![]() ![]() A luminous force of nature whose magic is only truly felt once he is gone, Leonard becomes an unexpected inspiration as the town’s citizens question how they live, who they love, and what they leave behind.īrash detective Chuck DeSantis seeks out answers as to why Leonard is missing. Celeste portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as they unravel the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant 14-year-old boy who has gone missing. ![]() This live performance of a powerful police procedural comes to life through the artistry of Celeste Lecesne and is accompanied by the original music of Duncan Sheik. Writer of the Academy award-winning short Trevor, founder of The Trevor Project (a 24-hour nationwide crisis hotline for LGBTQIA+ youth), and stage and screen actor, Celeste Lecesne performs their hit off-Broadway play, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A splendid conclusion to one of the finest fantasy sagas to bridge the millennium. It is a truth so shattering, it may destroy the Vivacia and all who love her, including Althea’s nephew, whose life already hangs in the balance. For her beloved Vivacia will face the most terrible confrontation of all as the secret of the liveships is revealed. As Bingtown slides toward calamity, tribe matron Ronica Vestrit marked a double-crosser and looks for a method for uniting the city’s occupants against the Chalcedean danger. Royal Assassin and Assassin’s Quest are the unique portrayals of Robin Hobb. Meanwhile, Althea Vestrit, unaware of what has befallen Bingtown and her family, continues her perilous quest to track down and recover her liveship, the Vivacia, from the ruthless pirate Kennit.īold though it is, Althea’s scheme may be in vain. Ship of Destiny This tale is written by Robin Hobb and written by Anne Flosnik. “Probably the best fantasy trilogy of the past decade and a prospective fantasy classic.”- Booklist (starred review)Īs Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city’s inhabitants together against a momentous threat. The final novel in Robin Hobb’s beloved Liveship Traders Trilogy Ship of Destiny Show full title Written by Robin Hobb Narrated by Anne Flosnik 4.5 / 5 ( 100 ratings ) About this audiobook As Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the citys inhabitants together against the Chalcedean threat. ![]() ![]() Morgan, Altered Carbon was previously adapted as a Netflix television series. But the Protectorate hasn't changed its spots, no matter what world Kovacs drifts to, and with that old combat rage still burning deep inside him, will he ever really be able to walk away?Ĭreated by Richard K. Now he's out of the service and trying to live a different life. ![]() While he served, he was known by a variety of names-Mamba Lev, One Hand Rending, the Icepick-all testament to his capacity for rapid response and extreme violence in whatever flesh he wore. Takeshi Kovacs was once a member of the Envoy Corps, stormtroopers for the Interstellar Earth Protectorate, ultra-lethal adepts in switching bodies across the stars. ![]() However, some bodies are more temporary than others. ![]() In the distant future, the human body is a temporary and interchangeable commodity - if you can pay.įor the interstellar elite, bodies are swapped out and reused without a second thought. ![]() ![]() ![]() The great financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007 has most of us utterly baffled. And while former masters of the universe crash and burn, the rest of us are left worrying if our savings would be safer in a mattress than in a bank. ![]() ![]() In the past year, it’s certainly broken more than a few of the biggest names on Wall Street and in the City of London. Call it what you like, money can break us or it can make us. Welcome to the world of money, bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, the readies, the wherewithal. ![]() ![]() ![]() Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. A sweet 82k MM paranormal romance featuring magic, witches, and a relationship that might just be able to endure anything. ![]() And perhaps Daniel knows more than he thinks he does. Can he unlock the mystery before it's too late? Strange dreams. Frankie might be hiding something, but the connection between them is too strong to ignore. Why would this time be any different? History lecturer Daniel Smith is still reeling from a broken marriage when he stumbles across a mysterious man. ![]() He's been unsuccessful for hundreds of years. A chance to break the curse comes only once every twenty-five years, lasting for no longer than twenty-eight days. For that sin, he's been cursed to spend eternity locked inside the body of a gargoyle. ![]() You will endure across the ages, a silent witness to the decades that go by." François Damont's only crime was loving the son of a witch in a time when it wasn't permitted. You will hear, but you will not be able to communicate. You will feel, but you will not be able to speak. "You will be trapped in stone forevermore, your beauty hidden by a façade so ugly that people will not like to look upon it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The faith bearing couple now has a recently released book out called The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love adding the accolade, ‘New York Times Bestselling author’ behind each of their names. Today they are three years strong into their marriage and find themselves often asked about their decision to abstain until marriage, the experience, how does that work and all the other numerous questions which lead them to recognize the importance of sharing their story. Husband DeVon Franklin, exclaimed, “When a man finds a woman he loves, he will go through hell and high water for her even if she presents this crazy idea of waiting, and he has no desire to wait.” It’s interesting because I think it was harder for me,” she said in an exclusive interview with ET February of this year. Good is the first to admit, “It was very tough. Still, it wasn’t easy for them to suppress their physical attraction for each other. The epiphany moved her to become a born-again virgin - which, coincidentally, was a choice Franklin had already committed to in light of his ministry. Meagan has shared that latershe realized that past relationships where she felt pressured to engage intimately because of the fear that her love interest would cheat because she wanted to withhold, the relationship ended anyway. