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![]() ![]() Significantly more gory than the standard YA offering, this is best directed toward the older range of the age spectrum. But the road doesn't end there, and readers will stay along for a breathless ride until they reach the somewhat quirky conclusion. Through the course of the trial, Sharon's lawyer presents key evidence, which ultimately frees her and incarcerates Paul. Seeking retribution, Ann concocts an elaborate scheme to frame her, and coaxes Paul, Ann's shiftless 20-year-old fiance, to help. FALL INTO DARKNESS By Christopher Pike Excellent Condition Genre: Juvenile Fiction Topic: Horror, General, Social Themes / Friendship Item Weight: 3.8 Oz. A series of flashbacks seen from Ann's perspective reveals that she blames Sharon for the suicide of Ann's brother, who left a note indicating his unrequited love for Sharon. It's established almost immediately, however, that Sharon is. Sharon McKay, 18, is on trial for murdering her best friend, the wealthy, beautiful Ann Rice. From Publishers Weekly - Just when you think you have this well-written, expertly crafted mystery all figured out, along comes a startling transition that moves the story in another direction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Twain's mastery of dialect, coupled with his famous wit, has made Huckleberry Finn one of the most loved and distinctly American classics ever written.Īdventures of Huckleberry Finn - EXCELLENT ![]() Mark Twain defined classic as "a book which people praise and don't read" The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a happy exception to his own rule. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft".Īs Huck learns about love, responsibility, and morality, the trip becomes a metaphoric voyage through his own soul, culminating in the glorious moment when he decides to "go to hell" rather than return Jim to slavery. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. The two bind themselves to one another, becoming intimate friends and agreeing "there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Huckleberry Finn, rebel against school and church, casual inheritor of gold treasure, rafter of the Mississippi, and savior of Jim the runaway slave, is the archetypal American maverick.įleeing the respectable society that wants to "sivilize" him, Huck Finn shoves off with Jim on a rhapsodic raft journey down the Mississippi River. ![]() ![]() ![]() there are even more surprises in store for Darcy, including a new male roommate, her best friend Lindsey's wedding, and a surprise encounter with "E.J." which leaves Darcy confused in more ways than one Shortly thereafter surprising changes are in store for Darcy's career, love life and even a repentant Darin shows up in the mix. The blonde gets ditched and it's Darcy that becomes the focus of the smokin' hot, wealthy and somewhat mysterious 'E.J.'Some very interesting things happen in Belize, but it doesn't end there. Her pity party is short-lived however, after observing a very handsome, very intriguing man on the beach with a beautiful blonde. Darcy doesn't handle rejection well she isn't used to it.To ease the pain, Darcy flies to Belize over the Christmas holiday fully intending to wallow in self-pity and distance herself from D.C. ![]() Raised by wealthy (and doting) parents as an only child, Darcy pretty much coasts through life until her heart is inexplicably broken by her G-Man, Darin. ![]() and he's a Brit Darcy Nicole Sheridan, is 22 years-old, beautiful, single, spirited, sexy and - spoiled. "NIGHT MOVES"(Book #3 - G-Man Series)There's a new Alpha in town. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her most influential book, The Chalice and the Blade, published in 1987, has sold over half a million copies and been translated into 27 languages. She is the president of the Center For Partnership Systems, and the editor in chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies. ![]() Eisler married, had two daughters, earned a law degree from UCLA, divorced, practiced family law, and then wrote or co-wrote thirteen books. They went to Havana, Cuba, where they lived in an industrial slum for seven years before moving to the US and settling in Los Angeles. In 1939, she and her parents fled the Nazi invasion of their country. Riane Eisler was born in 1931 in Vienna, Austria. For Document, the two authors meet to discuss the role of law in shaping society, the allure of prehistory, and how to adopt new modes of thinking ![]() ![]() ![]() Outside is a young RAF pilot wearing a familiar coat. Sleeping under the coat for warmth, she starts to dream and is soon startled by a knock at her window. ![]() ![]() When she hunts for extra blankets, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. One evening, while Philip is on call, Isabel is woken by intense cold. While Philip spends long hours working away from home, Isabel finds herself lonely and vulnerable as she adjusts to the realities of being a housewife in the country. It is the winter of 1952 when Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her new husband, Philip, a medical doctor. In her newest book, Dunmore mines the past to chilling effect in this evocative and sophisticated ghost story about a love affair between a neglected wife and a mysterious soldier. Bestselling novelist Helen Dunmore's historical novels have earned her comparisons in the press to Tolstoy and Emily Bronte. ![]() ![]() ![]() He’d acted like the kids were an afterthought and all he’d really done was let them live under his roof. In fact, Sawyer Garrett could honestly say that he had a very low opinion of relationships and family.