![]() ![]() However, what Graham doesn't know about Ellie, is that her family holds a scandalous history with the media. And thus, beginning their online relationship-talking about their lives, hopes, dreams, fears, as well as how happiness looks like for the both of them. Due to Graham's mistake in typing the email address of the guy who is supposed to watch his pet pig, Wilbur, as he flies off to Maine to shoot his upcoming movie, his e-mail accidentally ends up in Ellie's inbox. The book follows the story of Graham Larkin and Ellie O'Neill, both at the age of seventeen, but are from the opposite sides of the country, California and Maine, respectively. Smith's book, This Is What Happy Looks Like, is a contemporary young adult novel set in a fictional small town of Henley, Maine (yes, I've done my research and found out that Henley, Maine is, in fact, purely fictional). ![]()
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![]() Wolfe claims he is from a coven that practices dark magic, making him one of the only people who can help her. But when Tana misses the midnight ritual-a fatal mistake-there is no one she can turn to for help.until she meets Wolfe. ![]() ![]() Tana's coven has appeased those who fear their power for years by releasing most of their magic into the ocean during the full moon. Her life has been planned out since the moment she was born: she is to marry the governor's son, Landon, and secure an unprecedented alliance between the witches of her island home and the mainlanders who see her very existence as a threat. Tana Fairchild's fate has never been in question. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches and Wild is the Witch comes a lush romantic fantasy about forbidden love, the choices we make, and the pull between duty and desire. ![]() ![]() Īkela, the great gray Lone Wolf, who led all the Pack by strength and cunning, lay out at full length on his rock, and below him sat forty or more wolves of every size and colour He is large and grey and leads the pack by virtue of his strength and cunning. This is shown by his recurring references to the honour of the pack. Kipling portrays Akela with the character of an English gentleman. It is at such a meeting that the pack adopts the lost child Mowgli and Akela becomes one of Mowgli's mentors.Īkelā means "single or solitary" in Hindi. He is the leader of the Seeonee pack of Indian wolves and presides over the pack's council meetings. ![]() ![]() Akela as depicted on the frontispiece of The Two Jungle Books, published in 1895.Īkela ( Akelā also called The Lone Wolf or Big Wolf) is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's stories, The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895). ![]() ![]() ![]() "I have admired Pat Summitt for many years. Pat continued to be a fighter, facing this new challenge the way she's faced every other-with hard work, perseverance, and a sense of humor. Despite her devastating diagnosis, she led the Vols to win their sixteenth SEC championship in March 2012. Pat's life took a shocking turn in 2011, when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, an irreversible brain condition that affects 5 million Americans. She was a role model for the many women she coached 74 of her players have become coaches. Motherhood taught her to balance that rigidity with communication and kindness. ![]() ![]() She learned to be tough from her strict, demanding father. She owed her coaching success to her personal struggles and triumphs. She coached an undefeated season, co-captained the first women's Olympic team, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named Sports Illustrated 'Sportswoman of the Year'. For 38 years, she broke records, winning more games than any NCAA team in basketball history. Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team. ![]() Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge- early-onset Alzheimer's disease. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two kids and an ex-boyfriend doing time in prison? No thanks. While Tom is drawn to Nora, he is not interested in a woman with so much baggage. But these good things don’t come quickly. The romance unfolds slowly, and it becomes a beautiful friends-to-lovers romance.ĭesperate for money and willing to work hard, Nora applies for a backbreaking job of picking apples at Tom Cavanaugh’s orchard, but what she ends up with is a life changing experience of friendship, family, safety, comfort and love like she has never known. Be forewarned that this story goes for the heart. ![]() For me, this one rated WAY up there when it comes to all of the books in this series. Sunrise Point was a WONDERFUL addition to an addictive series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 5: ZERO YEAR-DARK CITY is the concluding volume to Batman's origin story, as you've never seen it before.Collects Batman #25-27, 29-33. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light? From the critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, BATMAN VOL. ![]() there was ZERO YEAR.The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. Product Description:Before the Batcave and Robin, the Joker and the Batmobile. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52) Condition: Brand New Time left: 1d 20h Sunday, 10:28 AM Starting bid: US 8.00 0 bids Place bid Price: US 12.99 Buy It Now Add to cart Add to Watchlist Fast and reliable. 5: Año cero - Ciudad oscura (los nuevos 52) de Scott Snyder (2014. 