![]() ![]() ![]() Headstrong and intelligent, deeply moral but incredibly enticing, Constance turns what was supposed to be a marriage of convenience into something most inconvenient, indeed. What kind of a wife is that? Drew's Christian forbearance is in for some testing. She hasn't the foggiest notion how to cook, dares to argue with her poor husband, and spends more time working on mathematical equations than housework. And she wants to go straight back to England as soon as she can. ![]() What he ends up with is a wife-a feisty redhead who claims she is Lady Constance Morrow, daughter of an Earl, brought to America against her will. Still broken-hearted from the loss of his beloved, he only wants a maid to tend his house and care for his young sister. The "tobacco brides" would be on board-eligible women seeking a better life in America, bartered for with barrels of tobacco from the fields.ĭrew O'Connor isn't stirred by news of a ship full of brides. Any ship arriving from England means good news for Virginia colony farmers. ![]()
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This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() The following elements characterize his writing: 90s nihilistic angst, graphic sexuality and violence, quirky and damaged characters, and the haunting presence of his native New Orleans. Brite (Now living as Billy Martin) was one of the authors in the much-touted Dell Abyss Line. ![]() It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one. Plague Review 29: Swamp Foetus by Poppy Z. Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. new media & Society April 1999 Volume 1 Number 1 by Nicholas Jankowski, Steve Jones, Rohan Samarajiva and Roger Silverstone (Editors) and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at .uk. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London's Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, Poppy Z. Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese-American runaway, Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his "art" to limits even Compton hadn't previously imagined. ![]() After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his "art" to new heights. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. From the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that bestselling author Peter Straub says serves as a "guidebook to hell." ![]() ![]() ![]() Having already escaped one scandal, however, she can hardly afford to be swept up in another.īesides, even if he were hers, everyone knows you don’t fall in love with a Made Man. Elena may be the Sweet Abelli on the outside, but she’s beginning to learn she has a taste for the darkness, for rough hands, cigarettes, and whiskey-colored eyes. Making her feel hotter than any future brother-in-law should. ![]() She doesn’t like the man or anything he stands for, though that doesn’t stop her heart from pattering like rain against glass when he’s near, nor the shiver that goes down her spine at the sound of his voice.Īnd he’s always near. His reputation is darker than his black suits and ties.Īfter Elena’s first encounter with Nicholas, she realizes he’s just as rude as he is handsome. The Sweetest Oblivion Danielle Lori CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Mafia - 384 pages 2 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake. ![]() A Made Man, a boss, a cheat - even measured against mafia standards. In the murky waters of New York’s underworld, Elena’s sister is arranged to marry Nicolas Russo. She’s the favored daughter, the perfect mafia principessa.or was. Nicknamed Sweet Abelli for her docile nature, Elena smiles on cue and has a charming response for everything. The Sweetest Oblivion is an extraordinary story about two unlikely people falling in love in a world that love doesnt happen. She’s a romantic at heart, living in the most unromantic of worlds. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PS: I also don't think this volume brings much insight for its readers, but I will read the next book anyway. ![]() Thousands of years after the death of God Emperor Leto II, the Bene Gesserit and the Bene Tleilax struggle to. ![]() *sighs*įurthermore, what I really don't like about this volume is, the slut shaming is getting really much, I mean, the Bene Geserit had been using sex as weapon for god know how long, but when there is a bunch of newcomers coming along, also using sex to control men (okay, as usual homosexuality is not mentioned), said newcomers were labeled as sluts nonstop, I mean, come on. Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1984. For example, in book 4 I can always see Leto II clearly but in this book, I can't picture any of the characters as a lively being and the ideal they stand for, in my mind. The main characters are a reasonable enough bunch but they just aren't very remarkable, as to the 'villains'.they are even more unmemorable. Plus, hardly any character stand out in the book. I mean, you can only reuse the idea of weird breeding program, court intrigue, characters hiding and giving chase in the desert etc etc that many times. I enjoy the first four books of the Dune series, but by the fifth book, I must admit something in the story is getting old. Premise: 1000-plus years after the regime of Leto II, human races had spread across the known galaxies and beyond, with the godlike tyrant (Leto II) out of the picture, different races and power groups/religious groups now ruled different parts and corners of the different civilizations, and the power struggle and scheme continued. ![]() ![]() Forstchen, Ph.D.'s works, such as Days of Infamy and Pearl Harbor, in addition to George McGovern’s Abraham Lincoln, Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon and John Scalzi’s The Ghost Bridges.