![]() ![]() Told in Dantala’s naïve, searching voice, this astonishing debut explores the ways in which young men are seduced by religious fundamentalism and violence.Įlnathan is a writer and lawyer living in spaces between in Nigeria and Germany. When bloodshed erupts in the city around him, Dantala must decide what kind of Muslim-and what kind of man-he wants to be. Before long, he is faced with a terrible conflict of loyalties, as one of the sheikh’s closest advisors begins to raise his own radical movement. ![]() With his quick aptitude and modest nature, Dantala becomes a favored apprentice to the mosque’s sheikh. He makes his way to a mosque that provides him with food, shelter, and guidance. ![]() ![]() When their attempt to burn down the opposition’s local headquarters ends in disaster, Dantala must run for his life, leaving his best friend behind. During the election, the boys are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble. In far northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys who sleep under a kuka tree. From two-time Caine Prize finalist Elnathan John, a dynamic young voice from Nigeria, Born on a Tuesday is a stirring, starkly rendered first novel about a young boy struggling to find his place in a society that is fracturing along religious and political lines. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Holly belongs to the Cahor house and reveals this to Amanda. Eventually, Holly realizes she is a witch and that she carries the soul of Isabeau of the Cahors house. ![]() Bizarre incidents occur to Holly, such as strange visions and dreams. After her parents die, her aunt and uncle that she never knew of get custody of her. In Witch, Holly Cathers, the main character, is the lone survivor of the rafting trip her family took with her best friend, and later receives a small cat who is deaf, Bast. The five novels depict a family feud between a coven of witches called the Cahors and a coven of warlocks called the Deveraux. In 2009 the series was optioned by DreamWorks' Mark Sourian, with the intent to combine the first two books in the series into a single screenplay. The first book, Witch was released in 2002 through Simon Pulse. ![]() Wicked is a series of young adult novels written by American authors Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié. ![]() ![]() Thank you all so much.Īkielos THEOMEDES, King of Akielos DAMIANOS (Damen), son and heir to Theomedes KASTOR, illegitimate son of Theomedes and Damen’s half brother JOKASTE, a lady of the Akielon court ADRASTUS, Keeper of the Royal Slaves LYKAIOS, a female slave in the household of Damianos ERASMUS, a male slave Your encouragement and enthusiasm is what made this book possible. Pacat ISBN 978-0-987Ĭaptive Prince is dedicated to all the original readers and supporters of the story. Pacat Cover illustration by Lee Chan © S. ![]() Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Pacat to be identified as the sole author of this work has been asserted. PACAT CAPTIVE PRINCE Volume One Volume Two ![]() ![]() Pacat on Twitter supacat, or on her blog at ALSO BY S.U. Right now she lives in Australia, where she is working on the third and final book in the Captive Prince trilogy. ![]() Pacat is a writer who has lived in a number of different cities, including Tokyo and Perugia. Captive Prince, Volume 1 Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13ĪBOUT THE AUTHOR S. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book switches with the story, told by different narrators, and all sorts of fragments of literature (web sites, nonfiction, fiction) about trolls, written as if the trolls were a natural thing, an animal amongst the others. The book starts with a simple assumption: trolls exist. Let's start with the book first and I'll deal with the background later. I'll come to the origin of the title later, it's a fascinating thing in itself. The English title is more straightforward Troll : A Love Story, a direct translation would be Not before sundown (which is the title of the first English edition of the book) or something like that. ![]() It is Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi by Johanna Sinisalo. I was first going to pass the carnival, but then I came up with the perfect book to introduce to the readers of the carnival. This is my contribution to the 12th Bookworms Carnival, themed on fairy tales. ![]() ![]() The novella, one of the few works of fiction published by an African American prior to the Civil War, is increasingly being recognized as a major work in Douglass’s canon and as an impressive work of art. Douglass first published the novella in the 1853 Autographs for Freedom, a fund-raising volume of antislavery writings, and then reprinted it as a four-part serial in the March 1853 issues of his newspaper, Frederick Douglass’ Paper. According to Douglass, Madison Washington, the leader of the rebellion, was a patriotic freedom fighter in the heroic tradition of the American revolutionaries. ![]() Several months after delivering this lecture, Douglass began writing his only work of fiction, The Heroic Slave, which was inspired by the true story of the slave rebellion aboard the Creole. your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery.” As he proclaims at the end of the lecture: “Your celebration is a sham your boasted liberty, an unholy license your national greatness, swelling vanity. In that lecture, Douglass attacked the hypocrisy of a nation that celebrated freedom while slavery remained the law of the land. ![]() Seven years later, and just two years after Douglass had publicly broken with Garrison, Douglass delivered, in 1852, what would become his most famous oration, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? ”. ![]() ![]() Read more for flea-ridden children, while mother-of-three Tilly Rice is frustrated to be sent to Cornwall. ![]() Christopher Tomlin, a writing-paper salesman for whom business is booming, longs to be called up like his brother. Pam Ashford, a woman who keeps her head when all around are losing theirs, writes with comic genius about life in her Glasgow shipping office. We Are At War is the story of five everyday folk, who, living on the brink of chaos, recorded privately on paper their most intimate hopes and fears. Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries of those who lived through it. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations facsims., ports. ![]() This title tells the story of five everyday folk, who, living on the brink of chaos, recorded privately on paper their intimate hopes and fears. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rafael Sabatini was a twentieth century Alexandre Dumas: a masterful creator of swashbuckling historical romances. Hiding with a troupe of itinerant actors, he gleefully plays the traditional Commedia Dell Arte role of Scaramouche, the trouble making trickster who, like Shakespeare’s fools and jesters, speaks painful truths disguised as harmless comedy. As France plummets into revolution at the end of the eighteenth century, Moreau’s journey toward revenge takes him through several careers, from lawyer to fugitive to actor and playwright and eventually to member of the French National Assembly. All he knows is that he wants vengeance against the vicious, arrogant aristocrat who brutally murdered his best friend. Raised by a supposed ‘godfather,’ Andre’ Louis Moreau knows nothing about his background or his real parents not even his real name. ![]() Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader’s understanding of these enduring works. ![]() Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications some include illustrations of historical interest. Scaramouche, by Rafael Sabatini, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. ![]() ![]() ![]() Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear and the Land of Painted Caves "In this magnificently written and researched novel, Karleen Koen brings to vibrant life the early years and loves of the future Sun King."-Jean M. Meticulously researched and gorgeously brought to life by New York Times bestselling author Karleen Koen, Before Versailles offers up a sumptuous, authentic exploration of a time that forged a man into a king. The untried ruler is coming into his own in 1661, and Louis XIV must face what he is willing to sacrifice for honor and for love. His court teems with greed and corruption, the wrong woman draws him into a wrenching love affair, and a mysterious boy in an iron mask haunts the woods. "A grand yet intimate look at the Sun King, a tale rich with detail and action."-Library Journal (Starred Review, one of the best historical novels of the year)īefore Versailles transports you to a world of secret passions and plots, a world of duplicity and malice.a world that created one of the best–known monarchs to grace the French throne.Īt the most decisive time in the young king's life, Louis XIV can taste the danger. ![]() ![]() 7) Acheron calls legitimate father "father", and legitimate brother "brother" and gets beaten severely for it roughly 40 times throughout the past 8 hours. ![]() And of course, b/c of this, Acheron is beaten severely and pleas for death. Artemis is incredibly childish and temperamental for a Goddess, and yet Acheron KEEPS trusting and falling in love with her. 5) Acheron begins trusting the Goddess Artemis. 4) Repeat #3 about 30 times to the utter delight of all listeners. And right after he does so, Acheron is beaten severely and pleas for death. Sister is INCREDIBLY NAIVE AND STUPID (and I really cannot emphasize this enough), yet Acheron keeps falling for her good-intentioned help. 2) Acheron is sexually abused, beaten, and humiliated, of which we're intimately privy to every 20 minutes. ![]() I cannot understand how an established author (what's her name) can possibly get by with writing essentially 20 pages of content, with another 400 pages of repetitive dribble-drabble, of which can be summarized in the following ways: 1) Acheron was born - and is cursed, of which we're reminded constantly. ![]() I think it's the first time I've ever dropped a story. I have lost a bit of my sanity in the last 8+ hours and don't think I can continue. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nearly every page reeks of the smoke of battle and the stench of death. “Impeccably researched, riveting…Must reading for any military action fan. Our book today is a new paperback original from Penguin, The Red. The thin line between victory and defeat is also the red line between life and death. Our book today is a new paperback original from Penguin, The Red Line, Walt Gragg’s debut novel, which tell the story in pointillist, gripping detail of a Russian surprise attack on Germany at the Czech border, an attack that starts with massive tank-companies aband. ![]() While he works, it’s up to hundreds of individual American soldiers to hold back the enemy flood. Army Staff Sergeant George O’Neill, a communications specialist, may be able to reestablish links that have been severed by hostile forces, but that will take time. But before the sun rises they are on the run across a smoking battlefield crowded with corpses.Īny slim hope for victory rests with one unlikely hero. the United States European Headquarters in Germany, where the idea for The Red Line took shape. What they lack in numbers they make up for in superior weapons and training. Walt Gragg is an attorney and former state prosecutor. Standing against them are the woefully undermanned American forces. With a powerful blizzard providing cover, Russian tanks thunder down the autobahns while specially trained Spetsnaz teams strike at vulnerable command points. World War III explodes in seconds when a resurgent Russian federation launches a deadly armored thrust into the heart of Germany. “Delta-Two, I’ve got tanks through the wire! They’re everywhere!” ![]() |