![]() a book which will be read with pleasure a hundred years from now' Spectator 'A smashing love story. But among the pampered women and minor nobility Edith finds Mr Neville, and her chance to escape from a life of humiliating spinsterhood is renewed. She has refused to sacrifice her ideals and remains stubbornly single. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself and her friends. ![]() Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. a book which will be read with pleasure a hundred years from now' Spectator %%%Hotel du Lac is the classic Booker Prize winning novel by Anita Brookner. But among the pampered women and minor nobility Edith finds Mr Neville, and her chance to escape from a life of humiliating loneliness is renewed. Winner of the Booker Prize 'The Hotel du Lac was a dignified building, a house of repute, a traditional establishment, used to welcoming the prudent, the well-to-do, the retired, the self-effacing, the respected patrons of an earlier era' Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. ![]()
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![]() ![]() With their country and their hearts divided, Carys and Andreus will discover exactly what each will do to win the crown. ![]() But the Trial of Succession will test the bonds of trust and family. As sister and brother, Carys and Andreus have always kept each other safe-from their secrets, from the court, and from the monsters lurking in the mountains beyond the kingdom’s wall. With a ruling council scheming to gain power, Carys and Andreus are faced with only one option-to take part in a Trial of Succession that will determine which one of them is worthy of ruling the kingdom. When Eden’s king and crown prince are killed by assassins, Eden desperately needs a monarch, but the line of succession is no longer clear. But appearances-and rivals-can be deceiving. With their older brother next in line to inherit the throne, the future of the kingdom was secure. Twins Carys and Andreus were never destined to rule Eden. From the author of the New York Times bestselling The Testing trilogy comes a sweeping new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sarah J. ![]() ![]() ![]() Exploiting a succession crisis after the death of the English King Edward the Confessor, William the Bastard mounted a large invasion with the aim of fully conquering England. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the Norman dukes in France vied for power and influence, across the channel, the Anglo-Saxons presented an attractive and rich target, for those who could snatch it. This legendary descendant of the Viking Rollo became one of the most prominent and powerful Norman dukes in the early 1000’s AD. William the Bastard is certainly a name that will ever be remembered in the pages of world’s history, especially for the people of England. From Conquest to Chaos: The Beginnings of The Anarchy This ain’t no “ Anarchy in the UK” as you might know it, The Anarchy was war, death, and chaos all around. The Anarchy epoch emerged from a “classic” succession civil war, a conflict that left the nation without a ruler and thus left it to immerse itself in true chaos without law and order. Today, we revisit one of the more interesting pages of English history, as we go back to the 1130’s AD, to the period known simply as The Anarchy. But what happens when anarchy actually happens on a greater scale? For example, when a powerful medieval nation is swept up by widespread lawlessness that cannot be stopped. Such a world is bound to collapse under its own weight, like a building without supports, it caves in on itself. The word itself is enough to paint a stark picture of lawlessness and disorder, a picture of a world in which no rules exist – for anyone. ![]() ![]() Rostek (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 4.7 10,522 ratings Book 1 of 4: WITSEC See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 4 million more titles 4.99 to buy Paperback 14.99 2 Used from 13.72 1 New from 14. Her debut novel is Embrace the Darkness, the first book in the Maura Quinn series.įor updates and sneak peeks on her upcoming projects, follow her on social media. Rostek Find Me (WITSEC Book 1) Kindle Edition by Ashley N. She picked up the pen at seventeen and hasn’t put it down. ![]() Be it a sweet YA or a dark and lusty novel, she must read it!Īshley’s passion is writing. Her favorite genre is romance and has the overflowing bookshelf to prove it. To Ashley, there isn’t a better pastime than letting your mind escape in a good book. She survives on coffee, loves collecting offensive coffee mugs, and is an unashamed bibliophile. Rostek is a wife and mother by day and a writer by night. For updates and sneak peeks on her upcoming projects, follow her on social media. ![]() ![]() Her debut novel is Embrace the Darkness, the first book in the Maura Quinn series. Be it a sweet YA or a dark and lusty novel, she must read it! Ashley’s passion is writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ~Artwork: The artwork of XXXHolic is one of my favourites, I love the style, even smoke is pretty. Unusual customers from mysterious lands, an old rival named Domeki who is an exorcist, and a beautiful young woman named Himawari-chan provide more danger, adventure, and excitement for Kimihiro than he ever thought he was going to get! When Kimihiro begins working for Yuko to pay for her services, he also begins his journey into the worlds of the occult. In Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of xxxHOLiC, Kimihiro Watanuki is desperate to escape the spirits and ghosts that haunt him, so he turns to Yuuko Ichihara, who is widely rumoured to be the time-space witch. Volume 3 is an image of Yuuko, this time she is wearing olive-green fancy robes, with ornate pearl necklace which has an orange and yellow star, and an elaborate hair-piece with a similar orange and yellow star on it.