![]() After witnessing a terrible crime, Hester finds sanctuary with the ladies of the Red Cross, in a heartrending convergence of these historic figures. Meanwhile, Clara Barton and the Red Cross minister to the sick and hungry as mounted vigilantes use the chaotic situation to settle old scores. The bout, organized to raise money for the recovery effort, featured the enigmatic veteran “Chrysanthemum Joe” Choynski, the most successful Jewish boxer in America, and Jack Johnson, a young hometown hero known as “the Galveston Giant.” The storied battle forged a bond between the two legendary fighters and put Johnson on the path to become the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. ![]() Oleander City is the tale of this little girl and the volatile collision between the American Red Cross, the Ku Klux Klan, and one of the most famous boxing matches in American history. Thousands perished, including all ninety-three children at the Sisters of the Incarnate Word orphanage-except six-year-old Hester, who miraculously survived. ![]() The hurricane of 1900, America’s worst natural disaster, left the island city of Galveston in ruins. ![]() In the wake of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, three lives converge despite persecution from the Ku Klux Klan, a bare-knuckle boxing match gone wrong, and the recovery efforts of the American Red Cross. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Even if you didn’t read the book yourself, you may well remember people carrying it all over the place for about a year or so. In adapting Garth Risk Hallberg’s door-stopper, it looks like they’re leaning into the crime element: a murder that connects to a string of fires that connects to downtown music that connects to real estate, resulting, hopefully, in a nuanced portrait of a New York on the brink. Kate Brian Series List Privilege Length: 6 Books First Book: January 2009 Latest Book: June 2011 Age Level: Young Adult (12-17) Rating: Get Our Newsletter Privilege Series in Order (6 Books) Book Descriptions for series: Privilege Privilege Jan-2009 Book - 1 MOST GIRLS WOULD DIE FOR A LIFE OF PRIVILEGE. Also, apparently, it has to do with AI in law enforcement. Kate Brian (Author), Julian Peploe (Draft Writer) 30 ratings Book 5 of 14: Private See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Library Binding 20.85 1 New from 20.85 Paperback 9.98 87 Used from 0.68 17 New from 4.04 MP3 CD 19.99 1 New from 19. ![]() The story unfolds over three different time periods, following the evolving personal dramas of some recently reunited Quantico graduates. This new thriller has Tom Rob Smith, author of the Child 44 trilogy, at the helm, with Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara starring. It looks set for just a five episode run, so better to jump on board from the outset. ![]() The headline for this new miniseries about the Watergate scandal is the cast: Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Domhnall Gleeson, Kiernan Shipka, and Lena Headey having some fun with the sleaze and corruption orbiting around the Howard Hunt and G. ![]() ![]() Almost immediately, the protagonists plot to attain their own selfish ends: Eleanor offers to yield Aquitaine if Richard is named heir Geoffrey, neglected by both parents, conspires with John and Philip to rob Richard of the throne and Henry confesses to Alais that he intends to get his way without giving her up. Henry chooses John as successor, but Eleanor, fully aware that Henry holds all three sons in low esteem, proclaims that the throne rightfully belongs to Richard. Also present are Henry's mistress, Princess Alais, who has been promised as wife to the new heir, and her 18-year-old brother, Philip, the king of France. Henry has called a Christmas Court at Chinon Castle to determine which of their three surviving sons-the impetuous Richard, the conniving Geoffrey, or the clumsy and insecure John-will be named successor to the crown. ![]() In 1183, King Henry II of England summons his estranged wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he has imprisoned for 10 years in Salisbury Tower for her part in civil wars and plots against him. ![]() ![]() ![]() CHESTER, the cat, Harold, the dog, Bunnicula, the vampire (?) rabbit, and Howie, the wirehaired dachshund puppy, return in this sequel to "Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery" and "Howliday Inn" to ask the question: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of lettuce? Chester has just finished retelling the tale of Bunnicula to Howie, who has just joined the Monroe family, when he discovers that Bunnicula is missing from his cage. ![]() ![]() Where the Ballard factor comes in is the way that these straight, upper-middle-class white men and women go completely mad. ![]() High Rise is the third of Ballard’s so-called ‘urban trilogy’, following on from Crash and Concrete Island in being set resolutely in the present day, with realistic characters in realistic settings. This is a brilliant, visionary, compelling and terrifying vision of urban decay, psychological catastrophe mixed with the voyeuristic thrill of watching the reversion of the poshest and snootiest in society to feral barbarism. ![]() Even more significant, the pay-phones in the elevator lobbies had been ripped out, as if the tenants, like Anne and himself, had agreed to shut off any contact with the world outside. The stairways were littered with broken glass, splintered kitchen chairs and sections of handrail. ![]() Garbage lay heaped around the jammed disposal chutes. The residents’ rebellion against the apartment building was now in full swing. ![]() As he moved from one floor to the next, from one elevator to another, he realized the full extent of its deterioration. For the next hour Royal continued his search for his wife, descending deeper into the central mass of the high-rise. ![]() ![]() The Pharaoh became a puppet in the hands of the Scarlet Council-a committee of arch-sorcerers elevated to power by the priesthood. Thus black magic dictated the state religion and paralyzed the intellectual and spiritual activities of the individual by demanding his complete and unhesitating acquiescence in the dogma formulated by the priestcraft. By establishing a sacerdotal caste they usurped the position formerly occupied by the initiates, and seized the reins of spiritual government. ![]() Here the black magicians of Atlantis continued to exercise their superhuman powers until they had completely undermined and corrupted the morals of the primitive Mysteries. While the elaborate ceremonial magic of antiquity was not necessarily evil, there arose from its perversion several false schools of sorcery, or black magic.