![]() ![]() ![]() "Penner brings history to vivid life in this atmospheric and evocative whodunnit." -Nita Prose, author of The Maid ![]() Written with intoxicating suspense and sultry prose, The London Séance Society is an entrancing tale that blurs the lines between truth and illusion, and reveals the grave risks women will take to avenge the ones they love. And as they team up with the powerful men of London's exclusive Séance Society to solve the mystery, they begin to suspect that they are not merely out to solve a crime, but perhaps entangled in one themselves. With shared determination, the women find companionship that perhaps borders on something more. When Vaudeline is beckoned to England to solve a high-profile murder, Lenna accompanies her as an understudy. Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister's death, but to do so, she must embrace the unknown and overcome her own logic-driven bias against the occult. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D'Allaire. Description THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERįrom the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead.ġ873. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() She explores the full breadth of his imagery-from scenes inspired by life in Madrid to visions of worlds without reason, from royal portraits to the atrocities of war. Tomlinson challenges the popular image of the artist as an isolated figure obsessed with darkness and death, showing how Goya’s likeability and ambition contributed to his success at court, and offering new perspectives on his youth, rich family life, extensive travels, and lifelong friendships. In this revelatory biography, Janis Tomlinson draws on a wide range of documents-including letters, court papers, and a sketchbook used by Goya in the early years of his career-to provide a nuanced portrait of a complex and multifaceted painter and printmaker, whose art is synonymous with compelling images of the people, events, and social revolution that defined his life and era. The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country’s politics and at the court which Goya served, changes in society, the devastation of the Iberian Peninsula in the war against Napoleon, and an ensuing period of political instability. ![]() ![]() ![]() The main character Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara and her father migrated there from Saudi Arabia when she was young. The plot of Artemis takes place in the titular lone lunar city Artemis, established by a Kenyan corporation. However, the addition of a Muslim character warrants further analysis and the potential of Muslim science-fiction. In comparison, his 2017 novel Artemis fell short. ![]() ![]() He writes with wit and weaves these tales with remarkable fluidity by contrasting humor with impending doom, and the vast swathes of space and nature with man’s frailty against a backdrop of highly technical ingenuity. Both feature a tight plotline epitomizing the struggle against the forces of nature and humorous narrators. The Martian and his recent Project Hail Mary are excellent science fiction stories of a man’s last efforts to survive against all odds. Andy Weir, the author of The Martian (which the movie was based on) has become a household name for more ardent fans, and duly so. A number of movies in recent years like Dune, Interstellar, and The Martian thrust science fiction back into the media-consumer American consciousness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Writer has done a great job with expressing the inner feelings of a girl, be it a modern girl or the one of the decade as described by Preeti Shenoy. Also, the title of the book in a way describes the central theme of the book. The book beautifully describes how she gets acquainted with her bipolar disorder, how she decides to help her own self and how she battles these situations all by herself. The story revolves around Ankita’s struggles, determination, decisions, and faith in herself. As a result of non-stop ups and downs in her life, Ankita develops the bipolar disorder. As she grows up from adolescence to a woman in her mid-20s, she wades through different situations, engages in affairs with a couple of guys, and is set back by her parent's refusal to accept her situation. The novel revolves around a woman named Ankita in her 20s, who has a past haunting her like a nightmare. It is a tale of a few significant years of the protagonist’s life. ![]() ![]() It has been described by the readers as a book that portrays how love, hope, and determination can together win over even destiny. Life Is What You Make It is based on a 90s Indian love story. I read this book in paperback version quite a long time back and as I was really impressed by the plot, I loved reading it then and thought of reviewing it. ![]() ![]() ![]() By tallying up the human cost these caped forces of nature wreak upon the world, she discovers that the line between good and evil is mostly marketing. Because the key to everything is data: knowing how to collate it, how to manipulate it, and how to weaponize it. When people start listening to the story that her data tells, she realizes she might not be as powerless as she thinks. ![]() With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the hands of a hero is far from unique. And, to her horror, compared to the other bodies strewn about, she's the lucky one. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called "hero" leaves her badly injured. But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? In this economy? As a temp, she's just a cog in the machine. ![]() Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn't glamorous. Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. "This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell." - Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author The Boys meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the greatest superpower-for good or ill-is a properly executed spreadsheet. ![]() ![]() Then he stood at center stage, beaming, to deafening applause. The floor began to light up underneath him, panes of light flying in from left and right to create a sort of light bridge, which he bounded down to shake a Sony executive’s hand. ![]() A live orchestra struck up a blaring John Williams-style score as the curtain lifted to reveal a sloping stage, at the very top of which stood Kojima, a slight Japanese man with swooping black hair and glasses. The event was what the industry calls a press conference, but this particular spectacle more closely resembled the scene in “King Kong” when the beast is displayed to the public in a Broadway theater. Death Stranding, the newest video game from the developer Hideo Kojima, was introduced to the world in the summer of 2016 on a stage at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the gaming industry’s annual trade-show extravaganza. ![]() ![]() Duffy notes that the traditional English Reformation narrative has led to looking at late Medieval religion as merely a stage set for the Reformation and not for its own intrinsic qualities, thus greatly distorting the picture scholars have formed. ![]() ![]() As a result, the measures taken by the crown to carry out their Reformation were an abrupt, unpopular break, not a natural evolution. Duffy disputes this argument by asserting that in reality, Catholic Christianity was flourishing in early modern England, and that “late medieval Catholicism exerted an enormously strong, diverse, and vigorous hold over the imagination and the loyalty of the people up to the very moment of the Reformation” (p. This strain of scholarship presents the Reformation that occurred as inevitable and natural. One traditional narrative of the English Reformation is that proto-Protestant impulses and demands for the reform of a corrupt, decaying Catholic Church existed in English society well before Henry VIII made his official break. ![]() 1400- 1580 (Eamon Duffy, 1992)Įamon Duffy's book is a revisionist account of the English Reformation. The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England c. ![]() ![]() She is at the top of my “favorite authors whose work I need to explore more deeply” list, so I’ve put together a primer for getting started with Du Maurier that we can all work through together. She was a master at leaving just enough strings still dangling at the end of a novel that the reader ends up batting like a kitten at them far after the reading is done. Her work has a quality of being easy to relish, fun to read, and also sticking with the reader. If Du Maurier were writing today, she would fall squarely in the “popular fiction” category. Barrie patterned the Darling children after in Peter Pan, and her father was friends with one Sir Alfred Hitchcock, who directed three of her works ( Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and The Birds). Her maternal grandfather was a Punch cartoonist and is the author of Trilby (1894). Her father was a well-known actor-manager, and her mother was an actress. ![]() To begin, a short biographical sketch: Daphne Du Maurier was born in 1907 in London, England, into a literary and dramatic family. In short, she was a Writer with a capital “W.” Du Maurier was a novelist, a poet, a playwright, an essayist, a literary critic, a nonfiction writer, and a biographer. Her books were huge bestsellers when they were published, and many live on in edition after edition. ![]() ![]() Daphne Du Maurier’s career was long and storied her life was equally so. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At the highway summit, you can see a spectacular view of turquoise Bear Lake.1 day ago Don't miss Logan National Scenic Byway, especially when fall colors are on display. ![]() Director: James Mangold Logan, Utah, is located in beautiful Cache Valley, only 85 miles north of Salt Lake City in a pristine, green valley along US Hwy 89, the shortest and most scenic route to Yellowstone. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces. Logan W/DVD + Digital HD with Ultrav Box Set In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border.2 hr 17 min English audio (and 2 more) R CC Buy or rent In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border.Logan is a 2017 American superhero film starring Hugh Jackman as the titular character.It is the tenth film in the X-Men film series and the third and final installment in the Wolverine trilogy following X-Men Origins: …. ![]() ![]() This is authoritative Tudor history written with a novelist's lightness of touch. At the heart of it all is the fragile, tragic figure of Catherine Howard, whose awful fate is almost unbearable to watch as it unfolds. The result is a book that leads us deep into the nightmarish final years of Henry VIII's reign, wrenching open the intrigues of a poisonous court in a realm seething with discontent. ![]() 'Russell marries slick storytelling with a great wealth of learning about sixteenth-century personalities and politics. '"Young and Damned and Fair" is everything a historical biography should be' Kathryn Warner, author of "Edward II: The Unconventional King" I love it when historians take the women who have been neglected by history seriously and study their lives rather than accepting stereotypes' Philippa Gregory ![]() Gareth Russell has done some beautiful new research to indicate that Catherine was not as foolish as some historians have suggested, and that her death was managed and manipulated by her offended husband, purely for his own revenge. ![]() 'A timely and powerful re-examination of Henry's fifth queen. ![]() 'A stunning reappraisal of the tragic life of Henry VIII'S fifth wife' The Times ![]() |