![]() ![]() She's spent the past two years writing off her attraction as a harmless crush, but starting a new semester fresh out of an awful relationship makes Hope realize just how far from harmless the heat between her and Becca really is. Hope knew she was headed straight to the danger zone from the moment she saw Becca's flame-red hair and surly captain smirk. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Hope Hastings has been since the day she showed up for tryouts: one walking, talking, charismatically dorky and way-too-kissable distraction. After witnessing way too much drama in the past, Captain Becca Moore is intent on keeping her players' love lives out of the locker room.īecca has no time or tolerance for any distractions from the game. ![]() The UNS Women's Lacrosse team doesn't have an official policy against inter-teammate relationships, but those words might as well be carved into stone tablets in the middle of the field. ![]()
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![]() Please note: This post contains affiliate links. If you prefer non-fiction, start with Names for the Sea a memoir about moving to Iceland or The Almost Nearly Perfect People an insight into the Nordic countries. If you’re planning a trip to Iceland, try starting with the bestseller Burial Rites, the dark and funny 101 Reykjavik or crime novel Jar City (the first in a series of 11 books to be translated into English). Since then, contemporary fiction has evolved and books set in Iceland explore a wide range of themes about this remote country. The most classic piece of Icelandic literature is The Sagas of Icelanders, a series of medieval stories that portray Iceland’s viking history. ![]() The odds of reading books set in Iceland are rather high! ![]() ![]() Did you know that in Iceland, more books are written, published and sold per person, per year, than anywhere else on the planet? One in ten Icelanders will publish something in their lifetime, an extraordinary feat. ![]() ![]() ![]() She bravely identifies Caleb's abuse and her own Stockholm syndrome, hungering for "a breath taken in privacy, a word spoken without ulterior motive," but when charming entrepreneur Logan Ryder offers her a chance at a normal life, she has no idea how or whether to accept. ![]() Though Caleb promises to keep her safe from her would-be killer, his dominance of X frequently crosses the line into assault. Multibillionaire Caleb Indigo has kept X as a slave for the six years since he found her bleeding from near-fatal injuries that also destroyed her memories. Her job is to imbue young, entitled scions with the refinement and style they will one day need in order to command the reins of their fathers' international businesses. Madame X, the star employee of Indigo Services LLC, never leaves her Manhattan condo clients come to her. Wilder (Alpha) pulls out all the stops for this spellbinding novel of identity, passion, and fear. ![]() ![]() **First impression of the very hard to find first UK paperback edition of this collection. Mr Johnson, a distinguished Dickinson scholar, is also the editor of the only other complete edition of Emily Dickinson which exists, a three-volume critical text. His introduction includes a brief explanation of his selection of texts as well as an outline of Emily Dickinson's career. Johnson, has presented the poems in their original texts and where alternate readings were suggested, he has chosen only those which the poet evidently preferred. ***'"The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson" is the only one-volume edition containing all Emily Dickinson's poems. ***Contents: Introduction, Poems, Acknowledgements, Previous Collections, Subject Index, Index of First Lines. Internally the pages are clean, with no creases, tears or annotations. Internally very good with a neat ownership inscriptions to the top of the first page. Small stain to the bottom edge of the page block. ![]() Edges of wrappers are slightly rubbed and creased. The covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling. ***Very good in two-tone blue card covers. ![]() With a seven page Introduction by Thomas H. This was preceded by a hardback edition in 1970. First impression of the first UK paperback edition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. ![]() ![]() ![]() Young adult author who, after a lifetime of living in her make-believe worlds,ĭecided to start sharing them at 17 in the form of books. With time running out and secrets about their past being revealed around every corner, Miri and Nick must decide if they’re going to hide away or rise up against the sinister leaders of Olexia. The siblings harbor a powerful artifact, he sends his bloodthirsty LaKaio With their help, they learn to wield their newfound powers and find out the In Olexia Miri and Nick find danger and unlikely allies, and Letter from their mother are all they have to solve their puzzling past. ![]() Miri and Nick find Olexia by chance but choose their fate Olexia is a wild and dangerous world filled with magic. ![]() ![]() Before The 5th Wave, there was The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp.This first book in Rick Yanceys lauded series earned two starred reviews, and was called 'unforgettable' by Ridley Pearson. Otherwise, this is high-quality escapism - let's hope more is on the way. A Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Book of the Year, Carnegie Medal nominee, and Book Sense Childrens Pick. ![]() Only at the climax does the author lose focus for an instant, making the resolution a bit fuzzy. This ain't made for English class it's made to remind young teen boys how much fun reading can be - and it does so admirably.