![]() ![]() The all-expenses-paid vacation is dependent on their posing as Ami and Dane. Things get complicated when Olive runs into her soon-to-be boss and Ethan bumps into his ex girlfriend, meaning that they’ll have to be a little more convincing as husband and wife. ![]() With the honeymoon nonrefundable, Olive and Ethan begrudgingly agree to pose as newlyweds to get to Maui and plan to spend 10 days in tropical paradise, separately. But when ciguatera toxin takes out the entire wedding, Ami and her groom Dane included, Olive and the man she hates most, Dane’s brother Ethan, are the only ones left standing. Ami is the lucky one, winning many of her wedding planning items from the dress to the food to even her honeymoon, through a mix of contests, sweepstakes, and agreeing to use her wedding as promotion. ![]() It has Christina Lauren’s trademark humor and wit, but a plot twist and tonal shift knocked me off balance and left me unable to regain my footing.Īmi and Olive Torres are twins. The Unhoneymooners is an enemies to lovers romance set in a romantic destination. Theme: Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity (stranded, safehouse, etc) ![]()
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![]() And, back in England, by the conniving of Richards youngest brother, John, to steal his crown. This was the Third Crusade, and it would be characterized by internecine warfare among the Christians and extraordinary campaigns against the Saracens. When Henry died, Richard would take the throne and, almost immediately, set off for the Holy Land. ![]() But the eldest-charming yet mercurial-would turn on his father and, like his brother Geoffrey, meet an early death. With two such extraordinary parents, much was expected of them. They were the four surviving sons of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine. They were called The Devils Brood, though never to their faces. With two such extraordinary From the New York Times-bestselling novelist, a stunning story of a great medieval warrior-king, the accomplished and controversial son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Richard, Coeur de Lion. ![]() From the New York Times-bestselling novelist, a stunning story of a great medieval warrior-king, the accomplished and controversial son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Richard, Coeur de Lion. ![]() ![]() ![]() I worked with Colin and Jacqui on this one as editor, and I’ve never laughed so much in my life. Brilliant-and the snake’s face has to be seen to be believed. Lots of sssss-ing and snake, with a great comeuppance for the villain. A perfect example of the art of picture book writing. ![]() Who knew that you could get so much tension into so few words? I must have read it out loud a thousand times and never once got bored. The Cross with us Rhinoceros by John Bush and Paul Geraghty. Utterly satisfying and highly recommended, as is Peepo! by the same team. A perfect game of hide-and-seek with nursery rhyme characters. I can still recite this years after my kids grew up and it still makes me smile. ![]() Some are out-of-print, but you may find them on AbeBooks online.Įach Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Just a few old favourites here – all tried and tested. I’ll be adding to it over time, but it’s currently quite a small, personal and eclectic list, considering that I have over 10,000 books in my house, spilling out over every surface. I’ve put together some of my own favourites here – both adult and kids. I still read many many children’s and YA books, both for pleasure and to keep up with the industry. Books have been a vital part of my life (as vital as breathing to me) since I first learned to put letters together to make words at the age of four. Reading is probably the thing I’m most passionate about (go figure!). ![]() ![]() ![]() Or to use one of the metaphors of its narrator, Tarquin Winot, Mr. Lanchester's novel takes place within its parentheses, its asides, its phrases in apposition. Some writers are said to live their real lives in their footnotes. But you will have to read to the very end of this entertaining, crafty and insouciantly macabre little novel before you will understand exactly what kind of cookbook it is. Lanchester's style, a sensualist-esthete-literati cookbook. ![]() In his very first line of what he calls a "Preface, Acknowledgment and a Note on Structure," John Lanchester allows that "The Debt to Pleasure" is not a "conventional cookbook." This suggests, of course, that his book is a cookbook of some unconventional kind, perhaps, judging from Mr. The Debt to Pleasure By John Lanchester 251 pages. ![]() ![]() And if I can get the man of my dreams and save the world at the same time? I’ll take it. I want to demand action on gun control, lead protests, raise my fist. But what I saw at school that day woke me up. He still needed me, and soon we were unlikely besties. When he survived and came back to school, he was broken in body and mind. His request surprised me, but I figured he needed comfort, so I kissed him on the forehead. ![]() When I came across Brian Marshall, the hottest guy in school, dying on the cafeteria floor, I did what anyone would do. Only how can I move on when the two shooters who attacked our school were never caught? And why do I feel like I’m still in the crosshairs? But here’s the thing about losing it all: You get a chance to start over and be someone new. Can’t even stand to be in a room with the curtains open. He came out a few years ago, proud and fierce, and he ran into gunfire to help others. I told myself it didn’t matter no one knew the real me. ![]() I had everything-school quarterback, popular with girls, and my dad was proud of me. Read Judith’s Review…and grab your copy today! ![]() ![]() ![]() Utopia Avenue is the strangest British band youâ?ve never heard of. