![]() ![]() But rewriting the timeline isn’t as simple as editing one person or event. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too.Ģ022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. “ A revolution is happening in speculative fiction, and Annalee Newitz is leading the vanguard." -Wil Wheatonįrom Annalee Newitz, founding editor of io9, comes a story of time travel, murder, and the lengths we'll go to protect the ones we love.ġ992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. ![]()
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Beyond that he positively refuses to be drawn. ![]() He lives in Somerset with his wife and daughter, and long ago chose journalism as a career because it was indoor work with no heavy lifting. 1990, The Colour of Magic, Corgi: Terry Pratchett is, on average, a sort of youngish middle-aged.Over the years several versions of the cover text which describes the author were printed. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Challenging, informative and packed with easily grasped, and imitable, ways of thinking about difficult ideas” Its success boils down to something quite simple – Gaarder’s gift for communicating ideas” The book has subsequently appeared as a CD-ROM and been made into a musical, board game, film and television series. Or does it? Perhaps this is where it begins? Through her perusal of letters from a mysterious philosopher, Alberto Knox, who initiates her into the ideas of Europe’s great thinkers, Sophie gradually acquires the knowledge she needs to solve the mysteries surrounding her. Who is Hilde Møller Knag? Why does Sophie keep coming across Hilde’s things? Why does she receive Hilde’s mail? The story ends in Hilde’s garden in the small town of Lillesand on the south coast of Norway. In order to solve the mysteries that are a part of Sophie’s World, we need an understanding of European philosophy. ![]() ![]() An absorbing, original and fascinating book for everyone who wishes to know more about the history of our own culture, interwoven with the history of western philosophy and the imaginary story of Sophie and Hilde. ![]() ![]() ![]() “A sexy, science-filled, and surprising romance full of warmth and wit.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Ĭhosen as a best pick by Bustle, Marie Claire, Entertainment Weekly, E! Online, PopSugar, BuzzFeed, Goodreads, Country Living, The Pioneer Woman, Woman’s World, Bookish, Bookreporter, Frolic, and more! “Writing duo and reigning romance queens Christina Lauren are back with The Soulmate Equation, their most ambitious book to date.” - PopSugar This is Christina Lauren at their very best. It’s a sweet & satisfying romance with characters I wouldn’t mind reading about again and again. Pick this book up for the romance and stay for the hilarious dialogue, relatable characters, and heartwarming family moments. ![]() What she doesn’t expect is a near-perfect match with a man she can’t stand that turns into an opportunity she can't refuse. Jess is ready to give up on dating when she discovers a new app that promises to find your soulmate based on your DNA. If you’re looking for a fun, heartfelt read to lose yourself in, this is your next read! Not only was the romance fantastic, but I also loved the other familial relationships––especially between Jess and her daughter. This book combines some of my favorite rom-com elements with the unique basis of finding a soulmate through science. A Christina Lauren romance + a dating site based on DNA = a match! Like with all Christina Lauren books, I devoured The Soulmate Equation in a day. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These two and their somewhat “normal” societies and constraints are contrasted with Janet and Jael. In Jeannine’s world the Great Depression never ended and she believes that the female stereotypes she has been told will bring her happiness. She wants to be taken seriously and respected, not forced to accept the power of men and the classed roles of women. She is a professional struggling in a male-dominated society. There is Joanna, who lives in a world very similar to Earth in the 1970’s. The four women who are the focus of Joanna Russ’ best-known work, The Female Man, are each from an alternative universe dealing with male oppression in decidedly different ways. This is a review of Joanna Russ’ novel The Female Man, first published by Beacon Press in 1975. ![]() ![]() “Penman takes historical writing to a whole new level.”- The Sacramento Bee “The beautifully described settings and the characters’ interactions are simply outstanding.”-The Historical Novels Review Her reputation for character-driven, solidly detailed historicals is richly deserved.”- Booklist “ Penman displays her usual grasp of sweeping historical events as well as an uncanny ability to get inside the hearts and minds of her real-life characters. Lionheart is a sweeping tale of a heroic figure-feared by his enemies and beloved by those he commanded-who became a legend in his own lifetime. In this engrossing saga, Sharon Kay Penman delivers a novel of passion, intrigue, battle, and deceit. ![]() ![]() Only their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, now freed from decades of captivity, remains to protect Richard’s interests and secure his destiny. Richard’s surviving brother, the younger John, is left behind-and conspires with the French king to steal his brother’s throne. This is the Third Crusade, marked by internecine warfare among the Christians and extraordinary campaigns against the Saracens. ![]() After the death of his father, Henry II, and the early demise of two of his brothers, Richard is crowned King of England and immediately sets off for the Holy Land. “The great Crusader king Richard the Lionheart comes alive in all his complex splendor in this masterpiece of medieval tapestry.”