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Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() When he wakes up on Christmas Day he is full of excitement, and buys the biggest turkey in the shop for the Cratchit family before spending the day with his nephew, full of the joys of Christmas. The ghosts’ journey through time teaches Scrooge the error of his ways. The ghost then takes him to see his nephew Fred’s Christmas celebrations - which he had been invited to, but rebuffed.įinally, The Ghost of Christmas Future terrifies Scrooge by showing him visions of his own death… At Bob Cratchit’s house Scrooge sees Tiny Tim, who is very ill, but full of spirit. Love & Gelato ebook By Jenna Evans Welch Read a Sample Format ebook ISBN 9781481432559 Author Jenna Evans Welch Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Release Subjects Travel Literature Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge his clerk, Bob Cratchit’s family. ![]() ![]() The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge on a journey through Christmases from his past, taking Scrooge to see himself as an unhappy child and a young man more in love with money than his fiancé. ![]() When Scrooge gets home, he is visited by the ghost of his old business partner Jacob Marley – and then by three ghosts! They are the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future. One cold Christmas Eve, Scrooge is unkind to the people who work for him, then refuses to give to charity, and then is rude to his nephew when he invites him to spend Christmas with him. A Christmas Carol is a play about a mean-spirited and selfish old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas. ![]()
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The wee free men book6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Forced into Fairyland to seek her kidnapped brother, Tiffany allies herself with the Chalk’s local Nac Mac Feegle – aka the Wee Free Men – a clan of sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are funny. ![]() Publication date: First published in 2003Īrmed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home. Publisher: Corgi Childrens / HarperTrophy Today, it’s Ana’s turn to take over with a review of The Wee Free Men! On Old School Wednesdays, we take a break from the new and pay homage to the old by reviewing books that are at least 5 years old. Inspired by our defunct From the Dungeons feature (owing a dash of inspiration from Angieville’s Retro Fridays), we decided to create a new feature for 2013. And what better way to snap out of a reading fugue than to take a mini-vacation into the past? ![]() Welcome, everyone, to a brand new weekly Smugglerific feature: Old School Wednesdays! We came up with the idea towards the end of last year, when both of us were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of new and shiny (and often over-hyped) books. ![]()
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The Namesake by Mira Nair6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Not many know that she turned down the offer to make the second 'Harry Potter'. Gogol is someone who is finding himself, so Kal comes across as much more truthful," she adds. As for Abhishek, I would just say that I was lucky that it didn't work out." She insists Kal Penn (who plays Gogol) is much more authentic. It is a very erotic, modern film." Erotic? " Haan, thoda eroticism dalna chahiye," she smiles.īut weren't Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan supposed to be part of the film? "Rani genuinely had date problems. Mira is dedicating this film to legendary filmmakers Ritwik Ghatak and Satyajit Ray, "Especially to Ritwik Ghatak because he inspired me. Having lost her mother-in-law around the same time as the book released, she says, "It (the book) is so uncannily like my life, so I could relate to it." In town to promote the Mira Nair Festival with UTV, Mira is excited about her upcoming film 'The Namesake', which is also produced by UTV, based on Jhumpa Lahiri's book. ![]()
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Lady of the rivers series6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() The Duke was the third son of King Henry IV of England and Mary de Bohun, and thus the grandson of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, himself the third son of King Edward III. On 22 April 1433 at age 17, Jacquetta married John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, at Thérouanne. Her father Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, was also the hereditary Count of Brienne from 1397 until his death in 1433.Įarly life First marriage Jacquetta was the eldest daughter of Peter I of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Conversano and Brienne, and his wife Margaret of Baux (Margherita del Balzo of Andria). Jacquetta bore Woodville 14 children and stood trial on charges of witchcraft, of which she was exonerated. Three years after the battle and the accession of Edward IV of England, Jacquetta's eldest daughter Elizabeth Woodville married him and became Queen consort of England. However, following the emphatic Lancastrian defeat at the Battle of Towton, she and her second husband Richard Woodville sided closely with the House of York. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Countess Rivers (1415 or 1416 – ) was a prominent, though often overlooked, figure in the Wars of the Roses. Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham. ![]()
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Liane moriarty three wishes summary6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() She and her friends were all planning to dress up as Audrey Hepburn. – I came up with the premise after touring with another author (the lovely Ber Carroll) who was spending every spare moment searching for the perfect necklace to wear to a school trivia night. – It’s a story about three mothers of children starting school and a series of events that lead up to a murder at a school trivia night. How would you describe the novel to all readers who still didn’t take a look on it? – Lady Liane, your last book Big Little Lies became a big hit. Don’t forget to check out our first post for 2015: Top 10 of Amazon bestselling books for December 2014. ![]() Happy welcoming of the New Year to all of you who enjoyed the blog. I wish her best of health to her and her family. Thanks a lot to Lady Liane for the time she shared around holidays. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will be the stars of the TV series, based on the novel. The success of the book grabbed the attention of Hollywood. For five months since the publishing date the novel gathered 4200 reviews with average rating of 4,6. Her last one Big Little Lies is currently on the second spot of the most wanted Amazon books on the planet. The New York Times Best-selling Author published a total of 6 adult and 3 children novels. Our guest of honor will be the one and only Liane Moriarty. ![]() ![]() It’s time to end the year with our very last interview for 2014. ![]()
