![]() ![]() On one side, it is a glimpse into six witches trying to rid themselves of an accidental murder. On prom night, Alexis and her five friends (Roya, Iris, Marcelina, Maryam and Paulie) end up with a dead boy on their hands and no idea how to clean up the mess they made. Things start off pretty bloody for Alexis, and they only get bloodier. Left with the remains of their failed spells and more consequences than anyone could have predicted, each of them must find a way to live with their part of the story. Their first attempt fails - and their second attempt fails even harder. ![]() When accidental magic goes sideways and a boy winds up dead, Alexis and her friends come together to try to right a terrible wrong. That unshakeable, complicated love is one of the only things that doesn’t change on prom night. Complicated by problems like jealousy, or insecurity, or lust. ![]() Their secret is what brought them together, and their love for each other is unshakeable - even when that love is complicated. Being in love with you best friend is harder.Īlexis has always been able to rely on two things: her best friends, and the magic powers they all share. Despite its supernatural element, When We Were Magic is ultimately about finding power in powerless situations, with the people you love by your side. ![]()
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![]() When her knight in shining armor turned out to be a douche in tinfoil, Gus never expected her real hero to be a sexy-accented, tattooed beast of a man.But he was exactly who she needed.Gus had no clue how comforting a monster in the dark could be.Until Nox. Unfortunately, her taste in men wasn't as well-developed. ![]() And when it came to the gorgeous lass with a fiery attitude, he didn't just want her.He needed her.With southern-bred manners and a snark all her own, Augusta 'Gus' Allan was a connoisseur of cheap wine, delicious Mexican food, and good TV. Ruthlessly single-minded, if he wanted something, it was his. The ending was wonderful with a nice epilogue. The side characters from previous books where great but the grandmother had me laughing at her antics. They are by far one of my favorite couples. Not all heroes are good guys.With a body count on his soul and blood on his hands, Killian Nox lived in the gray. Every book by Layla Frost is amazing and Until Nox was no exception Gus was a stubborn and cheeky heroine while Nox was an strong Alpha male all the way. And when it came to the gorgeous lass with a fiery attitude, he didn't jus. Not all heroes are good guys.With a body count on his soul and blood on his hands, Killian Nox lived in the gray. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() JEREMY SCHAAP (Author, "Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens in Hitler's Olympics"): He wasn't celebrated to the extent that he would later be, because people tend to be nostalgic. In fact, Owens really didn't get his due until 1955. Owens won four gold medals and set three Olympic records at the Berlin games, and his achievements shattered Adolf Hitler's assertions of Aryan supremacy.ĮSPN author and anchor Jeremy Schaap debunks a few of the myths surrounding Jesse Owens in his new book "Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics." When we spoke to him from our studios in New York this past week, Schaap said that although Owens became an international celebrity after the 1936 Olympics, he had to struggle to support himself and his family. Some 70 years after the 1936 Summer Olympics, the extraordinary performance of Jesse Owens lives on. ![]() ![]() ![]() She has written all the titles in the award-winning THAT'S NOT MY(R) series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She graduated from Exeter University with a Bachelor of Education in Art and Design. About the Author: Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. The bright pictures and textures to stroke are designed to help develop sensory and language awareness. Babies and toddlers will love touching the textured patches as they meet dinosaurs with fuzzy tails, bumpy teeth and soft spines. Meet five friendly dinosaurs in this special edition of the much-loved That's not my.
