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The Prince of Spies by Elizabeth Camden5/28/2023 ![]() I would recommend it to anyone."- All About Romance "In this second installment of the Hope and Glory series Camden takes readers to the McKinley White House for a captivating romance. Highly recommended." - Historical Novels Review Praise for the Hope and Glory series " A Gilded Lady is filled with mystery, romance, richly drawn characters and fascinating American history. The characters are all superbly developed and interesting, and the reader will want to know more about this time period and this series. Can their newfound love survive a political firestorm, or will three generations of family rivalry drive them apart forever? "This is a well-written, captivating romance that is rich with history. ![]() Now they must embark on a dangerous gamble to reconcile their growing feelings with Luke's driving passion for vital reforms in Congress. Luke is fascinated by the vibrant Marianne and her daring work as a government photographer, leading them into a forbidden romance. Trouble begins when Luke meets Marianne Magruder, the congressman's only daughter. His current mission: to thwart the reelection of Congressman Clyde Magruder, his only real enemy in the world. ![]() In reality, he has been secretly carrying out an ambitious agenda in Congress. 2022 Carol Award Winner Luke Delacroix has long had a reputation of being an impulsive adventurer, the wild son of one of Gilded Age Washington's most prominent families. ![]() Cola Cola Jazz by Kangni Alem5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ISBN-13: 978-0940322882 Summary: Tété-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland-and knew that he must go there. Winner of the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2003Īn African in Greenland Tete-Michel Kpomassie, 2001 Some publications: "Chemins de croix", "Atterissage," "Cola cola jazz," Canailles et charlatans", Un rêve d’Albatros"… He lives between Lomé and Bordeaux in France. His works explores the political and historic memory of African peoples through themes like slavery, dictatorship and racial and cultural métissage. He is professor of theater and literature at University of Lomé, Togo. Novelist, playwright and short story writer, he has published more than ten books. Born in Togo, 1966, Kangni Alem Alemdjrodo holds a PhD in French, Comparative and French African Literature of University of Bordeaux III, France. ISBN-13: 978-2906067820 Summary: Kangni Alem (full name Kangni Alemdjrodo) b. ![]() Animal by lisa taddeo review5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But Joan is on a mission, and is about to take matters into her own hands. Much of her damage has been caused by loss and grief, but is also recreated daily during her perpetually disappointing and banally violent interactions with men. She is a flawed but brilliant anti-heroine. She makes terrible decisions, is amoral, and has a deep-seated self-hatred. Who ‘you’ are is uncovered slowly, and is one of a number of mysteries that unfolds across the book’s length. Joan is the novel’s protagonist and narrator, who addresses her story to the reader. ![]() What, then, could Taddeo do when unburdened by the shackles of nonfiction? Animal is her answer, a novel of female revenge that promises to be just as sensational as her debut. Her exhaustive research project gave readers access to the intimate details of her subjects’ lives, and used a distinctive narrative nonfiction style to draw back the curtain on female sexuality, desire and disappointment in a way that was somehow both specific to the three women of the book, but also spoke widely to female experience. Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women caused a sensation when it was released in 2019 and became something of an instant classic. ![]() Delia's Shadow by Jaime Lee Moyer5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() and if she can’t find and stop the spell-caster, no protection in Sherwood Forest will be enough to save her children. Marian soon finds herself enmeshed in a maze of betrayals, tangled relationships and a vicious struggle for the Fey throne. ![]() Her first novel, Delias Shadow, was published by Tor Books, and won the 2009 Literary Award for Fiction, administrated by Thurber House and funded by the Columbus Arts Council. A grieving Marian bargains for protection for her children before she sets out with a soldier who’s lost his faith, a trickster Fey lord and a sullen Robin Hood, angry at being drawn back into the real world. Jaime Lee Moyer writes fantasy and science fiction, herds cats, is an occasional poet, and maker of tangible things. Mary’s, suspects a curse and begs Marian to use her magic to break it. although no one knows what he did that was so heinous he would leave behind Sherwood Forest and those he loved most.