The star touched queen book 35/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most… including herself. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. The Star-Touched Queen Series by Roshani Chokshi The Star-Touched Queen Series 2 primary works 4 total works Book 0.5 Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi 4. An exclusive Star-Touched novella from bestselling author Roshani Chokshi, over 100 pages long Before The Star-Touched Queen there was only Death and Night. Desire…īut Akaran has its own secrets - thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. ![]() As Amar’s wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only 17? ![]()
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Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() The Beverly Cleary School, a public school in Portland, was named after her, and several statues of her most famous characters were erected in Grant Park in 1995. For her lifetime contributions to American literature, she received the National Medal of Arts, recognition as a Library of Congress Living Legend, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the Association for Library Service to Children. Cleary won the 1981 National Book Award for Ramona and Her Mother and the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Her first children's book was Henry Huggins after a question from a kid when Cleary was a librarian. ![]() The majority of Cleary's books are set in the Grant Park neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon, where she was raised, and she has been credited as one of the first authors of children's literature to figure emotional realism in the narratives of her characters, often children in middle-class families. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. ![]() ![]() Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn April 12, 1916 – March 25, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. ![]() ![]() "From the accomplished creators of the classic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (1989) comes this captivating, rhyming offering for the lap-sit crowd. Readers can't be blamed for seeing this as a companion to Eric Carle's classic caterpillar tale.a graphically sumptuous book." * "Martin's caterpillar counting rhyme has been given new life with gorgeous and bold watercolor collages from his Chicka Chicka Boom Boom collaborator, Ehlert. ![]() Now these two picture-book geniuses are together again in this dynamic and visually stunning counting-and-natural history picture book that's just perfect for reading aloud-and comes complete with a glossary filled with intriguing information about all of the caterpillar stars! Readers of all ages have celebrated the work of Bill Martin Jr and Lois Ehlert ever since their first collaboration on Chicka Chicka Boom Boom more than twenty-five years ago. ![]() Ten little caterpillars are out and about in our big, wide world-come join them! You never know what you might find. ![]() Veronica's Grave by Barbara Donsky5/11/2023 ![]() Miller Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins 4.3 (29 ratings) Try for 0. Told with true literary sensibility, this captivating memoir asks us to consider what it is that parents owe their children, and how far a child need go to make things right for her family. Veronicas Grave A Daughters Memoir By: Barbara Bracht Donsky Narrated by: Leslie S. The story is not only of loss and resilience, but one showing the power of literature-from Little Orphan Annie to Prince Valiant to the incomparable Nancy Drew-to offer hope where there is little. ![]() Forced to keep the secret of her mother's existence from her younger brother, Barbara struggles to keep from being crushed under the weight of family secrets as she comes of age and tries to educate herself, despite her father's stance against women's education. When Barbara Bracht's mother disappears, she is left a confused child whose blue-collar father is intent upon erasing any memory of her mother. ![]() ![]() 2017 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award: Silver for Memoir 2017 National Indie Excellence Awards: Finalist 2017 Independent Press Award: Distinguished Favorite for MemoirĢ016 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal for Non-fiction MemoirĢ016 Beverly Hills Book Awards: Memoir Finalist ![]() The laws of murder by charles finch5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() As Lenox begins to parse the peculiar details of the death - an unlaced boot, a days-old wound, an untraceable luggage ticket - he realizes that the incident may lead him into grave personal danger, beyond which lies a terrible truth. Then comes a chance to redeem himself, though at a terrible price: a friend, a member of Scotland Yard, is shot near Regent's Park. But as the months pass, and he is the only detective who cannot find work, Lenox begins to question whether he can still play the game as he once did. With high hopes he and three colleagues start a new detective agency, the first of its kind. "It's 1876, and Charles Lenox, once London's leading private investigator, has just given up his seat in Parliament after six years, primed to return to his first love, detection. Description Details Reviews With all the humanity, glamor, and mystery that readers have come to love, the next Charles Lenox Mystery, The Laws of Murder, is a shining confirmation of the enduring popularity of Charles Finchs Victorian series. ![]() Franchise by marcia