![]() ![]() In a teahouse in Kalaw, a small town in Burma-the opening pages are a lovely rendering of her sensory overload-Julia encounters a mysterious older man named U Ba who says he has been waiting for her. After finding an unmailed love letter he wrote to a Burmese woman named Mi Mi, his daughter Julia, also a Manhattan lawyer, goes in search of her father who never told his American Catholic wife or their two children anything about his life before America. Tin Win, a successful Wall Street lawyer originally from Burma, has been missing since his passport was discovered near the Bangkok airport four years ago. ![]() German journalist Sendker’s first novel, originally published in German in 2002, is a love story set in Burma and imbued with Eastern spirituality and fairy-tale romanticism. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Inherent cut-off text due to tight bindingĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:03:00 Boxid IA1886606 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Because its words are behind the highest treason - a conspiracy to kill the king and reduce his reign to ashes. But what Gower does not know is that this book has already caused one murder, and that its contents could destroy his life. It should be easy for a man of Gower's talents, who knows the back-alleys of Southwark as intimately as the courts and palaces of Westminster. ![]() The request is simple: track down a missing book. When close confidant, fellow poet Geoffrey Chaucer, calls in an old debt, Gower cannot refuse. ![]() For John Gower, part-time poet and full-time trader in information, secrets are his currency. A place of poetry and prophecy, where power is bought by blood. ![]() A city of shadows and fear, in a kingdom ruled by the headstrong young King Richard II, haunted by the spectre of revolt. A stunning debut historical thriller set in the turbulent 14th century, for fans of CJ Sansom, The Name of the Rose and An Instance of the Fingerpost. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the second half of the novel, the water begins to serve as a metaphor for unease and danger as Raylee starts to unravel the mysteries behind the deaths of those close to her.įC: Raylee starts out as an impressionable, naïve girl living with her overprotective parents. KW: In two primary ways: as a place where she finds comfort in the company of her loved ones (her parents, Billy) and as a place of revelation. ![]() How does water as an element interact with the Protagonist? The one thing Raylee and I have in common is that we are both an only child.įC: The bleak setting possesses an aura of mystery where water is a character itself. My parents divorced when I was a baby and I grew up in the city. Do you share similarities with Raylee’s upbringing? She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and is an English adjunct instructor.įabricio Correa: In your novel Intent, the protagonist Raylee Johnson lives a sheltered life in a small town. She lives with her Marine Corp veteran husband, three very entertaining children, and an indispensable faith in Christ. Krista Wagner was born in 70’s Southern California. ![]() A Thrilling Journey into Faith Interview with Author Krista Wagner BY FABRICIO CORREA ![]() ![]() MATT HAIG, New York Times bestselling author of THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY 'Wow. Kristin Hannah is a classic storyteller and The Four Winds sees her at the top of her game - Matt Haig ‘Powerful and compelling’ - Delia Owens, author of Where The Crawdads Sing The Four Winds seems eerily prescient in 2021. Kristin Hannah is a classic storyteller and The Four Winds sees her at the top of her game. The buzz: “An impeccable, epic, essential vision of American history as a whole and a testament to the resilience of Black people,” says Kirkus Reviews. An escape into the past with timely echoes to the present. What it’s about: The authors of “How to Be an Antiracist” and “Set the World on Fire” edit this community history of African Americans from 90 writers, which includes historical essays, short stories and personal vignettes. Blain (One World, nonfiction, on sale Feb. “Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019,” edited by Ibram X. In The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, Elsa Wolcott is a woman trying to raise two children on farm in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl following the Great Depression. The buzz: A ★★★½ review for USA TODAY says the National Book Award finalist “has written a subtle, powerful novel.”ĥ. What it’s about: Steeped in Cherokee history and folklore, the latest from Hobson finds the fractured Echota family reckoning with the death of their son, killed 15 years ago in a police shooting. “The Removed,” by Brandon Hobson (Ecco, fiction, on sale Feb. ![]() ![]() ![]() I guess in the scheme of things.sales really do work. Tucker and Kane are awesome and I would love to find out more about them. I do have a soft spot for dog stories, so that's probably why it ended up in my cart - but the story itself made me curious to discover a little bit more information about the main characters in this story. I will be honest and say that even though this story was part of an existing series, that I was able to fall in and follow along with the story. And.unfortunately, I realized that a couple of the stories were novellas inside of an existing series. Before I knew it, I had about 30 books (well, more like novellas and short stories) in my cart. Weaving Worlds and Words in Andre Norton and Susan Shwartzs Imperial Lady by Judith Tarr Meet Kanthe in James Rollins The Starless Crown by James Rollins. Audible had a huge sale a while ago and had many, many short stories and novellas on sale for like $1.00 each. What I do know is that I broke my very important rule of not jumping into a series in the middle of said series. ![]() I'm not actually sure- I might need to check. I think this might have been my first time with this author. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thuwaibah, a young enslaved Greek woman, stood by the door with an earthen clay platter. Then, a veiled horseman emerged, galloping through Mecca’s southern pass to deliver his emergency package: twenty succulent dates known as rutab (luscious). As dawn broke, a cloud of dust arose in the distance. Pacing in the courtyard doorway, he anxiously surveyed the horizon. The next hour would determine whether mother and child would survive the precarious delivery. Now ‘Abdul-‘Uzza was frantic, as the birth could come at any moment. The midwives of Mecca relied on an elixir of fresh unrefined date juice to stimulate uterine contractions, helping to push the baby through the birth canal quickly and protect the mother from excessive bleeding. The dates had to be picked at once to maintain the potency of their juicy nectar. ![]() Without fresh dates the woman in labor could bleed to death.Īs soon as ‘Abdul-‘Uzza received word after midnight that his sister-in-law was in labor, he had sent a horseman rushing to the nearby town of Ta`if to fetch fresh dates from the local groves. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s possible to describe Dorothea by listing its exports however, as a camel driver told Marco Polo once said about Dorothea, the city opens up horizons for people. A person can find every delight in Isidora, but men arrive there when they’re old, not young. People who see it from afar feel envy, thinking that they’ve experienced similar evenings and were happy. Marco Polo describes a city named Diomira with many towers. Through Marco’s stories, Kublai begins to see that there are patterns in his empire and realizes it can be fixed. He feels that his empire is too large for him to understand and worries about its corruption. Kublai Khan is listening to Marco Polo describe the cities he’s seen, but doesn’t entirely believe him. 1-Page Summary of Invisible Cities Overall Summary ![]() ![]() ![]() "Leanne is truly an expert in the study and benefits of therapeutic light and color and how to use them to improve health. SPEAKING, TRAINING & COACHING – Work with Leanne.VIDEOS – Healing Effects of Color, Light, Art & Flow State.LISTEN – Leanne on Nationally Syndicated RADIO.Leanne’s 8 Steps for Tapping into Flow State.WORK with Leanne – Color & Creative Flow Training.RESEARCH & SCIENCE: Healing Color & Light.MEDITATE – WATCH – Color Therapy Meditation Video.HOW TO USE ART for Creative Flow & Color Therapy. ![]() HEALING COLORS IN Venier’s ART – the SCIENCE.VIDEOS – Science & Healing Benefits of Color, Light, Art & Flow.Healing RED Light Therapy, Near Infrared & Quantum Energy Medicine.What Medical Doctors Say about Leanne Venier.SHOP for REDjuvenator Red Light Therapy for Anti-aging & Healing.REVIEWS – REDjuvenator vs Joovv vs Red Light Man: Buyers Guide.REDjuvenator Quantum Light Therapy Testimonials. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So I came into this collection with little experience of King’s short fiction, although I did remember Jenny’s warning that the stories are more concept heavy and scarier than his novels. ![]() Prior to reading Four Past Midnight, I had only read one of King’s story/novella collections, Hearts in Atlantis, which I read primarily for the story “Low Men in Yellow Coats” (King fans will understand why this particular story is significant). So I’m gradually working on catching up, not with a definite goal of reading all his books-he’s too prolific for me to make that a goal-but with an eye to filling in some of the gaps in my King reading. (My favorites are The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, The Talisman, and the remarkable seven-volume Dark Tower series.) But because I was a late convert to King, there are lots of his books that I haven’t gotten around to. It turns out that Jenny was right (no surprise there), and since reading The Dead Zone, I’ve become a King fan, gobbling up his novels one after the other. I had avoided King before that, assuming that his books were all about terror-long on plot, short on character, theme, and linguistic excellence. ![]() It’s been well over 10 years since Jenny pressed a copy of Stephen King’s The Dead Zone into my hands, insisting that (1) it would not give me nightmares and that (2) I would really enjoy it. ![]() ![]() I think what I liked best about this book was the balance of darkness and light in the story. And there’s a voice in everyone’s head… whispering… ![]() The town of Bad Blintz has a rat problem, but no rats to be found. ![]() In a world filled with magic and mystery, one clever cat is just trying to make his way in a society that has all these ‘rules’ ‘rules’ that he knows how to exploit. This is the story of the rats behind the man – and the cat behind the rats. I very much believe that there is a Terry Pratchett book for everyone.įor this edition of “Reading with Robin”, I decided to highlight the first YA novel of Pratchett’s that I’ve ever read, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. If you’ve never read his work, remedy that gap immediately. If I had to point to one author who has influenced me the most as a writer and a human being, it would have to be Sir Terry Pratchett. This entry’s book is: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Sir Terry Pratchett ! Background Photo by Pacto Visual via Unsplash In these posts, I’m going to talk about what I’ve been reading, what I liked about the book, and who I’d recommend the book to next. Hey there, everyone! Welcome to another installment of Reading with Robin! As a librarian who loves to read, I also love to talk about books and connect other readers with books they can fall in love with. ![]() |
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