![]() ![]() ![]() In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood-where greater pain awaits. ![]() #1 New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Pulitzer PrizeWinner of the National Book AwardWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize One of the Best books of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, HuffPost, Esquire, Minneapolis Star Tribune Cora is a young slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Print The Underground Railroad: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2017 ![]()
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![]() ![]() When they head off to a new city to start their lives together-Denny at his dream job and Kiera at a top-notch university-everything seems perfect. Stephens comes the new adult series everyone is talking about.įor almost two years now, Kiera’s boyfriend, Denny, has been everything she’s ever wanted: loving, tender, and endlessly devoted to her. “Your body aches…everywhere.”Īmazon Purchase Links: Thoughtless 99 cents | Effortless $2.99 | Reckless $2.99 | Pre-Order Thoughtful $7.99įrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author S.C. “Your pulse races, your breath quickens.” He bit his lip and started simulating heavy breathing “Your body trembles, your lips part, your eyes burn.” He closed his eyes and exhaled with a soft groan, then reopened his eyes and suggestively inhaled through his teeth. “What happens when I touch you, Kiera?” His tone, almost a growl, was getting as suggestive as his words He ran a hand down his shirt, as he answered his own question. You can’t put a price tag on Kellan Kyle! If you haven’t read the Thoughtless series yet by S.C. StephensĪlso by this author: Reckless,, Thoughtful, UntamedĪlso in this series: Reckless,, Thoughtful, Untamed ![]() Thoughtless, Effortless, Reckless & Thoughtful by S.C. ![]() ![]() ![]() With grit and gumption, Millie and her friends do their best to find their way through first loves and heartbreaks, and balancing their duty of care with looking after each other. But it's not only the patients that need Millie as matters of the heart bring both tears and joy for the young nurses. ![]() While she witnesses tragedy and brutality in her job, Millie also finds strength and kindness as her training begins to pay off, helping her to bring her patients back to health and welcome babies into the world. London is putting itself back together and twenty-five-year-old Millie is at the forefront of the effort as she tends to the East End community around her. 'Jean Fullerton's saga will delight her growing legion of fans' Dilly Court Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo 'A delightful, well researched story that really does depict nursing and the living conditions in the East End at the end of the war' Lesley Pearse ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The language isn’t very advanced and is easy to follow. Poznanski uses great detail and diligence in her writing. ![]() ![]() “Erebos” will appeal not only to gamers but any fan of adventure and suspense. The pace of the book is fast and reflects the high tension onto the reader. It’s unlike any game Nick has ever seen and it sends him on unusual tasks that quickly become dangerous. When sixteen-year-old Nick Dunmore receives a mysterious package containing a video game called “Erebos,” the cross between the virtual world and reality begin to blur. The book’s great mystery and romantic subplot keeps the reader curious and engaged throughout. The thrilling book “Erebos” by Ursula Poznanski is an intense and excellent page turner leaving cliffhangers at the end of every chapter. The book “Erebos” by Ursula Poznanski is a must-read with its mysterious plot of a manipulative and dangerous video game that tries to take over the lives of Nick Dunmore and his high school friends. Since then, “Erebos” has gained international recognition after winning Germany’s Youth Literature Prize and been translated into 23 languages. “Erebos,” a fantasy fiction book, was published in January of 2010 and was originally written in German. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the company of nobles, revolutionaries, and gypsies, Anna must choose: deny her unique power and cling to the life she's always wanted, or embrace her ability and change that world forever. As rebellion spreads across the region, Anna's unique ability becomes the catalyst everyone is seeking. Isolated from the only world she cares about, Anna still can't seem to stop herself from breaking spells. ![]() Not the society she's known all her life, for discontent with the Luminate is sweeping the land. ![]() Not the people around her, from her aloof cousin Noemi to the fierce and handsome gypsy Gabor. In Hungary, Anna discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. But her fate takes another course when, after inadvertently breaking her sister's debutante spell-an important chance for a highborn young woman to show her prowess with magic-Anna finds herself exiled to her family's once powerful but now crumbling native Hungary. ![]() Though her family is part of the Luminate, powerful users of magic, she is Barren, unable to perform the simplest spells. Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is barred from society by a defect of blood. In a world where social prestige derives from a trifecta of blood, money, and magic, one girl has the ability to break the spell that holds the social order in place. