One is a Promise by Pam Godwin6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book is told and back and forth timelines, one with her now-missing husband, Cole, who as far as I can see is also a wannabe-dominant asshole, and in present with the wannabe-dominant asshole millionaire, Trace. When she turns him down, he breaks into her house to restate the offer, and rather than calling the damn police, the little idiot flirts with him. She's on a date with another man when a rich blowhard literally interrupts her date to make her an offer she can't refuse. She used to be married but isn't anymore, although we don't know why in the beginning. My thinking was, if she could win me over once, she could probably do so again.ĭanni is a dancer/dance instructor working at a Moroccan restaurant as a belly dancer. If this had an alternate title, it would probably be Idiotic Love Triangle: The Musical! ONE IS A PROMISE is not a genre of romance I would ordinarily read, as nothing makes my eyes roll harder than another dominant millionaire who thinks that he can treat women however he wants if he's hot enough and stuffs his crotch with enough hundred dollar bills, but I really, really enjoyed her other book, DELIVER, which is also a book in a genre that I don't normally enjoy. ![]()
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In The Farthest-Away Mountain, illus. by Terry Riley, ""Banks has slipped into the hide of the hamster and seems to understand these small creatures completely, creating a tantalizing journey,"" wrote PW when the book was released in the U.S. ![]() For I, Houdini: The Autobiography of a Self-Educated Hamster, illus. ![]() A trio of titles by Lynne Reid Banks, author of The Indian in the Cupboard, makes a reappearance. ![]() The flame by leonard cohen6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Featuring lyrics, prose pieces, and illustrations, the book also contains an extensive selection from Cohen's notebooks, which he kept in poetic form throughout his life, and offers an unprecedentedly intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist and thinker.Īn enormously powerful final chapter in Cohen's storied literary career, The Flame showcases the full range of Leonard Cohen's lyricism, from the exquisitely transcendent to the darkly funny. 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They drove, the city slowly dissolving around them and breaking up into fields and trees. ![]() ![]() Nothing is real, so everything is real.” -VICE “The clinical tone with which Evenson is able to traverse such situations, and the strange stark architecture of their world, makes even the most insidious or repulsive situations seem plausible, mathematical, nearby. ![]() ![]() After the 1936 abdication, the Duke and Duchess were often strapped for funds. Oh, the tales Wilson tattles: Oxford students, talking about Hansel and Gretel, romantically linked tutor Henry Peter Hansel with his student, Prince Edward. The book’s index is like a who’s who of high-society types, many of whom most readers will probably not know were gay. In short: a dysfunctional trio that was bankrolled by Donahue’s mother, who delighted in throwing spectacular parties at which the Duke and Duchess became freeloaders. The wonder was that in the 1950s the Duke continued to adore her once it became known that she was romantically involved with Donahue, the colorful and promiscuous homosexual son of a manic depressive and bisexual father. ![]() Little wonder that Buckingham Palace at the time disliked the Duchess, American-born Wallis Simpson. Wilson’s blow-by-blow account tells of the Duchess of Windsor’s relations with the Duke as well as with Donahue, the handsome young grandson of the super-rich “dime store” Woolworth family. It’s more mouth-watering than Monicagate! Talk about dishing the dirt! Christopher Wilson’s Dancing with the Devil, The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue (HarperCollins, £12.50) is in a class with Jean-Claude Baker’s The Josephine Baker Story and Gore Vidal’s Palimpsest. 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In 1942, after Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-year-old Anjali is devastated to think of her father risking his life for the freedom struggle. ![]() ![]() Inspired by her great-grandmother’s experience working with Gandhi, Kelkar shines a light on the Indian freedom movement in this poignant middle grade novel. Last October was the release of Ahimsa by New Visions Award winner Supriya Kelkar. ![]() In the band by jean haus6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() If she wants to stay in the band, Riley just has to ignore the growing sparks between her and her band enemy. Behind the drums, the world and her family's troubles evaporate. Even if she was interested in jerks, a hook up would probably get her booted out of the ego-ridden band, and playing keeps her sane. She becomes determined to ignore his rudeness and his hotness. The other - a dark, sexy rock god she can't help being attracted to - is a total jerk and pushes her to quit. Riley soon finds out rock bands have a different dynamic than marching bands, especially when each of her male band mates has a major ego and is a major player. A Contemporary/New Adult/YA Mature Romance When family problems push Riley Middleton into giving up a percussion scholarship in another state and attending college from home, her friends push her to try out for a local rock band. ![]() This City of Flowers by Victory Jones6/10/2023 ![]() A powerful and multi-layered song, set atop a soulful electro-cinematic canvas, in which Victory invites the listener to attach their own meaning to the lyrics, from their own unique perspectives.Ĭo-produced by Shamir Relé, “‘Burning Bridges’ is about being in a place of emotional purgatory. ‘Burning Bridges’ is a hurricane-force introduction to Victory. ‘Burning Bridges’ marks the first time Victory has stepped into the spotlight as a solo artist. ![]() – who has worked and recorded with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Kylie Minogue, Chronixx and Corinne Bailey Rae. ![]() Victory came to the attention of label partner and artist Maxi Priest along with Producer Livingstone Brown. The American born, Jamaican bred artist and songwriter is a true creative powerhouse, having already worked with the likes of Missy Elliot, Ne-Yo, Britney Spears, Salaam Remi, and Rza among others. Victory Jones makes her assured and empowered introduction with the single ‘Burning Bridges’, released December 7 via brand new label, Upper Level Music. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Private tutoring and its impact on students' academic achievement, formal schooling, and educational inequality in Korea.” Unpublished doctoral thesis. Tutors, instructors, experts, educators, and other professionals on the platform are independent contractors, who use their own styles, methods, and materials and create their own lesson plans based upon their experience, professional judgment, and the learners with whom they engage. Varsity Tutors connects learners with a variety of experts and professionals. Varsity Tutors does not have affiliation with universities mentioned on its website. 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He takes Eilis to Coney Island and Ebbets Field, and home to dinner in the two-room apartment he shares with his brothers and parents. ![]() Tony, a blond Italian from a big family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America-to live and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood "just like Ireland"-she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind.Įilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. ![]() Though skilled at bookkeeping, she cannot find a job in the miserable Irish economy. ![]() ![]() Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself.Įilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the years following World War Two. ![]() |