![]() ![]() ![]() Maurice’s problems are many and increasing: How to deal with his own declining health? How to reach out to a teenage daughter who watches TV all the time? How to get his best friend’s wife in the sack? How to find another drink? (And another.) And then there is always death. The Green Man opens as Maurice’s father drops dead (had he seen something in the room?) and continues as friends and family convene for the funeral. It’s a pretty arresting thought.” He also happens to own and run a country inn that is haunted. As he says, “I honestly can’t see why everybody who isn’t a child, everybody who’s theoretically old enough to have understood what death means, doesn’t spend all his time thinking about it. Maurice Allington has reached middle age and is haunted by death. The owner of a haunted country inn contends with death, fatherhood, romantic woes, and alcoholism in this humorous, “rattling good ghost story” from a Booker Prize–winning author ( The New York Times ) ![]()
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![]() ![]() These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. A nice state of affairs, don’t you think?” 1 Keywords As she continued in her letter, “they have a Ladies Loyal League here, the members of which are sworn to visit suspected sympathizers and report anything they may be induced to say. thinking the catechism had gone far enough, I began to talk to Baby and turned a deaf ear to my inquisitive friend.” Anne Lane was no fool, after all, she wasn’t simply being rude, she was sure that she knew a spy when she saw one. Finally, as she wrote to her sister, Sarah Lane Glasgow, “. Was Richmond not taken? Did she think General Price, commander of the Missouri Confederate forces, was in nearby Jefferson County? If not, did she think he was coming? To each question, Anne Lane indicated that she knew nothing, or that the persistent and rather invasive stranger certainly knew as much as she did. ![]() Anne Lane replied that there was not, but the woman continued to ply her with questions. As she began to read the local newspaper, a woman sitting nearby on the car interrupted her, asking if there was any news of the war. In June of 1863, Anne Ewing Lane boarded a horse car with her young niece in order to visit a friend who lived in another neighborhood in St. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This also held true for the main characters' names, with Levithan choosing the given name and Green the surname. John Green wrote all the odd-numbered chapters (capitalized Will Grayson) while David Levithan wrote all the even-numbered chapters (lower case will grayson). In designing the plot for the book, the two authors decided to split it evenly in half. ![]() The book's narrative is divided evenly between two boys named Will Grayson, with Green having written all of the chapters for one, and Levithan having written the chapters for the other which is presented in an alternating chapter fashion. The novel debuted on the New York Times children's best-seller list after its release and remained there for three weeks. Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a novel by John Green and David Levithan, published in April 2010 by Dutton Juvenile. ![]() ![]() ![]() Marion Sims, the father of American gynecology, to the negation of blackness that makes transnormativity possible. ![]() In tracing the twinned genealogies of blackness and transness, Snorton follows multiple trajectories, from the medical experiments conducted on enslaved black women by J. Drawing on a deep and varied archive of materials-early sexological texts, fugitive slave narratives, Afro-modernist literature, sensationalist journalism, Hollywood films-Snorton attends to how slavery and the production of racialized gender provided the foundations for an understanding of gender as mutable. Riley Snorton identifies multiple intersections between blackness and transness from the mid-nineteenth century to present-day anti-black and anti-trans legislation and violence. Their erasure from trans history masks the profound ways race has figured prominently in the construction and representation of transgender subjects. Her celebrity, however, has obscured other mid-century trans narratives-ones lived by African Americans such as Lucy Hicks Anderson and James McHarris. ![]() The story of Christine Jorgensen, Americas first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But with a plan of attack that leaves no kingdom unscathed and a major betrayal within their ranks, winning the war-and protecting Meira-slips farther and farther out of reach.Ĭeridwen will do anything to save her people. He needs to rally the Children of the Thaw, find Meira-and finally tell her how he really feels. Mather will do anything to save his queen. ![]() But the true solution to stopping the Decay lies in a labyrinth deep beneath the Season Kingdoms. To defeat Angra, Meira will have to enter the labyrinth, destroy the very magic she’s learning to control-and make the biggest sacrifice of all. With Angra trying to break through her mental defenses, she desperately needs to learn to control her own magic-so when the leader of a mysterious Order from Paisly offers to teach her, Meira jumps at the chance. Meira will do anything to save her world. Perfect for fans of An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses.Īngra is alive, his Decay is spreading-and no one is safe. Game of Thrones meets Graceling in this action-packed fantasy-the highly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Snow Like Ashes series by Sara Raasch. