![]() It's pretty powerful when put that way, I think. This story is focuses on intimacy and trust and needing to rely on those you don't know yet while giving pieces of yourself away. Story-wise, it made perfect sense, though. He's too old for her, but it worked in Twilight, right? I thought we were going elsewhere with the romance for a while and I was a little shocked (clutching my pearls) when it started heading that direction. He's also a Fox in the Japanese-folklore type of way, so he's a trickster on top of everything else. The antagonist/hero of the story is introduced as a very wizened, curmudgeonly fellow with an ethereal type of youthfulness in appearance. There is still a certain amount of wide-eyed youth, but it's as if she's got what's called an "old soul"? ![]() ![]() ![]() She's this 20-year-old girl, right? Everyone assumes she's young-minded and naive, but she's inquisitive to the extreme and generally makes sound, thought-out decisions. ![]() I'll start with saying that despite certain misgivings, I'm interested in finding out what happens next in this well-painted world.įirstly, the heroine was a little tricky. “I don’t understand.” “Which part, miss?” Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox by Forthright. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ' brilliantly readable, often haunting history of the war. Poignant, hilarious and inspiring' Edwina Currie, The Times In Millions Like Us Virginia Nicholson tells the story of the womens Second World War, through a host of individual womens experiences. 'Nicholson's vivid narrative is set firmly in the context of the time, which can seem so alien today as to be from another planet. Vividly entertaining, uplifting and humbling' Bel Mooney, Daily Mail ' rich, entwined narrative, moves in and out of the lives of an absorbing cast of characters. Step back in time to where our grandmothers scrubbed their doorsteps, cared for their families, lived, laughed, loved and struggled. Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes reconstructs the real 1950s, through the eyes of the women who lived it. A world where the darker side of the decade encompasses rampant prostitution, a notorious murder, and the threat of nuclear disaster. Turn the page back to the mid-twentieth century, and discover a world peopled by women with radiant smiles, clean pinafores and gleaming coiffures a promised land of batch-baking, maraschino cherries and brightly hued plastic. In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, Virginia Nicholson tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Virginia Nicholsons Millions Like Us: Womens Lives in the Second World War. ![]() ![]() When newcomer Blair -a charming five foot vegan ball of rage- blows into town, it's all I can do not to follow him like a love-sick puppy…He’s everything I’ve been missing, but there's a catch: I need to spy on him and convince the Council he’s innocent of his mother’s crimes. Even my vampiric transformation hadn't disrupted my life much- it was still boring and repetitive, albeit with more blood than I'd previously dealt with. Until recently, the most interesting thing in my life had been solving a particularly difficult Sunday crossword. The remote Maine mountain town is home to my future, a potential love interest, and a lot of really weird, possibly deadly secrets. With my demons in the rearview mirror and my trauma for company I made my way to Elmwood. I packed my trunk full of plant babies, black nail polish, and determination. When I uncovered hidden papers detailing my inheritance, I knew my time had come. ![]() ![]() These standalone novels feature monsters that are spicy, fun, and sometimes furry. The spooky boys series invites you to visit a world where things that go bump in the night aren’t just fantasy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to founding the Japanese American History Museum and speaking out about his experience in internment camps during World War II, Takei has also criticized moves to place restrictions on any ethnic or racial group, particularly Muslims.Īs George Takei details in the memoir, life changed dramatically for Japanese Americans after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. He married his long-time partner, Brad Altman, in 2008. Though Takei didn’t publically come out until 2005, his sexuality has been something of an open secret since the 1970s. He’s been especially supportive of LGBT rights for decades. In addition to acting, Takei has been a vocal activist for much of his adult life. Takei studied acting at UCLA and, after a number of smaller stage and television roles, was cast in the role of Officer Sulu in Star Trek. Following their release in 1946, the Takei family returned to Los Angeles, where Takei’s father returned to the dry cleaning business and eventually became a very successful real estate agent. In the months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, when Takei was five years old, he and his family were incarcerated-alongside many other Japanese Americans-in internment camps, meant to protect national security by sequestering Japanese Americans in secure locations away from the general public. George Takei was born in Los Angeles in 1937, and he was the oldest living child of three children. ![]() ![]() ![]() He mentions the old proven method of reducing multiple small debts, I am guessing credit and store cards but keeping the house mortage. I will read the book, but running through the points