![]() ![]() Praise for I Survived the American Revolution, 1776:"Tarshis successfully blends historical fact with an involving narrative." - School Library Journal Praise for I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79:"Tarshis serves up another gripping adventure. ![]() with the light-speed pacing and death-defying maneuvering fans have come to expect." - Booklist Praise for I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 :"Informative and breathlessly paced." - Kirkus Reviews Praise for I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001:" crafts a dramatic, emotionally intense tale that takes account of 9/11's physical and emotional costs - short- and long-term - while ending on an upward beat." - Kirkus Reviews Praise for I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005:"Expressive illustrations capture the drama of the storm and its aftermath, but the book's real power comes from its exploration of what it means to be a hero." - Booklist Praise for I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916:"A gripping story that will hold the interest of reluctant readers." - School Library Journal ![]() ![]()
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In my Brides Trilogy, three unconventional young women vow they will never marry - only to be overtaken by destiny. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She comes across as a 21st century teenager in 16th century costume. ![]() Her father asks her not to go somewhere - she goes he begs her to keep silent - she talks her safety requires that she covers her face - she locks eyes with the villain. This book is certainly a rip-roaring read, but I confess I found Mélisande something of a pain. Bartholomew’s Eve, Mélisande must learn what destiny wants from her - but will she have the wisdom and strength to carry it out? In the six years leading up to the 1572 massacre of Huguenots on St. ![]() When tragedy strikes, Mélisande flees for her life and Nostradamus is the only person she can trust.īut Nostradamus’s home town of Salon has its own dangers, and soon more than one person is looking for Mélisande. Then she crosses the powerful Count de Ferignay, and things become dangerous. Twelve-year-old Mélisande, the court minstrel’s daughter, is too young to understand political complexities and takes little notice of Nostradamus’s unexpected interest in her. Catherine is greatly influenced by the seer, Nostradamus, whose predictions of bloodshed make her even more suspicious and ruthless. The weak King Charles is ruled by his mother, the formidable Catherine de Medici. Sixteenth-century France, a country divided by sectarian hatred: Protestant Huguenots versus Catholics. Review by Elizabeth Hawksley Rachel Chetwynd-Stapylton ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor - a reformed drug dealer and convict - who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy.įeeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left years ago. In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds - two men, two faiths, two communities - that will inspire readers everywhere. ![]() ![]() ![]() What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? ![]() ![]() ![]() She was honored with the American Book Award for Miss Rumphius, and over the years she has received six major awards for her complete body of work. Miss Cooney twice won the prestigious Caldecott Medal given by the American Library Association for Best Illustrated Book of the Year, first for her retelling of Chaucer's Chanticleer and the Fox, and second, for Ox-cart Man, written by famed New England poet Donald Hall. A long-time resident of Maine, her literary works have frequently focused on the culture, history and society of her adopted state her books Miss Rumphius, Island Boy, Captain Pottle's House, and King of Wreck Island are all set there. Her first book was published in 1940, and her 110th book, Basket Moon, was published in September of 1999. Throughout her long and internationally recognized career of sixty years, Barbara Cooney has been at the forefront of the children's books publishing industry. ![]() Cooney was 83 years of age.īarbara Cooney was born in Room 1127 of the Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn, New York in 1917, the daughter of Mae Bossert Cooney and Russell Schenck Cooney. ![]() New York, NY) Barbara Cooney, renowned children's book author and illustrator, died on Friday, March 10 after a lengthy illness at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. ![]() ![]() ![]() The venue is lined with fancy homes that date back to the 18 th century and form the shape of a crescent on the street. It is the same site where a major coronation party is set to be thrown in just two days’ time. ![]() Pranksters have mowed a giant penis onto the famous grounds of the Royal Crescent in Bath, England. What did pranksters do at King Charles III’s Coronation site? Speaking of which, according to a report in the New York Post, a giant penis was mowed onto the lawns of the coronation site just two days prior to the event. While the preparations are underway in full swing, looks like some pranksters have initiated chaos in their own way. ![]() It will be followed by a huge celebration and concert on the grounds of Windsor Castle the next day. The much-talked-about royal event is slated to take place on May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey in London. King Charles III’ Coronation is just around the corner. ![]() ![]() ![]() While it’s doubtful that anyone knows his actual name or anything at all about his true identity, or even if he’s still alive, he’s in his mid-thirties and lives completely off the grid, a criminal’s criminal who does entirely as he pleases and is almost impossible to get in touch with. ![]() When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly awry, the man who orchestrated it is obliged to call in a favor from someone who’s occasionally called Jack. Stunningly dark, hugely intelligent and thoroughly addictive, Ghostman announces the arrival of an exciting and highly distinctive novelist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart!Īlice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease-only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. We will be happy to arrange for that possibility based on the author's schedule. Please note: If you would like your copy personalized instead of simply autographed, you will be able to include the text you prefer during the checkout process. ![]() ![]() The body didn’t surface for several days. An outstanding psychological thriller” about the secrets that bind us, and those that can kill ( Booklist). Instead, it’s her past that’s slowly coming into focus. Kate may have thought she was pulling her life together. And a handsome amateur detective solicits her help in booking passage for a vacation getaway-in South America. Then, a decomposed body is found floating in a nearby canal. If only she could shake the feeling that she’s being followed. She only begins to feel on solid ground again when she secures a job at a travel agency and agrees to share a comfortable apartment with her accommodating new boss. ![]() Haunted by the tragedy, and with her inheritance lost to a con artist husband, Kate’s been adrift ever since. It’s been ten years since Kate Fullerton survived a suspicious car accident in Ecuador that took the lives of her father, stepmother, and younger sister. The past lives of two London strangers converge in this “addictive, ironic and darkly suspenseful combination of mystery and romance” ( Kirkus Reviews). ![]() ![]() And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. ![]() But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking-for lack of a better word-on Instagram for the last few months. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. ![]() A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Cosmopolitan, Goodreads, PopSugar, and more!įrom the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment. ![]() |