įrom its terrific opening hook to its obviously-this-is-going-to-be-a-series ending, this has what many young readers are looking for: a mystery, a bit of fantasy, humor, nonstop action, violence edgy enough to be cool and bug your parents, a nice array of weapons, cars, and planes, and, of course, a likable orphaned loser as the protagonist. But that doesn't matter, because the story carries the reader along so rapidly, and with so much satisfaction and pleasure, that harping on its flaws seems positively curmudgeonly. There's been an interesting trend in kids' books in the last few years toward stories that are the literary equivalent of The Terminator movies - well-made, cinematic, edgy, violent action-adventure thrillers that are just pure, ridiculous fun. ![]() Though well-written, this book doesn't withstand literary, or even logical, scrutiny. ![]() ![]() And when she too discovers the ability to jump, her overprotective (in her view) parents have no choice but to give her more freedom before she takes it anyway. Now in Impulse, they have long kept themselves under the government radar, and have brought up their daughter Cent (named Millicent after her mother) in isolation from society ' sixty miles south of the Arctic Circle.' Cent is beginning to rebel against this, as can be seen from the sign on her bedroom door: ' Help! / Being Held Prisoner by Teleporting Aliens! / Kept from Normal Life. Millie - a psychologist who had found out after David's disappearance that she could jump too - played Jane Bond to get him back. ![]() In Reflex, an adult David worked for the NSA until he was kidnapped by Hyacinth Pope and steadily, and viciously conditioned to do his captors' will. ![]() ![]() He discovered that he was able to teleport in Jumper, fell in love with Millie, and was discovered by the NSA, who came after him and anyone close to him. I mpulse follows Jumper and Reflex in Steven Gould's brilliant series of SF thrillers starring young David Rice. ![]() ![]() Beyond these languages and the several other Eastern European languages that Snyder can read, his books have been translated into dozens more. In addition to his academic work, popular bestsellers, and YouTube lecture series “Timothy Snyder Speaks,” Snyder also writes frequently for the New York Review of Books and has lectured and fielded interviews in French, German, Polish, Ukrainian, and English about his recent work. He has played an important part in leading a number of prominent American scholarly and historical organizations, including the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ![]() ![]() Snyder has won dozens of scholarly awards, including the literature award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Hannah Arendt Award for Political Thought. Snyder’s research ranges from intensive biographies to broader histories of 20th-century Europe (like Bloodlands: Eastern Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, which brought him to international prominence), and popular bestsellers about the present-day. He studied political science and European history at Brown University, then completed his PhD as a Marshall Scholar at the University of Oxford. ![]() Timothy Snyder was born and raised near Dayton, Ohio. ![]() ![]() But Izabela longs for adventure, and convinces him to allow her to accompany the family of a renowned architect on a trip to Paris. Įighty years earlier, in the Belle Epoque of Rio, 1927, Izabela Bonifacio's father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into aristocracy. ![]() ![]() Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home - a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva - having been told that their beloved adoptive father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died.Įach of them is handed a tantalising clue to their true heritage - a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. ![]() The Seven Sisters is a sweeping epic tale of love and loss by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley. ![]() ![]() ![]() By the time he reached his late twenties, he maintained proficiency in English, French (which he spoke from the age of 4), German, and, of course Spanish. Fueled by disappointment with the university atmosphere, he moved to a family ranch where, when he didn't have visitors, he devoted himself almost entirely to his study of literature. ![]() ![]() Later, he started but did not end up finishing degrees in law, philosophy, and literature. He began his secondary education in the Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He wrote his first story ("Iris y Margarita") at the age of eleven. Due to his family's high social class, he was able to dedicate himself exclusively to literature and, at the same time, distinguish his work from the traditional literary medium of his time. He was born in Recoleta, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires traditionally inhabited by upper-class families, where he would reside the majority of his life. Adolfo Bioy Casares was born on Septemin Buenos Aires, the only child of Adolfo Bioy Domecq and Marta Ignacia Casares Lynch. ![]() |