Heartbreaker was not only such a well-written book with great pacing and storytelling, but its characters totally stole the show. Sarah MacLean has been a star in historical romance and now I understand why. Why have I waited this long to read Sarah MacLean?! She knocked my socks off with this sweeping historical romance and I cannot wait to read more! When the two find themselves on a journey across Britain to stop a wedding, it’s impossible for Clayborn to resist this woman who both frustrates and fascinates him.īut late-night carriage rides make for delicious danger, and soon Adelaide is uncovering Clayborn’s truths, throwing his well-laid plans into chaos, and threatening to steal his heavily guarded heart. His own reputation is impeccable-and the last thing he needs is a frustrating, fascinating woman discovering the truth of his past, or the secrets he holds close. He has no time for the salacious gossip that arises every time the Matchbreaker ends another groom. Henry, Duke of Clayborn, has spent a lifetime living in perfection. Raised among London’s most notorious thugs, a twist of fate landed Adelaide Frampton in the ballrooms of Mayfair, where she masquerades as a quiet wallflower without anyone recognizing that she’s the Matchbreaker- using her superior skills as a thief to help brides avoid the altar. Tags: Historical, Strong Heroine, Alpha Male, Suspense, Opposites Attract
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Readers who enjoy their Halloween chills all year round will find this anthology a delight. Many of these are moral tales in which nasty children or adults die horribly others, though, feature perfectly nice people who meet similarly gruesome ends. The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister : Bachmann, Stefan, Catmull, Katherine, Legrand, Claire, Trevayne, Emma, Jansson, Alexander: Amazon. Among the many delicious tales are Bachmann's "Johnny Knockers," which concerns the fate of a whaling ship after its crew discovers a small boy inside a whale Legrand's "Mirror, Mirror," which tells of a nasty preteen who looks into a mirror and finds more than she bargained for Trevayne's "The Circus," the story of a traveling circus's horrifyingly bad luck and Catmull's "Dark Valentine," which illustrates why you don't want your dead girlfriend contacting you by cellphone. The conceit is that the authors are curators of the eponymous cabinet, a magical museum that houses the often-dangerous souvenirs and stories they bring back from their Indiana Jones like adventures. This collection of 36 short dark fantasies from Bachmann, Catmull, Legrand, and Trevayne aspires to sit on the same shelf as Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and succeeds admirably. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to healthcare, education, and the rights of citizenship. It’s a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It was nominated for three Saturn Awards but won all five of its Golden Raspberry Award nominations including Worst Picture. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing a total of $20.8 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million. Costner's decision to cast himself in the film was also criticized. Released on Christmas of 1997 by Warner Bros., The Postman was panned by critics, who criticized the performances, screenplay, direction, and long runtime. Like the book, the film follows the story of a nomadic drifter (Costner) who stumbles across the uniform of an old United States Postal Service mail carrier, and unwittingly inspires hope through an empty promise of a "Restored United States of America" and starts his path to become a national hero. It is set in a post-apocalyptic and neo-Western version of the disestablished United States in the then near-future year of 2013, sixteen-plus years after unspecified apocalyptic events, followed by plagues, left a huge impact on human civilization and erased most technology. The film also features Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo, and Tom Petty. The screenplay was written by Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland, based on David Brin's 1985 book of the same name. The Postman is a 1997 American post-apocalyptic action adventure film produced and directed by Kevin Costner, who plays the lead role. LeDuff moves back to Detroit after 20 years away, and he’s shocked by what he finds. It is perhaps all very superficial, and to be sure, I am a very safe distance away from there now, but even from here, I am watching. By blood and history, I have an interest in the city’s present and its future. It was an influence on and a backdrop to my life. As a teenager, I went downtown to see concerts or go to the Detroit Auto Show. Growing up, we often went into the city to visit grandparents and aunts and uncles. We moved away when I was nine, and I grew up in the northwestern suburbs, but my dad taught in the Detroit Public School system and continued to commute back and forth to the city every day for 30 years. But the fact is I was born there, and I have clear memories of my early childhood there. I have never really considered myself to be from there, and I have never felt an urge to go back. I don’t know why I’ve taken such an interest in Detroit in recent years. Now I’ve read it and I am both depressed by Detroit and amazed at the