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![]() ![]() The note ends with a suggestion for a book, The Chumash People: Materials for Teachers and Students, that “provides excellent information for children about the Chumash people.” She then goes on to say that the legend of The Rainbow Bridge is still “very much alive” in the Chumash Indian community, and that there are still ceremonies performed for Hutash, the earth goddess (around which the story revolves). I don’t think this immediately besmirches the quality of this book, but it made me pause for a second. ![]() She thanks the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history for their “time, attention, and reference materials pertinent to both the writing and illustrating of this book.” I’m sure the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History was no doubt helpful, but makes me wonder how much contact Wood actually had with the Chumash community directly. In the ‘storyteller’s note’ on the first page, Wood explains some basic information about the Californian Chumash people their ancestral homelands, their historic ways of life, and that this story has been handed down orally for generations. It explains how the Chumash came to be and how they came to live where they live. ![]() The Rainbow Bridge is a retelling of a traditional Chumash creation/migratory tale. ![]() ![]() BBC Audiobooks and Recorded Books have released audio editions. It is the first book in the Tunnels series, and was followed by Deeper (2008), Freefall (2009), Closer (2010), Spiral (2011) and Terminal (2013). The book placed on The New York Times Children's Chapter Books Bestseller List in February and March 2008. Tunnels was critically well received, although some complaints about its lengthy, slow start were recorded. Will and his friend Chester flee The Colony and set out to find Will's father, in the Deeps, a place even deeper in the Earth than The Colony. ![]() The story follows Will Burrows, a 14-year-old 'archaeologist', who stumbles upon an underground civilization called The Colony. It was initially self-published as The Highfield Mole in 2005, and re-released as Tunnels by The Chicken House in 2007. Tunnels is a subterranean fiction novel by British authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. 2007 novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams ![]() ![]() ![]() As the lights go out across Europe, Robbie becomes a trauma surgeon in a field hospital on the Western Front, while Lilly breaks free of convention, as well as from her disapproving parents, leaving home and eventually becoming an ambulance driver with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. In a few short weeks, the world is engulfed by war. She believes he is the man of her dreams. As he plots his quiet escape, he is stopped by a vision of loveliness-Lilly. In his work, he is fe?ted and admired by his colleagues and friends, yet his accomplishments count for nothing to the privileged few attending the Neville-Ashford gala. ![]() This world is far removed from the hospital in Whitechapel where he works as a surgeon. Robbie Fraser knows he shouldn't have come to the lavish ball given by Edward's parents, the Earl and Countess of Cumberland. ![]() But that was many years ago when he was visiting and Lilly was young, and she is certain Robbie has long forgotten her. ![]() Only one person other than her beloved brother Edward ever listened to what she really wanted-Robert Fraser, Edward's best friend. Lilly longs to make a difference, to have a life of substance and meaning. 'Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford, has struggled against both her mother's expectations and the restrictions early 20th-century British society imposes upon women of 'gentle breeding'. ![]() ![]() Seduced by Her Highland Warrior MacKinloch Clan, Book 2. Susannah Sutcliffe is held captive in a Bedouin camp. Most Recommended Books presents the Michelle Willingham series written by Michelle Willingham. But left alone with samurai warrior Takeshi, tantalizing new cravings are aroused….Īrabian Nights with a Rake by Bronwyn Scott The only love and adventure Miku’s found is in her poetry. The Samurai’s Forbidden Touch by Ashley Radcliff ![]() ![]() The Captain’s Wicked Wager by Marguerite KayeĬaptain Ewan Dalgleish makes Isabella Mansfield a scandalous wager: in return for the money she needs, she must spend three nights with him…. So Viking Gunnar Dalrata offers to show her the pleasures of making love…. Michelle Willinghams biography, bibliography, list of books, with the current titles, summaries, covers. Innocent Auder O Reilly’s afraid she won’t satisfy her husband-to-be in the marriage bed. Pleasured by the Viking by Michelle Willingham Now, as mystery surrounds her, he’s going to rediscover all her sensuous curves…. Bibliographic information Author, Michelle Willingham (Author of historical romances) Edition, large print Publisher, Mills & Boon, 2012 Length, 383 pages. Austell has never forgotten the illicit night he shared with Loveday Trehearne. