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Bantam. Good. 4.2 x 1.15 x 6.95 inches. Mass Market Paperback. 2008. 544 pages. Cover worn.<br>In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworl d series, Kelley Armstrong has created a scint… Meer...

Bantam. Good. 4.2 x 1.15 x 6.95 inches. Mass Market Paperback. 2008. 544 pages. Cover worn.<br>In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworl d series, Kelley Armstrong has created a scintillating realm wher e the supernatural and the human coexist on the edge of darkness, romance, and eternity. Now Armstrong tells the captivating tale of a young woman with an insatiable lust for danger. She can't he lp it. It's in her blood. Tabloid reporter Hope Adams appears t o live the life of an ordinary working girl. But in addition to p ossessing the beauty of a Bollywood princess, Hope has other uniq ue traits. For she is a half demon-a human fathered by a demon. A nd she's inherited a hunger for chaos. Naturally, when she's chos en by a very dangerous group for a very dangerous mission that wi ll take her through Miami's hot spots, she jumps at the chance. B ut Hope is a little too good at this job. And soon she's in a lit tle too deep. To save herself, she'll have to unleash her most pr imal instincts-and open herself, mind and body, to everything she most fears . . . and desires. Editorial Reviews Review A page- turning thriller. Fans of the paranormal will delight in the eigh th Women of the Underworld yarn, with its ass-kicking, Bollywoodb eautiful, former-socialite heroine and full complement of sorcere rs, witches, werewolves, and other paranormal beings.-Booklist A bout the Author Kelley Armstrong is the New York Times bestsellin g author of the Women of the Otherworld series. She has been tell ing stories since before she could write. Her earliest written ef forts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls , hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce normal stories failed. Today she continues to spin tales of ghosts and d emons and werewolves while safely locked in her basement writing- dungeon. To read more about the Darkest Powers trilogy, visit www .ChloeSaunders.com. Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All righ ts reserved. Hope Lucifer's Daughter There was a time in my lif e when the prospect of watching a man die would have filled me wi th horror. Now, as I shivered beside the cenotaph, knowing death was coming, what I felt was very different. Only knowing it was too late to stop what was about to happen kept me from screaming a warning as I clutched the cold marble. Did you bring the money ? the first man asked, his voice tight with an anxiety that strum med through the air. He wore dress slacks an inch too long, hems pooling around scuffed department store loafers. His old leather jacket was done up against the bitter March night, but misbuttone d. I could picture his fingers trembling as he'd hurried out to t his midnight meeting. The other man was a decade older, his jogg ing suit hood pulled tight around his red-cheeked face. Beside hi m, a Chow panted, the chuff-chuff filling the silence, black tong ue lolling as the dog strained the confines of its short leash. Did you bring the money? the younger man asked again as he glance d around the park, his anxiety sharp against the cold rage blowin g off the other man. Did you really think I'd pay? The older ma n lunged. A blast of fear, so intense my eyelids quivered. Then a gasp, rich with shock and pain. Chaos rolled over me and moonlig ht sparked red against the knife blade. The stink of voided bowel s filled the air as the younger man staggered back into a spindly maple. He tottered for a moment, propped against it, then slumpe d at its base. The killer pulled his dog closer. The Chow danced , its chaos fluttering past me, confusion warring with hunger. Th e man shoved its head to the wound, steaming blood pumping. The d og took a tentative lick, then- The vision broke and I reeled, g rabbing the cenotaph. A moment's pause, eyes squeezed shut. Then I straightened and blinked against the bright morning sun. At th e foot of the cenotaph, a shrine had started, with plucked daffod ils and scraps of paper scrawled with We'll Miss You, Brian and R est in Peace, Ryan. Anyone who knew Bryan Mills well enough to sp ell his name was still at home, in shock. The people hugging and sobbing around the shrine were only hoping to catch the eye of a roving TV camera, say a few words about what a great guy Ryan had been. As I circled the crime scene tape, I passed the fake mour ners, and their sobbing rose . . . until they noticed I wasn't ca rrying a camera, and fell back to sipping