![]() ![]() ![]() But when assassins show up, and his chances of renewal are questionable, the prince has to put his plans of luxury to the side and figure out how to survive. This is especially annoying for Khemri, who'd prefer nothing more than to command a starship, feast, and have sex with his courtesans. An added difficulty is that there's a good chance your fellow Princes are out to kill you so they can advance their own political ambition. If they're deemed unworthy - or for some reason disconnected, that's another story. In Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes, the thousands and thousands of princes (male OR female can - there are no princesses) are connected to the Imperial Mind, and so if they're killed, and deemed worthy, their uploaded memories and consciousness can be loaded into a new body. ![]() Partially because he's not exactly mortal - as he tells us in the opening paragraph, he's died three times. Teenagers often feel like they're immortal, and Prince Khemri of the intergalactic empire is no different. A Rollicking Space Opera From Beginning to End ![]()
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![]() ![]() It’s terrific and troubling. This is one scary love triangle where you won’t know who to trust. “ The Wife Between Us delivers a whip smart, twisty plot in a taut, pacy narrative. ![]() A must-read!” –Lauren Weisberger, New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada A gripping plot and fascinating characters this book will keep you turning the pages and guessing until the very end. “A twisty, mind-bending novel about marriage and betrayal. Paris’s Behind Closed Doors and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl will love the skewed psychology and shifting perspectives of this domestic thriller.” -Library Journal, starred review We didn’t! Easy to read, smoothly put together.” -Kirkus Reviews “An angry ex-wife is stalking a young, innocent fiancee who is a carbon copy of her former self…or so it seems. ![]() ![]() ![]() Laura Frantz is a Christy Award winner and the ECPA bestselling author of eleven historical novels, including The Frontiersman’s Daughter, Courting Morrow Little, The Colonel’s Lady, and The Lacemaker. Slate about petticoats, bum rolls, stays, jumps, busks, stockings and Read More. When I first began writing historical fiction as a young girl, I was a blank Laura Frantz | Dressing Your Historical Heroine ~ and Yourself You're as intrigued by the American Revolution and Read More. We sat down for an interview with Laura Frantz to talk about her latest book. Happy New Year, Fresh Fiction folks! Thank you so much for inviting me to joinįor helping celebrate the release of my Read More. Laura Frantz | Lark’s Scottish Shortbread Recipe + Giveaway! ![]() The cloudless August day dawned with a sky so blue, the air so crisp, it bespoke the change of seasons. ![]() Laura Frantz | Exclusive Excerpt: AN UNCOMMON WOMAN Laura Frantz | 20 Questions: TIDEWATER BRIDE ![]() Laura Frantz | 20 Questions: A HEART ADRIFTġ-What is the title of your latest release? Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce Read More. Laura Frantz | Author-Reader Match: THE ROSE AND THE THISTLE ![]() ![]() ![]() Next door, young Lucas Loriman desperately needs a kidney transplant, but tissue tests show that Lucas's dad is not his biological father. ![]() There's a lot going on in the Baye family's neighborhood. Why are they doing this? Since his close friend Spencer Hill's suicide four months before, Adam's behavior has changed - he's dropped out of sports, stays out late, and his grades are slipping. ![]() The main storyline follows a family in crisis, in which the parents - transplant surgeon Mike Baye and lawyer Tia - (reluctantly and with major reservations on the father's part) install E-SpyRight software to monitor their teen son's computer activity, keystroke by keystroke. ![]() Coben then proceeds to lay out other strands of plot, whose surface relationships are red herrings that disguise deeper - unexpected - links. It opens on a vicious murder by a pair of killers, a man and a woman - who don't stop at one victim. That aside, it's a gripping read that will keep you glued to its pages till Harlan Coben delivers the very last surprise in a twisty, multidimensional plot. If you're a parent of a teenage son or daughter, who already worries about how they spend their time on and off the Internet, then you're likely (as I did) to find Hold Tight panic-inducing - but you might also discover that this cleverly plotted thriller helps you see your own teenager more clearly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At the same time, the fantastical elements introduced in King Kong and Wizard of Oz marked adventure movies as the spot to introduce the latest in dazzling special effects.Īfter World War II, the adventure genre entered its prestige era, with historical epics like Lawrence of Arabia and The Man Who Would Be King, and tales of derring-do in The African Queen and The Great Escape. Listing these best adventure movies in chronological order, we begin a century in the past, when the adventure genre was defined by the swashbucklers of Captain Blood and The Three Musketeers. Now we’re embarking on our own journey, plundering gem after gem for a guide to what we’re calling the essential adventure movies if you love the genre. And adventure movies can invite their other genre buddies along for the ride, too, including fantasy and science-fiction. The casts of characters feature rambunctious pirates, lordly counts, mercenaries and bounty hunters, big whales, and even bigger apes. The best adventure movies can run on the thrill of exploration and discovery, treading deep into jungles, stalking across arid deserts, or sailing across open oceans. ![]() The adventure is one of the hardest kinds of movie to define, but like certain other genres: “You know it when you see it.” Adventures are grand, exciting, and often epic tales, usually focused on people on a mission, whose purposes include fame, fortune, and glory. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other children’s picture books by Alexis Deacon include A Place to Call Home (2011), Croc and Bird (2013), and I Am Henry Finch (2015). In 2008, Alexis Deacon was named one of the ten best new illustrators by Booktrust. In 2002, his first children’s book Slow Loris was published, followed shortly after by Beegu.īeegu was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and won the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award. He studied illustration at the University of Brighton and went on to become an author and illustrator of children’s books, often championing the outsider. ![]() Beegu is an appealing character, much loved by young children.