![]() Yet finding love may prove to be the most dangerous act of all.įans of Circe, The Song of Achilles, and other novels based on Greek mythology, as well as fans of inspiring feminist historical fiction exploring the worlds of Ancient Greece and Rome, will love Harper's acclaimed Wolf Den Trilogy. Amara knows her existence in Pompeii is subject to Venus, the goddess of love. To be truly free, she will need to be as ruthless as he is. She longs for her sisterhood of friends-the women at the brothel she was forced to leave behind-and worse, finds herself pursued by the cruel and vindictive man who once owned her. At night in the home her patron bought for her, the house with the golden door, Amara’s dreams are haunted by her past. ![]() The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glamorous yet perilous. Her survival depends on the affections of a man she might not know as well as she once thought. ![]() ![]() From prize-winning and international bestselling author Elodie Harper, the second book in the Wolf Den Trilogy follows Amara as she escapes her life as a slave in the city’s most notorious brothel, the Wolf Den. ![]()
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![]() ![]() These artists were involved with the art division of the Works Progress Administration, one of Roosevelt’s New Deal employment programs. Her heart is pounding as she thinks there is a chance she may have a clue to her aunt Alizée and where she ended up. ![]() ![]() She’s mentioning famous named artists and handing out information about their distinctive features. She’s come across what she thinks might be an exciting find: cartons of canvasses of what could be Abstract Expressionists artwork. Danielle Abrams is working for an auction house in NYC. The very first page got my attention with its artistic intent. The story races back and forth in time between WW11 and present day: NYC and France. Danielle is seeking information about her aunt Alizée who seemingly vanished from New York City during WW11. Shapiro, is the newest novel by the NYT best -selling author of THE ART FORGER. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a stand-alone novel, full of intrigue, danger, and sexy bedroom scenes. Underworld Seriesĭescription: “Ivan” is a dark and dominating mafia romance, Book 1 in the Underworld series. Here, you can find more about every Sophie Lark book, and its characters, as described by the author herself. Here’s a complete list of the series and books, at a glance: Underworld SeriesĪll 12 Artemis Fowl Books in Order: The Complete Guide Sophie Lark Books Reading Order: In Detail Keep in mind that most of the books within a series are stand-alone novels and aren’t necessarily connected to one another, so if you miss out on something, you can always go back. ![]() However, I will only address the correct order as of now, as it was meant to be, according to the author. The first series, Underworld, was initially published as Colors of Crime, and the books were published in a different order. Sophie is a very prolific and active author, having already produced four major book series, and four stand-alones. Sophie Lark Books Reading Order: In Detail Sophie Lark Books Reading Order: At A Glance ![]() ![]() ![]() If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: Fast food companies target children in their marketing, because they’re impressionable. ![]() Ready to kiss your favorite burger joint goodbye? You’ll want to find a new one soon! Obesity isn’t the worst health issue that fast food creates.The meat packaging industry has made American cities poor and ridden with crime.Fast food franchises deliberately target children, because they’re more effective to market to.Chances are, you’ll take a break from eating at McDonald’s for a while. Many books have taken on the topic of fast food, and while they all emphasize different aspects, they share one unanimous message: fast food is bad for everybody, regardless of whether you eat it or not.Įven if you don’t eat fast food, you’ll still be negatively affected by some of the consequences, like rising crime rates where you live, because a big supplier moved there recently and now employs illegal migrant workers, who are poor and desperate.Īnd if you think that’s bad, wait till you read the other 3 lessons from Eric Schlosser’s book. The most serious thing about Fast Food Nation is that it was written 15 years ago and not much has changed. Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*: ![]() ![]() ![]() The characters and their relationships were equally enjoyable. Aoki has a very playful writing style that made this book delightful down to its very sentences. At times lighthearted and at others absolutely gutting, it ultimately left me feeling better, which is always how I want to feel at the end of a book. If you think that summary sounds like a roller coaster, wait until you read the book. When Shizuka discovers Katrina in a park, she immediately knows she has found her final soul, but Shizuka’s growing feelings for Lan may change her perspective on everything. It centers around three women: Shizuka Satomi (a violin teacher who made a deal with a devil and must deliver seven violin prodigies’ souls in order to save her own), Katrina Nguyen (a transgender teenage girl, wildly talented on the violin and deserving of so much more than she has been given), and Lan Tran (a retired interstellar space captain who runs a donut shop with her four children). Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars is one of the best books I read in 2021, and it is also one of the weirdest. ![]() ![]() ![]() He sacrificed everything - home, friends, and reputation - not for money, but for what he believed to be the truth. In the end, the struggle nearly cost the lawyer his sanity. At the heart of the legal system, he was confronted by powerful and well-connected interests who would do anything to win. ![]() ![]() The case turned into an epic struggle that took nine years of the lawyer's life. And you'll meet his adversaries, foremost among them a crafty old trial lawyer, chairman of the litigation department at one of the biggest and most feared law firms in Boston. ![]() In this book, you'll meet the Harvard Law professor who told the lawyer that this case was worth a billion dollars, that it was the sort of lawsuit that would ring the alarm in corporate boardrooms across America. Against his better judgment, the lawyer found himself drawn into the case. Two of the nation's largest corporations, each with a plant near the wells, stood accused. It concerned a cluster of childhood leukemia victims in a small town north of Boston where the city wells had been poisoned by industrial chemicals. The lawyer had not wanted the case at first - it was too big, too complicated, too risky. A civil action / Jonathan Harr Book Bib ID ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Seuss’s Caldecott Honor–winning picture book about a king’s magical mishap! Bored with rain, sunshine, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky. Here is the book description from the publisher: In the end the king learns a valuable lesson about the power of words and we are introduced to the wonders of oobleck! The result is this sticky, gloppy creation that rains from the skies and creates complete havoc for the entire village. So he tasks his team of royal magicians to create a new weather to make him happy. Sunshine, rain, fog and snow are just much too boring for him. Why is he so bored? He is bored by the weather. This book for young readers is about a bored king, King Derwin of Didd. Some people spell it oblec or ooblek but the correct spelling is actually oobleck, and it comes from the Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() The film and television adaptations I have watched of Agatha Christie works have been more like costume dramas with more than a hint of comedy. ![]() I’d love to watch it, actually, now that I’ve read the book, but sadly it’s not available at the moment. I had also seen a little of the television adaptation from 2018 starring John Malkovich (though I think I only caught a couple of episodes) and it seemed altogether more grounded in the grim reality of its criminal subject. I loved the escapism of Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express and I wanted to see if I would enjoy just as much a murder mystery set in the more prosaic location of London. I’ve read a few Agatha Christie’s in the last couple of years, having never much delved into this genre for most of my reading life. This was the title I chose for May in my Facebook Reading Challenge, the theme of which was classic crime fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() We witness first-hand the lust of Henry VIII. What a delightful way to get the feel of London and of English history. and the coming of the Industrial Revolution. The invasion by Julius Caesar’s legions in 54 B.C. ![]() Generation after generation, these families embody the passion, struggle, wealth, and verve of the greatest city in the Old World. ![]() He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of a half-dozen families, from the age of Julius Caesar to the twentieth century. Breathtaking.”-The Orlando SentinelĪ master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. London tracks the history of the English capital from the days of the Celts until the present time. . ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Following their travels within the Asian countries, they almost lost their lives due to an earthquake in Afghanistan and a riot in Kabul. She spent two weeks of her life within a hospital in Kathmandu sleeping and reading. ![]() During the 1970s she traveled within a van through 16 Asian countries, until she got blood poisoning in Kathmandu. ![]() During the early 1970s she camped in a cave on the island of Crete. She also joined a band of European young people who were traveling east. She went to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she studied drama until she discovered a love for mythology, religion, culture, and beliefs from around the world. She spent her childhood in a state of "make believe" and completely loved living in her imagination. Growing up she was very close with her parents, twin brother, younger brother, and her older sister. By the time that she turned 15 years old she had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina. When Mary Pope Osborne was only five years old her family moved to Virginia. She grew up in a military family where they moved around a lot. Mary Pope Osborne was born on May 20th, 1949 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. ![]() |