![]() Between keeping Robbie's secret and saving him from taking his life, Tristan is given the final call: sacrifice his dream for a brother he barely knows, or pursue his own path. As their season progresses and friends turn out to be enemies, Robbie finds solace in an online stranger known only as Jimmy2416. Robbie's future in the NHL is plagued by anxiety and the mounting pressure from their dad, coach, and scouts, while Tristan desperately fights to create his own future, not as a hockey player but a musical theatre performer. Tristan starts seeing his twin not as a hockey star whose shadow Tristan can't escape, but a struggling gay teen terrified about coming out in the professional sports world. ![]() Forced to share a room to prevent Robbie from hurting himself, the brothers begin to feel the weight of each other's lives on the ice, and off. Even though they're identical, Tristan isn't close to his twin Robbie at all-until Robbie tries to kill himself. When Mia Siegert’s debut novel Jerkbait hit bookshelves on May 10 of this year, the young adult hockey novel focusing on homophobia and mental illness was never more relevant. ![]()
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![]() The world-building in Frozen is absolutely addictive. The mix of adventure and fantasy will have you addicted! A one-sitting read. But can true love survive the lies? Fiery hearts collide in this fantastic tale of the evil men do and the awesome power within us all. Danger and deceit await on every corner, even as Nat and Wes find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. But passage to the Blue is treacherous, if not impossible, and her only shot is to bet on a ragtag crew of mercenaries led by a cocky runner named Ryan Wesson to take her there. More importantly, it s a place where Nat won t be persecuted, even if her darkest secret comes to light. They say it s a paradise, where the sun still shines and the waters are turquoise. Like many, she's heard of a mythical land simply called the Blue. At the heart of this city is Natasha Kestal, a young blackjack dealer looking for a way out. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature freezing. Welcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. From the New York Times bestselling author of Blue Bloods and "Isle of the Lost" (a Disney Decendants novel) the first book in a spellbinding new series about the dawn of a new kind of magic. ![]() ![]() Come and the shadowy vale of death illume, Show sin a pardon, and disarm the tom High o'er his ponderous tomes his hand he raised, His proud brow kindling as the suppliant gazed With ignorance I war and hoary time, Who wreck with vandal rage my works sublime What can I more? Dismiss your idle pain, Your search is fruitless and your labor vain. Oh, then, said man, my troubled spirit lead, Which feels its weakness and deplores its need. What gives the mind its latent strength to scan, And chains brute instinct at the feet of man Bids the wild comet, in its path of flame, Compute its periods and declare its name With deathless radiance decks historic page, And wakes the treasures of a buried age? Majestic science from his cloistered shrine, Heard, and replied - this godlike power is mine. ![]() ![]() Excerpt from Luminous Bodies: Here and Hereafter (the Shining Ones) Being an Attempt to Explain the Interrelation of the Intellectual, Celestial, and Terrestial Kingdoms And of Man to His Maker ![]() ![]() ![]() Only the mind and hand of Chris Van Allsburg could create this fantastic world where shifts in time and space and perspective take the reader on such an extraordinary journey. At the story's end which becomes, miraculously, the beginning, we find that Walter's feelings for his little brother are greatly altered. The first book in seven years by Chris Van Allsburg, Zathura is a dramatic adventure that promises a breathtaking and unforgettable experience. This time the name of the game is Zathura and the battling Budwing boys are in for the ride of their lives. Now after twenty years, Chris Van Allsburg is ready to reveal what happens when Danny and Walter roll the dice. On the last page of the Caldecott-winning book Jumanji, young Danny Budwing is seen running after his brother, Walter, with a game tucked under his arm. ![]() Acclaimed author Chris Van Allsburg’s daring companion to Caldecott-award winning Jumanji-a tale of intergalactic adventure and sibling rivalry where a roll the dice transports two brothers to the mythical land of Zathura. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is a masterful author of erotic horror – his best works are compiled in the book Scared Stiff. He has written numerous novels and short stories about serial killers, and is perhaps one of the first authors to do so in the first person – The Face That Must Die is copyrighted 1979. I mentioned in my introductory post on horror masters that good horror authors typically have one or more ‘themes’ to their work – general concepts or visions that are expressed frequently by the author. He quickly distinguished himself as a unique voice with a beautiful, eloquent literary style. The British native Campbell has been a published horror writer for over forty years now, and started his career like many of the greats: writing pastiches of H.P. ![]() If you’re a fan of horror, though, and you’ve never read any works of Ramsey Campbell, you haven’t read horror. The shelves of your local bookstores, which no doubt carry dozens of copies of the latest King and Koontz may at best have one recent Campbell novel lurking about. I thought I’d start my discussion of ‘Masters of Horror’ by talking about my favorite horror author of all time, and perhaps one of the most unappreciated horror authors ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() With exclusive access to those closest to Diana, Sarah Bradford now casts aside the gossip and lies and takes us to the very heart of the royal family to separate the myth from the truth of the Diana years.ĭiana follows the old-fashioned courtship that saw her captivate the Prince of Wales the transformation of an unworldly teenager into an emotionally demanding, but adoring, wife and mother the damage caused by the ever-present specter of Camilla Parker Bowles and the eventual collapse of a doomed marriage once hailed as the ultimate fairy tale. ![]() ![]() Yet throughout her brief life, Diana was plagued by rumor, innuendo, and scandal. From The New York Times bestselling author of America’s Queen-the definitive biography of Diana, Princess of Walesĭiana, Princess of Wales, is nothing less than an icon, remembered in death as vividly as she appeared in life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella and prove to her that he’s not the cold-hearted cad he seems to be.ĭespite copious misgivings, Valentine finds himself on a pell-mell chase to Dover with Bonny by his side. Bonaventure “Bonny” Tarleton, has also grown up…romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine’s proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again.Īrabella’s twin brother, Mr. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up…romantic. It was always his father’s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally. From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke who’s betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other. ![]() ![]() ![]() “It was really this ghettoized neighborhood that was told, ‘As long as you guys keep to yourselves, you can do whatever you want. “My book is this experimental, to me, sort of true, melting pot America,” Lehane said. This allowed him to tell a more diverse story, as the rum bootlegging business in Ybor City, Florida, involved people from all kinds of backgrounds. The interest intensified when he worked as a writer and creative consultant on Boardwalk Empire.Īlthough Lehane knew that he wanted to make a novel based on this world, particularly during the era of Prohibition, the celebrated author felt like he had to take a different approach, which is why he focused on rum instead of the whiskey trade. While growing up in Boston, Lehane had always been fascinated by gangster movies and desired to create his own. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are their stories: wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders, and circuit riders. ![]() Never before has there been such a detailed record of women's courage, such a living portrait of the women who civilized the American frontier. From the Publisher From a rediscovered collection of priceless autobiographical accounts written by hundreds of pioneer women, Joanna Stratton has made a remarkable and widely celebrated book. These priceless autobiographical accounts from pioneer women bring alive the women who civilized the American frontier. Embossed name stamp also in book front on 2 pages. ![]() ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front (Miller '82). ![]() , Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand,, PIONEER WOMEN VOICES FROM THE KANSAS FRONTIER ARTHUR SCHLESINGER WESTWARD EXPANSION DIARIES LETTERS JOANNA STRATTON LILLA DAY MONROE DETAILED RECORD, Jacket, A photo of this book is available. , Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand,, PIONEER WOMEN VOICES FROM THE KANSAS FRONTIER ARTHUR SCHLESINGER WESTWARD EXPANSION DIARIES LETTERS JOANNA S… More. (Introduction): Pioneer Women: Voices From The Kansas Frontier - hardcover ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Three Cups of Tea, his account of how he came to dedicate his life to building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has sold 4 million copies and remained in the New York Times bestseller list for more than four years. The scale of Mortenson's tumble is partly amplified by the dizzy heights that, until Sunday, he occupied in the realms of both publishing and philanthropy. But rarely has there been anything quite as spectacular as this week's fall from grace of Greg Mortenson, author of the wildly successful and until now highly revered memoir Three Cups of Tea. ![]() |