![]() ![]() The Hidden Jesus: A New Life, published in 1999, was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "offering a mature faith fit for the new millennium." His successful biography of Saint Francis was published in 2002. ![]() After years as a theology professor, he turned to fulltime writing. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. With the use of only recently opened archives and personal papers, Donald Spoto probes behind the lurid headlines to bring us Joan Crawford, the private person as well as the movie legend. A prolific and respected biographer and theologian, Donald Spoto is the author of twenty published books, among them bestselling biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, and Ingrid Bergman. Dancer, dramatic actress, businesswoman, corporate executive with Pepsi-Cola, Joan Crawford during her lifetime (1906 - 1977) was rarely out of the news. ![]() A prolific and respected biographer and theologian, Donald Spoto is the author of twenty published books, among them bestselling biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, and Ingrid Bergman. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Can their newfound connection survive the trials of physical distance and years of emotional baggage?Īuthor Jennifer Gracen reunites sexy, sophisticated Sam and sweet but wounded Lydia in Book Two of the Seasons of Love series, ”Winter Hopes”. But when the magical weekend comes to a close, Sam must return to Chicago, while Lydia heads back to her complicated life and young son in New York. ![]() It takes all her nerve, and more than a little prodding from her girlfriends, to convince Lydia to give her heart – and Sam – a chance. Their instant connection feels intensely real, to both of them, but the ink is barely dry on her divorce decree. When she meets Sam, a handsome friend of the groom, she’s nearly overwhelmed by a confusing mix of hope and trepidation. Her college roommate’s wedding promises a much-needed getaway weekend with old friends, at a beautiful manor in Connecticut. Newly divorced mom Lydia is just getting back on her feet. Author Jennifer Gracen brings together a colorful cast of friends and family in Book One of the Seasons of Love series, AUTUMN GETAWAY. ![]() ![]() ![]() Howard touches upon the social inequalities and marginalization of the time, adding nuance and depth to this witty, suspenseful romance. Caught in a web of intrigue and desire, Valentine and Bronwyn become reluctant partners in espionage-and rather less reluctant lovers-as they plunge into ever deeper danger. She’s so eager to allay suspicion that Valentine comes away from their first interaction thinking her an “avaricious nitwit.” Even so, there’s an undeniable mutual attraction that only grows as their travels take them to America and back to Europe. ![]() Civil War, she’s distressed to encounter Valentine aboard the same ship. As she sets sail to Philadelphia bearing secret documents to aid the North in the U.S. It’s Lady Bronwyn Chase, sister to the Duke of Ashvale, who’s determined to use her privilege to help the oppressed and disenfranchised. Retired spymaster Valentine Medford, Duke of Thornbury, is called back into service to track down the mysterious Kestrel-not realizing the “rogue operative” is hiding in plain sight. ![]() ![]() With this spirited Victorian romance, a loose sequel to 2021’s Rules for Heiresses, Howard constructs a vibrant, witty adventure whose undercover leads enjoy sizzling chemistry under the covers. ![]() ![]() "Allusions to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the portrayal of a whole community's healing process, and the sharp insights into Caitlyn's behavior enhance this fine addition to the recent group of books with narrators with autism and Asbergers. ![]() "A strong and complex character study."- The Horn Book Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. The world according to her is black and white anything in between is confusing. And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be so black and white after all. THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERS Caitlin has Asperger's. Then she comes across the word closure-and she realizes this is what she needs. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. But Devon was killed in a school shooting, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. ![]() THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERSĬaitlin has Asperger's. ![]() ![]() Told in an enchanting and unforgettable voice, The Teahouse Fire is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability. ![]() Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. ![]() We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter, Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. ![]() It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan’s most mysterious rite-the tea ceremony-became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield. The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history-Japan as it opens its doors to the West. After a teahouse fire, Aurelia escapes the torment of her Uncle Charles, and is adopted by the Shin family, who change her name to Urako. “Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties-each one resplendent with character and drama. The Teahouse Fire, Ellis Avery's first novel, is an epic of late 19th century Japan, as seen through the eyes of an American orphan-Aurelia Bernard. Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. ![]() ![]() Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics?, Second Edition is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Its goal is to put the meaning back into mathematics. ![]() This new edition of Richard Courant's and Herbert Robbins's classic work seeks to address this problem. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but does not lead to real understanding or to greater intellectual independence. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. ![]() ![]() What Is Mathematics?:An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods E-Kitap Açıklamasıįor more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not to be missed! If you love historical fiction, you will thoroughly enjoy this book. ADDED BONUS: At the end of the story there is a discussion about the historical facts behind this fictional account of the Nazi invasion. Her reading of the book is smooth and graceful. ![]() Reader Blair Brown is a nice consolation prize, though. I wish this book had been read by author Lois Lowry, since writers usually read their books better than anyone else. You will rejoice at the small victories the characters achieve. Your pulse will quicken every time the Nazis knock on the door. You will want to weep for the divided families and children forced to grow up too quickly. Historical fiction at its finest, it captures both the facts and the feelings of the era. Although the protagonists in this story are children, people of all ages will enjoy this book. ![]() Number the Stars is the story of two little girls whose friendship is put to the test by the Nazi invasion of Denmark. ![]() ![]() However, writes Cottom, another factor is that most of these students, ill-educated to begin with, simply have no preparation in navigating bureaucracies and no way of gauging the difference between one school and the next, down to knowing what the cost might be. What drives this preyed-upon class, whose members, the author rightly adds, are not necessarily academically inferior? In part, perhaps, the promise of a degree more easily attained than at a regular academic institution. The unknown number of for-profit students-variously said to be between 1.2 million and about twice that many enrollees-pays about 20 percent more than at a “flagship public university” for an undergraduate degree but about four times more than an associate’s degree at a community college. In this slender book, she lays out a case against a system that engenders predation and that profits, in the end, from social and economic injustice. ![]() ![]() An informal sociological study of diploma mills and their often ripped-off discontents.īefore becoming a sociology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, sometime Slate columnist Cottom worked at a for-profit college whose machinations she came, once understanding them, to despise. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each chapter is paired with lavish and luminous full-color art, making this the perfect collector's item to be enjoyed by both new audiences and old. This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan's perspective.This new installment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humor, and drama that enchanted readers everywhere. ![]() She could hear the speeding of his heart. Her enormous jaws opened, teeth gleaming. Tears that the monster took for a sign of fear. ‘You have cured me,’ he told her, tears wetting his cheeks. #1 New York Times bestselling author, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic high king, Cardan. And he was filled with a strange and tender love for her, his cursed bride. An illustrated addition to the New York Times bestselling Folk of Air trilogy, that started with The Cruel Prince, from award-winning author Holly Black.An irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame.Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue.Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by an actual friendship between the French princess and a commoner who became her companion, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley offers a vivid portrait of life inside the palace of Versailles - and a touching tale of two friends divided by class and the hunger for equality and freedom that fueled the French Revolution. ![]() How can Isabelle reconcile the ugly things she hears in the town with the kind family she knows in the palace? And which side is she truly on? ![]() But this facade begins to crumble when rumors of starvation in the countryside lead to whispers of revolution. Thrown into a world of luxury, Isabelle is living a fairy-tale life. At the palace she is playmate to a princess. At home she plies her needle under her grandmother's disapproving eye. Inspired by an actual friendship between the French princess and a commoner whobecame her companion, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley offers a vivid portrait of lifeinside the palace of Versailles - and a touching tale of two friends divided byclass and the hunger for equality and freedom that fueled the French Revolution. Isabelle is given a fashionable name, fashionable dresses - a new identity. Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker The Lacemaker and the Princess ISBN 13: 9781416985839 The Lacemaker and the Princess Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker 3. Before Isabelle can believe it, she has a new job - companion to the queen's daughter. One day as she delivers lace to the palace, she is almost trampled by a crowd of courtiers - only to be rescued by Marie Antoinette. ![]() ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD ISABELLE IS A LACEMAKER IN THE TOWN OF VERSAILLES. ![]() |