![]() ![]() I give major kudos to the author to be able to make Annabel likeable. And she learns – in the bridal bedchamber and elsewhere – that there is more to marriage than just kissing… Read moreĮwan asking Annabel to marry him when he first meets her was a cute scene. Yet when she arrives at the Earl's Scottish Estate – contrary to what she had been lead to believe – she finds the hovel to be a castle and her Earl far from impoverished. For what would she get if she married him? Why, nothing but a faded Scottish title and a hovel in the highlands.īut by some cruel twist of fate Annabel finds herself in a carriage bound for Scotland (the place she abhors) with the penniless Ardmore – and with all the world thinking they're man and wife! To make matters worse Annabel becomes embroiled in a flirtatious game of words with the Earl – in which the prize is a kiss…and the forfeit… A moment of passionate madness with Ardmore and the choice is clear – marriage or disgrace. When the dashing Earl of Ardmore tempts Miss Annabel Essex, the most unattainable of the four beautiful Essex sisters, with the promise of a kiss, she resists, just as she snubs his teasing offers of marriage. ![]() A Regency historical from the New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James, bound to delight Heyer fans. ![]()
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But the narrative is episodic rather than linear, Miller's style evocative rather than rational and his analysis personally revealing rather than profoundly insightful. This book, in its own elliptical way, tells the tale of that journey. An earnest evangelical who nearly lost his faith, he went on a spiritual journey, found some progressive politics and most importantly, discovered Jesus' relevance for everyday life. Miller ( Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance) is a young writer, speaker and campus ministry leader. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book follows the story of Lila, a young orphan living in Shangri-La. Will they make it back alive or will they be forever trapped in the world of Shangri-La? Read this book review to find out! Summary of the bookĮscape from Shangri-La by Michael Morpurgo is an action-packed adventure about a young girl’s daring escape from an idyllic, utopian city. They soon discover that it isn’t the paradise they expected it to be, and must work together to escape. This story review follows the journey of a group of friends who set off on an adventure to find the mythical paradise of Shangri-La. ![]() Will they make it back alive or will they be forever trapped in the world of Shangri-La? Read this book review to find out! Are you ready for a thrilling story? Escape from Shangri-La by Michael Morpurgo is an exciting book review that will have readers of all ages on the edge of their seats. ![]() Are you ready for a thrilling story? Escape from Shangri-La by Michael Morpurgo is an exciting book review that will have readers of all ages on the edge of their seats. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was kind of a lonely, outcast kid and books were my friends, my refuge, and my window to the world. I don’t think I’ve ever loved books again in the way that I did as a young person. I think it goes back to the fact that I was the most passionate and dedicated reader when I was younger. What first brought you to writing for young readers? ![]() ![]() Warga spoke with PW about portraying Jude’s specific refugee story, the nuances in writing for a middle grade audience after writing for teens, and rewriting a prose novel in verse. Told in verse, Other Words for Home follows 12-year-old Syrian refugee Jude as she and her mother work to build a new home in Ohio while her father and brother are still in Syria. ![]() Jasmine Warga has previously published two emotionally resonant novels for teens and, with her middle grade debut, now brings her skill at writing insightful, timely stories to a younger audience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They lived in Ferndale, and they had a daughter my age. In fact, I remember one family in particular. I’ve shared before, looking back on my life, I remember countless patient, loving Christians whom I have no doubt were called to reach out to and love on me. In those moments, we may be tempted to raise our fists at God or hide away in our nice, safe homes, determined never, ever, not in a jabillion years, to do ministry again.īut what if our interpretations are wrong? What if what we perceive as failure is but a stepping stone–and a necessary one at that? The hard thing about faith, about having a finite and often faulty brain, is that we may never fully see the results or reasons behind our actions this side of heaven. When you sense a divine nudge, step out in faith even though your knees are buckling, sweat is cascading down your spine, and your stomach feels as if an army of ants not only took up residence but are engaged in some crazy acrobatics, and nothing, absolutely nothing, goes as planned. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. ![]() Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.Īt the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29, and BuzzfeedĪnn Patchett, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. ![]() New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019 ![]() ![]() ![]() This is history on a grand scale-a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship, and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution who rose to become the second president of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as “out of his senses” and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. ![]() ![]() The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. ![]() ![]() That history would fortify our national identity, and any attempt to confront the lie itself would be sabotaged by the fear that we may not be who we say we are. ![]() Slavery would be banished from view or seen as a mistake instead of a defining institution of systemic cruelty in pursuit of profit. American history would be contorted in the service of it: where efforts to resist the likes of slavery or to break the back of Jim Crow segregation would be conscripted into the grand story of America’s greatness and its ongoing perfection. That lie is the basis of our present trouble. ![]() For if he wasn’t, then no crime had been committed. They knew he wasn’t…anything else but a man but since they were Christian, and since they had already decided that they came here to establish a free country, the only way to justify the role this chattel was playing in one’s life was to say that he was not a man. They could recognize a man when they saw one. “The people who settled the country had a fatal flaw. ![]() ![]() ![]() Introductory and Informational Materials: ![]() There's no commitment to buy, but if you purchase within the first 24 hours, you'll receive the product at 50% off! ⚡⚡⚡ Request a Product! 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