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Dr nicole lepera how to do the work6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() LePera helps us recognize how adverse experiences and trauma in childhood live with us, resulting in whole body dysfunction-activating harmful stress responses that keep us stuck engaging in patterns of codependency, emotional immaturity, and trauma bonds. Drawing on the latest research from a diversity of scientific fields and healing modalities, Dr. ![]() In How to Do the Work, she offers both a manifesto for SelfHealing as well as an essential guide to creating a more vibrant, authentic, and joyful life. LePera is ready to share her much-requested protocol with the world. After experiencing the life-changing results herself, she began to share what she’d learned with others-and soon “The Holistic Psychologist” was born. Wanting more for her patients-and for herself-she began a journey to develop a united philosophy of mental, physical and spiritual wellness that equips people with the interdisciplinary tools necessary to heal themselves. Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy. Nicole LePera, creator of "the holistic psychologist"-the online phenomenon with more than two million Instagram followers-comes a revolutionary approach to healing that harnesses the power of the self to produce lasting change.Īs a clinical psychologist, Dr. ![]()
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Dark star trilogy book 26/22/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s also the story of a century-long feud-seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch-that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. ![]() In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. "Even more brilliant than the first.” - BuzzfeedĪn Instant New York Times Bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2022 pickįrom Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy. James makes the mythic tantalizingly real.’” - Esquire “Masterfully flips the first installment on its head. ![]()
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Jubilee toni tipton martin review6/22/2023 ![]() You talk about breaking the “soul code.” Talk about the contemporary conception of African American cooking as either soul food or Southern fare. I had these four concepts of elements that I wanted to make sure were represented by each recipe, but the ultimate determining factor was their longevity and their persistence through history. It took at least a year and a half to whittle the recipes down. What was your process like when writing ‘Jubilee’? ![]() Going through hundreds of recipes is a huge undertaking. So the intention all along was to separate the introduction of the authors to the world from their recipes and just to get readers accustomed to learning that African Americans should be considered proficient in the kitchen and not people who cooked with intuition and some kind of mysterious, magical skills - that they apprenticed and learned technique just like any other chef (did). Once I had this collection of books, it was evident that the authors were telling us a story that had not been told, but we also realized that it was a big story and too much to contain in just one book. I started collecting cookbooks as a first-person source to validate the family and neighborhood experience that just wasn’t visible anywhere. I explain in The Jemima Code that as a (longtime) journalist, I was looking for evidence of my ancestry, of my family, in the pages of Southern food history and was not able to find it. ![]() What was your inspiration for ‘The Jemima Code,’ and how does that book relate to this most recent one? ![]()
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Frank miller man without fear6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Foggy Nelson (issue #1), the Defenders (issue #2), the many loves of Matt Murdock (issue #3), the Kingpin (issue #4) and a mysterious Guardian Devil (issue #5) will all learn what it means to live in a world without a Daredevil. Daredevil's Suit and Billy Club (Dream)ĭaredevil is gone, but Hell’s Kitchen is still a place of heroes and villains.Columbia University, Morningside Heights (Mentioned).This rampage, and an ensuing incident that deeply affects Matt, helps build his character for the ensuing issues. ![]() This issue begins with an extended, and quite brutal, sequence where Matt is hunting down a group of mobsters.
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The Last Dragon Slayer by Martyn Stanley6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Now Fiona wants him back, but can she break down the barriers and slay the demons which have taken over? When both are home in Trusty, Colorado, Jakes brothers set him up to meet Fiona in a bar. It broke her heart to leave Jake and he never got over it either. As teenagers they dated but when Fiona’s father abandoned her mother, it caused upheaval in all their lives, with Fiona due to leave home for college, her Mum’s advice was to let Jake go and spread her wings. ![]() Anything to avoid the silence which will bring him crashing down in painful thoughts.įiona Steele is a geologist at the Bureau of Mines and Geology and for the last sixteen years she’s been avoiding Jake as much as he’s been hiding from her. Jake Braden is an LA stuntman, he leads a fast life, women, parties, cars at a whirlwind pace. It’s hot romance and ticks all the boxes for romance readers. Crashing Into Love is Book #20 of The Love In Bloom series and #12 of The Bradens. ![]() |