![]() ![]() It contains an obsessive stalker, a foul-mouthed, inked and pierced werewolf, a naughty professor with a fondness for watching, a god of mischief, and plenty of heat. Warning: This book is not for the faint of heart. Then again, rules are made to be broken.Īnd when every moment spent with them brings me closer to finding my wolf, how can I stay away? I’m playing a dangerous game, and the rules say I can’t be with them. ![]() Now, I’m a pariah, followed by the rumors my rejected mate has spread, hated by my classmates, isolated again. The arrogant wolf shifter who ruined my life after I turned him down seven years ago. This is supposed to be my fresh start, but my past won’t leave me alone. I was locked away, not to be protected, but because I was born broken. As the heir to America’s most powerful pack, my life up to now has been spent in a gilded cage. Shipped off to Ravenscroft University, a graduate school for the supernatural elite, I have a lot to live up to. I rejected my fated mate and didn’t regret it for a second. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. ![]() Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. ![]() ![]() ![]() Summary: Sixteen-year-old Mae Cole is determined to uncover who is responsible for her sister’s mysterious death, but Mae’s search takes a terrifying turn when she starts to dig up long-buried secrets about her family’s dark past. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Dataĭescription: First edition. Published in the United States by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.ĭelacorte Press is a registered trademark and the colophon is a trademark of Penguin Random House LLC.Įducators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.Ĭover art copyright © 2017 by Arcangel and ShutterstockĪll rights reserved. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. ![]() ![]() As experience overtakes innocence, Andrea gradually learns the disquieting truth about the people she shares her life with: her overbearing and superstitious aunt Angustias her nihilistic yet artistically gifted uncle Román and his violent brother Juan and Juan’s disturbingly beautiful wife, Gloria, who secretly supports the clan with her gambling. ![]() Residing amid genteel poverty in a mysterious house on Calle de Aribau, young Andrea falls in with a wealthy band of schoolmates who provide a rich counterpoint to the squalor of her home life. ![]() Loosely based on the author’s own life, it is the story of an orphaned young woman who leaves her small town to attend university in war-ravaged Barcelona. Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DEAD WITCH WALKING is a fun-fair ride through a fascinating version of our world. The worlds top two golfers will be absent, but that wont take much shine off the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship, which tees off Thursday at Quail Hollow. DEAD WITCH WALKING is a fun-fair ride through a fascinating version of our world., The pace and tone of A Perfect Blood reflects its protagonist: a little more cautious, reflective and purposeful, and the book is more powerful as a result…Harrison provides the strongest and most self-assured Rachel we've seen yet., 'You'll love this bounty-hunter team. The series revolves around 14-year-old Luz who aspires to be a witch, and Eda, her mentor and powerful sorcerer. DEAD WITCH WALKING is a fun-fair ride through a fascinating version of our world." - Charlaine Harris on Dead Witch Walking, You'll love this bounty-hunter team. Created by cartoonist Dana Terrace, The Owl House premiered on Disney in 2020 and in 43 episodes has become one of Disney’s most popular shows to date. ![]() "I wouldn't miss a Kim Harrison book for anything." - Charlaine Harris "Fast-paced and entertaining." - Publishers Weekly "The pace and tone of A Perfect Blood reflects its protagonist: a little more cautious, reflective and purposeful, and the book is more powerful as a result.Harrison provides the strongest and most self-assured Rachel we've seen yet." - Miami Herald on A PERFECT BLOOD "You'll love this bounty-hunter team. ![]() ![]() The busy mom shared more about her workout routine in April. “I know my core will probably never be as strong as it used to be but damn it I’m gonna try! I have goals and I’m not stopping until I’m there.” “The top of this year I decided to really step it up in the gym! Build more muscle, get my core in order and get stronger!” the Nashville resident wrote via Instagram along with a photo of herself in the gym. Back in February, she revealed to fans that she was stepping up her fitness game for 2021. It’s no secret that the “I Look So Good” singer, who shares kids Eric, Vivienne and Forrest with husband Eric Decker, is in incredible shape. She noted she was “not at the beach currently,” and the bikini-clad photos were from their vacation to “Greece in May.” However, the “Should Have Known Better” artist was simply reminiscing about being somewhere warm. ![]() Courtesy of Jessie James Decker/Instagram ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The island offers a wonderful sense of tranquillity and connection to nature which is highly valued as an escape from the stresses of hectic day to day lives.” “Dumfries and Galloway is known for its beautiful scenery, extensive south-facing coastline and low population density. The sale of an island off the Stewartry coast has attracted interest from across the world.