7/8/2023 0 Comments Marshmallow malice![]() ![]() As Reverend Brook tops the murder suspect list on what should have been the happiest day of his life, Bailey and her sheriff's deputy boyfriend vow to clear his name. ![]() Turns out, the uninvited victim came equipped with lots of dirt on the devout reverend's hidden past. Then much to everyone's shock, the entire ceremony crumbles when a guest drops dead, and the cause isn't sunstroke. With Juliet Brody and Reverend Brook tying the knot in Ohios Amish Countrys most anticipated nuptials of the year. Except midsummer heat waves and outdoor ceremonies don't mix, and an exasperated Bailey soon finds herself struggling to fulfill bridesmaid duties and keep her stunning marshmallow-frosted wedding cake from becoming a gooey disaster. With Juliet Brody and Reverend Brook tying the knot in Ohio's Amish Country's most anticipated nuptials of the year, Bailey King is determined to do everything in her power to make the event a sweet success. ![]()
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7/8/2023 0 Comments Ann friedman big friendship![]() ![]() From there, they immediately hit it off and become very close friends, nursing each other through breakups, daunting job changes, and multiple moves across the U.S.A. ![]() Realistically, I’ll never have the time I once did to devote to them, but I am making an effort to nurture them back to health, so this book popped up at just the right time for me.Īnn and Aminatou were introduced by a mutual friend at a Gossip Girl viewing party. Once you’ve been the through the ravages of childbirth and baby minding, the friendships that once sustained you before becoming a parent are able to move back up in importance. Since when have you read a (factual!) book that just dissects a friendship of two normal people? Not celebrities, just, everyday people? It’s uncommon to say the least, and although it would be a stretch to call this book groundbreaking, it’s addressing something that I’m personally thinking about more and more now that my baby brain fog is slowly lifting. Big Friendship, How we Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman piqued my interest because it deals with a topic so rarely addressed in anything other than a magazine article: close friendships and their own unique dynamics. ![]() ![]() This is why celebrity memoirs rarely interest me, because I find they touch on similar things regardless of the author (rags to riches, sobriety, etc.). When I read non-fiction I’m always on the look-out for something unique, a new topic or perspective that hasn’t been done to death. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Divergent by Veronica Roth![]() ![]() Her choice will shock her community and herself. Beatrice must choose between staying with her Abnegation family and transferring factions. ![]() Beatrice Prior's society is divided into five factions-Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Fans of the Divergent movie will find the book packed with just as much emotional depth and exhilarating action as the film, all told in beautiful, rich language. Perfect for fans of the Hunger Games and Maze Runner series, Divergent and its sequels, Insurgent and Allegiant, are the gripping story of a dystopian world transformed by courage, self-sacrifice, and love. ![]() ![]() This dystopian series set in a futuristic Chicago has captured the hearts of millions of teen and adult readers. This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent series of books is the novel the inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet. About the Book In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Cursed frank miller book 2![]() ![]() ![]() She struggles to unite her people, avenge her family, and discover the truth about her destiny.īut perhaps the one thing that can change Destiny itself is found at the edge of a blade. She wields a sword meant for the one true king, battling paladins and the armies of a corrupt king. Nimue teams up with a charming mercenary named Arthur and refugee Fey Folk from across England. Her mission leaves little room for revenge, but the growing power within her can think of little else. Charged by her dying mother to reunite an ancient sword with a legendary sorcerer, Nimue is now her people’s only hope. Her connection to dark magic made her something to be feared in her Druid village, and that made her desperate to leave, but when her entire village is slaughtered by Red Paladins, Nimue’s fate is forever altered. ![]() Whosoever wields the Sword of Power shall be the one true King.īut what if the Sword has chosen a Queen? Featuring 8 full color and 30 black-and-white pieces of original artwork by Frank Miller. The Lady of the Lake finds her voice in this cinematic twist on the tale of King Arthur created by Thomas Wheeler and legendary artist, producer, and director Frank Miller ( 300, Batman: The Dark Night Returns, Sin City). ![]() ![]() ![]() Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul is a companion guide for these transitional years. We're eager to leave the 'kid' stage, yet we're uncertain about what adolescence will bring we start hearing the familiar refrain 'wait until youre older' far too often. ![]() Our preteen years, ages nine to thirteen, can present some of the most difficult times in our young livesa period of tremendous physical and emotional change. