![]() ![]() In college, I read Sam Greenlee’s The Spook Who Sat by the Door, and that heavily influenced my sense of social justice in spy fiction. Also Ian Fleming as an example of what I didn’t want my female characters to be.Īya de Leon: I also read Fleming, and the sexism put me off, too. Lauren Wilkinson: The biggest influences were probably Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré, The Quiet American by Graham Greene, and of course Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht. We began by talking about the spy fiction that influenced our work: I began yearning to have an actual conversation with these two other women writers, about feminism, spy fiction, race/ethnicity, and politics. ![]() ![]() Once Canavés put our books in literary conversation. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You have what they refer to as brain metastases. As we suspected, your cancer is no longer contained in the lungs. One glimpse at the middle-aged oncologist said it all. So what’s it gonna be, Doc? Do I get to break out the champagne, or should I start making out my will? Any resemblance to a living person, place or thing, is purely coincidental. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. Agenda By Virginia Aird Copyright 2013 Virginia Aird Smashwords Edition This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s not afraid of him, and his insatiable desire deepens within every moment of her presence. He'd thought it was a hopeless endeavour, until he met her. The brief companionship does little to ease his loneliness, and their lives were always, unfortunately, cut short. A Soul to Keep is one slow burn romance between a Duskwalker (imagine Elias from TAMB, furry body, wolf skeleton for the head and Impalas horns on the top. Each decade, in exchange for a protection ward from the Demons that terrorise the world, Orpheus takes a human offering to the Veil – the place he lives and the home of Demons. A Soul to Keep: Duskwalker Brides: Book One Reyne, Opal Published by Opal Reyne (2022) ISBN 10: 0645510416 ISBN 13: 9780645510416 New Softcover Quantity: 4 Seller: Books Puddle (New York, NY, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: New. Download A Soul to Heal (Duskwalker, Brides 2) by Opal Reyne in PDF EPUB format complete free. His skull face and glow eyes are ethereal, and she finds herself unwittingly enchanted by him. A Soul to Heal (Duskwalker, Brides 2) OctoAuthor: Opal Reyne Genre: M F Romance, Romance, Adult, Dark, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Monsters, Folklore PDF EPUB A Soul to Heal (Duskwalker, Brides 2) Download by Opal Reyne. When the next offering is due and the monstrous Duskwalker is seen heading their way, her village offers her an impossible choice – be thrown into the prison cells or allow herself to be sacrificed to a faceless monster. ![]() ![]() Known as a harbinger of bad omens and blamed for Demons eating her family, Reia is shunned by her entire village. ![]() ![]() ![]() He strove not only for abolition and independence, but to build Saint-Domingue’s economic might and elevate his own social standing. In 1802, he was exiled to France, dying soon after as one of the most famous men in the world, variously feared and celebrated as the "Black Napoleon."Īs Girard shows, in life Louverture was not an idealist, but an ambitious pragmatist. Louveture’s ascendency was short-lived, however. By 1801, he was general and governor of Saint-Domingue, and an international statesman who forged treaties with Britain, France, Spain, and the United States-empires that feared the effect his example would have on their slave regimes. In 1791, the unassuming Louverture masterminded the only successful slave revolt in history. In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard reveals the dramatic story of how Louverture transformed himself from lowly freedman to revolutionary hero. Yet he managed to secure his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. ![]() Born into bondage in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. ![]() Toussaint Louverture’s life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. "The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history A Revolutionary Life de Philippe Girard chez Basic Books, 352 p. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Twain promised Grant princely returns in exchange for the right to edit and publish the book-and though the writer’s own finances were tottering, he kept his word to the general and his family. The reason Grant let Twain talk him into writing his memoirs was simple: He was bankrupt and needed the money. ![]() In a bold and colorful narrative, Perry recounts the early careers of these two giants, traces their quest for fame and elusive fortunes, and then follows the series of events that brought them together as friends. In this deeply moving and meticulously researched book, veteran writer Mark Perry reconstructs the heady months when Grant and Twain inspired and cajoled each other to create two quintessentially American masterpieces. Over the next fifteen months, as the two men became close friends and intimate collaborators, Grant raced against the spread of cancer to compose a triumphant account of his life and times-while Twain struggled to complete and publish his greatest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. ![]() Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having read the other series first, for me it was like coming home. Just little details that make things a little easier to understand. HOWEVER, you will understand a lot more things like who Endo is and why she is the way she is and who Father Murata is and why he’s made such an impact on the yakuza. You don’t have to, as this can be read as a standalone. ![]() For those that have Amy as a new to them author, I would recommend reading the Yakuza Path series first. So, I have to say, I really loved this book. But as Hayato’s tragic past comes back to haunt him, Masuo wonders if he’s ready to carry all Hayato’s baggage.