![]() ![]() ![]() Micawber became still more friendly and convivial. Life Magazine went as far as to predict dire consequences if that tradition is ever broken: “Should Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians fail to play ‘Auld Lang Syne’ at midnight, New Year’s Eve, a deep uneasiness would run through a large segment of the American populace, a conviction that despite the evidence on every calendar, the new year has not really arrived.”Īnd on New Year’s Eve 2020, FYI Music News asks: How does a song that is more than two centuries old, with lyrics that few people understand or get right in performance, remain one of the most popular and widely performed songs even today?Įnglish writer and social critic Charles Dickens, who “knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge,” references Auld Lang Syne in his novel David Copperfield: “As the punch disappeared, Mr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Delving into fantastical tales about people from their past and re-telling stories that span from generation to generation, the couple unfold the horrors of the real world. Yet while Liska is asleep or Ruth is at work, each whispers secret stories to their unborn child. They make a pact with one another, that they will only ever tell their child the truth. The couple believe that their unborn baby will have a better chance of survival away from the harshness of suburban life. Set in a small cottage in the rural north coast of Scotland, Ruth and Liska are expecting their first child. ![]() A Portable Shelter is her second collection. Kirsty Logan’s first collection of short stories, Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, The:, published by Salt in 2014, won the Polari First Book Prize in 2015. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thank you to Net Galley and Kensington Books for the ARC. I would also like to find out what will happen to at least one of the debutantes that appeared in this story – she seemed a keeper even though Will decided she wasn’t for him. ![]() I am eager to find out what will happen in the next book of the series. I loved their verbal sparring which added to their inability to resist each other. Their chemistry is combustible and neither one of them is shy. And with this in mind their story is oh so much more than a simple romance with a HEA. A big portion of this couple’s relationship is based on their insatiable desire for one another. He has plans, as does she, and neither one figures into the plans of the other. ![]() He is in the running to be elected on a political ticket and does not want anything to derail success – and – Madame Zolikoff just might be a stumbling block for the success he and Bennett seek. Will is a wealthy man driven to achieve more – always more and more. When Will Sloane arrives on the scene her life, and his, begins to change. She is strong willed, independent, will not let any man push her around, knows who she is, has goals and plans to achieve them. She dreams of saving enough money to remove her three siblings from their lives of toil and poverty in New York City. She has three siblings to support and, thinking nobody knows her name is really Ava Jones. Madame Zolikoff is a medium with a following and provides a good show in private readings as well as on stage. ![]() Another splendid story in the Knickerbocker Club Golden Age historical romance series! This time with a millionaire and a medium! ![]() ![]() Witches Borough is dying, and though Mup is the pathfinder, the stitcher of worlds, is she strong enough to mend a scorched landscape and bring the water home? Enter a raggedy witch trailing a storm of ashes: Magda, Crow’s mother. ![]() Months later, the clouds have vanished, but an equally cursed drought has settled over the castle and its river, now bone-dry. ![]() The deposed old tyrant of a queen sent a cursed winter to bury Witches Borough in snow. Third in a darkly enchanting trilogy after Begone the Raggedy Witches and The Little Grey Girl, The Promise Witch opens in a time of heat and thirst. ![]() The Wild Magic trilogy culminates in a middle-grade fantasy adventure about witches, courage, community, and the terrors of sudden climate change. ![]() ![]() ![]() They carry in them a historical record, patterns of use. Tropes are tools, but they’re also artifacts. How do you feel the use of tropes influences your writing? ![]() Many feel that tropes are best used when broken down and rebuilt. It challenges the tropes of what it means to be a “gunslinger,” perhaps even what it means to be a telepath. The story is a blend of western, humor, a hint of science fiction, a dash of meta-pop culture commentary. I imagined that I was, in a sense, dropping into that collective, composite Western Story, and then telling a story on top of that story. As the storyteller, I benefit from that immensely: a town, already fully furnished and populated by the collective memory of westerns, by other people’s imaginations. A reader brings all of that into the story with her, and that translates to, as you said, expectation. That richness and depth does so much work for the writer-the scenery’s already in the reader’s mind, the sets, the atmosphere, the costumes. The western as a genre has a rich and deep body of tropes to draw upon. ![]() I loved how “Bookkeeper, Narrator, Gunslinger” starts with one expectation and quickly takes a left turn into something completely different. ![]() ![]() Nix and Noah are mates, but Nix has been avoiding Noah and pushing him away for some time, because he grew up with an uber religious father and he doesn’t want to accept he’s gay. ![]() There’s a lot of angst packed into this short story. Includes a preview of Chase the Darkness Praise for the Alpha Pack Novels “Shifter heroes whom readers will fall head over heels for.”