![]() There’d been no need for warm gloves in L.A., and I’d only been in New York since September. The few people still out this late were well bundled in gloves and scarves, and hats pulled down over their ears. ![]() Winter had set in just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. The glass was cold against my skin, a stark contrast to the liquor burning in my chest. ![]() I pressed my cheek against my bedroom window and watched the lonely street below. How many times could a song be listened to on repeat? If there was a limit, I was approaching mine. I brought the tumbler of scotch to my lips, taking another sip as the Frou Frou song playing from the Spotify app on my phone started up again. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.īe sure to sign up for my newsletter where you’ll receive a FREE book every month from bestselling authors, only available to my subscribers, as well as up-to-date information on my latest releases. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. ![]()
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Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality.Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 3,441 articles in the main category, and specifying |topic= will aid in categorization.Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. ![]() ![]() The one man I shouldn’t flirt with, but I can’t seem to stop. My default mode is stressed AF and working myself to the bone, and there’s only one person who gives me a break from all that. ![]() Whoever said life was for living, clearly forgot that living’s expensive. The bills keep piling up and the pressure to get my sisters through college before we’re evicted is always on the back of my mind. It doesn’t help that Joey is a grade A flirt who can banter with the best of them. The self-professed straight man is in my head and while I know that I need to move on from him, my body isn’t getting that message. I don’t need to settle down, as much as my sister might want me to.īut then Joey Manning walks into my office and leaves me all but begging to give him a job … and wanting to give him so much more. I own a bar, work hard, party harder, and smother my niblings in all the love they deserve. ![]() ![]() ‘ Beautiful and accessible the English, as 'fluid as melting ice,' is a joy to read throughout’ The New Republic. Features the best of classical Chinese painting A modern, accessible translation which reflects the poetry of Lao Tzu's words. An illustrated edition of one of the most widely translated texts in the world. ![]() Stephen Mitchell’ s acclaimed translation is accompanied by ancient Chinese paintings that beautifully reflect Lao Tzu’ s timeless words. Read more the basic principle of the universe. In 81 short, poetic chapters, the book looks at the basic predicament of being alive and teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao, or. ‘ What is rooted is easy to nourish What is recent is easy to correct’ Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) is the classic manual on the art of living. ![]() Num Pages: 96 pages, 45 archive illustrations. In 81 short, poetic chapters, the book looks at the basic predicament of being alive and teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao, or the basic principle of the universe. Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) is the classic manual on the art of living. ![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Think about it next time you’re looking for a Rover or Fluffy.įor updates, teasers, deleted scenes, and various other extras, visit Rob Thurman's website and her LiveJournal. They were fully grown, already housetrained, and grateful as hell. By the way, the dogs were adopted from shelters. Fortunately, she has another dog that is a little more invested in keeping the food source alive. He looks like a wolf, has paws the size of a person’s hand, ice blue eyes, teeth out of a Godzilla movies, and the ferocious habit of hiding under the kitchen table and peeing on himself when strangers come by. ![]() She is also the author of the Cal Leandros Series: Nightlife, Moonshine, Madhouse, and Deathwish has a story in the anthology Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and is the author of Trick of the Light, the first book in the Trickster series.īesides wild, ravenous turkeys, she has a dog (if you don’t have a dog, how do you live?)