![]() ![]() The first book in the Virgin River series was published in 2007. Virgin River has now been turned into a television series created by Netflix. The people of Virgin River face many trials and tribulations throughout the course of the books, as well as love and heartbreak. The tight-knit community has strong family bonds, but they are also very welcoming to newcomers. It is set in a rugged outpost in the redwood forests of California. She now lives in Las Vegas with her family and is one of the most popular romance writers in America. The Virgin River books series is arguably Robyn’s most well-known work. As a mother of two in the 1970s she began to write her own romance novels. ![]() Robyn began reading romance novels to fill her time while she was off her feet, and it became a passion of hers. Robyn was intending to pursue her nursing career once they had settled in one place, but pregnancy complications forced her to rest instead. She married her high school sweetheart and followed him from one airforce base to another while he flew helicopters for the Vietnam war. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Class is going well until Emily dives into the pool and her legs lock together causing her to panic and need to be rescued by her teacher. ![]() After years of her mother trying to keep her out of the water, her mother gives Emily permission to take mandatory swim lessons at school when she turns thirteen. The series follows the adventures of thirteen-year-old Emily Windsnap after she discovers that she is half mermaid in the first book and is targeted towards middle grade readers.Įmily Windsnap lives aboard a boat with her mother. The series originated as a poem that Kessler was writing about a "little girl who lived on a boat but had a big secret" an editor recommended that Kessler turn the poem into a book. It is illustrated primarily by Sarah Gibb and published by Orion Children's Books in Britain, and Candlewick Press in America. Orion Children's Books Candlewick Press (US)Įmily Windsnap is a series of children's fantasy novels written by British author Liz Kessler, inaugurated by The Tail of Emily Windsnap in 2003 and continuing as of 2020. Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the DeepĮmily Windsnap and the Castle in the MistĮmily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight SunĮmily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost SoulsĮmily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island ![]() ![]() ![]() Particularly for the American Midwest and West, this changed the culture dramatically. This evolution was devastating for the American rancher and the family farm, and the larger the corporations became and the more they gobbled up their competition, the more independent ranchers and farmers went by the wayside. At the time Schlosser wrote the book, close to 80 percent of meat sold in the United States came from plants owned by four large corporations. 362 Previews available in: English French German Spanish To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. ![]() This time, they had gained the favor and protection of those who otherwise would be forced to break them apart: politicians. The meatpacking monopolies of the early 1900s that were broken up by antitrust litigation made a comeback. As agribusinesses grew, the larger companies either absorbed the smaller ones or simply put them out of business. Fast Food Nation is a groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks about the way it eats. ![]() Slaughterhouses, where thousands of cattle are processed daily, came to resemble manufacturing plants. Frozen vegetables, specifically frozen potatoes (french fries) replaced fresh food. The fast food industry influenced American agriculture in astonishing ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() But his marriage based on lies goes sour, and in the midst of the resultant unfavorable custody arrangement, Eric takes his six-year-old daughter, Meadow, on an unsanctioned road trip through New England, seizing the opportunity to reconnect with her, even as he realizes that this idyllic time is as illusory as his past. Recreating himself as Eric Kennedy, raised in a fictional town by a patrician family, the narrator distances himself from his past to gain entr e into American aristocracy. Erik Schroder was born in East Berlin, but escaped with his father to working-class Boston. The book written as an apology (in both the Socratic and emotional sense) to the narrator's ex-wife as he awaits trial is quiet and deeply introspective. Gaige (The Folded World) revisits the fragility of family life in her newest, based broadly on the Clark Rockefeller child custody kidnapping case. ![]() ![]() ![]() But a broader interpretation of Agatha's wisdom applies to women in an era: Desire doesn't fade with age, and nourishing it is our birthright until we die. These ladies are talking about sex, in case the innuendo breezed by you. I almost asked a footman to lie on top of me today!" "It is blooming out of control," she continues. garden is in bloom," she confesses to Agatha, who is confused at first, before picking up Violet's code: the mannerly widow is feeling unexpectedly merry again. One moves a flustered Violet to launch into a passionate conversation about, ahem, "gardening." In the fifth episode of "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story," Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and Lady Agatha Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) take in an art exhibit of the latest oil paintings, including a few lushly rendered nudes. ![]() ![]() ![]() I received a copy of this story in exchange of a fair and honest review. The tone was a little one-note, though, and didn’t always hold my mind from wandering. Professionally done, the narration is smooth, especially with the dialogue. ![]() I mostly listened to this story on Audible and was surprised to hear the narrator was also the author. The ending also felt complete in telling the story of Enzi, his bad luck, and questionable choices. I was confused by the jumping in time early in the book but felt it cleared up by the end and I understood why the author wrote it as such with parallels between the two main characters. Then there were other areas (like details of programming) where I felt it dragged on. There were parts (mostly with Kaori) where I had to keep reading and it pushed the story forward. However, the pacing of this story felt a little off. The way her dialogue was written was almost haunting at times. Enzi, a dropout and drifting runaway, becomes a criminal computer hacker who then falls in love with Kaori, an artist. Part Montana wilderness, part techno, and part international, Paper Targets is a literary story of criminal greed and misdirected love. I was genuinely surprised by where her character started and ended up. Check out this great listen on Audible.ca. Kaori as a character was also super interesting and kept me guessing. ![]() There was an underlying tone to the story that was intriguing and Enzi’s perceived indifference made me want to learn more about his life. ![]() ![]() He came out with his first book, The Thomas Berryman, in 1976, and won an Edgar award.Īlthough Patterson penned other novels following The Thomas Berryman, he only achieved his first breakout success in 1993 with his book, Along Came a Spider. Patterson was able to become the company’s North American CEO in the following years but still continued to write in his spare time. He left Vanderbilt after a year and took a job at ad agency J. He pursued his undergraduate studies at Manhattan College before pursuing a master’s degree in English literature at Vanderbilt University. ![]() Who Is James Patterson?īorn on March 22, 1947, in Newburgh, New York, James Patterson didn’t love reading until after he graduated in high school. Here is the complete list of books published by James Patterson, a philanthropist and one of the world’s bestselling authors.įamous for his thriller and mystery novels, James Patterson’s works always top the bestselling list, such as Witch and Wizard, NYPD Red, Daniel X, Maximum Ride, Women’s Murder Club, Michael Bennett, and Alex Cross. ![]() ![]() ![]() We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long back. 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The hospital was conceived not just as a place to provide care for the sick, but also as one where weary pilgrims and travelers could rest and enjoy themselves, according to a 1983 presentation given at the French Society on the History of Medicine.īut in 1353, during the height of the Black Death, the hospital also opened a cemetery, which provided a lucrative side business for the religious folk who operated the hospital, according to the presentation. ![]() The site was once the location of the Trinity Hospital, which was founded in 1202 by two German noblemen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Historical figures like Mark Anthony and Pompey the Great participate in the storyline, and their temperaments also reflect Plutarch’s descriptions of their lives. Cleopatra’s analyses and observations of the political world around her, including Egypt’s alliances, are insightful and even amusing. The author chose to portray Cleopatra as an adolescent, which demonstrates her maturity and development as the years pass within the memoir. Moreover, Cleopatra’s intelligence, not her beauty, dominates her strong-willed personality and initiates her reputation as a formidable ruler in her contemporary world. However, Kristiana Gregory creates her main character according to Plutarch’s descriptions of Cleopatra VII, not popular belief.Ĭleopatra’s first-person narration describes Cleopatra to be a linguist and a scholar. Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile is a hypothetical journal by the last queen of Egypt. ![]() |