![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Representation: gay MC trans love interest. A mysterious girl Sam talks to on the phone late at night and a woman he’s only seen in a dream might have the answers he’s been looking for-but time is running out to save the people he cares about. But when a new guy comes to town, Sam finds himself in trouble when they strike up a friendship that might be way more than that.Īs Sam’s birthday approaches and he still hasn’t quite fallen in love, the curse seems to get more powerful and less specific about who it targets. He’ll spend his time working at the Eezy-Freeze with his dad cooking up some midsummer magic with his grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother (the Grands) and experimenting with drag with the help of the queens at the Shangri-La, the local gay club. Sam doesn’t plan to fall for anyone in the nine weeks before his birthday. Love & Other Curses Item Height: 0.8in Author: Michael Thomas Ford Genre: Young Adult Fiction Topic: Magical Realism, Coming of Age, Romance / Lgbt Item. ![]() The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations-if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. ![]()
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![]() Abrams and never-before-seen photography, this book is a nostalgic look back at the Skywalker saga as it comes to a close. For the very first time, he candidly describes his most intimate memories as the only actor to appear in every Star Wars film - from his first meeting with George Lucas to the final, emotional days on the set of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. In this deeply personal memoir, Anthony Daniels recounts his experiences of the epic cinematic adventure that has influenced pop culture for more than 40 years. Inside the metal costume was an actor named Anthony Daniels. ![]() But C-3PO wasn't an amazing display of animatronics with a unique and unforgettable voiceover. When Star Wars burst onto the big screen in 1977, an unfailingly polite golden droid called C-3PO captured imaginations around the globe. I have indeed now written a book - telling my story, in my voice, not his - recognizing that our voices and our stories are inextricably intertwined." My golden companion worries about such things - I don't. "The odds of me ever writing a book were approximately. ![]() Abrams, Director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ![]() "Gloriously witty, keen and spirited" J.J. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative is alternately humorous and affecting, even self-deprecating at times, but the tone can also be arrogant, self-indulgent and self-aggrandizing. The author’s presentation of difficult philosophical concepts and of more general human experience is keen and readable, though his insights are often profoundly misanthropic. ![]() His knowledge of the Western philosophical tradition is rich, ranging from Aristotle through Hobbes, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Wittgenstein and Sartre. Rowlands also investigates humankind’s supposed obsession with feelings and sets out to redefine, or at least re-envision, such emotions as happiness, love and pleasure. Each chapter is packed with personal anecdotes-for example, the author and friends picking up girls at rugby parties with Brenin’s “help”-and with philosophical explorations ranging from notions of time, consciousness and freedom to ideas regarding malice, evil and death. of Miami, Body Language, 2006, etc.) constructs both a memoir and a philosophical journal. Through philosophical reflections combined with a personal narrative of the ten-plus year period he lived with a wolf named Brenin, Rowlands (Philosophy/Univ. A unique human-animal friendship becomes the springboard and locus for exploring issues in metaphysics, ethics, existentialism, theodicy and human emotion. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Launched into a world of wealth and power, she quickly became the queen of fashionable society, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. ![]() In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire. Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader. ![]() ![]() It had been on the piano and she had been gathering up the sheet music at the end of the lesson when she knocked it off. ![]() The small Herend rabbit had fallen into Claire’s purse. Reprinted by arrangement with Viking / Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., from THE PIANO TEACHER Copyright © Janice Y.K. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. As the threads of this compelling and engrossing novel intertwine and converge, a landscape of impossible choices emerges - between love and safety, courage and survival, the present and above all, the past. ![]() She soon begins an affair!only to discover that her lover's enigmatic demeanour hides a devastating past. A provincial English newlywed, Claire is seduced by the colony's heady social life. Ten years later, Claire Pendleton lands in Hong Kong and is hired by the wealthy Chen family as their daughter's piano teacher. But their love affair is soon threatened by the invasion of the Japanese, with terrible consequences for both of them, and for members of their fragile community who will betray each other in the darkest days of the war. Sometimes the end of a love affair is only the beginning! In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. ![]() Ambitious, exotic, and a