![]() Welcome to the world of Aadilor, where lords and ladies can be murderers and thieves, and the most alluring notes are often the deadliest. Larkyra and Darius must learn to trust each other if there is to be any hope of saving the people of Lachlan-and themselves. Soon she suspects Darius has his own motivations for ridding Lachlan of the corrupt duke. But her plans grow complicated when she finds herself drawn to Lord Darius Mekenna, Lachlan's rightful heir. ![]() Eager to prove herself, Larkyra accepts by posing as the duke's potential bride. ![]() When it's discovered the Duke of Lachlan is siphoning a poisonous drug from the Thief Kingdom and using it to abuse his tenants, Larkyra is offered her first solo mission to stop the duke. Larkyra Bassette may be the youngest of the Mousai, but when she sings her voice has the power to slay monsters. There, the mysterious Thief King reigns supreme with the help of the Mousai, a trio of revered and feared sorceresses. Many whisper of its existence, but few have found this place, where magic and pleasure abound. ![]() The Thief Kingdom is a place hidden within the world of Aadilor. Published by Amazon Publishing on 2021-07īuy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book Depositoryįrom the award-winning author of the Dreamland series comes a new dark romantic fantasy about a young woman finding hope in her powers of destruction. ![]()
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City of Night, his debut novel published in 1963, was a best seller. His novels, are written extensively about gay culture in Los Angeles and wider America, among other subject matter. John Francisco Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is a Mexican-American novelist and essayist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Aya is the winner of the Best First Album award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival was nominated for the YALSA's Great Graphic Novels list and was included on "best of" lists from The Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. Inspired by Abouet's childhood, the series has received praise for offering relief from the disaster-struck focus of most stories set in Africa. 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THE DRAMATIC CONCLUSION TO THE AWARD-WINNING AYA SERIES Aya: Love in Yop City comprises the final three chapters of the Aya story, episodes never before seen in English. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. ![]() For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. The second part of one of the greatest epic poems, Purgatory is an enthralling Christian allegory of sin, redemption and ultimate enlightenment. Beginning with Dantes liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed. For it is only when he has learned from each of these levels that he can ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a stronger and better man. ![]() The second volume of Dante's Divine Comedy Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, Rowan soon comes to realise that hedges are a serious business and this isn’t quite the opportunity to rest and escape she thought it might be. Rowan is visiting her aunt – Winne the hedge witch – in the Welsh countryside, to get back to nature and hone her skills, as well as taking a break from her annoying sisters and enjoying some peace and quiet. 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Now in hardcover for the first time, featuring all-new illustrations! Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog, Nugget. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kayla Maiuri The novel opens with a girl lying on the lawn of the school grounds, presumably dead. Intoxicating and provocative, at times deeply uncomfortable, The Divines is a novel that asks readers to confront parts of themselves they’ve tried to bury. As she reflects on her youth, the school’s scandalous history comes into view, including the heavy hand Josephine and the rest of The Divines played in its demise.Įaton, like Josephine, grew up in England and lives in Los Angeles, and is brilliantly attuned to the trickery of memory-the ways we reconstruct our pasts into renderings we can live with. John the Divine, an elite British boarding school for girls that has since closed its doors. ![]() The story is about reckoning with the past, as it moves between the protagonist Josephine’s current life in Los Angeles and her formative years at St. In her debut novel, The Divines (William Morrow & Company), Ellie Eaton delves into the complexity of female friendships and the way these relationships continue to shape and tug at us well into adulthood. ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Sumptuously illustrated and full of rich insider detail, Victoria & Albert takes us behind the scenes of the magnificent TV drama, including fascinating, in-depth information on the actors, the props, and the costumes – and bringing an extraordinary royal marriage even more fully to life. ![]() ![]() Drawing on letters and diaries and fresh insights into royal history, this gorgeous book charts the constant ebb and flow of power within the couple’s surprisingly ardent and modern marriage. But together they forged a bond with each other and with their people that would change the world. Arrives by Tue, Mar 28 Buy Victoria & Albert: A Royal Love Affair (Pre-Owned Hardcover 9781250175304) by Daisy Goodwin, Sara Sheridan at. Though first cousins, they could not have been more different: Victoria was impulsive, emotional, and capricious, Albert cautious, self-controlled, and logical. This all-new companion book by Daisy Goodwin and Sara Sheridan transports us to the private world of Victoria and Albert. ![]() But what happened after the Queen married her handsome prince? Did they live happily ever after, or did their marriage, like so many royal marriages past and present, fizzle into a loveless round of duty? ![]() More than 16 million viewers watched the first season of the Masterpiece presentation of Victoria, created and written by Daisy Goodwin―the highest-rated PBS drama in twenty years, second only to Downton Abbey. The official companion to the second season of the PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria by award-winning creator and screenwriter Daisy Goodwin. ![]() ![]() ![]() I highly recommend this whole series for members of mother-daughter book clubs with girls who are 9 to 13. I can’t wait to see what the whole gang will be up to in the fourth book of the series when the girls start high school. ![]() The book club members also connect with a pen pal club in Gopher Hole, Wyoming, and it’s fun to read little snippets about the lives of these new girls and their moms through their letters. The girls and moms learn fun facts about Jean Webster as they gather for book club discussions. The girls are reading Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster, and Frederick once again seamlessly weaves in storylines that somewhat match those of Webster’s classic. This time the challenges include dealing with a mean-spirited boarding school roommate, changing family dynamics when new family members move in and others move out, and navigating relationships with boys. In their ever-evolving lives, as it is with most of us, just when they figure out how to handle one challenge, another pops up. The girls are in eighth grade this year, and they’ve learned a lot about friendship and family relationships. ![]() Cracking this third book in the mother-daughter book club series is like reconnecting with old friends. Emma, Jess, Megan and Cassidy are back for another year of reading in their mother-daughter book club in Heather Vogel Frederick’s new book, Dear Pen Pal. ![]() |