![]() ![]() Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear and the Land of Painted Caves ![]() "In this magnificently written and researched novel, Karleen Koen brings to vibrant life the early years and loves of the future Sun King."-Jean M. Meticulously researched and gorgeously brought to life by New York Times bestselling author Karleen Koen, Before Versailles offers up a sumptuous, authentic exploration of a time that forged a man into a king. The untried ruler is coming into his own in 1661, and Louis XIV must face what he is willing to sacrifice for honor and for love. His court teems with greed and corruption, the wrong woman draws him into a wrenching love affair, and a mysterious boy in an iron mask haunts the woods. ![]() "A grand yet intimate look at the Sun King, a tale rich with detail and action."-Library Journal (Starred Review, one of the best historical novels of the year)īefore Versailles transports you to a world of secret passions and plots, a world of duplicity and malice.a world that created one of the best–known monarchs to grace the French throne.Īt the most decisive time in the young king's life, Louis XIV can taste the danger. ![]()
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![]() And he must create a space for the two to find peace. He must give voice to the trauma that Isaac has inherited. Tragedies that informed Jacob's role as a father and his reaction to Isaac's being gay.īut most of all, Jacob must share with Isaac the unspoken truths that reside in his heart. Secrets from Jacob's tumultuous relationship with Isaac's mother and the shame he carries from the dissolution of their family. ![]() Stories about his ancestral legacy in rural Arkansas that extend back to slavery. They have not met or spoken in many years, and there are things that Isaac must know. and Alice WalkerĪs Jacob lies dying, he begins to write a letter to his only son, Isaac. " Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song."-Jesmyn WardĪ Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of empathy and forgiveness, for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robert Jones Jr. ![]() NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE, THE MILLIONS AND BOOKISH ![]() ![]() ![]() She is able to communicate a range of emotions from amusement to confusion without opening her mouth. Moretz is expressive in these close, intimate moments. Though she’s the viewpoint character for the story, a significant portion of the film is spent focusing on her body language, not her words. While at God’s Promise, Cameron befriends Jane (Sasha Lane) and Adam (Forrest Goodluck), two bitter disciples who dream of escape.Ĭameron doesn’t say much. ![]() As the weeks pass, Cameron and the other disciples - the title given to residents of God’s Promise - attempt to reconcile their sexualit ies with the demands of their conservative guardians and the harsh tactics of the camp’s leaders. ![]() Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) is sent to God’s Promise, an isolated gay conversion therapy camp, after she’s caught hooking up with a girl from her Bible study group. Danforth, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” examines the contradictions between sexual liberty and religious conservatism. “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is a messy movie but only because it deals with a messy subject.ĭirected by Desiree Akhavan and based on the novel by Emily M. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the books available in the store. The books at Paradis tilt towards leftist and progressive ideals, touching on feminism, critical race theory, racism and more. “It’s been a dream of ours to be able to own our own place and have all the things we love, with natural wine, radical books, good coffee, good food, and good energy,” Bianca Sanon, one of five owners said. Still in its infancy, the store opened on West Dixie Highway squeezed between Northwest 128th and 129th streets in July. ![]() The wines are sourced from organic farms that use hand-harvested grapes and no chemicals. The warm, rustic and crusty sourdough bread made in-store daily comes by itself or in sandwiches. At night there’s pizza, kale salad, seafood, and various desserts as well as snacks. Daytime offerings include two breakfast sandwiches, granola with yogurt or milk, kale salad and crumbly cinnamon coffee cakes. ![]() There’s seating indoors and outdoors as well as fruit and vegetable gardens. ![]() Paradis Books & Bread is lined with tightly packed bookshelves and tables scattered with books. Walk into this North Miami spot and the aroma of freshly baked bread overcomes the senses, but it’s more than just a place to eat baked goods and fresh food while you sip wine. Bianca Sanon and Brian Wright two of the owners of Paradis Books & Bread. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Manual for Cleaning Women, a selection of Berlin’s stories published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, is most poignant in its portrayal of disappointments like this one. Instead, it’s a story about characters who are at once good and bad-characters who set out to be present for, but end up disappointing, each other. Nor is it the story of the failure of such a transformation. “Good and Bad” is not the story of a bad person who becomes the good person her teacher sees in her. ![]() But the plan goes awry, partly because the girl, during a conversation with her father, exposes Miss Dawson’s communist affiliations (the story takes place in 1952, at the height of McCarthyism), and partly because Miss Dawson’s maladroit, immersive pedagogy eventually puts the two women in a dangerous position. Miss Dawson convinces her student to accompany her to the city dump every Saturday, for a month. ![]() “I think you are a good person,” Miss Dawson tells the student, who is, at least superficially, enamored of the kind of the frivolous, high-society lifestyle accessible to the families of Americans working in Chile after World War II. In Lucia Berlin’s story “Good and Bad,” Miss Dawson, an American teacher working in Chile, seeks to sensitize an American student whose father is a mining engineer to the reality of poverty in Santiago. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And when she comes face to face with the most powerful vampire in history, Victoria must ultimately make the choice between duty and love. ![]() But as she moves between the crush of ballrooms and dangerous, moonlit streets, Victoria's heart is torn between London's most eligible bachelor, the Marquess of Rockley, and her enigmatic ally, Sebastian Vioget. In every generation, a Gardella is called to accept the family legacy, and this time, Victoria Gardella Grantworth is chosen, on the eve of her debut, to carry the stake. If not for the vampire slayers of the Gardella family, these immortal creatures would have long taken over the world. Vampires have always lived among them, quietly attacking unsuspecting debutantes and dandified lords as well as hackney drivers and Bond Street milliners. The Rest Falls Away (The Gardella Vampire Hunters Book 1) Kindle Edition by Colleen Gleason (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1,773 ratings Book 1 of 10: The Gardella Vampire Hunters See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles 4. But as she moves between the crush of ballrooms and dangerous, moonlit streets. ![]() Vampires have always lived among them, quietly attacking unsuspecting debutantes and dandified lords as well as hackney drivers and Bond Street milliners. ![]() ![]() Love’s the last thing on her mind when she locks eyes with Will Darcy across the crowded club, yet the spark between them is undeniable-that is, until she overhears the uptight wealth manager call her merely “tolerable.”īennet is determined to write Darcy off, but once their besties fall head-over-heels, they’re thrown into each other’s orbit again and again. Now an executive assistant by day and stage kitten by night, she’s discovered a second home with the performers at Meryton, Manhattan’s top-tier burlesque venue. A sparkling contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in the tantalizing world of New York City burlesque, perfect for fans of The Kiss Quotient and The Roommate.Īfter a betrayal derailed her interior design career, Liz Bennet found a fresh start in New York. ![]() ![]() Scribes get the complex psychology of women’s clothing and accessories (they get it, they get it!), but they extend a visual aid by opening the show with a matronly character named Gingy (Tyne Daly, the soul of womanly wisdom in her understanding and all-forgiving smile) who draws sketches of the various clothing items that figure in her memories.Ī drawing of a silver fox stole worn only once reminds Gingy of her mother. ![]() ![]() Some are sweet, some are funny and some are so unbearably sad, you dare not touch those black cigarette pants (or that lace bustier or those ratty blue jeans) without your best friend at your side and a Xanax in your system. Everything in a woman’s closet holds a memory. ![]() ![]() After one explosive night together, I want more, but his home life is a mess, and I don’t want to get in the way. ![]() Suddenly I’m giving extra credit.And I have a date to my reunion. ![]() But when Westly Dalton bursts into my office like a hurricane, all my principles fly out the window. ![]() It’s not because a hockey player broke my nose in high school. No matter how entitled jocks think they are, I refuse to give them special treatment. I don’t know how that happened.JASPERMy rules are simple. Even if it’s going head-to-head with Jasper Eckstein.One minute I’m confronting the notorious hockey-hating professor, and the next I’m agreeing to be his date to his twenty-year high school reunion. But when our star forward is failing math, I have to do what it takes to keep him on the team. When I became the legal guardian of my five younger siblings, I had no idea what I was doing.One year later, I’m still lost.Coaching CU’s hockey team might be the only thing I’m excelling at. WESTLYThe fall from NHL superstar to domestic disaster was swift and painful. You can read this before Puck Drills and Quick Thrills (CU Hockey, #5) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Puck Drills and Quick Thrills (CU Hockey, #5) written by Eden Finley which was published in September 25, 2021. Brief Summary of Book: Puck Drills and Quick Thrills (CU Hockey, #5) by Eden Finley ![]() ![]() Alinor’s son is determined to stay clear of the war, but, in order to keep his own secrets in the past, Livia traps him in a plan to create an imposter Prince of Wales-a surrogate baby to the queen. The rewards are life-changing: the family could return to their beloved Tidelands, and Alinor could rule where she was once lower than a servant. Instead, Alinor and her daughter Alys, have been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister, Alinor, that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant, Rowan, to join the rebel army. But the people are bitterly divided, and many do not welcome the new king or his young queen. King Charles II has died without an heir and his brother James is to take the throne. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is 1685 and England is on the brink of a renewed civil war. Palace intrigue, defiant heroism, and a long-awaited love fulfilled from New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory in her Fairmile series. ![]() |