![]() ![]() Store signs were swapped out regularly as businesses failed and started.īut at first glance, nothing about Calamity had changed in a month. Living in a booming section of Denver, I was used to seeing new construction. Other than the colors of the trees, Calamity hadn’t changed in the past month. ![]() Not when she doesn’t know if he’s out to pilfer her dreams. Without his suits and fancy cars, he’s almost human.Įxcept only a fool would let down her guard. Pierce is nearly irresistible by candlelight. Stranded together for days, she’s in for the battle of her life. ![]() No sooner does she arrive than a snowstorm traps her with Pierce. Pushed to the extreme, she drives to his ritzy mountain lodge to force the arrogant You Can Call Me Mr. But if Pierce Sullivan thinks she’ll go down without a fight, he’s sorely mistaken. ![]() A brazen billionaire, he seems intent on ruining Kerrigan’s life. Until his unexpected death put her fate in his grandson’s hands. With hard work and hustle as her steadfast companions, who needs romance or adventure? Her empire in Calamity, Montana, isn’t going to build itself.įor years, her mentor-and investor-helped make her dreams come true. Kerrigan Hale’s personal life is about as exciting as a bucket of tar. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In recent times, it has become a powerhouse of global industry, a nexus of popular culture, and a harbinger of post-industrial decline. ![]() ![]() It was the terminus of the Silk Road, the furthest end of the known world, a fertile source of inspiration for European artists, and an enduring symbol of the mysterious East. First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a divine sovereign. Book Synopsis This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Angleton's and Elliott’s unwitting disclosures helped Philby sink almost every important Anglo-American spy operation for twenty years, leading countless operatives to their doom. Every word Elliott breathed to Philby was transmitted back to Moscow-and not just Elliott’s words, for in America, Philby had made another powerful friend: James Jesus Angleton, the crafty, paranoid head of CIA counterintelligence. It was madness for one to think the other might be a communist spy, bent on subverting Western values and the power of the free world.īut Philby was secretly betraying his friend. ![]() The two men had gone to the same schools, belonged to the same exclusive clubs, grown close through the crucible of wartime intelligence work and long nights of drink and revelry. And nobody thought he knew Philby like Nicholas Elliott, Philby’s best friend and fellow officer in MI6. ![]() Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War-while he was secretly working for the enemy. ![]() Master storyteller Ben Macintyre’s most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century’s greatest spy story. ![]() ![]() Though leery of the unexpected feelings, Stefan is swayed by a sincere revelation from Rand, and he decides to give Rand a chance.īut their budding romance is threatened when Stefan’s business deal goes wrong: the owner of the last ranch he needs to secure for the company is murdered. Stefan and Rand have been mortal enemies since the day they met, so Stefan is shocked when a temporary cease-fire sees the usual hostility replaced by instant chemistry. Worst of all, he’s thrown for a loop when he arrives to see the one man Charlotte promised wouldn’t be there: her brother, Rand Holloway. ![]() Not only does he have to go to Texas in the middle of summer to be the man of honor in his best friend Charlotte's wedding, but he's expected to negotiate a million-dollar business deal at the same time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Take down the patriarchy/our capitalist oppressors/etc etc. Lira is especially badass, and she ONLY steals the hearts of princes. ![]() ![]() Sirens RIP the HEARTS out of dudes!! Pretty rad stuff, violent af, we love it. Lira’s a siren - the princess of the sirens. To Kill a Kingdom is (allegedly) a high fantasy about this gal Lira. “Legislation on the books.” Get it? Like that’s what you say about passing legislation successfully, but also it would be legislation on books? God I’m funny.īut let’s talk synopsis. It seems like they should be good and yet they aren’t and that is an injustice so massive I will dedicate the rest of my life to getting legislation on the books that will prevent it from ever happening again. Tell me that doesn’t seem like the rest of the hundreds of pages that follow it should be good!! Tell me! You’d be wrong. But like, come on: “I have a heart for every year I’ve been alive.” This law is for the good of the people, you know? ![]() Because then I open them in Barnes & Noble and am like “wow I should buy this” and then I do (except not immediately because I don’t have B&N levels of money honey) and then I’m disappointed and I hate it and it’s honestly bad for all of us. I am proposing a new law: Books that are not good should not be allowed to have really good opening lines. ![]() ![]() ![]() The rejections are a learning opportunity. Within the last several weeks, I have gotten many rejections from those I’ve queried - and I must say, I relish those emails. I have also invested in the 2014 Guide to Literary Agents, which is a more valuable resource than I ever knew. So, this month I have sent out a bevy of query letters to literary agents I have researched and sought for the genres they represent that match with my writing, as well as their client lists, targeting the agents of writers I personally admire. I am at a point in my career, however, where I know that if I want to get into the major publishing houses, I need a literary agent to do so. I’ve gone the self-publishing route ( Choice), and published my second and third novels with an independent publisher ( Queer Greer and Vuto). ![]() After five years of outlining, writing, editing, editing, writing and more editing, my next novel is to the point I wanted it to be before I began the hunt for an agent. ![]() ![]() ![]() A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. ![]() From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. ![]() Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. ![]() When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. ![]() ![]() Even the cultural norms of her community deny her intellectual and spiritual growth, according to Elizabeth Ermarth, "They are norms according to which she is an inferior, dependent creature who will never go far in anything, and which consequently are a denial of her full humanity." Complete in three volumes. ![]() "The two main themes of the novel, growing up and falling in love, lend themselves to amusement, but it is stunted growth and frustrated love that are emphasised." Commentators have often focused on the constant rejection of Maggie's talents and mannerisms by her family and society. ![]() Like other novels by George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss articulates the tension between circumstances and the spiritual energies of individual characters struggling against their environment. With the original publishers' catalogue to the rear of volume three, and all volumes featuring their original half titles. ![]() The complete set of this highly sought after work from prolific author, George Eliot, 'The Mill on the Floss'. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I did a lot of research when creating the character of Brigid to the point where I understood her. Whatever the reason, people with Irish blood can be found in many parts of the world. ![]() Many Irishmen and women ended up in Australia, either voluntarily fleeing poverty and starvation just as Brigid did in ‘ The Girl from County Clare’, or involuntarily as convicts. It was the last port of call for the Titanic on its fatal voyage, and where the Lusitania was torpedoed in the waters nearby. We were fortunate enough to visit Cobh (pronounced Cove) in the south of Ireland last year and will visit again next year. There is something about the Irish spirit that is infectious. Ireland – the land of song, of sadness and joy: the land where people have survived the worst and can still laugh at themselves. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Barda often wore the most outrageous or revealing outfits. Bard and Barda were with the group in all of its incarnations. While Alexander Bard was the "brain" behind the band, Jean-Pierre Barda was the lead vocalist on hits such as "Crucified" and "Israelism". It also stayed at #1 on the Eurochart for 8 weeks. The name of the band alludes to a documentary ] about Rosa von Praunheim, which in turn alludes to the Theban Band.Īrmy Of Lovers had over 20 top 10 hits on the Eurochart, the biggest being " Crucified", which was one of the biggest selling European singles of 1991. Associated_acts = Bodies Without Organs, Vacuum, Nouveau Riche, AlcazarĪrmy Of Lovers was a Swedish dance music group founded in 1987 by 3 members of a band called "Barbie", namely Alexander Bard, Jean-Pierre Barda and Camilla Henemark. ![]() |