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Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. And that's before Amy finds out that her first duty as a member of Rose & Grave is to take on a conspiracy of money and power that could, quite possibly, ruin her whole life. Because Rose & Grave is quickly taking her away from her familiar world of classes and keggers, fueling a feud and undermining a very promising friendship with benefits. And that's when Amy starts to discover the truth about getting what you wish for. Whisked off into an elaborate initiation rite, Amy awakens the next day to a new reality and a whole new set of "friends"-from the gorgeous son of a conservative governor to an Afrocentric lesbian activist whose society name is Thorndike. So when Amy is one of the first female students to receive the distinctive black-lined invitation with the Rose & Grave seal, she's blown away. She isn't rich, politically connected, or. But in this power-hungry world where new blood is at the mercy of old money, hooking up with the wrong people could be fatal.Įli University junior Amy Haskel never expected to be tapped into Rose & Grave. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country's most notorious secret society. ![]() Fans of Cora Carmack (Losing It) and Tammara Weber ( Easy) will devour the original New Adult novels: Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. ![]()
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Canto by David M. Booher5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He doesn’t know much about his world, so as he makes discoveries, so will readers. Our focus has always been Canto as a character and the adventure ahead of him. It’s a trap so many fantasy series fall into. Booher: We made a conscious effort not to focus on the worldbuilding as the primary goal for issue 1. How did you go about establishing this mythos?ĭavid M. ![]() James Ferguson: Arcana, the world of Canto, seems to have a very deep history. Booher and artist Drew Zucker about the project. I had a chance to speak with writer David M. This all-ages title is inspired by The Wizard of Oz and Dante’s Inferno. Canto, an epic fantasy adventure starring a tin knight on a quest to save a little girl has just begun from IDW Publishing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The setting is Boston at the turn of the 20th century. But through their unfailing bond, forged through their weekly gathering, they’ll draw strength-and the courage to transform their immigrant stories into the American lives of their dreams. The friends face family clashes and romantic entanglements, career struggles and cultural prejudice. ![]() ![]() And shy Thea is torn between asserting herself and embracing an antiquated Jewish tradition. ![]() Stunning Maria could marry anyone yet guards her heart to avoid the fate of her Italian Catholic mother, broken down by an alcoholic husband. Brilliant Ada secretly takes college classes despite the disapproval of her Russian Jewish father. But at least they have one another and the Saturday Evening Girls Club, a social pottery-making group offering respite from their hectic home lives-and hope for a better future.Īmbitious Caprice dreams of opening her own hat shop, which clashes with the expectations of her Sicilian-born parents. In Boston’s North End, four immigrant women leave childhood behind-but never one another.įor four young immigrant women living in Boston’s North End in the early 1900s, escaping tradition doesn’t come easy. ![]()
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Milk and honey kellerman5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() And to my breakfast buddies:Elyse Wolf, Lynn Rohatiner,Debi Benaron, and Frieda Katz. OL462962W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 96.13 Pages 390 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0747234302 Milk and Honey (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series, Book 3) Kindle Edition by Faye Kellerman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 787 ratings Book 3 of 27: Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 128.02 1 Used from 14.12 4 New from 99. Milk and HoneyFaye Kellerman A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel Dedication To the familyJonathan, Mom, and the kids. ![]() ![]() Urn:lcp:milkhoneynovel00kell:lcpdf:9a10b6f3-4d3b-4e40-85fe-aeb0f2e87490 Milk and Honey: A Decker/Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Book 3) Kindle Edition Kindle eBook, Maby Faye Kellerman (Author) 1,012 ratings Book 3 of 27: Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Kindle Edition 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:22:55 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA140619 Boxid_2 CH109001 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st ed. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But as the two spend time in each other’s company, Hitomi is left bewildered by Takeo’s often abrupt manner and strange behaviour. ![]() And it is amongst these curios that a relationship begins to form between Hitomi and Takeo, another of Mr Nakano’s helpers. It is narrated by Hitomi, a young woman who finds work within his shop which is filled with bric-a-brac and a jumble of curious objects. The Nakano Thrift Shop is a tale of love and companionship with events revolving around a thrift shop owned by the enigmatic Mr Nakano. I hadn’t heard of this book prior to my book club, but its premise and bold cover made it stand out to me as a good summer read. Translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell, this is the latest novel from Hiromi Kawakami, bestselling author of Strange Weather In Tokyo. One of two books I am reading for my book club this month is The Nakano Thrift Shop. ![]()
