![]() "Mina offers us a complex plot with a shocking ending, all told in an amazingly original voice. The danger reaches a frightening pitch."- Rocky Mountain News like its powerful predecessor, Garnethill." - New York Times Book Review "Reads like a slap in the face - and a kick in the ribs and a fist in the stomach. "Atmospheric, intense, and full of the disturbing flavor of inner-city lowlife." - Guardian Taking her search to London, Maureen soon encounters disturbing truths about Ann's hidden past - including a secret that has Maureen fighting for her life. Denise Mina is the author of more than ten novels, including The Long Drop, winner of the 2017 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year, and the Garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won the John Creasey Memorial Award for best first crime novel. When the body of shelter resident Ann Harris washes up on the banks of the Thames two weeks later, Maureen vows to discover what happened and to prove that Ann's husband is not to blame. Trying to escape her own troubled past and the memories of her lover's murder, Maureen O'Donnell finds refuge working as a counselor at a shelter for battered women. Garnethills two sequels Exile (2000) and Resolution (2001) followed, and she has since published numerous more books and written a number of the John. ![]()
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![]() ![]() "Katie Erich's Northern English accent transports listeners to the windswept Yorkshire moors in this atmospheric fantasy about a woman on the run."- AudioFile on The Book Eaters A delicious modern fairy tale."- Christopher Buehlman, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is "a darkly sweet pastry of a book about family, betrayal, and the lengths we go to for the ones we love. This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and narrator about the novel, family, and neurodivergency. ![]() "Katie Erich narrates Devon with the voice of a true storyteller, providing a mesmerizing performance that communicates the devastating harshness and rich emotionality of Devon's journey.Beautiful and intense, it is a must-listen."- Library Journal "Katie Erich's riveting and emotionally rich realization of Dean's strange and vivid world makes this an entrancing listen from start to finish we hope to hear much more from author and narrator alike." - The Seattle Times ![]() ![]() ![]() Day, Christine (enrolled, Upper Skagit).(full blood citizen of the Cherokee Nation) and "Cherokee Life Today" by Traci Sorell (enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation). Includes "The Energy of the Thunder Beings" by Art Coulson, illustrated by Roy Boney Jr. Coulson, Art (Cherokee), illustrations by Carlin Bear Don't Walk (Crow and Northern Cheyenne).Smith, Monique Gray (Cree/Lakota), illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt (Diné), translated by Mildred Waters (Diné).Sammurtok, Nadia (Inuit), illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko (Ukrainian/Canadian).We Are Water Protectors.Roaring Brook Press. Lindstrom, Carole (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), illustrated by Michaela Goade ( Tlingit, member of the Kiks.ådi Clan).Gyetxw, Hetxw'ms (Gitxsan) The Eagle Mother, illustrated by Natasha Donovan.The Range Eternal, paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher). ![]() Erdrich, Louise (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians).The Prince's Trust and Clear Water Farm, Canada. E Meshkwadooniged mitig/Trading Tree illustrated by Heather Charles (Member of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation), translated by Myrtle Jamieson (Waaseyaankwot Kwe). Cooper, Nancy (Band member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation.Callaghan, Jodie (Listuguj First Nation).Brink, Heather (Ojibwe), illustrated by Jordan Rodgers (Lakota).Kamik Takes the Lead illustrated by Ali Hinch. ![]() ![]() ![]() Raiders kill his father, burn the farm and Aquila is carried off as a slave – not even knowing what has become of his beautiful, beloved sister Flavia. And so he deserts the Eagle and returns to his family – but the storm he knew was gathering comes faster than they could imagine. Young Aquila, a commander in the Auxiliary Cavalry, is the son of a cultured and Romanised family – yet when the call comes for the last of the legions to leave Britain, he learns that in the end ‘he belonged to Britain’. Everywhere the rule of law and the fragile peace between the tribes is disintegrating, while the Saxon sea wolves raid deeper each year. ![]() In the East, Vortigern the Fox, has invited a Saxon war-band to his shores, granting them land, in return for their help in throwing off the yoke of Rome. And there too, barbarian forces gather on all sides. Rome – beset by barbarian hosts at her very gates – has all but abandoned the far-flung province of Britain. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before long, she’s infiltrated his work, his kitchen-and his spare bedroom. Now his arm is broken, his B&B is understaffed, and the dangerously unpredictable Eve is fluttering around, trying to help. Then she hits him with her car- supposedly by accident. So when a purple-haired tornado of a woman turns up out of the blue to interview for his open chef position, he tells her the brutal truth: not a chance in hell. The bed and breakfast owner’s on a mission to dominate the hospitality industry-and he expects nothing less than perfection. It’s time for Eve to grow up and prove herself-even though she’s not entirely sure how… But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding ( someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. ![]() No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong-so she’s given up trying. In Act Your Age, Eve Brown the flightiest Brown sister crashes into the life of an uptight B&B owner and has him falling hard-literally.