Įgypt, a great center of learning and the birthplace of many arts and sciences, furnished an ideal environment for transcendental experimentation. ![]() A magician, enveloped in sanctified vestments and carrying a wand inscribed with hieroglyphic figures, could by the power vested in certain words and symbols control the invisible inhabitants of the elements and of the astral world. Sacred Texts Esoteric Index Previous NextĬEREMONIAL magic is the ancient art of invoking and controlling spirits by a scientific application of certain formulæ. ![]() Secret Teachings of All Ages: Ceremonial Magic and Sorcery ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose.ĭel Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, strong cups of coffee - and, now, a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff - thanks to her adorably meddlesome parents who nominated her - and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. New York Times best-selling author Darynda Jones is back with the first novel in the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series - A Bad Day for Sunshine ! "Narrator Lorelei King works well with the subtly snarky style of author Darynda Jones.Listeners will look forward to the next installment of this new series, as some mysteries are solved, and others remain." ( AudioFile Magazine ) “This suspenseful and witty first novel in a new series is a perfect match for narrator Lorelei King." ( Booklist ) ![]() ![]() ![]() Hellblazer was Ennis' first major work in the American comic industry. ![]() Dangerous Habits was Ennis' first story written for the title. ![]() Its success helped to launch Ennis's career in the American comic book industry.ĭangerous Habits was written by Garth Ennis, who took over writing Hellblazer in 1991 after the conclusion of Jamie Delano's run on the series. The story features occult detective John Constantine contracting terminal lung cancer and attempting to con the Lords of Hell into curing it.ĭangerous Habits was a critical and commercial success, and is often considered to be among both the best Hellblazer stories and the best of Ennis' work. Dangerous Habits comprises issues #41-46 of the Hellblazer series. Dangerous Habits is a six-issue Hellblazer story arc written by Garth Ennis with art by Will Simpson, published by DC Comics, later under their Vertigo imprint. ![]() ![]() Though Elena plans to bring Talia back soon, fifteen years pass. ![]() ![]() Shortly after Talia is born, Mauro’s sudden deportation forces Elena to make a choice. They have left behind the limitations of one country only to find themselves confined again. They fall into a cycle of seeking work and dodging immigration authorities. Faced with the latest violence in Bogotá and the birth of their son Nando, they overstay their visa. They plan to earn US dollars and return to Bogotá in six months.Ĭircumstances converge to rewrite Elena and Mauro’s decision. Mauro and Elena are young lovebirds with few prospects in chronically violent Colombia, “where it felt impossible to get ahead if one wasn’t born to a certain class, rich or corrupt, or talented and beautiful enough for fútbol and farándula.” In 2000, they head to Houston with their first daughter, Karina. ![]() This might be her only chance to reunite with her estranged mother and siblings in New Jersey.Īs Talia hitchhikes toward the capital, Engel unfolds her parents’ story. She’s determined to cross more than two hundred miles to get to Bogotá, where her father has her plane ticket to the United States. This deeply empathetic novel charts one family’s years-long struggle to reunite after immigration laws have wrenched them apart.Īs the book opens, fifteen-year-old Talia escapes from an all-girls’ correctional facility in the mountains of Colombia. ![]() Infinite Country is Colombian-American writer Patricia Engel’s masterful fourth book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When the Nazi Party takes over the German government, 12-year-old Erich Levi notices that his once vibrant household has turned somber as life continues year after year in the village of Ellwangen, but just anger and hatred brews, making life for the Jewish residents intolerable and dangerous.īartolli, Susan Campbell. This novel continues the story of Eva, a young Jewish girl living in Nazi Germany where she and her parents experience increasing tensions in daily life while considering possibilities of escape. This novel is about a Jewish girl in Germany during Hitler’s rise to power in 1932.īaer, Edith. London: Peter Smith Publishers Inc., 1980. They are alone, visited only furtively every few days by Mina, a mercurial girl who herself has found refuge from the war by living with a peasant family. ![]() ![]() New York: Triangle Square, 2015.Īdam and Thomas is the story of two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive World War II by banding together in the forest. In 1938, having begun to feel the persecution that all Jews are experiencing in their Austrian city, Clara and her family escape over the mountains into Switzerland. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1995. Books, 1982.Ī teenage boy who is a member of the resistance describes the suffering in the Warsaw Ghetto and the concentration camp of Treblinka.Īckerman, Karen. Lexile scores, when available are in parenthesis, & a ê indicates that a movie exists for the novel.Īaron, Chester. Historical Fiction Novels & Informational Texts ![]() |