Ĭan the unlikely pair learn to accept each other and find their way to happiness even while new challenges arise, or is their love destined to fall like balls through a pachinko machine? ![]() When Hayato realizes he’s falling for the young parlor manager, he is more than ready for fun. Assigned to run a failing pachinko parlor, Masuo is determined to turn it around to prove himself to everyone…especially his sexy superior. Masuo believes he and his boss made a deep connection, but when he’s blown off the next morning, he feels lied to. And just when Hayato thinks things can’t get worse, he accidentally gets blackout drunk and wakes up in the arms of a clingy underling. ![]() He can’t crash at his brother’s because his girlfriend is moving in. His boyfriend broke up with him, changed the locks, and kept all his stuff. Can a night of passion lead to a happily ever after? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Juxtaposing images of elite government, media, and labor officials with photographs of counterculture activists, writers and artists, and ordinary citizens caught up in national debates, it explores five-decades of politics and power by one of America’s best-known portrait photographers. He photographed the faces of politics throughout his career, and this book brings together his political portraits for the first time. ![]() Richard Avedon was amazingly prolific during his 50-plus years as a photographer, jumping from high-fashion shoots to his own brand of civil rights photojournalism and support for yippies and members of the counterculture. ![]() ![]() ![]() A presentation on how Tan has appropriated a famous Australian painting for one of his images, with questions and activities to compare the two imagesīoth worksheets are included in Word and pdf formats to ensure compatibility.Its staccato text is reminiscent of people who have English as a second language. Tok Tok Tok’ Cicada is written very differently to other children’s books I’ve read. A worksheet on themes in the book (2 pages) Cicada By Shaun Tan, Hachette Australia, 2018.One of these pages is a close study of The Lost Thing’s new home (the sideways page in the book) ![]() A general worksheet (4 pages) with a range of comprehension and analysis questions on ideas, symbols and visual representation in the book. ![]() This set of resources is a valuable aid in deconstructing the text, especially for a high-school audience. Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing is an excellent book for the secondary or upper-primary classroom, exploring ideas of alienation, belonging and individuality. A stunning picture book for anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, from Shaun Tan, Academy Award winner and winner of the. ![]() ![]() ![]() LOL So this requires a little studying and knowledge on your part. ![]() The next step, and really the most important step, is to walk with your child around the neighborhood and point out and identify the flowers and plants and trees yourself. If you want your child to go around being able to identify flowers like phlox and bearded iris, this is a good start. So you have terms like zinnia, tiger lily, and delphinium littering the pages. ![]() Although the text is extremely simple, We have some red flowers, and orange flowers, the names of all the flowers are listed (on the flower, or on the Popsicle stick that marks each plot) in every single picture. This book is a good book if you want to teach a child about plant names. In the fall we buy some bulbs and plant them in the ground. Each letter in the word 'rainbow' is a different color. ![]() ![]() ![]() I could forget about how I’d left her on the couch while I ran to get disinfectant, the thought that she might roll off not even crossing my mind until it did. When rocking her, I could forget about the poo that had exploded from her diaper earlier, staining the beige couch in a Cheeto-orange smear. The gentle rise and fall of her chest and the heat of her pressed against me was so wondrous that for a moment, I could almost believe I was good at this. The soft smell of Giuliana’s hair sent waves of comfort through me, soothing me while the white noise machine hummed in the corner. It was the only time in the entire day I didn’t question if I’d made the right choice to be a single father. It didn’t matter that she’d already fallen asleep a half-hour before-the rocking was just for me. Finally, I had rocked Giuliana in the dark. It was far easier to put a clean diaper on a milk-drunk baby than try to do it before, when she was hungry and raging.Īfter the diaper came her footie pajamas, and the whole time I dressed her, I marveled at how small the jammies were, like a doll’s outfit. ![]() ![]() That was a trick my brother, Mason, had taught me. When her eyes had finally fluttered shut, her thick dark eyelashes dusting her rosy cheeks, I’d managed to change her diaper without any fuss. I’d fed my almost month-old daughter, Giuliana, her last bottle for the day. All of the proper nighttime rituals had finally been completed, and now I could almost breathe. ![]() |