Įve Brown is a certified hot mess. ![]() ![]() ![]() I responded with a pitch (this pitch) with which I assumed they would not be comfortable. Well, this article took a bit of arm-twisting to bring to fruition, but it was something I wanted to do.īrothers and Matt Dobson, The Paper’s creative director, sent out an email announcing their decision to end The Paper on June 6, along with an invitation for ideas for a final issue. The information is all in front of you so if you want to do it then do it.” ![]() There’s no sense in waiting for someone to give you permission, waiting for someone to give you a job. And band together and make the most beautiful thing that you can. ![]() “I don’t want to misappropriate a beautiful quote from him, but he basically says find your friends – find the friends of friends, find the friends of friends of friends – who are creating beautiful things, who are making beautiful things happen. “I didn’t realize that there was a name for what we were doing until I found this article about a commencement address by Robert Krulwich and he talked about the idea of horizontal loyalty,” said Stephanie Brothers, editor of The Paper. ![]() ![]() ![]() Militancy« (2010) appeared in the collection ✿räulein Militanz« (2014). My poetry speaks like my people, my poetry speaks for my people.« The volume of poems has been translated into several languages German translations of selected texts from »Touch« and her second volume of poems »Ms. ![]() My poetry smells of blood, my poetry salutes sacrifice. Although she is the child of an academic and is a researcher herself, she mistrusts a highly intellectual form of expression that to her is inappropriate for the subject of oppression and can by no means be a language of the victims: »My poetry is naked, my poetry is in tears, my poetry screams in anger, my poetry writhes in pain. Even here, she tackled the themes of Indian caste systems and feminism, which became formative for her later work. She wrote her first poems at the age of 17 and published her first volume of poetry in 2006 under the title »Touch«. ![]() She received her doctorate in sociolinguistics from Anna University, Chennai. The Indian writer Meena Kandasamy was born in Tamil Nadu in 1984. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ★ "A timely and necessary read.powerful and endlessly smart, it's a crucial work of fiction for people of all ages."- "Quill & Quire, starred review" "Cherie Dimaline creates a near-future world which distinctly echoes our own, current and past traumas that have come back to repeat themselves, fiction with a basis in reality that gives the narrative a sheen of hard truths, following the trials and tribulations of a relatable cast of characters and their struggles to survive, and live their lives with the love and safety denied to them."- "Trillium Book Award Jury" In this era of reconciliation, Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves is a work of speculative fiction that resonates and stays with the reader long past the last page."- "Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Jury" "The writing is painful yet beautiful, bleak but ultimately hopeful. ![]() ![]() ![]() Which step in the financial planning process does this scenario demonstrate? Implementing her financial plan The financial planning process concludes with efforts to: Review and revise your financial plan Discretionary income is: money left over after paying for housing, food, ad other necessities To determine a person's solvency, which financial document should be consulted? personal balance sheet When preparing her monthly budget, Maria Kent has projected income of $3,700. ![]() ![]() She has decided to start her trip around the world in Europe by train and bus and will use her savings to pay for her trip. If you earn 15 percent on your investments, how long will it take for your money to double? 72/15 = 4.8 years RULE OF 72:Īt an annual interest rate of 4 percent, how long will it take for your savings to double? 72/4 = 18 years Sophia Martin has decided to retire and use the time she has earned to travel around the world. If the value of land in an area is increasing 6 percent a year, how long will it take for property values to double? 72/6 = 12 years RULE OF 72: The time value of money refers to: increases in an amount of money as a result of interest earned Changes in personal, social, and economic factors make it necessary to: review and revise your financial plan RULE OF 72: ![]() ![]() For Nora, the simple fact of her German citizenship bound her to the Holocaust and its unspeakable atrocities and left her without a sense of cultural belonging. Nora Krug was born decades after the fall of the Nazi regime, but the Second World War cast a long shadow throughout her childhood and youth in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. ![]() Named a Best Book of 2018 by The New York Times Critics, The Boston Globe, NPR, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Time (honorable mention), Library Journal (Best Graphic Novels), and Comics BeatĪ revelatory memoir by award-winning artist Nora Krug, telling the story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family’s wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation, and history. ![]() |