![]() Sarah’s writing has been nominated for numerous literary awards, and she has been the recipient of the Adelaide Festival Young Adult Fiction Award, the Davitt Award for Best YA Crime Novel, and Honour Book from the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Her first two young adult novels, Small Spaces and Deep Water, have been translated into multiple languages, and Small Spaces has also been optioned for film. ![]() Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodre Sarah Epstein is an award-winning Australian author who resides in Melbourne with her family. Sarah’s short fiction is featured in the Hometown Haunts anthology, and she has launched a contemporary YA series, Leftovers, and a new YA thriller, Night Lights, under her own imprint. ![]() Sarah Epstein is an award-winning Australian author who resides in Melbourne with her family. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.īecause of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. ![]() ![]() In order to help bolster their image within the LGBTQ+ community-as well as with their fans-they hire Claire to join the cast for the rest of their publicity tour. Unfortunately for Demon Heart, when the video of the disastrous Q&A goes viral, the producers have a PR nightmare on their hands. ![]() Forest is mostly confused that anyone would think his character is gay. She can't believe her hero turned out to be a closed-minded jerk. After all, every last word of her super-popular fanfic revolves around the romance between Forest's character and his male frenemy. Until the Q&A, that is, when Forest laughs off Claire's assertion that his character is gay.Ĭlaire is devastated. When the two meet at a local Comic-Con panel, it's a dream come true for Claire. FOREST is an actor on Demon Heart who dreams of bigger roles. ![]() CLAIRE is a sixteen-year-old fangirl obsessed with the show Demon Heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here, for the first time in a single collector s edition, are all of Eiseley's beloved, thought-provoking, sometimes darkly lyrical essay collections, from The Immense Journey to the posthumous The Star Thrower (1978). Now for the first time, the Library of America presents his landmark essay collections in a definitive two-volume set.īeginning with the surprise million-copy seller The Immense Journey (1957), Eiseley produced an astonishing succession of books that won acclaim both as science and as art. ![]() ![]() Weaving together anecdote, philosophical reflection, and keen observation with the soul and skill of a poet, Eiseley offers a brilliant, companionable introduction to the sciences, paving the way for writers like Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. At the height of a distinguished career as a bone-hunter and paleontologist, Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay in six remarkable books that are masterpieces of prose style. To read Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Assisting the Rangers in their wild chase is the renowned Kickapoo tracker, Famous Shoes. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with the Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture. Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow Call, now in their middle years, continue to deal with the ever-increasing tensions of adult life - Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe, and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER The second book of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove tetralogy, Comache Moon takes us once again into the world of the American West. ![]() ![]() Now, we know that you want even more info. Mark your calendars, because both editions will be available on January 3, 2023. I’ve gone back to faerie so many times that I think it’s a settled fact that I will continue to go back.”Īnd now Cosmopolitan is exclusively announcing the new Book of Elfhame and yes, this is an entirely new series following Oak and.wait for it.Suren! “I didn’t want to have it be too long since I’d been there. ![]() I was working on my first adult novel, Book of Night, through most of the pandemic, but I was looking forward to coming back to faerie, characters I knew, and a world I’m so familiar with and really enjoyed being in,” she revealed to Cosmopolitan. “I actually knew I was gonna do this when I was finishing up Queen of Nothing. After the end of The Queen of Nothingleft us wondering if there was anything left in the Folk of the Air series, Holly has secretly been hard at work on the next story. That’s right, the queen of faerie herself, Holly Black, is taking us back with the help of some very familiar faces. Pour some faerie wine and try not to get too caught up in the music, because it’s time for us to return to Elfhame. ![]() ![]() Drawing on extensive research in textual, visual, and materials sources, the author disproves the beliefs that the corset was dangerously unhealthy and was designed primarily for the oppression of women. health and comfort, Steele contends that women's experiences of corsetry varied considerably and cannot be fully understood within these narrow frames. Whereas most historians have framed the history of the corset in terms of oppression vs. Valerie Steele, one of the world's most respected fashion historians, explores the cultural history of the corset, demolishing myths about this notorious garment and revealing new information and perspectives on its changing significance over the centuries. Why did women continue to wear steel and whalebone corsets for four hundred years ? And why did they finally stop ? This lavishly illustrated book offers fascinating and often surprising answers to these questions. ![]() Although regarded as an essential element of fashionable dress from the Renaissance into the twentieth century, the corset was also frequently condemned as an instrument of torture and the cause of ill health. The corset is probably the most controversial garment in the history of fashion. ![]() ![]() ![]() And in doing so, you will end up less happy than if you accepted the situation you’re facing and figured out a productive path forward. ![]() Instead, you are rejecting reality in favor of your expectations or thoughts about what reality should be. When you criticize, condemn, or complain, you aren’t accepting reality. “To complain is always non-acceptance of what is.” And in doing so, we fail to recognize the difference between our thoughts about reality and reality itself. Too often, we allow our mind to consume our present moment. ![]() On the other hand, your life situation – your finances, the state of your career, your relationships – those are situations that exist in your mind. While it’s easy to forget, your life exists in the present moment, in the now. □ If you enjoy this summary and want to get access to a growing and searchable digital collection of 100+ book summaries like this, check out Foundations. Eckhart Tolle explores presence, thinking, and spirituality to help you understand what presence means, how thinking and non-acceptance drive a lot of human pain, and how to live a life that reduces suffering.īuy this book on Amazon(Highly recommend) ![]() ![]() The play that they plan to stage is The Recruiting Officer, a 1706 play by the Irish writer George Farquhar, which follows the social and sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, in the town of Shrewsbury to recruit soldiers. For the play's power is mirrored in the rich, varied life of this primitive land, and, not least, in the convict and actress Mary Brenham. As felons, perjurers, thieves, and whores rehearse, their playmaker, Ralph Clark, is derided by authority. Ralph Clark, sadistic Major Robert Ross (Royal Marines officer), and Midshipman Harry Brewer have a curious effect on the goings-on of the new Australian colony. Governor Arthur Phillip presides over the colony, where 1st Lt. ![]() ![]() In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. The Playmaker is a novel based in Australia written by the Australian author Thomas Keneally. ![]() ![]() ![]() I look forward to the next book in the series. The change in tone is a little odd, but it does help lead the book to a happy ending (not an innuendo). The book does take a sharp turn into unexpected territory near the end (not an innuendo). What they do is well described, varied, and very steamy.The sex is aided by decent writing throughout. Lanie spends time with each man, and sometimes both at once. The sex is steamy and covers a lot of ground. An agreement is reached- Lanie will travel with both men during "Cowboy Christmas" and they will have the chance to win her heart.Winning her heart of course involves sex, and lots of it! Corralled is an erotic novel that deserves that label. The men aren't willing to fight each other for her, but neither wants to give her up. Little does she know the two are old friends until a chance meeting brings the three together. ![]() ![]() Although she has a strict rule against dating cowboys, she ends up sharing a bed with two: Traditional Hank and adventurous Kyle. Corralled stars Lanie Capshaw, a med-tech on two rodeo circuits. ![]() |