![]() ![]() But Aaron can't deny the happiness Thomas brings or how Thomas makes him feel safe from himself, despite the tensions their friendship is stirring with his girlfriend and friends. Aaron's crew notices, and they're not exactly thrilled. ![]() ![]() When Genevieve leaves for a couple of weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. But grief and the smile-shaped scar on his wrist prevent him from forgetting completely. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he's slowly remembering what that might feel like. In the months after his father's suicide, it's been tough for sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again-but he's still gunning for it. In his twisty, gritty, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling-debut-also called “mandatory reading” and selected as an Editors' Choice by the New York Times-Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() She was also a pianist, providing Bugaev his musical education at a young age. His mother, Aleksandra Dmitrievna (née Egorova), was not only highly intelligent but a famous society beauty, and the focus of considerable gossip. His father, Nikolai Bugaev, was a noted mathematician who is regarded as a founder of the Moscow school of mathematics. ![]() Life īoris Bugaev was born in Moscow, into a prominent intellectual family. His poems were set to music and performed by Russian singer-songwriters. The Andrei Bely Prize ( Russian: Премия Андрея Белого), one of the most important prizes in Russian literature, was named after him. His novel Petersburg (1913/1922) was regarded by Vladimir Nabokov as the third-greatest masterpiece of modernist literature. He was a committed anthroposophist and follower of Rudolf Steiner. Prose writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, dramatistīoris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, IPA: ( listen)), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely (Russian: Андре́й Бе́лый, IPA: ( listen) 26 October 1880 – 8 January 1934), was a Russian novelist, Symbolist poet, theorist and literary critic. ![]() ![]() ![]() I, Harmachis, who cast aside the opening flower of our hope, who turned from the glorious path, who forgot the voice of God in hearkening to the voice of woman. I, Harmachis, by right Divine and by true descent of blood King of the Double Crown, and Pharaoh of the Upper and Lower Land. I, Harmachis, Hereditary Priest of the Temple, reared by the divine Sethi, aforetime a Pharaoh of Egypt, and now justified in Osiris and ruling in Amenti. The text is narrated in Harmachis’ own voice, through the papyrus.īy Osiris who sleeps at Abouthis, I write the truth. This is the story of Harmachis, nurtured by a sect of nostalgic pharaoh-lovers to seek out and kill Cleopatra, that is seen as an usurper and a fraud – she was, after all, descendant of one of Alexander’s generals, and was therefore more Greek than Egyptian. The book is supposedly the translation of a mysterious scroll, found in a tomb in the Prologue. Not the most original of ploys, but why re-invent the wheel? Now, it is sometimes an overlooked fact that Rider Haggard wrote a huge number of books (56 novels, 3 collections of stories and 10 non-fiction books), and while he is still best remembered for his Quatermain-Ayesha novels, but his catalog includes al sort of historical and exotic adventure.Īnd most if not all of it is available for free online. ![]() Henry Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon’s Mines and She, two books that are highly regarded here on Karavansara, also wrote a book called Cleopatra, published in 1889. And talking about historical novels, Egypt and all this sort of stuff… ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kresley Cole, the talented and popular paranormal writer of the Immortals After Dark Series, makes a scorching hot, 5-Star transition to erotica suspense in The Professional. From an opulent palace in Russia to the decadent playgrounds of the mega-wealthy in Paris, the two lovers will discover that even their darkest-and most forbidden-fantasies can come true.Ī Simon & Schuster audio production. To remove Natalie from an enemy’s reach, Sevastyan spirits her into hiding. With every day she spends under his protection, she falls deeper under his masterful spell. PhD student Natalie Porter had barely recovered from her first sight of the breathtakingly gorgeous Sevastyan before the professional hit man whisks her away to Russia, thrusting her into a world of extreme wealth and wanton pleasures. Ordered to protect her, Sevastyan will do anything to possess her as well-on his own wicked terms. Mafiya enforcer Aleksandr "The Siberian" Sevastyan’s loyalty to his boss is unwavering, until he meets the boss’s long-lost daughter, a curvy, tantalizing redhead who haunts his mind and heats his blood like no other. ![]() ![]() ![]() I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. ![]() “Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. “Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart,” the President continued. Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence.- Donald J. “Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence … ” Trump wrote, referring to questions raised about the mental fitness of the former President, who disclosed in 1994 that he had Alzheimer’s disease. President Donald Trump slammed reports questioning his mental stability in a series of tweets Saturday morning, writing he’s a “very stable genius” after the publication of an exposé about his first year as President put the White House into damage-control mode. ![]() ![]() ![]() Together-with a little divine intervention-Regina and Tanner discover the truth of her heritage and the healing power of true love. Overwhelmed with opposition, Regina must decide if she's destined to restore old cars or an ancient nation. Yet lurking in the political shadows is a fierce opponent with sinister plans to abolish the throne forever. When he is tasked to retrieve the long-lost princess, he must overcome his fear of failure in order to secure his nation's future-and his own. Tanner Burkhardt is the stoic Minister of Culture for the Grand Duchy of Hessenberg. Regina Beswick is content to be a small-town girl, running a classic auto restoration shop, unaware a secret destiny awaits her-one that will leap from the pages of her grandmother's hand-painted book of fairytales. The second book in the Royal Wedding series from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hauck Regina Beswick doesn't know she was born to be a princess. ![]() ![]() The superb, sensitive, and extremely helpful commentary and editing done by Christopher Tolkien make all of this possible. “Affords us an almost over-the-shoulder view into the evolving creative process and genius of J.R.R. A commentary and notes greatly enrich the quest.” - The Daily Telegraph “In these tales we have the scholar joyously gamboling in the thickets of his imagination. ![]() In the Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves Dwarves and Orcs the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor Nargothrond and Gondolin and the geography and cosmology of the invented world. The Book of Lost Tales is a collection of early stories by J. Embedded in English legend and English association, they were set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol (or Ælfwine) to Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle, where Elves dwelt from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. ![]() The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. The extraordinary history of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien The first of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkiens epic tale of war. ![]() ![]() ![]() Working hard to earn a promotion to a better post (and better pay), Meg has no time for romance.įormer Special Forces soldier Red Thomsill only took the berth on the Far Horizon in hopes of getting to know Meg better, but so far she’s kept him at a polite distance. Meg Antille works long hours on the charter cruise ship Far Horizon so she can send credits home to her family. This book tells the story of how Red and Meg met before they came to be aboard the Nebula Zephyr. Note: This is the first in the series chronologically although each book is a standalone and can be read in any order. Sort of a “love boat of the stars” but with more serious action and adventure. Each book contains a different romance with an HEA ending. Favorite crew members reappear and new characters come and go. ![]() VS: The Star Cruise is a connected series set primarily aboard the interstellar luxury cruise liner Nebula Zephyr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cutting to the chase, we need more stories like this one where island kids see themselves as the heroes and Hawaiian culture as something both amazing and ordinary, rather than sensationally exotic. Kino and the King by Jen Angeli is a middle grade adventure quest set in Hawaii. Written for middle grade, it’s an enjoyable read for kids and adults alike. Based on real people, places, and events, both historical and current, the story educates as it entertains. KINO and the KING is a novel filled with Hawaiian history, customs, language, and lore. ![]() Together, they go on an adventure filled journey around Oahu, braving encounters with sharks, wild boars, Night Marchers, and more, while gathering the four items a kahuna said she needed to fulfill her destiny and return home. She meets an eleven-year-old boy, weeks before he is crowned Kamehameha III. With a flash of bright light, she is transported to 1825, just five years after the missionaries arrived in Hawaii. ![]() To keep her rock from bullies, Kino hides in the grass hut at Bishop Museum and drops her special stone into a conch shell. ![]() It had been passed down for generations specifically for Kino on her twelfth birthday – to help her find her destiny. She tells Kino the stone is filled with mana, the lifeblood of the islands. Kino Kahele was hoping for a mobile device but instead receives a shimmery rock as a present – given to her by her grandmother. ![]() ![]() ![]() Interstellar Pig (1984) and The Duplicate (1988, both Dutton) are probably the best crafted and most appealing of Sleator's novels, but this one certainly will be enjoyed. What he can't understand is why she wants to give the power to Annelise, nor can he imagine what the girl might choose to do with it. When Jared's grandmother blackmails him, he realizes that she, too, is a mind reader. Worst of all, charming Annelise is actually a narcissistic sociopath who remorselessly causes death. Everyone is afraid of angering his wizened grandmother and thereby losing an inheritance. Eventually he understands that his toxic dip has made him a mind reader, and that his convivial family isn't really so happy. At dinner, he is nearly overwhelmed by the storm of intuitive feelings and words that force themselves into his brain. But before he joins his extended family, he is pitched into a swamp and covered with industrial waste, thanks to the failure of his bike brakes. Grade 6-10-Jared, 16, eagerly anticipates summer vacation at the family seaside compound, where he will see Annelise, for whom he has more than cousinly feelings. ![]() |