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Beyond the labyrinth gillian rubinstein5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() counterpoised with their often appallingly negative character traits, forms the puzzle. The depth and strength in these characters. ![]() ![]() but which create in the end a coherent whole. Just as cryptic crosswords do, her women behave according to their own internally consistent rules (although their relationship with reality is often erratic) and they draw on a wealth of observations, learning and experiences in (particularly women) readers which might seem disconnected and meaningless to the uninitiated. There is one facet of Gillian Rubinstein's novels which is similarly intriguing and that is her characterisation of women. ![]() To puzzle us and whet our appetite for more - to keep us thinking. What is it that computers, jigsaw puzzles and cryptic crosswords have in common? Simply the capacity to intrigue us. Gillian Rubinstein, women, female characters, authors, Australian fiction Abstract ![]()
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The kybalion by three initiates 19125/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy is a 1908 book claiming to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, published anonymously by a group or person under the pseudonym of "the Three Initiates". Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece 14 likes Like We do not live in a world of dreams, but in an Universe which while relative, is real so far as our lives and actions are concerned. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Kybalion The Kybalion, by Three Initiates, 1912, at CHAPTER II THE SEVEN HERMETIC PRINCIPLES 'The Principles of Truth are Seven he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.'-The Kybalion. ![]()
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John le carre 19795/22/2023 ![]() The last Secret Service chief, Control, was also convinced there was a traitor inside the Service and sent an agent, Jim Prideaux, into Czechoslovakia to spirit out a communist general who supposedly knew the identity of the mole. Smiley is brought out of retirement to identify the traitor but he is not the first to attempt the task. As the book opens, a new regime is in control of the British Secret Service and one of its leaders is working for the Soviets. He is almost old and has seen it all before he is tired but indefatigable he has no illusions but retains an unbroken sense of honour. ![]() ![]() The book's hero, George Smiley, is a great creation. The reader is carried forward on a tide of mounting suspense, uncertain of the identity of the traitor until the final pages. ![]() Its clever, elegant plot flashes between past and present, showing events from multiple points of view without ever creating confusion. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is my favourite espionage novel. ![]()
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Wait and See by Wendy Pope5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() So you can imagine how well I handled waiting to see my dream of motherhood come true. The word patient does not describe me-ask anyone who knows and loves me. Deep down, I am a hurry-up, right-now, please-and-thank-you kind of gal. You need to know something about me: I have never been a wait-and-see kind of girl. Dream number three required me to wait and see. However, after the two years of failing to conceive, I wondered if I would ever sing the childhood rhyme, First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Wendy with a baby carriage. My first two dreams came to pass just as I had planned. Dream came true.īecoming a mother requires … well, you know what it requires. Dream came true.īecoming a wife requires a fella. When I graduated from high school, I was ready to put my plans in motion.īecoming a teacher requires four years of college. Caring for my dolls, as well as my years of babysitting, prepared me for motherhood. Carol Brady of The Brady Bunch taught me all I needed to know about being a wife. With chalk in hand and glasses resting on my nose, I practiced being a teacher with my stuffed animals. My little-girl heart dreamed of being all of these one day. ![]()
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The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() There is a reference to these events in Pournelle's novel King David's Spaceship. ![]() The Mote in God's Eye (originally titled Motelight) is set in Pournelle's CoDominium universe, where a union of the United States and the Soviet Union produced a world government and a number of colonies in other star systems, followed by nuclear war on Earth and the rise of the First Empire based on the planet Sparta several centuries before the events of the novel. The Mote in God's Eye was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards in 1975. The title of the novel is a reference to the Biblical " The Mote and the Beam" parable and is the nickname of a star. The story is set in the distant future of Pournelle's CoDominium universe, and charts the first contact between humanity and an alien species. ![]() The Mote in God's Eye is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974. ![]() |