, but no one knows for certain whether the seven kings of legend actually existed. Much of the evidence for the early period of Roman history is archaeological, and archaeologists disagree on exactly how old their discoveries are. In a fascinating section early in the book, Beard discusses various legends about the founding of Rome, including the stories of Aeneas and Romulus and Remus, and says they are just that-legends, with no historical truth to them. ![]() SPQR (the title stands for “The Senate and People of Rome”) covers the period from 753 BCE, the supposed date of the founding of Rome, to 212 CE, when the emperor Caracalla granted Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire. It is impossible, in a brief review, to do justice to Beard’s achievement. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome is a monumental work by the historian Mary Beard. ![]() ![]() ![]() Does he embrace his heart’s desire for Jessica Baker, or does he quench his righteous thirst for justice? Find out in this action-packed novel. Jessica’s beautiful golden smile, and intoxicating eyes had captured him, launching Achim’s heart into a state of war.įor Achim, the stakes are high, and he must somehow win the war waging within his soul while answering the hardest question of all. The professional assassin had somehow fallen in love with one of his targets, Detective Jessica Baker. Suspenseful, thoroughly gripping Starr smoothly fuses high action and sizzling romance in his thrilling latest installment in the Achim Jeffers series. A mysterious and elusive black cop had stolen his heart, making an already risky mission more difficult and confused. Yet, somewhere in between unearthing evidence of greed, lies, and murders, Achim found himself torn. Now as a ruthless hitman, he enjoyed these types of missions and dedicated the rebirth of his new life towards fulfilling them. This was the very profession Achim left his Sunday pulpit to pursue. Achim’s shadowy bosses needed him to expose the cop’s secrets and obtain justice for the beleaguered black citizens of New Orleans. This one, involving dangerous and lawless cops. ![]() He was again with faced another a covert mission. Achim Jeffers had no illusions of being a hero or some savior. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Threading my prayer rug![]() Honorable Mention in the 2017 San Francisco Book Festival Awards, Spiritual Category ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP TEN DIVERSE NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP TEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS OF 2016 Shortlisted for the 2018 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.
![]() ![]() It wasn’t that she felt under pressure, she says, but after working for a publisher in Lagos, “you know what’s good and what’s not. Relaxing on a sofa in her bright yellow jumpsuit, sheepskin boots and green braids, her smile never far from a laugh, it’s hard to imagine Braithwaite paralysed by doubt. “So I let a year go by where I kept convincing myself I was going to write something fantastic, and I couldn’t.” “That was very exciting for me, but I didn’t have anything that I wanted to give them,” Braithwaite recalls. ![]() The agent Clare Alexander saw the Nigerian author’s submission and asked her if she had anything else. The block had descended after her short story The Driver was shortlisted for the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story prize. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here there's danger around every corner, and magical shoes won't be able to save you. Kiss the land where troubles melt like lemon drops goodbye. This bind-up of three prequel novellas to the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series follows Dorothy Gale as she transforms from good girl to Wicked Witch. I think you know what to do with them.Īnd with a knock of her heels, Dorothy returned to the magical land that made her a star-and Oz would never be the same again. Order now and well deliver when available. I thought about silver to match the ones you lost, but in the end I decided that red was more your color. Danielle Paige is a graduate of Columbia University and the author of the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series. This item: Dorothy Must Die Stories: No Place Like Oz, The Witch Must Burn, The Wizard Returns (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Dorothy Must Die Novellas) by Danielle Paige Library Binding. ![]() Dorothy Gale received a package on the night of her 16th birthday: a pair of red high-heeled shoes. ![]() Long before Amy Gumm got swept away from a Kansas trailer park. There’s a new Wicked Witch in Ozand her name is Dorothy. A collection of prequel novellas to the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series The Witch Must Burn: A Prequel Novella (Dorothy Must Die Novella series) by Danielle Paige. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Book a long petal of the sea![]() ![]() Victor, evacuated with the wounded he was tending in a makeshift hospital, learns of a ship outfitted by poet Pablo Neruda to take exiles to a new life in Chile, but he and Roser must marry in order to gain a berth. ![]() When they reunite in France as penniless refugees, Roser has survived a harrowing flight across the Pyrenees while heavily pregnant and given birth to the son of Victor’s brother Guillem, killed at the Battle of the Ebro. We meet Victor Dalmau and Roser Bruguera in 1938 as it is becoming increasingly clear that the Republican cause they support is doomed. Two refugees from the Spanish Civil War cross the Atlantic Ocean to Chile and a half-century of political and personal upheavals. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Escape from reason![]() ![]() ![]() Over time the sphere of Nature began to eat up the sphere of Grace. Human beings believed that they could reason autonomously in the lower sphere. In the centuries following Aquinas, the divide between the two spheres was made wider and wider. The latter sphere dealt with heavenly things, and grace was required to understand them. ![]() The former sphere dealt with lower things, things that human beings could study and know on their own. Thomas Aquinas separated the spheres of Nature and Grace. Books At a Glance offers both of these books in summary this week to our members. They are historically situated (as all books are), but they are more than mere period pieces-they still repay reflection and thought today. Although neither book is very long, they are both excellent examples of Schaeffer’s thinking and approach. He challenged Christians to think in terms of their Christian worldview, and to learn how to communicate with people in Western societies that were operating under very different assumptions.Įscape from Reaso n and He is There and He is Not Silent are two classic works by Schaeffer. Schaeffer published a large number of widely read books and dramatically influenced his generation in thinking about apologetics, ethics, philosophy, and theology. ![]() He founded the famous L’Abri Fellowship in the Swiss Alps and shared and defended the faith with countless people. A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance Introductionįrancis Schaeffer (1912-1984) was a leading Christian thinker, author, apologist, and evangelist. ![]() |