![]() Not quite so – the author released four novels under his real name before this maiden outing for a pseudonym, and it was released in German markets in 2012. This thriller comes to us with the air of being an overnight success in Europe. So imagine a continent without it, all of a sudden – generating plants can't get back on, power networks can't deliver, and hundreds of millions suffer in a winter-time with nothing like as many utilities as they'd prefer… Traffic lights wouldn't guide us safely through junctions mobile phone and laptop charge would be a valued commodity those cow-milking robotic get-ups wouldn't operate – man and beast would literally all be tits up. And we'd all be going to hell in a handcart if it failed. ![]() Unless you're living in some kind of miracle world, you're using it to read this, and it is patently one of those things we take for granted. It's not brilliantly written, but even post-Brexit it's utterly relevant.Įlectricity. Summary: Europe is without electricity for days, due to some kind of attack. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. ![]() Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This book was released on with total page 348 pages. Book Synopsis The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare Complete in 13 Volumes, Volume 1 by : William Shakespeareĭownload or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare Complete in 13 Volumes, Volume 1 written by William Shakespeare and published by Palala Press. The Reduced Shakespeare Company will present an updated, 21st century version of its 1990s hit, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) to New Victory Theater, March 5-14. ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. In Underwater Dogs, Seth Casteel gives playful and energetic testament to the rough-and-tumble joy that our dogs bring into our lives. Each image bubbles with exuberance and life, a striking reminder that even in the most loveable and domesticated dog, there are more primal forces at work. In more than eighty portraits, award-winning pet photographer and animal rights activist Seth Casteel captures new sides of our old friends with vibrant underwater photography that makes it impossible to look away. ![]() From leaping Lab to diving Dachshund, the water is where a dog's distinct personality shines through some lounge in the current, paddling slowly, but others arch their bodies to cut through the water with the focus and determination of a shark. The exuberant, exhilarating photographs of dogs underwater that have become a sensation.įrom the water's surface, it's a simple exercise: a dog's leap, a splash, and then a wet head surfacing with a ball, triumphant.īut beneath the water is a chaotic ballet of bared teeth and bubbles, paddling paws, fur and ears billowing in the currents. ![]() ![]() ![]() Le Chiffre immediately pulls up a chaircuts a. With their constant echoing of his gestures and maxims, his essence permeates the entire novel, even though the man himself isn’t present. In 2006s Casino Royale, Mads Mikkelsens bloodthirsty banker, Le Chiffre, tries to torture some poker winnings out of Daniel Craigs James Bond. Giancarlo Giannini stars as Ren Mathis, Bonds mysterious MI6 contact in Montenegro, and Judi Dench returns as M. Bond himself only appears in the occasional flashback, but the other Double 0 agents have all self-consciously molded themselves in his image. If there is a silliness to the novel, there is also a lot of campy fun: man-eating tigers threatening to escape their cages, bodice-ripping seductions. ![]() ISBN: 014200202X British secret agent James Bond is a true modern icon. ![]() We have hand-wavey descriptions of technology that will apparently destroy the whole world and bad guys who can’t resist giving speeches right before they get killed. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming Penguin Books, September, 2002. We have the monomaniacal billionaires, the abandoned Soviet facilities, the sleek Aston Martins, the perfectly mixed martinis, the high-end casinos, the low-rent fight nights. ![]() It was the first of fourteen James Bond books which have gone on to sell over 60 million copies worldwide and be translated into 20 languages. Every Bond trope we have been trained to expect is present in this novel. His first novel, Casino Royale (1953), introduced spy hero, James Bond, agent 007, to the world. Even though Bond himself is absent from “Double or Nothing,” Sherwood is careful not to stray too far from the reliable pleasure-centers of the franchise. ![]() ![]() ![]() I returned from LA, and instead of moving there, I wrote my story about the rock star as a young adult novel and called it JOHNNY LIGHTNING. ![]() On a plane to LA to decide my fate- “to move to LA or not to move to LA” that is the question, my big bro, Mark, coincidentally with the same last name as mine (author of PRINCES IN EXILE, DREAMS OF THE SOLO TRAPEZE and STARCROSSED) handed me a young adult book he found at the library he thought I’d like to read during the flight.Īs I read the book, I thought, ‘I can do this!’ It was during this time I began to write an adult novel about a rock star-I had always enjoyed writing.įast forward a couple of years along with a move home where I was performing “stand-up” at comedy clubs in the area. There, I graduated from the Second City Training Center and performed improv, Shakespeare, comedies and dramas-I even sang and danced on a cruise boat-without falling in Lake Michigan! A classmate of mine from Second City and I created and performed a two woman show for a year before I braved it alone doing stand-up comedy. When I returned from London, I relocated to Chicago where I lived for five years. I attended a local university majoring in theatre and spent a summer in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts where I learned about the “Old Bard” from amazingly talented teachers. ![]() Before I took pen to paper, I was an actress. ![]() ![]() (Speaking about coming-of-age stories set in the 1990s, I would say that The Perks of Being a Wallflower has a better chance to become a classic someday, but I wouldn’t bet on this either – it’s a good book, but probably not timeless enough.) ![]() And I hazard a wild guess: Submarine will never be a wildly quoted reference point in the genre of teenage-novels. The atmosphere, the peculiar teenage-feeling and the humor are all totally different here, and this novel doesn’t feature that unique, unmistakable, poignant teenage angst which is characteristic of Salinger’s novel. So, here we go: Submarine is not the new Catcher in the Rye. ![]() ![]() If the journalists writing for the Observer, the Independent, the Guardian and every other paper and literary magazine – from whose reviews someone somewhere selects all those quotes that fill the back cover and the first couple of pages of the average English-language novel – wouldn’t feel the need to compare every single coming-of-age story to the Catcher in the Rye, then perhaps I wouldn’t feel the need to start all my posts about coming-of-age stories with saying: no, this novel is not the new Catcher in the Rye, either. ![]() |