6/12/2023 0 Comments Dacre stoker![]() ![]() ![]() In the typescript Stoker delivered to his publishers, its destruction is described in some detail. ![]() With that in mind, what occurs after an extended chase from England to Dracula’s castle in Transylvania is puzzling: As the sun sets, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris attack Dracula with steel knives, one “shear through his throat,” the other stabbing him in the heart, and the vampire’s body “crumbled into dust.” Did he die or choose to disappear?Īnother enigma is the fate of Dracula’s castle. Professor Abraham Van Helsing, the Dutch expert on the supernatural, repeatedly admonishes his band of hunters that to kill the vampire-king, they must “cut off his head and burn his heart or drive a stake through it.” Furthermore, he warns, when the sun sets, Dracula has the power to transform himself into “elemental dust.” The ending of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” (1897) has long troubled readers. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Plain Murder by Emma Miller![]() The answers they uncover are closer to home and more shocking than they ever expected. He and Claire soon find that things are not as they seem-and that Russ may have stumbled into something sinister before he was killed. Fifteen years after leaving her Old Order Amish lif. In this unique mystery debut, a shallow grave is found on a Pennsylvania farm, and one woman straddling the Amish and outside worlds must uncover a killer-and create a life on her own terms. Jakob can only imagine that his old friend must have been killed by someone outside of the Amish community. Book Descriptions for series: An Amish Mystery. ![]() ![]() But not long after he arrives in Heavenly, Russ is murdered. Claire has always wanted to meet the man who changed the course of Jakob's life. Jakob's mentor, Russ Granger, the long-retired police chief who inspired him to become a cop, is back in town. With Claire's help, the detective is making slow progress reconnecting with the members of his Amish family who shunned him when he left to pursue a career in law enforcement. ![]() Jakob and Claire have been enjoying more time together in lovely Heavenly, PA. Claire Weatherly and her beau, police detective Jakob Fisher, learn that when it comes to murder, evil can hide in plain sight in this all-new addition to the national bestselling Amish Mysteries. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Ring shout djeli clark![]() ![]() Walker, Luke Cage and Shots Fired. She also created the stage adaptation of Charles Blow’s New York Times bestselling memoir Fire Shut up in My Bones along with Academy-Award nominated composer Terrence Blanchard, for the Opera Theater of Saint Louis. In addition to the groundbreaking Eve’s Bayou and Harriet, Lemmons also directed episodes of Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. ![]() Clark, Lemmons, Layne will also serve as executive producers alongside Marc Evans, Matt Jackson and Skydance Television’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost. And Maryse, haunted by events of her past, is the only one who can put a stop to it all.īased on the synopsis, this new series is definitely giving off Lovecraft Country energy - and we all know how that became a TV obsession for audiences. But something even bigger is brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up. ![]() Armed with blade, bullet and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan’s demons straight to Hell. Standing in their way is a young Black woman, Maryse Boudreaux, and her two friends and fellow resistance fighters – a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. James Patterson & Vicky Ward Team On Book About Idaho Student Murders Skydance TV To Option Rights For TelevisionĪcross the nation, they spread fear and violence. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Commitment by Nia Forrester![]() Alexa is really dedicated to making sure I see every reference to Dani online, and the occasional pictures of her that her athlete clients like to post on Instagram. I’ve been hearing through the grapevine about her work with a bunch of guys in the League. Ten minutes after reservation time, and your table is forfeited. And this is one of those tony places that won’t play. ![]() I left an hour for us to get to the restaurant, and if we hang here for too long, we’ll miss our reservation. I had a thing that ran over, and … come in?.” I can do without the makeup any day, but I know she won’t. Her feet are bare, her hair is undone, and she isn’t wearing any makeup. I look her over and realize that apart from the dress, she isn’t really ready. ![]() Or at least, it was supposed to be for coffee. The door swings open and Dani is standing there, in a maxi-dress that, unless I’m mistaken, she wore the very first time we met. ![]() Unlikely, I know, but fear isn’t rational. I’m trying to be patient, but a tiny part of me is wondering whether she’s even home, and if she’s stood me up. A woman I’ve been with so many times that the excitement-sexual and otherwise-should have at least begun to wane. Over a woman I know better than I’ve ever known another woman. And when the dashboard clock tells me it’s six on the dot, I get out and head up to her door. I circle the parking lot in her apartment complex a couple of times because I’ve gotten here early. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook![]() In this alternative history, steampunk series, the Mongol Empire conquered Eurasia and Africa with war machine and nanotechnology. ![]() ![]() Bibliography As Meljean Brook The Guardian Series Book īrook sold her first novella after being contacted by editor Cindy Hwang when she was at Berkley Publishing Group, who read and enjoyed Brook's fanfic. Brook graduated from Portland State University with a bachelor's degree in English. Meljean Brook was born in Dallas, Oregon and currently resides in Portland, Oregon with her family. She is represented by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency. She also publishes under the pseudonym Milla Vane and designs cover art for herself and fellow writers. Meljean Brook is an American author known for her paranormal and steampunk romance series. ![]() Urban Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Good by s walden![]() ![]() And you can stay here as long as you want. Mark grabbed my hands and clasped them hard. I hadn’t noticed the aching in my face while I made my escape, but now I did, and it throbbed. “Cadence? What happened to your eye?” He reached out tentatively and traced his finger lightly over the bruise. He loosened his hold and gently pulled me away. I’m glad you came here,” Mark replied.