![]() ![]() When Justin arrives and invites Estelle and her brother to accompany Maria to Everleigh Park to help with her distress, she begrudgingly agrees, for Maria's sake.Īs family secrets unravel in Maria's homecoming, Justin, too, uncovers his desire for a countess. He travels to her home to fetch her back to the family seat at Everleigh Park.Īlthough she adored him, once, Maria now loathes Justin, and her friend, Lady Estelle Lamarr, can see, immediately, how his very name upsets her. A dark, dour man, he, nonetheless, takes it as his responsibility to care for his half-sister, Maria, when her mother dies. And sometimes, it just takes one person to pull it back together.Īs a young man, Justin Wiley was banished by his father for mysterious reasons, but now, his father is dead, and Justin has been Earl of Brandon for six years. ![]() Sometimes, just one person can pull a whole family apart. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The issues Ruby deals with are serious, but the first-person narrative is amusing and the overall tone is light. Slowly, Ruby and the reader begin to understand that she’s not the total victim she appeared to be initially, and while she hardly deserved the cruelty that’s been heaped upon her, she had a distinct hand in her fate. It’s a clever gimmick and author Lockhart uses it as a prism through which Ruby, with help from her therapist, can view her life and herself. Ruby’s tool for this task is her newly made compilation of “all the boyfriends, kind-of boyfriends, almost-boyfriends, rumored boyfriends and wished-he-were boyfriends” in her life. After being dumped by her boyfriend, rejected by her girlfriends and humiliated by her classmates, Ruby Oliver, a 15-year-old moderately popular girl turned pariah, reassesses her history and her actions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Super Rabbit Boy needs to beat King Viking, but with tricks, traps, and brand-new racers to race, winning won't be easy. Super Rabbit Boy is ready to win, but meanie King Viking is racing this year, too! And he has racers who are helping him cheat. Branches books help readers grow!Welcome to the Super Cup Grand Prix! Eight racers must compete in four races to win the Super Cup Power Up, which gives the winner super speed powers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. ![]() Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. Rev up those engines as Super Rabbit Boy, King Viking, and more favorite characters go head-to-head in an epic race that's wheelie fun! ![]() ![]() ![]() He and eight other lawyers are held hostage by a homeless man who is looking for the "evictors". In the expresslane to success, Brock is derailed by a simple incident that changes his life. A partnership in the firm and the possibility of earning millions is well within sight. Brock has it all: a brain surgeon wife, a $2500 a month Georgetown apartment, a Lexus and a plush office where he spends most of his time. The story revolves around Michael Brock: a 32-year-old lawyer on the fast track to success with one of America's top law firms. But the law in The Street Lawyer - and here's the part that fans might not take to - takes a back seat to some very human drama and some completely serious issues. law firm in a sometimes less-than-admirable light. Once again we're shown some of the inner workings of a successful U.S. Like most of Grisham's tales, law-American-style is the sub-text of The Street Lawyer. But it's very different from earlier works in some fairly important ways. It seems likely that many fans of John Grisham's work will not be crazy about his latest book, The Street Lawyer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations-and the odds are against them. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why. A secret that someone is willing to kill for-and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. ![]() When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. HUGO AWARD FOR BEST SERIES Humanity has colonized the solar system-Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond-but the stars are still out of our reach. Corey comes the first book in the genre-defining space opera series, The Expanse, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. A reversible cover that features the full, uncropped artwork of the original cover artįrom New York Times-bestselling and Hugo award-winning author James S.Stained edges and illustrated endpapers.This 10th anniversary edition hardcover includes: ![]() Corey's modern masterwork of science fiction. A special edition hardcover that celebrates the 10th anniversary of James S. ![]() ![]() ![]() In particular, he desires to help and serve Piotr, and everything in Piotr wants to let him. With Samhain and Halloween approaching, he'll have much to do, and knowing that, his concerned coven seizes the chance to intervene and sends help to his door in the form of Bartleby Dorchester.The rarest of rare jewels, Bartleby is a human familiar: a witch with no magic of his own, and a desire to find a strong witch to help and serve. He forces himself to keep busy instead, but the emptiness of his house haunts him even more the spirit of Great-Great-Aunt Elysia in the parlor. The presence of a friendly familiar is enough to keep even the loneliest witch sane, and yet Piotr deliberately hasn't chosen one. Generations of Russells have lived and died with only their familiars at their side. A powerful witch, Piotr Russell has resigned himself to loneliness, because ordinary humans can't know what he is, and other witches are intimidated by his abilities. ![]() ![]() (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904: Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs (2 volumes London: John Murray, 1891) (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904: The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands Putnam's Sons, 1883) (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers) (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904: The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither (New York: G. ![]() (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904: The Englishwoman in America (London: J. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904: Chinese Pictures: Notes on Photographs Made in China (New York: C. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904: Among the Tibetans (Gutenberg text) page images at HathiTrust US access only.(Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904, contrib.: Among Hills and Valleys in Western China: Incidents of Missionary Work (London: S.W. Online books about this author are available, as is a Wikipedia article. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904) | The Online Books Page The Online Books Page ![]() ![]() It isn’t Mitford, but might help while we all wait! Click on the links to go directly to their recommendation pages for Jan Karon. – An interview from beliefnet, a religious website, conducted in 2005 that features some comments on “what’s next” for herĪdditionally, these libraries have compiled several online lists of authors and books you might like, if you like Jan Karon. – The (unofficial?) website claiming she is writing a book on the restoration of her farmhouse: However, you might find the following websites and articles useful: ![]() Unfortunately, the website doesn’t appear to be officially affiliated with her in any way, so I can’t vouch for the quality of this information. So far there are only two, so hopefully a third is in the works! In addition, since completing the Mitford series, she has apparently moved to an 18th-century farmhouse in Virginia, and one of her websites claims that she is currently writing a book on the restoration of that house. It appears that Jan Karon might currently be working on a couple different projects: she has stated in the past that the Father Tim series will contain three novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() The main characters must not only take up arms in this conflict, but also learn how to navigate the new setting in which they find themselves. A cold war in this other world turns hot and spills into our own world. I’m working on a science fiction project that takes place in a world accessible through portals. ![]() My favorite authors are always changing, but I’m currently into books by Django Wexler and Jim Butcher. While I mostly write historical fiction, I love to read fantasy, especially the grimdark genre. What authors, or books have influenced you? I wanted to reveal the true villainous nature of pirates during the Golden Age rather than portray them as the romantic swashbucklers that Hollywood likes to make movies about. My goal was to create something as historically accurate as I could. My latest book is a historical fiction novel called The Red Flag. What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it? It is the debut novel to what I hope will be a long and successful writing career. Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written. ![]() ![]() In 1857 Acton published The English Bread-Book for Domestic Use, a more academic and studious work than Modern Cookery. It was reprinted within the year and several editions followed until 1918, when Longman, the book's publisher, took the decision not to reprint. Written in an engaging prose, the book was well received by reviewers. On her return to England in 1826 she published a collection of poetry and released her cookery book in 1845, aimed at middle class families. She was raised in Suffolk where she ran a girls' boarding school before spending time in France. It also contains the first recipe for what Acton called " Christmas pudding" the dish was normally called plum pudding, recipes for which had appeared previously, although Acton was the first to put the name and recipe together.Īcton was born in 1799 in Sussex. It included the first recipes in English for Brussels sprouts and for spaghetti. ![]() ![]() The book introduced the now-universal practice of listing ingredients and giving suggested cooking times for each recipe. Frontispiece from Modern Cookery for Private Families, Acton's best known workĮliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic reader, Modern Cookery for Private Families. ![]() |
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