made about it, I doubt he labels 'all debt as bad.' The suggestion at the time seemed to be that all debt is bad, I dont agree. I have not read this book, but it was mentioned in a Topic I started about GOOD DEBT / BAD DEBT Invest 15% of household income for retirement. Save a proper emergency fund that is 3-6 months of expenses. Repeat until all debts except the house mortgage are paid off. When the smallest debt is paid off add that money to the payments of your next smallest debt. Use any available money to pay as much as possible to the smallest debt. Make only the minimum payments on all except the smallest debt. This means to list all debts arranging them by smallest to largest amount. Get out of debt using the debt snowball. Secure a healthy nest egg for emergencies and set yourself up for retirement Recognize the 10 most dangerous money myths ![]() Break bad habits and make lasting changes when it comes to your relationship with money Design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt-from your cars to your home and everything in between This fellow has written a book The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition will give you the tools and the encouragement you need to: ![]() ![]() So when war ignites the nation, Georgey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women on the battlefront a bother. Georgeanna “Georgey” Woolsey isn’t meant for the world of lavish parties and the demure attitudes of women of her stature. ![]() ![]() “An exquisite tapestry of women determined to defy the molds the world has for them.”-Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferriday’s ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists. Martha Hall Kelly’s million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. ![]() ![]() Many were originally written for American magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, Harper's, Playboy and The New Yorker, then subsequently collected by Dahl into anthologies, gaining world-wide acclaim. He also had a successful parallel career as the writer of macabre adult short stories, usually with a dark sense of humour and a surprise ending. Dahl went on to create some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach. The book was commissioned by Walt Disney for a film that was never made, and published in 1943. ![]() His first children's book was The Gremlins, about mischievous little creatures that were part of RAF folklore. Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate and sensationalized article about the crash that blinded him, which claimed he had been shot down instead of simply having to land because of low fuel. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by the Saturday Evening Post for $900, and propelled him into a career as a writer. ![]() ![]() Today the story is published as A Piece of Cake. Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.ĭahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. ![]() ![]() Her favourite editions are the Czech translations, where she becomes Trish Moreyova, and the Japanese Manga (graphic, or comic) editions, which to put it simply, are just very, very cool. Since then, Trish has sold thirty-two titles to Harlequin with global sales approaching eight million, with her books printed in more than thirty languages in forty countries worldwide. When Trish spied a newspaper article reporting that Harlequin was actively seeking new authors, it was a “Eureka!” moment, Trish was going to be one of those authors! 11 years later, Harlequin came to the party and finally - seriously, finally! - she sold her first book. Work took her to Canberra where she promptly fell in love with a tall, dark and handsome hero who cut computer code, and marriage and children followed, which gave Trish the chance to step back from her career and think about what she’d really like to do. ![]() ![]() Trish always fancied herself a writer, so she dutifully picked gherkins and washed dishes in a Chinese restaurant on her way to earning herself an economics degree and a qualification as a chartered accountant instead. ![]() ![]() Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. ![]() In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. ![]() For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.Įdna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. Carolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. ![]() ![]() He has said in his interviews that he has done a number of interesting things in his life, starting from working at a zoo, researching about the largest rodents of the world called capybaras, climbing the Mount Kilimanjaro, dealing with an angry elephant, ice climbing a glacier in Patagonia, visiting the cockpit of the Atlantis Space Shuttle, and helping to rescue 16 kids from getting drowned off the Israel coast. ![]() As of today, author Gibbs lives along with her wife and kids in his house located in Los Angeles. He has even developed television shows for famous channels such as Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Fox, and ABC. ![]() Author Gibbs has also worked on a bunch of popular animated films. ![]() In addition to writing novels, he has written screenplays for a number of Hollywood films such as Repli-Kate and See Spot Run. Stuart Gibbs is one of the New York Times bestselling authors from America, who has written a number of highly successful novel series, including the Moon Base Alpha series, the Fun Jungle series, and the Spy School series. ![]() |