6/27/2023 0 Comments Savaged by Victoria BurgoyneMindie Burgoyne, American writer and businessperson.Mike Burgoyne (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player.Mike Burgoyne (rugby union) (1951–2016), New Zealand rugby union player. John Fox Burgoyne (1782–1871), British field marshal of the British Army, son of John Burgoyne, father of Hugh Talbot Burgoyne.John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett (1821–1856), British politician.John Burgoyne (1722–1792), British general during the American Revolutionary War, father of John Fox Burgoyne.James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown (b.Jacqueline Burgoyne (1944–1988), British sociologist and academic.
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6/26/2023 0 Comments Book by lady anne glenconnerHe took her to a brothel on their wedding night so she could learn what was required. She was one of the maids of honour at the Queen’s coronation and soon afterwards married Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner. She still lives near Holkham, in Norfolk, where she grew up as the daughter of the Earl of Leicester. She sometimes gets letters from foreign fans addressed to “Lady Glenconner, England”. She loves meeting the public and is “particularly delighted to learn I have become an unofficial agony aunt as well as a gay icon”. They coughed politely, but she achieved both, and then embarked on a whirlwind of book tours, lectures, interviews, and podcasts. She told them that if she did produce a book she would want to sell at least 500,000 copies and appear on Graham Norton’s TV show. Perrin said she should write a book about it and sent her to meet the team at Hodder. She’d just read a biography of Princess Margaret which she thought was unfair, so she was talking about her own experiences as the Princess’s Lady in Waiting. It started at a lunch with friends in Norfolk where she met a publisher called Tom Perrin. Three years on from Lady in Waiting, it’s great to have another memoir from Lady Glenconner who, at 90, says she’s loving her new literary career. 6/26/2023 0 Comments Daughter of the forest trilogySorcha despairs at ever being able to complete her task, but the magic of the Fair Folk knows no boundaries, and love is the strongest magic of them all. When Sorcha is kidnapped by the enemies of Sevenwaters and taken to a foreign land, she is torn between the desire to save her beloved brothers, and a love that comes only once. If she speaks before she completes the quest set to her by the Fair Folk and their queen, the Lady of the Forest, she will lose her brothers forever. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment.īut Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is bewitched by his new wife, an evil enchantress who binds her brothers with a terrible spell, a spell which only Sorcha can lift-by staying silent. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Daughter of the Forest, the first book in Juliet Marillier's award-winning Sevenwaters Trilogy. Her trilogy of the decline of the Welsh kings ( DRAGON, FALLS THE SHADOW and THE RECKONING)is a holiday gift I give year after year, and I'm happy to say they have always been embraced and loved. I started with HERE BE DRAGONS and I have never looked back. It's funny, you can sell something for years before you notice that the author has been quietly making a powerful impact on people everywhere. It is in these Staff Recommend sections that I kept on seeing our Penman's titles, HERE BE DRAGONS, FALLS THE SHADOW, THE RECKONING and also SUNNE IN SPLENDOUR and WHEN CHRIST AND HIS SAINTS SLEPT. It is here that you can find treasured, beloved books quite dear to someone who works in the stores, someone waiting quite eagerly for the chance to hand sell their recommended titles. What interests me first about these stores is what titles are being displayed in the 'Staff Recommends' section of the store. As a publisher I have been lucky to be able to visit bookstores all over the country, independent and chain alike. 6/26/2023 0 Comments Happy go lucky davidThe moment I got my first vaccine shot, I started thinking of the coronavirus the way I think of scurvy-something from a long-ago time that can no longer hurt me, something that mainly pirates get. I still browse the dailies, skipping over the stories about Covid, as I am finished with all that as well. It’s so freeing, no longer listening to political podcasts-no longer being enraged. You don’t need to tell me about your job, I always think. When the new President speaks, I feel the way I do on a plane when the pilot announces that after reaching our cruising altitude he will head due north, or take a left at Lake Erie. It was exhausting, and the moment that Joe Biden was sworn into office I let it all go. To be less than vigilant was to fall behind, and was there anything worse than not knowing what Stephen Miller just said about Wisconsin? My friend Mike likened this constant monitoring to having a second job. When Trump was President, I started every morning by reading the New York Times, followed by the Washington Post, and would track both papers’ Web sites regularly throughout the