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Sigma series has ten thrillers namely The Doomsday Key, The Devil Economy, The Last Oracle, Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Eye of God and the 6th Extinction, The Doomsday Key,and The Judas Strain. The sigma series has unveiled some of the world’s unseen parts, historical secrets and scientific breakthroughs all done with what can only be described as stunning insight and at breakneck speed. James Rollins is the brains behind international thrillers that have so far been translated into more than forty world languages. With the success of his writing, he has flipped the script and now works just part-time as a veterinarian while concentrating on his writing full-time. During this time he would write in his free time or on his lunch hour with animals all around him. James would work 14-18 hour days and in the ten years of owning the practice, he only had three weeks of vacation total. The work as a veterinarian who owned his own practice was really hard. He moved to Sacramento, California where he opened his own veterinary practice in the mid-1980s. He would go on to the University of Missouri-Columbia where he graduated with a doctorate in veterinary medicine. His family ended up moving from Chicago and he graduated from high school in Ballwin, Missouri. He has joked that his life was similar to that of the Brady Bunch. His father worked at Libby’s canning plant while his mother stayed home with his six siblings. James had a rather blue collar upbringing in Chicago, Illinois. ![]() ![]() Schwab does an incredible job of writing such different plots but including the same feel and atmosphere in the writing itself. ![]() Thank you so much to Titan for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.Īs I’m sure many of you know, Addie Larue is my favourite book ever and I was so excited and honoured to receive a proof copy of this book! I was a little hesitant going into this one as the next book after Addie Larue, but I’ve read a few Schwab books since and I’ve definitely enjoyed them all for different reasons. Olivia is permitted to remain, but must follow two rules: don’t go out after dusk, and always stay on the right side of a wall that runs along the estate’s western edge.īeyond it is another realm, ancient and magical, which calls to Olivia through her blood… The estate is empty, save for the servants. But when she arrives, she discovers that the letter she received was several years old. Now, nearing the end of her time there, Olivia receives a letter from an uncle she’s never met, her father’s older brother, summoning her to his estate, a place called Gallant. ![]() She grew up at Merilance School for Girls. ![]() Her mother vanished all at once, and her father by degrees, and her voice was a thing she never had to start with. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Olivia Prior is missing three things: a mother, a father, and a voice. ![]() ![]() Luckily, we can re-read the series and hopefully read cameos in future books. ![]() I will forever support this author.Īs the great LeVar Burton has said.”Read the books they're banning. I can only Imagine how hard it was for her to write this. What killed me and left me with a heavy heart is The Open Letter and what the author went through and continues to go through. There is an added sneak peek chapters to an upcoming book I couldn’t be more ecstatic about. He spoke about Adrianna with such devoted love and intensity. Wow is all I can say about the interview with Kova. He still wins me in the end-bonus letter and notes between the two. ![]() You will find many deleted chapters from each book, making me hate to love Kova all over again. Out Of Bounds is the companion to the Off Balance series. Adrianna and Kova will forever have a special place in my heart, more than anyone could know. ![]() ![]() ![]() “No problem, no problem.” He waved a hand at me as the bells on the door chimed. ![]() “So, how’s he working out for you and Cassie? Everything good?” He eyed me while pressing down on the dough, creating the perfect thin crust. “Matteo’s coming? Ha! I haven’t seen that little shit in weeks!” He flung some pizza dough into the air before catching it on his fist and spinning it wildly. “I’m going to wait until Matteo shows up, and then we’ll order something,” I said, before sitting down at one of the tables. “And hey, nice game the other night.” His boisterous voice reverberated throughout the small building. “Hey! Jack! Good to see you!” Sal stood in the kitchen area, waving at me through a pass-through window. I walked into Sal’s, the smell of pizza making my stomach growl. She pressed her lips tightly against each other. But she looked beautiful all naked and wet, and now all I could think about were the things I wanted to do to her. Sexy as hell,” I teased, knowing I was making her uncomfortable. “Can you blame me? Fuck, woman, look at you. Her voice always sounded extra sassy, and it turned me on even more. I loved it when she called me by my last name. Now get out of here before you make me late for work. She turned her body to face me, embarrassment spreading pink across her cheeks. I’ll text you afterward to let you know how it goes, OK?” I peered around the shower curtain at Cassie and became instantly aroused. I pressed End, dropping my phone on the small counter before walking into the bathroom. Sal’s it is,” he replied, his voice excited. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some centuries ago there lived at Akamagaseki a blind man named Hoichi, who was famed for his skill in recitation and in playing upon the biwa From childhood he had been trained to recite and to play and while yet a lad he had surpassed his teachers. After the temple had been built, and the tombs erected, the Heike gave less trouble than before but they continued to do queer things at intervals,–proving that they had not found the perfect peace. ![]() A cemetery also was made close by, near the beach and within it were set up monuments inscribed with the names of the drowned emperor and of his great vassals and Buddhist services were regularly performed there, on behalf of the spirits of them. It was in order to appease those dead that the Buddhist temple, Amidaji, was built at Akamagaseki. They would rise about ships passing in the night, and try to sink them and at all times they would watch for swimmers, to pull them down. ![]() In former years the Heike were much more restless than they now are. ![]() |