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Boy Underwater by Adam Baron5/30/2023 ‘Every now and again you read a book that is just really special. ‘Adam Baron has successfully maintained a delicate balance between comedy and tragedy and there are scenes that will have children laughing aloud, as well as others that will leave many readers in tears.’īooks for Keeps (Children’s Book of the Week) ‘Grab your tissues (to muffle laughter and mop up tears) and get ready for one of the stand out reads this year.' ‘Boy Underwater is one of those rare books that manages to be both very funny and heartbreakingly sad.’ LoveReading4Kids So, why not come in? The water’s lovely.’ ‘Adam Baron – who usually writes adult novels this is his debut for younger readers – has a light touch and brings humour to difficult subjects such as mental health and child mortality. ‘The witty humour and dialogue are the perfect foil to the unresolved grief and anxiety that underpin this impressive debut’ Daily Mail With evocative monochrome illustrations, it bears you up as soon as you plunge in’ Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week ‘This poignant novel is about love and loss, but, told from the viewpoint of a child too young to grasp all that grown-ups do, it is also funny.
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Mrs claremont5/30/2023 She runs a fortune telling parlor in Hyrule Castle Town, and gives hints to Link about his next endeavors by asking her about his career and the location of Pieces of Hearts when asking her about love. Madame Fanadi, in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Of course, the player needs to find a way to pay for the meeting, since as the game repeatedly exposits, "It costs one gold coin to see Madame Mushka." Madame Mushka from King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! is a gypsy fortune teller who only appears briefly, but is important to completing the game as she reveals to Graham what Mordack is plotting before giving him a magic charm to help him on his quest.She also writes prediction in the Gazette. London's most greatest chiropteromancer, she reads fortunes in Mrs. She is implied to be a medium since she has a crystal ball on her table, but she never actually tells any fortunes as far as the player character can see. It is highly possible that Madame Grunty is an alter-ego of Grunthilda the Witch, as they share similar voices, avatars and names. In the Witchyworld level, this Fortune Teller alternates between giving Banjo and Kazooie free items and beatings. She is a fortune teller who will place a Gypsy Curse on you if you hurt her, but reward you with either information or a blessing if you complete a quest in her favor.
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Tormented Obsession by Anna Zaires5/30/2023 It’s not what I want, but I have to keep her from these escape attempts. I can feel her muscles tensing as I speak, and I know I’m scaring her. You’re mine, and you’re staying mine-now and for as long as we’re both alive.” You have no idea of the lengths I’ll go to, ptichka, no clue what I’m willing to do to have you. You think you know what I’m capable of, but you haven’t even scratched the surface. And if you try this futile stunt again, you’ll regret it-I give you my word on that. There’s nobody out there who can help you, no place you can hide from me. “You will never do this again.” My voice is low and hard as I grip her shoulders and pull back to meet her startled gaze, the fear inside me swamped by fierce determination. Title: Obsession Mine Series: Tormentor Mine #2 Genre: Dark Erotic Romantic Suspense Author: Anna Zaires Release Date: November 14, 2017 She’s my love, my addiction, my obsession. Caged her because I can’t live without her. Genre: Dark Romance, Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Winter in sokcho review5/30/2023 Kerrand waits for just the right spark of inspiration. The town waits for warm weather and the tourist season. The country waits for the war with the North to reignite. In Sokcho, everyone is in a holding pattern. Nor does she see her own beauty: those around her suggest that she get plastic surgery, and she struggles with disordered eating, even as she tries to persuade the dismissive Kerrand to try her cooking. Yet Sokcho has beauty that she cannot see: colorful buildings, mountain vistas, beaches, even the fleet of fishing vessels that light up the dark sea. The narrator’s languor is heightened by the fact that Sokcho, in her view, is a dead end. Or perhaps it is his drawings, always so stark and always destroyed by morning, that attract her, even as his behavior repels her. Perhaps that is what draws her to Kerrand: he embodies something she lacks. The narrator is not close to her mother or her boyfriend, and she knows nothing of her father, save that he is French. Each of them seeks something undefinable from the other, even as it becomes apparent that they will not find it. He becomes a source of reluctant fascination for the narrator, a new employee at the isolated guest house where Kerrand is staying. But one tourist comes: Kerrand, a French comic book artist in search of inspiration. Sokcho, a Korean beach resort, has little to offer tourists during the off season. In Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel Winter in Sokcho, a young woman has a fateful encounter with a man who is as lost as she is.
