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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a class="a2a_dd" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save"><img alt="Share" border="0" height="24" src="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_256_24.png" width="256" /></a>Alison Weir Fans Delight!</i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DalCSlDbAlZsApkHrW32gdbmpiEm1Yy8g6M7eldedtfh3-Fa8jKUoBB-mKmyHibIoVqvjwiHTkJM9YssOC5fbhznQ4V68z5c6SWEEM4pC0AYgPbRo39PlXvoZxc_g8UZTq_2tmZGu36yUd4DP0LTUhciHcizoGJrF_Bg9loZYSMuyXwxkcQT6RE3Ow/s595/https-::www.barnesandnoble.com:w:the-kings-pleasure-alison-weir:1141987010;jsessionid=5C1CD3F1F65795F5458A676BCBBB2318.prodny_store02-atgap17%3Fean=9780593355060&st=AFF&2sid=Random%2520House%2520Inc_8373827_NA&sourceId=AFFRandom%2520House%2520Inc.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="391" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DalCSlDbAlZsApkHrW32gdbmpiEm1Yy8g6M7eldedtfh3-Fa8jKUoBB-mKmyHibIoVqvjwiHTkJM9YssOC5fbhznQ4V68z5c6SWEEM4pC0AYgPbRo39PlXvoZxc_g8UZTq_2tmZGu36yUd4DP0LTUhciHcizoGJrF_Bg9loZYSMuyXwxkcQT6RE3Ow/w136-h207/https-::www.barnesandnoble.com:w:the-kings-pleasure-alison-weir:1141987010;jsessionid=5C1CD3F1F65795F5458A676BCBBB2318.prodny_store02-atgap17%3Fean=9780593355060&st=AFF&2sid=Random%2520House%2520Inc_8373827_NA&sourceId=AFFRandom%2520House%2520Inc.webp" width="136" /></i></a></h3><h1 style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #800180;">The King's Pleasure:<br /></span></i><i style="color: #800180;"><span style="color: #800180;">A Novel of Henry VIII</span></i></p></h1><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Publication Date is May 30, 2023</div><div>Ballatine -Penguin Random House</div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;">ISBN 9780593355060, 512 pages</span></div><div>Formats Available to Pre-order Kindle and Hardccover through your favorite bookstore. </div><div><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/666729/the-kings-pleasure-by-alison-weir/" target="_blank">Penguin</a>.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Pleasure-Novel-Henry-VIII-ebook/dp/B0B966ZQZM/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2I5MJ8KHY2D0S&keywords=alison+weir&qid=1671334842&sprefix=alison+weir+%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-2" target="_blank"> Amazon</a> <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-kings-pleasure-alison-weir/1141987010;jsessionid=5C1CD3F1F65795F5458A676BCBBB2318.prodny_store02-atgap17?ean=9780593355060&st=AFF&2sid=Random%20House%20Inc_8373827_NA&sourceId=AFFRandom%20House%20Inc" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>. <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593355060?aff=penguinrandom" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> (Local)</div><div><br /></div><div>Category:Historical Fiction, Literary Fictioon</div><div><br /></div><div><div id="detailBullets_feature_div" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">As one of the most avid fans of Alison Weir's works of both Non-fiction </span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Biographies and Historical Fiction Novels this news creates an immediate emotional must have compulsion. </span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">A bestselling author of The Sixth Tudor Queens Series and The Last White Rose.</span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> I once attended a book signing in CT to see and listen to Alison Weir. She is in a word impressive.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></div><h3 style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hear what the publisher has released to the press. </span></h3><div id="mobile-about-the-book" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"><div class="slot product-about 9780593355060 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened" height-fold="377" id="seemore-0" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-top-color: rgb(151, 151, 151); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(151, 151, 151); box-sizing: border-box; display: none; height: 751.51px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-top: 0em; min-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" target-height="721.51"><section class="overview" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;">The<em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> New York Times</em> bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his dramatic and brutal reign in this extraordinary historical novel.</strong><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" />Having completed her Six Tudor Queens series of novels on the wives of Henry VIII, extensively researched and written from each queen’s point of view, Alison Weir now gives Henry himself a voice, telling the story of his remarkable thirty-six-year reign and his six marriages. <br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" />Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his kingship, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others. He died a suspicious, obese, disease-riddled tyrant, old before his time. His reign is remembered as one of dangerous intrigue and bloodshed—and yet the truth is far more complex.<br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" /><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;">The King’s Pleasure</em> brings to life the idealistic monarch who expanded Parliament, founded the Royal Navy, modernized medical training, composed music and poetry, and patronized the arts. A passionate man in search of true love, he was stymied by the imperative to produce a male heir, as much a victim of circumstance as his unhappy wives. Had fate been kinder to him, the history of England would have been very different.