![]() How his hands were everywhere, all over her body, beneath her clothes. How he touched her, and he wouldn't stop. ![]() She listens to them tell of how (he) kissed her. Another layer of the truth being laid down as the birds outside sing and the warm wind sighs through the trees. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and Big Little Lies this book is for you.ĮXCERPT: First there was the thing itself. But who? And will her friends stand by her, or will the past destroy all of their lives?įrom the million-copy-bestselling author of The Secret Mother and The Perfect Family, this absolutely addictive psychological thriller is guaranteed to make you gasp. ![]() But when she’s sent photos of herself that could tear her whole world apart, she starts to wonder. Tia thought she could trust Fiona and Kelly with her life. Only her two best friends really remember that… It can’t have anything to do with what happened. She just can’t understand who would have shared such a horrible story. ![]() Tia knows how rumours spread around her small town. Because her sweet daughter asks a question Tia never thought she’d hear. She seems troubled, not at all her usual happy self.īut when Tia finally coaxes Rosie to open up, she wishes she hadn’t. ![]() Tia is walking home with her children, along the lakeside of their quiet, safe town, when she realises something is wrong with her five-year-old daughter, Rosie. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() –Please only request if you are truly interested in reviewing. Reviews should be posted by December 30th. Gray, a New Adult Romance novel from Evernight Publishing. ![]() You can now request a review copy of Prude by Jordan S. Rebecca knows falling for a guy who teases her for being a prudish nerd can only end badly, but what if it’s just another thing out of her control? When her partner, Derek, starts to ease her fears of public speaking with his laid back attitude, she’s forced to confront her new feelings about him and his charming smile. In order to maintain her perfect GPA, Rebecca will need to give a stellar presentation while ignoring the prodding eyes that will be staring at her. Like when she’s dumped in front of her peers, hit on right afterwards by a jerk for some stupid bet, and then paired up with the same jerk for a lit project. The rest of the time, she seems to be at the mercy of everyone else. Well, at least when it comes to acing her college classes. ![]() ![]() Unknowingly, ignorant of the fact that he was the culprit, he promises to solve the murder. Later, when a plague has befallen the city, Oedipus is told that to rid the city of the plague he must find the murderer of the slain king. ![]() Upon arriving in Thebes, he saves the troubled city by solving the riddle of the Sphinx, then he marries the widowed queen (his mother) and becomes the new king. En route he fulfills the first part of the prophecy when he kills a man, the king of Thebes and his true father. The plot - an old myth already known to most of the audience - was simple: a prophecy claiming he would kill his father and lie with his mother forces Oedipus - whose name means 'swollen foot' after his ankles were pierced as a child - to leave his home of Corinth and unknowingly travel to Thebes (his actual birthplace). The play is part of a trilogy along with Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus the King (429-420 BCE), also known as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus Tyrannos ('Tyrannos' signifies that the throne was not gained through an inheritance) is the most famous surviving play written by the 5th-century BCE poet and dramatist Sophocles. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ".a treasure trove of the French tastemaker’s favorite spots in Paris, for shopping, eating, and more." - Women's Wear Daily de La Fressange is Frenchness made as palatable as a Breton T-shirt." “Ines de la Fressange's offerings.are winsome, as is she, but also extremely practical. I will never be bored!” - Misty Copeland, Porter This book will help me find lots of surprising things to do. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Complete with her favorite addresses for finding the ultimate fashion and decorating items, this is a must-have for any woman who wants to add a touch of Paris to her own style. The ultrachic volume is wrapped with a three-quarter-height removable jacket and features offset aquarelle paper and a ribbon page marker. Inès also shares how to bring Parisian chic into your home, and how to insert your signature style into any space-even the office. Her step-by-step do’s and don’ts are accompanied by fashion photography, and the book is personalized with her charming drawings. She offers specific pointers on how to dress like a Parisian, including how to mix affordable basics with high-fashion touches, and how to accessorize. Inès de la Fressange-France’s icon of chic-shares her personal tips for living with style and charm, gleaned from decades in the fashion industry. Celebrity model Inès de la Fressange shares the well-kept secrets of how Parisian women maintain effortless glamour and a timeless allure. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bussi's novel brings with it the same thrill of discovering a truly original voice. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Ī novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time. But, as he sits at his desk about to pull the trigger, he uncovers a secret that changes everything - then is killed before he can breathe a word of it to anyone. Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie?Įighteen years later, having failed to discover the truth, private detective Crédule Grand-Duc plans to take his own life, but not before placing an account of his investigation in the girl's hands. Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her, sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. ![]() On the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. ![]() Clear your schedule this book is worth it!' - Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Crash & Burn and Find Her 'Riveting! Bussi spins psychological suspense at its finest with this consuming tale of one child, two families, and the dark secrets that define us all. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two old homeless men, Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot. Only a tree in the middle and the light precedes the twilight. ![]() Waiting for Godot does not tell a story, on the contrary, explores a static situation. Therefore, B eckett’s concern is not to show the absurdity of existence from social life, but rather through the shock of the man with himself, perceiving in his heart the perplexity of this encounter. T he rest of humanity that has lost its way and now finds itself incapable of understanding its existence. The absurd represents and translates the impossibility of effective communication between men and result in a misunderstanding between the pretentions of moral codes, religious and humanist of modern man and the absence of meaning of his existence.īeckett’s preoccupation is with philosophical questions about the human condition, where time (an essential factor for a historical understanding of the universe) exists only as an immobile and dead eternity and which has a meaning of the expression of the physical decrepitude of bodies. ![]() The first definition of the Theater of the Absurd arose from the writing of Martin Esslin’s work, The Theater of the Absurd, of 1961, characterizing it as an aesthetic and philosophical movement. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It wasn’t as emotional as I thought it would’ve been, but it had moments I couldn’t help but cry while reading them! Unable to stand by the sidelines and watch their shared loved ones in pain, Julie is torn between spilling the truth about her calls with Sam and risking their connection and losing him forever. However, keeping her otherworldly calls with Sam a secret isn’t easy, especially when Julie witnesses the suffering Sam’s family is going through. But hearing Sam’s voice makes her fall for him all over again, and with each call it becomes harder to let him go. In a miraculous turn of events, Julie’s been given a second chance at goodbye. Desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls Sam’s cellphone just to listen to his voicemail. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces back memories. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his things, and tries everything to forget him and the tragic way he died. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out-move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. GENRES: Romance, Contemporary, Young Adult, Adult, Fantasy, Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() Everybody should" (Financial Times) "Awesome. To finish it with a firm resolve to be a better person - well, you can't ask much more of any book than that" (Independent) "When the kids have finished with this, the adults will want to read it. ![]() It has the power to move hearts and change minds" (Guardian) "Incredibly charming, brutal and brilliant" (Observer) "It wreaks emotional havoc. Just like WONDER, AUGGIE & ME will make you laugh, cry and try to choose kind. Now, in AUGGIE & ME, you can discover a new side to the WONDER story in three new chapters from three different characters: Julian: Auggie's classroom bully Christopher: Auggie's oldest friend Charlotte: Auggie's classmate These three stories are heartbreaking, surprising, funny and hopeful. The multi-million-copy bestseller WONDER showed how choosing kindness and empathy can change the lives of those around you. ![]() ![]() Works Deaththreats,The Life and Times of a Comic Book Rock Star After undergoing treatment in the hospital and losing weight, he planned to resume creating new issues of Poison Elves, but died at the age of 37, of a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia. He was overweight, had suffered cardiac damage from sleep apnea, and had been hospitalized more than once. Hayes suffered from health problems which hampered his ability to create comics. He engaged in an ongoing mock "feud" with fellow comics creator Brian Bendis in the letters pages of their books. His work has been collected in Twelve Poison Elves paperbacks. ![]() In 1995 he signed a "lifetime contract" assigning the rights to the series to Sirius Entertainment, where he produced another 79 issues and a color special, the last of which was published in September 2004. During this period, he was a prominent example of creators distributing their black and white comics to the direct market. He changed the series title to Poison Elves with #8, and continued through #20. ![]() Hayes began self-publishing I, Lusiphur under the Mulehide Graphics imprint in 1991. ![]() Lawrence Andrew "Drew" Hayes (J– March 21, 2007) was a writer and graphic artist who is best known as the creator of the long-running independent comic book series Poison Elves. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, is in danger: Her home. The chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island in Lake Superior and move farther west. From them, she learns that all their lives may drastically change. The satisfying routines of Omakayas's days are interrupted by a surprise visit from a group of desperate and mysterious people. ![]() Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior.It is 1850, and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows. ![]() |