![]() ![]() ![]() Not Asmodeus's sworn enemy and twin, Apollyon. Nothing will stand between her and the immense, forbidding male. ![]() A mission gone wrong sees her sent to Paris to cool off, but when a dark and deadly warrior with a gaze of golden fire lands in her life, she ends up burning hotter than Hell for the wicked angel. Liora is a witch with a bad reputation and an obsession with fighting demons. He will not let his wretched master have her. until he sets eyes on the most beautiful woman he has ever seen-a female who awakens new feelings within his black heart, unleashing passion so intense that it controls him and desire he cannot resist. When his master orders him to venture into the mortal world and retrieve a female for him, he seizes the chance to leave Hell for the first time, uncaring of what the Devil has planned for her. The King of Demons and the Devil's right hand man, Asmodeus is a dark angel born of evil and created for destruction. ![]()
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![]() Remains as fresh and full of joy and gratitude for youth and its sensations as when it first appeared. So convincing and atmospheric… This magical book will captivate you with its richly painted images Woman's Weekly You don’t forget the language and he is wonderful at detail Michael Morpurgo, Daily Express ![]() He died in May 1997.Ī classic of English literature Good Book Guide He also wrote three bestselling volumes of autobiography: Cider with Rosie (1959), which has sold over six million copies worldwide, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991), which are also published by Penguin in a single volume entitled Red Sky at Sunrise (1992). His other works include The Voyage of Magellan (1948), a verse play for radio A Rose for Winter (1955), which records his travels in Andalusia The Firstborn (1964) I Can't Stay Long (1975), a collection of his occasional writing and Two Women (1983). Laurie Lee published four collections of poems: The Sun My Monument (1944), The Bloom of Candles (1947), My Many-Coated Man (1955) and Pocket Poems (1960). In 1950 he married Catherine Polge and they had one daughter. He later returned by crossing the Pyrenees, as he recounted in A Moment of War. ![]() ![]() ![]() At the age of nineteen he walked to London and then travelled on foot through Spain, where he was trapped by the outbreak of the Civil War. Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1914, he was educated at Slad village school and Stroud Central School. Laurie Lee has written some of the best-loved travel books in the English language. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One can only imagine the pressure applied on that “difficult” zoom call. She was so insistent that she wouldn’t cancel that she had offered £100 to each person who bet that she would - which she is now paying up. I would moderate, as someone who has no corner to fight in this discussion - Grace’s team found me to be “a great, steady moderating presence” in my YouTube interviews.Įven Grace Lavery, it would seem, who is a standard-bearer for her community, can be intimidated into silence by them. We managed to find a date, venue, format and title that both Helen and Grace were happy with. So we agreed to host the potentially difficult conversation. ![]() ![]() It was considered too fraught and too much of a risk that Grace would pull out.Īt UnHerd we believe it is important to talk about difficult topics - amazingly, this would seem to have been the first in-person discussion between a gender-critical feminist and a trans activist. Joyce agreed in theory - but nobody would host the event. She specifically invited The Economist’s Helen Joyce, author of Trans, to do so. As part of the promotion of her new book, Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis, about living as a transwoman since 2018, she had been offering to debate a “gender critical feminist”. Grace Lavery is a prominent trans activist and professor of Gender Studies at UC Berkeley in California. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So in you may find yourself rooting for the main character, not because he is a great guy (he's not), but because you may not agree with what he is put through. I love the head scratcher books where there is a very very very gray area. However, in the middle and latter parts of the book, there are things done to him by society in the name of "good" that are highly questionable, and as much as I hated him I found myself asking "Was that really justifiable?" And there isn't really a clear answer to that question, which is what makes the book so interesting. I can't really say what he does that is so horrendous without giving away spoilers (unless you really want to know) but let's just say you do NOT want to meet him in a dark alley or be alone in a car with him. I can't really say what he does that is so horrendous without giving away spoilers (unl …more The protagonist does things that are absolutely cringe-worthy. KT The protagonist does things that are absolutely cringe-worthy. ![]() ![]() When I was young my mom kept telling me I remind her of a miniseries she watched years ago before the war but couldn't find again called Queenie starring the enchanting Mia Sara. He was also a publisher and editor who guided Jackie Kennedy in her career at Doubleday. Michael Korda is an author of books I have always enjoyed. The author, Michael Korda is the nephew of Alexander Korda and had a front row seat in the making of Ms. She managed to marry Alexander Korda, one of England's greatest producers and directors. ![]() The fascinating thing about this book is that it is a roman a clef about the famous movie star Merle Oberon. This novel is full of colorful characters and intrigue. ![]() She uses her intelligence and beauty to become a bona fide movie star mainly by marrying a charismatic director and their union is as enchanting and riveting as any movie. This is one of those books.