![]() The group TBD is looking for a new lead vocalist, after their old one (Trent) left them staggering. He’s dropping lines every which way but loose, especially in the beginning. And if there’s one thing Viper isn’t, it’s subtle. ![]() I’m quite surprised I liked this as much as I did despite some moments where Viper was pressing Halo pretty hard in the beginning for a relationship. ![]() And from playing through the full story in “Chapters” – the audiobook is pretty faithful, with areas where the book goes into more detail for the experience. “Halo” caught my attention for featuring an m/m love story with rock music and the two LIs being in the same band. I’ve admittedly picked up quite a few books to read because of playing through at least part of the (or full) stories within the app. ![]() For those who might be unfamiliar, “Chapters” is an app where romance stories of various age and intensity levels are put to music, illustrations, and give choice-based options in which you navigate the relationship of the leading characters in the story. Full disclosure – the main reason I picked up this book by Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine was because of the featured story in the app “Chapters” by the same name. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. The introduction surveys the genesis and influence of "The Vampyre" and its central themes and techniques, while the Appendices contain material closely associated with its composition and publication, including Lord Byron's prose fragment "Augustus Darvell."Ībout the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer, and William Carelton. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. John Polidori's classic tale "The Vampyre"(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() military support for the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975.Ī month after backing the bloody 1973 military coup in Chile, Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in Vietnam. He has been heavily criticized for his involvement with the overthrow of the democratically elected leader of Chile, President Salvador Allende for the secret, illegal bombing of Cambodia in 1969 and the approval of U.S. Kissinger served as secretary of state under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Kissinger spoke at a black-tie birthday party in his honor where drinks were followed by dinner and dancing. Although his birthday was on May 27th, he celebrated this past Sunday at the posh Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger turned 80 years old earlier this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Set in the late 1950s, the film opens with an explanatory voice-over narration. It won three Goya Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film stars Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy. ![]() Shooting took place in Portaferry and Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland and in Barcelona during August and September 2016. The Bookshop is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Isabel Coixet, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Penelope Fitzgerald, in which the lead character attempts against opposition to open a bookshop in the coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk (a thinly-disguised version of Southwold). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through the streets of Washington, D.C., and down into the underground vault of the Federal Reserve in New York City, an evil plan is exposed. What starts off as an inquiry about missing bank funds in the Knight account leads to inquiries about a missing man, missing gold, and a life-and-death race across the country. At least Riley Moon thought it was her dream job, until she is given her first assignment: babysitting Emerson Knight. Her aggressive Texas spitfire attitude has helped her land her dream job as a junior analyst with mega-bank Blane-Grunwald. Good thing he’s also brilliant, rich, and (some people might say) handsome, or he’d probably be homeless. Riley Moon has just graduated from Harvard Business and Harvard Law. Janet Evanovich, bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, teams up with Emmy-winning writer Phoef Sutton for a brand-new series of mysteries featuring Emerson Knight and Riley Moon, a dynamic duo with instant and undeniable chemistry.Įmerson Knight is introverted, eccentric, and has little to no sense of social etiquette. ![]() ![]() ![]() But these drugs are only giving to the Legals and the Legals can't have children. Gemma Malley's story is very complex, yeah the plots simple - a drug has been created that means you can live for ever - no-one needs to die. he's mysterious, alluring, and more than that. Anna knows he's trouble, knows listening to him is dangerous, encourages him, will only lead to punishment for disobeying the rules. ![]() However there is a new Surplus coming to Grange Hill, called Peter, and he says he isn't a Surplus, that there shouldn't be Surpluses - they have as much right to be there as anyone else. Surpluses are taught that they must make up for their parent's sins and Know Their Place. The Declaration by Gemma Malley - what a book! Another futuristic novel it follows Surplus Anna, Anna Covey to her family (though she refuses to believe in them), who has been brought up in the oppressive Grange Hall and taught that she is a waste of the Earth's resources and it is because of her parent's selfishness that she walks this earth. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() | Australia - Social conditions - Fiction. | Australia - Social conditions - Juvenile fiction. | Minorities - Australia - Juvenile fiction. | People with disabilities - Juvenile fiction. | Aboriginal Australians - Juvenile fiction. With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life as seen through each authors unique, and seldom heard, perspective. ![]() With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Omar Sakr, Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and Alice Pung, this anthology is designed to challenge the dominant, homogenous story of privilege and power that rarely admits 'outsider' voices. Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir, and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Color, LGBTIQA+, or living with disability. Own Voice memoir, poetry and short fiction by writers who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability, exploring life from each author's unique perspective. Meet me at the intersection / edited by Rebecca Lim & Ambelin Kwaymullina Book Bib IDīook, Online - Google Books Meet Me at the Intersection by Rebecca Lim 325 ratings, 4. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Especially since the team consists of my favorite client, his brother, my roommate, and my roommate’s boyfriend.When the shitstorm of my present starts to collide a bit too much with my past, I’ve got to hope my skills are sharp enough to keep me in one piece.There’s an unexpected danger that’s found me once again, but lucky for me, I’ve always thrived in the darkness.Trigger warning: non con, dub con, BDSM scenes, a torture scene, and other adult material that people could find triggering. Now, I’ve got a life for myself, and I even like it most of the time, but a favor owed to my boss/ex-lover is about to mess all of that up.Her husband’s become a problem, and when the team of men she’s hired can’t seal the deal, I’m brought in for some assistance. Call girls are meant to fuck the client then go home, not fuck them up, but I never minded getting my hands just a little dirty.Homeless teen turned prostitute turned elite call girl with some… unusual extracurricular activities was not what I’d set out to become, but survivors can’t be choosers. ![]() ![]() It may repeat and fangirl a little too much, but how can I not* *Warning this review may be jumbled and not make sense. ![]() She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own. ![]() There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers-precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. The Moth in the Mirror (#1.5 Splintered Trilogy) ![]() “He’s a contradiction: taut magic coiled to strike, gentleness at war with severity, a tongue as sharp as a whip’s edge, yet skin so soft he could be swathed in clouds.” ![]() |