![]() ![]() There was the horror and tension of the Christian slaves being murdered in the arena. ![]() The story had great descriptions and atmosphere. Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was so good! I loved the unique storyline and the setting, in ancient Rome. Pelonia wants to be set free, but how can Caros let her go when he is falling for her? He won his freedom, eventually, after doing so well in the ring. In the past he was also sold into slavery and forced to fight in the arena, or die. ![]() He is attracted to her, and once he hears her story, he is compassionate. Ex-gladiator, Caros Viriathos, who is now a gladiator trainer, buys Pelonia as a slave. In 81 AD, a Christian (Pelonia Valeria) is sold into slavery by her evil uncle after her family and servants are killed by marauders on their way to her cousin’s wedding. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering - kira-kira - in the future. And it's Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond tomorrow. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. Read 3,028 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. Kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering shining ![]() ![]() ![]() ⚠️ This book will unfortunately be removed from the service on the 14th of May. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end' Sunday Telegraph the entire story is a pleasure to relish' Scotsman 'The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care. ![]() The Dick Francis legacy continues through his son Felix Francis: Refusal is his latest novel, following Bloodline and Gamble. Other novels include the huge bestsellers Dead Heat, Under Orders and Silks. Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Flying Finish is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis. 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And because this novel is basically a super-chubby Welcome to ThomasPynchonTown-wordplay is kingĪround these parts. Short story, but with gland trouble." Basically, that means it's a Pynchon called his novel The Crying of Lot 49"a ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this world, all the people wear heartsglass around their necks. ![]() From there, Tea and her newly risen brother, Fox, go on a journey for Tea to learn about her asha powers, but they quickly feel and realize the expectations that all eight kingdoms are going to put on her. The Shadow Glass is the concluding book in an ownvoices Asian inspired fantasy series, that stars a bone witch named Tea who has the power to resurrect and control things, which she finds out in The Bone Witch when she accidentally resurrects her brother at his funeral. ![]() I am so thankful for these books, and I will truly carry them with me forever. I’m not ready to say goodbye, and I’m equal parts in denial that it’s over, but in awe of how perfect Rin Chupeco closed this series out. Most of you know this The Bone Witch trilogy is a series I hold very close to my heart, but I truly have been looking at this word document for the last twenty minutes completely unable to start this review. “There are worse things than black heartsglass, Tea. Goodreads | Amazon US | Barnes & Noble | Book DepositoryĪRC provided by Sourcebooks in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() Suddenly, Graves Glen is under attack from murderous wind-up toys, a pissed off ghost, and a talking cat with some interesting things to say. ![]() With one calamity after another striking Rhys, Vivi realizes her silly little Ex Hex may not have been so harmless after all. What should be a quick trip to recharge the town’s ley lines and make an appearance at the annual fall festival turns disastrously wrong. That is until Rhys Penhallow, descendent of the town’s ancestors, breaker of hearts, and annoyingly just as gorgeous as he always was, returns to Graves Glen, Georgia. ![]() Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn’t use her magic this way, but with only an “orchard hayride” scented candle on hand, she isn’t worried it will cause him anything more than a bad hair day or two. Synopsis: Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths…and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cynthia had fled to Pesaro with their son, then three, and ![]() There is also a 1968 postcard he sent his dadįrom Italy. ![]() The letter is one of a trove of Julian's keepsakes he has Whilst he's in the room with me and I've decided it's ALL I keep thinking of those stupidī*****d times when I keep reading bloody newspapers and other s**t Hours in dressing rooms thinking about the times I've wasted notīeing with him - and playing with him. Think it is been a slow process feeling like a real father! I spend "I can't wait to see him, I miss him more than ever - I He's not so much 'The Baby' or my baby any The letter, written inġ965, spells out John's heartache at not being with Cynthia and theĬouple's two-year-old. Little after his father was shot dead in 1980. 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Publishers Description: It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll it was also the year of the Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, Prague Spring, the Chicago convention, the anti-war movement and the Tet Offensive, the student rebellion that paralyzed France, Civil Rights, the generation gap, the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union, and the birth of the women's movement. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. ![]() |