steaming coffees and hu ddling against the icy morning. They might not have made me for a reporter, but the closest cop guarding the scene did, his glowe r telling me not to bother asking for a statement. I'm sure Hey, I know what happened to your dead guy would have been a guarantee d conversation opener. But then what would I say? How do I know? Um, I had a vision. Psychic? No. I can only see the past-a talen t I inherited from my father. More of a curse, really, though I'm sure he thinks otherwise. Maybe you've heard of him? Lucifer? No , not Satan-that's a whole different guy. I'm what they call a ha lf-demon, a human fathered by a demon. Most of us get a special p ower, like fire, telekinesis or teleportation, without a demon's need for chaos. But that chaos hunger is all I get, plus a few sp ecial powers to help me find it. Like visions of past trauma, whi ch is why I know how your victim died. And I can read chaotic tho ughts, like the one going through your head right now, Officer. Y ou're wondering whether you should quietly call for the ambulance or pin me to the ground first, in case my psychotic break turns violent. So I stuck to my job: reporting the news, not becoming it. I found a likely target-the youngest officer, buttons gleamin g, gaze following the news cameras, shoulders straightening each time one promised to swing his way, then slumping when it moved e lsewhere. As I approached, his gaze traveled over me and his chi n lifted to showcase a square jaw. A smile tweaked his lips. When I took out my notebook, the smile ignited, and he stepped forwar d to intercept me, lest I change my mind. Hello, there, he said. I haven't seen you before. New at the Gazette? I shook my head. I'm national. His eyes glittered, envisioning his name in Time or USA Today. I always felt a little bad about that. True News wa s a national publication, though . . . a national supermarket tab loid. Hope Adams, I said, thrusting out my hand. Adams? That's right. A flush bloomed on his cheeks. Sorry, I, uh, wasn't sure I heard that right. Apparently, I didn't look like this officer 's idea of a Hope Adams. My mother had been a student from India when she met my dad at college. Will Adams, though, was not my bi ological father, and half-demons inherit their appearance from th eir maternal DNA. As I chatted him up, a man lurched from behind the cenotaph. He peered around, his eyes wild behind green-lense d glasses. Spying us, he strode over, one black-nailed finger jab bing. You took him, didn't you? The officer's hand slid to his belt. Sir, you need to step back- Or what? The man stopped inche s from the officer, swaying. You'll shoot me? Like you shot him? Take me away too? Study me? Dissect me? Then deny everything? If you mean the victim- I meant the werewolf. The officer cleared his throat. There, uh, was no werewolf, sir. The victim was- Ea ten! The man leaned forward, spittle flying. Torn apart and eaten ! Tracks everywhere. You can't cover it up this time. A werewolf ? said a woman, sidling over as she passed. I heard that too. Th e officer slid a small can you believe this? smile my way. I stru ggled to return it. I could believe that people thought this was a werewolf; that's why True News had sent their weird tales girl to cover the story. As for werewolves themselves, I certainly bel ieved in them-though even before the vision I'd known this wasn't one of their kills. Sorry about that, the officer said when he' d finally moved the conspiracy theorist on. Werewolves? Dare I ev en ask where that rumor came from? The kids who found the body g ot all freaked out, seeing dog tracks around it, and they started posting online about werewolves. I have no idea how the dog got involved. I was already mentally writing my story. When asked ab out the werewolf rumors, an officer on the site admitted he could n't explain the combined signs of canine and human. That's the tr ick of writing for a tabloid. You take the facts and massage them , hinting, implying, suggesting . . . As long as no one is humili ated unfairly, and no sources are named, I don't have a problem g iving readers the entertainment they want. Karl would have found it entertaining too. If I'd been assigned this story a couple of months ago, I'd have been waiting for his next call, so I could say, Hey, I got a werewolf story. Can I get a statement? He'd mak e some sardonic comment, and I'd curl up, settling in for a long talk, telling myself it was just friendship, that I'd never be fo ol enough to fall for Karl Marsten. Kidding myself, of course. Th e moment I let him cross that line past friendship, I got burned . . . and it was just as bad as I'd always feared. I pushed memo ries of Karl