-one hundred pounds of Siberian husky. ![]() Rob, short for Robyn (yes, he is really a she) Thurman lives in Indiana, land of rolling hills and cows, deer, and wild turkeys. Roadkill (Cal Leandros Series 5) by Rob Thurman 4.5 (66) eBook 6.99 eBook 6.99 Audio MP3 on CD 9.99 View All Available Formats & Editions Instant Purchase Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The word philanthropy was taken from the two Greek words. I have never spent any time looking up the word “philanthropist”, but thankfully Maya Angelou has. ![]() I spend a great deal of my time volunteering, and I donate money when I can. This book is a quick one day read of 28 short stories/essays and a few poems about life as an African American woman, pregnancy, rape, being a daughter, coming of age, spirituality and so much more! I had some very profound moments while reading this book, and I found quite a few parallels with her thoughts on racism and my thoughts on the discrimination of LGBT individuals. This book is now one of those books that will be passed down. The title of this book spoke to me because I have always thought about the books I would gather and hand my daughter as a gift as she transitions from girl to woman. But until I picked up this book, I have never spent any quality time with Maya Angelou’s thoughts or words. I have read a couple of her poems, which have touched me. Admittedly, what I know about Maya Angelou is very little and mostly from Oprah’s TV show. ![]() ![]() ![]() He nodded slowly again, though he didn’t attempt to approach her. His ears turned toward her to catch every nuance of her beautiful voice. The sound of her voice immediately brought his full attention back to her. A number of creatures could kill the small human female with little effort. Such a fear showed intelligence, if nothing else. Unless it was the woods themselves? He grunted to himself. He found that at least somewhat comforting, though he had to wonder what inspired such a reaction. She stepped a little closer, still wary, but she glanced around the woods with far more fear than she regarded him with. This time, she didn’t shy away, but she seemed to be shivering all over. He returned her smile slowly, hoping that she wouldn’t find it threatening. He understood now some of why she reacted as she did. His tongue slid over his fangs thoughtfully. ![]() ![]() Young David is doted on by his sweet, young mother and his devoted nurse, Peggotty, who takes David to Yarmouth, where he develops strong friendships with her brother and his family. David Copperfield is available in an excellent audiobook version read by Richard Armitage.Ĭharles' Dickens semi-autobiographical novel DAVID COPPERFIELD begins on the night of the title character's birth, when David's paternal aunt, Betsey Trottwood, pays a visit to his widowed mother. A 2020 film with Dev Patel as the main character includes a diverse cast, and is told in a series of flashbacks. Fields is especially delightful, as is a 1999 BBC special starring Bob Hoskins and a very young Daniel Radcliffe. This book has been adapted for the screen multiple times. It includes some violence against children, drownings at sea, cigar and pipe smoking, and some troubling alcohol abuse. Dickens is also remembered as a writer who was paid by the word for his serialized novels, so this story is long but enthralling. Dickens is beloved for his complex rags-to-riches stories realistic, sympathetic views of class disparities and poverty and unforgettable characters like David. ![]() ![]() The book was serialized (1849-50) before it was first published in book form in 1850. It tells the story of the hardships, changes, and good fortune that David encounters on his life journey. Parents need to know that Charles Dickens' classic novel David Copperfield is loosely based on the life of the author. ![]() ![]() Following his graduation, he was employed as a ship's doctor on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast. His first published story appeared in " Chambers's Edinburgh Journal" before he was 20. While studying, Conan Doyle began writing short stories. This required that he provide periodic medical assistance in the towns of Aston (now a district of Birmingham) and Sheffield. He then went on to Stonyhurst College, leaving in 1875.įrom 1876 to 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather.Īt the age of nine Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school, Hodder Place, Stonyhurst. ![]() ![]() His baptism record in the registry of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh gives 'Arthur Ignatius Conan' as his Christian name, and simply 'Doyle' as his surname. They were married in 1855.Īlthough he is now referred to as "Conan Doyle", the origin of this compound surname (if that is how he meant it to be understood) is uncertain. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, a talented illustrator, was born in England of Irish descent, and his mother, born Mary Foley, was Irish. ![]() Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born the third of ten siblings on in Edinburgh, Scotland. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jacobs ("The Monkey’s Paw") will turn you white as a sheet. Edwards’s chilling story gives the collection its title, while Ambrose Bierce ("The Moonlit Road"), Elizabeth Gaskell ("The Old Nurse’s Story"), and W. The Phantom Coach includes tales by a surprising and often legendary cast, including Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as lost gems by forgotten masters such as Mary E. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections Dracula’s Guest (vampires) and The Dead Witness (detectives) have been widely praised, has gathered twelve of the best stories about humanity’s oldest supernatural obsession. ![]() Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. ![]() |