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Boy, Lost by Kristina Olsson5/30/2023 ‘A compassionate and sensitive entwined narrative of a lost son and lost mother, this book – by virtue of Olsson’s writing – soars above the conventions of its genre.’ Judges’ comments, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards ‘Exquisitely written and achingly intimate, this is a significant book which sets a new benchmark for memoir.’ Judges’ comments, Queensland Literary Awards ‘A harrowing yet beautifully written tale.’ Good Reading ‘Olsson uses perfectly balanced prose and enormous compassion to weave breathtaking beauty into this family memoir. ‘The writing is beautiful and Olsson’s ability to capture a person or a moment is stunning – but it’s the fierceness and restraint she demonstrates in this memoir that makes it so moving.’ The Conversation I can’t recommend it highly enough.’ The Newtown Review of Books ‘A shatteringly beautiful read, one not easily forgotten. ‘An intelligent and deeply serious book about lives full of pain.’ Australian Book Review ‘A compelling story of a family torn apart by poverty and abuse, evocatively told by a gifted writer.’ Courier-Mail ‘ engrossing, affecting family memoir.’ Weekend Australian Olsson’s prose is lyrical and heartfelt.’ Books + Publishing
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Lost Love's Return by Alfred Nicols5/30/2023 Despite his every effort, desperate and in great distress, he is unable to reconnect with her. Separated and shipped home, Peter tries desperately to reconnect with Elizabeth, but the War and the Spanish flu epidemic have the world in turmoil. Upon his release, they engage in an intense love affair, forever changing both of their lives. He’s transported to a British hospital, where he falls hard for Elizabeth, a young English nurse, and she for him. In 1918, in a dramatic battlefield scene on the Western Front, young American soldier Peter Montgomery sustains a severe wound. For fans of Nicholas Sparks, Amor Towles and Kate Quinn, comes a tale that asks one important question Can love prevail from the battlefields of WW1 Europe, to postwar Mississippi and into WWII one?
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Avedon portraits american west5/30/2023 As the title of this series suggests he spent the years traveling across the western United States. “American West” was a commission by the Amon Carter Museum in Forth Worth, Texas. So I’ve decided to look into the Avedon’s American West series in more detail to discover why he photographed complete strangers. However I’m still working upon the context of the project which has became a complex issue. Although I’m still working on this idea, and within this six week project I’m currently looking at other more legal methods such as imagine alteration. No one has taken it a set further by actually going back into the public domain like the street and physically fly postering the portraits. Although it’s been done to death before and a thousand photography students before me have looked at Avedon and his American West series for inspiration. When I first started to pre-visualise my idea, the notion of photographing people on the street did sound promising. Billy Mudd, Trucker, Alto, Texas, May 7, 1981
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The piano lesson theater5/29/2023 Sparrow Jr., Mark Drew, Renee Freeman and Dwayne Donnell. It’s mid-way through the 10-play cycle “The Piano Lesson,” set in the 1930s, is the fifth the venue’s produced.įrom left: Earl W. Theatre Conspiracy has committed to staging each August Wilson play in the cycle, producing one a year. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler and John David Washington. It was made into a movie in 1995 and is currently being made into a movie for Netflix, starring Samuel L. “The Piano Lesson,” which played on Broadway in 1987, has had an off-Broadway revival and a Broadway revival since then. (The other Pulitzer winner was “Fences.”) They’ve won numerous awards, and two, including “The Piano Lesson,” received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Wilson wrote 10 plays, often called The Pittsburgh Cycle or The Century Cycle, depicting Black life through the twentieth century, a play for each decade. McCarter directs the production currently running at Theatre Conspiracy in Fort Myers (through April 30.) She’s talking about the piano at the center of August Wilson’s award-winning play, “The Piano Lesson,” an instrument that causes family discord, grief and death.
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Main street by sinclair lewis5/29/2023 Carol Kennicott attempts to institute progressive changes to the town's infrastructure, the library, and the women's clubs but her attempts are met with derision and scorn. She rebels against the constraints of her life in a small town and her limited role as a housewife. The town is ugly and the people are provincial. Carol finds life in Gopher Prairie confining. They return to Will's hometown of Gopher Prairie, which is a fictionalized version of Lewis' hometown of Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Paul, who marries Will Kennicott, a small-town doctor. The novel tells the story of Carol Milford, a young progressive woman raised in St. Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street is a scathing indictment of life in small-town America during the early years of the 20th century. By Greta Bahnemann, Metadata Librarian, Minnesota Digital Library, Minitex
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Counterpart by Hayley Stone5/29/2023 “A tension-filled story of loss, loyalty, and forgiveness, with abundant Terminator-style shoot-em-up scenes and a snarky, kickass female warrior. Worse, someone inside the resistance is sabotaging the human cause-someone who, from all appearances, seems to be Rhona. Despite Rhona’s peacekeeping efforts, former nations are feuding over resources as old power struggles resurface. The machines have a new technology designed to overcome humanity’s most advanced weaponry. Now the leader of the resistance, she’s determined to ensure the machines are shut down for good.īut victory is elusive. Killed in combat, she was brought back to life using her DNA, and she’s forged a new, even more powerful identity. As the war against extinction intensifies, people are beginning to gain the upper hand.Ĭommander Rhona Long understands survival better than most. The machines believed their extermination of the human race would be over as quickly as it began. The high-intensity sci-fi thriller series that began with Machinations continues as reincarnated insurgent Rhona Long faces off against the one enemy she can’t outwit: her own clone. |