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Realm of the Senses
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Realm of the Senses
The choice between an easy road of cowardice and a perilous one of bravery confronts everyone at some time. Pre-emptive Love begins in the summer of 1996 with the arrival in Tokyo of a British television producer who disrupts Joe Weaver=s vacation at Lake Nojiri. From that moment, circumstances converge to cause a seventeen-year old American and a beautiful Chinese journalist to join them in a venture to head off a crackdown on freedom expected after Hong Kong=s honeymoon period with China ends. The team resurrects the story of Weaver=s former co-worker in Hiroshima, Kiyoshi Watanabe, a Gettysburg-educated Christian pastor. The Japanese army conscripted him in 1942 to serve as an interpreter...
Whim of Iron
Dr. Krishna Srinivas, Founder - President & Editor-in-chief of 'Poet, An International Monthly' says of Marlena, "Your poem Kali - god of fire - is a millennium poem. I have published in Poet over 30,000 poets in 100 countries. Your Kali is one of the best". Anna boothe - Poet and Director of the Pacifica Poetry Festival - says, "Marlena Rose Skye is an important new voice on the poetry scene. Her vibrant lyric celebrations of the joy of romantic love and the beauty of nature make her prize-winning poems a welcome addition to any poetry library." Rod Clark - Poet Laureate of Pacifica writes, "Marlena Rose Skye is a fresh voice in our poetic community. She has a gift for describing the rhythm of natural scenes in unique phrases. As a judge of local contests, I have twice had the pleasure of granting awards to her submissions. She has become a popular reader in our annual Pacifica Poetry Festival."
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The Football Girl
For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than r...
Eigg
Drawing on oral history, legend and song as well as written accounts, this is the story of Eigg and its inhabitants from the earliest times to the present day. Camille Dressler follows the changes in the islanders' lives from the tribal society of clan days to the development of crofting, the Clearances and depopulation, and the effect various landlords have had on the island in more recent times, right through to the historic community buy-out of 1997.This book gives a comprehensive and colourful picture of how the islanders reacted and survived, and shows how Eigg's cultural heritage captured the imagination of a community in transition seeking to preserve its island identity. This updated edition includes a vivid account of the islanders' achievements since the buy-out and of the challenges they have met in their pioneering venture.
Love, Lucas
A 2015 Whitney Award Nominee! A powerful story of loss, second chances, and first love, reminiscent of Sarah Dessen and John Green. When Oakley Nelson loses her older brother, Lucas, to cancer, she thinks she’ll never recover. Between her parents’ arguing and the battle she’s fighting with depression, she feels nothing inside but a hollow emptiness. When Mom suggests they spend a few months in California with Aunt Jo, Oakley isn’t sure a change of scenery will alter anything, but she’s willing to give it a try. In California, Oakley discovers a sort of safety and freedom in Aunt Jo’s beach house. Once they’re settled, Mom hands her a notebook full of letters addressed to her—...
Four Children and It
The new bestseller from Jacqueline Wilson, creator of Tracy Beaker, Hetty Feather and The Illustrated Mum, is a funny, moving and heartwarming story of four children who discover a way to make wishes come true. Echoing the classic E Nesbit novel, Five Children and It, this new story from this mega-selling author, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, is a brilliant read not just for those familiar with the original book but for any of Wilson's millions of fans.
The Prodigy Slave, Book One
At the age of nine, Lily is forcefully torn from her mother's arms and sold at a Negro auction by her master, a man that Lily learns that day is her very own father. Seeking solace from such devastation, Lily secretly begins teaching herself to play her new master's piano: an instrument that she is forbidden from touching. Lily becomes an extraordinary pianist and gets away with secretly playing for fourteen years until the master's son, James, discovers her deceit. The "punishment" that James gives Lily starts her on an unprecedented journey that dramatically alters her life and influences the lives of thousands, including a man with great power. Lily's groundbreaking journey also unveils the secret altruistic love of a particular man who has been forbidden from expressing his love to her for years. But the question remains whether or not the strength of his love will be powerful enough to free Lily from the shackles of slavery and protect her dreams and her life while on her turbulent Journey to Winter Garden.
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "A powerful debut that proves the threads that interweave our lives can withstand time and any tide, and bind our hearts forever."—Susanna Kearsley, New York Times bestselling author of Belleweather and The Vanished Days A historical novel inspired by true events, Kelli Estes's brilliant and atmospheric debut is a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right thing, highlighting the power of our own stories. The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets... While exploring her aunt's island estate, Inara Erickson is captivated by an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. The truth behind the silk sleeve dated back to 1886, when Mei Lien,...
