![]() ![]() Even if it requires giving carnal lessons to a serious-minded spinster who has an in with the chef. and she's just met the perfect rogue to help teach her.Ĭhristopher "Kit" Ward plans to open a not-so-reputable supper club in New York City, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to hire the best chef in the city to guarantee its success. She needs to become a siren, a woman who causes a man's blood to run hot. ![]() Something has to change, else she'll be forced to marry a man whose only desire is her fortune. Shy heiress Alice Lusk is tired of being overlooked by every bachelor. Following the book called "an alluring blend of love and playfulness " (PW) The Heiress Hunt, beloved author Joanna Shupe continues her new Fifth Avenue Rebels series with a scandalous romance about a good girl desperate to rebel and the rebel desperate to corrupt her. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It was during this time that he absorbed much of the background that would ultimately prove useful for his young adult novel The Losers’ Club. After graduating from university, he spent two years teaching English and drama at a local junior high. He found that he especially enjoyed writing movie reviews. In the process he discovered a talent for journalism. While working towards a Bachelor of Education at the University of British Columbia, John became involved with the university newspaper. ![]() He returned the following year to write and direct his first play, a melodrama entitled Partners in Grime. In grade 12 he won the school drama prize. In high school John became interested in writing and directing for the stage. He would spend many hours watching Saturday night movies on TV, nurturing a keen interest in such vintage stars as Groucho Marx, William Powell, and Carole Lombard. He didn’t tell anyone about this secret, however-not even his twin sister.Īs a child, John also developed a passion for old movies. John was so deeply moved by the book that he secretly decided to become a professional writer. When he was 14, his older brother Bill suggested he read a novel by Mark Harris called Bang the Drum Slowly. Born with cerebral palsy, he spent a lot of time reading books on such varied subjects as dogs, detectives, and baseball players. He has a twin sister who is a full 15 minutes older and has always been at least a few minutes wiser and smarter. ![]() John was born in Vancouver, B.C., the youngest of six kids. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s also worked as a cover artist, and back-up writer/artist for several BOOM Studios series. She’s best known as the current co-writer and cover artist for the series Lumberjanes, and for her queer superhero webcomic Supercakes. ![]() But as Snap starts to get to know Jacks, she realizes that Jacks may in fact have real magicâand a connection with Snap's family's past Leyh, Kat Dewey number 741. Kat Leyh is a Chicago based writer and artist. They make a deal: Jacks will teach Snap how to take care of the baby opossums that Snap rescued, and Snap will help Jacks with her work. Volume 2, please' -Rita Williams-Garcia, author of the Gaither Sisters series, 'Full of magic and humor, this intersectional, layered tale offers joyful and affirming depictions of social outsiders and comfortably complicated families. It's creepy, sure, but Snap thinks it's kind of cool, too. ![]() But in reality, Jacks is just a crocks-wearing, internet-savvy old lady who sells roadkill skeletons onlineâafter doing a little ritual to put their spirits to rest. Language eng Summary Kat Leyh's Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town's witch and discovers the strange magic within herself. Label Snapdragon Title Snapdragon Statement of responsibility Kat Leyh Title variation Snap dragon Creator ![]() ![]() ![]() Her most famous and controversial novel was Bear(1976), a tale of erotic love between a librarian and a bear, for which she won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction in 1976.įrom 1965 to her death in 1985 she corresponded with literary peers and friends such as Hugh MacLennan, Robertson Davies, Dennis Lee, Margaret Atwood, Timothy Findley, Alice Munro, Margaret Laurence, Matt Cohen, Robert Weaver, Graeme Gibson and more. She wrote two children's books: Adventures of Moon Bay Towers (1974) and My name is not Odessa Yarker (1977). Her first novel, No Clouds of Glory, was published in 1968. Marian and Howard separated in 1975 and divorced in 1977.Įngel was writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta (1977–1978) and at the University of Toronto (1980–1982). ![]() She married Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio producer Howard Engel in 1962 and, upon their return to Toronto from England in 1964, began to raise a family-twins William Lucas Passmore and Charlotte Helen Arabella-and to pursue a writing career. In 1982 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. From 1975-1977, she served on the City of Toronto Book Award Committee (an award she won in 1981 for Lunatic Villas) and the Canadian Book and Periodical Development Council. ![]() She was the first chair of the Writer’s Union of Canada (1973–74) and helped found the Public Lending Right Commission. Canadian novelist, short-story and children's fiction writer, Marian Engel was a passionate activist for the national and international writer’s cause. ![]() ![]() ![]() "You