![]() ![]() And a few more miles down the road, a pair of elderly, feuding neighbors tend their respective farms and wrangle about God, pesticides, and the complexities of a world neither of them expected. On a farm several miles down the mountain, another web of lives unfolds as Lusa Maluf Landowski, a bookish city girl turned farmer's wife, finds herself unexpectedly marooned in a strange place where she must declare or lose her attachment to the land. Deanna Wolfe, a reclusive wildlife biologist, watches the forest from her outpost in an isolated mountain cabin where she is caught off-guard by Eddie Bondo, a young hunter who comes to invade her most private spaces and confound her self-assured, solitary life. At the heart of these intertwined narratives is a den of coyotes that have recently migrated into the region. ![]() ![]() Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia. ![]() Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her"extravagantly gifted narrative voice" ( New York Times Book Review), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Mark Sullivan has been a well-respected author for years with multiple awards to his name, and he wrote the Private series alongside the one and only James Patterson. ![]() But after already living under Stalin’s horrifying regime, Emil and Adeline decide they must run in retreat from their land with the wolves they despise to escape the Soviets and go in search of freedom.Ĭaught between two warring forces and overcoming horrific trials to pursue their hope of immigrating to the West, the Martels’ story is a brutal, complex, and ultimately triumphant tale that illuminates the extraordinary power of love, faith, and one family’s incredible will to survive and see their dreams realized. The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century. ![]() In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves-murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans? From the author of the #1 bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is easy if you are busy and just trying to get through your day, to stick only to the business at hand. Here are the Five Suggestions for being a Positive Deviant Ask an unscripted question: Intention, stating it, and writing it down, makes me much more likely to reach I like to set New Years’ Resolutions each December 31st. At the end of the book, he provides five suggestions for how all of us can aim toward being one of these positive deviants in the world of medicine. These improvements are not from genius but from diligence and clarity of purpose. ![]() Gawande, introduces us to medical professionals who are making huge strides in improving care and outcome for patients. Gawande looks at examples of excellence throughout medicine and asks what we can learn from these “positive deviants.” A positive deviant is, “someone whose uncommon but successful behaviors or strategies enable them to find better solutions to a problem than their peers, despite facing similar challenges and having no extra resources.” Through stories, Dr. His writings include the books, Complications, Better, The Checklist Manifesto, and Being Mortal. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.” – Atul Gawande from Better What is a Positive Deviant?Ītul Gawande, a surgeon and healthcare researcher, is one of my favorite authors. Nonetheless what I saw was: better is possible. ![]() “ Arriving at meaningful solutions is an inevitably slow and difficult process. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch-hunts in the United States. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.Īlthough readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined just how and when the American West opened up. ![]() The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. ![]() ![]() He claims you’ve gotten over Karen Piccard, decided to settle down and do whatever needs to be done for the benefit of the company, which includes getting a wife and making babies to guarantee the Outlaw dynasty. “I heard it from Dad the moment I walked through the door. “Is anyone going to answer?” Garth asked. Even Jess had made a trip home from the nation’s capital for a week long visit. Garth glanced around the table and saw the smirks on the faces of all four of his brothers. “And just what wedding are you talking about?” ![]() Was his brother playing mind games to mess with his concentration? Garth Outlaw raised his eyes from studying his cards. THE WIFE HE NEEDS by Brenda Jackson Excerpt Can Regan convince him the wife he needs and the woman he desires are one and the same?įrom Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire-welcome to the lives of the American elite. Now family pilot Regan Fairchild is sharing his bed-and he can’t get enough…even though he’s vowed never to love again. Until Garth Outlaw’s potential bride is a no-show. The arrangement is simple: a two-week getaway, then a marriage of convenience. He desires her more than any other woman.