Maisie dobbs to die but once5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() During the months following Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs investigates the disappearance of a young apprentice working on a hush-hush. May she shine on the literary scene for many books to come. Maisie Dobbsone of the most complex and admirable characters in contemporary fiction (Richmond Times Dispatch)faces danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II. The setting matters, but what may matter more is the lovely, sometimes poetic way Winspear pushes her heroine forward. Books Maisie Dobbs Ser.: To Die but Once : A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear (2018, Hardcover) 5 product ratings About this product Brand new 8.54 New (other) 6.99 Pre-owned 4.28 Make an offer: New (Other) Stock photo Brand new: Lowest price 8. As Maisie’s inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, another mother is worried about a missing son-but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.Īs USA Today’s Robert Bianco says, "with clarity and economy, Winspear lays the historical groundwork. ![]() With Britons facing what has become known as "the Bore War"-nothing much seems to have happened yet-Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a "hush-hush" government contract. Maisie Dobbs-"a female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander" (Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air), faces danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II in this poignant entry (#14) in Jacqueline Winspear’s New York Times bestselling series-"a series that seems to get better with every entry" (Tom Holland, Wall Street Journal). ![]()
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Mary queen of scots fraser book5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Antonia Fraser’s richly readable biography demonstrates that Mary’s great fascination continues unabated.” - Time But she was invariably regarded as fascinating. ![]() “She was sometimes reviled as a scheming whore, sometimes revered as a misunderstood martyr. Here is her story, a queen who lost a throne for love, a monarch pampered and adored even as she was led to her beheading, the unforgettable woman who became a legend for all time. Betrayed by those she most trusted, she would be lured into a deadly game of power, only to lose to her envious and unforgiving cousin, Elizabeth I. Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape and even murder. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head. She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. “A book that will leave few readers unmoved.”– San Francisco Chronicle ![]() ![]() ![]() In this new line of research I try to shed more light on the role played by the ideological sections (mainly Agitprop Section, Literature Section, Education and Health Section) of the RCP Central Committee in imposing the official line within cultural-artistic institutions such as folklore groups, choruses, Historical Monuments Department, museums, theaters, universities. Many Romanian intellectuals and artists enthusiastically accepted this continuation of the previous Gheorghiu-Dej regime, and moreover welcomed Ceauşescu’s relinquishing of Socialist Realism. Using newly available archival documents, this book traces the process of how the Ceauşescu regime instrumentalized national feelings and symbols. These strategies included both a détente with and an attempt of co-opting of the old intellectual elite who was marginalized and even persecuted after 1945. ![]() This book’s aim is to follow the dynamics of cultural life with regard to Romanian Communist Party’s strategies on the ideological front. ![]() ![]() His Great Thoughts about the tricks of collective memory - its usefulness and its failures in the history of a couple or a country- don't feel imposed on the story but, rather, arise from it organically. The beauty of this is that in the magical setting of The Buried Giant, Ishiguro has found ways to have his thematic cake and eat it, too. ![]() And if the people of post-Arthurian England suddenly recover their memories of war and its grisly collateral, what then? We long to remember the past, but if forgetting is a burden, it can also be a mercy: What this loving couple will come to recall about their lives together could shatter them. In that roiling fog, which Axl and Beatrice gradually are able to penetrate (with increasingly disconcerting results), Ishiguro invests his tale with almost unbearable metaphoric weight. ![]() ![]() The adventures of this unlikely band - including swordplay, an assault on a monastery and encounters with ogres, a dragon and a boatman who ferries passengers to an island from which they never return - are complicated by a kind of mass amnesia that has settled on the land like a fog, robbing its inhabitants of all but the most recent of memories. ![]() Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I was gonna fall asleep to Spider-Man if you wanna…” He trails off and avoids looking at me. We face each other, crammed into a space the width of a bedside table for what feels like minutes but is really probably only a second and a half before Cauler clears his throat. I stand up, but he doesn’t go back to bed. I stretch, the pins and needles feeling in my spine gone for the moment. “Better?” he asks as I push myself to my knees. It feels like his fingertips linger on my skin for a moment before he stands up, but that’s definitely my imagination. I close my eyes and straight-up groan.īut then he moves his hands and does the same to my lower back. The entire upper half of my spine pops like bubble wrap. He rubs circles between my shoulder blades with the heels of his hands, then pushes down. I hold my breath at the first touch of his hands on my skin. Is that weird? Would it be weirder to close them? God, I hope I don’t have any bacne going on. I straighten my arms by my sides and lay the side of my face on the floor. ![]() Crewel by gennifer albin5/11/2023 ![]() Certain aspects of the way the world was woven, and how Adelice can see the weave in a way that few others can, reminded me of The Matrix.