classic book club read, 'The Piano Teacher' is a combination of 'Tenko' meets 'The Remains of the Day'. ![]() ![]() Structurally, Portnoy's Complaint is a continuous monologue by narrator Alexander Portnoy to Dr. ![]() Time included this novel in its " TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005." Structure and themes In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Portnoy's Complaint 52nd on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel tells the humorous monologue of "a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor," who confesses to his psychoanalyst in "intimate, shameful detail, and coarse, abusive language." Many of its characteristics (such as comedic prose, themes of sexual desire and sexual frustration, and a self-conscious literariness) went on to become Roth trademarks. Its success turned Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props including a piece of liver. ![]() Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 American novel by Philip Roth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With each subsequent reading, it offers new layers of meaning and visual connections." - School Library Journal Starred Review "Opening this book is like opening a gate to a secret garden, filled with the treasures of a life well lived. Lush and magical." - People "An unassuming little masterpiece.the book's power lies in its rich, allusive artistry." - New York Times Book Review "It's a rare glimpse into Smith's softer side-as skillful as his more sly offerings, but crafted with honesty and heart." - Publishers Weekly Starred Review "Visually intriguing and emotionally resonant, this is a book to pore over and talk about. ![]() "In this affecting picture book, a boy recounts the life of his beloved great-grandfather.The author's illustrations, a blend of line drawings and sponge painting, have a classic feel, and make clever use of the topiary theme, rewarding close examination and repeated reading." - The New Yorker "Great-grandpa's memory may be going, but the past remains vibrantly alive in the playful topiaries that decorate his brilliantly green yard. ![]() ![]() ![]() We don’t want anything to creep in on the fact that we’re living our dream at the moment, and we have wanted to do this for so long. He told us: “Honestly, we’re just trying to stay in a positive mindset. ![]() 's remarks but said he wanted to stay in a positive mindset just weeks before they are due to perform on stage in Liverpool at the first semi-final on May 9. ![]() Singer Conor O’Donohoe remained silent on J.K. Rowling waded in on the row, accusing the act of “preening, self-satisfied misogyny”. The comments sparked major reaction on Twitter, with Harry Potter author J.K. The band’s Eurovision performance was thrown into chaos on Tuesday after the group “cut all ties” with Ian Banham, their staging director, for his social media comments on Ukraine winning the song contest and his remarks on a story about a convicted transgender woman. Rowling accused them of “misogyny” for sacking their Eurovision creative director over his social media comments. Eurovision hopefuls Wild Youth has said they are trying to stay in a “positive mindset” – after author J.K. ![]() ![]() The feeling was bewildering, as if the earth was shaking." -Ken Follett " treasure of a book." - The New Yorker In this short, spellbinding book, international bestselling author Ken Follett describes the emotions that gripped him when he learned about the fire that threatened to destroy one of the greatest cathedrals in the world-the Notre-Dame de Paris. ![]() Something priceless was dying in front of our eyes. The sight dazed and disturbed us profoundly. He tells the story of the cathedral and reveals how it influenced his novel, The Pillars of the Earth.īook Synopsis "The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civilization, was on fire. About the Book An international bestselling author describes the emotions that gripped him when he learned about the fire that threatened to destroy one of the greatest cathedrals in the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Just when he was ready to reveal his internal conflict to Flynn and expose the darkness lurking in his heart, and in his “perfect” family, Zach met a girl and got sucked deeper into his chasm of deception.Ĭaught in a living Newton’s Cradle of his own design, Flynn must choose between idealistic childhood fantasy, or a tempestuous passion that could ignite the very air he breathes. Unconditional Love: Book One A six-year downward spiral into a world of lies and deception leads to the end of one mans life when self-discovery crosses. Except, he couldn’t sell the truth to himself. ![]() ![]() Active in his church while attending college, Zach had a personality that could sell anything, do anything, or be anything. Zachary Mitchell was the perfect son and role model as far as the outside world could tell. Flynn’s fear of coming out to his religious best friend Zach in their conservative community destroyed his relationship with Keith, but Flynn rationalized his avoidance and bottled up the truth until it was regrettably too late. Before then, being gay wasn’t as real as the pain of living day-to-day. Knowing he’s gay and acting on it were two separate notions to Flynn Brewer until he’d met Keith, his first boyfriend, in high school. ![]() Clichés are overrated and loving the boy next door may not be as genuine as the love Flynn sacrifices along the way. ![]() |