![]() ![]() I wish I could say that I'm clever and mechanically-minded like Cinder, but no-I can't fix anything. Which of your characters is most like you? Marissa Meyer on Cinder, writing, and leading men Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl.Ĭinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. ![]() Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series! ![]()
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![]() HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The Witness is romance-legend Roberts’ 200th published novel (her first was Irish Thoroughbred, 1981). When it comes to flawlessly fusing high-stakes suspense with red-hot romance, Roberts is unrivaled, and her latest addictively readable novel is guaranteed to jangle readers’ nerves and keep them enthralled long past bedtime. The only problem is that Bickford’s new chief of police, Brooks Gleason, simply refuses to let her live in peace, and nothing Abigail says or does seems to convince him that she doesn’t need his help. Abigail’s first and only priority is staying one step ahead of the Russian Mob, who has never stopped trying to get rid of the one living witness to Gurevich’s murder. ![]() Twelve years later, Liz, now living as Abigail Lowery, has built a new life for herself as a freelance computer-security programmer in Bickford, Arkansas. ![]() But before the night is over, Liz will be a witness to murder, when Alex Gurevich, the nightclub owner, is eliminated by two of his business associates. One new wardrobe, one new BFF, and two new fake IDs later, Liz finds herself at Chicago’s hottest nightclub. So the minute her mother leaves for a medical conference, Elizabeth is out the door and headed to the mall. ![]() *Starred Review* Elizabeth Fitch is tired of living her life by her mother’s strict rules. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet after marriage to Henry VII, which united the royal houses of Lancaster and York, a picture emerges of a model consort - mild, pious, generous and fruitful. Read more marry Richard III, the man who had deposed and probably killed her brothers, and it is possible that she then conspired to put Henry Tudor on the throne. Heiress to the royal House of York, she schemed to. Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. ‘Weir perfectly combines the dramatic colour and timing of an historical novelist with the truth to fact of a scrupulous historian’ The Times Britain’s foremost female historian reveals the true story of this key figure in the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor dynasty who began life a princess, spent her youth as a bastard fugitive, but who finally married the first Tudor king and was the mother of Henry VIII. BIC Classification: 1DBKE 3H BGR HBJD1 HBLC. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). This book is a portrait of this beloved queen. Heiress to the royal House of York, she schemed to marry Richard III, the man who had deposed and probably killed her brothers, and it is possible that she then conspired to put Henry Tudor on the throne. Description for Elizabeth of York Paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a truly amazing book about so many different things: Anne Frank, the Holocaust, violence in the family, selfishness, friendship and loyalty. She knows where she can hide Treasure so that even India's mother won't know she's there. Treasure doesn't know, but India's got a plan to help. ![]() Even though they're from different backgrounds, they immediately like each other and become firm friends.īut the holidays eventually end and Treasure's violent stepfather reappears. At grandma's home, Treasure meets a host of new friends, and eventually bumps into India. She immediately packs up all of Treasure's clothes and takes her to live with her for the holidays. That evening, Treasure's grandma comes over for supper and sees the enormous cut on Treasure's forehead. ![]() ![]() ![]() Angela Carter wrote nine novels but – as Salman Rushdie points out in his introduction – “the best of her … is in her stories.”Ĭarter is probably best known for her subversive fairytales (‘The Bloody Chamber,’ ‘The Tiger’s Bride’ etc) and for being something of a champion of feminism. This collection was published posthumously in 1995, and includes stories from the 1960s right up until Carter’s later work in 1993. The heat, the dark, the sweat … all felt very appropriate. I sat up late, half-naked and perspiring in the Cambodia-in-June humidity, writing my notes on the collection. Finishing felt like a sigh of relief – like I’d been through something. I kept the heavy volume on my bedside table and read it cover to cover, first story to last. ![]() ![]() I dipped into the stories here and there, and then a few months ago I finally committed. I bought this Vintage edition in a Castlemaine bookshop while I was in town for a friend’s wedding in 2013, and since then it’s crossed continents with me a number of times. I’ve been reading this bulky collection on and off for a couple of years. The most difficult performance in the world is acting naturally, isn’t it? Everything else is artful. Burning Your Boats (short stories) by Angela Carter ![]() ![]() ![]() While theyre busy exploring Kyoto and admiring the beautiful cherry blossoms, a. While they're busy exploring Kyoto and admiring the beautiful cherry blossoms, a valuable item is stolen from their friend Kumi's