![]() ![]() Nathaway is an Inning, whose people have just defeated Rothmur in war, and goes to the chain of islands to teach the natives about Inning law and to outlaw bandhota, the ritual healing ceremony. ![]() I can't think of another fantasy novel that has 4 peoples pushed together in excited interaction. Laurie J Marks' Fire Logic includes a representative of a third, slaughtered people, who may have relatives offstage. ![]() Usually fantasy or scifi novels about colonial situations only include 2 peoples. These two men will propel Spaeth into a vortex of war, temptation, and - just possibly - freedom. And Nathaway, the well-intentioned imperialist, arrives to teach Spaeth's people "civilization," only to become an explorer in the strange realm of the Forsakens. Is it slavery, or is it love? Meanwhile, Harg, the troubled and rebellious veteran, returns to find his home transformed by conquest. Spaeth Dobrin is destined to life as a ritual healer - but as the dhotamar of the tiny, isolated island of Yora, she will be caught in a perpetual bond between herself and the people she has cured. ![]() Three individuals are about to push it over the edge and trigger events that will lead to a final showdown between ancient forces and the new overlords of the land. The Forsaken Isles are on the brink of revolution. Isles of the Forsaken, by Carolyn Ives Gilman ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Random House Audio, Unabridged, 15 hours) Here’s a man seemingly untroubled by second thoughts and entirely free of what he has called “a psychological defect called modesty.” This is an ebullient book, filled with anecdotes, triumphant laughter and asides delivered with perfect timing and an air of festivity. Brooks acknowledges the role of serendipity in his career, but he also isn’t shy about taking pride and pleasure in his own audacious self, his anarchic sense of humor, penchant for blowing up sacred cows and numerous awards and accolades. He went on to write for Sid Caesar in the ’50s, and from there to performing “The 2000 Year Old Man,” co-creating “Get Smart,” and writing, directing and acting in movies and Broadway musicals. Born Melvin Kaminsky, he grew up in a Brooklyn tenement, lost his father to tuberculosis, survived being run over by a car and got his start in show business as a stand-up comedian in the Borscht Belt. Mel Brooks delivers the story of his life in his familiar old-New-Yorker voice, one which has remained vigorous for 95 years - or 2,000, depending on your source. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this hilarious story told ingeniously through letters, Jerdine Nolen and David Catrow team up to show that when there's enough love, even the most unlikely character can become part of a family.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Nolen, Jerdine: - JERDINE NOLEN is the author of the Bradford Street Buddies easy reader series and numerous picture books including Raising Dragons, Thunder Rose, Plantzilla, Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm, and Irene's Wish. A pot roast disappears, then steaks from the grill-and where has Mrs. plant? But life in the Henryson household soon takes a strange turn. He loves him so much, he takes him home for summer vacation. Mortimer Henryson loves Plantzilla, the plant he's been taking care of all year in his third-grade classroom. ![]() ![]() Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 Review Citations: Ingram Children's Advance pg. Physical Information: 0.11" H x 12.04" W x 9.04" (0.40 lbs) 32 pagesįeatures: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product Contributor(s): Nolen, Jerdine (Author), Catrow, David (Illustrator), Keliher, Brian (Author)īinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: Moritmer Henryson loves Plantzilla-the plant he's been taking care of all year in this third-grade classroom-so much that he takes it home for the summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Eve and Tinker grow apart, and then Kate, belatedly seeing Tinker for what he is, sadly gives up on him. Strong-willed Katey works her way up the career ladder, from secretarial job on Wall Street to publisher’s assistant at Condé Nast, forging friendships with society types and not allowing social niceties to stand in her way. After a milk truck mauls his roadster with the women in it, permanently scarring Eve, the guilt-ridden Tinker devotes himself to her, though he and she both know he has stronger feelings for Katey. With him, they hit all the hot nightspots and consume much alcohol. Brooklyn girl Katey Kontent and her boardinghouse mate, Midwestern beauty Eve Ross, are expert flirts who become an instant, inseparable threesome with mysterious young banker Tinker Grey. Towles' buzzed-about first novel is an affectionate return to the post–Jazz Age years, and the literary style that grew out of it (though seasoned with expletives). ![]() ![]() Manhattan in the late 1930s is the setting for this saga of a bright, attractive and ambitious young woman whose relationships with her insecure roommate and the privileged Adonis they meet in a jazz club are never the same after an auto accident. ![]() ![]() ![]() All in all, this is an action packed novel filled with exquisite character growth. Here she learns more about herself, her boundaries, her courage and what she might want out of romance. This book really throws Tori into the world of Mystics and Magic, even