When she hears that Charlie Bryant, a handsome, successful property developer, is spending December in Silver Falls, Scarlett is hopeful he might be the answer to their problems. Over the holiday season, amidst much-loved festive traditions of baking cookies and decorating the tree, Scarlett throws herself into saving the hotel. And it looks like it could be the Baileys&’ last Christmas together there… But now her gran&’s home is under threat. Her adored gran has owned the rambling, old-fashioned hotel, filled with the scent of cinnamon and chocolate, since Scarlett was a little girl. White Oaks Inn has always been at the heart of Christmas celebrations for Scarlett Bailey and her family. This enchanting and uplifting read will have you both laughing and crying while it warms your heart. A beautiful festive romance, all about the joy of Christmas with family, second chances, and finding love under the falling snow.
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Brian vaughan's pride of baghdadIn a sense, the lions are institutionalized. The pride soon discovers that outside the safety of the zoo's walls, they are no longer in a position of power. Naturally, status is often determined by power, making the lions kings of the zoo. Each wants to protect their own and better themselves. The zoo has its own social system, with the different species akin to different cultures or races. Then there is Safa, an old lioness who appreciates the safety of the zoo and believes freedom comes with too high a price to personal safety. She's inquisitive and impulsive, as any child would be in a wondrous new world such as the one found outside the zoo. She believes freedom from a cage is all that's needed to find true happiness. Noor is Zill's current mate, who schemes of ways to escape the zoo even before the bombing. Zill, the male lion, has grown comfortable and fat in his zoo cage, but he dreams of one day seeing the horizon again. Vaughan takes a cue from George Orwell, gifting the animals of the zoo with personalities, backstories and the ability to speak. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Last apprentice book 1Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. 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WilliamsThey make cocoa and introduce him to his cousins. They buy him a bike and take him for ice cream. But every night, Lester's new dads walk him back to his own room, hoping that eventually Lester will get used to the new house and his new family and feel as though he belongs. Night after night he creeps into his parents' room and attempts to crawl in between his two daddies, confident that if he's with them and their dog, Wincka, nothing bad will happen to him ever again. Williams and illustrated by the author in collaboration with two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka.Īfter Lester is adopted by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he develops a big problem-he can't fall asleep. A poignant, timely, and universal picture book about fear, adoption, family, and the joy of fatherhood, written by beloved and award-winning author Vera B. 5/13/2023 0 Comments A northern light novelRead moreĪ Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (5*)I cannot but attempt to tell you how much I loved this book. Set in 1906 in the Adirondack Mountains, against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, this Printz Honor-winning coming-of-age novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from Big Moose Lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. With the fresh pain of her mother’s death lingering over her and the only out from her impoverished life being marriage to the handsome but dull local rich boy, Maddie flees from her home. She takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams of being a writer but little hope of seeing them come true. Jennifer Donnelly is the master of historical fiction!" -Ruta Sepetys, New York Times best-selling author and winner of the Carnegie Medal Now with a fresh new look and introduction, comes Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing, Printz Honor-winning debut-the story of a young woman's coming-of-age and the murder that rocked turn-of-the-century America. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Aristotle republicXenophon's Socrates is, perhaps like Plato but not Plato's Socrates, hyper-concerned with the practical side of life (and politics). The Laws is an oddly pragmatic account of the political (and does not feature Socrates). But again, is it Plato or Socrates who seems to advocate this un-decayed political form? Perhaps perusing Plato's Laws and Xenophon's Socratic works may help sharpen the boundaries between the political philosophies of Plato's Socrates, Xenophon's Socrates, Socrates, and Plato. (Remember that it is a degradation.)It seems you meant aristocratic when you said that Plato advocates an "oligarchical system." This is an important difference. "Plato also seems to have held such a view, where he wrote in The Republic that "philosopher kings" should lead city-states in a sort of oligarchical system." The progression, or lineage, of "cities" (men) in the Republic is as follows: aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Paula kurmanThe quote on the cover from David Halberstam says it's not a sports book. As I read the third epilogue I went back to Paula Kurman's introduction and had a better appreciation for her description of Jim Bouton and the man he became. Sadly it's true but the resulting update is beautifully written and deeply felt. The third epilogue opens with tragic news (which is especially poignant considering the update near the end of the second epilogue) and Bouton says he's not the same man who wrote Ball Four. Set in successive 10 year periods the three epilogues, written by Bouton, depict his life after the initial publication of Ball Four and they provide a level depth and range not seen in the book. The epilogues deepened the feeling to sorrow. With his death in mind I felt the same way after finishing the original book. She mentioned his death in 2019 from vascular dementia and I had that polite and distant feeling ("that's too bad") about people we really don't know. I read the last version with an update by Bouton's second wife Paula Kurman. 3.5 stars for the original book and 5 stars for the epilogues. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Princess diaries volume 2What's an heir to the royal throne to do? But what's a girl to do when her name is PRINCESS AMELIA MIGNONETTE GRIMALDI THERMOPOLIS RENALDO? Mia is swept up in a whirlwind of royal intrigue the likes of which hasn't been seen since volume I of The Princess Diaries. Plus an unexpected announcement from her mother, and intriguing, exasperating letters from a secret admirer. There's the havoc of the interview's aftermath and her dreaded princess lessons at the Plaza. With just a few innocent remarks, Mia manages to enrage her best friend Lilly, practically get one of her teachers fired, and alienate the entire country of Genovia. Since Mia's the brand-new crown princess of Genovia, indomitable dowager princess Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for her. Just when Mia thought she had the whole Princess thing under control. The Farid widows live in full purdah-in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. What will they live on? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X-meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. But as Perveen examines the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes women's legal rights especially important to her. Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. This Deluxe Paperback Edition features: an interview with the author, discussion questions, essays on the real-life inspirations behind the novel, delicious recipes taken from the story, and previews of The Satapur Moonstone (May 2019). The author of the Agatha and Macavity Award-winning Rei Shimura novels brings us an atmospheric new historical mystery with a captivating heroine. Description 1920s India: Perveen Mistry, Bombay's only female lawyer, is investigating a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in full purdah when the case takes a turn toward the murderous. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Meursault the strangerThrough narrative structure, Camus invites the reader to create and become the consciousness of Meursault. Through discussion of narrative structure, the opening lines, the role of pity, resentment toward Meursault’s judges, and the relationship between murder and innocence, I will prove that Camus’ purpose is to bring the reader to introspect on their own relationship with society. Camus also intends to shock the reader into rereading passages. By using vague and ambiguous language, Camus stimulates the reader to explore all possibilities of meaning. The reader can create a consciousness for Meursault from the facts that Meursault reports. He wants the reader to form a changing, dynamic opinion of Meursault. In L’étranger, Albert Camus anticipates an active reader that will react to his text. |