5/30/2023 0 Comments Murder Most Lovely by Hank Edwards![]() ![]() Cody is awakened by Aunt Amelia's scream and he goes out to discover her gone and Demi knocked unconscious. At a point in the story, Demi and his aunt are having a talk in the backyard at the parent's home. And not all of them are gators! Something's got the gators leaving the swamp for the safety of backyard pools and many people are being reported missing. A couple of margaritas later and he's crying over the phone to Cody who drops everything to drive to Florida with Demi's aunt Amelia to meet him there. The boys of Critter Catchers are separated by a family emergency that sends Demi to Florida. ![]() Here it is, here it is! The book of this series I was REALLY waiting for! The occasion when long-time friends Demi and Cody move into a loving partnership but this is a Critter Catchers book and writer Hank Edwards is interested in scaring readers first. The main characters are finally a couple! ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Persuasion story![]() ![]() ![]() Nonetheless, both the novel and the movie portrayed important topics and lessons that we will talk about in a second. It is a 2022 modernized version of the novel, which has deprived the audience of the beauty of Jane Austen’s novels and the delicacy of the 19th century’s elements. On a separate note, Netflix’s Persuasion was a major disappointment in our humble opinion. How to Understand and Communicate Better With Highly Sensitive People Regardless of why you’re here, which we totally appreciate, we’re going to list 5 lessons that we learned from Persuasion that empower women and unexpectedly blend with nowadays women’s issues. ![]() Considering the title of this article, you’re probably here because you either just watched Netflix's adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, Persuasion, or you’re a true literature lover who appreciates this brilliant writer and her novels. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The stolen village by des ekin![]() ![]() Many slaves were ‘condemned to the oar’ – meaning they were forced to work the galley ship. The children were separated from their parents during the journey to Algiers. ![]() The pirates didn’t just kidnap adults – around 50 children were also captured. Most of them were English settlers, but there were also several local Irish people. The unfortunate villages had become used to having to put up with pirates coming to their village but nothing prepared them for the horror of June 20 1631.ĭutch, Algerian and Ottoman Turk pirates launched a covert attack and captured 107 villagers. Nine ships and around 400 men were based at Leamcon, while pirates were also active at nearby Sherkin Island, which was right on Baltimore’s doorstep. There was a base at Leamcon, which was across the bay from Baltimore. I just felt I had to tell their story.”ĭuring the early 1600s, the southern coast of Ireland was rife with pirates. And this just bowled me over, because these were real people – not just statistics from a history book. ![]() Another man lost his two children and his pregnant wife. He said: “I stumbled on a list of the people who were taken into slavery. The story is told in the book ‘The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates’ by Des Ekin.Įkin told the Irish Times about his time researching the book. The Irish Famine - the boy who was buried alive ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Note: The novel refers to Soviet intelligence as the MVD. To view them, just select/highlight them. Major spoilers are blacked out like this secret. (For more on loglines, see The Killogator Logline Formula) One Lonely Night: Plot Summary The private eye investigates the hitman’s communist connections, driven by a need to satiate his own lust for violence and murder. (For more on titles, see How to Choose a Title For Your Novel) One Lonely Night: LoglineĪ private eye intervenes to save a young woman from being killed by a hitman, but she commits suicide. As the novel opens, the Protagonist is walking the streets alone after being berated as a monster by a judge. The title uses a classic title archetype, the Problem, or inciting incident of the novel. One Lonely Night, written by Mickey Spillane and published in 1951 features his most famous character, Mike Hammer, investigating Soviet espionage. Although written in the style of a hard-boiled private eye novel, the plot features stolen defence plans and Soviet spies controlling American communists. ![]() ![]() ![]() If she pulls it off, she might just get her Mama to notice her again and fulfill her promise to Jon in a most unexpected way. When their silence inadvertently results in the Widow Douglas being accused of the graverobbery, Becky concocts a plan to clear the Widow’s name. Determined to keep her family safe (and to avoid getting in trouble), Becky makes Amy promise not to tell anyone what they saw. Before long, she joins the boys at school in a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas, and Becky convinces her new best friend, Amy Lawrence, to join her.īecky decides that she and Amy need a bag of dirt from a bad man’s grave as protection for entering the Widow's house, so they sneak out to the cemetery at midnight, where they witness the thieving Pritchard brothers digging up a coffin. With her Mama frozen in grief and her Daddy busy as town judge, Becky spends much of her time on her own, getting into mischief. ![]() In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky Thatcher is the new girl in town, determined to have adventures like she promised her brother Jon before he died. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments A higher loyalty by james comey![]() ![]() deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. In A Higher Loyalty, his massive Number One bestselling memoir, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. 'An urgent clarion call.' - The Financial Times The sensational Sunday Times #1 Bestseller about taking on the mafia, the Clintons and Trump. ![]() The inspiration for The Comey Rule, the Showtime limited series starring Jeff Daniels premiering September 2020 ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Fifty shades of grey book series![]() Movie Review: Catch my thoughts on the movie here! Genre: Erotica, BDSM, Romance, Adult, Contemporary Grey is an alternate POV retelling of Fifty Shades of Grey # of Books: 3 + 1 (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed, Grey) When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires. ![]() For all the trappings of success-his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family-Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too-but on his own terms. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. ![]() When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. Synopsis for Fifty Shades of Grey (from Goodreads): Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Il sognatore by Laini Taylor![]() ![]() The first book in the series was chosen by Amazon as the Best Teen Book of 2011, and the sequel, Days of Blood and Starlight, was also on the list in 2012. ![]() ![]() In 2011, she published Daughter of Smoke and Bone, a young adult fantasy series. The sequel, Dreamdark: Silksinger, was a winner of the 2009 Cybil Award. Her first novel, Dreamdark: Blackbringer, was published in 2007. In 2004, she wrote a graphic novel for Image Comics, illustrated by her husband, Jim Di Bartolo. She always wanted to be a writer, and was 35 before she finished her first novel. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter. Taylor was born in Chico, California, grew up as a US military kid in Europe and California, and earned her English degree from UC Berkeley. Laini Taylor (born December 22, 1971) is an American young adult fantasy author and a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature, best known for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, Strange the Dreamer, and Muse of Nightmares. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book helps children with serious illnesses overcome the associated stresses of being sick by focusing on the connection between the mind and the body. Muscle relaxation, calm breathing, visual imagery, stories, music, humor, and positive affirmations are techniques that enhance a child's healing process. Medical scenarios and vocabulary are explained for kids to help them better understand what is happening. It also offers parents and caretakers encouragement to face the emotional challenges of their child's illness. ![]() ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Sanibel flats kindle![]() ![]() ![]() But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?"Sanibel Flat"s featuring ex-CIA agent Doc Ford is the first in the series by bestselling author Randy Wayne White. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. ![]() Read Or Download Sanibel Flats By Randy Wayne White Full Pages. ![]() |