![]() ![]() ![]() He almost jumped and being now convinced that this seeming gaucherie was deliberate began to feel as much interested as he was ruffled. ‘Oh, no! I am very sure you did not,’ she said. ‘I imagine I need not tell you that I did no such thing!’ He glanced quickly down at her, but decided, after an instant, that this remark sprang from inanity. ‘Well, he told us that you showed him the way with the Heythrop.’ He said in the voice of one trying to set a bashful schoolgirl at her ease: ‘Your father tells me, Miss Marlow, that you are a notable horsewoman.’ He was much inclined to pick up the newspaper again, and was only deterred from doing so by the reflection that disgust at her want of conduct was no excuse for lowering his own standard of good manners. Miss Marlow sat gazing abstractedly at a Buhl cabinet and his grace of Salford, unaccustomed to such treatment, eyed her in gathering resentment. ![]() Harlequin Books, 2004 (original copyright 1957)Ībridged audio version read by Richard Armitage ![]()
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![]() ![]() And so he seeks the mysterious dark lady who alone can free him from the blessing and the curse of his long life. As he searches out these blood enemies, he must watch everyone he touches slip away. It is a family whose path first crossed his in Ireland and whose persistence puts at risk all his hopes for fulfilling his destiny. Through it all, Cormac must fight, generation after generation, a force of evil that returns relentlessly in the scions of a single family. In return for aiding an African shaman who was brought to America in chains, Cormac is given an otherworldly gift: he will live forever - as long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan.Ī writer, a painter, and a man of sensual appetites, Cormac takes part in the dramas of his times through fat years and lean. His quest brings him to the settlement of New York, seething with tensions between English and Irish, whites and blacks, British and Americans, where he is swept up in a tide of conspiracy and violence. ![]() ![]() ![]() in 1935, the oldest of seven children of immigrants from Belfast, Northern Ireland. * A magical, epic tale tracing New York's dramatic history through the eyes of an extraordinary man blessed - and cursed - with immortalityįrom the shores of Ireland, Cormac O'Connor sets out on a fateful journey to avenge the deaths of his parents and honour the code of his ancestors. Pete Hamill was a novelist, essayist and journalist whose career has endured for more than forty years. ![]() ![]() ![]() He bluffed his way into Mountjoy Prison in a daring but unsuccessful attempt to rescue IRA leader Sean MacEoin. Demobilised in Germany in 1919, Capt Dalton returned to Dublin and during the Anglo-Irish War became IRA director of training. As a young officer with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Dalton fought at the Battle of the Somme, witnessing the death of his friend, poet Tom Kettle, and winning an award for bravery. A couple of the elderly Brothers at O’Connell’s in my era had known him well. Born in America, he grew up in Drumcondra, Dublin, and attended nearby O’Connell School, where I was educated myself. I became fascinated by Dalton, whose biography, Emmet Dalton: Somme Soldier, Irish General, Film Pioneer (Merrion/Irish Academic Press), I have now written.Īs the title suggests, there was much more to Dalton than the founder of Ireland’s first film studio. I knew from the newspapers that the man who helped to bring such film-making excitement to Ireland was Emmet Dalton, who founded Ardmore film studios near Bray, Co Wicklow. I was also enthralled by the ancient armoured car being used in the film. ![]() ![]() I joined the excited crowd of onlookers, and watched in fascination as Hollywood legend James Cagney ran along the dock as part of a scene for the movie Shake Hands With The Devil. As a boy in Dublin in the late 1950s, I saw a magical sight one Sunday – a film being made on the docks near the Custom House. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Goddess proposes a deal: if Riley brings her the last fallen star, she will restore life to Hettie. They utter a devastating command: either Riley’s family must disown her, or they will be stripped of their powers and outcast alongside her.ĭesperate, Riley and Hettie appeal to the clan Goddess for help, but things get worse when the spell exhausts Hettie and sucks the life from her. However, the plan goes wrong, revealing that Riley is not a saram after all – she’s the orphan of banished witches from the outcast clan, and her heritage and willingness to cast an illegal spell have been the last straw for the elders. Scorned and mistrusted by other community members despite her loving and supportive family, Riley struggles to fit in and be accepted – that is, until her sister Hettie comes up with a brilliant idea: they’ll complete a power-sharing spell. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately for Riley, she’s adopted and has the bad luck of being the clan’s only saram (non-Witch). Riley Oh belongs to a clan of powerful healing witches. ![]() At the same time, it explores some universal themes, like community, belonging, family ties, grief, and responsibility for actions. What to Expect: Magic, adventure, Korean mythology and culture, adoptionĭrawing heavily on Korean culture and mythology, The Last Fallen Star is a rollercoaster ride filled with k-pop, demons, magic, monsters, and delicious baking. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The penguin's eyes are expressive, revealing his fears and doubts. And, as with a well-meaning New Year's resolution, Penguin can't keep up his cheeriness for long.īefitting a book about penguins, Lane Smith's art is heavy on black and white, so the pages have a bold, graphic feel, with other soft colors to brighten the landscapes. Walrus' full-page inspirational speech seems heavy because it contrasts so starkly with the spare, funny complaints on other pages. Sometimes it's hard to look beyond your own beak to the larger picture, and this book does propose a broader horizon, but it's no rosy cure-all. ![]() Sure, Penguin's problems are "Penguin Problems," but humans can relate to a cold, cruel world that stirs up fears and insecurities. Cranky kids and the irritable grown-ups who live with them might recognize themselves in this wryly funny story about a penguin who looks on the dark side even when it's blindingly bright out. ![]() ![]() ![]() First, I love that each poem ties in math, but in a different way. ![]() This book was WOW book for me for two reasons. I would also use this book to teach students that there are many ways in which to count, and different scenarios call for different methods. This book shows children how subjects can relate with one another and be used together to allow learning (and in a fun way). ![]() That science is strictly science or that history is strictly history. Many children are under the impression that each subject is its own. The awesome thing about this book is that it ties both math and language arts together it could be used during a math less, or it could be used during reading or writing. With fun and engaging illustrations, this book will make children learn to not only love poetry, but become more inclined to do math and look for it in their every day lives! It is a book of short poems that revolve around math (addition, subtraction and multiplication explicitly). I would use it in any classroom from grades 1-3. ![]() ![]() Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try. She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days. For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. ![]() ![]() Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]() ![]() NEW, never-before-read content for LONG SHOT (Iris & August) and for BLOCK SHOT (Banner & Jared) HOOPS HOLIDAY is live for 99 cents for a limited time and #FREE in #KU!įull-Court Press novella, originally published in the TEAM PLAYER Anthology (expanded with new content & epilogue) (Avery + Deck's story) Some of my all time fave characters ever! I couldn't get enough of them! I loved being in August, Iris, Jared and Banner's worlds again. ![]() I just don't want to leave their world.Īnd there's bonus content! If you've read LONG SHOT or BLOCK SHOT (and if not, what the hell man? They're on my top reads of 2018, you MUST read them!) The bonus content is A DELICIOUS TREAT. I'm still all up in my feelings! I could cry from thinking about this story I LOVE IT SO MUCH. *faints* I had this huge ass grin while reading. ![]() A wonderful and heart felt second chance romance. I wish it was longer, but she told their story PERFECTLY. ![]() SO thanks for that Kennedy! *side eyes you* It's hard to get a book hangover from a novella, don't you think? It doesn't happen to me very often, but Deck and Avery's story not only pulled me out of my book funk, it gave me book hangover. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PRAISE FOR THE ELEPHANT PIGGIE SERIES*"Accessible, appealing, and full of authetic emotions about what makes friendships tick, these titles will put a contemporary shine on easy reader collections. *"These masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse early-reader and picture-book audiences, alike."- School Library Journal (starred review) In Waiting Is Not Easy Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to wait for it. *"These books will easily take their place alongside Seuss and Eastman as classics in the beginning-reader genre."- The Bulletin (starred review) Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. ![]() ![]() and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide. 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Condition: New but dog-ear and minor bookshelf wearįour sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of Danielle Steel's new novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy-and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof.Ĭandy-it's the only name she needs-is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashion's latest international supermodel. ![]() |