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments The road back to you com![]() ![]() ![]() She is the author of The Path Between Us and creator and host of The Enneagram Journey podcast. Suzanne Stabile is a highly sought-after speaker, teacher, and internationally recognized Enneagram master teacher, having conducted over five hundred workshops. ![]() He and his wife, Anne, live in Nashville, Tennessee. Ian draws on an array of disciplines-from psychology to the arts, Christian spirituality and theology-to help people enter more deeply into conversation with God and the mystery of their own lives. His books include the novel Chasing Francis and spiritual memoir Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me. Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, nationally recognized speaker, Enneagram teacher, counselor, Dove Award-winning songwriter, and Episcopal priest. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read more their lasting status as childhood favourites. Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny's mischief, as well as their creative ploys to trick and outsmart their enemies, have ensured. Peter Rabbit and his cousin, Benjamin Bunny, along with their extensive family, get into all sorts of mischief as they sneak into Mr McGregor's garden, narrowly avoid being turned into rabbit pie and outsmart the wily and cunning fox, Mr Tod. ![]() This wonderful collection brings together the four original Beatirx Potter stories which feature the mischievous little rabbit: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and the Tale of Mr Tod. This collection brings together the four original stories which feature the mischievous little rabbit. Description for The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit Hardcover. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Allen drury books![]() 2, which provides that the President of the United States "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States. The novel's title comes from the United States Constitution's Article II, Sec. ![]() ![]() It was followed by Drury's A Shade of Difference in 1962, and four additional sequels. The novel spent 102 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960 and was adapted into a successful 1962 film starring Henry Fonda. The chief characters' responses to the evidence, and their efforts to spread or suppress it, form the basis of the novel. ![]() Print (hardback & paperback) & Audio Book ( Cassette)Īdvise and Consent is a 1959 political fiction novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell, whose promotion is endangered due to growing evidence that the nominee had been a member of the Communist Party. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With America’s entry into WWII in the 1940s, Jackson and Bungleton Green found a vehicle that brought together the strip’s adventure motif as well as the artist’s appreciation for the sci-fi genre’s ability to project insights on contemporary social problems onto “safer” futuristic scenarios. Meanwhile, Jackson was also freelancing artwork for the science-fiction pulps and honing his skills as a “good girl” artists, skills that would soon inform a major turn in his weekly strip work. When the Chicago Defender’s prolific cartoonist Jay Jackson took the reins in the early 1930s, he made Bungleton into more of an adventurer, riding a genre that dominated the 1930s with Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, Flash Gordon and Little Orphan Annie. The strip began in 1920 with Leslie Rogers’ rendering of his eponymous character as a comic shirker, gambler and goof in the model of Moon Mullins or Barney Google. ![]() But New York Review Comics has come through with this well-designed volume embracing artist Jay Jackson’s 1943-1944 sequence Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos. Bungleton Green was the longest running comic strip in the history of American Black newspapers, and an extended reprint of its greatest, wildest period during WWII is long overdue. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments The beatles anthology![]() ![]() ![]() The album includes material from the Beatles' days as the Quarrymen, through the Decca audition to sessions for the album Beatles for Sale. The Anthology albums were remastered and made available digitally on the iTunes Store on 14 June 2011, individually and as part of the Anthology Box Set. It reached number 2 on the UK albums chart. The album topped the Billboard 200 album chart and was certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA. It contains " Free as a Bird", the first new Beatles song in 25 years, which was released as a single two weeks after Anthology 1. It is the first in a trilogy of albums with Anthology 2 and Anthology 3, all of which tie in with the televised special The Beatles Anthology. It features rarities, outtakes and live performances from the period 1958–64, including songs with original bass player Stuart Sutcliffe and drummer Pete Best. ![]() ![]() Anthology 1 is a compilation album by the Beatles, released on 20 November 1995 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series. ![]() |