![]() ![]() And woe betide anyone who lays a finger on her heavily guarded stash of chocolates. Joy is a ruthless taskmaster who screams at her employees for the smallest infractions, pads her website with pictures of professional models posing as clients, and offers up convincing but empty promises of love in exchange for inordinate sums of money. When Jaine lands a job writing web copy and brochures for matchmaker Joy Amoroso, she's excited for a chance to help the lovelorn just in time for Valentine's Day-until she realizes what "Dates of Joy" is really all about. Love is in the air as freelance writer Jaine Austen begins a new job at the Dates of Joy matchmaking service-but between juggling her boss's demands, deflecting the advances of an eccentric suitor, and tracking down a calculating killer, she hardly has time to think about romance. ![]() Her books are so outrageously funny, they always make me laugh out loud." -Joanne Fluke "I'm crazy about Laura Levine's mystery series. ![]()
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![]() “The Queen’s Thief books awe and inspire me. ![]() Discover and rediscover the stand-alone companions, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, and A Conspiracy of Kings, all epic novels set in the world of the Queen’s Thief.Ī New York Public Library Book for the Teen AgeĪ Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book The Queen’s Thief novels have been praised by writers, critics, reviewers, and fans, and have been honored with glowing reviews, “best of” citations, and numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award shortlist, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king’s magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he’s in no position to refuse. Martin.Įugenides, the queen’s thief, can steal anything-or so he says. ![]() Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. ![]() ![]() Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner’s entrancing and award-winning Queen’s Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reflecting on her grandmother's words, the girl declares that "we are water protectors" who will give the black snake the fight of its life. ![]() ![]() She resolves to rally her people against it and protect their water supply for the sake of animals, plants, the environment, and the Earth. The girl says that the black snake has already arrived in the form of an oil pipeline. Their people foretell a black snake that will one day destroy their land and poison their water. The narrator, an Ojibwe girl, recalls her grandmother teaching her about the sanctity of water. ![]() The book also received the 2021 Jane Addams Children's Book Award winner in the Books for Younger Children category. Critics praised its message of environmental justice, its depiction of diversity, and the watercolor illustrations, for which Goade won the 2021 Caldecott Medal, becoming the first Indigenous recipient of the award. It was published by Roaring Brook Press on March 17, 2020. Written in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, the book tells the story of an Ojibwe girl who fights against an oil pipeline in an effort to protect the water supply of her people. We Are Water Protectors is a 2020 picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Something about the new groom catches her eyes, and makes her think he’s not who he pretends to be-and even more shockingly, stirs her senses. Pragmatic and clever, Ailsa Mackenzie has been left in charge of the family estate and her unruly grandmother in her father’s absence. But his plans go awry when he falls under the cool gray gaze of the laird’s daughter. ![]() Wanting to avoid an international incident, Nik plans to quietly slip into enemy territory disguised as a groom at Castle Cromartie. Nikolai Romanovin, a royal prince of Oxenburg, has travelled to the deepest wilds of Scotland to rescue his grandmother the Grand Duchess, who was abducted while visiting an old friend in the Highlands. “What more could New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins’s fans desire” than the “sharp repartee, clever plotting, memorable characterization, and sizzling sexual tension” ( RT Book Reviews) of her sparkling Oxenburg Princes fairy tale romance series? ![]() ![]() With people cutting back on subscription services to soften the cost of living, Freevee allows people to sample content before buying a subscription to the premium platform. More fans equal more subscribers, which means more money in Amazon’s pocket. The move to Freevee also gets content Amazon is already paying for in front of more eyeballs. ![]() Amazon believes making content available on Freevee will drive customers to the premium Prime Video platform, where new content for the shows moving to Freevee will debut. Subscribers tuning in can enjoy Freevee originals like Jury Duty and Prime Video originals heading to the channel at a later date. ![]() With echoes of King’s classic novel, It, Later is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears. In addition to Freevee’s plan to stream more content, Freevee Originals EAST is rebranding to the Amazon Originals channel. Later is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. The Summer I Turned Pretty arrives on May 26, with shows including The Wheel of Time and Reacher arriving later in the year. Freevee has yet to release an official timetable for the rollout, but many shows are already available. ![]() As King later wrote in an open letter to readers on his personal website. Freevee will be strategic about releasing specific titles, with many timed for upcoming seasons of popular shows. In 2004 Stephen King, an early eBook enthusiast, released a short novel in. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The peoples of the Indian subcontinent, while sharing a common history and culture, are not now, and never have been, a single unitary state the book accommodates Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as other embryonic nation states like the Sikh Punjab, Muslim Kashmir and Assam. Older, richer and more distinctive than almost any other, India’s culture furnishes all that the historian could wish for in the way of continuity and diversity. The pattern of inward invasion plus outward migration was established early: from Alexander the Great via the march of Islam and the great Moghuls to the coming of the East India Company and the establishment of the British Raj. ![]() India’s history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley, regressing to a tribal and pastoral nomadism, and then evolving into a uniquely stratified society. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East. ![]() The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. ![]() ![]() ![]() He also published Freedom of Simplicity in 1981, which further explores the discipline of simple, intentional living. A work described as a sequel to Celebration is Foster's 1985 Money, Sex & Power. ![]() It was named by Christianity Today as one of the top ten books of the twentieth century. įoster is best known for his 1978 book Celebration of Discipline, which examines the inward disciplines of prayer, fasting, meditation, and study in the Christian life, the outward disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service, and the corporate disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration. He earned his undergraduate degree at George Fox University in Oregon and his Doctor of Pastoral Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, and received an honorary doctorate from Houghton College. Born in 1942 in New Mexico, Foster has been a professor at Friends University and pastor of Evangelical Friends churches. ![]() His writings speak to a broad Christian audience. Richard James Foster (born 1942) is a Christian theologian and author in the Quaker tradition. ![]() ![]() ![]() This class meets one time, approximately three weeks prior to surgery. Good nutrition prior to surgery is important for healing after surgery.Įducational Class: Designed to answer any questions you or your coach may have regarding total joint replacement. Nutritional Assessment Survey: Designed to help you develop a healthy eating plan before surgery. Your coach remains with you throughout the entire Joints for Life program to give you support and encouragement. 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Ask students if they have read a Jeannie Baker book before.Ask whether they think the name of the boat is significant. ![]() Have students guess what is happening in the pictures and the story. Turn through the pages of the book without displaying any of the words.‘Do you think the boat will be important to the story? Who do you think the people in the boat are?’ Ask students to predict the importance of the boat and its occupants, i.e. Point out the boat and ask if anyone has been on a boat before. Look at the front cover and ask students if the picture reminds them of anywhere they have been. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sam Fine: “ I mean…there are so many brands, now, that speak to women of color. Inspire N Style: One of the things that we wanted to know is, what are your top brands for women of color? With this mission in mind, we sat down with industry giant, Sam Fine, to scoop out his faves! Read on for more on what should be pouring out of your makeup bag this season. This year’s mission for The Makeup Show included building artists, and celebrating brands with product lines that consistently focus on diversity and inclusion. Inspire N Style was in the house for all of the glitz and glam, and caught up with veteran beauty guru Sam Fine to get the latest dish on what’s hot and what’s not in beauty product land, for women of color. After all, you know how the saying goes,“Everything’s bigger (and better) in Texas!” - and that undoubtedly includes the love for all things beauty and cosmetics. The Makeup Show 2017 landed in Dallas on September 23rd for an all-makeup-everything, action-packed, and definite “you should be here” experience. ![]() |