![]() ![]() ![]() “So bottom line: you kissed her and now what?” Note: may contain sexually explicit scenes of a homoerotic nature. If she embraces her true self, can she find acceptance and love from her family and friends? Or will she be forced to hide who she really is from those she cares about the most? ![]() Through personal ads and late night visits to an adult bookstore, Yvette learns more about her own personal desires than she ever did when she was engaged to be married. Yvette’s small town life in eastern North Carolina never prepared her for the personal journey she undertakes as she struggles to find her heart’s path. But she never thought placing a personal ad would lead her to discover she was a lesbian. GENRE: Lesbian Interracial Erotic Romanceįour months before her wedding, Yvette Thurman realizes this might be her last chance to have a sexual fling with a white man. Publishing Partners - Publishing Partners. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In 1932, she published The Roman Way, which was also very successful. The book was a critical and popular success. In 1930, when she was sixty-three years old, she published The Greek Way, in which she presented parallels between life in ancient Greece and in modern times. ![]() ![]() After her retirement in 1922, she started writing and publishing scholarly articles on Greek drama. For the next twenty-six years, she directed the education of about four hundred girls per year. Hamilton returned to the United States in 1896 and accepted a position of the headmistress of the Bryn Mawr Preparatory School in Baltimore, Maryland. The following year, she and her sister Alice went to Germany and were the first women students at the universities of Munich and Leipzich. Hamilton's education continued at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut and at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which she graduated in 1894 with an M.A. Her father began teaching her Latin when she was seven years old and soon added Greek, French and German to her curriculum. Edith Hamilton, an educator, writer and a historian, was born Augin Dresden, Germany, of American parents and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Sandman is the only one she can turn to for answers. ![]() So when Nora’s friends start mysteriously dying gruesome deaths in their sleep, she isn’t altogether surprised when the police direct their suspicion at her. It took her too long to learn not to mention the hooded figure in her dreams to her mother, who still watches Nora as if she’ll crack. He has to be, if she doesn’t want a one-way ticket back to the psychiatrist. more The Sandman is seventeen-year-old Nora’s closest friend and best-kept secret. ![]() The Sandman is seventeen-year-old Nora’s closest friend and best-kept secret. ![]() ![]() ![]() i’m just being a kindly readers’ advisory holiday angel. This is the time of year i float reviews of fun books that would make nice presents. People often say that Seth and Nala have similar hairstyles. His rescue dog, Baby Nala, has accepted the fact that she will be photographed every single day. He plans to one day go back in time, and change nothing. He loves 80's music and is a fan of the DeLorean automobile. Seth's non-profit campaign, One Picture Saves a Life, inspires, empowers and educates animal ambassadors around the world to improve the image of rescue and adoption through positive photography. He has traveled the world in pursuit of his passion, working with animals on five continents. You may have also seen him on Good Morning America, EXTRA, Jeopardy!, The Insider and Inside Edition. His work has been published in National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times and in hundreds of other magazines, newspapers and calendars. ![]() Since then, Seth has developed a career as a Lifestyle Pet Photographer, accepting commissions and commercial assignments, collaborating with dozens of publishers and exhibiting his artwork in galleries around the world. ![]() These improved, positive photos showcased unique personalities, resulting in countless adoptions. In 2007, Seth began volunteering to photograph homeless pets to help them find loving families. ![]() His forthcoming book, Underwater Puppies, will be published September 16, 2014. Seth Casteel is an award-winning photographer and the New York Times Best Selling Author of Underwater Dogs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The world in which these adventures take place is heavily influenced by Slavic mythology. At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. ![]() The main character of The Witcher (alternative translation: The Hexer) is Geralt, a mutant assassin who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s. Sapkowski has created a cycle of tales based on the world of The Witcher, comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. His first short story, The Witcher ( Wiedźmin), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. Andrzej Sapkowski, born Jin Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Please see inside the book for a detailed list. WARNING: Contains a morally gray male MC, explicit content, violence, profanity, and topics that may be sensitive to some readers. It is the fourth and final book in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone. Twisted Lies is a steamy, medium to slow burn fake dating romance. Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies…and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything. Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage.īetween her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship.īut when a threat from her past drives her into the arms-and house-of the most dangerous man she’s ever met, she’s tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time.īecause despite Christian’s cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she’s with him. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can’t refuse.Įvery monster has their weakness. ![]() She’s the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can’t solve. ![]() He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can’t deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him. He'll do anything to have her.including lie.Ĭharming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. ![]() ![]() by Eric Carle (Author, Illustrator) 4.8 out of 5 stars 6,022 ratings. The book has been printed in a sturdy board book edition - perfect for little hands!Įric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children. From Head to Toe Padded Board Book Board book 6 March 2018. Each spread leads seamlessly into the next and young children will delight in Eric's colourful collage animals and simple repetitive language. From Eric Carle, the New York Times bestselling creator of beloved books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug, comes From Head to Toe/De la cabeza a los pies, a colorful and energetic bilingual board book that will have young readers clapping their hands, stomping their feet, and wiggling their toes. A classic picture book by Eric Carle and Bill Martin, Jr - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?Įxuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. From Head to Toe, a colorful and energetic board book that will have young readers clapping their hands, stomping their feet, and wiggling their toesericca. ![]() ![]() ![]() The newest one, Death is Stupid, approaches grieving children with an honesty that is both refreshing and challenging-radical empathy. Moments like these are the inspiration behind a series of books: “Ordinary, Terrible Things.” Writer and artist Anastasia Higginbotham has created beautiful books that offer straight talk and clear images to explain the truth. These were nice people, but entirely unhelpful. Also, I could understand that he wasn’t going to ask for pancakes-first because no one who wakes up in a hospital with a tube in his nose is going to ask for breakfast and second because my father ate eggs. At the age of seven, I knew this was ridiculous because all of our relatives had come to the hospital and everyone was stone faced. ![]() When my father was in a coma, people kept telling me that he would wake up and ask for pancakes. Adults feed into this perception by saying things like, “Grandma is in a better place now,” “God doesn’t do anything without a reason.” “This sad feeling will pass.” They aren’t making it easier for the children, they are making it easier for themselves. They see adults behave childishly, irrationally, and inappropriately. ![]() Children of tragedy experience a moment where they are forced to grow up and see that adults are full of it most of the time. ![]() Grieving children and children of divorce learn way too early that adults are emotional children. By Katherine Thome 0 Radical Empathy: DEATH IS STUPID, an Interview with Anastasia Higginbotham ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "It was the most important experience of my life," she says, "because I didn't think that I was going to come out alive."įacing her own death gave her a courage that has never left her, she says. ![]() Lerner and her mother were imprisoned, essentially as hostages for her father, she says. When the Nazis assumed power in Austria, Lerner's father, a businessman and pharmacist, learned he was on the arrest list and fled to Liechtenstein, thinking his family would be safe. Lerner, then 14, became active in the student underground anti-fascist movement: "That taught me a lot about standing my ground and not believing what people said." In 1934, four years before the Nazis marched in, there was a fascist uprising in Austria. Because the family members were frequently in conflict, Lerner learned early on that she had to fend for herself and think for herself. Her artist mother was an early feminist, a self-educated and strong-willed woman who was "ground down a good part of her life," Lerner says. ![]() ![]() ![]() It brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.ĭespite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. #1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller * #1 USA Today Bestseller *Ī deluxe tenth anniversary edition of John Green's beloved YA classic.įrom John Green, #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars is insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw. ![]() 'The greatest romance story of this decade.' - Entertainment Weekly Lockhart, #1 bestselling author of We Were Liars 'John Green is one of the best writers alive.' -E. A special edition marking the 10th anniversary of global publishing and cultural phenomenon The Fault in Our Stars – the beloved YA classic read by millions. ![]() |