<br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;" />Here is the story of the private man. To his contemporaries, he was a great king, a legend in his own lifetime. And he left an extraordinary legacy—a modern Britain.</p></section><div class="more-link-wrap opened" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: repeat-x; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 60px; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none; width: 600px;"><button class="btn btn-link more" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: none; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-family: Fort-Book; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; height: 30px; line-height: 0.75; margin: 0px; max-width: 168px; overflow: visible; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" type="button">SEE LESS</button></div></div></div><div id="mobile-listen-to-a-clip" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"></div><div id="mobile-also-in-series" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a id="alsoinseries" name="#alsoinseries" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff6600; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"></a></span></div><div id="mobile-also-by-author" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"><i style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a id="alsobyauthor" name="#alsobyauthor" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff6600; font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"></a><span face="Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black;"></span></span></i><div class="slot author-also-by 9780593355060 isbn-related show" dir="rtl" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-top-color: rgb(151, 151, 151); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(151, 151, 151); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-top: 0em; min-height: 100px; padding-bottom: 30px; text-align: right; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none; width: 600px;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i><blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;">The<span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;"> New York Times</span> bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his dramatic and brutal reign in this extraordinary historica.</span></blockquote></blockquote></i></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><i style="color: black; font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span face="Lato, sans-serif">Having completed her Six Tudor Queens series of novels on the wives of Henry VIII, extensively researched and written from each queen's point of view, Alison Weir now gives Henry himself a voice, telling the story of his remarkable thirty-six-year reign and his six marriages.</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Lato, sans-serif">Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to<br /> make a triumph of his kingship, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others. He died a suspicious, obese, disease-riddled tyrant, old before his time. His reign is remembered as one of dangerous intrigue and bloodshed—and yet the truth is far more complex.</span></i></div></span></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">The King's Pleasure</span><span face="Lato, sans-serif"> brings to life the idealistic monarch who expanded Parliament, founded the Royal Navy, modernized medical training, composed music and poetry, and patronized the arts. A passionate man in search of true love, he was stymied by the imperative to produce a male heir, as much a victim of circumstance as his unhappy wives. Had fate been kinder to him, the history of England would have been very different </span></i></div></span></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: Fort-Book, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Lato, sans-serif">Here is the story of the private man. To his contemporaries, he was a great king, a legend in his own lifetime. And he left an extraordinary legacy—a modern Britain.Se</span></i></div></span></i></span></div><h4 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-top-color: rgb(151, 151, 151); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(151, 151, 151); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-top: 0em; min-height: 100px; padding-bottom: 30px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none; width: 600px;"><i><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">Wisteria Leigh -December 17, 2022</span></span></i></h4></div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></li></ul></div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical zg_hrsr" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></ul></span></li></ul></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"> </h3><!--Lockerz Share END-->wisteriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620398484256424032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987262365249938109.post-41497042328226064162021-12-06T00:19:00.002-05:002021-12-06T00:19:42.323-05:00<!--Lockerz Share BEGIN-->
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<b>Where Did Wisteria Leigh go?</b></h3>
Obviously it has been a long time since my last post.<br />
Since that time, I have continued my work as a full time library media specialist and information literacy specialist. Basically, I teach K-5 in a public school in CT. The subject is called Media, and all students receive instruction in library skills, computer skills (safety, applications, digital citizenship, internet search and research skills and much more.<br />
