![]() Agent: Suzie Townsend, New Leaf Literary. References-a nod to Ghostbusters, a clowder of cats named for Goonies characters-add humor, but it’s the personal touches, such as Lucely’s opinionated, ever-present ancestors her dedication to those she loves and an emphasis on Latinx food, love, and folklore, that gives this debut its distinctive spirit. Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. With this delightfully spooky adventure, Ortega draws upon her Dominican heritage to craft a heartwarming story with a strong focus on family genetic and found. Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy.For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business. Augustine-one that they must reverse to defeat the evil that seeks to destroy them all. Borrowing a book of magic from Syd’s grandmother, who owns an occult store, they cast a spell that unleashes malevolent forces upon the town of St. When her grandmother’s spirit warns her of a coming darkness before falling dormant, Luna and her best friend, Syd Faires, seek to revive Mamá. The story follows Lucely as she teams up with. ![]() ![]() When Dominican-American Lucely Luna, 12, learns that her single father might lose their house, her primary concern is for the myriad ghosts of her family, who inhabit the willow tree out back as fireflies, at least when they’re not manifesting in human form. Equal parts thrilling caper, spooky ghost mystery, and loving family story, Ghost Squad is an incredibly fun read. ![]()
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![]() He knew that under her astute eye his collection would be more than an assortment of rarities only one of the world's richest men could acquire. Passing as white causes a family splitīelle became a power in her own right, courted by art dealers, embraced by the socially powerful, profiled as an elegant careerist at a time when working women were rare.Īs the two began to work closely together, Morgan came to trust Belle's vision and expertise. ![]() As the personal librarian to financier J.P.Morgan, she pursued and curated a collection of rare books, manuscripts and art that became world-renowned. Their heroine, Belle Da Costa Greene, was one of the most prominent career women of her time. I wouldn't be me.Īnd that, basically, is at the crux of The Personal Librarian, a new novel by Heather Terrell (writing as Marie Benedict) and Victoria Christopher Murray. ![]() ![]() At several points in childhood and as an adult, I've loved the notion of being rich, but being white? I cannot imagine it. "Deep down, all Black people want to be white." I heard that in a social psychology class, repeated as if it were a truism. From Nella Larsen's 1929 classic, Passing, to the original Imitation of Life (the 1934 movie starred the incomparable Fredi Washington as Peola, the little girl who wanted to be white) to Britt Bennett's 2020 novel The Vanishing Half, the notion of a Black person posing as white to escape her Blackness just felt. ![]() I have a confession: I am not a fan of the passing trope. ![]() ![]() In August, 2015, he published a piece on the Web site CounterPunch accusing Miranda of smoothing over Hamilton’s slave-owning past and overlooking his involvement in the genocide of Native Americans. ![]() Perhaps no one has been as constant in his criticism as the writer Ishmael Reed. There have been a few notes of dissent along the way, though, particularly from historians. Barack Obama once joked that it was probably the only thing that he and Dick Cheney agreed on. Miranda’s hip-hop-inspired telling of Alexander Hamilton’s rags-to-riches rise is all things to all people: a humanizing portrayal of the Founding Fathers that has just enough irreverence-in its soundtrack and, crucially, in the casting of performers of color in the roles of Hamilton, Jefferson, Washington, et al.-to lend it an air of subversion. “Hamilton,” the musical created by Lin-Manuel Miranda that débuted in 2015 and is well on its way to becoming a billion-dollar production, is a rare source of general accord. ![]() ![]() ![]() Photograph by Chris Sorensen / The Washington Post / GettyĬonsensus and bipartisanship seem like a distant fantasy in today’s America. “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda” portrays a fictionalized version of the “Hamilton” creator as an impressionable dupe, and a kind of victim. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Come for the drama, stay for the laughs! Catch up with your favorite Off-Campus characters as they navigate the changes that come with growing up and discover that big decisions can have big consequences…and big rewards. As it turns out, for these four couples, love is the easy part. Sure, they have each other, but they also have real-life problems that four years at Briar U didn't exactly prepare them for. Life after college for Garrett and Hannah, Logan and Grace, Dean and Allie, and Tucker and Sabrina, isn't quite what they imagined it would be. Three years of real life after graduation… A wedding. ![]() The international bestselling Off-Campus series returns with a collection of four novellas by New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Elle Kennedy! This brand-new installment provides the much-anticipated answer to the question: Where are they now? Four stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and Russia, from one of Grantas Best of Young American Novelists. A sweeping multigenerational novel about idealism, betrayal, and family secrets set in the U.S. Epic in sweep and intimate in detail, The Patriots is both a compelling portrait of the entangled relationship between America and Russia, and a beautifully crafted story of three generations of one family caught between the forces of history and the consequences of past choices. The Patriots by Krasikov, Sana at .uk - ISBN 10: 0385524412 - ISBN 13: 9780385524414 - Spiegel & Grau - 2017. As he traces a thread from Depression-era America, through the collective housing and work camps of Stalin's USSR, to the glittering, oil-rich world of New Russia, Julian finally begins to understand the role he has played - as a father, and as a son. ![]() He must also persuade his own son, Lenny, to abandon his risky quest for prosperity in the cut-throat Russian marketplace. Now, as her son Julian travels back to Moscow - entrusted to stitch together a murky transcontinental oil deal - he must dig into Florence's past to discover who his mother really was and what she became. When a new job and a love affair lead her to Moscow, she doesn't think twice about abandoning America - only to discover, years later, that America has abandoned her. Growing up in 1930s Brooklyn, Florence Fein will do anything to escape the confining values of her family and her city, and create a life of meaning and consequence. 