more so that being kidnapped by the Crystal Druid in Book 2. She wants to belong so badly, but as a human, that appears impossible to do. ![]() Tori is growing and fitting better into the world of magic and mayhem. I’m pretty sure this wasn’t part of the job description. And I have about five seconds to convince this very angry sea god not to shmoosh me like a bug. Somewhere near my feet is the rogue witch I just knocked out with a stolen spell. Somewhere behind me, my three mage friends are battling for their lives. ![]() So why am I currently standing in a black-magic ritual circle across from a fae lord? I’m just a human, slinging drinks like a pro and keeping my non-magical nose out of mythic business. I’m not a sorcerer or an alchemist, or even a wussy witch. I’m not a badass mage like my three smokin’ hot best friends. Three months ago, I landed a job as a bartender. Read my Review of Book 1 Here! Read my Review of Book 2 Here! What is it about? (Blurb from GoodReads) My rating: 4 of 5 stars Urban Fantasy Available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited Down and DirtyĪ Great Urban Fantasy Series that keeps getting better – I recommend it. Two Witches and a Whiskey (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 3) by Annette Marie As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Nazi Germany's desire for aggressive territorial expansionism was one of the most important causes of World War II. The establishment of the Neuordnung had already begun long before the start of World War II, but it was publicly proclaimed by Adolf Hitler in 1941: "The year 1941 will be, I am convinced, the historical year of a great European New Order!" Īmong other things, it entailed the creation of a pan-German racial state, structured according to Nazi ideology, to ensure the existence of a perceived Aryan- Nordic master race, consolidate a massive territorial expansion into Central and Eastern Europe through colonization by German settlers, achieve the physical annihilation of Jews, Slavs (especially Poles and Russians), Roma ("gypsies"), and other people whose lives were considered " unworthy of life", as well as the extermination, expulsion or enslavement of most of the Slavic peoples and other people who were considered " racially inferior". The New Order ( German: Neuordnung) of Europe was the political order that Nazi Germany wanted to impose on the areas of Europe that were conquered and therefore under its dominion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ron Grady will read from and sign his children’s book, What Does Brown Mean to You?,” Saturday, January 14, at 11 a.m. Check out for details and registration information. If you’re looking for reinforcement for a writing resolution, the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival offers a daylong virtual retreat, Writer’s Resolutions, Saturday, January 14, with writers, editors and agents. If your New Year’s Resolution is to read more this year, you might want to begin with the One Book One New Orleans 2023 selection, the short story collection “The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You,” by Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week Susan Larson talks with Brian Fairbanks, whose new book is ‘Wizards: David Duke, America's Wildest Election, and the Rise of the Far Right’ and Jacinda Townsend, about her second novel, ‘Mother Country’, which is the 16th recipient of the Ernest J Gaines award for literary excellence. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m not one of those trauma people,” Big Swiss declares. She was also nearly beaten to death several years ago by a man who will soon get out of prison, but she’s not here to talk about that. ![]() It’s banal work until Greta transcribes for “Big Swiss,” a married 28-year-old Swiss gynecologist who comes in because she’s never had an orgasm. In a decrepit Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York, Greta - the 45-year-old protagonist of Jen Beagin’s splashy new novel, Big Swiss - spends her days as a medical transcriptionist for an eccentric sex therapist. Photo-Illustration: The Cut Photo: Courtesy of the publisher ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not knowing whom to trust, and struggling to accept the truth about the man she thought she knew, Lindsay must connect the dots of a deadly conspiracy before a brilliant criminal puts her on trial.įilled with the suspense and emotion that have made James Patterson the world’s #1 bestselling writer, 16th Seduction is the Women’s Murder Club’s toughest case yet-and an exhilarating thrill ride from start to finish. But Joe wasn’t everything that Lindsay thought he was, and she’s still reeling from his betrayal as a wave of mysterious and possibly unnatural heart attacks claims seemingly unrelated victims across San Francisco.Īs if that weren’t enough, the bomber she and Joe captured is about to go on trial, and his defense raises damning questions about Lindsay and Joe’s investigation. ![]() ![]() She had a beautiful child and a doting husband, Joe, who helped her catch a criminal who’d brazenly detonated a bomb in downtown San Francisco, killing twenty-five people. Still recovering from her husband’s betrayal, Detective Lindsay Boxer faces a series of heart-stopping crimes and a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy San Francisco.įifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer’s life was perfect. ![]() |