The Masker by Torrey Peters7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() But when an older man-a fellow slave-seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. ![]() That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. Celebrate the release of the paperback of The Prophets with author Robert Jones, Jr., in conversation with Torrey Peters! Copies of The Prophets ordered on the registration page will receive a signed bookplate (while supplies last)! The ProphetsĪ singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. ![]()
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Cecil beaton coronation portrait7/6/2023 ![]() Please note that both shipping charges may apply in some cases due to items being shipped from different locations. Teemill shipping rates are charged separately to National Portrait Gallery shipping charges. Teemill Shipping charges: UK Mainland - £4.00 Europe - £6.00 International (ROW) - £7.00 Please note that international customs duties and sales taxes may apply to some orders outside the UK, and that the customer is liable for these charges.įurther information on shipping rates, returns and damages can be found here Antique Chess Sets, Backgammon & Games Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (1904-1980)Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, coronation photographSilver gelatin print. Please click here for more information about how EU orders are processed and shipped including IOSS. Royal Mail International Rest of the World - from £10.00ĭHL Courier Europe Shipping - from £30.00ĭHL Courier Rest of the World and USA - from £35.00 Royal Mail International Europe - from £9.00 Shipping: International (10-14 working days) Royal Mail SD Guaranteed Next Day (for orders placed before 12:00pm Monday to Thursday) £8.95 ![]() Royal Mail Signed for (tracked) 3 - 5 working days from £4.95 Royal Mail Standard (not tracked) 3 - 5 working days from £2.95 ![]() Harry allard miss nelson7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The latter is by far my personal favorite.Īt the start of the story, Miss Nelson’s students are very disrespectful and naughty. The books are entitled Miss Nelson is Missing!, Miss Nelson is Back, and Miss Nelson Has a Field Day. She is the crazy substitute teacher in three children's books by Harry Allard (illustrated by James Marshall). I've also donned a plastic witch nose, along with a few long black fingernails for my left hand, while pretending to be Viola. ( ".the meanest substitute teacher in the whole world!") I easily flipped it to the solid black, ugly side. ![]() When I "transformed" into the terrible Miss Viola Swamp. (A lovely pastel floral print was on one side, when I became the sweet Miss Nelson. ![]() When I read the story to my students, I wore a reversible "cape". This cute classic was first published in 1977, but is still relevant today, as a lighthearted reminder of how important it is to show our appreciation of others. Thus begins the story of Miss Nelson is Missing, one of my all-time favorite back-to-school books. They were the worst-behaved class in the whole school.” “The kids in Room 207 were misbehaving again. 1-2-3 Come Do Some Viola Swamp and Miss Nelson Activities With Me! ![]() Neil gaiman p craig russell7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The neighbours get her name wrong and her father’s cooking is peculiar to say the least, while both of her parents are too busy to pay her much attention. In the ‘real’ one, it could be explained by the fact that Coraline and her parents have just moved into the house. There’s something chilly and off-balance about both worlds. Coraline is still at the stage in her life when those outside her circle are not quite real. This gives the novel the feel of a stage play, but it also reflects the self-absorbed view of a small girl. The town Coraline visits with her mother seems to be devoid of people. We see Coraline, her parents, the ‘other parents’ their neighbours and a shop assistant. ![]() ![]() It is starkly illustrated with very few people in it. This is a clever, inventive adaptation of a stylish ‘crossover’ novel, in which a young girl discovers an alternative reality to the one she thinks she knows. Coraline by Neil Gaiman and P Craig Russell ![]() Resist by K. Bromberg7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() "Just the broken hearts of your exes swept under the rug. Because you represent everything I've always bucked against…" "Because - because…I don't want to like you. What happens when it all blows up? Fight or flight? Oh man! That was intense! Vaughn and Ryker have one hell of a ride ahead of them and I can't wait to see what happens! It's a crazy powerplay and neither one is going to give in. ![]() He has no idea how it happened to what to do about it now. She likes to write strong heroines and damaged heroes who we love to hate but can’t help to love. It starts off as one thing then changes into something else. Bromberg writes contemporary romance novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She can't afford to lose sight of what she's working towards. He's an arrogant divorce attorney with more money than God and they are from two different worlds. She had a job to do and she had one goal. I love cliffhangers! They always make me crazy in a good way and I'm thankful we don't have to wait too long for Reveal, the conclusion. That's right, it's a duet and ends on an epic cliffhanger. Resist is the first book in the Wicked Ways duet by the talented K. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nora’s once sure-footed path is ripped away, and she’s careening toward answers that she doesn’t want to know. Their instant, visceral connection makes her heart swell, and her mind reel.Īs the storm rages on, Nora discovers that not just one boy went missing from the camp, but two. He’s from the Wayward Boys Camp across the lake, and he uncannily pulls at Nora – almost as if she knows him without ever meeting him before. But none of the forest gifts has been a living thing until Nora finds Oliver.Īlone in her cabin, as a snowstorm whirls up and cuts her off from the town, Nora wasn’t planning on finding a boy who’s been missing and presumed dead for the last two weeks.īut there Oliver was, with no memory and eyelashes full of snow. Little trinkets found in a sleeping forest, things that she is meant to keep. The only thing she knows how to do is find items in the woods on full moon nights. ![]() They draw their gifts from the captivating, all-encompassing forest. Nora is a Walker, and all Walker women are witches. ![]() ![]() What to expect: Dark Romance, Magic, and FantasyĪuthor Shea Ernshaw (author of THE WICKED DEEP) beckons you to the lush darkness of the Winterwood, where romance and magic collide in a mysterious tale. The Children’s Book Review | NovemWinterwood ![]() ![]() ![]() The Windsor Story posits that it helped drive her into the arms of the dissolute, outrageous Woolworth heir Jimmy Donahue, with whom the duchess began a bizarre relationship in the summer of 1950. ![]() Putnam’s Sons came and went, the duchess began to feel more and more neglected. “I had often been a golf widow this was my first experience being a literary one.Īccording to Murphy, as deadlines from publisher G.P. “When David started his book some years ago, I found it difficult to understand how he could spend so much time staring at a blank sheet of paper,” she writes. In her own autobiography, 1956’s The Heart Has Its Reasons, the duchess admitted she found her husband’s new job frustrating. ![]() It began to display itself in constant interruptions…A dozen times a day she would telephone to the Duke in his workroom, reminding him of a dinner party that evening, or asking him to fetch her a letter from his files, or ordering him to attend at once to some trifling household matter…With a ‘Yes, darling!’ he would leap to his feet, glad of the excuse to break off, and would sprint away on her errand. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Murder in the calais coach7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() because the publishers thought that title would reach a better audience than the original British title of Stamboul Train. ![]() This was done so the book would not be mistaken for the Graham Green novel Orient Express, which received that title in the U.S. When the novel was first published in the United States, it was re-titled Murder on the Calais Coach. Many details from the Armstrong case mirror the real-life crime, including a wrongly accused servant killing herself, though Charles and his wife Anne lived for decades after the kidnapping. Charles Lindbergh rose to fame by flying across the Atlantic Ocean, but he was in the headlines for a much more terrible reason some years later when his young son was kidnapped and later found murdered. The Daisy Armstrong case was inspired by a real-life crime. Also, Christie endured delays caused by flooding wiping out train tracks during other travels, and there was a real-life case where the Orient Express was caught in a snowdrift, though Christie was not aboard the train at that time.Ģ. In 1931, Christie travelled home from the Middle East on the Orient Express, Christie noted all of the different nationalities of her fellow passengers, and some of them became prototypes of Murder on the Orient Express characters. Christie got her inspiration from her own travels. Agatha Christie expert Chris Chan reveals some lesser-known facts about one of Christie's most famous works.ġ. ![]() The Highlander by Zoe Saadia7/5/2023 ![]() However, on the day Kuini agrees to finally enter the magnificent city, it would all change. They were just boys, and their clandestine meetings were always fun, providing great entertainment. A friendship with the Lowlander boy, the First Son of the Texcoco Emperor, seemed harmless in the beginning. ![]() ![]() His father was the Warriors' Leader, and he wanted to be just like him.Yet, Texcoco, the mighty Capital of the Lowlands, seemed incredibly beautiful, sparkling, its pyramids magnificent. You hunt and you fight, defending your towns against the raids of the Lowlanders and then raiding their lands in turn. īorn in the Highlands, Kuini thought his life was simple. They were just boys, and their clandestine meetings were. ![]() Born in the Highlands, Kuini thought his life was simple. ![]() |