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Victoria schwab city of ghosts7/6/2023 In Edinburgh, Cass meets Lara Chowdhury, a British-Indian girl who shares Cass’ ability. Her best friend, Jacob, is one of the “corporeally challenged.” Cass’ parents, paranormal-nonfiction authors known as the Inspecters (pun intended), have big news: The family is off to Scotland to film the first episode of their self-titled docuseries about haunted places. She can enter the Veil, the curtain between the worlds of the living and the dead. Since a near-death experience a year ago, Cassidy Blake can see ghosts. The 900-year-old city of Edinburgh takes center stage in this middle-grade ghost story.
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The New York Times Sunday Book Review called it “a tragic comedy filled with wit and cultural insight,” while the Seattle Times found it “chatty, funny, philosophical, touching and brutally honest.” Best-selling author and editor Dave Eggers has called Martinez “an essential new American voice.” “My Heart Is A Drunken Compass” has received positive reviews. At times it was extraordinarily painful, yet it was also a real pressure release.” He explained that writing about his low points was a way of understanding them much in the same way that writing about his childhood and adolescence was a way of understanding those years. I don’t like using the word ‘therapeutic,’ but it was therapeutic. “As a writer, you have to put yourself back there, to feel it all over again. “Going back and revisiting my lowest periods over and over was agonizing,” he said. Martinez admits that it was not easy reliving his dark times.
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Arsenic adobo7/6/2023 With the cops treating her like she's the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila's left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly becomes a kind of living nightmare. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. Synopsis: When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. MLA style: "Arsenic and Adobo." The Free Library.
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Double-Crossed by Lin Oliver7/6/2023 Goals: Ben Pizzano 2, Alex Gaetano 2, Christian Mongillo, Connor Keaney. Goals: Eli Gomes 3, Jack Cushman 4, Jackson Doyle, Riley Young, Matt Miller. For Hillhouse/Career, Rormy Britto had 2 hits. Cole Ostrosky pitched a complete game shut out. Hillhouse/Career: Jayson Serrano, Josh Britto (2) Jean Gomez. WP: Cole Ostrosky (1-2) LP: Jayson Serrano (0-2). Tony Malino struck out 10, Joe Matusovich had a two-run triple, Gavin Glass had two doubles and Tony Malino also added two hits. Bradley (7, 0-1)Ĭomments: Paddy Galvin with a 2 out RBI single in the top of the 7th inning to tie it at 2 for Fairfield Warde and Carson Swaim had a three-run double in the 10th to make it 5-2.īatteries: O - Tony Malino (W, 2-0) and Joe Matusovich and Xavier Carlson (3). Batteries: Putnam-Livingston and J Mailloux Westbrook-Will McCarthy (0-1) and Tyler Prisleyįairfield Warde 8, Fairfield Ludlowe 2 (10)īatteries: Fairfield Warde-Polley, Galvin (8, 1-0) Fairfield Ludlowe-C.
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Reviews of the lost apothecary7/6/2023 With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary's in a stunning twist of fate-and not everyone will survive. It’s a story about three women, each yearning for things that have been hindered, in some way, by the men in their lives. There are many feminist elements in The Lost Apothecary. Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own demons. As authors, we might have to make a few assumptions about motive, but there’s zero doubt that the women of eras past were frustrated, voiceless, and thus often rebellious. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele.