- New York Times Bestselling Author Angela Knight “Rapid-fire…red-hot.”- Publishers Weekly “Amazing characters, wonderful drama.hot and to die for.”-Dark Faerie Tales By the time Nix realizes he has cast aside the love of his life, it may be too late to save Noah from a terrifying enemy. Unable to accept his own sexual identity, Nix rejects Noah despite the intense attraction he feels towards him. ![]() Wolf shifter and Firewalker Phoenix “Nix” Monroe has finally met his ultimate Bondmate-Alpha Pack nurse Noah Brooks. Tyler comes a sensual tale of the Alpha Pack-a top secret team of Navy SEALs with supernatural abilities. Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Booksįrom paranormal romance star J.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her characters are real people - they aren't just there as an excuse to dole out a history lesson. Sorry.)įor the uninitiated, Karen Cushman writes juvenile historical fiction that doesn't feel like juvenile historical fiction - in her best books, she immerses her reader in another time period without making the experience seem educational. But I also don't remember what else was up that year. (I still think MA won the Newbery more on the merit of CCB than anything else. But Lucy Whipple and Catherine Called Birdy are my definite faves. Tier One: Ballad of Lucy Whipple Catherine Called Birdyĭon't get me wrong - even the Tier Three-ers are better than average. Personally, I rate them like this (Tier One being the BEST): ![]() Karen Cushman's books are always good, but some are better than others. ![]() ![]() In all, at least 27 moons circle Uranus, with the four largest ranging from Ariel, at 720 miles (1,160 kilometers) across, to Titania, which is 980 miles (1,580 kilometers) across. ![]() The work suggests four of the moons hold oceans that could be dozens of miles deep. Their study is the first to detail the evolution of the interior makeup and structure of all five large moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, and Miranda. ![]() Re-analysis of data from NASA’s Voyager spacecraft, along with new computer modeling, has led NASA scientists to conclude that four of Uranus’ largest moons likely contain an ocean layer between their cores and icy crusts. Insulation and potential heat sources in the moons’ mantles may contribute to maintaining ocean warmth, while antifreeze substances like chlorides, ammonia, and salts are likely abundant in their oceans. New computer modeling and re-analysis of Voyager data suggest that four of Uranus’ largest moons likely have ocean layers between their cores and icy crusts. The work is based on new modeling and explores how oceans could exist in unlikely places in our solar system. A study featuring new modeling shows that four of Uranus’ large moons likely contain internal oceans. Uranus is surrounded by its four major rings and 10 of its 27 known moons in this color-added view that uses data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1998. ![]() ![]() As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. As their relationship grows, so does the frenzy surrounding the Mars mission, and when secrets are revealed about ulterior motives of the program, Cal must find a way to get to the truth without hurting the people who have become most important to him. The Gravity of Us Phil Stamper The Gravity of Us Teen boys find love when their parents’ NASA mission uproots their lives in this sweet debut perfect for Adam Silvera fans. They become an oasis for each other amid the craziness of this whole experience. Suddenly his life is more like a reality TV show, with his constantly bickering parents struggling with their roles as the "perfect American family." And then Cal meets Leon, whose mother is another astronaut on the mission, and he finds himself falling head over heels-and fast. ![]() With the entire nation desperate for any new information about the astronauts, Cal finds himself thrust in the middle of a media circus. Within days, Cal and his parents leave Brooklyn for hot and humid Houston. But his plans are derailed when his pilot father is selected for a highly-publicized NASA mission to Mars. ![]() ![]() the Homo Sapiens Agenda Cal wants to be a journalist, and he's already well underway with almost half a million followers on his FlashFame app and an upcoming internship at Buzzfeed. "I'm so starry-eyed for this wise, romantic gem of a book." - Becky Albertalli, bestselling author of Simon vs. ![]() The Gravity of Us Phil Stamper € 11.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days. ![]() ![]() ![]() He deemed all such inquiries on the part of a slave improper and impertinent, and evidence of a restless spirit. ![]() I was not allowed to make any inquiries of my master concerning it. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. The white children could tell their ages. A want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvest-time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time. I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. ![]() I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland. This is a free printable e-book of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, written by the famous abolitionist himself.ĭouglass describes his birth and early life on a southern slave plantation, escape from slavery, and much more.įrederick Douglass is one of the leading figures in all of American history.Ĭlick here to download or print this book (PDF file).Ĭlick here to see our list of other 100% free downloadable/printable books and texts. Frederick Douglass's Autobiography - Scroll Down to Print - Nonfiction - eBooks ![]() |