![]() ![]() The longer Marian stays in the past, the more she cares about William. William Durham, a valiant knight comes to Marian’s rescue and offers her protection. Until Marian tests his theories and finds herself in the Middle Ages during a dangerous peasant uprising. He’s left behind tantalizing clues that suggest he’s crossed back in time. But when her father falls into a coma after drinking a vial of holy water believed to contain traces of residue from the Tree of Life, Marian must question all of her assumptions. ![]() ![]() That’s exactly what research scientist Marian Creighton has always believed about her father’s quest, even if it does stem from a desire to save her sister Ellen from the genetic disease that stole their mother from them. The ultimate cure that could heal any disease? Crazy. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Why fill your shopping cart and your stomach with processed, low-carb cereals and breads that taste like cardboard when you can eat the foods you crave? Here, at last, are recipes for those who just cannot and will not live totally carb-free: Pasta dinners made mostly with proteins and vegetables and only a couple of ounces of pasta per servings, fresh Thai and Mexican lettuce wraps, take-out-style stir-frys, and tons of burger ideas-with and without the buns. The latest addition to Rachael’s runaway hit series of 30-Minute Meals cookbooks is designed for cooks who want to look and feel great but long for the fun and the flavor that’s missing from their extreme low-carb meals. In Rachael Ray’s 30-Minute Get Real Meals, the bestselling cookbook author and Food Network star serves up another helping of creative, hassle-free recipes that are ready to rock your tastebuds in less than thirty minutes. After all, some days only chocolate or spaghetti will hit the spot. No pasta? No dessert? No way! Everything in moderation, says Rachael Ray. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Clearly Harper’s words prove her awareness of the cultural and political functions of narrative. Originally released in 1892, Iola Leroy is one of the first novels by an African American woman published in the United States. But she rises to meet the challenge, working hard to improve life not only for herself, but for all Black Americans. When the war finally ends, Iola’s struggles continue. She is sold off into slavery and sent away from her family.Įventually freed by the Union army, Iola embraces her newfound identity as a Black woman and becomes a nurse at a military hospital. But a family tragedy leads to a stunning revelation: Iola is half Black. The beautiful, refined daughter of a wealthy Mississippi planter and slaveholder, Iola Leroy leads a privileged life and attends school in the North. ![]() The classic Civil War novel about a Southern woman who is unaware of her mixed-race heritage until she is sold into slavery by her uncle. ![]() ![]() ![]() In such a reading, Jane Eyre invokes Hegel's master-slave dialectic in the stages of work Jane performs to achieve liberation from societal exile through her recognition of her oppression by dominant social structures. ![]() Each of these stages offers Jane a glimpse into the workings of these power structures (as creating her exile), liberating her from the oppressive confines in which she finds herself: she recognizes the ability to choose her future and thus gains a semblance of independence and self-knowledge. Brontë maneuvers Jane through a series of circumstances that complicate an already intense exile, chronicling Jane's growth towards independence from mastery and oppression, as seen within the confines of Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, and Moor House. Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre: Working to Escape Feminine Exile As a text enmeshed in the colonial system, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre depicts the struggle for independence from an oppressive, dominant power structure that places women in exile by virtue of patriarchy. ![]() ![]() The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he's planning something truly terrifying. Hen knows because she's long had a fascination with this unsolved murder-an obsession she doesn't talk about anymore, but can't fully shake either.Ĭould her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate? ![]() The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Finally, she's found some stability and peace.īut when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband's office shelf. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Catching a killer is dangerous-especially if he lives next doorįrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder. ![]() ![]() ![]() However I personally don't think that knowing the plot in advance will in any way diminish the enjoyment of this story. Let me start by saying that my review might contain some plot spoilers. In 2017, the Swedish Academy awarded him the Nobel Prize in Literature, describing him in its citation as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world". In 2008, The Times ranked Ishiguro 32nd on their list of "The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945". His novels An Artist of the Floating World (1986), When We Were Orphans (2000), and Never Let Me Go (2005) were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017. His latest novel is The Buried Giant, a New York Times bestseller. His fourth novel, The Unconsoled, won the 1995 Cheltenham Prize. Ishiguro received the 1989 Man Booker prize for his third novel The Remains of the Day. His second novel, An Artist of the Floating World, won the 1986 Whitbread Prize. His first novel, A Pale View of Hills, won the 1982 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. Ishiguro obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative writing course in 1980. Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ or 石黒 一雄), OBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist of Japanese origin and Nobel Laureate in Literature (2017). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the course of the last two or three years, however, he had noticed that his sombre and tubercular manner was no longer having quite the effect it had once had, particularly on young ladies. He had been of a melancholy and listless cast of mind, the victim of the beauty and sadness of the universe. From the age of sixteen when he had first become interested in books, much to the distress of his father, he had paid little heed to physical and sporting matters. ![]() so eloquent, so succinct! All the same, once he had spent an hour or two pondering by his mother’s grave he decided to call it a day because, after all, one does not want to overdo the lurking in graveyards. Besides, as you might expect, he was fond of graveyards he enjoyed brooding in them and letting his heart respond to the abbreviated biographies he found engraved in their stones. “In Fleury’s day, however, the grass was cut and the graves well cared for. ![]() ![]() With recipes for: Double Mustard Greens & Roasted Yam Soup Cajun-Creole-Spiced Tempeh Pieces with Creamy Grits Caramelized Grapefruit, Avocado, and Watercress Salad with Grapefruit Vinaigrette and Sweet Cornmeal-Coconut Butter Drop Biscuits and many more. 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes or garnet yams, peeled and cut into 1/2inch rounds 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 1 (2-inch) cinnamon stick 2 tablespoons molasses 1 teaspoon tamari or shoyu 2. Reinterpreting popular dishes from African and Caribbean countries as well as his favorite childhood dishes, Named one of the best vegetarian/vegan cookbooks of the last 25 years by Cooking Light Magazine, Vegan Soul Kitchen reinvents African-American and Southern cuisine - capitalizing on the complex flavors of the tradition, without the animal products. Bryant developed these vegan recipes through the prism of the African Diaspora-cutting, pasting, reworking, and remixing African, Caribbean, African-American, Native American, and European staples, cooking techniques, and distinctive dishes to create something familiar, comforting, and deliciously unique. Vegan Soul Kitchen recipes use fresh, whole, healthy ingredients and cooking methods with a focus on local, seasonal, sustainably raised food. One of the foremost voices in food activism and justice, Bryant Terry brings soul food back to its roots with plant-based, farm-to-table, real food recipes that leave out heavy salt and refined sugar, “bad” fats, and unhealthy cooking techniques, and leave in the down-home flavor. James Beard Award-winning chef Bryant Terry’s first cookbook, a vegan homage to Southern, African American, and Afro-Caribbean food ![]() ![]() Cooking & Food, Health & Fitness, Nonfiction ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Munro (Immortals After Dark #19) (Paperback):Īn immortal assassin is caught between desire and duty in this sizzling new novel from Kresley Cole’s #1 New York Times bestselling Immortals After Dark series. ![]() Wicked Abyss (Immortals After Dark #18) (Mass Market): Shadow's Seduction (Immortals After Dark #17) (Paperback): Shadow's Claim: Immortals After Dark: The Dacians (Mass Market):ĭark Skye (Immortals After Dark #15) (Hardcover): Lothaire (Immortals After Dark #12) (Mass Market): Pleasure of a Dark Prince (Immortals After Dark #9) (Mass Market):ĭemon from the Dark (Immortals After Dark #10) (Mass Market):ĭreams of a Dark Warrior (Immortals After Dark #11) (Mass Market): Kiss of a Demon King (Immortals After Dark #7) (Mass Market):ĭeep Kiss of Winter (Immortals After Dark #8) (Mass Market): Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (Immortals After Dark #4) (Mass Market):ĭark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark #5) (Mass Market):ĭark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark #6) (Mass Market): No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark #3) (Mass Market): ![]() This is book number 16 in the Immortals After Dark series.Ī Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark #2) (Mass Market): ![]() ![]() ![]() He arrived back in England on 26 September 1580. He crossed the Pacific Ocean, until then an area of exclusive Spanish interest, and laid claim to New Albion, plundering coastal towns and ships for treasure and supplies as he went. ![]() Drake's circumnavigation began on 15 December 1577. In 1572, he set sail on his first independent mission, privateering along the Spanish Main. Having started as a simple seaman, in 1588 he was part of the fight against the Spanish Armada as a vice-admiral.Īt an early age Drake was placed into the household of a relative, William Hawkins, a prominent sea captain in Plymouth. He is also known for participating in the early English slaving voyages of his cousin, Sir John Hawkins, and John Lovell. This was the first English circumnavigation, and third circumnavigation overall. ![]() 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 15. US$144.7 million in 2021 #2 Forbes top-earning pirates ![]() |