might be able to get him (Odium) to choose a champion. ![]() They seem ignored by scholars, though talk of them was obviously prevalent among those recording the early mythologies.) –From the Poem of Ista (Jasnah's note: I have found no modern explanation of what these 'Dawnshards' are. ![]() Taking the Dawnshard, known to bind any creature voidish or mortal, he crawled up the steps crafted for Heralds, ten strides tall apiece, toward the grand temple above. Certainly worth seeking, but only with great caution." "A mythological treasure, Brightness, much like the Dawnshards or the Honorblades. Commands Įach Dawnshard has a different Command. There is one Dawnshard that is different from the rest. ĭawnshards predate the Shattering, so they're something other than traditional Shards. The Investiture of every Dawnshard grants Heightening-like abilities, which allows individuals to see colors more vividly than before. ![]() ![]() Ashiva works for the Red Hand, an underground network of revolutionaries fighting the government, which is run by a merciless computer algorithm that dictates every citizen's fate. Outside, the poor and forgotten scrape by with discarded black-market robotics, a society of poverty-stricken cyborgs struggling to survive in slums threatened by rising sea levels, unbreathable air, and deadly superbugs. Uplanders lead luxurious lives inside a climate-controlled biodome, dependent on technology and gene therapy to keep them healthy and youthful forever. ![]() The South Asian Province is split in two. Show moreĪ streetrat turned revolutionary and the disillusioned hacker son of a politician try to take down a ruthlessly technocratic government that sacrifices its poorest citizens to build its utopia. A streetrat turned revolutionary and the disillusioned hacker son of a politician try to take down a ruthlessly technocratic government that sacrifices it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The main character of Meliora is a baker named Winter, who’s trying to find a cure for his younger sister’s illness. I’ve been pitching it as a good read for fans of Studio Ghibli –– especially Howl’s Moving Castle –– since it’s ultimately a feel-good story but there’s some deeper underlying plot threads as well.Ĭan you tell us a bit more about your characters? Do you have a favourite type of character you enjoy writing? ![]() I’m so happy to be here! So Meliora is a low-stakes fantasy romance about a baker and a prince pretending to elope in order to cover up rumors about interactions with some shady mages. Welcome to the Hive, Talli! Let’s start with the basics: tell us about your new book, Meliora – why should readers check it out? Meliora | The Oracle Stone | The Savior’s Rise They are the author of the Windermere Tales series as well as one standalone novel, Meliora. Morgan is a librarian and indie author from upstate New York. ![]() ![]() Roberts's nonviolent approach to acclimating horses to saddle, bridle and rider was highlighted in 19 in a PBS-aired BBC documentary, which led countless viewers to inquire: If given the chance to be free again, would Shy Boy take it and run? Here is the answer to that question: Roberts describes taking Shy Boy back to his original free-range herd. ![]() Not just for animal lovers, this delightful and deeply moving page-turner, a sequel to Roberts's bestselling The Man Who Listens to Horses, picks up the story of this California horse trainer's relationship with Shy Boy, a wild mustang whom he ""gentled."" By mimicking an equine body language that he believes is genetically ingrained in the memory of all horses, Roberts, as detailed in his earlier book, quickly and painlessly transformed Shy Boy from a free-roaming steed of the Nevada foothills into a trusting, cooperative and worthy mount. ![]() ![]() Subject headings Popular culture- Russia. period is investigated in the work by Leonid Heretz Russia on the Eve of Modernity. The Great War and the crisis of the traditional culture. Exhibition of foreign publications on history and culture of Russia. The Japanese war : peasant Russia and the wider world The year of famine and cholera (1891-1892) : the demonization of the nobility The assassination of Alexander II (1881) and folk tsarism The sectarians : dualism and secret history The old believers : modernization as apocalypse ![]() URL Series New studies in European history Notes ![]() Russia on the eve of modernity : popular religion and traditional culture under the last tsars / Leonid Heretz.Ĭambridge, UK New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The people of Gentry do not talk much about this, but it defines Mackie’s life. He is one of a very few children in the town of Gentry who survived to this age - usually when a faerie child (but they don’t call it that) is left in place of a human one, it dies very young. I was griping the other day about the difficulty of creating a fairy world that has enough specificity to satisfy me, and although The Replacement doesn’t completely nail this, it does a pretty good job. Now Halloween is just one more obstacle between me and Christmas.Īh changelings. I am not a big fan of Halloween ever since I stopped trick-or-treating. I am writing this post in mid-October, but I am predicting that I ended up doing nothing for Halloween. Happy All Saints’ Day! More to the point, happy anniversary, Saints! I will always love you no matter what. ![]() |