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a book readers will not want to wait to finish, and when it is done, they will pick it up again. Her Aunt Jackie is getting married in 10 weeks, and wants Ann to be her bridesmaid. Summary (from Goodreads): Here are the numbers of Ann Galardi’s life: She is 16. * "Barson offers up a powerful and poignant novel about hope and love in the midst of common and controversial issues about weight gain, weight loss, and the ability to persevere despite our flaws and predispositions to “eating,” or not eating, our emotions. Finished 45 Pounds (More Or Less) by K.A. "Deliciously relatable, with a lot of laughter on the side." - Rita Williams-Garcia, New York Times best-selling author ![]() "You'll love this book so much that you'll wish you had a friend like Ann." -Cynthia Leitich Smith, New York Times bestselling author "With both humor and debth, the story of Ann's resilience, determination, and strength will inspire readers on their own journey toward a sparkly new life." -Susane Colasanti, author of Keep Holding On ![]() ![]() He gets NYY visiting on the weekend so this isn’t a great setup but I’m probably rolling w/him in deeper weekly lgs & betting on the raw talent The ERA is going up if he doesn’t pull that WHIP down and I’m only starting in weekly where I have to take this to get the 2-step (v. It’s only 20 IP, but I’m putting some faith in 21% K-BB and HOU’s weak offense vRHģ gems, a mediocre outing, and 3 duds… it’s a tough 2-step w/LAA and at TOR on the docket, can sit w/out cutting in a shallow lg Returning to rotation after a solid relief stint I like him despite the modest K-BB… picking up even if I’m not starting here w/at PIT, at BAL on tap next wk Not a set and forget especially since they’re running a 6 so this isn’t a 2-step Stats are from 11 IP so I’m not freaking out about the WHIP yet Might be getting past his early BB rate issues w/a 4% in his 元 after a 16% mark in his first 5 Hard to argue with the ratios even as the K rate lags (20%) thanks to a modest 9% SwStr rate ![]() Peaking right now as the shift alterations have barely touched his hit rates (+5 pts in AVG last yr to. ![]() He’s been great… couple duds, but rebounded w/3 ER in his next 2 starts combined Velo is up nearly 2 mph and he’s rolling right now SwStr rate up to 17% over his last 5 starts, 5 HRs in that time has kept it from being elite (4.33 ERA, 2.63 xFIP) ![]() ![]() The next morning-in the belief that the Feds are after them-Birdie and her mother leave everything behind: their house and possessions, their friends, and-most disturbing of all-their identity. ![]() ![]() ![]() One night Birdie watches her father and his girlfriend drive away with Cole-they have gone to Brazil, she will later learn, where her father hopes for a racial equality he will never find in the States. Their father's new black girlfriend won't even look at Birdie, while their mother gives her life over to the Movement: at night the sisters watch mysterious men arrive with bundles shaped like rifles. Then their parents' marriage falls apart. For Birdie, Cole is the mirror in which she can see her own blackness. The sisters are so close that they have created a private language, yet to the outside world they can't be sisters: Birdie appears to be white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other kids at the Afrocentric school they attend. ![]() In Caucasia-Danzy Senna's extraordinary debut novel and national bestseller-Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970s Boston. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Women's Murder Club now faces its toughest challenge: will love destroy all that four friends have built? The exhilarating new chapter in the Women's Murder Club series, The 8th Confession serves up a double dose of speed-charged twists and shocking revelations as only James Patterson can. ![]() ![]() Probing deeper into the victim's history, she discovers he may not have been quite as saintly as everyone thought.As the hunt for two criminals tests the limits of the Women's Murder Club, Lindsay sees sparks fly between Cindy and her partner, Detective Rich Conklin. His death nearly falls through the cracks, but when reporter Cindy Thomas hears about it, she knows the story could be huge. As Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the high-profile murder, someone else is found brutally executed-a preacher with a message of hope for the homeless. Not a trace of evidence is left behind in their glamorous home. Finally, the killer pinpoints the ideal moment, and it's the perfect murder. As San Francisco's most glamorous millionaires mingle at the party of the year, someone is watching-waiting for a chance to take vengeance on Isa and Ethan Bailey, the city's most celebrated couple. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though raised by her mother, Miyoung is drawn to humans as well, wondering about her missing father and hating that she must kill in order to live. This makes Miyoung half gumiho-and half human. Miyoung may look like any other Korean girl, but she’s the daughter of a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who feeds on the life force of men. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous and reignite a generations-old feud…forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon’s. With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. ![]() When he finds her fox bead, he does not realize he holds her life in his hands. His grandmother used to tell him stories of the gumiho, of their power and the danger they pose to men. Jihoon knows Miyoung is more than just a beautiful girl-he saw her nine tails the night she saved his life. Against her better judgment, she violates the rules of survival to rescue the boy, losing her fox bead-her gumiho soul-in the process. ![]() Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.īut after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. ![]() Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret-she’s a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must eat devour the energy of men in order to survive. ![]() |