![]() ![]() The primary emotion he could identify was a simple one: impatience. Laying the paper down, he sipped his coffee, and tried to define what he felt. There it wasâa short, sensible notice informing the world that Lucien Michael Ashford, sixth Viscount Calverton, of Calverton Chase in Rutlandshire, was to marry Amelia Eleanor Cynster, daughter of Lord Arthur and Lady Louise Cynster of Upper Brook Street, at Somersham Place on Wednesday, June 16. He'd come down to seeâto stare at, to ponderâhis fate, his destiny, printed in black-and-white. He'd deliberately risen earlyâlong before his sisters would be up and about. ![]() Īt eight the next morning, Luc sat alone at his breakfast table and studied his copy of that morning's Gazette. There was, it seemed, a thief among the ton. Their gazes metâneither needed to specify just what they needed to guard against. “It appears we all need to be on our guard.” “Neither she nor her girls are here tonight.” And Lady Calverton, too.” She looked back at Miss Quigley. “I must tell MamaâI doubt she's checked her jewelry case, let alone all those other little things one takes. “Oh dear.” She looked to where Louise stood not far away, chatting to some others. ![]()
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![]() Michael Collins’ poems have received Pushcart Prize nominations and appeared in more than 70 journals and magazines. ![]() ![]() He holds degrees from Harvard and NYU, where he was a New York Times Fellow. His poems and essays have appeared in Agni, Boston Review, Guernica, Kenyon Review, The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. He teaches creative writing at Rutgers New Brunswick. Currently Moldaw teaches privately and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband and daughter.īen Purkert’s debut poetry collection For the Love of Endings was published by Four Way Books in March 2018. Rubin, Jr., Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University. She has taught in many writing programs and conferences, and in the spring of 2011 served as the Louis D. ![]() in Creative Writing from Boston University. The recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry, a Pushcart Prize, as well as other honors, Moldaw received her M.A. ![]() The reading will feature Carol Moldaw and Ben Purkert.Ĭarol Moldaw is an award-winning author of one novel and six books of poetry, including her most recent collection Beauty Refracted (Four Way Books, March 2018). Join us for the Four Way Books Spring Reading on Friday, March 23rdst at 7pm. ![]() ![]() ![]() "It is ironic that a film that was intended to acerbically dissect the power structures and beliefs of cults should have gained a cult following," observed Dr Benjamin Franks of Glasgow University. In 2003, thousands of devotees converged on Galloway for a two-day celebration of "punks, pagans, and pyromaniacs", featuring live rock music and a bonfire of an eight-metre effigy. The tortured production and distribution process only helped to burnish the film's cult credentials among its more dedicated fans, dubbed "Wicker-heads" by the British tabloid press. That it did not sink into obscurity was largely down to Robin Hardy's and Lee's promotion efforts, which eventually took Hardy to New Orleans to work on a new, director-approved cut. ![]() ![]() It was finally released as the B-feature on a double bill alongside Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. The managing director of British Lion judged it unsaleable and demanded severe cuts to the total running time. Though Christopher Lee, who played the island's community leader, regarded the film as his best work, early reaction was mixed. 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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() Macy's to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. Effervescent with verve, wit, and heart, Rooney's nimble novel celebrates insouciance, creativity, chance, and valor.'-Booklist (starred review)'In my reckless and undiscouraged youth,' Lillian Boxfish writes, 'I worked in a walnut-paneled office thirteen floors above West Thirty-Fifth Street.' She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. 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Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work - The Graveyard Book. This deliciously creepy, gripping novel is packed with glorious illustrations by Chris Riddell, and is guaranteed to delight and entrance readers of all ages. She knows that if she ventures through that door, she may never come back. ![]() It's the other house - the one behind the old door in the drawing room.Īnother mother and father with black-button eyes and papery skin are waiting for Coraline to join them there. It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. There is something strange about Coraline's new home. a marvellously strange and scary book' Philip Pullman Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo The bewitching classic children's novel by Neil Gaiman, featuring spellbinding illustrations from Chris Riddell and an exclusive new introduction by the author ![]() ![]() ![]() Mystic Cowboy was named a finalist in the 2014 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence contest!.Mystic Cowboy was named a finalist in the 2014 Booksellers Best Award contest!.NOTE: The Medicine Man was previously published as Mystic Cowboy. He tries to convince himself that his tribe doesn’t need her, but when patients start getting sick with strange symptoms, he realizes that he needs her more than ever.Īmazon | B & N | Scribd | Kobo | Play | iBooks| Smash | Radish | Bookshop| IndieBound | Overdrive She doesn’t speak the language, understand the customs, or believe he’s anything more than a charlatan–but she stays, determined to help his people. 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(Thank you to the founders and members for this group, for the work you do to keep our shelves stocked with books that represent everyone! It never ceases to amaze me how much better YA now is than when I was young.). *characters grappling with religious and social issues I don’t quite remember how Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles (Quill Tree Books, 2020) came to be on my reading list (or at least where I found it), but I know WHY, because it ticks so many of my boxes: ![]() ![]() ![]() They have plenty of supplies, are both good fishermen, and the blueberries, which they both love, are plentiful. There was a delicate but strong balance of risk versus caution in their team thinking, with the roles often fluid, and it’s what made them such good partners.Īnd it is heaven, at least for a while. Sometimes one had more appetite for danger, sometimes the other. They had paddled many rivers together in the two years they’d known each other and climbed a lot of peaks. They’ve taken countless canoeing and outdoor trips together, so a canoe journey down the Maskwa River in northern Canada seems just like heaven. Wynn is a big guy with a big heart, always eager to see the good in everyone. Jack and Wynn have been best friends since their college days at Dartmouth, sharing a love of books and the outdoors. The River clocks in at only about 250 pages, but it packs quite a punch. If you haven’t yet read a book by Peter Heller, you’re in for a treat. ![]() The River by Peter Heller is the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip and a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even his family's Irish castle has been sold to a rich American who now employs his father. ![]() Though he will inherit a title, Darcy is as broke as Georgie. Of course, she'll need special permission from the king to marry a Roman Catholic. Lady Georgiana Rannoch knows nothing is simple when you're thirty-fifth in line for the British crown, but her upcoming marriage proves to be the ultimate complication in the tenth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series.Īs Lady Georgiana's beloved Darcy drives her out of London, she soon discovers that he isn't planning to introduce her to the pleasures of sinning in secret-as she had hoped-but to make her his wife! The next instalment in Her Royal Spyness, featuring Georgina, a minor scion of the Royal Family c.1920 who has a second career as a spy, keeping Britain from harm. ![]() |