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I also have spent the past two years building a business as a SeneGence Distributor. I joined Senegence because I believe in the efficacy of the products. I sell a full line of cosmetics and anti-aging products. Why Senegence? SeneGence offers products that I believe in and work. I am amazed at the results personally and of all my customers.<br />
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However, the main reason that I decided to join SeneGence was more than that. I believe in the ability that all women have the ability to become independent entrepreneurs for a variety of reasons. The reasons are varied and in most cases personal...but nevertheless becoming a SeneGence Distributor is liberating for women, allows flexible work time, provides income and lifts each woman's self esteem and positive self image.<br />
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Should you have the curiosity to see my Facebook Page or pm me on my site...my name still is listed as Wisteria Leigh, My group page is Wisteria Leigh Beauty and my business page is Wisteria Leigh Beauty. If you would like to join my group I suggest asking to join this group,,,,<br />
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Wisteria's VIP Beauties . (customer only access, no distributors).<br />
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I welcome all my reviewer friends and readers of my blog to visit my Facebook business.<br />
I have been rewarded two years in a row, but if you are looking for an opportunity like this, I am<br />
delighted to offer mentorship and my availability,<br />
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I have not given up on this blog or my writing...just took an exciting detour with a spectacular<br />
marketing company.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Jon Klassen</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Published October 11, 2016</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hardcover, $17.99</span><br />
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I ordered Jon Klassen's new book as soon as I could. I teach at the elementary level as a library media specialist. Ever since I received advanced copies of I Want My Hat Back and This is Not My Hat I have been over the moon in love his writing. His untouchable gift to the reader is his simple text delivered through personification by cute utterly adorable animals. His brilliant illustrations show personality and hint at what each character may be thinking. (No thought bubbles needed). How truly gifted he is. My students go wild for all his books and discussions abound at the end. This is not a r<i style="font-weight: bold;">ead it once book, </i>but will become worn through use. My students participate and role play the text with such glee. It's an experience that Klassen provides my kids that is rare.<br />
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<b><i>His new book:</i></b><br />
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So, I just received <b>We Found A Hat</b> in my mail. I ran to the doorstep and couldn't wait to hold his new book. Once again, it is stellar, fun, witty and ADORABLE. A story of two turtles who discover one hat. Problem: What should they do? I'm never a spoiler in my reviews, so this one you have to read for yourself. I am already thinking about the questions and lessons this story will bring to my classes in the next few weeks.<br />
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Jon Klassen has a talent for pushing kids buttons in a way that makes them think, laugh and enjoy reading.....again and again. What more can we ask for? Highly recommended and a great discussion started.<br />
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In case you are interested Jon Klassen is on tour promoting his book. Details of an upcoming appearance at the Eric Carle Museum can be found<a href="http://www.carlemuseum.org/content/upcoming-events" target="_blank"> here. </a><br />
Further info is on his<a href="http://jonklassen.tumblr.com/post/151314010861/im-going-out-on-tour-this-month-for-we-found-a" target="_blank"> blog. </a><br />
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DISCLOSURE: A COPY OF THIS BOOK WAS PURCHASED BY MYSELF THROUGH AN ONLINE BOOK VENDOR.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>A House Without Windows</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nadiahashimi.com/" target="_blank"><b style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">by Nadia </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sashimi</b></span></a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>William Morrow (August 16, 2016)</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I must begin by saying that like other reviewers have noted: I also reread many chapters in this exquisite novel centered on the protagonist Zeba, a fiercely strong and unselfishly determined Afghan woman. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yusuf, a native Afghan male is a young and eager lawyer. He recently returned to Afghanistan after living with his parents in New York. Yusuf hears about the case and meets with Zeba at the prison. Yusuf soon discovers to his dismay that Zeba is an uncooperative client. Yet, reluctantly she agrees to his representation in her defense. However, in order to save Zeba's life he is confronted with the difficult task of uncovering answers, but for now he only has endless questions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: ,;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;">As the story begins, Zeba a dutiful Afghan wife and mother is found near the lifeless body of her husband. The cause of death an obvious blow to his skull with a hatchet. Naturally, family and friends are horrified by the discovery. Zeba is naturally accused of murder as she is the only one in the yard with him. She is taken to the woman's prison in Kabul, Chil Mahtab. Her children confused and helpless are whisked away to live with Zeba's husband's family. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-weight: normal;" /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;">Nadia Hashimi is a masterful storyteller. Be prepared to be entranced with each page by her poetic prose and equally engaging plot that meanders as a hurricane erratic and unexpected. As a result, the writer skillfully enhances the readers curiosity. Hashimi obviously knows her novel's direction, but as a reader you have no idea what's about to unfold. The suspense is relentless. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-weight: normal;">Nadia Hashimi is a polished storyteller. I still yearn to reread passages. I still have thoughts regarding Afghan women and their lack of human rights, women's rights and substandard status. I can't help but compare and reflect on this culture's norms. I cried many times, I ached for Zeba and the other women prisoners whose reasons for imprisonment are inconceivable. to me. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-weight: normal;" /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Woman's rights throughout our country and the world are of great interest and concern to me. For that reason, I read countless books that depict women who suffer and are controlled by the male dominated society where ever they reside. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><u>A HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS </u></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">by <i>Nadia Hashimi</i> is by far an </span><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><i>exceptional novel. </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Written with this author's heart, it is an emotionally satisfying and unforgettable read!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">This book has melody, harmony and discord beautifully orchestrated from the beginning to its conclusion. I know I won't soon forget this story of Zeba and everyone's inner struggles to gain justice.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span></span><br />
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Many of you know my passion for reading, but not as many know my passion for Greyhound rescue. I am a foster parent and have helped to assimilate many new off the track dogs as they transition from their only job they have known-that of a race dog. I do not plan to write about the greyhound industry, track life or any other aspect of the sport. My job and my mission is to help retired sighthounds find a new loving home. I like to focus on the love and positive future ahead for this awesome breed. Many of you may have have heard that they prefer a life on a couch or soft big cushy bed. It is true!! Hence the nickname: <b>40 mph Couch Potato</b>. <b> </b><br />
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This post is about the Galgo, a Spanish sighthound, who look very similar to what we have come to know as a racetrack English or Irish greyhound, but Galgos have different lineage. They were once prized but now have become throw away (disposable) dogs for the most part. After one hunting season they are turned out to strive to survive solo.<br />
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I have two Galgos who were found together, alone somewhere living wandering the Spanish countryside. They had to survive as best they could and learned to protect each other with tenacious survival skills. They became a bonded inseparable pair. They were always sighted together, but near impossible to lure to safety. They feared human contact, but in the end, with the help of <a href="https://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/galgonews/10457/NEW-WEBSITE-FOR-GALGOS-DEL-SOL.aspx" target="_blank">Mandy Simpson with Galgos del Sol </a>and her tireless efforts and generous volunteers, they were finally captured. They were then flown to the US and arrived in the care of <a href="http://www.greyhoundrescuerehab.org/" target="_blank">Greyhound Rescue and Rehabilitation</a> in Cross River, NY.<br />
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There are many many rescue groups throughout Europe and the United States dedicated to Galgo Rescue. This flight from Spain brought two special fosters who I soonI met. Their names were Jenson and Button. (girl and boy)<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;">Once in my care........</span><br />
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They began to learn the ropes-so to speak: for example: they learned to climb stairs, easy for people, but a frightening challenge for a Galgo, who have no idea what it is like to live in a house. Now, when they head up or down the stairs, watch out. It's a race to the other end and you wouldn't wand to be caught in the middle. Yikes!!<br />
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As time passed, everything was new to them. They had to learn not to be afraid of other animals, and people. Birds at the bird feeder, chipmunks, pet store critters, and the infamous mailman. Fortunately, sighthounds should be on leash at all times so the mailman is pretty safe. Believe it or not they loved riding in the car, but hated walking in heavy traffic near trucks.<br />