īeautiful, seductive, Anglo Indian Dawn Avalon flees the street of Calcutta for London when she is wrongfully accused of murder. ![]() When reading reviews and comments by my friends, I'm constantly reminded of books I've read and loved before there was a goodreads. ![]() Goodreads has given me another reason why I love their site so much. ![]() ![]() ![]() What do these urban legends and proverbs have in common? They are all ideas or stories that stick with us easy to remember, easy to retell, and requiring no evidence or advertising for them to remain in the public consciousness. Halloween candy spiked with razor blades. ![]() A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. The stories range from urban legends, such as the “Kidney Heist” in the introduction to business stories, as with the story of Southwest Airlines, “the low price airline” to inspirational, personal stories such as that of Floyd Lee, a passionate mess hall manager.Įach chapter includes a section entitled “Clinic”, in which the principles of the chapter are applied to a specific case study or idea to demonstrate the principle’s application.Ī man wakes up after a night of drinking in a bathtub with a kidney missing. A similar style to Gladwell’s is used, with a number of stories and case studies followed by principles. The book continues the idea of “stickiness” popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in The Tipping Point, seeking to explain what makes an idea or concept memorable or interesting. The book was published on January 2, 2007. ![]() I highly recommend it to people who what to learn how to become better story tellers and how to tell stories that stick. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by brothers Chip and Dan Heath is a winner. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, those hard lessons and abilities are put to the test in a quest so dangerous and fantastical, it would be madness to go.but may destroy the world if she does not. Throughout her adventures in Akata Witch and Akata Warrior, she had to navigate the balance between nearly everything in her life-America and Nigeria, the "normal" world and the one infused with juju, human and spirit, good daughter and powerful Leopard Person. "In this series, Okorafor creates a stunningly original world of African magic that draws on Nigerian folk beliefs and rituals instead of relying on the predictable tropes of Western fantasy novels."įrom the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had mystical energy flowing in her blood, she sought to understand and control her powers. Akata Woman is the New York Times bestselling third book in the series that started with Akata Witch, named one of Time magazine's "100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time" and "100 Best YA Books of All Time," from award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.Įvery day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk.and the tree was happy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. "Once there was a tree.and she loved a little boy." This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience. As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book grew from 12 poems in its first publication, which Whitman paid for and typeset himself, to nearly 400 poems in its final, “Death Bed Edition.” This recording is of the final edition. Whitman continually revised and republished Leaves of Grass throughout his lifetime, notably adding the “Drum-Taps” section after Lincoln’s assassination. Despite such high recommendations, Whitman faced charges of obscenity and immorality for his work, but this only led to increased popularity of the book. Whitman’s hero, Abraham Lincoln, read and enjoyed an early version of Leaves of Grass. ![]() When the book was first published, Whitman sent a copy to Emerson, whose praiseful letter of response helped launch the book to success. Whitman was inspired to begin Leaves of Grass after reading an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson which expressed a need for a uniquely American poet. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass exalted the body and the material world. The poems are listed below by their first lines. None of them are given titles, but the first six are given under the title Leaves of Grass. Download cover art Download CD case insert Leaves of GrassĪmerican poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Leaves of Grass (1855) by Walt Whitman The first edition of Leaves of Grass contains only twelve poems. ![]() ![]() ![]() Voltaire wrote: "The interest I have in believing a thing is not a proof of the existence of that thing." Voltaire's French publisher was sent to the Bastille and Voltaire had to escape from Paris again, as judges sentenced the book to be "torn and burned in the Palace." Voltaire spent a calm 16 years with his deistic mistress, Madame du Chatelet, in Lorraine. ![]() The book also satirized the religious teachings of Rene Descartes and Blaise Pascal, including Pascal's famed "wager" on God. ![]() There he wrote Lettres philosophiques (1733), which galvanized French reform. Upon a second imprisonment, in which Francois adopted the pen name Voltaire, he was released after agreeing to move to London. He launched a lifelong, successful playwriting career in 1718, interrupted by imprisonment in the Bastille. Jesuit-educated, he began writing clever verses by the age of 12. In 1694, Age of Enlightenment leader Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was born in Paris. ![]() |