![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Alicia doesn't understand just how much like Curtis her new husband truly is. God has heeded her prayers, blessing her with Pastor JT Valentine, a handsome, dynamic man of the cloth with his own large congregation, just like her father. One month after her wedding to her second husband, she can't believe her good fortune. New York Times bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby returns with this delightful sequel to The Best of Everything, in which the infamous Reverend Curtis Black's beautiful daughter, Alicia, is all grown up - and headed for trouble of her own Her first marriage didn't work out, but that isn't going to stop Alicia Black, the privileged daughter of the charismatic Reverend Curtis Black, from getting what she wants. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But when the blizzard of the century leaves Eva snowbound in his apartment, Lucas starts to open up to the magic she brings. He wants no interruptions, no decorations and he certainly doesn't appreciate being distracted by his beautiful, bubbly new housekeeper. With a deadline and the anniversary of his wife's death looming, he's isolated himself in his penthouse with only his grief for company. What better place to celebrate than in snow-kissed Manhattan? What she didn't expect was to find the penthouse still occupied by its gorgeous-and mysterious-owner.īestselling crime writer Lucas Blade is having the nightmare before Christmas. She might be spending the holidays alone this year, but when she's given an opportunity to house-sit a spectacular penthouse on Fifth Avenue, she leaps at the chance. ![]() Hopeless romantic Eva Jordan loves everything about Christmas. ![]() "Morgan's magical series finale hooks readers from page one."-RT Book Reviews on Miracle on 5th Avenue (Top Pick) Pokam International - Offering English Sarah Morgan Miracle On 5th Avenue Fiction Book at Rs 130/piece in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. ![]() ![]() The book has also profoundly influenced creative artists-including authors, songwriters, game designers, and filmmakers-and continues to inspire all those interested in the inherent human need to tell stories. ![]() ![]() He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.Īs part of the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, this third edition features expanded illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography, and more accessible sidebars.Īs relevant today as when it was first published, The Hero with a Thousand Faces continues to find new audiences in fields ranging from religion and anthropology to literature and film studies. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero’s Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world’s mythic traditions. The Hero With a Thousand Faces is the culmination of his findings, presenting The Hero’s Journey. In his 1949 book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, literary scholar and cultural anthropologist Joseph Campbell outlines his theory of the monomyth through a. He spent his entire life studying the two. ![]() ![]() Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell’s revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. Joseph Campbell was fascinated with mysticism and the human psyche. ![]() ![]() ![]() This murderer claims to be Al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. Al-Jahiz transformed the world fifty years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, Al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Chakraborty, author of The City of BrassĬairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. ![]() with an excellent balance of humour and heart. ![]() WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL ![]() ![]() ![]() Some or all may appear in this Shelf Addiction Podcast episode. This is a list of my frequently used music. If Patreon isn't your thing, you can also show your support by using the sponsored links below or buying me a coffee (/shelfaddiction) to help me with my early mornings and late nights spent editing.Ī - Get a free 30-day membership and a free book | ĭownload Ebooks & Audiobooks on Scribd with a free month! | TikTok| to contribute to Book Chat? Help the Shelf Addiction Podcast pay for the hosting and editing of the podcast by becoming a patron! Learn more at We are re-reading The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. ![]() Joining Tamara for this special event with her cohost Casey from Heart Full of Ink. Try Amazon Music Unlimited for 30 days FREE!! Get your bookish gear in the Shelf Addiction Merch store! Try audiobooks! **New customers get 3 FREE audiobooks comprised of 1 premium credit and 2 VIP titles! Use our promo code SHELFADDICTION (spelled as one word) when you sign up at. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Kindred, Dana, a Black woman whose husband is white, is pulled back and forth between the California present and the pre–Civil War South, where she finds herself enslaved on the plantation of a white ancestor whose life she must save in order to preserve her own. This first volume in the Library of America edition of Butler’s collected works gathers her 1979 masterpiece, Kindred, one of the landmark American novels of the last half century her final novel, Fledgling and her collected short stories. In 1995 she became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, in recognition of her achievement in creating new aspirations for the genre and for American literature. She broke new ground with books that featured complex Black female protagonists-“I wrote myself in,” she would later recall-establishing herself as one of the pioneers of the Afrofuturist aesthetic. ![]() Butler used the conventions of science fiction to explore the dangerous legacy of racism in America in harrowingly personal terms. An original and eerily prophetic writer, Octavia E. ![]() ![]() ![]() Darcy plans to be in an aisle seat halfway across the ocean as soon as the renovations start, but before she can cut and run, she finds a familiar face on her porch: house-flipper extraordinaire Tom’s arrived, he’s bearing power tools, and he’s single for the first time in almost a decade. ![]() When Darcy and Jamie inherit a tumble-down cottage from their grandmother, they’re left with strict instructions to bring it back to its former glory and sell the property. That’s the problem with finding her dream man at age eight and peaking in her photography career at age twenty-ever since, she’s had to learn to settle for good enough. Despite Darcy’s best efforts, Tom’s off limits and loyal to her brother, 99%. She’s travelled the world, and can categorically say that no one measures up to Tom Valeska, whose only flaw is that Darcy’s twin brother Jamie saw him first and claimed him forever as his best friend. ![]() Darcy Barrett has undertaken a global survey of men. ![]() ![]() They were local celebrities, often appearing in the "Police Notes" section of The Wellesley Townsman. ![]() With a friend they once attempted to fly a rocket into Wellesley Square the rocket malfunctioned and nearly killed a man mowing his lawn. (Richard went on to write The Hot Zone and The Cobra Event, which tells you all you need to know about what it was like to grow up with him as a brother.)Īs they grew up, Doug, Richard, and their little brother David roamed the quiet suburbs of Wellesley, terrorizing the natives with home-made rockets and incendiary devices mail-ordered from the backs of comic books or concocted from chemistry sets. Notable events in his early life included the loss of a fingertip at the age of three to a bicycle the loss of his two front teeth to his brother Richard's fist and various broken bones, also incurred in dust-ups with Richard. Following a distinguished career at a private nursery school-he was almost immediately expelled-he attended public schools and the Cambridge School of Weston. ![]() Douglas Preston was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1956, and grew up in the deadly boring suburb of Wellesley. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this case, I was offered a book to review that was set in Oxford – a city I know well both personally and as the backdrop to other crime sagas – and looked to be taken from a couple of recent news stories but giving them an unexpected but signposted twist. I’m always pleased to find a new-to-me detective series close to the beginning of its run, particularly when the setting is familiar but the premise of the story is a little different to the norm. Stevie‘s review of In the Dark (DI Adam Fawley, Book 2) by Cara HunterĬontemporary Police Procedural published by Penguin Books 19 Feb 19 ![]() ![]() ![]() But can young Willie and searchlight beat Stone Fox, the American Indian man who has never lost a race? This way he can save grandpa and the farm. So Little Willie chooses to enter a dog sled race as the prize money is $500. They do not have enough money to pay him back or to afford the medicine to fix grandpa. ![]() Suddenly, a man comes to the house with a gun and tells Willie that his grandfather owes him $500 in un-paid taxes. They take the sled out into the snow and she pulls him along. Willie builds a strong bond with grandpa’s dog, searchlight. Willie calls the doctor and tells her that he will take charge of the farm while grandpa is sick. Little Willie is worried and thinks that he is sick. They live on a farm and harvest the potatoes once a year to earn some money. ![]() Little Willie lives with his grandfather and dog, searchlight. Book Review: Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner ![]() |