īut falling in love isn’t part of the plan. Will this billionaire bachelor say “I do” to love? Find out, only from □Īmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Books ![]() We’ll be raving about the books we love and being total fangirls. ![]() This year we’re spotlighting our favorite books, old and new. Sunday Spotlight is a feature we began in 2016. ![]() ![]() The narrative switches between the present-day first person POV of Billie, arguably the take-charge leader of the group, and a third person POV that paints a broader picture of the mess these lovely assassins have landed themselves in. ![]() Each assassin comes with her own set of skills and they master their craft with utmost precision, some however weathered by tragedies and existential crises appropriate for their ages. Deanna Raybourn portrays characters with balanced personalities whom you can actually picture as believable. The female voice lends tremendous credence to the highly entertaining, charming, and multi-dimensional female leads in this witty thriller. ![]() Underestimated by the younger assassins, the retired group of femme fatales take the fight to the Board of the Museum, utilizing decades of contacts and wits and experience to turn the tide in their favor and show the younger generation that youth doesn’t trump experience as easily as one might expect. ![]() What starts off as a fun cruise to commemorate this achievement quickly turns murderous when they realize they’ve been marked for termination by their former employee, an organization codenamed The Museum. Killers of a Certain Age is a peculiar and novel approach to the assassin-thriller subgenre and it’s one that works hilariously well.ĭeanna Raybourn tells a fascinating tale of a group of female assassins who’ve just reached retirement at 60 years of age. ![]() ![]() ![]() We crested the hill overlooking the capital near sunset. I had never been further than half a day’s ride from our keep, but I was careful not to let my expression reveal that the lush farmland, tidy villages and imposing stone towns were new to me. On my instructions, they held their tongues so that I could enjoy the passing scenery in peace. The procession had to stop for an hour to scrape Livith up from the road, but when Galfridus brought her back to our carriage, bruised, bandaged and doped on poppy syrup, all of my ladies were adamant that the foolish girl had leaned against the door handle and fallen from the carriage on accident. ![]() You know I can get away with murder.”Īfter that we all got along swimmingly. Hildithe raised her hand to her mouth again, as though preparing to laugh. Whatever mischief you do me will be returned twentyfold, and whatever kindnesses you pay me I shall take as my proper due.” However wicked you think you are, I am worse. “She is not near so wicked as I.” I released the handle on the door and shoved Livith out of it in a single smooth action. “Oh hush, Livith.” The girl beside her laughed. “They say the king paid a price that would have purchased a dozen whores.” “Rumor has it she already has.” This, from the lovely chestnut-haired lady sitting beside the door. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the year 1999, author Jenkins was voted to be one of the top 50 Afro-American Favorite writers of the twentieth century by the AABLC, which the largest online Afro-American book club of America. ![]() The list of prominent awards in her writing career includes a Book of the Year award by the Detroit Free Press, 3 Best Sellers Awards from Waldenbooks, a Black Writer’s Guild Golden Pen Award, and a couple of Career Achievement Awards by the RT Magazine. As of today, author Jenkins has written and published a total of 16 books in her writing career and has also received several prestigious awards for dedicated efforts. Later, she enrolled herself in the Michigan State University and graduated with a major in English Literature and Journalism. Author Jenkins was born in the year 1951 in Detroit and completed her high school studies from the Cass Technical High School. Author Jenkins and her family live in the southeastern region of Michigan. So far, she has written around 5 historical romance book series in her writing career, from which many novels have gone on to become bestsellers all over the world. In most of her novel, she has given a particular importance to the 19 the century Afro-American life. Beverly Jenkins is one of the USA Today bestselling authors of the African-American descent, who likes to write her novels based on the contemporary and historical romance genre. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To protect her, Irial must risk a war he can't win-or surrender the first mortal woman he's loved. Synopsis There is no information available as of April 2023. ![]() There is an anticipated release date of 2024. It was announced in the epilogue of its preceding novel, Dark Sun. Unbeknownst to Tam, she is the prize in a centuries-old fight between Summer Court and Winter Court. Moonlit Stars by Melissa Marr is an upcoming novel in the spin-off series, Wicked Lovely Courts Series from the Wicked Lovely Series. MM Ink, 13.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-08-787212-4 Set against the lush backdrop of 1890s New Orleans, Marr’s spellbinding prequel. Too soon, New Orleans is filling with faeries who are looking for her, and Irial is the only one who can keep her safe. Cold Iron Heart: A Wicked Lovely Novel Melissa Marr. So, Tam doesn't respond when they trail thorn-crusted fingertips through her hair at the French Market or when the Dark King sings along with her in the bayou.īut when the Dark King, Irial, rescues her, Tam must confront everything she thought she knew about faeries, men, and love. Tam can see through the glamours faeries wear to hide themselves from mortals, but if her secret were revealed, the fey would steal her eyes, her life, or her freedom. Thelma Foy, a jeweler with the Second Sight in iron-bedecked 1890s New Orleans, wasn't expecting to be caught in a faery conflict. Thelma also has a bit of a bite to her, and Irial is a morally gray character. I love it so far because I love the intrigue between the courts, and this book has plenty. In this prequel to the internationally bestselling Wicked Lovely series, the Faery Courts collide a century before the mortals in Wicked Lovely are born. Cold Iron Heart by Melissa Marr This is a prequel to Wicked Lovely and tells the story of The Dark King pursuing the affections of a Sighted Mortal named Thelma Foy. ![]() |