įans of young adult dystopian fiction will probably find a lot to like about Crewel. While some of the elements of this story might seem familiar (the love triangle and the girl with special skills, etc.), it is fast-paced and enjoyable to read. And while she’s trying to figure out how to reconcile the moral dilemmas of weaving, she also has to sort out her attraction to two different boys she meets at Coventry during her training. The more Adelice learns about the functions of the Spinsters and the role they play in keeping the populace docile, the harder she finds it to accept her part the process. Adelice slips up during the testing though, and she is taken into the program despite her parent’s attempt to spirit her away at the last minute. The author uses this play on words with the title to great effect – Adelice certainly encounters her share of cruelty at the hands of one of the other spinsters.īecause her family doesn’t want her to be taken away, they try to train her to hide her powers. ![]() The master spinster is called a Creweler, and for those who don’t know, Crewelwork is a real kind of embroidery. ![]() ![]() The women who can weave those fibers, or “spinsters” as they are called, are taken away from their families forever in order to live and train with other potential spinsters. ![]() Adelice lives in a world where the fibers of the universe can be altered by those with special powers. ![]() Raven Marked by K.S. Barton5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() “When it actually happened, I’m like, what the f –? But it’s all good. (They were) like, ‘We’re thinking about trading’ and stuff like that,” Jackson explained. ![]() It was after a workout and … I was just listening to him. Jackson admitted that head coach John Harbaugh even gave him a heads up that Brown was on the trading block. “It’s all good, like I said, it’s part of the business.” “I was kind of, like, hurt because that’s my boy,” Jackson said. It was all love even though the Ravens this offseason traded his top wide receiver, Hollywood Brown, to the Arizona Cardinals. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson awaits a new contract, but his spirit was positive Thursday when he met with reporters to express the hope he’ll never leave his current team. There were more heartwarming moments between an NFL signal caller and receiver though. ![]() Tales of the jedi dark horse5/10/2023 ![]() He committed terrible acts in his times, subjugating the Mandalorian clans, leading an attack on Coruscant, and killing his own brother, Cay Qel-Droma. When his master was later killed, however, Qel-Droma became consumed with rage and started down a dark road that led to him eventually taking on the mantle of Sith Lord. Despatched to try and resolve the Beast Wars on Onderon, the Jedi initially worked alongside the planet's monarchy, before eventually switching sides when it was revealed that the Royal Family were Dark Siders. ![]() To say that this guy led a storied life is an understatement.Ĭreated by Tom Veitch as one of the main protagonists of the Tales of the Jedi comic, and designed to be a dark mirror of Luke Skywalker, Qel-Droma was born on Alderaan and raised as a Jedi, training under Master Arca Jeth. ![]() Wp kinsella5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Kinsella's final book, Russian Dolls, is one long story with smaller stories inside it a struggling author lives in a rooming house where he meets a woman, whom he believes to be his Muse. ![]() Willie Steele's biography of Kinsella, Going the Distance, will be published by Douglas & McIntyre in 2018. The Thrill of the Grass has been republished as a Penguin Modern Classic. Rosetta Books now offer all the baseball books as ebooks. Kinsella is theĪuthor of numerous other books, including novels, short fiction collections, poetry, three baseball plays, and several While Kinsella is best known for his baseball fiction, he has a prolific output in many genres. The author’s inspirational words, whichĭefined the novel and the film-“If you build it, they will come,” “Go the distance,” andĮven “Field of dreams”-have taken their place in literature’s lexicon of ideas. Joe, which took on a new life as the movie Field of Dreams. Bill Kinsella was a legendary fiction writer, best known for his award-winning novel Shoeless Joe, which took on a new life as the movie Field of Dreams. “Bill” Kinsella was a legendary fiction writer, best known for his award-winning novel Shoeless (Bill) Kinsella passed away at the age of 81 in 2016. (Bill) Kinsella passed away at the age of 81 in 2016. Kinsella, who died in September 2016, is known for two main bodies of work: baseball stories most notably the 1982 novel Shoeless Joe, which was made into the enormously popular 1989 movie Field of Dreams and the Silas Ermineskin stories, set on a Cree reserve in Alberta and featuring an Indigenous narrator. ![]() Hexed by Michelle Krys5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() *** "A perfect mix of action, romance, and humor - HEXED kept me riveted until the very last page!"-Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of the RUINED trilogy "Seriously fun, deliciously enjoyable."- The Huffington Post "Fast-paced, with sizzling tension!" -Victoria Scott, author of Fire & Flood "Wicked fun!" -Amy Plum, author of the DIE FOR ME series Want more HEXED ? Don't miss the next HEXED book, CHARMED. Indie is about to uncover the many dark truths about her life-and a future unlike any she ever imagined on top of the cheer pyramid. And that's seriously bad news for Indie, because according to Bishop, the hot warlock who has an uncanny knowledge of everything that matters, she's a witch too. If she doesn't get the Bible back, every witch on the planet will die. And it involves much more than pom-poms and parties. But when a guy dies right before her eyes and an ancient family Bible is stolen, Indie's world spirals into darkness. ![]() Indie Blackwood is a popular cheerleader with a football-star boyfriend. it's Bring it On meets The Craft in a spellbinding series debut. ![]() The perfect scary-with-romance read after you've binged Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, HEXED is about a teen witch with a shadowy future. ![]() |