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As for my neighborhood fauna, I'm not sure the squirrels in my yard will ever appreciate the sudden attack mode stance and fierce drive to lunge at them through the glass. Squirrels are like rabbits to them and a constant torment.<br />
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As an avid gardener, their ability to scare off hungry pesky deer who like to decimate buds just as they begin to bloom. (Yes, deer are cute...but they can eat other things.)<br />
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When it rains, they still have an unbreakable habit of licking the puddles rather than their ever present water bowl.<br />
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They are catlike and will lick and kiss each other endlessly with sweet affection. These two are inseparable often wrapped in each others embrace on the same pet bed. It is a a priceless picture of cuteness. <br />
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As far as weather....they hate the rain, love the heat and literally shiver when the temperature drops below 60. So, they love the pajamas, blankets, snuggling and laying in the hot sun. Come winter the woodstove is their friend. <br />
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So these are my two adorable Spanish Galgos, Jenson and Button who have given more to me than I will ever be able to repay.<br />
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At last my year long journey has taken a turn back to the roots of my passion.....writing.<br />
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<li>I have missed the time writing about one of my biggest passions, books. </li>
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When you love to read, love the discovery of each new book, never want that incredible new book to end because it is that good, and know you will never have enough time in your lifetime to read all you want to that grows in all possible directions.... in what readers ofter call their TBR pile. Naturally, a reader will never reach the bottom of that pile-even a determined bookworm that pens this blog.<br />
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But, then again....who would want to. How would a bookworm survive when the books run out A dear friend of mine would refer to this fortunate dilemma in life as the glow of Joie De Vivre.<br />
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How appropriate that it should take place in the last few weeks leading to Halloween.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">THE PRIZE: WHO'S IN CHARGE OF AMERICA'S SCHOOLS</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">by Dale Russakoff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">0547945019 ISBN 13 9780547840512</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>THE PRIZE: WHO'S IN CHARGE OF AMERICA'S SCHOOLS,</b> commands your attention throughout. An absorbing book and necessary read for all who think educational reform will ever be realized. There is no easy solution as Russakoff gives the reader insight from a recent example in the Newark, NJ public school system. The players: I expect had grandiose intent: </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px;">Christ Christie, Cory Booker, Mark Zuckerberg and Cami Anderson. Who doesn't want to reform education these days?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px;">I consider myself an optimist, but Russakoff's years of research took me on a painful roller coaster ride through the urban city of Newark. Juggling below amid the dropping test scores, high crime, gangs, single parent homes, and general indifference is the powerhouse quartet with a staggering $200 million to play with, to reform the failing district. Lofty goals for sure, but obviously misplaced. It becomes evident in this case that political gain supersedes all. Once again, uninformed capitalists believe they can mold schools into their corporate model structure. NO!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px;">I</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px;">t is not the teachers! You can't replace community schools without considering the insiders. What about people...students...parents...yes and those dedicated teachers? Support is needed on so many levels. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px;">Dale Russakoff, a 28 year veteran reporter for Washington Post has delivered a well researched, well paced and comfortable style for all readers. Her experience shows. Her first book gives promise for her future projects. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px;">"....put the real needs of children at the center of the national conversation about education reform, which in its ideological decisiveness is in danger of leaving them behind." (218)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px;">Kudos to Dale Russakoff for unveiling the shortsightedness of people in power. This is a dynamic and valuable addition to educational library book stacks.</span><br />
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<b>The Hired Girl</b><br />
Laura Amy Schlitz<br />
Candlewick Press<br />
Publication month: September 2015<br />
978-0-7636-7818-0<br />
$17.99/$23.99 Canada<br />
400 pages<br />
Age 12+<br />
