![]() Needless to say there’s some seriously blunt language in here and I blushed like a mad woman listening to it. I will also say that this story gave me giggles listening to these people voice some of the things read. ![]() I find that I have to concentrate harder on it than when I’m reading, but I think as with all things, it will take practice and something I’d have to do after the boy goes to bed for the night, because he’s entirely too much noise for me to listen to him and it at the same time. Then one day they took it farther than just friends. So much so that it sometimes caused issues with their significant other. ![]() Then in the 5 th grade they became inseparable friends. I’m only saying this until I figure out if she’s still “just” my best friend…Ĭarter and Arizona have been friends since 5 th grade. Throughout the years, and despite what anyone says, we’ve never crossed the line. ![]() ![]() (We even went to colleges that were minutes away from each other…) Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | iBooksĪrizona Turner has been my best friend since fourth grade, even when we “hated” each other. We’ve been there for one another through first kisses, first “times,” and we’ve been each other’s constant when good relationships turned bad. Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Friends to Lovers ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() UK postage is free when you purchase 3 items or more and you'll earn a stamp for every £1 spent when you join our loyalty scheme. The Paris publishing house Editions Autrement brought out Marjory Fleming in a French translation in 2002. ![]() With 'true, almost psychic perception' (Elizabeth Bowen in a 1946 review in The Tatler) Oriel Malet takes us into the mind of a potential genius. The book describes Marjory's life over the three years when she leaves the family home at Kirkcaldy and goes to live in Edinburgh with her cousin Isabella, who recognised, and wished to encourage, her exceptional gifts and her final year when she had returned home and was deeply unhappy away from her beloved 'Isa'. There are clear similarities between her and her precocious subject. Oriel Malet, author of this biographical novel, was herself only 20, but had already published two books by the time Marjory Fleming was published in 1946, and had won the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize for one of them. As the series starts with Cold in the Earth, Marjory, who has always lived in the area, whose friends are all in the farming community, finds herself for the. Marjory Fleming (1803-11), an extraordinary child, left poems, letters and a journal that are now one of the treasures of the National Library of Scotland and in 1889 Sir Leslie Stephen,Virginia Woolf's father, wrote an entry about her for the original Dictionary of National Biography, believing that 'no more fascinating infantile author has ever appeared.' This is a preloved book in good condition.Ī novel based on fact about the child prodigy who lived in Scotland from 1803-11. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life.Ī celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. ![]() ![]() Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of the novel. The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India. Set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third fought in 1919, probably in the period 1893 to 1898. ![]() ![]() ![]() The British East India Company subjugated a vast land through the power of their artillery and the cynicism of their amorality. ![]() They were carelessly destructive of art and greedy for gain. The British East India Company, a trading company, invaded and destroyed the Indian civilization of which Durant was so astonished and outraged. Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 1 ![]() Insights on Shashi Tharoor's Inglorious Empire It conquered and absorbed a number of states, and imposed executive authority through a series of high-born governors-general appointed from London. #4 The East India Company, with an army of 260,000 men at the start of the nineteenth century, extended its control over most of India. The first British ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, presented his credentials in 1615 at the court of the Mughal Emperor, Jehangir, but the empire was collapsed within a century and a half. #3 The East India Company was a British company that was established to trade in silk and spices, but it ended up trading in conquest as well. ![]() They displaced nawabs and maharajas for a price, and took over their states through various methods. #2 The British East India Company subjugated a vast land through the power of their artillery and the cynicism of their amorality. #1 The British East India Company, a trading company, invaded and destroyed the Indian civilization of which Durant was so astonished and outraged. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Liz is in a bad mood at the start of this book. Look, she makes blue aliens with horns and tails sexy! This one was particularly fun for me because I just loved both the MCs! ![]() This series – and most Ruby Dixon honestly – is such a guilty pleasure for me. You do not have to read both in order to understand the plot, but the story will be richer if you do! And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, surliest alien of the group.īARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS. In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. Genres: Romance, Erotica, Science Fiction Published by Tantor Audio on March 20, 2018 ![]() This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. It means I kinda fell behind on the reviews though! So let’s catch up! I’ve found that these are great books to read in-between others or in the back drop when I’m buddy reading and need some audiobook filler. Today’s books are all part of the Ice Planet Barbarians Series. This feature is for short reviews, reviews of books in a series where it might feel repetitive, or (as Michelle suggested) books I was too lazy to write a “real” review for. