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Betsy tacy novel5/11/2023 The new volume contains the first four Betsy-Tacy books: “Betsy-Tacy,” first So there is a built-in fan base for “The Betsy-Tacy Treasury,” which is being published by HarperCollins today. Among Betsy-Tacy’s professed admirers are Bette Midler, Anna Quindlen and Nora Ephron. Few of these go so far as to organize letter-writing campaigns pleading that a publisher send long out-of-print volumesīack to press. Witness the great cheer that welcomed recent anniversaries of “Peter Pan” and “The Phantom Tollbooth.”īut few inspire their own dedicated society, complete with membership dues and an annual convention. Of course, many great works of children’s literature have their partisans yearsĪfter the last remnant of childishness fades into parenthood, middle age and wrinkles. First published more than 50 years ago, the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace retains a feverishly devoted contingent of fans.
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Christine trent lady of ashes series5/11/2023 Harris, and Anna Lee Huber, and follows the travels of a cursed pocket watch through time. THE DEADLY HOURS is an anthology written with Susanna Kearsley, C.S. On September 1, 2020, Sourcebooks will release Christine's latest entry in the LADY OF ASHES historical mystery series featuring Violet Harper, a Victorian undertaker with a passion for her macabre work. The year 2020 marks 200 years since Florence's birth. In addition to six novels and three short stories in the LADY OF ASHES series, Christine has also written several historical novels A MURDEROUS MALADY, Book 2 of the Florence Nightingale mystery series, was published on May 7, 2019, during National Nurses Week, which is always the week leading up to Florence's birthday on May 12th. A MURDEROUS MALADY, Book 2 of the Florence Nightingale mystery series, was published on May 7, 2019, during National Nurses Week, which is always the week leading up to Florence's birthday on May 12th.
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The spellman files a novel5/11/2023 Part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry, Izzy walks an indistinguishable line between Spellman family member and Spellman employee. To be a Spellman is to snoop on a Spellman tail a Spellman dig up dirt on, blackmail, and wiretap a Spellman. If only they could leave their work at the office. In fact, it comes naturally to all the Spellmans. Invading people's privacy comes naturally to Izzy. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism she may be addicted to Get Smart reruns and prefer entering homes through windows rather than doors - but the upshot is she's good at her job as a licensed private investigator with her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Summary: Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator.
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I remember you by yrsa sigurdardottir5/11/2023 She explains that the classmates were known for bullying Bernódus, who had crosses carved on his back from his ultra-religious, abusive father (who blamed him for the death of his wife in childbirth). Dagny shows him a photograph of Bernódus's classmates, with eight of their faces scratched out with crosses. Crosses are found carved into her back, which is assumed to be the result of domestic abuse, but when the dead woman's husband insists he never touched her, policewoman Dagny links the death to the mysterious disappearance of a young boy, Bernódus, who vanished decades earlier. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.įreyr, a doctor in a city in Iceland, assists local police when an elderly woman is found hung inside of an old church. I Remember You ( Icelandic: Ég man þig) is a 2017 Icelandic mystery- horror film co-written and directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson.
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When not haunting coffeehouses, hunting ghosts, or wrangling their rescue cats, Alice and Marc are New York Times bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. Cleo's "relenlessly entertaining" ( Criminal Element) novels have earned starred reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus, Best of Year selection honors from multiple reviewers, and have been recommended by Booklist and Library Journal as among the best cozy mysteries for core library mystery collections. With more than 1 million books sold, they have gained an enthusiastic following. Join Cleo's Coffee Club for bonus recipes and giveaways: Click Here to Subscribe to Cleo’s Free NewsletterĬLEO COYLE is the New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestselling pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini.
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Time enough for drums by ann rinaldi5/11/2023 I have been fascinated by history for as long as I can remember, but Rinaldi was one of many authors who helped me to better understand what the best kind of historical study is. Her dissertation is titled, “Life Problems: Sex Education in the United States, 1890-1930.” Follow her Wheatley and Abigail Adams and Peggy Shippen and Harriet Hemings: all early American women whom I learned about from Ann Rinaldi’s young adult fiction. candidate in history at the College of William & Mary, and managing editor of the Nursing Clio blog. Tweet us at #FoundingFiction or comment with your recommendations for Very Early Americanists. Between posts, we’ll compile a shelf of favorites to (re)read. Welcome to Founding Fiction, The Junto’s first roundtable exploring how children’s literature and young adult fiction depicts early American history.
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Reverie by Ryan La Sala5/11/2023 His path crosses with The Others, a group of friends with a skilled set of powers & answers to all of the holes Kane has in his memories. We meet Kane after he’s survived a car accident that left him with Amnesia. In the world of Reverie the real danger lies in the fantasies created by people, ones that come to fruition with the purpose of claiming their creators. Goodreads has it described as Inception meets The Magicians which I find to be pretty accurate. Nearly a month has passed since I read Reverie yet it’s still so fresh in my mind & that’s simply because of how unique & wild this book really is! Granted, it won’t be everyones cup of tea but I personally found it to be this odd little gem of a story I could easily get sucked into. □ ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review□
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Undercover by Eliot Grayson5/10/2023 Undercover is the fourth book in the Vino and Veritas series, set in Sarina Bowen’s World of True North. A slight gripe that this similarity in style did mean that I sometimes had to take a few moments to know which character I was with when listening. I also really liked the narration - both Cooper North and Time Paige have an engaging but relaxed, low key style which is my kind of thing. Two intelligent men managed to work it out!!! Another massive plus was that the two MCs had really distinctive voices both of which I really liked. I had some anxiety about how the reveal would be handled - I dreaded some overblown fight with crap communication between the MCs - but again Grayson did the whole thing with grace and wit. In a kind of Buffy-ish way the "big drama" became a lovely way to riff on the usual relationship insecurities, misunderstandings and perils of intimacy. But then the book developed a more sly humour and did some nice subtle playing with the genre. Grayson initially used the setup to make some good jokes at this kind of silliness. Alec deliberately gets close to Gabe to do some undercover investigation and the two proceed to fall for each other. It had a "only in a romance" setup - FBI agent Alec thinks (obviously totally innocent) dropout student Gabe is possibly involved in a drug smuggling operation via his family's shipping business (not spoilers, this is all established in the first chapter or so).
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Just Friends by Norma Klein5/10/2023 Was the long-lost doll Elizabeth really magic? Sally believed so as she hunted Elizabeth, not only through space in Aunt Sarah's very old and almost spooky house, but also through the past into which Sally could pass through the dusty mirror in the attic. Can the two help each other across time?Review"Charming story and pictures.a delightful blending of the true and fanciful." - * Parents*A happy combination of mystery, fantasy, and everyday living. Sally searches and searches, but the doll seems to have vanished. Sally finds herself in the past on the other side of the mirror where another little girl-also names Sally-has lot a beloved doll, Elizabeth. When she looks into it something magical happens. She sneaks upstairs and discovers the attic, where she finds herself drawn toward an old mirror. Trapped in a spooky old house and stalked by an unfriendly cat, Sally begins to explore. The other side of the mirror.It looks like it's going to be a bad summer for Sally: She's got to stay with her creepy Aunt Sarah while her parents are away.
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The Dream of X by William Hope Hodgson5/10/2023 He was the second of twelve children, three of whom died in infancy. Hodgson was born in Blackmore End, Essex, the son of Samuel Hodgson, an Anglican priest, and Lissie Sarah Brown. 7 Recent publications of Hodgson's work.4.1 Order of writing versus order of publication.
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