![]() ![]() MARRY IN HASTE also won three awards from the Australian Romance Readers Assoc’n (ARRA) A wards, winning Favourite Historical Romance and Favourite Couple from a romance published in 2017 (Cal and Emm from MARRY IN HASTE).Īlso at ARRA I was voted the Favourite Australian Romance Author. Thank you to the organizers, and congratulations to all the other winners and finalists. MARRY IN HASTE won the 2018 HOLT Medallion Award for outstanding literary fiction in the Historical category, from the Virginia Romance Writers. ![]() You’ll even meet a beloved character from The Chance Sisters series. You’ll meet several former soldiers, a heroine who thinks she’s lost all hope of love, marriage or children, a gaggle of uncontrollable young women (or so my hero thinks) a tremendously snobbish headmistress, a daffy aunt and a scary one, an unsquashable schoolgirl, a wolfhound, a poodle (except he’s really a man) and many more. ![]() I had a lot of fun writing this book - some might say torturing the hero, but really, it’s for his own good. (Hint: they’re not the same as soldiers.) MARRY IN HASTE is the start of a brand new “Convenient Marriage” series, and stars a very masculine hero, who really needs to learn how to handle women. Marry in Haste Book 1: Convenient Marriage ![]()
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![]() ![]() Fables, folklore, and fantasy-this compendium of all things alchemical and mystical gathers centuries of esoteric mythology in the form of writings, drawings, paintings, and prints. The roots of surrealism and many other more recent artistic movements can be found in this treasure trove. Each richly illustrated chapter begins with an introduction and quotes from alchemists by specialist Alexander Roob. Even for those with no knowledge of the fascinating history of alchemy, this book is a delight to explore. The enigmatic hieroglyphs of cabalists, Rosicrucians, and freemasons are shown to be closely linked with the early scientific illustrations in the fields of medicine, chemistry, optics, and color theory. The Hermetic Museum takes readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the medieval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating world of alchemy to the art of the Romantic era. ![]() ![]() Silent House takes place just one month before the military coup of September 12 in Turkey. The book takes place in Cennethisar, a small town near Istanbul. The novel makes use of stream of consciousness and internal monologue. ![]() The distribution of the chapters to the narrators are as following: Hasan has eight, Buyukhanim seven, Recep six, Faruk six, and Metin has five chapters. The narrator of the opening chapter is Recep and the narrator of the closing chapter is Buyukhanim.Įach of the narrators has a different number of chapters to tell. The names of the five narrators in the novel in turn are Recep, Fatma, Hasan, Faruk and Metin. Each chapter is narrated from a different narrator's point of view in the first person. The book has received positive retrospective reviews from critics. The novel tells the story of a week in which three siblings go to visit their grandmother in Cennethisar, a small town near Istanbul. ![]() Silent House (1983) is Orhan Pamuk's second novel published after Cevdet Bey and His Sons. ![]() ![]() ![]() When NPR's Lynn Neary picked the book as one of her favorites, she had the following to say: "This big, old-fashioned novel is at once a family saga that crosses continents and cultures and a love story with tragic consequences. The twins' story swings from Addis Ababa to New York City and explores the themes of family, betrayal, health care, everyday magic and the way that two lives can forever intertwine. They are orphaned at a young age and must learn to navigate the world together as they grow up in Ethiopia on the brink of a revolution. Read on for details on how to participate.Ĭutting For Stone follows twin brothers Marion and Shiva Stone, born of a secret union between an Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. And, to keep things interesting, we're introducing a new wrinkle to the Book Club this month: The author will personally call in to (or videochat with) three local meet-ups, chosen at random from among qualifying groups. NPR Books is proud to announce that for the second installment of our Book Club experiment, we will read and discuss Abraham Verghese's cross-cultural epic of family, love and medicine, Cutting For Stone. ![]() ![]() LOVED it!! (I mentioned that already.didn't I? Oh well, I double-loved this one!) This really felt like a whole new way to experience this book! I always love it when the audiobook creator put forth so much effort into a book. ![]() This was such a quick read (only 2 hours) but it was SO much fun. There's one creature that does not make a sound until its death - and we actually hear the cacophony of noise. If the creature hatches from an egg - there will be eggs cracking in the background. If a creature lived in the jungle - there's monkeys chattering and trees rustling. And we're not just talking about an unicorn whinny or a dragon roar. Second of all, Every animal came with side effects. ![]() ( Aside: could you imagine getting Emma, Rupert and Daniel to read their parts from the original? That would be just too awesome) He read the more recent version ( Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Illustrated Edition) so it really felt like "the author" was reading us a copy of his personal book - simply fabulous! Seriously, this is in the top 5 audiobooks I've ever listened to.