5/21/2023 0 Comments City of Secrets by Kelli StanleyThe protagonist, Miranda Corbie, is a private investigator, former Spanish Civil War nurse and ex-escort. The first novel in the Miranda Corbie mystery series, City of Dragons is set in 1940 San Francisco, particularly Chinatown, and tackles issues relating to the Second Sino-Japanese War. The novel marked Stanley's move from a small press to a major publisher. Stanley's second novel, City of Dragons, was published by Thomas Dunne/St. The Curse-Maker, the second novel in the series, was sold to Thomas Dunne/St. Stanley has said that the title is an homage to The Big Sleep, and roughly translates as "A night that must be slept, i.e., death." Stanley was a graduate student in Classics at San Francisco State University when she wrote the novel, and labeled this first series as "Roman noir," a pun on the French literary term for “black novel,” a unique combination of historical setting and hardboiled style. Nox Dormienda takes its title from a line by the Roman poet Catullus in the poem known as Catullus 5 ( Vivamus, mea Lesbia. Stanley's debut novel, Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping) (released in 2008) was the first of a series set in Roman Britain in the 1st century CE (The Arcturus Series). Her best known work, the Miranda Corbie series, is set in San Francisco, her adoptive hometown. The majority of her published fiction is written in the genres of historical crime fiction and noir. Kelli Stanley (born 1964) is an American author of mystery-thrillers.
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5/21/2023 0 Comments Fifth Gospel by Adriana KouliasBuchanan, Rudolf Steiner, Sons of Mattathias, Sorathian School, St. Smith, New Testament, Old Testament, Pilate, PNAC, Robert W. 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He who had the 30 pieces of silver, he who is the representative of material possessions. 5/21/2023 0 Comments The paperbag princessThe first time I read this book, many years ago, I was astonished at the honest simplicity of it, and was surprised that no one had thought of it before. Having just turned forty myself, I’d like to think the story gets better with age, and if my students haven’t read it, they should. I sang the last bit for my wife, and she said, “what’s the bit with the paper bag?” I couldn’t believe it! How had she never heard of the Paper Bag Princess and Elizabeth’s disregard for societal norms? She asked me if the kids would get this subtle and obscure reference to a forty-year old picture book.Īnd that’s exactly why I’m going to leave the lyric as is. WHAT’S THE USE OF WISHING WHEN THE WELLS ARE ALL DRY? They sing a cheery song about how they’ve lost all hope of being rescued: An excerpt: The main character gets thrown in the dungeon of a giant’s castle, and meets several fairy tale characters who also got caught, including Goldilocks, the Gingerbread Man and Snow White. The Paper Bag Princess resurfaced itself from the depths of my memory while I was working on a song lyric for a musical I am writing. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Hanya to paradiseWhat unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost wealth and squalor the weak and the strong race the definition of family, and of nationhood the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can't exist. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist's damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him - and solve the mystery of her husband's disappearances. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). From Hanya Yanagihara, author of the modern classic A Little Life, To Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. In June 2011, the University of Exeter awarded him a higher doctorate (D.Litt.) by examination, on the strength of his historical work. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was awarded the Alexander Prize (2004) for his work on the social history of medicine in seventeenth-century England. Dr Ian Mortimer is the author of the bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, eight other books and many peer-reviewed articles on English history between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries. Welcome to a country that is, in all its contradictions, the very crucible of the modern world. Yet it produces some of the finest writing in the English language, some of the most magnificent architecture, and sees Elizabeth's subjects settle in America and circumnavigate the globe. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? What would you wear? Would you really have a sense of it being a glorious age? And if so, how would that glory sit alongside the vagrants, diseases, violence, sexism and famine of the time?In this book Ian Mortimer reveals a country in which life expectancy is in the early thirties, people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith. The past is a foreign country - this is your guide.We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Meg a novel of deep terrorWith a PhD in paleontology under his belt, Taylor spends years theorizing, lecturing, and writing about the possibility that Meg still feeds at the deepest levels of the sea. Written off as a crackpot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Taylor refuses to forget the depths that nearly cost him his life. The average prehistoric Meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a Tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists-Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. This Description may be from another edition of this product. Liis is stubborn, defiant, and yet somehow softens Thomas’s rough edges, making her the perfect agent to accompany him to the ceremony. In a deal that will spare his brother, Thomas has agreed to recruit Travis into the FBI. Travis’s only savior is his unusual tie to the mob. Younger brother Travis is faced with prison time for his involvement in a basement fire that killed dozens of college students, and the media want a conviction. Though, as many lives as he’s saved, there is one that is beyond his reach. 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York Times Bestseller Jasmine Guillory (The Wedding Date, The Wedding Party. Two people this different can’t possibly have a connection other than the purely physical, right? But as with any engagement with a nemesis, there are unspoken rules that must be abided by. Best known for writing The Wedding Date series, Jasmines work has appeared. When it’s suddenly pushed up and they only have a few months left of secret rendezvouses, they find themselves regretting that the end is near. It builds until they find themselves sneaking off together to release some tension when Alexa isn't looking, agreeing they would end it once the wedding is over. Theo and Maddie have never liked each other though they share a mutual attraction that's hard to ignore. Underneath the sharp barbs they toss at each other is a simmering attraction that won't fade. Every installment of Jasmine Guillory's 'The Wedding Date' series offers a steamy love affair, and the third book, ' The Wedding Party ,' is no exception. With Alexa's wedding rapidly approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities that require more interaction with each other than they're comfortable with. Praise for Jasmine Guillory and The Wedding Party Another surefire hit. They hate each other After an “oops, we made a mistake” night together, neither one can stop thinking about the other. As seen on The Today Show! The new exhilarating New York Times bestselling romance from the author of The Proposal, a Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick ! Maddie and Theo have two things in common: 1. Watson are pulled into a variety of cases across England, ranging from a mystery involving a missing racehorse to their encounter with Holmes?s archenemy, the malicious criminal Professor Moriarty. personArthur Conan Doyle menubookThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes menubookBeyond The City menubookThe Hound of the. of material related to Sherlock Holmes and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read Or Download The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle Full Pages.Ī collection of short stories about Sherlock Holmes, the world?s greatest detective.The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle?s second collection of stories featuring the world?s greatest detective, includes eleven tales of intrigue that will puzzle all but the most astute of readers. The Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Library. |