Īnd then the anxiety and fear burst in my chest. “I didn’t know where else to go,” I said. I wouldn’t cry, even though I wanted to, especially when Mark wrapped me gently in his arms, holding me protectively, whispering encouraging words into my ear. I shook my head, swallowing the lump in my throat. ![]() “Cadence, what happened to your face?” he asked, hurrying over to me and cupping my cheeks. He turned around and only then noticed the bruise. “He’s gonna come for me,” I said to Mark’s back. “Cadence, what are you doing here? It’s three in the morning.” I pushed past him, dragging my luggage behind me. “Cadence?” Mark asked, looking at me through squinted eyes. “Let me in, let me in, let me in,” I whispered frantically, and pounded the door once more. I waited impatiently, looking over my shoulder constantly, afraid he would appear out of nowhere and snatch me before I had a chance to escape inside. ![]() I knew I’d wake the neighbors, but I didn’t care. ![]() ![]() ![]() However two years later everything changed with the arrival of a pony called Beauty. As time went on the buckles were removed and I became number one jockey when he was breaking Welsh Mountain ponies, but I got bucked off so often that I retired from the sport when I was five!” “Father had me riding when I was about two years old, using a harness out of a pram with a buckle in front, a buckle behind and buckles on both sides. David recalls his introduction to the saddle and his first, very early, retirement. David’s grandfather worked for a veterinary surgeon in Pembroke (Wales) and his father, Fred, was an experienced horseman and a well-known pony dealer. His parents, Fred and Millie, moved to Mount Ballan in 1947, and all four of their children - David, Liz, Mary and Frederick - had a passion for horses from an early age. The legendary British showjumping rider is deeply rooted in his home place. When I called David Broome last Tuesday he had been haymaking at Mount Ballan Manor near Chepstow in South Wales which, apart from being the family farm, is also home to the hugely popular Wales and West showgrounds. ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite all of this, Austen rarely goes into the specifics of fashion in her novels her letters, by contrast, are full of witty references to changes in fashio ns and personal tastes, her own and other people's. This was also a period in which the choice of styles, accessories, even fabrics-the choice of lace and muslin, for example-often had specific social and political connotations. By the time of Austen's death in 1817, all this would completely change: women were wearing relatively simple, high-waisted gowns, bonnets, and shawls, and men had largely abandoned bright colors and laces for a more austere style of clothing that is the ancestor of the modern suit. ![]() Elegant ladies of the time wore wide hoop skirts (originally called paniers), also lavishly decorated, and tall, elaborate, powdered coiffures. At the time of her birth in 1775, it was still permissible for fashionable men to wear elaborately embroidered colored silks and velvets, lace, wigs and perfume. Jane Austen's lifetime saw some of the most radical changes in fashions and styles in history. THUS JANE AUSTEN, writing to Cassandra 8-9 January 1801, delivers one of the many characteristically pithy assessments of fashion that fill her correspondence. ![]() Powlett was at once expensively & nakedly dress'd -we have had the satisfaction of estimating her Lace & her Muslin & she said too little to afford us much other amusement.-" ![]() "Martha & I dined yesterday at Deane to meet the Powletts & Tom Chute, which we did not fail to do.-Mrs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pitied, and the way their stories are handled is masterful. Laban's heroes are meant to be cheered and Used to the overabundance of action thrillers in the young adult genre,īut this is a beautiful and tragic story that should be given its time Tim Macbeth, a seventeen-year-old albino and a recent transfer. ![]() Slower books may not appeal to readers who are Read 1,450 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. This coming-of-age story is unique in its telling and because of Own issues and construct the finest Tragedy Paper Irving School has ever She is also the author of The Tragedy Paper, which has been translated into eleven languages, and The Grandparents Handbook, which has been translated into seven languages. Narrated by the tragic hero himself and forces Duncan to confront his Elizabeth LaBan is the author of Beside Herself, Not Perfect, The Restaurant Critics Wife, and Pretty Little World, which she wrote with Melissa DePino. Tim's story, in which Duncan played a small but pivotal role, is Recordings left by the room's previous inhabitant, Tim Macbeth. Duncan's year starts off sideways, though, when he isĪssigned the dreaded corner room and, worst of all, discovers a set of Knopf/Random House, 2013.ĭuncan's final year at the prestigious Irving School should goĪccording to plan-get good grades, fall in love with his summer crush,Īnd struggle through the dreaded Tragedy Paper assigned to every seniorīy Mr. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments A single shard full book![]() For his part, Crane-man was born with a twisted foot and calf that require him to walk with a crutch and stand on one leg like a crane. Tree-ear is named after a mushroom that grows on the trunks of trees without any parent seed-a fitting name for an orphan. A Single Shard won a Newbery Medal in 2002 and received an honorable mention for the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in the same year.Īll page citations in this guide are based on the Kindle edition of the novel.Ī 12-year-old orphan named Tree-ear lives under a bridge with an old man named Crane-man. It describes a year in the life of Tree-ear, an adolescent in 12th-century Korea, whose dreams of becoming a master celadon potter lead him on a dangerous journey to the royal court in the city of Songdo. ![]() A Single Shard is intended for readers in grades 5 to 7, though the novel can be appreciated and enjoyed by adults as well. ![]() |