family. Summary: The Thea sisters are off to Japan on a cultural exchange program. The Thea Sisters are off to Japan on a cultural exchange program. The Cherry Blossom Adventure is the sixth book of the Thea Stilton series. ![]() ![]() Alessandro Battan, Elisa Falcone, Claudia Forcelloni, Michela Frare, Daniela Geremia, Roberta Pierpaoli, Arianna Rea, Maurizio Roggerone and Roberta Tedeschi (drawings) Tania Boccalini, Alessandra Bracaglia, Ketty Formaggio, Elena Sanjust and Micaela Tangorra (color) Chronology Previous book ![]() ![]() It seems not all the zombies are shuffling idiots, and the half-undead aren’t really down with kids like Donna…ĭonna of the Dead follows a teenager named Donna and her best friend Deke. When Liam is around, it’s easy to forget about the moaning zombies, her dad’s plight to reach them, and how weird Deke is suddenly acting toward her.īut as the teens’ numbers dwindle and their escape plans fall apart, Donna has to listen to the secrets those voices in her head have been hiding. Alone without their families, they take refuge at their high school with the super-helpful nerds, the bossy class president, and-best of all?-Liam, hottie extraordinaire and Donna’s long-time crush. So when they start yelling at the top of their proverbial lungs, it’s no surprise she and her best friend, Deke, end up narrowly escaping a zombie horde. ![]() The voices do serve their purpose, though-whenever Donna hears them, she knows she’s in danger. ![]() ![]() Donna Pierce might hear voices, but that doesn’t mean she’s crazy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is set in a boarding school in late Victorian England and reflects the era’s social structures-including the protagonist’s father’s role in colonizing India, the exploitation of diamond mines, and the social hierarchy rooted in the maintenance of a servant class-and typical literary devices such as a moralizing tone and the trope of the orphan who manages, through unlikely circumstances and after much suffering, to reach a happy ending. After the success of this play, Burnett’s publisher requested that she add those missing characters to her novella and expand it as a full-length novel, making the novel her third work involving Sara Crewe. ![]() Burnett explains in her preface to A Little Princess that when she wrote a play in 1902 based on her 1888 novella, she discovered characters such as Becky, Lottie, and Melchisedec, who had been left out in 1888 because the imaginary characters “did not mention themselves to me at first” (vi). ![]() In this work, Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), a celebrated Anglo-American novelist and playwright, expanded her earlier novella, Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's (1888), which had originally been serialized in St. The classic children’s novel A Little Princess Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Told for the First Time was published in 1905. ![]() ![]() We are still here.” Her prose is powerful, timely and mesmerizing in its lyricism. ![]() Throughout the book, Lindstrom, who is Anishinabe/Metis and tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, employs a powerful refrain that asserts the continued presence and ongoing commitment of indigenous peoples: “We stand with our songs and our drums. Together, the communities confront the snake, fighting it on behalf of all the lives that depend on the water. The girl strikes powerful poses and holds hands with others to stand against the snake. Illustrator Goade depicts the snake with a series of angular turns that call to mind the oil pipelines which have been the subject of protests in recent years the snake’s forked red tongue and red eyes are a menacing touch. The girl’s community believes in a prophecy about a black snake that will threaten the water. ![]() The unnamed girl’s grandmother teaches her that water is sacred, “the first medicine” that nourishes human life both in the womb and on Mother Earth. A young indigenous girl learns the importance of water from her elders, then unites with her community and its supporters to defend it in Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade’s inspiring new picture book, We Are Water Protectors. ![]() ![]() broaches the divide between neuroscience and psychology with shrewd clear sightedness. sensitively tackles the subject of how mental illness and therapy in particular is still frowned upon and very much a taboo subject among ethnic communities. The only weakness of Transcendent Kingdom comes at its rather too-tidy conclusion, but this is a slight quibble in a novel that insightfully explores many pressing issues of our time, and in marrying science with faith, explores the limits and possibilities of both. Gifty’s relationship with her mother is also unusual and deeply affecting. ![]() Just as Gyasi unflinchingly spotlights the failures of evangelicalism, she casts an equally critical eye on the knee-jerk scorn with which atheists can sometimes treat religion. ![]() Gyasi’s portrayal of Gifty's spiritual journey is refreshing in that a negative experience with her church does not cause her to reject Christianity altogether, though she wrestles mightily with her faith. While these themes may not make for the lightest read, there is hope in Gifty’s journey and a call for empathy. ![]() Gyasi excels at showing the interwoven nature of these evils and the stress they place on Black lives. ![]() |