5 Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52) Paperback by Scott Snyder (Author) 1,353 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle & Comixology 15.98 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 51.15 2 Used from 12.13 6 New from 26.63 Paperback 29.99 1 Used from 15.28 8 New from 27. The condition of the item you will receive is SW (MINT/New). 5 - Zero Year - Dark City (SW (MINT/New))Manufacturer: DC ComicsProduct Line: Batman Graphic Novels (DC Comics)Type: HardcoverCopyright Date: 2014Author: Scott Snyder, Greg CapullloPage Count: 176Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. DC Comics Batman Graphic Novels (DC Comics) Batman Vol. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reed uses every part of herself - the good, the bad, the beautiful - to get closer to the Billings Girls. Reed vows to do whatever it takes to be accepted into their inner circle. They hold all the power in a world where power is fleeting but means everything. They are the most beautiful, intelligent, and intensely confident girls on campus. She feels like she's on the outside, looking in. Reed realizes that even though she has been accepted to Easton, Easton has not accepted her. But when she arrives on the beautiful, tradition-steeped campus of Easton, everyone is just a bit more sophisticated, a bit more gorgeous, and a lot wealthier than she ever thought possible. ![]() Tradition, Honor, Excellence.and secrets so dark they're almost invisibleįifteen-year-old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to Easton Academy - the golden ticket away from her pill-popping mother and run-of-the-mill suburban life. ![]() ![]() What–or whom–could be behind this? She’s done nothing wrong…right? Could this be something to do with her job? A disgruntled mother? A challenging birth? And then she starts receiving threatening–anonymous–texts. Meredith Dickey is a doula-coaching and supporting women as their babies are brought into the world. Her father is overjoyed she’s back, but her brother is skeptical. Now, eleven years later, the 6-year old daughter shockingly returns. She’s traumatized, must wear sunglasses at all times because she has been kept in a dark basement sounds bother her. The case(s) eventually goes cold and Meredith’s husband, Josh, and son, Leo, continue with their lives. But it’s a close-knit, suburban town outside of Chicago, neighbors are concerned but there’s only so much that can be done, even after a search party is formed. Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing.This is unusual, she has a newborn, she’s relatively new to town, what reason would she possibly have to leave…or for someone to kidnap her? Not long after, Meredith Dickey goes missing, and her 6-year old daughter. LOCAL WOMAN MISSING (Park Row Books, May 18 2021) is her seventh (!!) domestic thriller and it’s so, so good. ![]() ![]() Every one of her books is a treat and I so glad I had the opportunity to dive into this one a bit early. ~ WRITERS INTERVIEWING WRITERS|ALWAYS WITH A BOOK~ SPOTLIGHT: MO T H ER H O OD ![]() An explosive page-turner from Mary Kubica will have you looking over your shoulder–and your neighbors–differently. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bok tried to escape twice before was finally being successful, reaching a refugee camp in Egypt. For 10 years he was forced to work long hours with no rest, treated like an animal by the family he worked for. Children are exposed to threats, physical and sexual abuse, as well as hazardous working conditions and limited access to education or health services.Īt the age of four Francis Bok was kidnapped from a local market in South Sudan and forced into domestic slavery in northern Sudan. Business owners, informal mining operators, community members and farmers exploit children working in brick making factories, goldmining, collective medical waste, street vending and agriculture. Migrant children from West and Central Africa are exploited in forced labour for begging, public transportation, large markets and sex trafficking. Traffickers exploit foreign and domestic victims in the country. There are an estimated 465,000 people living in modern slavery in Sudan (GSI 2018). ![]() ![]() The Edori are the wanderers and frequently become enslaved by the Jansai. The Jansai, who are calculating and greedy merchants, and run the Edori slave trade inhabit Jordana. The citizens of Gaza, the Manadavvi, are highly cultured and wealthy. Each region has an angel hold or fortress that acts as the governing center for the region. Samaria is divided into three regions, Gaza, Bethel and Jordana, separated by rivers. Archangels do not serve for life, but every twenty years Jovah selects a new Archangel. ![]() The Archangel and his consort, the Angelica, lead this mass in praise of Jovah. In addition, the angels must sing to Jovah at the annual Gloria held on the Plain of Sharon, otherwise god would destroy the world. The angels are supposed to protect humans, answer their petitions, solve their problems, and intercede to god for them by petitioning the god Jovah through song, especially for rain when the crops need it and the sun when it is stormy. Legends state that angels were made by Jovah to oversee Samaria under the guidance of the Archangel. The angels have wings and fly, and are taller and stronger than humans. ![]() It is the first book in the Samaria series of novels.Īngels and mortals, who need one another but have a love-hate relationship, inhabit the land of Samaria. Archangel is a 1996 science fantasy novel by American writer Sharon Shinn. ![]() |