![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, when she accepts the offer, Daphne never expects to find that nothing is what she thought it was, and the truth proves far harder to stomach than she ever imagined.Ī cruel desire that holds her captive.Įven as he uses her to exact his final revenge against her family, Daphne cannot deny the way her body reacts to his touch, the way her soul seems to become more intertwined with his by the day. Thirty days and nights in the bed of the Earl of Hartmoor.this is the price she must pay to learn the truth of the dark lord’s vendetta against her family. ![]() But what he demands in exchange for answers will thrust Daphne into a world of mystery, hatred, and lust. Lady Daphne Fairchild braves the journey from London to the wilds of Scotland alone with one purpose in mind: confront the man who purposely and methodically set out to ruin the men of her family. ![]()
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![]() An avid reader of popular science books, Elaine Morgan had found herself growing increasingly irritated by theories, propounded by writers such as Robert Ardrey and Desmond Morris, which painted a picture of human evolution based around the needs of males chasing game on the savannah. Before that, however, in 1972, she had scored an unexpected success with The Descent of Woman, which became, almost by accident, a bestseller and an important text of the Women’s Liberation movement. Her script for a Horizon documentary about Joey Deacon, the disabled fundraiser, won her the Prix Italia in 1975 and in 1979 her serialisation of Vera Brittain’s wartime memoir, Testament of Youth, won her the Royal Television Society’s writer of the year award. As a television writer Elaine Morgan wrote dozens of drama series for the BBC, winning two Baftas and two Writers’ Guild awards. ![]() Elaine Morgan, who has died aged 92, rose from a poverty-stricken upbringing in the Welsh valleys to become an award-winning television writer and, more controversially, a proponent of a feminist theory of evolution. ![]() ![]() ![]() Masterful and enduringly resonant, ambitious and intimate, The Women of Troy continues Pat Barker's extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest classical myths, following on from the critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls. Once again faced with the chance to shape history. Once again caught up in the disputes of violent men. And Briseis, carrying her future in her womb: the unborn child of the dead hero Achilles. Hecuba, howling and clawing her cheeks on the silent shore, as if she could make her cries heard in the gloomy halls of Hades. ![]() Stubborn Amina, with her gaze still fixed on the ruined towers of Troy, determined to avenge the slaughter of her king. They have only ever been believed when she can get a man to deliver them. Cassandra, who has learned not to be too attached to her own prophecies. All that beauty, all that grace - and she was just a mouldy old bone for feral dogs to fight over. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods, and so the warriors remain in limbo - camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed, kept company by the women they stole from it. ![]() ![]() They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. Pat Barker returns to Homer in this gory but unexpectedly uplifting novel' Sunday Times Troy has fallen. Following her bestselling, critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths. ![]() ![]() You can charge ahead and go take that corner office because we fought that fight for you.’ And a lot of women I talked to felt they were letting their mothers down if they failed. Plum: What do you think is the most toxic message they received?Ĭalhoun: I think a lot of us got this message, especially if we had Second Wave feminist mothers, of ‘Look, we knocked down all these walls for you. But so many of them just felt like it wasn’t enough though they couldn’t quite put their finger on what would be enough. Many either had a family or built a career, built a business, or took care of aging parents or bought their own house. ![]() What did you hear?Ĭalhoun: A lot of the women I talked to, who are now in their 40s and 50s, did a lot of stuff. Plum: You talked to hundreds of women across the country. ![]() ![]() I think it was the combination of this ‘reach for the stars’ message and mantra … combined with these economic forces and social forces that made it extremely hard to pull off even one thing. Who are they?Ĭalhoun: They’re women who were told growing up that they could be anything, even president, and then given no support in actually achieving that goal. Plum: This book and your research focused on Gex X women, a generation born between 19. ![]() ![]() Despite her natural exuberance and affection for Japanese manga and tea - a rapacious curiosity - she’s a sad child who suspects that life is futile. ![]() She yearns for life to prove to her that there is real beauty in the world. ![]() She documents resentments of her family in a journal labeled ‘profound thoughts,’ enumerating her issues with their wealth, their frivolousness, their privilege, their hypocrisy. Paloma is a typical pre-teen in her disdain for her family. Renée is secretly a reader and deep thinker who consciously dons her frumpiness like armor against the wealthy, vapid neighbors she serves in her building.Īnd Paloma. Little do the residents know that it’s all by design. She’s prickly, irascible, dowdy, her television playing nonstop in the background. Sure, on the outside, Renée fits the stereotype of an inconsequential concierge. ![]() ![]() When their paths intersect, their lives open up in ways neither could ever have expected. Meet two unforgettable heroines who live in an elegant apartment building in Paris: Renée, the 54-year-old concierge who is so much more than people think, and Paloma, a precocious 12-year-old unhappily trapped in a bourgeois family. Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (translator) ![]() ![]() ![]() Zephyr’s background and past are revealed through a series of convenient reminisces and flashbacks that gradually color in the story. How Zephyr, a peace-loving harpy afraid of the dark, ends up a murderer shovelling mud in the pits of Tartarus is a story that slowly unfolds as the plot moves forward. She’s no military genius like her tough, high-powered mother and she’s not much good at magic either. Zephyr is, essentially, a failure of a harpy. The book starts out with Zephyr Mourning serving time in the Underworld, in the pits of Tartarus. Review: (For the good of everyone, I’ve abbreviated the book blurb above, since it pretty much gives away everything that happens in the book. Zephyr is on the run from a punishment worse than death when an unexpected reunion with a childhood friend (a surprisingly HOT friend) changes everything. But all that changes when her sister is murdered-and she uses a forbidden dark power to save herself from the same fate. Zephyr was ready for a future pretending to be a normal human instead of a half-god assassin. She’d rather watch reality TV than learn forty-seven ways to kill a man, and she pretty much sucks at wielding magic. Summary: Zephyr Mourning has never been very good at being a Harpy. ![]() Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ![]() ![]() ![]() A spin-off reality show has been confirmed – a disturbing example of life imitating art. The shock factor is high – but the characters are compellingly drawn and the implicit criticism of the widening gulf between rich and poor earns parallels with Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. There’s only one catch – put a foot wrong and a machine gun will take your arm off. These are presided over by guards dressed like refugees from Super Mario Brothers by way of Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner. Chris Pratt’s mother-in-law Maria Shriver responds to actor’s ‘hideous’ Instagram postĪnyone for “Red Light, Green Light”? Netflix’s fastest word-of-mouth phenomenon since Stranger Things, the Korean drama finds a rag-tag of gambling addicts and bankrupts vying for the payday of a lifetime by playing a series of traditional children’s games. ![]() Yellowstone cancelled months after Kevin Costner speculation.Coronation – live: King Charles and Queen Camilla’s ceremony underway as Prince Harry attends alone. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These hardcover early readers encourage children to read all on their own, using simple words and illustrations. Seuss, Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read. The silly rhymes and colorful cast of characters will have every child giggling from morning to night.Ĭreated by Dr. Seusss wisdom in One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is simple: when facing lifes most challenging conundrums, break them down to the elemental and. Seuss' rhyming, tongue-twister of a book Grab your copy and read alongOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue FishBy Dr. Seuss's signature silly rhymes, this book has everything a beginning reader needs! Meet the bumpy Wump and the singing Ying, and even the winking Yink who drinks pink ink. ![]() Count and explore the zany world and words of Seuss in this classic picture book. Seuss book will keep you and kids endlessly entertained. Count and explore the zany world and words of Seuss in this classic picture book.įrom counting to opposites to Dr. One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, this book is sure to be one you’ll relish The rhyming and illustrations of this Dr. ![]() ![]() Matt has been with his girlfriend Nicole for almost two years and the two decide to lose their virginity together on their second anniversary. Matt's father had drug issues, and only plays a minor role in his life. ![]() Matt is the adopted brother of Zack after Matt's mother died from cancer when he was 9. The boys are beginning to lose their virginity and Matt is the last one. ![]() Most of the cast used their own names for their characters.įour male teenage friends in New Orleans, Louisiana: Matt, Zack, Jacob and Justin, buy a bong and agree to use it only to celebrate when one of the four have sex for the first time. The film itself is a series of videos on a teenager's attempt to lose his virginity, being recorded from cell phones to video cameras. ![]() The Virginity Hit is a 2010 American found-footage comedy film directed by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland, produced by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, and starring Matt Bennett, Zack Pearlman, Jacob Davich, Justin Kline and Nicole Weaver. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Julian: Why is this a question? Have you people never heard of salad? Julian: I’m a pescetarian and I can’t trust anything. Anywhere between one and three around here.Ĭody: I always enjoy bacon, so theoretically yes. Me: My kids had such a hard time in first grade when they learned to clap syllables. Me: Don’t look at me I grew up with “youse” and “youse guys.” Dont’cha know. “Y’all come back now, you hear?” is totally valid when there’s only one customer leaving the store. Julian: Umm… I’d just say “you,” honestly.Ĭody: Either “y’all both” or “all y’all,” depending on how many people you’re talking to.Ĭody: Not always. QUIZ: Do You Belong in Huntsville, Alabama? ![]() This book didn’t involve me creating any recipes, playlists, or major felonies, so instead you can all play along with my heroes and me in seeing how well you’d fit in here with all of us southern space nerds □ Julian and I might not Cody’s lifetime’s worth of experience, but we’re learning… I grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, but I’ve lived in Huntsville, Alabama for nearly half my life… and I can guarantee you that this mix of sweet southern drawl and rocket geekery can only occur in one place on earth. Dreamspinner was looking for one book set in each state that could only happen in that state. Hi! So happy to be here today to tease you with my new book Rockets and Romance, out now from the Dreamspinner Press “States of Love” series. A warm love Bytes welcome to author Wendy Qualls who is joining us today to talk about new release “Rockets and Romance”. ![]() |