people who continue to live there, which includes most of my family. I have been interested in the state of Detroit and where it’s going, so I made a note to read the book. I think I first heard of Detroit: An American Autopsy when I saw a review of it on National Public Radio. I cannot remember reading a book faster than I read this one––286 pages in two-and-a-half days. into one enormous argument dominated by giants in philosophy and theology and science. Do you think it’ll mean as much to others as it means to you? You say in your acknowledgments that you’ve been writing this book your whole life. He spoke to us about his favorite religious stories, Karl Rove (infidel?), and the one time he found himself praying. Hitchens, who started questioning his faith at age 9 (and wrote a polemic against Mother Teresa called The Missionary Position), has finally written the ultimate attack book, God Is Not Great. This despite the fact that he is one of the last defenders of Bush’s Iraq war-a position that has cost the former Nation contributor a multitude of friends and gotten him new ones like Paul Wolfowitz. One of the most annoying things about Christopher Hitchens is that, even at his most vitriolic, he makes at least as much sense as the majority of sober journo-intellectuals buzzing around Washington. I’ve always been interested in Greek Mythology, even more so after a visit to Greece years ago, but I also realise that whatever I know, is probably the bare minimum – only the more well-known myths. Set in ancient Greece, this retelling is true to form and location. “Can’t you see that it just goes on, over and over? The gods demand their justice, but we suffer for it, every time.” But, can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence? The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall. Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. Her husband raises a great army against them, and determines to win, whatever the cost. The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon – her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. There’s only one island that prohibits the use of any type of magic, this island is known as the Kargish lands, so try not to use magic when you visit there. Now, the fun part starts when you discover that this world is also one where magic is present. Le Guin, there is no technology as this story is one that resembles the Iron Age. In the world of the Earthsea series by Ursula K. Uncharted waters surround the entire series of islands, and no one knows what lies beyond. This is a story of epic fantasy and the things you can expect inside are very surprising and unpredictable. The setting in Le Guin’s Earthsea series takes place in, well, Earthsea, a vast archipelago of hundreds of islands. This edition also includes a few more books that feature collections and other short stories from the same universe. This is the original Le Guin Earthsea series in order list so make sure you stick by it. The 5 original books include A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, and The Other Wind. The first on our list is the series of Le Guin’s Earthsea books, 5 of the most exciting and most popular stories this author has ever written. Limosin, 1983), included by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the 10 best full-length films that year. In the 1980s she edited the film Faux Fuyants (A. There she discovered Direct Cinema and directed her first short film, Tandis Que J’agonise (1982) But Simon wanted to further her knowledge and learning, and she enrolled in the Ateliers Varan, founded by Jean Rouch as spaces to train in hands-on documentary making. Her adventurous spirit led her to study ethnology and to first come into contact with film in the Argel film library, where she did a course on editing and joined the editing team of Dora Et La Lanterne Magique (Pascal Kané,1977). But I remembered that when I was little, I wanted to be a tragic actress…Ĭlaire Simon was born in Great Britain, but it was in France where she developed a career full of international awards. I thought maybe an adventurer or a teacher. Once I was asked what I would like to have been if I wasn’t a film-maker. This study guide follows the Bloomsbury UK 2021 edition. Critically acclaimed for its rich world-building and progressive themes, the book was a New York Times bestseller in the epic fantasy genre in 2019. Though the novel is supposed to be a stand-alone work, the text leaves many questions unresolved, suggesting the possibility of a sequel. Inspired by the folklore and mythology of Europe, Japan, and China, the novel’s key themes are the redemptive power of love and the importance of feminist and queer retelling of stories. To vanquish this enemy, the various regions of the world must cast aside their differences and come together, heroes must retrieve lost magical artifacts, and people must question all known truths. The densely plotted novel spans several continents to tell the story of a divided world threatened by the return of an ancient enemy. The novel is notable for its subversion of the medieval fantasy genre, as well as its queer and feminist themes. Published in 2019, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon is an epic high fantasy novel set in a fictional universe in which dragons are real and women rulers are the norm. |