6/10/2023 0 Comments What a Duke Dares by Anna Campbell![]() She lives near the sea on the east coast of Australia, where she's losing her battle with an overgrown subtropical garden. When she's not writing passionate, intense stories featuring gorgeous Regency heroes and the women who are their destiny, Anna loves to travel, especially in the United Kingdom, and listen to all kinds of music. ![]() Her books have twice been nominated for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA Award and three times for Romance Writers of Australia's Romantic Book of the Year. Anna has won numerous awards for her historical romances, including the RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice, the Booksellers' Best, the Golden Quill (three times), the Heart of Excellence, the Aspen Gold (twice), and the Australian Romance Readers Association's most popular historical romance (five times). Once she discovered the wonderful world of romance novels, she knew exactly what she wanted to write. Always a voracious reader, Anna Campbell decided when she was a child that she wanted to be a writer. ![]()
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Hagee said he had denounced the earlier draft through his church's email network “weeks ago” and sent a letter to the council and mayor asking to discuss it. ![]() “The ability to speak face to face about what the ordinance does and doesn't do has proven to me time and time again to be the most effective method,” Bernal said. “I was happy to share the changes with the pastor and his son,” Bernal said Sunday, referring to Mathew Hagee, the executive pastor at Cornerstone, who was also present. ![]() Though Bernal said he had made the revisions almost two weeks before that meeting, he said Sunday that the agreement and meeting with Hagee underscored the benefits of respectful dialogue. ![]() Hagee said he got the city attorney and Bernal to agree to the revisions in writing when they met Tuesday. It would add “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” to the city's current anti-discrimination policy. The ordinance's advocates contend it is an overdue update to protect a vulnerable class of people without negating the rights of others. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Patterns of force michael reaves![]() The conclusion was a bit off, particularly the fight with Darth Vader, who was not as imposing as he should have been, especially considering how well Reaves had depicted him in the previous book, but that doesn't stop this from being a solidly above-average conclusion to a previously average storyline. They really are shaken up and changed by what transpires. Most of the novel is taken up by the various characters Reaves had so well constructed over the first two books reacting, often in unexpected yet plausible ways, to these developments. Both wildcards are a little farfetched- the characters seem very optimistic about their chances of reaching Palpatine, and I didn't buy that the kid could have somehow gone unnoticed until now- but worth it for the conflict they introduce. This novel introduces a couple wildcards into the cozy world of Jax Pavan and his band of Resistance fighters: a plot to assassinate Emperor Palpatine and a powerful young Force adept who has the power to fight back. To my surprise, it turned out to be the best of the series- perhaps because it abandons all pretense of that premise. ![]() I was somewhat underwhelmed by the first two Coruscant Nights novels, which I felt had not really delivered on the Jedi detective/Coruscant noir premise they had been billed under, so I didn't expect much out of this, the final installment of the trilogy. Star Wars Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves 4.3 (50) Paperback (Mass Market Paperback - Reprint) 8. ![]() ![]() ![]() Philosopher and pop culture expert Mark D. From the logic behind his aversion to killing to the moral status of vigilantism and his use of torture in pursuit of justice (or perhaps revenge), Batman's ethical precepts are compelling but often inconsistent and controversial. 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On a school trip to Israel, during which eight students interviewed eight former students of the Victoria School, all of whom are Jewish, Johanna learns that the Nazis essentially boycotted Jewish stores to force them into bankruptcy. What would you do if you were a seventeen year old German girl who found out that the apparel store your parents own (Riemenschneiders Fine Apparel) was originally called Heimann & Compagnie and was previously owned by two Jewish families? Furthermore, you found out that the Jewish families fled Germany during the Holocaust and they received virtually nothing for their store. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Skulduggery pleasant book 6![]() ![]() Remember that if you’re buying books as a gift, we also offer a wide-range of book prints, gifts and greetings cards for readers of all ages! Check out our print studio and gift-shop today. If you’re buying your books as a gift, we can gift-wrap them in a lovely bundle and send them wherever in the world you wish! 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