![]() ![]() Their stories take us from the corridors of the White House to the slums of Manhattan, from the waters of the Chesapeake to the deserts of Nevada, from Boston Common to Alcatraz Island, vividly evoking the Union at its moment of ultimate crisis and decision. ![]() A gripping and original account of how the Civil War began and a second American revolution unfolded, setting Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom.Īn epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields, 1861 introduces us to a heretofore little-known cast of Civil War heroes-among them an acrobatic militia colonel, an explorer’s wife, an idealistic band of German immigrants, a regiment of New York City firemen, a community of Virginia slaves, and a young college professor who would one day become president. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" ( Wall Street Journal). ![]() Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literatureįinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)Ī San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Gift Guide SelectionĪ New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice SelectionĪ sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists shows why Rome remains "relevant to people many centuries later" ( Atlantic). Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Kirkus Reviewsįinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) ![]() ![]() "Fair Extension," the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself. ![]() In "Big Driver," a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness. " writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922," the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. ![]() "I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bedrooms 3 and 4 share a Jack-and-Jill bathroom with dual sinks and tub/shower combo. 2nd Floor, Bedroom 4: Twin-over-full bunkbed, twin trundle, TV and private balcony. Private bathroom with large shower and dual sinks. 2nd Floor, Bedroom 2: King bed, TV, private balcony. ![]() 1st Floor, Living Area: Sofa pulls out to a queen bed. SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS - SLEEPS 13 1st Floor, Bedroom 1: Queen bed, TV. ![]() The 3rd floor also makes a great 2nd retreat with sleeper sofa and wet bar. Grab some Gulf views from the 3rd floor balcony. There's plenty of room for everyone to spread out in this beach home. Or enjoy the open-concept living and dining space inside. Dine al fresco and pool-side after cooking up a delicious meal in the gourmet kitchen. This home is beautifully designed with modern updates and coastal touches throughout and beautiful hardwood floors. Relax by the private pool after a day on the beach. Make your dream vacation a reality at this refreshed and updated 30A beach retreat, Green Eggs and Ham! This 5-bedroom home is tucked within the private gated community of Water's Edge in Seacrest Beach (next to Rosemary) and offers every amenity imaginable. ![]() ![]() ![]() It grew in popularity over two summers.īut, at their April 12 meeting, the Downtown Orillia Management Board (DOMB) voted to reduce the program to just three "special event" nights over the course of the summer - a decision that has since sparked outrage from residents and business owners who value the program. ![]() Initially rolled out amidst stringent public health measures in 2020, the program closed stretches of Mississaga Street to vehicles on Friday and Saturday nights, which brought restaurant patios out to the roadside and encouraged pedestrian traffic throughout the downtown area. ![]() on Friday and Saturday nights, from the first weekend in July through to Labour Day. Three city councillors will be looking for support from their city hall colleagues Monday to resurrect the popular 'See You on the Patio’ program this summer.Ĭouncillors Ted Emond, David Campbell, and Ralph Cipolla will introduce a notice of motion at Monday evening's council meeting that calls for the program to once again run from 5 to 10 p.m. ![]() ![]() No excerpt currently exists for this novel. Sorcha despairs that she will never able to complete her task, but the magic of the Fair Folk knows no boundaries, and love is the strongest magic of them all. ![]() When Sorcha is kidnapped by the enemies of Sevenwaters and taken to a foreign land, she is torn between the desire to save her beloved brothers, and a love that comes only once. ![]() If she speaks before she completes the quest set to her by the Fair Folk and their queen, the Lady of the Forest, she will lose her brothers forever. But Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is bewitched by his new wife, an evil enchantress who binds her brothers with a terrible spell, a spell which only Sorcha can lift - by staying silent. Sorcha is the light in their lives and they are determined that she know only contentment. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Linn: Cormack's dog, a wolfhound mix that he rescued from drowning. She is 12 or 13 at the start of the novel. Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Sorcha (Sor+aka or Surk+ha): Also known as 'Jenny.' She has dark, curly hair and green eyes. A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction. ![]() ![]() Flora is, therefore, in training to become that scourge of the English countryside, that butt of every self-respecting comic writer’s joke: the ‘interfering old baggage’. Flora decides she’d much rather move in with one of her many relatives and, essentially, make a nuisance of herself (she claims she’s going to ‘tidy’ up their lives, but it comes to the same thing). Stuck wondering what to do now that her parents are gone, Flora rejects the suggestion of her friend, Mrs Smiling, that she move to London and “learn how to work” (Chapter II). ![]() The book’s central character is Flora Poste, a recently orphaned young woman with time on her hands. ![]() If not – well, hopefully one of my lovely readers will help me out. Lest I show my ignorance (or my poor sense of humour, often inclined to the banana-peel school of comedy, if I’m honest, despite my best efforts to cultivate it), I put off writing anything about it.īut Cold Comfort Farm is a strange book, and I hope that writing a little bit about it will allow me to puzzle it through. ![]() The reason I didn’t know whether to write a review or not was probably because I didn’t know what to make of the book itself. Considering it has been dubbed “Probably the funniest book ever written”, and emerged in the period of inestimable comic talents like P.G. It piqued my interest because I’d read about it in Samantha Ellis’ How To Be A Heroine, and thought it sounded fantastic. ![]() Frankly, I wasn’t sure whether to write a review of Cold Comfort Farm. ![]() ![]() “We will send your belongings to your quarters. “The Jedi is clean,” she announced, her long cloak whipping out to reveal a hint of a skirt underneath as she turned on her heel. And look, it’s even my color.” She put the device back into the crate, then clamped the lid shut. ![]() “Perhaps you can have it when I’m done with my investigation.” “A sentimental Jedi.” The woman smiled, the harsh lines of her tattooed face bending in unnatural ways. I didn’t know Jedi cared for such flamboyant things.” She tapped a finger against the underside where the alloy case attached before coming back to Obi-Wan, holding it up as they met face-to-face. Consider it,” Obi-Wan said, “a bit of a lucky charm.” “I’ve never seen such elaborate plating on a scanning device.” ![]() She stood up, her cloak flowing back down to rest, and she presented the device in front of the gathered Neimoidians. ![]() In the first excerpt to be released from Star Wars: Brotherhood, the new novel by Mike Chen arriving this May, the Nightsister and the Jedi Knight join forces to survey the damage to the wealthy colony world. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Asajj Ventress have been enemies and uneasy allies.Īnd soon we'll learn about the genesis of their strained relationship, as the secret Sith apprentice to Count Dooku and Kenobi are both called into action on Cato Neimoidia. ![]() Can the Jedi win over the Separatist assassin in their first encounter? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OL2634821W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.00 Pages 232 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:014009301X Urn:lcp:tigersdaughter00mukh:epub:f2e8f453-9017-441f-9371-0bd59104c9f6 Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier tigersdaughter00mukh Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0cv5h473 Isbn 0395127157 Lccn 77162011 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL4583618M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:46:58 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA144204 Boxid_2 CH120409 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Boston Donor ![]() ![]() A force that absolutely will not stop until she is dead. ![]() Sent by the darkest force in the universe. He stays close, and she almost feels safe with him around.īut no one can outrun their past, and the more lies that swirl around her-even from her new and trusted friends-the more disoriented she becomes, until she is confronted by a man who claims to have been sent to kill her. Her saving grace comes in the form of a new friend she feels she can confide in and the fry cook, a devastatingly handsome man whose smile is breathtaking and touch is scalding. A force that wants to cause her harm, she is sure of it. ![]() Things they hide with lies and half-truths. Stranger still are the people entering her life. ![]() So when she is working at a diner and slowly begins to realize she can see dead people, she's more than a little taken aback. In a small village in New York lives Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the ninth installment of Darynda Jones' New York Times bestselling paranormal series, The Dirt on Ninth Grave ![]() |