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The heroine of this coming of age novel is a feisty, headstrong, inherently impulsive powerhouse-a memorable character destined to be a classic. <b>The Hired Girl</b>, set in the year 1911 on a Pennsylvania farm is historical fiction. However, the author has a storyteller's magical gift to transport the readers into the mind of Joan Scraggs and her experiences through her daily diary. Joan, fourteen, lives with her three brothers and evil tempered father. After her mom dies, Joan is forced to assume her mom's arduous chores, exhaustive and thankless. She seeks solace in her passion for reading. The few books she owns have been read again and again. Her father is determined to end her educational goals and the close relationship she has with her favorite teacher. Joan is very quick witted and eager to learn. Yet, when her teacher tries to persuade her father that Joan should stay in school she is rebuked. Later, her father spews words of vitreous hatred at his daughter. Sadly, it just confirms what she has felt all along. Unloved and shackled to a hard life on the farm she makes plans to flee. As hateful as her father is, she recalls her mom's love and support. Fortunately, her mother left a rainy day treasure in the ruffles of her favorite doll. With her mother's gift and and timely luck Joan secures a job as the hired girl, with a Jewish family. Although she leads her employers to believe she is eighteen, assumes the name Janet, she settles into this new life. It is through her diary that the reader will come to empathize and love Janet (Joan). Her struggles with her own faith, love, women's roles, Anti-semitism and the social class prejudice prevalent are believable. The author captures not only the flavor of this period in history, but she allows the reader to experience Joan's her inner most thoughts, as only a diary will allow. Laura Amy Schlitz is a gifted storyteller, one of my favorite young adult/tween writers. This one is now on my list to be order for my school's media center. The Hired Girl, with multiple themes and character study possibilities, is the perfect novel for classroom libraries, literature study and read aloud. Yet it will stand out as a well loved free choice read for young and adult readers. Highly recommended. ~Wisteria Leigh<br />
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War Dogs<br />
Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love<br />
Rebecca Frankel<br />
Palgrave Macmillan Trade (2014),<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">This book offers a view of the relationship between dog handlers in the military and their dog. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The bond that develops over time during training and ultimate deployment in action is remarkable. Rebecca Frankel has put together a collection of war dog stories that is memorable and thoughtful. Readers will no doubt take pause to reflect as each story is unique. However, a common thread exists throughout the book that ties these tales together. Each handler and his dog have an unbreakable bond. Each is devoted to the other with an unbreakable trust and love. So much so that they will often give their life for each other....dog for man and man for dog. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Rebecca Frankel presents her stories with clarity, sensitivity and realism. Highly recommended. ~</span><span style="font-style: italic;">©Wisteria Leigh</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Price of Blood</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Patricia Bracewell</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Publisher: Viking</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Release: February 5, 2015</span><br />
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Amazing! I first read Shadow of the Crown (The Emma of Normandy Trilogy #1) when it was first released.<br />
I became fascinated with Emma of Normandy and her dominant and sagacious personality. Recently I was asked by Viking Publishers to share a Guest Post by the author, Patricia Bracewell. <b><i> Please see below</i></b>. I also have a link she has shared all readers to her <a href="http://images.penguingroup.com/Viking/Price_Blood_Book_clubkit.pdf" target="_blank">Online Book Club</a> for this novel.<br />
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I wanted to share my enthusiasm for <b>The Price of Blood </b>immediately. This is a vibrant drama that pulls from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles a portrayal of Emma of Normandy from A.D. 1006-A.D.1012. As the author notes, her presence was there when Vikings ravaged the English realm. This is the second book in the trilogy and sadly, my anxiety will have to wait for the last book. Perhaps, a bit of meditation will help. In the meantime, I might have to re-read both books. The Price of Blood begins with Emma the Queen of King AEthelred. She has little power in her own right, as women are considered pawns in a chess game. However, she hopes that the alliances she creates with the strong clergy and others will serve to enhance her power. It is for her children that she is most worried. Her marriage to Aethelred was arranged, her worth valued by her ability to produce sons. Her tenacity, patience and keen wisdom are tested, for she also is in love with a prince. A prince who the king believes would like nothing better than to unseat him. I most highly recommend this second book in the trilogy.<br />
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University; I’ve exchanged e-mails with a thatcher in England; I’ve gazed
across a tea table at an eminent historian of Anglo-Saxon textiles and whispered,
