![]() ![]() Their slaveholder, Blake Mitchell, immediately declared them free - even as they still held his horse in place, waiting for whatever was to come next." "At that moment, as the Confederacy's 150-year mourning period began," writes Twitty in his new book, The Cooking Gene, "my great-great grandfather and his brother counted themselves among the first black people to find out that the long nightmare of American slavery - nearly three centuries in the making - was over. He was one of the first slaves to know that the war was over. ![]() ![]() Lee emerge from McLean House in Appomattox, Va., after surrendering to General Ulysses S. When he was 15, Elijah Mitchell, Twitty's great-great-grandfather, saw General Robert E. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() When they locate Libby and pump her for details, proof they hope may free Ben, Libby hatches a plan to profit off her tragic history. The Kill Club is a macabre secret society obsessed with notorious crimes. ![]() Twenty-five years later, Ben sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers who've long forgotten her. ![]() She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived, and famously testified that her 15-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas". ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() More worryingly, the aliens who abducted me are back, and thanks to the translator in my ear, they can find me. I’m convinced that Aehako can never love me if he knows the full truth. It’s hard to push away the sexy, flirtatious Aehako when I long to grab him by his horns and insist he take me to his furs.īut I’ve got a terrible secret-a few of them, actually. ![]() Human women are treasured here, and one alien in particular has made it clear that he’s interested in me. But when Aehako comes along, everything changes.Īs one of the humans stranded on the ice planet, I should be happy that I have a new home. Kira plans on remaining single on this alien planet-she doesn’t want a mate anyway. I will admit that the majority of books I read are contemporary romanceand I love them. The third novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, an international publishing phenomenon-now in a special print edition with bonus materials and an exclusive epilogue! Well that was EXACTLY what I was looking for. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tess believes in lucky items early in the novel, and the morning the foster children are set to arrive, she discovers a blue piece of sea glass on the beach which she keeps for good luck. Reverend Beal brings the families of the island together in the decision to take on five foster children to help those children and to save the school. ![]() The State of Maine announces that the island’s small school now has too few children to remain open, and will be closed unless a solution can be reached. When the novel begins, the Hamilton family has left Maine’s Bethsaida Island, bringing their five children with them. ![]() Touch Blue is a young adult novel by Cynthia Lord in which 11-year-old Tess and her family take in 13-year-old Aaron, a foster child, not only to give him a better life but to help save their island’s school. This study guide refers to the following version of this book: Lord, Cynthia. ![]() ![]() ![]() She and her siblings enjoyed the opulent surroundings of the many palaces her father kept, although suffered periods of imprisonment, albeit in comfortable surroundings, when Edward’s position was challenged or defeated. The first half of the book covers the time before young Elizabeth’s marriage, aged nineteen, to King Henry VII. It did not help that Edward’s wife, Elizabeth Wydeville, exerted her considerable influence to promote members of her family to positions of power, leading to resentment among those from more established aristocratic families who regarded them as upstarts. The simmering rivalry between his kinsfolk, and those of the royal House of Lancaster, festered throughout his reign. ![]() Elizabeth was the eldest child of King Edward IV of the royal House of York. ![]() It is a novel rather than a biography, thereby enabling the author to fill in gaps between known facts about the woman who became the first Tudor Queen. Elizabeth of York, The Last White Rose, is the first book in a new trilogy by historian Alison Weir. ![]() ![]() There is much to learn from this moving book. ![]() "Masterfully weaves beloved and sometimes surprising books into central events in the writer's life. "Nina Sankovitch has crafted a dazzling memoir that reminds us of the most primal function of literatureto heal, to nurture and to connect us to our truest selves." - Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between Us Sankovitch champions the act of reading not as an indulgence but as a necessity, and will make the perfect gift from one bookworm to another." - Publishers Weekly " entertaining bibliophile's dream Sankovitchs memoir speaks to the power that books can have over our daily lives. ![]() ![]() Intelligent, insightful and eloquent, Sankovitch takes the reader on the literary journey." - Kirkus Reviews ![]() ![]() ![]() Embracing her mother's heritage, she pursued a lifelong interest in Celtic lore, legend, and music, all reflected in her writing. ![]() Born and raised in Western New York, Laura has been an avid reader and writer since childhood. Laura's mantra is Lore, Legend, Love, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Today's special guest is Laura Strickland. Her love of dogs, and her lifelong interest in Celtic history, magic and music, are all reflected in her writing. These days while she's writing, you can always find her latest rescue, Lacy, nearby. Devil Black Laura Strickland, Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Georgia 19th Infantry Regiment (Georgia Regimental History. Married and the parent of one grown daughter, Laura has also been privileged to mother a number of very special rescue dogs, and is intensely interested in animal welfare. Venturing beyond Historical and Contemporary Romance, she created a new world with her ground-breaking Buffalo Steampunk Adventure series set in her native city, in Western New York. Disgraced in her fathers eyes, Isobel Maitland travels to Scotland, determined to purchase her sisters happiness at the cost of her own. Nor has she tapped the limits of her imagination. : Devil Black (9781612176932) by Strickland, Laura and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Her first Scottish Historical hero, Devil Black, battled his way onto the publishing scene in 2013, and the author never looked back. Multi award-winning author Laura Strickland delights in time traveling to the past and searching out settings for her books, be they Historical Romance, Steampunk or something in between. ![]() ![]() Sarah Wilson argues that this sense of despair and disconnection is ironically what unites us-that deep down, we are all feeling that same itch for a new way of living. We have retreated, morally and psychologically we are experiencing a crisis of disconnection-from one another, from our true values, from joy, and from life as we feel we are meant to be living it. Many of us are living with the sense that things are not right with the world, as global problems like the pandemic, the climate crisis, political polarization, and social injustice mount, leaving us in a state of spiritual PTSD. Will you sleep through the revolution? Or do you want to wake up and reclaim your one, wild and precious life? From New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson comes a spiritual guidebook for surviving and thriving during challenging times. She has taken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized it into action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love." - ELIZABETH GILBERT ![]() ![]() "Sarah Wilson is a force of nature - quite literally. ![]() ![]() ![]() Everest, and deputy leader of the first all-American woman attempt to climb Denali! In her memoir she eloquently describes her climbs, but more importantly, how she overcame barriers. She’s also the first American woman to attempt to climb Mt. She is one of the pioneers in women’s mountaineering, breaking many gender barriers and leading the first all-woman ascent of Annapurna. ![]() You may have heard of Arlene Blum already since she wrote another best selling book, Annapurna: A Woman’ Place. After collecting dust for a couple of months, I picked it up and within just a few days finished reading the entire book because it was so engaging.Īrlene Blum is a phenomenal woman, and this book paints the story of her life to-date in vivid color. ![]() Are you looking to read a book that you will not want to put down? One that will bring you to tears and also make you laugh out loud? Then you should consider reading Alrene Blum’s inspirational memoir, Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life.Ī friend of mine loaned me her copy of Arlene’s book, and told me it was a must read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Jeffrey Archer’s masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won’t want to end, even after you turn the last page of this unforgettable yarn, because you will be faced with a dilemma that neither you, nor Harry Clifton could ever have anticipated. The first in the series, Only Time Will Tell takes a cast of memorable characters from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler’s Germany. His father was a war hero, but it will be twenty-one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died and if, in fact, he even was his father. This epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1919, in the backstreets of Bristol. Major Characters: Harry Clifton, Maisie Clifton, Captain Jack Tarrant, Sir Walter Barrington, Hugo Barrington, Elizabeth Barrington, Giles Barrington, Emma Barrington ![]() |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
May 2023
Categories |