įirst of all, it's read by Eddie Redmayne who played Newt Scamander in the movie. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over the following weeks, her brain listed more dangers and fixes. ![]() It started with avoiding sidewalk cracks and quickly grew to counting steps as loudly as possible. Allison believed that she must do something to stop the cancer in her dream from becoming a reality. She was a dedicated student with tons of extracurricular activities, friends, and loving parents at home.īut after awakening from a vivid nightmare in which she was diagnosed with brain cancer, she was convinced the dream had been a warning. Until sophomore year of high school, fifteen-year-old Allison Britz lived a comfortable life in an idyllic town. A brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder-and brings readers through every painful step as she finds her way to the other side-in this powerful and inspiring memoir. ![]() ![]() ![]() The opening chapters introduce these characters in a natural way, showing us how the city moves like a river with eddies and swirls. ![]() When the Palleseen emissary to Anchorwood is killed, the Palleseen punish Ilmar’s inhabitants, igniting a spark of rebellion in them that threatens to burn the whole city.Ĭity of Last Chances is a high fantasy novel with a huge cast of characters, and the story focuses on those who play an integral part in the growing discord and eventual rebellion. They want to control Anchorwood’s magical ways and bring them to order. The Palleseen are also interested in Anchorwood because they cannot abide chaos. Although Ilmar is under Palleseen occupation, refugees, wanderers, and fortune seekers all travel to the city looking to escape through Anchorwood to a fresh start. ![]() Ilmar sits on the edge of the Anchorwood, a grove of trees that leads to other places. City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky ![]() ![]() ![]() To prepare for The Last of the Mohicans, Wyeth made two trips to the Lake George region of New York, where the novel is set. Wyeth’s teacher Howard Pyle had taught him to work only from experience. ![]() And even though The Last of the Mohicans had been illustrated before, Wyeth’s pictures, like George Catlin’s paintings in the previous century (see 6-B), did much to create an enduring image of the American Indian as a “noble savage.” It has since fallen out of fashion, but its importance to American literature is firmly established: the protagonist, Natty Bumppo (called Hawkeye), a white scout raised by American Indians, is the first of many enterprising pioneer heroes to overcome the perils of the frontier. Wyeth illustrated a new, deluxe edition of the book, Cooper’s story had become a fixture in American boyhood. ![]() Its popularity continued, and by 1919, when N. The Last of the Mohicans, an American adventure tale by James Fenimore Cooper, became an instant best-seller when it was published in 1826. ![]() ![]() ![]() Valdez Quade carried the stories she picked up in her childhood travels with her as she continued her peripatetic ways into adulthood, garnering prizes for her writing along the way. In the middle of it there’s a grave that’s allegedly that of the LeBeau sisters-three sisters who died of diphtheria.” There’s this one span called the Forty Mile Desert, where a lot of settlers would die because there was no water for 40 miles. “We frequently crossed the Mojave Desert. Valdez Quade says in her sunny office on the campus of Princeton University. “My parents would tell me stories connected to where we were,” Ms. She read constantly in the backseat of the car, as they traveled for her father’s field studies, and absorbed desert lore. ![]() She estimates that while she was growing up, she attended 13 different schools throughout the Southwest as her father, a research geologist, moved around for work. ![]() ![]() (Ted Talk) A Powerful Way to Unleash Your Natural Creativity by Tim HarfordĠ:00:05.7 Announcer: Welcome to the Analytics Power Hour.(Podcast) Cautionary Tales: Fritterin’ Away Genius.(Book) Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.(Book) Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez.(Ted Talk) Why “Scout Mindset” is Crucial to Good Judgment by Julia Galef.(Podcast) BBC’s More or Less: Behind the Stats. ![]()
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