chatelain5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Honey adds texture to King's journey from being a descendant of people who ‘experienced deep poverty in the countryside’ to the supporter of striking sanitation workers in Memphis the day before his assassination (p. With clear writing and a thoughtful voice, Honey guides readers through pivotal movements of King's life by foregrounding his tense and symbiotic relationships with the labor movement. Honey rights some of these wrongs in To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice. ![]() King's legacy is invoked to promote empty multiculturalism and facile ideas of change, and it reflects erasures in civil rights history. The widespread celebration of the King holiday-from churches to schools to corporations-makes this difficult. “Each January, scholars and activists alike prepare to refute superficial and simplistic tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. ![]() Endangered by lamar giles5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() This title delivers another skillfully devised plot, supported by a fully fleshed cast. ![]() will be overjoyed to find his debut success was no fluke. "Giles writes a fast-paced, gripping suspense novel with an engaging whodunit mystery.a good choice for reluctant readers and fans of strong female heroines." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) "Giles (Fake ID) crafts an unpredictable psychological thriller.a timely and unsettling story.The novel's strength rests in its underlying moral complexity." - Publishers Weekly ![]() A strong choice for lovers of suspense." - Horn Book Magazine " exploration of good and evil, justice and culpability, and anger and guilt gives this psychological thriller the thematic and emotional depth to match its full-throttle plot. Endangered, Pre-Owned Hardcover 0062297562 9780062297563 Lamar Giles. ![]() "Suspenseful and often wise." - Kirkus Reviews Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015 YA/ GILES Available, - YA FIC Giles Available. "A dynamic, dangerously suspenseful, contemporary adventure that also leaves room for introspective soul-searching." - School Library Journal ![]() Witness louise milligan5/10/2023 ![]() Nothing can undo what has been done but some justice has prevailed.” “We have been waiting for the justice system to run its course. “I was motivated to write this book because I wanted people to know what I have known about George Pell,” reflects author and investigative journalist Louise Milligan. It was a unanimous verdict by a jury in Melbourne’s county court. Today it can be reported that on 11 December 2018, Cardinal George Pell was convicted of five charges of sexual crimes against children. In Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell, Louise Milligan pieces together decades of disturbing activities and cover-ups by Australia’s most powerful Catholic leader who became Vatican treasurer and adviser to Pope Francis. Acclaimed book Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell (MUP, RRP $34.99/ ebook $16.99) by Louise Milligan is now available across Australia and worldwide after court suppression orders required the book to be withheld from sale until the judicial processes were complete. ![]() Evelyn waugh 19385/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1964 Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1965 ![]() Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1962 ![]() "Antony, Who Sought Things That Were Lost" Davis (ed.), Pilgrim Books, Norman, Oklahoma 1985 In Evelyn Waugh, Apprentice: The Early Writings, 1910–27, R. Davis (ed.) Pilgrim Books, Norman, Oklahoma 1985 Privately printed by Arthur Waugh in 1916 "The World to Come: A Poem in Three Cantos" Published in Evelyn Waugh: The Complete Short Stories, Ann Pasternak Slater (ed.), Everyman's Library (David Campbell Publishers Ltd), London 1998 Pilgrim Books, Norman, Oklahoma 1985Īppeared in The Pistol Troop Magazine, 1912. In Evelyn Waugh, Apprentice: The Early Writings, 1910–27, R.M. In Little Innocents: Childhood Reminiscenses, Dame Ethel Smyth and others. The following lists his fiction, travel and biographical works, together with selected articles and reviews. Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) was a British writer, journalist and reviewer, generally considered one of the leading English prose writers of the 20th century. ![]() Make Me Yours by Tia Louise5/10/2023 ![]() But as bad as I want to be good, I’m not sure I can fake it… ![]() Now he’s given me the chance to pay off my debts and take control of my life. ![]() He needed help, and he offered me a ridiculous salary. And when he scoops up his adorable four-year-old daughter Lillie and blows raspberries on her tummy while she squeals with delight, I totally swoon.īumping into him at our local pub that night slightly drunk and overly frustrated was a total accident. Ruby Banks: Remington Key is distant, brooding, and drop-dead sexy. So what if I’ve been alone since forever? I’m focused on launching my new business, not bedding the sexy siren who sleeps down the hall.Īt least that’s what I keep reminding myself… I was clearly drunk the night I offered a gorgeous girl in a bar $500 a day to be my live-in nanny. Happily ever after, right?įast-forward four years, and I’m alone, raising my daughter, caring for my mother-in-law, and trying to keep my stuff together. ![]() Remington Key: I left the Navy, scored a billion in tech, got married, and had a baby. He’s a billionaire single dad who needs help. ![]() |