'A sweeping, colourful read' Mail on SundayLose yourself in the irresistable story of one woman's journey through 20th-century Russia. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bonded to Corinne by their mutual desire, Hunter will have to decide how far he?ll go to end Dragos?s reign of evil?even if carrying out his mission means shattering Corinne?s tender heart. Tags Add tags for 'Deeper than midnight'. User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Once Dragos?s most deadly assassin, Hunter now works for the Order, and he?s hell-bent on making Dragos pay for his manifold sins. In the ninth book from New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian, Corinne Bishop is delivered from the darkness, only to find herself plunged into a passion that is deeper than midnight. Assigned to safeguard Corinne on her trip home is a formidable golden-eyed Breed male called Hunter. ![]() Her innocence taken, Corinne has lost a piece of her heart as well?the one thing that gave her hope during her imprisonment, and the only thing that matters to her now that she is free. After many years of captivity and torment, Corinne is rescued by the Order, a cadre of vampire warriors embroiled in a war against Dragos and his followers. Her world changed in an instant when she was stolen away and held prisoner by the malevolent vampire Dragos. “DELIVERED FROM THE DARKNESS, A WOMAN FINDS HERSELF PLUNGED INTO A PASSION THAT IS DEEPER THAN MIDNIGHT.? At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. ![]() ![]() Delete successfully! At least one picture Your haven't followed any club Follow Club * Manga name can't be empty. ![]() Are you sure to cancel publishing? Publish * Manga name has existed. Rate isn't right Size isn't right Please upload 1000*600px banner image We have sent a new password to your registered Email successfully! Please check your Email, Or send again after 60 seconds! Are you sure to delete? Content can't be empty Title can't be empty Are you sure to delete? Are you sure to cancel publishing it? Your manga won\'t show to anyone after canceling publishing. GIF Image larger than 300*300px Delete successfully! Remove successfully! Copy Link Original No more data. ![]() ![]() Picture's max size Success Warn Oops! Something wrong~ Transmit successfully report Transmit Show More Help Followed Are you sure to delete? Cancel Report No more comments Leave reply Add picture Only. ![]() ![]() Now the part-owner of, a website devoted to helping mothers pick baby names, she began her particular trade with the book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason: An Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby, first published in 1988. ![]() She couldn’t take it, so she became Rosie,” Ms. “I had a niece who changed her name from Jennifer. The name on my birth certificate reads: Jennifer Lorraine Gerson. Its popularity didn’t waver, it plummeted faster than an optimistic stock market puffed out on subprime credit and never recovered. “The Jennifer epidemic came to signify a whole generation.”Īnd then one year the name just fell out of use. “Jennifer is a case unto itself,” says Linda Rosenkrantz, who has been studying baby name trends since the ’80s. ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]() ![]() ![]() So here we are.Ģ022 has been momentous personally for one major reason: Orpheus Builds a Girl. This is the way I would like to start the next year. Things like playing and taking photos and investing in my space and the things I already own and making use of what’s leftover of everything. ![]() I’m trying to discard the things that are draining me, and choose instead to enjoy things simply, and say no more often, and prioritise the things that feed me, like taking time with my food, going on adventures with friends and spending hours in the kitchen. I’m trying to be gentle, and thoughtful, and not wasteful as I go into 2023. It’s the remnants of a traditional Italian Christmas biscuit recipe, mainly comprised of apricot jam, dates, pine nuts and pistachios, wrapped in a shortbread. It is December 31st, 2022, and here I sit with the Last Mince Pie and my last coffee of the year, cobbling together the scattered, mad pieces of a scattered, mad year. ![]() ![]() Milne was best known as a playwright and essayist, and also as a former assistant editor of Punch, the UK magazine that became a national institution through its humour, cartoons and commentary. Clockwise from bottom left: Tigger, Kanga, Edward Bear (a.k.a Winnie-the-Pooh), Eeyore, and Piglet. Original Harrods toys purchased for Christopher Milne in the early 1920s. This means that Milne is an author whose reputation has been caught up in the success of his own creation and eventually overshadowed by it. Since his first appearance in 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh has become an international superstar and brand, thanks largely to the Disney Studios’ cartoon version of his stories. The honey-loving bear of very little brain and his toy animal companions Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, Tigger and friends were all brought to life in stories written by Milne to entertain his young son Christopher Robin. ![]() A.) Milne best as the author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books. The majority of people today will know Alan Alexander (A. ![]() |