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Priscilla presley biography book7/5/2023 in Germany and cloistered at Graceland before marrying her to fulfill a promise to her starstruck parents. But who is Priscilla-and what was her role in their infamous relationship?Īward-winning biographer Suzanne Finstad perceptively pieces together the clues from candid interviews with all the Presley intimates-including Priscilla herself, along with hundreds of sources who have never before spoken publicly-to uncover the truth behind the legend of Elvis and Priscilla, a tumultuous tale of sexual attraction and obsession, heartbreak and loss.Ĭhild Bride, the definitive biography of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, unveils the controversial woman who evolved from a lonely teenager bound to the King of Rock and Roll into a shrewd businesswoman in control of the multimillion-dollar Elvis Presley empire-a rags-to-riches saga of secrets, lies and betrayal. Elvis by the Presleys reveals life at Graceland like never before. Priscilla Beaulieu Presley is not, and never was, the fragile, demure child-woman she has come to personify she is, in a word, a survivor, a woman of indomitable will and almost frightening determination.-from the Author’s NoteĬhild Bride reveals the hidden story of rock icon Elvis Presley’s affair with fourteen-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, the ninth-grader he wooed as a G.I. The real story is infinitely more powerful than the myth and, ultimately, tragic the true Priscilla more complex. Finstad’s research and her analysis of Priscilla’s complex character make for a riveting read.”- New York Post The myth-shattering account of the most famous-and most taboo-marriage in rock-and-roll history
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Consequently, at the age of thirteen, I began my first book. Although I wasn't sure I was smart enough, I decided to write and illustrate children's books when I grew up. I wanted to show how people felt, what they thought, what they said. When I was in junior high school, I developed an interest in more complex stories. My stories were usually about orphans who ran away and had the sort of exciting adventures I would have enjoyed if my mother hadn't always interfered. Instead of telling them in words, I told them in pictures. All those facts - who cared what the principal products of Chile were? To me, writing reports was almost as boring as math.ĭespite my dislike of writing, I loved to make up stories. Requirements such as outlines, perfect penmanship, and following directions killed my interest in putting words on paper. I loved to read and draw but I hated writing reports. In elementary school, I was known as the class artist. In the summer, we went on day long expeditions into forbidden territory - the woods on the other side of the train tracks, the creek that wound its way through College Park, and the experimental farm run by the University of Maryland. We spent hours outdoors playing "Kick the Can" and "Mother, May I" as well as cowboy and outlaw games that usually ended in quarrels about who shot whom. I grew up in a small shingled house down at the end of Guilford Road in College Park, Maryland.
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Talking about her decision to write from the perspective of Four, Roth said, "In my mind, he has a distinct history and a complex psychology, so there’s always a lot to draw from when he’s on the page, and it’s an opportunity for me to break from Tris’s sparse, straightforward voice and try to introduce just a little bit more poetic language. Together, they form a kind of Tobias-centered Divergent prequel, though there is some overlap." She said, "The e-shorts will address Tobias's backstory and some of the mysterious things going on in the world before Tris chose Dauntless. Background Īccording to Roth, the stories serve as a prequel to the Divergent trilogy. Simultaneously with the release of last three short stories, a collected edition of the five short stories titled Four: A Divergent Collection was released on July 8, 2014, which also features three exclusive scenes. The third story titled The Initiate, the fourth story The Son and the fifth and final story The Traitor were released on July 8, 2014. The second story, The Transfer, was released on September 3, 2013. The first story of the collection, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene, was released as an e-book on April 23, 2012. Four: A Divergent Collection is a collection of five short stories from the Divergent trilogy, told from Tobias Eaton's (Four) perspective, and written by Veronica Roth.
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George lucas obi wan series7/5/2023 In Return of the Jedi’s finale, Luke saw the Force ghost of Anakin Skywalker looking on alongside Obi-Wan and Yoda, but the 2004 DVD special edition (and all subsequent re-releases) replaced Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christenson, proving that George Lucas saw Anakin and Vader as different people. Thanks to sentiment rather than might, Luke redeemed his father, who killed Emperor Palpatine but was mortally wounded in the process. Related: Why The Star Wars Special Editions Are So Hated This allowed Return of the Jedi to give Luke and Vader astoundingly compelling character arcs, with Luke seeking to redeem his father as he fights his own internal battle with the dark side of the Force. It wasn’t until Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan revised Leigh Brackett’s story that Darth Vader’s identity as Anakin was added, becoming one of cinema’s most famous plot twists. The Star Wars film series was initially made with Obi-Wan’s description being true from all points of view, with even The Empire Strikes Back’s first story treatment confirming that Anakin and Vader were separate people. |