īarlocco Island in Fleet Bay was put up for sale in April, with the sellers looking for offers over £150,000.Īnd people far and wide have expressed interest in the uninhabited island, with Galbraith, which is handling the sale, setting a closing date of Tuesday of this week for bids.Ī spokesman said: “We are delighted to have set a closing date for Barlocco Island after a huge amount of interest from within Scotland and the UK as well as from Norway, Italy, Germany and the United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() The struggle between revenge and crime is endless throughout the novel. Ross is a daring lady who is ready to persevere beyond limits and commits crime to do what she believes is right. Her response to this request demonstrates the profound intention to get justice even if it means engaging in criminal act. I plan to kill Tom Chaney with it if the law fails to do so” (Portis 37). The action prompts Ross to reply, “It belonged to my father. Marshal Cogburn Rooster, who Ross believes has grit and can help her locate Chaney seeks to have the gun. The protagonist wishes to see him hanged or possibly execute the murderer herself. ![]() Ross, the leading character in the novel, exhibits firm moral conviction and a high spirit for revenge to ensure Chaney is excruciatingly punished for slaying her father. ![]() The author uses parallelism of revenge and crime in many instances in the book. The writer employs parallelism, humor, and character development in numerous accounts of narration to advance the theme of justice and revenge. The author uses numerous literary features in order to advance the theme of justice and revenge throughout the book. Portis narrates the story of Mattie Ross, a teenage girl, who is determined to avenge Tom Chaney, her father’s murderer (Dirda Para 2). Justice and vengeance remain a dominant theme in the novel. In his classical novel published in 1968 and titled True Grit, Charles Portis posits that true resolve and valor are critical factors for attaining desired goals. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hostilities explode at festivities for his father’s latest wedding, forcing Alexandros to flee in the middle of the night with his mother and Hephaistion. Among other things, his father wants to know he can produce heirs, and thinks he should take a mistress, an idea Alexandros resists.Īfter the south is pacified, friction remains between Alexandros and the king. As the drums of war sound, king and crown prince quarrel during their march to meet the Greeks in combat. Tensions escalate between Alexandros and his father, and between Makedon and the city-states of southern Greece. And when his soldiers, whom he leads with unexpected skill, start to call him “The Little King,” his father is less than delighted. He thrives with his new authority-this is the role he was born for-yet it creates conflict with his mother and Hephaistion. The Official Description: The story of Alexander before he became “the Great.”įinished with schooling, Alexandros is appointed regent of Makedon while his father is away on campaign. ![]() ![]() ![]() This title consists of three separate works representing an extraordinarily evidence of a Christian reading, or even misreading, of both the Homeric text and its legacy. While in a camp near New Orleans, Wheeler wrote that he “was able to save from the flames of a gentleman’s library a copy of the Odyssea and another of the Iliad” and that he was sending these two volumes to Professor Boise as a “very small tribute of respectful remembrance from a former pupil who had need of all your indulgence blundering through his Greek at college.” Professor Boise eventually presented these two copies to the U-M Library. William Wirt Wheeler of the 6th Michigan Volunteers, wrote to his former professor of Greek, James Robinson Boise, on 29 September 1862. ![]() It is an original letter that a U-M alumnus, Capt. ![]() ![]() They are “The Rape of Helen,” a short epic poem in 392 verses, by the sixth-century, Greek poet Colluthus, and “The Capture of Ilium,” consisting of 691 verses, composed by Triphiodorus, a Greek epic poet from the second half of the third century C.E. But the uniqueness of this particular copy of the Iliad lies in the fact that an extraordinary document was inserted between the last page and back cover. This volume consists of a Greek and Latin edition of the Iliad, followed by two additional poems that narrate the events leading to the Trojan War and the destruction of Troy itself. ![]() |