ĭufris acted on stage and in television and is best known as the original North American voice of the cartoon character Bob in Nickelodeon's popular children's show, Bob the Builder. Of his work, AudioFile said, "William Dufris commands a dazzling array of voices that bring to life the dozens of audiobooks he’s narrated." His audiobook credits include many of Newt Gingrich and William R. He garnered eighteen Golden Earphones Awards through AudioFile magazine, which honored him as one of The Best Voices at the End of the Century. Durfis was nominated six times as a finalist for the APA's prestigious Audie Awards. In the US, he founded Mind’s Eye Productions and co-founded Rocky Coast Radio Theatre in addition to The AudioComics Company, for which he is producer, director, actor and engineer. He co-found the audio production company The Story Circle, Ltd in the UK. William Dufris began his audio career in London, England. ![]() ![]() There were lines in Simon that signaled Leah’s bisexuality to a huge portion of my readers, even if I hadn’t fully unpacked that in my head. However, you can’t imagine the volume of feedback I got for years about Leah and the character who ended up being her love interest. That’s a really great question! On one hand, I was as oblivious as Simon (which is saying something, because that kid is the very definition of oblivious). How much did you know about Leah’s sexuality when you wrote Simon? How has your understanding of Leah changed since initially writing about her in the first book? I felt like her story was the most unfinished at the end of Simon Vs. I wasn’t sure I’d have the opportunity to write a companion or sequel, but I always knew that if I did, it would be Leah’s book. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think I always loved the idea of possibly revisiting Shady Creek for one more book - and as a reader, I love companion novels that explore a different character’s point of view. ![]() ![]() Lincoln Peirce was a member of the "Surviving as a Print Cartoonist" Panel at the Maine Comics Art Festival with fellow cartoonists Corey Pandolph (Barkeater Lake, Toby: Robot Satan, The Elderberries), Norm Feuri (Retail, Gill) and with Mike Lynch moderating. In an interview with the Washington Post, Peirce stated that his last name is pronounced "purse" and is not a misspelling of "pierce." He currently plays hockey with "an old men's league" and describes it as his best sport as a child. ![]() He also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture before teaching art and coaching basketball at a New York highschool for 3 years. He studied art at Colby College in Maine were he began cartooning. Big Nate appears as the first cartoon on The Maine Sunday Telegram in the comics section. ![]() Peirce's comic strip, Big Nate, is featured as an island on the famous children's website, Poptropica. ![]() Peirce writes the comic strip "Big Nate". He lives with his wife and two children, and occasionally gives lectures to students about cartoon creating. ![]() Lincoln Peirce is a cartoon artist from Portland, Maine. ![]() ![]() ![]() And in 2006, a complete copy owned by Dr. In a private sale shortly before his death in 2003, Sir John Paul Getty purchased a First Folio from Oriel College, Oxford, for an estimated US $5.6 million. A copy sold in 2001 at Christie's in New York for US $6.1 million, to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. ![]() holds 82.īased on some highly publicized sales since 2000, three copies of the First Folio are known to be privately owned. Most known copies are held by institutions - the British Library holds five copies and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. ![]() Of the estimated 750 copies originally printed, 228 are believed still in existence, although only 40 of those remain complete. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies were compiled by John Heminges and Henry Condell, Shakespeare's fellow actors in the King's Men, the theatrical company for which he wrote. Known as the First Folio, the 36 plays in Mr. ![]() While quarto editions of some of the plays and poems were published during Shakespeare's lifetime (1564 - 1616), the first collected plays did not appear until 1623, seven years after the Bard's death. Early editions are also some of the most valuable. Considered the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare's works are among the world's most widely read, most intensely studied, and most passionately collected. ![]() ![]() John Ridd helps Lorna escape to his family's farm, Plover's Barrows. Sir Ensor dies, and Carver becomes lord of the Doones. Carver will let nothing get in the way of his marriage to Lorna, which he plans to force upon her once Sir Ensor dies and he comes into his inheritance. He falls hopelessly in love with Lorna, a girl he meets by accident, who turns out to be not only (apparently) the granddaughter of Sir Ensor Doone (lord of the Doones), but destined to marry (against her will) the impetuous, menacing, and now jealous heir of the Doone Valley, Carver Doone. Battling his desire for revenge, John also grows into a respectable farmer and takes good care of his mother and two sisters. ![]() John (in West Country dialect, pronounced "Jan") Ridd is the son of a respectable farmer who was murdered in cold blood by one of the notorious Doone clan, a once noble family, now outlaws, in the isolated Doone Valley. ![]() Plot Summary:The book is set in the 17th century in the Badgworthy Water region of Exmoor in Devon and Somerset, England. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. ![]() It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. ![]() |