![]() ![]() To make matters worse, Miranda has not made the journey to Marin alone, and now must contend with not only Marko’s evil brother Damir, but more surprisingly her sister Lauren who has an agenda of her own. The glittering underwater city is not as she had left it, nor too is Marko, the young king who has dominated her thoughts and heart for the last twelve months. When Miranda Sun returns to Marin on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, this time of her own free will, she quickly learns that her worst fears have been realized. ![]() In a glittering underwater world, where danger lurks behind beauty and power, seventeen-year-old Miranda Sun must decide between her freedom and the love her heart ultimately yearns for. Now they had a second chance at love and a happily ever after. ![]() ![]() Impulse was a labor of love! The characters, Miranda and Marko, had already gone through so much. We can't wait for them to meet their silly family and see just how right the couple is for each other! We worry! But we are also so excited that readers get to see the amazing characters we spent some time with during our writing. We worry people won't like the story or will hate the ending. Each time a new book is sent out to the world, an author holds their breath. ![]()
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![]() ![]() We learn that he married and had descendants, but the Bible is strangely mute about his death. What happened to Cain in the Bible? In the Book of Genesis, we are told about Cain’s birth, his violent act of fratricide and his subsequent exile. Lazare, Autun, Burgundy, France/The Bridgeman Art Library. They accidentally shoot and kill Cain, mistaking him for a wild animal. DID LAMECH KILL CAIN? How did Cain die? This 12th-century column capital from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazre in France depicts Lamech hunting with his son Tubal-Cain. ![]() ![]() ![]() The idea of casting our novel was exciting for us. Nicole works in television and both Steph and Nicole come from visual backgrounds, so when we were writing The Family Tree, we both saw it as a movie in our heads. When the FBI show up on Liz’s doorstep and inform her she’s related to a serial killer, she must now decide if it’s safe to continue getting to know the few biological relatives she’s already tracked down or if she’s walking into the den of a killer. But during her journey to find her biological family, the FBI get a familial hit on her DNA to the notorious Tri-State Killer, who’s been abducting and murdering pairs of women for over 40 years. Here the authors dreamcast an adaptation of the new novel: The Family Tree centers around Liz Catalano who finds out from a 23andMe kit that she’s adopted. ![]() The Family Tree is the duo’s first crime novel. Separated by five states, they spend hours scheming via FaceTime and editing in real time on Google Docs. After Mullin relocated to Charlotte, NC in 2018, they continued to collaborate. ![]() ![]() They met as co-workers in New York City in 2012, discovering a shared passion for writing and true crime. Steph Mullin is a creative director and Nicole Mabry works in the photography department for a television network. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Illustration in "The Story of the Three Bears" second edition, 1839, published by W. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is one of the most popular fairy tales in the English language. The story has elicited various interpretations and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media. ![]() What was originally a frightening oral tale became a cosy family story with only a hint of menace. The second version replaces the old woman with a young girl named Goldilocks, and the third and by far best-known version replaces the bachelor trio with a family of three. When the bears return and discover her, she wakes up, jumps out of the window, and is never seen again. She eats some of their porridge, sits down on one of their chairs and breaks it, and sleeps in one of their beds. The original version of the tale tells of an obscene old woman who enters the forest home of three anthropomorphic bachelor bears while they are away. " Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a 19th-century English fairy tale of which three versions exist. Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1918, in English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists and artists need only four tools-a pencil, some paper, a waste-bin-and their imagination. ![]() It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.” ![]() For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. In his 1931 book Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms, Albert Einstein states: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. But for the truly great theories and ideas to emerge, the imagination must be brought to bear. The backbone of science is empiricism, based on experiment and observation. In the play Back to Methuselah (George Bernard Shaw, 1921), the Serpent says to Adam and Eve: “I hear you say ‘Why?’ Always ‘Why?’ You see things and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were and I say ‘Why not?’” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The beauty in Lord's tale of finding home in a new community is the way Emma's grandfather reaches her with his stories of magic even after he is gone, teaching her important lessons about following through on one's promises. Praise for Because of the Rabbit: 2020 ALSC Notable Children's Book* "A young girl learns about honesty, integrity, and friendship when she finds a lost rabbit and starts school for the first time. But will their new friendship keep Emma from finding the new best friend she's meant to have? Newbery Honor-winning author Cynthia Lord has written a beautiful and sensitive book about being different and staying true to yourself. Jack doesn't fit in, and Emma's worried he'll make her stand out.Emma and Jack bond over her rescue rabbit. He can't stay on topic, he speaks out of turn, and he's obsessed with animals. On the first day of school, she's paired with a boy named Jack for a project. More than anything, Emma wants to make a best friend in school. Emma convinces her father to bring him home for the night.The next day, Emma starts public school for the very first time after years of being homeschooled. They're supposed to rescue a wild rabbit from a picket fence, but instead they find a little bunny. On the last night of summer, Emma tags along with her game warden father on a routine call. Newbery Honor-winning author Cynthia Lord has written a sensitive and accessible book about the challenges of fitting in when you know you're a little different. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When an old enemy of Ragnvald’s kidnaps his niece, Freydis, his sister follows the daughter she has neglected to Iceland, where an old love awaits. ![]() While Svanhild is happy to be reunited with her beloved brother, and enjoys more freedom than ever before, she is restless and lonely. Free from the evil husband who used her, she is now one of Harald’s many wives. He is grateful to have his beloved sister, the fierce and independent Svanhild, once more at his side to help keep their kingdom secure. Ragnvald has long held to his vision of King Harald as a golden wolf who will bring peace to Norway as its conqueror–even though he knows that Harald’s success will eventually mean his own doom. The fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander. ![]() The final volume, The Golden Wolf, will be published by HarperCollins on August 13, 2019.Īmazon | B&N | Google Play | IndieBound | iBooks | Kobo The Half-Drowned King and The Sea Queen have been released. The Golden Wolf Saga (HarperCollins) is a trilogy of novels about the rise of the first king of Norway in the Viking Age of Exploration. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at 7.88. ![]() ![]() 01-08-2020 – Craig Thomson “The figure leaps with one bound onto a wall, and when the policeman is trying to follow the figure leaps down upon him, and seizes him by the throat. Buy Of Kings and Things: Strange Tales and Decadent Poems by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock by Eric Stanislaus Stenbock, David Tibet (Editor) online at Alibris. Stenbock was a homosexual convert to Roman Catholicism and owner of a serpent, a toad, and a dachshund called Trixie. ![]() ![]() In Fred Varga's thriller An Uncertain Place, two of the characters share a guignolet every night, accompanied by winkles picked out by each with his personal pin, one with a blue head, one with an orange head.Īudric Baillard, a key recurring character in Kate Mosse' Languedoc trilogy of books (Labyrinth,Sepulchre and Citadel) is especially fond of Guignolet. ![]() The innkeeper responds to Broudier et Bénin: "Je n'ai justement plus de fine, mes bons messieurs mais j'ai encore du guignolet. ![]() ![]() Jules Romains mentions the liqueur in his novel "Les Copains" (Éditions Gallimard,1922). The cocktail guignolo is composed of guignolet, champagne and cherry juice. 12%) and has an aroma vaguely reminiscent of whiskey and a very sweet taste. (Black cherries and sour cherries are also used.) It has an alcohol content between 16 and 18° proof (ca. Kate Mosse is the author of ten novels & short story collections, including the No 1 bestselling The Joubert Family Chronicles The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship as well as the multimillion selling Languedoc Trilogy - Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel - and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter. It obtains its name from guigne, one of a few species of cherry used in its production. The Cointreau brothers were instrumental in its reinvention, the original recipe having been lost. It is widely available in France, including at supermarkets such as Casino and others, but is not widely available internationally.Ī leading producer is the company Giffard in Angers, France, the same town where Cointreau is produced. Guignolet ( pronounced ) is a French wild cherry liqueur. ![]() ![]() ![]() Later, she expanded her artistic repertoire to include masks based on African tribal costume, fabric dolls and life-size figures, sculpture, and, famously, the narrative quilts that opened the door to her publishing career. In the 1960s, Ringgold created oil paintings and posters whose messages fervently endorsed the civil rights movement. ![]() On May 10, Knopf released a 25th-anniversary edition of the book, as well as a new picture book by Ringgold, We Came to America, a celebration of this country’s multicultural heritage.īorn in Harlem in 1930, Ringgold received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in art education from the City College of New York and taught art in New York City Public Schools before becoming a professional artist. Published by Crown in 1991, Tar Beach won the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration and was named a Caldecott Honor Book. One night, up on “tar beach” – the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building – her dream comes true when the stars lift her up and she flies over the city. Inspired by her painted story quilt of the same name, Faith Ringgold’s debut children’s book, Tar Beach, centers on a girl who yearns to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. ![]() |