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rachel Recht and Sana Khan are either mortal enemies or star-crossed lovers. The novel is told in dueling POVs: that of immaculate cheerleader Sana Khan and that of rough-and-tumble film student Rachel Recht. by Aminah Mae Safi RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019. ![]() ![]() It's no secret that this is the basic premise - Safi dedicates the novel to Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, with a clever quip that Rory "always had Paris." The setting is not small-town Stars Hollow, but Los Angeles. So when I found out that Tell Me How You Really Feel was Aminah Mae Safi's version of the infamous Rory Gilmore-Paris Geller ship, I couldn't get my hands on it fast enough. I mention this little anecdote because I want to make sure y'all understand: My familiarity with Gilmore Girls runs so deep that it actually permeates my subconscious. ![]() "STAT!" was what Paris Geller once yelled in a hospital during an episode of Gilmore Girls because she was distraught and couldn't think of anything else to say. Tell Me How You Really Feel is author Aminah Mae Safis sophomore effort, a very enjoyable romantic dramedy featuring two eighteen year-old students who are. He prompted me to spout some random medical jargon, but the only thing in my mind was "STAT!" Days later, when the pain fog had lifted from my brain, I laughed out loud at the memory. The friend who took me to the ER was highly amused at the coincidence. The summer I sprained my ankle to within an inch of its life, I'd been in the middle of a Grey's Anatomy rewatch binge. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Tell Me How You Really Feel Author Aminah Mae Safi ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While he’s AWOL, Genie nominates Guanyin to fill in his shoes, unaware that the role will go to the god who can defeat a mysterious threat to the supernatural order. Guanyin and Quentin are doing their best to help but what they really need is for the Jade Emperor to get off his butt and deal with the crisis. But now, as a Heaven- appointed Guardian, even the well-being of demons is her responsibility-and their numbers are multiplying. Genie Lo thought she was busy protecting the Bay Area from demons. Hello Humans! Who remembers when I reviewed The Epic Crush of Genie Lo back in July of 2017? Well, it’s two and a bit years later and I’m here to review the sequel and end to the duology: The Iron Will of Genie Lo – will it live up to book one and does the wait make it any sweeter? ![]() ![]() As she has done from the very beginning, Rupi self-produced ‘Rupi Kaur Live’, the first poetry special of its kind, which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2021. Most recently in 2022- she released her 4th book ‘Healing Through Words’ which is a journey of guided writing exercises to help the reader explore their creativity. These collections have sold more than 11 million copies and have been translated into over 43 languages. ![]() Next came its artistic siblings 'the sun and her flowers' and ‘home body’, both debuting at #1 on bestseller lists across the world. ![]() ![]() A breakout literary phenomenon and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, 'milk and honey' in 2014. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then again, if you are like me and obsessed with words and the art that comes from darkness and the study of lonliness, then this is a work of genius. If you almost lost your self in desire, don't read this book. If you are jaded by love don't read this book. Sartre writes beautifully and describes the physical world in such incredible detail, that if you are a reader, and even more if you are a writer, you want to keep going and never put it down, but if you are not emotionally stable enough to handle the fact that you might have done nothing but existing, don't read this book. It is sickening and dark and so terribly everyday that it gets inside you if you let it. Nausea is not a good thing to have as the only thing that belongs to you, and even worse as the only thing that you belong to. I put a longer review of this book / a journal entry that I wrote while I was reading it in "my writing" since it was too long for this page. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though the lead character rules the Dreaming and our very sleep, The Sandman is about the concept of dreams more so than the act of dreaming. The difficulties he faces are often a result of how he interacts with humans and lesser beings. ![]() As with most great tragedies, Morpheus is his own worst enemy. What threatens Morpheus most are not big, ugly creatures (though they certainly do exist), but his own ego. ![]() The few times he does battle, it is his wits, not his power, that provide the victory. A lesser writer could easily have succumbed to "Superman Syndrome," wherein he throws bigger and uglier monsters Morpheus' way as the only form of a challenge. The events in these first stories may seem to be important only to the present tale, but almost all prove to have a connection to later issues leading into the series finale.Īs an immortal being, a function of the universe personified, there is little that can threaten Morpheus. Many Vertigo books since The Sandman, including Transmetropolitan and Y: The Last Man, have adopted Gaiman's finite format. The Sandman is not a series of unconnected events and is structured nothing like an incoherent dream. As the title suggests, Dream is the focus of the series and his journey is distinct and deliberate. Each of the seven ethereal beings embodies a different facet of existence, though only Dream, Death and Desire are explored in the first 20 issues collected in Absolute Sandman Vol. ![]() Morpheus is one of the Endless, beings older and more powerful than gods. ![]() |