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When they flock back to her home they find out that Orquídea has undergone a drastic change. Over the years her children and grandchildren have left her house in Four Rivers, and many of them have not returned since their departure. The one in the present opens with the formidable matriarch Orquídea Divina Montoya inviting her progeny to her funeral. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina follows a dual timeline. Not only does Córdova’s dazzling storytelling complement the fantastical elements within her story but her prose often brought to mind the language you encounter in fairy tales. ![]() In The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, Zoraida Córdova combines an intergenerational family drama with magical realism, and the end result will certainly appeal to fans of Alice Hoffman and Isabel Allende. Pieces that her descendants would one day try to collect to put her back together. When she left Ecuador for good, she learned how to leave pieces of herself behind. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2007, he began a five-year term as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emory University. In June 2007, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor for "services to literature", which "thrilled and humbled" him. Faced with death threats and a fatwa (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically. ![]() His fourth novel led to some violent protests from Muslims in several countries. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western world. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, a novelist and essayist, set much of his early fiction at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. ![]() The Satanic Verses (1988), novel of Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie led Ruholla Khomeini, the ayatollah of Iran, to demand his execution and then forced him into hiding his other works include Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker prize, and The Moor's Last Sigh (1995). ![]() ![]() (summary from Wikipedia and the reader)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. Listen and enjoy the beautiful way in which only the great Sherlock Holmes deals with the situation. The titular Red-Headed League claims to be an organization of red-headed men, founded by an eccentric red-headed millionaire who wished to provide for other red-headed men by offering them. Is this a crime? Of course not, but even the brilliant Holmes needs 'three pipefulls' of meditation time to penetrate the nefarious plots hidden beneath this seemingly innocuous fraternal aid society. Jabez Wilson comes to Sherlock Holmes and John Watson for help, claiming he has been wronged by a mysterious league of red-headed men. In this story, Holmes is presented with a perplexing mystery involving a league set up to aid and benefit men with especially vivid red hair who live in London. ![]() Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed League" second in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. It first appeared in The Strand Magazine in August 1891. ![]() "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. LibriVox recording of The Red Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ![]() ![]() ![]() In "Alter Ego" a successful young author has writer`s block. ![]() Reaching out to random strangers on the phone, Hilary is looking for someone to help her. Close to the edge, she is losing her grip. She lost her job, her apartment, and her grandmother. ![]() One of Optic Nerve's most popular stories, `Hawaiian Getaway,` features Hilary, telephone service rep who is having the worst week of her life. He watches close up, paralyzed by his guilt, as her beauty catches the eye of his neighbor: a hip, selfish young man with a short attention span. The conflicts between emotional gratification, narcissistic neediness and moral discernment mark the title story - "Summer Blonde" - in which a socially crippled man nurses an obsessive crush on a young woman. Combined with his deft black and white depictions of urbane lifestyles, Tomine's fans have often accused him of eavesdropping in on their most intimate moments and, with forensic skill, laying their lives bare. Described as the Raymond Carver of comix, Tomine constructs tales of emotional disconnection with an ear for painfully real dialogue. Adrian Tomine's cult comix series Optic Nerve is finally collected into one sharp-looking hardcover graphic novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2008, she released Bad Habits (Soft Skull Press), an Illustrated story about healing from abuse and lastly in 2013, her most recent book, Spit and Passion (Feminist Press, 2012), a coming-out memoir about Cuban identity, Green Day, and survivng the closet. In early 2006, C.Road released her first illustrated novel, Indestructible (Microcosm Publishing), a 96-page narrative about high school. Since its creation, Road has contributed countless illustrations to punk rock music, literature, and political organizations. Green’Zine evolved into a punk rock fanzine with interviews and record reviews and by 2004, a personal manifesto about love, trauma, and survival. Her endeavors in creating culture began in 1996, when writing the Green’Zine a self-published ‘zine which began as a fan’zine entirely devoted to the rock group Green Day. Blending her political principles, gender and cultural identities- Road testifies to the beauty of the imperfect. Road is a first generation Cuban-American artist and musician who uses illustration, writing, and punk rock music as her preferred mediums. ![]() |