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Hannibal House by David Nicol7/7/2023 ![]() Although to look at him, most observers would have realised that he wasn't from around these parts. Troy's accent wasn't from anywhere in Wales, just like the rest of him. If they had, they would have realised that his accent wasn't from the West Wales coast. "Now that's a nice house!" Troy Gilbert-Jones said to no one in particular, and no one in particular listened. Visit me on Facebook: David Nicol – Author ![]() Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.įor more information on David Nicol, other works, and events, then head over to: If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. ![]() This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. ![]() Copyright David Nicol 2012 - All Rights Reserved ![]() Goodreads ghosts dolly alderton7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() People don’t talk about this feature in conversations around digital reading, says Sahil Patel, a 21-year-old engineering student and edtech entrepreneur from Ahmedabad. “Highlighting portions in that book somehow became a way of showing solidarity then intersectional feminism at its best.”Ī digital subscription to Mint premium can be yours at just ₹213 per month. “The highlights were a reflection of the deep anger and resentment women feel across the world,” says the 39-year-old VC from Bengaluru. Nandini Vishwanath experienced this when she read Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly around this time last year. You are bound by the angst and performance of something bigger than us that’s common to us,” she says. “It’s like going to a music concert and head-banging to the same tune. ![]() While reading Ghosts by Dolly Alderton, she found herself relating to all the women who would have highlighted the part where the author describes the exquisite pain of getting ghosted by someone you are attracted to. It creates a sense of belonging, says Shreya Punj, a commissioning editor who creates content around publishing at on Instagram. Effectively, almost every book you e-read via this route can evoke the same feeling: of inadvertently retracing the steps of a stranger’s journey through the text as you go along. ![]() Ghosts of Fire by Cherie Reich7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "On Day 168" by Cherie Reich: For 168 days, a dragon imprisoned Astryd in his cave, but the chieftain's daughter has escaped to discover the dragon may not be her only enemy. When violence breaks out, one question must be answered: what is the cost of peace? "The Cost of Greatness" by Meradeth Houston: The newly elected President swears that he will rid the country of Otherkind, no matter the cost. Will they rid themselves of the cursed jewel before the flames scorch them? This is another story in Chapman's Huckster Tales series. "The Flaming Emerald" by Jeff Chapman: When Orville finds an emerald in a pawnshop, Jimmy suspects there's trouble ahead, which is precisely what they encounter, trouble of a very weird and supernatural kind. Ghosts of Fire is the third, long-awaited Elements story collection from the dynamic and inventive Untethered Realms group. Explore shifting realms trapped in mirrors and a disturbing future where a president aims to rid the world of Otherkind. Meet paranormal detectives, imprisoned dragons, dark demons, cursed jewels, and handsome prophets. From USA Today, Amazon bestselling, and popular science fiction and fantasy authors comes Ghosts of Fire, a supernatural anthology of ten thrilling tales. ![]() ![]() "The Judge and the Millionaire" - New York, 1935
A single shard full book7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Tree-ear likes especially to watch a potter named Min. Living in such a town, Tree-ear naturally becomes attracted to the art of making pottery. Ch’ulp’o was one of many villages that were known for a be able to create beautiful pots of a rare celadon green color. They both scavenge and hunt for food to live. They live together under a bridge in the small Korean potter’s village of Ch’ulp’o. Tree-ear is a 12-year-old boy who lives with a crippled man named Crane-man. It was written by Linda Sue Park, who weaves a artful story of the orphan’s life and pottery.This is a fantastic book that won the 2002 Newbery Award. And the vase would be carefully inlaided, with a design of-of…” – An excerpt from A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkĪ Single Shard is the story of an orphan, Tree-ear, in a potter’s village in Korea during the twelfth century. “He would make replicas, dozens if needed, until the glaze was like jade and water. ![]() ![]() ![]() He takes off an old baseball cap and runs his fingers through his gray hair. He bounces in his seat as he identifies every bit player and names their subsequent films. It’s a moody film, full of shadows, odd camera angles, and an overwhelming sense of fear. ![]() The movie follows the travails of Klaatu, a visitor from another planet who wants to warn earthlings about the dangers of the nuclear age. “John Carpenter called this left-wing sci-fi.” “The short story this was based on was entitled ‘Farewell to the Master’ by Harry Bates,” he says. Yet he can hardly keep his mouth shut as we watch one of his favorite movies: 1951’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. His complexion is pasty, his frame gaunt, his gait timorous, as if he expects Van Helsing to leap out and thrust a crucifix in his face. ![]() See him walking the streets near his home in Heart of Chicago, and he looks like a character in a horror film. Actual horror is everyday life–you can’t walk away from that.” ![]() “I could be frightened by something in the theater and then walk away from it. Movies like Psycho scared the hell out of him. He got religion at the long-gone Illington Theater on Cermak near Western, where horror flicks double billed in matinees with crime capers or comedies. Book the flight portfolio7/5/2023 ![]() Image © UnsplashĪ very helpful Author’s Note, which for some reason has been placed at the end of the book rather than the beginning, explains the rationale for the author’s decision to create this character and this subplot. ![]() ![]() This includes one of the main characters, who is necessary for a secondary plot having to do with a homosexual love affair between Fry and the (invented) love of his life. It turns out that in the case of The Flight Portfolio, while most of the characters were real people whose real names are used, and the broad outlines of the rescue operation are accurate, a very large part of the story involves not only invented details, situations, and dialogue, but also several invented people. The book is historical fiction, and to be honest, historical fiction always presents this reader with something of a conflict, because I strongly prefer to know which parts of a story I’m reading are factual, and which parts are fictional. ![]() Many, though not all, of the people he saved were eminent writers, artists, academics, and political figures. State Department approved of his activities. ![]() Eventually he was forced to leave France because neither the Vichy government nor the U.S. for more than 2,000 refugees who were in danger of losing their lives. The Flight Portfolio is a bold, ambitious novel based on the true story of Varian Fry, an American journalist who, during 13 months spent in France in 1940-41, managed to arrange safe passage out of France and on to the U.S. ![]() Across a broken shore7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Her debut, Nothing But Sky was a Spring 2018 Junior Library Guild selection. Amy Trueblood grew up in Southern California only ten minutes from Disneyland which sparked an early interest in storytelling. Fueled by iced tea and a good Spotify playlist, you can often find Amy settled in a quiet corner at her local coffee shop plotting her next book. Her second novel, Across a Broken Shore, also a JLG selection, was recently selected by ALA as a 2020 Best Feminist Book in Children’s Literature and won the Gold Medal for Historical Fiction in the Independent Publisher Book Awards and the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. ![]() ![]() ![]() The secret to their happiness then is the secret to our happiness now– unfailing love made possible by boundless faith in God. They suffered from the loss of four children, the failure of a family business, and the death of Zélie, at forty-five, to breast cancer. ![]() But, as this book shows, the reality is quite the opposite. This family of saints, who lived in the late 1800s and early 1900s, might appear from their quaint photographs to have lived a relatively serene and smooth path to sainthood, untarnished by modern problems. ![]() She grew up in a close family, where the deep love of parents and children for God, neighbor, and each other was the very heart of their home and family life. Saint Thérèse, a Doctor of the Church, wrote in her classic spiritual biography, Story of a Soul, how important her family life was in setting the foundation for her spiritual life. This work, by the highly regarded expert on the Martin family, Father Stéphane-Joseph Piat, O.F.M, is the definitive biography of this amazing family of saints. The recent, and unprecedented, canonization by Pope Francis of a husband and wife, Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of Saint Thérèse, has stirred a great interest in this extraordinary family. ![]() |