![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stacey Halls grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire, as the daughter of market traders. Time is running out and both their lives are at stake. Soon the two women’s lives will become inextricably bound together as the legendary 1612 trial at Lancaster approaches, and Fleetwood’s stomach continues to grow. But is there more to Alice than meets the eye? Alice promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, and to prove the physician wrong.Īs Alice is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West, Fleetwood risks everything trying to help her. Then she crosses paths with Alice Gray, a young midwife. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn’t supposed to read from the doctor who delivered her third stillbirth, she is dealt the crushing blow that she will not survive another pregnancy. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. To protect a secret, she must risk her life.įleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. To save her child, she will trust a stranger. “In a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman is the greatest risk of all” I was lucky enough to be gifted an early copy of this debut thanks to Bonnier Zaffre. Happy Release Day to The Familiars – the debut novel by Stacey Hall. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In 2009, two men were caught when a woman woke up during an assault, and eventually a group of nine men-ages 19 to 43-confessed to the attacks from the past four years. Some women remembered brief moments of terror: For an instant they would wake to a man or men on top of them but couldn't summon the strength to yell or fight back. As Vice reported, "Throughout the community, people were waking to the same telltale morning signs: ripped pajamas, blood and semen on the bed, head-thumping stupor. Starting in 2005 in a Mennonite community in the Latin American nation, women and children were drugged and raped, and told that their attacks were ghosts and demons. The true story (and Women Talking, the novel) took place in Bolivia. "I hope the Mennonite patriarchy and the misogyny inherent in the fundamentalism that conservative Mennonites preach, that one day will change." ![]() "I felt I had an obligation to write down hope for change for Mennonite girls and women," Toews said. Toews herself was born in a Mennonite community in Canada she left when she turned 18. Women Talking is based on a true story, one that was fictionalized by author Miriam Toews. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1998 Davis pointed out that occurrence of the desired behavior of the molecular ratchet would have constituted a violation of the second law of thermodynamics (Davis, 1998). Kelly and coworkers designed an elegant experiment to determine whether their molecular ratchet was functioning as anticipated, and they were (presumably) disappointed to find that it was not-internal rotation about the A-B bond occurred at equal rates in each direction. ![]() Thus, in some sense, this might be an inverse ratchet where the asymmetry dictating the sense of rotation would reside in the pawl rather than in the “teeth” on the “wheel” (the triptycene unit) as it does in a normal mechanical ratchet. The reason for thinking this might occur was that the benzophenanthrene moiety-the “pawl” of the ratchet-was anticipated to be helical. It was designed to be a “molecular ratchet,” so named because it appeared that it should undergo internal rotation about the A-B bond more readily in one direction than the other. They had synthesized the molecule shown in figure 12.1. In 1997, Ross Kelly and his coworkers at Boston College reported their results from an experiment with an intriguing premise (Kelly et al., 1997 see also Kelly et al., 1998). ![]() ![]() This fast-paced psychological-or is it paranormal?-thriller will leave you breathless for its sequel, The Evolution of Mara Dyer. At school, there’s Noah, a devastatingly handsome charmer who seems determined to help Mara piece together what’s real, what’s imagined-and what’s very, very dangerous. But that fresh start is quickly filled with hallucinations-or are they premonitions?-and then corpses, and the boundary between reality and nightmare is wavering. She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance. She doesnt stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead. She lost her best friend, her boyfriend, and her boyfriend’s sister, and as if that weren’t enough to cope with, her family moves to a new state in order to give her a fresh start. Mara Dyer wants to believe theres more to the lies shes been told. She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love.Īfter Mara survives the traumatizing accident at the old asylum, it makes sense that she has issues. ![]() She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed. Mara Dyer Series 3 primary works 4 total works Book 1 The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin 4. ![]() Thank you for signing up, fellow book lover Tell us what you like and well recommend books youll love. Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. More books in this series: The Mara Dyer Trilogy. ![]() Mara Dyer doesn’t know if she is crazy or haunted-all she knows is that everyone around her is dying in this suspenseful and “strong, inventive tale” ( Kirkus Reviews). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The most impactful inventors cross domains rather than deepening their knowledge in a single area. Frequent quitters end up with the most fulfilling careers. Provocative, rigorous, and engrossing, Range makes a compelling case for actively cultivating inefficiency. They’re also more creative, more agile, and able to make connections their more specialized peers can’t see. Generalists often find their path late, and they juggle many interests rather than focusing on one. He discovered that in most fields – especially those that are complex and unpredictable – generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to Nobel laureates, shows that early specialization is the exception, not the rule.ĭavid Epstein examined the world’s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters and scientists. ![]() ![]() If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. A powerful argument for how to succeed in any field: develop broad interests and skills while everyone around you is rushing to specialize. ![]() ![]() This beautiful, fully illustrated edition of Walden brings a rarely seen visual and artistic dimension to Thoreaus philosophical masterpiece. In a world obsessed with technology and luxury, this American classic about seeking the essential facts of life seems more relevant today than ever. Thoreau described his experiences in Walden, using vivid, forceful prose that transforms his reflections on nature into richly evocative metaphors. For the next two years, he lived there as simply as possible, learning to eliminate the unnecessary material and spiritual details that intrude upon human happiness. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. ![]() Book Synopsis A beautiful illustrated edition of Thoreaus classic treatise on man and nature. This beautiful illustrated edition brings a rarely seen visual dimension to Thoreaus philosophical masterpiece. ![]() About the Book Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on Walden Pond in 1845 and, for two years, lived there as simply as possible, eliminating the unnecessary material and spiritual details that intrude upon human happiness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not everything leads to a life change, but there may be a serendipity of correspondence beyond what our immediate eyes can see. I’ve also had trolls and salesmen and, at least once, what must have been a late-night drunk text from a reader. I have had “fan letters” since then, I suppose. ![]() But I think this piece, though humorous, has a kind of nice point worth repeating. I have lost fewer pounds and published fewer globe-shattering pieces than I would have wished in the years between. I am reprinting this piece, in part, for self-abuse. This might be an idea or book that is now relevant again, or a concept I’d like to think about more, or even “an oldie but a goodie” that I think needs a bit of spin time. “Throwback Thursday” is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. As part of an occasional feature I call “ Throwback Thursday,” I want to roll back the calendar almost six years, to my early days as a blogger. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Using scholarly, historical insight, and evocative storytelling. ![]() On first publication back in 1994, Catilina's Riddle was a finalist for the Hammett Award. Read 185 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Read 192 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Catilina's Riddle (Roma Sub Rosa, 3) by Steven Saylor Catilina's Riddle book. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The third in Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() Mark, my writing mentor, edited JL for me. I returned from LA, and instead of moving there, I wrote my story about the rock star as a young adult novel and called it JOHNNY LIGHTNING. On a plane to LA to decide my fate- “to move to LA or not to move to LA” that is the question, my big bro, Mark, coincidentally with the same last name as mine (author of PRINCES IN EXILE, DREAMS OF THE SOLO TRAPEZE and STARCROSSED) handed me a young adult book he found at the library he thought I’d like to read during the flight.Īs I read the book, I thought, ‘I can do this!’ ![]() It was during this time I began to write an adult novel about a rock star-I had always enjoyed writing.įast forward a couple of years along with a move home where I was performing “stand-up” at comedy clubs in the area. There, I graduated from the Second City Training Center and performed improv, Shakespeare, comedies and dramas-I even sang and danced on a cruise boat-without falling in Lake Michigan! A classmate of mine from Second City and I created and performed a two woman show for a year before I braved it alone doing stand-up comedy. When I returned from London, I relocated to Chicago where I lived for five years. I attended a local university majoring in theatre and spent a summer in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts where I learned about the “Old Bard” from amazingly talented teachers. ![]() ![]() Before I took pen to paper, I was an actress. ![]() |