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post â?¢ NPR â?¢ USA Today â?¢ The Guardian â?¢ The Independent â?¢ Kirkus Reviews â?¢ Menâ?s Health â?¢ PopMatters Making your way through this novel feels like riding a high-end convertible down Hollywood Boulevard.â?â? Slate Mitchellâ?s prose is suppler and richer than ever. New York Times Book Review Editorsâ? Choice â?¢ â?Mitchellâ?s rich imaginative stews bubble with history and drama, and this time the flavor is a blend of Carnaby Street and Chateau Marmont.â?â? The Washington Post HTML: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â?¢ The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks. ![]() ![]() ![]() Was it an accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other's lives and lies that neither one knows how to get awayâ?or even if they want to. Still, each holds something back from the otherâ?dangerous, even lethal, secrets. Over the course of a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Crackling with sun-kissed suspense and twisted eroticism, Lippman’s unputdownable noir thriller sends two mysterious drifters - both harbouring dark secrets - into a steamy, sensuous affair in small town America. Yet she stays and he staysâ?drawn to this mysterious redhead whose quiet stillness both unnerves and excites him. They meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayalsâ?and cold-blooded murder. New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with a superb novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck: two people locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. ![]() ![]() To conceptualize gender as a structure situates gender at the same level of general social significance as the economy and the polity. Due to the unfair economic disadvantages generated by the above cultural factors, it becomes challenging for the participants earning a little less than $2 a day to own some of the least expensive mobile phone handsets worth $15 or so on installments of $1 a month.read more read lessĪbstract: In this article, the author argues that we need to conceptualize gender as a social structure, and by doing so, we can better analyze the ways in which gender is embedded in the individual, interactional, and institutional dimensions of our society. ![]() Study findings reveal the specific ways in which cultural factors like (i) the long power distance between men and women, (ii) the gender role defined by Indian society for women, (iii) women's attitudes of avoiding uncertainty, and (iv) collectivistic practices, create economic barriers for the financially independent study participants. This qualitative study explores the factors responsible for creating economic barriers for 245 women in India, which prevent them from owning a mobile phone. Economic barriers play the most significant role in precluding women from owning ICTs in developing nations. ![]() Abstract: This study broadens our understanding of the gender digital divide in India.Cultural factors create economic barriers for Indian women to own a mobile phone.Financially independent women cannot own some of the most inexpensive mobile phones. ![]() ![]() ![]() Introduction:These lines are taken from the poem “A Red Red Rose” written by “Robert Burns”.Ībout the poet– Robert Burns was a great Scottish poet and lyricist in one of Describe the speaker’s devotion to his beloved as expressed in the last two lines of A Red Red Rose? What does the speaker promise in A Red Red Rose?ĭ. Why is love compared to A Red Red Rose?Ĭ. How is the feeling of love expressed in A Red Red Rose?ī. Annotate the following in about 100 words each Ĥ. 1) Sprung opened up, bloomed 2) melodie a pleasing tune 3) art thou are you 4) bonnie pretty, happy 5) lass a young woman 6) thee you 7) gang a Scottish word means ‘go 8) o’ of 9) weel well 10) fare thee weel goodbyeĢ. Match any eight of the following words in Column A with their meaning in column B. Answer the following in 100 words POETRY 2. ![]() Annotate the following in about 100 words each ![]() ![]() ![]() This book is wonderful to read to your children as toddlers. The book ends with with Big Nutbrown Hare putting Little Nutbrown Hare down to bed after Little Nutbrown Hare says, “I love you right up to the moon.” Big Nutbrown Hare kisses him and says, “I love you right up to the moon–and back.” The book goes on and on with the two of them reaching as high as they can, jumping as high as they can, and stating as far as they can see. īig Nutbrown Hare replies by stretching his larger arms out even further and saying, “But I love you this much!” The competition starts with Little Nutbrown Hare saying, “This much.” He stretches his arms out to show Big Nutbrown Hare. ![]() The whole book is a competition to illustrate how much they love each other, and Big Nutbrown Hare always one-ups Little Nutbrown Hare. As the story’s title implies, the book is about the two rabbits telling one another how much they love each other. Guess How Much I Love You, written by Sam McBratney and illustrated by Anita Jeram, is a story of a young rabbit, Little Nutbrown Hare, and his parent, Big Nutbrown Hare. ![]() |