-Margaret GeorgeĪ.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() The famous opening line, with wonderful economy, accomplishes two main purposes. (Note: In the printed book, annotations appear on pages facing the text of the novel.)ġ. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes. Likewise, it has paved the way for archetypes that abound in many contemporary literature of our time. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, selling over 20 million copies, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Pride and Prejudice retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books". While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy is disdainful of local society and repeatedly clashes with the Bennets' lively second daughter, Elizabeth. Bingley, and his status-conscious friend, the even richer and more eligible Mr. Bennet's five unmarried daughters after two gentlemen have moved into their neighbourhood: the rich and eligible Mr. Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, Mr. ![]() The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Masterly… The Invention of Wingsis a story about empowering women to change the world… With historical bedrock as her foundation for a compelling narrative, Kidd serves up a remarkable novel about finding your voice.” ![]() What does it mean to be a sister, a friend, a woman, an outcast, a slave? How do we use our talents to better ourselves and our world? How do we give voice to our power, or learn to empower our voice?… Kidd, an exquisite and masterful writer, explores these difficult topics and complex ideas and does so unflinchingly - yet somehow leaves us feeling uplifted and hopeful.” “The novel is a textured masterpiece, quietly yet powerfully poking our consciences and our consciousness. It is impossible to read this book and not come away thinking differently about our status as women and about all the unsung heroines who played a role in getting us to where we are… A tour de force.” “Here’s what makes The Invention of Wings extraordinary: Sue Monk Kidd has written a conversation changer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nathan decides to return to his smaller-than-small hometown to investigate his brother’s death with his fifteen-year-old son in tow. Like the myth of the stockman, Cam had no injuries, no water and was found only nine kilometers from his truck.Ĭam has breathed in the barren Australian outback air since birth. This time, it’s about three brothers: Nathan, the oldest, ostracized from the community and living three-hours from the closest human Bub, the baby of the family, separated by 12 years from his oldest brother and Cam, dead beneath their feet. ![]() In the stretches and stretches of hot, barren Australian land over a hundred years later, Jane Harper’s “The Lost Man” tells an eerily similar story. According to the story, he was found the same day he disappeared. A hundred kilometers south lies his body. Instead of continuing to herd cattle, the stockman stays with the horses. ![]() ![]() ![]() Charles is determined to crack the hard exterior Matilda has built for over three decades or risk losing her once again. ![]() When encountering Matilda at a dinner hosted by the Earl of Riverdale, he finds himself as fascinated by her as he was the first day they met, and wonders if, after all these years, they have a chance at happiness together. Someone to Remember focuses on Matilda, the spinster aunt who has devoted her.Moreover, he does not expect decades-old feelings to emerge at the very sight of her. This novella serves as the seventh book in Mary Balogh's Westcott series, which follows the various members of the Westcott family in the aftermath of discovering the patriarch of the family had married bigamously, shifting the dynamics of the entire family. ![]() Charles Sawyer, Viscount Dirkson, does not expect to see Matilda Westcott thirty-six years after their failed romance. But her modest, quiet life of order unravels when a dashing gentleman from her past reappears, threatening to charm his way into her heart yet again. Matilda Westcott has spent her life tending to the needs of her mother, the Dowager Countess of Riverdale, never questioning the web of solitude she has spun herself. To Matilda, who considers herself the aging spinster daughter, marriage is laughable-love is a game for the young, after all. It’s never too late to fall in love in this enchanting new story, a novella in the Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. Matilda Westcott has spent her life tending to the needs of her mother, the Dowager Countess of Riverdale, never questioning the life of solitude she has spun for herself. It's never too late to fall in love in this enchanting new novella in the Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. ![]() |