īut when friends from their outlaw days start dying, Father Tuck, now the Abbott of St. It’s been a mostly quiet life since Robin Hood denounced Marian, his pregnant wife, and his former life and retreated to a monastery to repent his sins. ![]() ![]() Someone is murdering the Merry Men – and if Marian doesn’t stop them, her children will be the next to die: a wonderful re-imagining of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Naomi Novik and Christina Henry. ![]() ![]() Marx wrote two short books on the revolution of 1848: The Class Struggles in France and The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. Finally, and most importantly for the purposes of this review, the revolution of 1848 in France gave Marx his first chance to analyze and write about the development of the revolutionary movement using the method of historical materialism. Secondly, the revolutions of 1848 gave Karl Marx and Frederick Engels their first major opportunity to put their revolutionary theories into practice-both men participated as central actors in the German wing of the revolutionary movement. ![]() For one thing, these upheavals represented the first examples of independent working-class political action in European history-they marked the moment at which something resembling the modern socialist movement began to take shape. Particularly for Marxists, however, the revolutions of 1848 have huge significance. While revolutionary turning points such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the storming of the Bastille in 1789, the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, or even the Paris Commune of 1871 retain some place in popular consciousness, the same cannot be said of the events of 1848–50: the uprising in Vienna, the June Days in Paris, the Siege of Rome, or the nationalist revolt in Hungary. THE REVOLUTIONS of 1848 in Europe are a forgotten episode in radical history, particularly in the United States. ![]() The witching hour book5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ĭuring the time in which this term originated, many people had sleeping schedules that meant they were awake during the middle of the night. The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary identifies midnight as the time when witches are supposedly active. Some claim the time is between 12:00 am and 1:00 am, while others claim there is increased supernatural activity between sunset and sunrise. There are multiple times that can be considered the witching hour. ![]() In the Western Christian tradition, the hour between 3:00 am and 4:00 am was considered a period of peak supernatural activity – this time is also referred to as the "Devil's hour" due to it being a mocking inversion of the time in which Jesus supposedly died, which was at 3:00 pm. Matthew West, though its origins may go further back to 1535 when the Catholic Church prohibited activities during the 3:00 am and 4:00 am timeframe due to emerging fears about witchcraft in Europe. The phrase "witching hour" began at least as early as 1775, in the poem "Night, an Ode." by Rev. The term now has a widespread colloquial and idiomatic usage that is associated with human physiology and behaviour to more superstitious phenomena such as luck. Definitions vary, and include the hour immediately after midnight, and the time between 3:00 am and 4:00 am. In folklore, the witching hour or devil's hour is a time of night that is associated with supernatural events, whereby witches, demons and ghosts are thought to appear and be at their most powerful. 13th-century CE portrayal of an unclean spirit ![]() ![]() Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death on 23rd December 1952. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of tuberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. After this, Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. Her books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror and received praise from critics.īowen's alcoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. Several of her books were adapted as films. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye, and Margaret Campbell. ![]() She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. ![]() Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. ![]() Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V Long née Campbell), was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. ![]() In the darkest part of the forest5/27/2023 ![]() But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough? The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.Īs the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Or she did, once.Īt the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. ![]() Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. ![]() ![]() Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. ![]() Berthe Morisot by Malika Bauwens5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() The film gave me the feeling that I was immersed in that time and that I could now visualize and sympathize with the world in which these paintings were created. For the first time, I was able to see the art in context. The dress, certainly, and the interiors, village streets, and countryside, but also the sounds, and most importantly, the light. In the end, the most valuable thing I took away from the film was the feeling of that late 19th c. That was fine with me, because I wasn't seeking those kinds of details. ![]() While the larger facts seemed accurate, i believe the dialogue and most plot points are imagined. Having been enamored of Morisot's paintings for many years, I welcomed the opportunity given by this film to know more about, and see Morisot in, her life. This was shown today as part of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts' annual French Film Festival. ![]() |