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Told alternatively from Kenna’s and Ledger’s perspectives, the story explores the myriad ways in which snap judgments based on partial information can derail people’s lives. As Kenna and Ledger continue to mourn for Scotty, they also grieve the future they cannot have with each other. Even so, Ledger is afraid that if he surrenders to his feelings, Scotty’s parents will kick him out of Diem’s life. As Ledger gets to know Kenna and acknowledges his attraction to her, he begins to wonder if maybe he and Scotty’s parents have judged her unfairly. Kenna feels the pull, too, and seems to be seeking Ledger out despite his judgmental behavior. Even so, there’s something about her that haunts him. He’s helping her grandparents raise her, and he too blames Kenna for Scotty’s death. Handsome, self-assured Ledger, who was Scotty’s best friend, is another key adult in Diem’s life. ![]() Instead, they file a restraining order preventing Kenna from so much as introducing herself to Diem. Now that she’s been released, Kenna is intent on getting to know her daughter, but Scotty’s parents won’t give her a chance to tell them what really happened the night their son died. ![]() When her baby girl, Diem, was born, she was forced to give custody to Scotty’s parents. Kenna didn’t even know she was pregnant until after she was sent to prison for murdering her boyfriend, Scotty. After being released from prison, a young woman tries to reconnect with her 5-year-old daughter despite having killed the girl’s father. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fans of The Day of the Jackal won’t want to miss this heart-stopping thriller. Black keeps the suspense high throughout. Despite numerous obstacles and the realization that no plan was made for her safe return, Kate is determined to make her way to London. Hitler orders the regular German police and the Gestapo to catch the sniper within 36 hours. Kate gets Hitler in her crosshairs, but her shot misses and she goes on the run. In June 1940, with little training, she parachutes into Paris, where Hitler is making a brief visit. Her rifle skills, learned as a girl hunting in Oregon, earn her a place in a British intelligence operation to assassinate Hitler. The switch to historical thriller is a seamless one for her, and THREE HOURS IN PARIS will make for one of the more intense reads of 2020. After her husband and daughter die during the German U-boat attack on the battleship Royal Oak, Kate becomes obsessed with defeating Hitler. Cara Black has taken all of her superior knowledge of Paris, which she has used at length in her terrific Aimee Leduc series, and put it to excellent use here. ![]() In October 1939, American Kate Rees, the heroine of this riveting standalone from bestseller Black (the Aimée Leduc series), is living with her naval engineer husband and baby daughter at Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy base in Scotland’s Orkney Islands. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rafe relishes in being allowed to be a jock and being treated normally in the locker room. In an attempt to live a life without labels, Rafe is immediately taken in by the jocks for his soccer abilities. When Rafe switches to a private all boys high school in Natick, he decides to hide the fact that he is gay, hoping to find a new identity as just Rafe and not just ‘that gay kid’. The novel has been translated into German, Vietnamese, and Portuguese. When he switches to a private all boys high school across the country in Massachusetts he decides to hide his sexuality from his new classmates. ![]() The coming-of-age story focuses on high school junior Rafe who has been openly gay since he was in the eighth grade. Openly Straight is a 2013 young adult novel and the second book by American author Bill Konigsberg. Print ( hardcover and paperback), e-book, audiobook ![]() ![]() ![]() If we as a country together, can stand up after that day then we can stand up against anyone else who thinks they can take our freedom and our lives away. ![]() ![]() Even though they crashed they saved probably hundreds of lives that day thanks to their courage and bravery. It should be remember for the hero's that saved people's lives that day, to the hero's trying to save people in the buildings, to the people that were brave enough to take the plane that ended up in the field in Pennsylvania. It should be remembered also for all those people that didn't make it out, for the firemen, policemen, and paramedics. What happened that day should always be remembered, but not just because of what happened with the attacks. ![]() My parents have told me stories of that day and I have seen the footage of the twin towers when they got hit and when they fell. Note: And now that I’ve duly tried to review this book, I will quote one of my favorite passages from the story, taken from an exchange between Frankie Snider and the real-life, John Kiernan, sportswriter for the New York Times. I'm only fourteen, and I already feel awful and horrified what happened that day. The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings was chosen as a Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth 2009 book. Alan Gratz did a amazing job with this book! I recommend that many people should read or listen to this book. ![]() |