![]() ![]() ![]() I sat on the counter at the back, legs dangling, and clicked leather heels against the carved cedar. Or several minutes of tedious polishing, at least. ![]() The frozen beast roared back silently, inch-long teeth promising death. Then he hoisted his flour-dusted club in salute. Tom shoved the curio cabinet aside, making the brass balances jingle. The floorboards creaked as he stepped within range of its wickedly curved claws. And in the safety of my master’s shop, away from the horrors of battle like death, pain, or even a mild scolding, Tom’s courage held no equal. Though only two months older than me, he was already a foot taller, and built like a blacksmith, albeit a slightly pudgy one, due to a steady pilfering of his father’s pies. Tom Bailey, son of William the Baker, was the finest fake soldier I’d ever seen. In his right hand, the rolling pin wobbled threateningly. From the oak shelf nearest to him, he snatched the glazed lid of an apothecary jar-Blackthorn’s Wart-Be-Gone, according to the scrawl on the label-and held it on guard, a miniature ceramic shield. Tom stripped off his linen shirt and flung it heroically across the antimony cups gleaming on the display table near the fire. He was deep in concentration, tongue pinched between his teeth, as he steeled himself for combat with the stuffed black bear that ruled the front corner of my master’s shop. ![]()
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![]() This remix contains samples from the album version as well as from performance artist Bob Flanagan. The repetitive buildup at the end of the song eventually gives way to quiet whispers, which segue into " Gave Up." Each verse is punctured by screamed backing vocals. Guitars are featured prominently during the verses and choruses, the latter also including synthesized bass. It is characterised by heavy use of loud, layered percussion loops in fact, the bridge of the song is completely constructed from percussion patterns and synthesized machinery sounds as well as Reznor's distorted voice. ![]() 3.6 Happiness in Slavery (Live at Woodstock '94).3.5 Happiness In Slavery (PK Slavery Remix). ![]() ![]() 3.4 Happiness In Slavery (Sherwood Slave Mix). ![]() ![]() Winning the contest could give her everything she ever wanted-but it would mean leaving her home and family behind. Soon Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires. Princess Academy Dont miss any of these other books from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale: The Princess Academy trilogy. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess. Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters Book 3 Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters Miri thought her time at the palace was over until she gets some last-minute homework from the King - she must travel to. In a year's time, the prince will choose his bride from among the village girls. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her village the home of the future princess. Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this first book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's Princess Academy series, Miri finds herself a sudden participant in a contest to find the next princess of the realm. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The reader can almost taste the dust and feel the heat of the stultifying locale the scatter of words in Afrikaans enhances the absorbing, fast-paced narrative. ![]() Slovo ( Catnap Every Secret Thing), herself the daughter of antiapartheid activists, skillfully handles Sarah's quandary of returning to face her past and reexamine her life in the light of long-term exile. Steve's body and killer were never found, and Steve's parents push Sarah to use Dirk's hearing to implicate Pieter Muller, another policeman, never charged, who now runs a security firm in Smitsrivier. Ben represents brilliant legislator Alex Mpondo at the amnesty hearing of former Smitsrivier policeman Dirk Hendricks, who brutally tortured Alex and knows the truth about the murder of his friend Steve Sizela. Sarah Barcant left the dusty, dead-end town of Smitsrivier 14 years ago to become a successful New York City prosecutor, but drops everything to heed the call of hometown mentor and antiapartheid activist Ben Hoffman. Now those rebels occupy the higher branches of government while the offending policemen are imprisoned. South African police brutally tortured and murdered at will in their unfettered efforts to crush the "terrorist" acts of black rebels against apartheid. This remarkable exposition of a Truth Commission amnesty hearing in a backwater South African town underscores that "the full truth" is more complex than court transcript or verdict can ever reveal. ![]() ![]() ![]() Characters and plots develop at a more leisurely pace, rather like a train ride through the English countryside, but never to the point where one feels the writers were padding the script to fill the time slot. Of course, this is not your more current type of entertainment where the scenes shift constantly to keep up with an audience that has an attention span of 30 seconds. The episodes take liberties with some of Marsh's plots (Troy wasn't in A Man Lay Dead, subplots are added or changed), but overall very well done and worth a watch (or two or three). ![]() At times he had the "Handsome Alleyn" look, but that's about all. I must admit I wasn't thrilled with Simon Williams' performance of Alleyn in the first episode. After seeing Malahide as Alleyn, it's so much easier to read the books because Malahide gives Alleyn a face and voice. Troy and Fox were easy to visualize, in fact apart from Belinda Lang's longer hair and William Simons' lack of a mustache, they are exactly as I pictured them, but Alleyn remained elusive. He's a dapper silhouette, complete with hat and an excellently cut suit, but still a shadowy figure. ![]() Marsh's description of Alleyn was so nebulous- basically tall, dark, thin, and handsome with a fastidious face in one instance or a monkish one in the other. And after watching this series I know why. I discovered her as a teenager, probably around the time this series aired, but never had an inclination to read them again. After watching the eight episodes made with Patrick Malahide, I began re-reading Ngaio Marsh's books. ![]() ![]() thrift.books ( No Fighting No Biting by Minarik, Else Holmelund Minarik, E. Else Holmelund Minarik, whose Little Bear. No Fighting, No Biting Hardcover Else Holmelund Minarik Free shipping No Fighting No Biting Free shipping No Fighting, No Biting by Minarik, Else Holmelund Free shipping The seller has not uploaded any pictures. In 2003, Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government. The merry adventures of two scrapping alligator children-and of Rosa and Willy, their human counterparts. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. Maurice Sendak's children's books have sold over 30 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. The merry adventures of two scrapping alligator childrenand of Rosa and Willy, their human counterparts. ![]() ![]() This much-loved author continues to write stories for children at her home in North Carolina. ![]() Publication of this book, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, launched the I Can Read series. Else Holmelund Minarik first introduced readers to her timeless character in the classic Little Bear. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her books have been translated into French, Spanish, German, Korean, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese, and Slovenian. A nonfiction author as well, her books include Paris Was a Woman (Harper Collins, 1995 Counterpoint Press, 2013) which won a Lambda Literary Award, Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in Film (Penguin, 1992) and In the Shadow of the Magic Mountain: The Erika And Klaus Mann Story (University of Chicago Press, 2008) which won a Publishing Triangle Award for Best Nonfiction. Her other film credits include Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story, Seed of Sarah, Paris Was a Woman, Before Stonewall, A Bit of Scarlet and International Sweethearts of Rhythm, among others. ![]() Petersburg, Russia, and Valladolid, Spain. It won several jury and audience awards, including in St. Bones of Contention premiered in the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, screened on the film festival circuit around the world, and had an art-house cinema release in Spain. She is Producer/Director/Editor of Bones of Contention, a feature documentary delving into the historical memory movement in Spain and the unknown story of LGBT repression under the Franco dictatorship. ![]() Andrea Weiss is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. ![]() ![]() One of his best mares lay at his feet with her new foal beside her, both of them dead. ![]() “Extraordinary…Bittner’s characters spring to life.” - Publishers Weekly Read moreĬaleb Sax rose, blood dripping from his arms and hands. Again and again, she brings readers to tears.” - Romantic Times “Power, passion, tragedy, and triumph are Rosanne Bittner’s hallmarks. Destiny’s Dawn brings this trilogy to an unforgettable ending that will stay with readers long after they finish. And all his life Caleb keeps the blue quill necklace his long-dead mother made for him, reminding him of his Indian blood and the Indian name he never forgot – Blue Hawk. ![]() Through stunning changes over years of settling the West, Caleb and Sarah’s love and passion for each other becomes the glue that holds their family together through tragedy and triumph. ![]() Yet Caleb’s youngest son resists his mixed blood and goes to great lengths to hide his Indian heritage. Caleb’s son Tom rides the outlaw trail to search for men who killed his Mexican wife, and Caleb’s grandson grows up to marry a Cheyenne woman, returning to the life that Caleb left so long ago. ![]() The Sax dynasty continues as the family saga moves from Texas to a new life in the wild and dangerous land of the West. ![]() ![]() (free books for something I was already doing? Sure, you bet!) Anyhow, I'd burned through all the advance release books so now I'm working through the previous titles. In addition to writing, Dario, who currently lives in the Los Angeles area, offers professional editing, copyediting, and formatting services to indie authors.īlog: Amazon Author Page: See all books by Dario at First, I'm on the Panverse Street Team, which just means that I get free EARC's in return for an honest review. "The Fiction Writing Handbook: the Professional Author's Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules" (2017) is his second nonfiction work. Dario is currently at work on a new thriller.ĭario's nonfiction book, "Aegean Dream", the bittersweet memoir of a year spent on the small Greek island of Skópelos (the real "Mamma Mia!" island), was an Amazon category #1 for several months in 2012. ![]() His 2015 novel, the supernatural suspense thriller titled "Black Easter", pits love against black magic and demonic possession on a remote, idyllic Greek island. "Free Verse and Other Stories", a collection of his short Science Fiction work, was released in June 2014. ![]() ![]() Dario Ciriello is a professional author and editor, and the founder (2009) of Panverse Publishing.ĭario's first novel, "Sutherland's Rules", a crime caper/thriller with a shimmer of the fantastic, was published in 2013. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fortunately, he has his sword-wielding mentor Amym and a beautiful Gothic exotic dancer named Joyce, to help guide him. ![]() LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and received his BFA in sculpture. He became involved in the Punk scene in the spring of 1985 and always kept a dog-eared paperback in the cargo pocket of his fatigues. Now he must quickly learn to defend himself if he is going to face The Chord and find a place in vampire society. KD McQuain grew up in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. His girlfriend Cara was dead and his roommate Rachel lay grievously wounded as he headed towards an uncertain and perilous future. Ever since his transformation, the people who get close to him have been dropping like flies at the hands of the fiend that infected him. That’s what Christian’s tribe of New York City street punks has been finding out the hard way. Genre: Urban Fantasy/Dark Fantasy/Paranormalīook Description: Blood Stains Don't Show On Black!īeing friends with a vampire can be hazardous to your health. If you are signing up to review Please Remember you have 3 weeks to read and review and post the links to your review on this page! For more information about RI&R and our Rules & Requirements click here. ![]() Our goal is to help indie and self-published authors promote their books. Our Read It & Reap program is designed with authors in mind. ![]() |