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studying Old English charters; or exploring the histories of places that I want
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know the names of King Æthelred’s children, but not much more than that. The
dates of their births are historical guesses, not facts. The eldest son,
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century, based on whatever tiny hints they can glean from the historical record
– the chronicles, the charters, the wills, even the Norse sagas. Information in
such documents, though, is often contradictory, leaving even the historians puzzled
about what actually happened. And then there’s the when and the how and the why
to try to establish. That’s where a novelist can give her imagination free
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Emma’s life during the years covered by my trilogy, especially in <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shadow on the Crown</span> and <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Price of Blood</span>, was difficult because
there is almost no record of her at all in those years. Her name is mentioned a
few times in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and she signs several charters,
indicating that she was at court beside the king on those occasions. One
charter in 1012 is a grant of land from the king to Emma, so historians
conjecture that she gave birth to a son at about that time. But where was she
the rest of the time and what was she doing? Because there was no other direct
reference to Emma, all I could do was bury myself in the history of and make
some conjectures of my own based on what I was able to learn about a queen’s
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<b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A Royal Experiment</span></u></b></h3>
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Novel: History-Iran, post-revolutionary Iran, 1983-2011<br />
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This is one of the best books I have read this year! Sahar Delijani has a poetically beautiful writing style. She is able to capture the smallest nuance of life. When you read Children of the Jacaranda Tree, you will be immersed in the lives of people caught up in ongoing conflict in Iran from 1979. You will experience their lives as if a person is dictating it to those who can not see. The detail is spot on, the imagery is gorgeous. As a reader, I felt connected to the lives of the characters in her book. Honestly, it was a visual movie in my mind. Such a talented writer. Don't mis this one.<br />
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<i>If you have read any other books by Nathaniel Philbrick , than you know as I have discovered, his historical narratives are of the highest quality and utterly engaging. Honestly, I have had this book in my sights since before its release date last year. One thing about being an avid reader, the TBR nightstand becomes a precarious pile teetering near collapse. If not, then your bookshelves are perhaps meticulously organized, or perhaps crammed with two rows deep. One thing is certain, they all haunt this reader as they whisper "<b>read me next</b>." Is it me, or are there just not enough hours…to savor each book, while new temptation beckons you to the next possibility ---when you have finished? </i></div>
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<i>I have to apologize to the author, as I purchased this book when it first came out. I bought it because I knew Nathaniel Philbrick's reputation, his compelling narratives and I was anxious to read<b> BUNKER HILL</b>. I love American History and particularly this period in our country's birth. I call myself part sentimental, part historian and always part the curious cat. But for whatever reason, Bunker Hill is a riveting narrative about a city. A city which Philbrick calls his main character. Within the city our history plays out with the famous people we know like, Joseph Warren, John and Sam Adams, John Hancock, Revere, Washington, Gage and the loyalists and patriots. The story begins and ends with the role played by a young seven year old witness to the Battle of Bunker Hill, John Quincy Adams. With tears in his eyes the violence of the day and the death of his beloved family friend, Dr. Joseph Warren, would stay with him for his entire life. <b> BUNKER HILL: </b> <b>A City, A Siege, A Revolution</b> is superb. It has become a best seller, and is now in paperback as well. I only regret that I had not read this one sooner. I have already skimmed back numerous times. A must read for readers of American History- Philbrick is a phenomenal storyteller supported with his dense research<b>. ~Wisteria Leigh (2014)</b></i></div>
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The cover of the last book in Deborah Harkness's, All Souls Trilogy, has been revealed. <b>THE BOOK OF LIFE</b> will be released by Viking on July 15th 2014. </div>
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I have read the first two books in this trilogy and have eagerly awaited Ms. Harkness's concluding novel, <b>The Book of Life</b>. The first two books<b> A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES</b> and <b>SHADOW OF NIGHT</b> had me on the edge of my seat more than not. Sure to generate fright, anxious and edgy drama, the trilogy somehow is movie-like, imagery forms in the mind induced by this writer's exceptional story in print.<br />