day. I am vaguely aware that Andrew Cuomo has fallen out of favor, and that people who aren’t me will be receiving government checks for some reason or other, but that’s about it. Neither Amy nor I care about the news anymore, at least the political news. In essays that dance lightly from New York to Arizona, from India to Greece, World of Wonders explores Nezhukumatathil’s experiences as the daughter of a Filipina mother and Indian father, as a wife, mother, writer, teacher, and-most of all-as one living creature among a myriad of things that swim, fly, crawl, and flower. “And what a magnificent telegraph we might send back,” she says, “especially if other humans have ever made you feel alone on this earth.” With wry, warm-hearted, bizarre, and beautiful descriptions of the natural world, Nezhukumatathil maps all the ways humans can find kinship on the planet Earth. Introduction Trees, writes Aimee Nezhukumatathil in her debut book of nonfiction World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, have been known to form alliances and send signals to one another. Coming from a place of love can be contagious. 6/25/2023 0 Comments Hair love by matthew cherryWith the help of social media, Zuri’s father learns how to comb, part, oil, twist, and style Zuri’s hair. I love how Zuri’s dad steps up to the plate and figures out what needs to be done to do his daughter’s hair in his wife’s absence. In fact, I think women admire men even more who take the initiative to learn how to do hair. I personally think a father caring for his daughter’s hair isn’t a loss of masculinity. We don’t see this enough, especially in the Black community. First, it showcases a Black father in a positive light bonding with his daughter doing her hair. Armed with an iPad, hair products and her dad, she ends up finding the perfect look. She wants to have the perfect hairstyle to welcome her mother home. Today’s natural haired beauties are embracing their kinks, coils and curls more than ever before to express their style. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he’ll do anything to make her - and her hair - happy. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison. It’s up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Publisher: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers As always, all opinions expressed are my own. Disclaimer: I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 6/25/2023 0 Comments Cherie priest boneshaker seriesWhile technology is usually central to steampunk, the weird west is often defined by some sort of monster (frequently zombies), but these elements can cross genres. The weird west mythos, on the other hand, represents the frontier. And steampunk almost always includes airships (or at least flying bicycles)… often with air pirates in tow. Steampunk is traditionally set in a Victorian urban environment, with a veneer of gentility that covers a darker underbelly. I don’t normally go to zombie movies, but I’ll definitely make an exception for this one, which may well be the most visually-stunning zombie film ever. I compared it to a George Romero film … and it turns out that someone took that to heart, because it’s being made into a film. In this review from Black Gate #15, I commented that the book was a little action-heavy, full of zombie chases that didn’t always translate well on the printed page. One of the most popular steampunk books of the last few years, Boneshaker ( Amazon, B&N) melded some of the most popular genre elements of steampunk and the zombie apocalypse wave of fiction. 6/25/2023 0 Comments Seven surrenders ada palmer
6/25/2023 0 Comments Tony and Susan by Austin WrightAs a reader, you follow Tony’s story through Susan, who gives voice to many of the same emotions and questions you are likely to ask yourself as you read along. Susan’s own story acts as a frame narrative for Nocturnal Animals. Centered around a middle-aged college professor named Tony Hastings, Nocturnal Animals begins with a terrifying chain of events that irrevocably changes Tony’s life and leads him down a path to face his demons. She is surprised by the request, but as she starts to read the Edward’s story, entitled Nocturnal Animals, she quickly becomes engrossed in it. Living in the suburbs of Chicago with her second husband, Arnold, and three children, Susan hasn’t had contact with her first husband Edward in 25 years, prior to receiving his manuscript. Susan is a woman in her late 40s who teaches English at a local college. The story opens on Susan Morrow, the story’s protagonist, as she receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband Edward Sheffield, accompanied by a note asking her opinion. As I retain an irrational sense that I must always read the book before seeing the movie, I set myself the task of accomplishing just this, which is how I found myself recently engulfed in the harrowing narrative of Tony and Susan. Thoroughly intrigued by the preview, I soon discovered that Tom Ford’s most recent foray into cinema was inspired by the aforementioned novel. I had never heard of Austin Wright’s 1993 novel Tony and Susan until I saw the trailer for the Tom Ford film, Nocturnal Animals. |