![]() ![]() ![]() I liked the concept, not something I’ve really come across in the thriller genre before. ![]() I thought Stillhouse Lake was an excellent read, a top notch psychological thriller. One thing is certain: she’s learned how to fight evil. Gwen Proctor must keep friends close and enemies at bay to avoid being exposed-or watch her kids fall victim to a killer who takes pleasure in tormenting her. Though still the target of stalkers and Internet trolls who think she had something to do with her husband’s crimes, Gwen dares to think her kids can finally grow up in peace.īut just when she’s starting to feel at ease in her new identity, a body turns up in the lake-and threatening letters start arriving from an all-too-familiar address. With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. ![]() But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor-the ultimate warrior mom. Gina Royal is the definition of average-a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. This was my Kindle First choice for June. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She gained a Ba(Hons) at Kingston University, and has since illustrated many children’s books as well as adult fiction, editorials, gallery shows and design projects. And she still giggles every time she says Down Dog.ĭiana Mayo is a successful, freelance illustrator working in Chelmsford, just outside London. Today, Laurie teaches yoga throughout New York and Connecticut. After teaching yoga to thousands of kids and training hundreds of instructors in the specialty of kids’ yoga, Laurie decided to write Yawning Yoga to help families conquer bedtime jitters and soothe the restless child. And while Laurie enjoys working with folks of all ages, she has a soft spot for kids, knowing that good habits start young. Who would have thought that all these years later, she would make a career out of teaching yoga? Laurie is now a social worker turned yoga teacher and children’s book author. Laurie Jordan took her first yoga class at the tender age of ten and promptly got kicked out for laughing at the names of the poses. I bow my head and my light shines through. Get ready to rest, and fly through shining moonbeams. Flow from Mountain (Tadasana) to Hugs & Kisses (Uttanasana) to Dog Tired Down Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana). A diverse group of friends share poems and step by step child friendly poses to guide little ones in transitioning from restless readers to yawning yogis. ![]() ![]() ![]() Released by a Syrian tinsmith in a Manhattan shop, Ahmad appears in human form but is still not free. ![]() As the ship arrives in New York in 1899, Chava is unmoored and adrift until a rabbi on the Lower East Side recognizes her for the creature she is and takes her in.Īhmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped centuries ago in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard. She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America. Wecker’s storytelling skills dazzle." - Entertainment WeeklyĪ marvelous and absorbing debut novel about a chance meeting between two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-century immigrant New York.Ĭhava is a golem, a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi knowledgeable in the ways of dark Kabbalistic magic. “An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Maura Reilly – a feminist curator, who back in 2007 co-curated with Linda Nochlin the international feminist exhibition, Global Feminisms, and in 2018 published the book, Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating – already acclaimed the concept of this year’s Venice Biennale as an activist one:įor Alemani to curate a major international exhibition, arguably the most important one in the world, to be majority-female is, despite her subtlety, an overtly feminist and curatorial activist gesture-and it is a much-needed turning of the tables. Does this mean that the rationale behind Nochlin’s question has become – or will soon become – obsolete? To be precise, both the list of artists presented at this year’s edition curated by Cecilia Alemani, and the list of artists representing their national pavilions are dominated by women artists. This year marks five years since the passing of the prominent American art historian, Linda Nochlin, who became world renowned for her 1971 ground-breaking article, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” Unfortunately, Nochlin will not bear witness to this year’s 59 th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale that promises to be a ground-breaking long-overdue acknowledgment of women artists and feminist art and curators across the globe. ![]() ![]() Four of the eight stories ("Hell-Heaven", "Nobody's Business", "Once in a Lifetime", and "Year's End") were previously published in The New Yorker Part One "Unaccustomed Earth" The title of the collection is taken from a passage in "The Custom-House," the preface to The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The book was Lahiri's first to top The New York Times Best Seller list, where it debuted at #1. As with much of Lahiri's work, Unaccustomed Earth considers the lives of Indian American characters and how they deal with their mixed cultural environment. It is her second collection of stories, following Interpreter of Maladies (which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction). Unaccustomed Earth is a collection of short stories from American author Jhumpa Lahiri. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tohrment nursed his Scotch and smiled grimly. So you’re really going to do this?” Tohrment asked him.ĭarius glanced across the shallow table. Screamer’s was packed tonight, full of women wearing leather and men who looked like they had advanced degrees in violent crime. 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We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. ![]() We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t know that I can honestly claim to have a Dragon Obsession with out having read at least a few McCafferys (although I’d like to note I eventually plan on reading all them). This is going to be a fairly short review for a really great dragon book. Her music swirled about them she taught nine to sing, suddenly Menolly was no longer alone. She came upon a group of fire lizards, wild relatives of the fire-breathing dragons. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a Harper, who thwarted her love of music. ![]() It was not Threadfall that made Menolly unhappy. The great dragons of Pern hurl themselves through the beleaguered skies, flaming tongues of fire to destroy deadly Thread and save the planet. The Overview: Every two hundred years or so, shimmering threads fall, raining black ruin on Pern. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wixna's own king, Seobert, is a pious Christian, and he's holed up in a monastery, refusing to fight. King Penda's Mercian warriors threaten the Wixna of East Anglia and Essa's settlement is the first in line to be sacked by this vicious king. Several years later, the lonely marsh village is in danger. He leaves his son at a Wolf Clan settlement and simply rides away. Cai refuses to accept another man's ring, saying that the traditional system of honour binding and loyalty would be a chain around his neck. ![]() They live an itinerant existence, never stopping for long in one place. Essa travels with his father Cai, a bard and some say a spy. A subtle fantasy element lends magical depth to a powerful narrative.ĭark Ages Britain, after King Arthur and before Bede. It's without the tiniest trace of anachronism and has great attention to detail, right down to the diction. Summary: A wonderfully evocative debut novel set in the Dark Ages. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the original novel they defeated Milady, a formidable foe now they need to face her vengeful son Mordaunt, as well as countering the machinations of the sinister Cardinal Mazarin. In 'Twenty Years After' the much beloved D'Artaganan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis reunite to fight the forces of evil. ![]() A year after the publication of 'The Three Musketeers', Alexandre Dumas produced a sequel worthy in every respect of the original. Their adventures also take them to England, wh. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. 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