![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for Brandy Purdy and The Boleyn Wife And the virginal Elizabeth, whose true love is her country, must defy her tyrannical sister to make way for a new era.Ī brilliant portrait of the rule of "Bloody Mary" and her intricate relationship with Elizabeth I, the adored "Virgin Queen," here is a riveting tale of one family's sordid and extraordinary chapter in the pages of history. Gripped by a tormenting paranoia, Mary is soon convinced that her beloved Elizabeth is in fact her worst enemy. ![]() But as Mary's religious zeal evolves into a reign of terror, young Elizabeth gains the people's favor. Now reinstated, Mary eventually assumes her place as queen. Yet the bond between the sisters was palpable from the start. Mary, the elder, once treasured, had been declared a bastard in favor of her flame-haired half-sister, Elizabeth, born of the doomed Anne Boleyn. In the wake of King Henry VIII's death, England's throne is left in a precarious state-as is the peculiar relationship between his two daughters. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When We Were Very Young is not the work of a poet becoming playful, nor of a lover of children expressing his love, nor of a prose-writer knocking together a few jingles for the little ones, it is the work of a light-verse writer taking his job seriously even though he is taking it into the nursery.Īlthough his English-nursery parlance can strike modern readers as a bit twee, Milne’s depiction of childhood is not sentimental. The practice of no form of writing demands such a height of technical perfection as the writing of light verse. Milne took his craft seriously, observing that The bear who would become famous as Winnie-the-Pooh made his first appearance (as Edward Bear) in the poem “Teddy Bear.” Note from dust jacket flap, first edition ![]() ![]() The publishers reprinted the book four times in November and December of 1924. But When We Were Very Young was an immediate bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. When he announced to his editors (at Methuen in London and Dutton in New York) that his next manuscript was a book of children’s poems, they were skeptical. A former editor at Punch magazine, Milne was by 1924 a successful playwright and author of several volumes of essays and poetry for adults. Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) never intended to be a children’s author. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They had a torrid teenage affair, with the Young Scion shagging the h in the off hours, while he escorted the Local Witchy Landed Beauty around the rest of the time. ![]() When she was 16, the Young Scion of the Manor seduced her. We learn that the h's backstory is that when she was 15 and the daughter of the housekeeper to the Local Lord of the Manor, she fell in love with his 22 year old son, the heir apparent. Filial duty wins in the end and the h makes the long trek from London to Yorkshire via the train. Since it has been ten years and a lot of emotional damage since the h has last seen her mother, the h is of two minds about going. When the book opens, the h spies an ad in the personal columns claiming her estranged mother is ill and looking for her. She also has a very select couture line that is rather sought after. ![]() She designs and manufactures clothing for ladies. The premise of this one is that the h is 26 and a budding English version of Coco Chanel. I just can't seem to help the gut wrenching reaction I always have when I read this book, so for that alone, I give it high marks. I vacillate a lot on this one, it never fails to keep me enthralled, but I almost always have to do some drywall repair after I re-read it. Re The Dark Side of Desire - Michelle Reid does the emo wrecki angstfest trainwreck in this one and in that respect, this book is an HP classic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Leadership inspires followers to work collectively towards the achievement of specific goals, aims, and objectives. It is crucial for the success of any nation (Atchison, 2003 Dye, 2010). Leadership is essential at all levels of society. Linking this model to leadership theories, the paper concludes that Nelson Mandela was an effective leader to the extent that he possessed many of the leadership traits, skills, and capabilities, which leadership theorists describe as constituting an effective leader. The model depicts leadership effectiveness as a function of the internal and external environment, group membership characteristics, and leader’s behaviour, styles, and characteristics. It uses the DuBrin (2013) model for analysis to achieve this objective. The current paper analyses the effectiveness of leadership with reference to Nelson Mandela, the late former president of South Africa, as depicted in the movie, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Considering this importance, it is critical for all organisations and societies to develop effective leadership. It also influences organisational and societal objectives and missions. Leadership integrates and intertwines followers and leaders. ![]() ![]() As Little Blue Truck and his animal friends make their way through the countryside, they spread love and kindness, reminding readers of the importance of friendship and community. Along the way, he meets a few new friends, including a little pig who needs some help. The story follows Little Blue Truck as he sets out on Valentine’s Day to deliver cards to all his farm animal friends. The book, published by Clarion Books, is a delightful addition to the “ Little Blue Truck” series and is sure to capture the hearts of children and adults alike. ![]() Valentine’s Day is a day to express love and affection towards our dear ones, and what better way to do so than with a heartwarming children’s book like “Little Blue Truck’s Valentine” by Alice Schertle and illustrated by Jill McElmurry. “Little Blue Truck’s Valentine” Review: A Heartwarming Tale for Valentine’s Day ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What he says before he dies is that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson-five dates whose terrible events Jimmy will have to prepare himself to face. It's a strange vigil made all the stranger when, at the very height of the storm's fury, Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks coherently for the frist and last time since his stroke. As a violent storm rages outside the hospital, Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. Here is the story of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy-a story that will challenge the way you look at good and evil, life and death, and everything in between. With his bestselling blend of nail-biting intensity, daring artistry, and storytelling magic, Dean Koontz returns with an emotional roller coaster of a tale filled with enough twists, turns, shocks, and surprises for ten ordinary novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() But what begins as a fake, Instagrammable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined.Ī month before graduating from Willowgrove Christian Academy, the principal’s perfect daughter, prom queen Shara Wheeler, kisses Chloe Green and vanishes. ![]() Heads of family and state devise a plan for damage control: stage a truce. When the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between Alex and Prince Henry, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?Īlex Claremont-Diaz is handsome, charismatic, a genius – pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House ever since his mother first became President of the United States. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile.Īugust’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane is displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Moving to New York City is supposed to prove cynical twenty-three-year-old August right: magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist.īut then, she meets this gorgeous girl on the train. ![]() ![]() ![]() (at the time of the release of Wolf Pact #1) ![]() Each time ten #GrowThePack tweets were sent via the Blue Bloods Books website, a line of the first chapter was released.The first and second chapters of the novel were released during a tweeting game:.Melissa de la Cruz answered a few question about the book before it was published.The town featured on the cover is London. ![]() Will Bliss and the wolves she has recruited to join her win the battle for the vampires? Is Schuyler prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice, the same one Michael was forced to make in Florence so long ago? Love and vengeance, duty and loyalty, life and death, are all at odds in the gripping, heartbreaking finale of the Blue Bloods series. This time he has his greatest angels by his side, Abbadon and Azrael, or as they are known in the coven, Jack and Mimi Force. ![]() The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. Gates of Paradise is the seventh and therefore last book of the first cycle in Melissa de la Cruz' Blue Bloods series, which was first published on January 15, 2013. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And Gwen begins to realize that maybe her mother isn’t so crazy after all… Gwen’s only saving grace is that her best friend, Olivia, is with her for the summer.īut shortly after their arrival, the girls are kidnapped by shadowy creatures and dragged into a world of flesh-eating sea hags and dangerous Fey. Her mother believes they are being hunted by brutal monsters, and those delusions have brought them to London, far from the life Gwen had finally started to build for herself. From “talented wordsmith” ( Publishers Weekly) Lisa Maxwell comes a lush, atmospheric fantasy novel filled with twists and turns about a girl who is kidnapped and brought to an island inhabited by fairies, a roguish ship captain, and bloodthirsty beasts.įor as long as she can remember, Gwendolyn Allister has never had a place to call home. ![]() ![]()
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