īut when Missy had said she was pregnant, he’d known there was only one thing to do. She was just a woman that he saw from time to time. Oh, they hadn’t been in a relationship or anything like that. ![]() She wanted to go through with the pregnancy, but not with being a mother. When she found out she was pregnant, she told him that she wanted nothing to do with having a baby. It was just that he had been thinking the entire time that Missy might change her mind, which would put him in a different position. It wasn’t like this was an entirely new idea. Sawyer Garrett looked across the table at his brother, Wolf, and his sister, Elsie, and then down at the tiny pink bundle he was holding in his arms. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are fine clothes and servants - and, to Tessia's delight - regular trips to the great city of Imardin. The long hours of study and self-discipline also offer more opportunities than she had ever hoped for, and an exciting new world opens up to her. ![]() Lord Dakon, the local magician, takes Tessia under his wing as an apprentice. When the advances of a visiting Sachakan mage get violent, Tessia unconsciously taps unknown reserves of magic to defend herself. But her life is about to take a very unexpected turn. ![]() Her mother would rather she found a husband. In the remote village of Mandryn, Tessia serves as assistant to her father, the village Healer. "Set hundreds of years before the events of The Magicians' Guild, The magician's apprentice is the new novel set in the world of Trudi Canavan's Black Magician Trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In explaining the early nineteenth-century culture of self: the exploitation of hypochondria, health fads, seaside resorts, cures, she contends that Sanditon is an innovative, ebullient study of human beings’ vagaries - rather than using common sense, Sanditon’s characters follow intuition and bodily signs believing that desire can be translated into physical facts and speech can transform fantasy into reality. She examines the moral and social problems of capitalism, entrepreneurship, and whether wealth trickles down to benefit the place it is made. This beautifully illustrated volume combines the full novel and Todd’s ground-breaking essay, where she contextualizes Austen’s life and work, Sanditon’s connection with Northanger Abbey (1818) and the Austen family’s speculation in England and the West Indies. A comedy, it continues the strain of burlesque and caricature she wrote as a teenager and in private throughout her life. Sanditon is Jane Austen’s last novel, left unfinished when she died. “I so enjoyed Janet Todd's beautifully produced book.” Andrew Davies, screenwriter. Coming to PBS Masterpiece Classic soon! Gorgeous, profound, delightful, useful, original, this fully illustrated, informative volume combines Jane Austen's Sanditon novel and Janet Todd's ground-breaking essay. ![]() ![]() ![]() My dazzling friend and colleague, Elizabeth Vargas, has stared straight into the lethal heart of addiction with the eye of a fearless journalist. If you love the sunrise and you want to see courage-the kind that stumbles and falls but rises and rises again. Winner of the Books for a Better Life Award in the First Book category Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller ![]() Honest and hopeful, Between Breaths is an inspiring read. She addresses her time in rehab, her first year of sobriety, and the guilt she felt as a working mother who could never find the right balance between a career and parenting. ![]() The now-A&E Network reporter reveals how she found herself living in denial about the extent of her addiction, and how she kept her dependency a secret for so long. Now, in Between Breaths, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety-which began suddenly at the age of six when her father served in Vietnam-and how she dealt with this anxiety as she came of age, eventually turning to alcohol for a release from her painful reality. Beloved former ABC 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas reveals her alcohol addiction and anxiety disorder in a shockingly honest and emotional memoir.įrom the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic," to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. ![]() |