įormat and Price: Paperback format $29.91 Volume 2 is an image of Watanuki, with his head resting on top of his hands, turned to the side slightly, and smirking at someone out of sight. From left to right, volume 1 is an image of Yuuko, she is wearing her fancy robes and has an ornate butterfly hair-piece decorating her black hair, while incense smoke swirls around her. ![]() ![]() There’s the main title, down the bottom of the cover, XXXHolic Omnibus 1, and there are three verticle bar-shaped images of the book covers of manga volumes 1, 2, and 3. ![]() Image Description: the book-cover of XXXHolic Omnibus – Volume 1 by CLAMP. ![]() ![]() And even Juliette has been distracted by everything they need to do.Īt long last, Warner and Juliette's future together is within reach, but the world continues to try to pull them apart. But with so much chaos around them, it's been nearly impossible for them to have a wedding. Since he proposed to Juliette two weeks ago, he's been eager to finally marry her, the person he loves more than anything and has endured so much to be with. Warner has his sights set on more than just politics. Life in the aftermath isn't easy, as they and their friends at the Sanctuary work with their limited resources to stabilize the world. ![]() Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the Reestablishment once and for all. The devastatingly romantic fifth novella in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series, chronicling the events after Imagine Me, the explosive sixth novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.The 2009 film starring Julianne Nicholson and Timothy Hutton marked the first motion picture adaptation of Wallace's work. And his hideous men, like Poe's are vexed by demons that haunt us all" ( New York Times Book Review). "In his eccentric obsessions and his sinister experiments, Wallace is beginning to resemble another mad scientist of American literature, Edgar Allen Poe. The book was immediately praised on publication as "a supersonic delight, a full-scale harassment of the short story form" ( LA Weekly). ![]() ![]() The title story of Wallace's Brief Interviews With Hideous Men is threaded throughout the book in "a series of monologues by various speakers… Nearly all of them are talking about sex" ( New York Times). Octavo, original black paper boards, original dust jacket.įirst edition of this critically praised collection of stories by Wallace, signed by him on the title page with his characteristic line drawn through his printed name. "A SUPERSONIC DELIGHT": FIRST EDITION OF BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN, SIGNED BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE ![]() ![]() Divided into sections that include Outdoorsy (ideas to enhance your backyard), Dishing It Out (decorating plates using different techniques), You've Been Framed (innovative picture framing ideas), and Can I Have a Light? (creating and decorating lamps, lanterns, and chandeliers), it's as entertaining to read as it is endlessly inspiring. Ook of Crafts is packed with ideas for sprucing up your living space concocting fabulous, all-natural body products designing your own unique stationery and creating countless other crafts that will convince your friends and loved ones that you're the secret love child of Martha Stewart (only much, much cooler).Forget crocheted doilies and itchy knit sweaters-TLC's While You Were Out top designer Mark Montano has created stylish and imaginative projects that range from a Warhol-esque Ultrasuede iPod case to photo-adorned boxer shorts to African mask patio chairs to wooden night-light boxes. ![]() ![]() The Big-Ass Book of Crafts Book Information: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This little duology was the only thing I hadn’t yet devoured… In any case, while my tastes have evolved, I’ll still always love her works. ![]() And this was BEFORE I discovered they were one and the same person. There was a point in my life when her Truth series (written as Cook) was my favorite fantasy and The Hollows was my favorite urban fantasy. But first, Tess has to deal with the scoundrel who’s urging her to run away from it all, and the Misdev captain who’s determined to thwart her plans… -Goodreadsĭawn Cook (aka Kim Harrison) is one of my favorite authors. ![]() So what’s a royal highness to do when she discovers she’s a royal target? Ditch the Misdev soldiers occupying the palace, use magical abilities she didn’t even know she had, restore the real princess to the throne, and save her own neck. Tess is nothing but a beggar’s child bought off the streets as an infant and reared as a decoy. Their real daughter was raised in a nunnery for fear of assassins. But her next lessonis in betrayal… The sudden arrival of her betrothed, a prince from the kingdom of Misdev, has forced Tess’s parents to come clean: She’s no princess. She had every reason to believe that she was groomed to rule. The Overview: Princess Contessa of Costenopolie knows everything a royal should about diplomacy, self-defense, politics… and shopping. ![]() ![]() Suetonius had succeeded in devising a scalable and adaptable model for a biography. Even so, or perhaps precisely because of this, these short accounts of the lives of the twelve Caesars from Julius Caesar to Domitian became a literary model imitated by the writer of the later Augustan History and Einhard in his Life of Charlemagne. The length of the lives is uneven - the first three lives in the Robert Graves (he'd go on to recycle much of the material here into his novels I Claudius and Claudius the God) translation alone make up half the book, the division of each life into public (civil and military exploits), and private parts (adventures in bedroom and dining room) works against presenting each life as an organic whole and Suetonius' sense of cause and effect seems oddly haphazard, as though Suetonius had a sense that actions and attitudes have causes but couldn't quite link these in a logical way. ![]() ![]() This Roman bedtime reading gives the reader a mixed experience. ![]() |