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Harkness has conceived erotically enticing and memorable characters who will grip readers in their otherworldly schemes of good vs evil. The allure is irresistible and readers will be drawn forward without awareness of time. I know I was a captive audience for the first two books and expect THE BOOK OF LIFE to be the same. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;">BOOK OF LIFE- EXCERPT by Deborah Harkness*</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Ghosts didn’t have much substance; they were composed only of
memories and heart. Atop one of Sept-Tours’ round towers, Emily Mather pressed
a diaphanous hand against the spot in the center of her chest that even now was
heavy with dread. </span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;">It had been her witch’s
sixth sense that someone was in mortal peril that had steered Emily down the
path leading to this moment. But the death she had foreseen was her own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Does it ever get easier?</i> Her voice, like the rest of her, was
almost imperceptible. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The watching? The
waiting? The knowing?</i></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Not that I’ve noticed,</span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"> Philippe de Clermont replied
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of their situation. What the witch had told him went against everything
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Diana’s warm alto floated up
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There,</i> Philippe said, pointing at the drive. Even dead, his vampire
sight was sharper than any human’s. He was also still more handsome than any
man had a right to be, with his broad shoulders and devilish grin. He turned
the latter on Emily, who couldn’t help grinning back. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">They are a fine couple, are they not? Look how much my son has changed.</i></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Vampires weren’t supposed to
be altered by the passing of time, and so Emily expected to see the same black
hair, so dark it glinted blue; the same celadon eyes, cool and remote as a
winter sea; the same pale skin and wide mouth. There were a few subtle
differences though, as Philippe suggested. Matthew’s hair was shorter, and he
had a beard that made him look even more dangerous, like a pirate. She gasped. </span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Is Matthew—bigger?</i> . . . <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Diana
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Endings. Beginnings,</i> Philippe said with deliberate vagueness. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Change.<o:p></o:p></i></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Diana has always resisted change, </span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Emily said. <o:p></o:p></span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3;">*From <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book of Life</i> by
Deborah Harkness. Reprinted by arrangement with Viking, a member of Penguin Group
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In the past few years I have been a World Book Night Giver. World Book Night has been very exciting for me as a library/media specialist. Recipients have been excited, surprised and grateful for the opportunity to read something I have had previously read. Just like my students, everyone wants to know about the book, so impromptu book talks are common. I hope to be a giver again this year. I have linked the book selections below. </div>
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<b>FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS:</b><br />
<b>An Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War</b><br />
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Edwin G. Burrows (Pulitzer Prize Winning co-author of GOTHAM)<br />
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Boldly written history of American Patriots and civilians who suffered inconceivably inhuman treatment on numerous prison ships and sugar houses during the American Revolutionary War at the hands of the British.<br />
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Burrows presents his research and unveils the horrors inflicted on over 30,000 captured patriots. These brave, yet unfortunate prisoners chose to live in retched squalor, close to starvation, surrounded by disease and death, rather than switch allegiance to England.<br />
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This is a part of American History that missed the textbooks in school. It was a surprise to me. Perhaps if you live in the area of New York and New Jersey, you are aware of this unspeakable part of history. Truly, it really has been forgotten. It took over one hundred years to dedicate a monument to these patriots. <br />
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Why study history? Many professors would caution, we study history to learn from the past. With our 21st century awareness, it is not hard to make comparisons with our global community and reflect on the human rights abuse and suffering in our country and around the world.<br />
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incredible book of timely relevance that will shock and sicken readers. It is a difficult subject to fathom. The conditions and numbers of dead who suffered are staggering. Questions may be answered with many more generated.<br />
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Edwin Burrows' book is a valuable and necessary addition to American History shelves. Excellent.<br />
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