![]() ![]() After being misplaced in the country, she realizes she is back in Maine in the Prebles’ home although the family is long gone. Seven-year-old Phoebe is tasked with making clothes for her doll, which include a chemise embroidered with HITTY “so she can always be sure of her name.” This is fortunate because Hitty has a series of incredible adventures that take her to the South Seas, worshipped as a goddess by an indigenous tribe, claimed by an Indian snake-charmer, owned by missionaries, abandoned in Philadelphia, rescued by a Quaker girl, introduced to John Greenleaf Whittier, beautifully dressed by a seamstress in New York, dropped at the feet of Charles Dickens, lost in a haystack in Rhode Island, modeling for an artist, attending Mardi Gras, stolen from a Cotton Exposition, thrown into the Mississippi River, mailed to New York, turned into a pincushion, and given a home by a doll collector. ![]() Description: Hitty is a doll hand-carved from a small piece of mountain-ash wood by a peddler in early 19th century Maine, then given to Phoebe Preble, whose father is away at sea. ![]()
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![]() HE IS PERFECT- a total dreamboat hero and father that is easy to love, and a dirty talking alpha who melts your panties. And Briggs- hands down my favorite Maren man. Even though our leading lady has been harboring a secret, you can’t help but fall in love with her sweet and playful spirit. A chance encounter inspires and centers them and cements a bond that only flourishes once they are serendipitously drawn back together and find themselves in a beautiful, but unexpected partnership. Together they are a messy and adorable pair- two people just trying to figure out their way after their own, and others’, choices have caused them to get a little bit lost. We have a few twists, some SUPER sexy and sweet steamy times, and a whole lot of that characteristic Maren Moore heartfelt and swoony chemistry. My ovaries just exploded and I popped out quadruplets- because he’s just that delicious as a devoted, protective, and loving unexpected dad. ![]() ![]() And turns out the only secret that comes Briggs way isn’t just the identity of the sassy blogger that’s been a thorn in his side- we also have a surprise, secret baby…and DADDY BRIGG IS EVERYTHING. ![]() ![]() STB gives us all the answers- and then some. Epically swoony, adorably heartwarming, and sexy AF, Sincerely the Puck Bunny is without a doubt Maren Moore’s best work to date! Briggs is the dreamy book boyfriend you’ve been waiting for! We’ve all been waiting to see what is behind hockey’s troubled bad boy….and just who is the face behind the infamous Puck Bunny pen name. ![]() ![]() ![]() The accompanying article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II-an experience Eva remembers well-and the search to reunite people with the texts taken from them so long ago. She freezes it’s an image of a book she hasn’t seen in sixty-five years-a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names. Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the “epic and heart-wrenching World War II tale” (Alyson Noel, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Winemaker’s Wife.Įva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyes lock on a photograph in a magazine lying open nearby. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you are seeking a shorter hike, select a portion of the Hammock Trail at Betz-Tiger Point Preserve, visit the historic tabby ruins at Cedar Point (NPS), or check out the loop trail at Bogey Creek Preserve. Or, bring a bike and lock it up at the other end to make your return trip faster. Unless you want to hike an additional 7 miles to return to your car, invite a friend and park the second vehicle at the opposite end. ![]() Or, start at the south end and head north. Starting from its northernmost point at the Edwards Creek Day Use Area, the trail starts you on a seven-mile journey through piney flatwoods and along saltmarsh shorelines to hardwood forest and coastal hammocks at the end at the Horseshoe Creek Trailhead. The 7 Creeks Trail is the best long-distance trail option that connects many facilities and exposes trail users to a variety of natural communities and scenic views. ![]() ![]() The center of the novel is Anna, a sweet and devout 11-year-old girl who has evidently been living on nothing but water and "manna from heaven" for months. The Wonder, the latest novel from Room author Emma Donoghue, is a suspense novel that lacks much in the way of suspense, a psychological thriller that's more laughable than scary.Īnd that's a shame, because the idea behind it isn't a bad one. ![]() That is it.Īfter that, things get slightly more interesting, because there is no way they cannot. ![]() Lib watches the girl and thinks unkind things about the Irish. Here is what happens in the first 100 pages of The Wonder: Lib, an English nurse in the mid-19th century, is sent to a small town in Ireland, a country whose people she instantly hates, to keep watch over a young girl who claims she has lived without food for four months. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Wonder Author Emma Donoghue ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Shiver” is the second story in Junji Ito’s Shiver and it’s a story that will linger with you. Not a bad way to start the collection off. While it’s not the best written story (again, this is clearly Ito’s early days), it’s definitely one of the most interesting stories he has ever produced. When the end does hit, the art isn’t so over the top or overdrawn, making the surprise feel more eerie and dreadful. It makes the story more interesting, relying more on the slow buildup and world-building to provide the atmosphere. That smaller and more subtle approach is actually rather refreshing for Ito. ![]() However, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s almost like a story I would expect to see in the original Twilight Zone. It’s very subtle and quiet, with such a small layer of eeriness to it. Given the style of the art, it was probably made very early in Ito’s career. There’s nothing particularly horrifying or shocking within its art like you might expect for a Junji Ito title or any particular intensity in the story. “Used Records” is such an odd, reserved title in a collection full of the macabre and nastiness. ![]() However, there’s more to this album than meets the eye and it’s one that leads her down a supernatural, uncomfortable route. The singer’s voice and the melody of it is just so enrapturing and moving that she wants the record badly. Our collection of horror and mayhem begins on a lighter tale, probably the lightest tale here, “Used Records.” A young woman named Nakayama is utterly entranced by this mysterious record a friend of hers, Ogawa, has. ![]() ![]() ![]() Usually the beginning of May is a big month for LEGO Star Wars fans as they celebrate the theme with new items and a slew of promotions which will be for both online and in-store. May is only a few days away and here’s a quick guide on what new LEGO products will be available for purchase. Stackpole is a classic of the X-Wing series and has really gone on to inspire both video games and a potential movie adaptation as well.It focuses on the legendary fighter pilots who operated under the Republic against the Empire. ![]() ![]() ![]() A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. ![]() He rules his kingdom with an iron fist, but he cannot control his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who isn’t too interested in the female gender. Combining all the political intrigue of Game of Thrones with the sweeping romanticism of Outlander, Dorothy Dunnetts legendary Lymond Chronicles have. The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is both cold and silent, and is as handsome and unblinking as a statue. Maurice Druon Synopsis: The Iron King is the first Accursed Kings novel by Maurice Druon. If You Like Maurice Druon Books, You’ll Love… ![]() Note: The She-Wolf of France was shortened to The She-Wolf. The Iron King The Accursed Kings, Book 1 By: Maurice Druon Narrated by: Peter Joyce Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins 4.3 (639 ratings) Try for 0. Download this stock image: The Iron King, Book 1 The Accursed Kings by Maurice Druon - G08CPM from Alamys library of millions of high resolution stock. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story follows three women, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville, who manipulate events behind the scenes of history to gain power. It starts in 1464 the nation has been at war for nine years fighting over who is the rightful king as two sides of the same family, the House of York and the House of Lancaster, contest the throne. The drama is set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses and presents the story of the women involved in the long conflict for the throne of England. It was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 9 August 2013. ![]() The first episode premiered on BBC One on 16 June 2013 in the United Kingdom. It is based on Philippa Gregory's historical novel series The Cousins' War ( The White Queen, The Red Queen, and The Kingmaker's Daughter). ![]() The White Queen is a British historical drama television drama serial developed for BBC One. ![]() ![]() ![]() As if that wasnt bad enough, its also the home base of the powerful creature behind the devastating attacks on the Last Dragon and Copper Lake. Their men are being held prisoner in a horrific nightmare dimension, and the only way to reach them is through the radioactive ruins of a monster-infested war zone. GO BIG OR GO HOME When Monster Hunter Internationals top hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, was given a tip about some hunters who had gone missing in action, he didnt realize their rescue mission would snowball into the single biggest operation in MHIs history. Book Synopsis #6 in multiple New York Times bestseller Larry Correias Monster Hunter series. Calling on their allies, a massive expedition is formed, and with the odds stacked against them, a legion of hunters goes to war in Book Six of the New York Times-bestselling series. ![]() About the Book Monster Hunter men are being held prisoner in a horrific nightmare dimension, and the only way to reach them is through the radioactive ruins of a monster-infested war zone. ![]() |