Īlexis Deacon was born in 1976 in London. Lost and lonely, an alienated alien, can Beegu find her way home again?Ī gentle story about how it feels to be somewhere new and strange and what it is to be lost. All alone, she tries to find friendship and comfort but only the little people seem to understand her. Beegu Literacy Tree Writing Root Back to List A Writing Root for Beegu KS: R & KS1 Year Group: Year 1 Literary Theme: Similarities & Differences Author (s): Alexis Deacon Membership Only Description Spelling seed Overview: This is a two-session spelling seed for the book Beegu by Alexis Deacon. Beegu is an alien who crash-lands on our planet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PRODUCTION DETAILSīound in printed and blocked Elephant Hide paperĦ colour illustrations, and 21 black & white chapter openings and a title-page spreadĩ˝ x 6¼˝ THE BEST OF FANTASY AND FAIRY-TALE TRADITIONSĭeep in the land of Ingary, the Wizard Howl’s castle hovers above the imaginary town of Market Chipping, terrorising the inhabitants below. Harel also introduces the book’ 21 chapters with delicate black-and-white decorations that offer tantalising clues to the story, while the binding shows heroine Sophie Hatter being magnetically drawn to the gloomy castle of the title, with its mysterious four-fold aspect. Selected from a record-breaking 500 entries from around the world, Marie-Alice Harel re-enchants the fairy-tale tradition with her series of six images created with a lilac-themed palate. Folio’s charming new edition celebrates master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones’s creativity, alongside that of Folio’s 2019 Book Illustration Competition winner. ![]() ‘I never forget a face, particularly if I’ve made it myself!’Ī magical union of make-believe and reality, this much-loved young-adult fantasy spirits the reader off to faraway lands with an evil witch, a dashing wizard and an adventurous teenage girl. ‘Why it’s Miss Hatter!’ the Witch said, laughing. This fantastical Folio edition of Diana Wynne Jones’s enchanting tale features artwork by Folio’s 2019 Book Illustration Competition winner. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (Author), Illustrated by Marie-Alice Harel, Introduced by Marcus Sedgwick. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Cairo Trilogy, written during Naguib Mahfouz’s era of social realism in the 1950s, provides a deep insight into the vibrant Egyptian culture and the rhythms of everyday life. ![]() She does not know what happens beyond the four walls of her house: her knowledge of the outside world is constrained by the filtered gaze of her window grates. Returning home intoxicated late into the night, it is his subservient wife, Amina, who dutifully awaits him – an integral part of her domestic routine. Whilst he commands absolute power in the household, his nightly excursions of reckless entertainment are concealed from the family. From the very beginning of the Trilogy, the double life of the patriarch is clear. ![]() “In these uncertain times”: a phrase that has become almost a cliché in discourse surrounding the coronavirus its aim to console having quite the opposite effect.įor the family of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Al-Jawad in The Cairo Trilogy however, these very words echo their struggle in the turbulent era of 20 th century Egypt, as the family navigate the challenges of modernity and the destructive impact of British colonial rule amidst the Egyptian struggle for independence.Īn extensive family saga spanning three generations over three novels – Palace Walk, Palace of Desire and Sugar Street – the narrative centres around the daily life of the conservative Al-Jawad family, controlled by a tyrannical father. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rigorously reported and fearlessly written, Bad Blood is a gripping story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron-a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley. ![]() All the while, Holmes and her partner, Sunny Balwani, worked to silence anyone who voiced misgivings-from journalists to their own employees. Erroneous results put patients in danger, leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary treatments. There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work. Download or Read Pdf Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou on Kindle Full Edition. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’s worth at an estimated $4.5 billion. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. John Carreyrou details the biggest corporate fraud since Enron – a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley. Written by a WSJ reporter, Bad Blood is the true story of the rise and fall of Theranos, a Silicon Valley biotech start-up, once valued at over 9 billion, that. John Carreyorou delivers a story on the rise and fall of Theranos, a company founded by Elizabeth Holmes when she was 19 years old. In 2014, Theranos promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, but the technology did not work. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s commercial book club fiction, and while the setting of an east London council estate in the nineties may not be that familiar to many, the themes in the book are universal. Nightingale Point is my debut novel and comes out with HQ, HarperCollins this summer. ![]() When the sun sets, Nightingale Point is irrevocably changed and somehow, through the darkness, the residents must find a way back to lightness, and back to each other. It’s a day like any other, until something extraordinary happens. Pamela wants to run back to Malachi but her overprotective father has locked her in and there’s no way out. No wonder he’s falling in with the wrong crowd, without Malachi to keep him straight.Įlvis is trying hard to remember to the instructions his care worker gave him, but sometimes he gets confused and forgets things. Tristan wishes Malachi would stop pining for Pamela. Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his twenty-one years. Mary has a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after. On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. It’s my stop on the #blogtour for Nightingale Point today I am BEYOND thrilled to be hosting some original content by the author herself! SO EXCITED!!! So without further ado, lets find out what happens in the book that EVERYONE is talking about! ![]() |