aside and concentrated on the story. The officer had just let slip a lead on the kids who'd found the body-two girls who worked at the 7-Eleven on the corner-when clouds suddenly dar kened the day to twilight. Thunder boomed, and I dropped my pen. As the officer bent to grab it, I snuck a glance around. No one w as looking at the sky or running for cover. They were all carryin g on as they had been. The officer kept talking, but I could bar ely hear him through the thunderclaps. I gritted my teeth and wai ted for the vision to end. A storm moving in? Possible, if it pro mised enough destruction to qualify as chaotic. But I suspected t he source was a Tempestras-a storm half-demon. One offshoot of my gift was the ability to sense other supernaturals through their chaotic powers. I cast another surreptitious glance around. My g aze settled instead on the one person I hadn't noticed before. A dark-haired man, at least six foot three, with a linebacker's bod y ill-concealed by a custom-tailored suit. He seemed to be looki ng my way, but with his dark sunglasses it was impossible to tell . Then he lowered them, pale blue eyes meeting mine, chin dipping in greeting. He walked over. Ms. Adams? A word please? Hope Godfather I checked for chaos vibes and felt nothing. Still, any time a hulking half-demon stranger sought me out hundreds of mil es from my home, I had reason to be alarmed. Let's head over the re. He nodded to a quiet corner under an elm. When we stopped, h e shivered and looked up into the dense branches. Not the warmes t spot, he said. I guess that's why it's the one empty corner in the park. No sunshine. But you could fix that. I braced myself for a denial. Instead I got a grin that thawed his ice-blue eyes. Now that's a handy talent. I could use that in my line of work. And that would be? Troy Morgan, he said, as if in answer. My b oss would like to talk to you. The name clicked-Benicio Cortez's personal bodyguard. I followed Troy's gaze to a vehicle idling fifty feet away. A white SUV with Cadillac emblems on the wheels. Beside it stood a dark-haired man who could pass for Troy's twin . If both of Benicio Cortez's bodyguards were here, there was no doubt who sat behind those tinted windows. My hastily eaten brea kfast sank into the pit of my stomach. If it's about this- I wav ed at the crime scene, -you can tell Mr. Cortez it wasn't a werew olf, so . . . I trailed off, seeing his expression. It isn't abou t the werewolf rumor, is it? Troy shook his head. Why else would Benicio Cortez fly from Miami to speak to a half-demon nobody? B ecause I owed him. The bagel turned to lead. Okay, I said, lifti ng my notebook. I'm in the middle of a story right now, but I cou ld meet him in an hour, say . . . I scanned the street for a coff ee shop. He needs to talk to you now. Troy's voice was soft, ge ntle even, but a steel edge in his tone told me I didn't have a c hoice. Benicio Cortez wanted to talk to me, and it was Troy's job to make that happen. I glanced at the crime scene. Can I just g et a few more minutes? If I can talk to one more witness, I'll ha ve enough for a story- Mr. Cortez will look after that. He touc hed my elbow, gaze settling on mine, sympathetic but firm. When I still resisted, he leaned down, voice lowering. He'd like to spe ak to you in the car, but if you'd be more comfortable in a publi c place, I can arrange it. I shook my head, shoved my notebook i nto my pocket and motioned for him to lead the way. As I moved t oward the curb, a passing car hit a patch of melting snow, throwi ng up a sheet of slush. I scampered back, but it caught my legs, dappling my skirt and nylons, the icy pellets sliding down and co ming to rest in my shoes. So much for looking presentable. I rub bed my arms and told myself the goose bumps were from the ice, no t trepidation over meeting Benicio Cortez. I'm a society girl-mee ting a CEO shouldn't be any cause for nerves. But Cortez Corporat ion was no ordinary Fortune 500 company. A Cabal looked like a r egular multinational corporation, but it was owned and staffed by supernaturals, and the unique abilities of its employees gave it a massive advantage over its competitors. It used that edge for everything from the legitimate (sorcerer spells to protect their vaults) to the unethical (astral-projecting shamans conducting co rporate espionage) to the despicable (a teleporting half-demon as sassin murdering a business rival). I'd spent two years working for the Cortez Cabal. Unintentionally. Hired by Tristan Robard, w ho I thought was a representative of the interracial council, I'd been placed with True News to keep an eye on supernatural storie s, suppressing or downplaying the real ones and alerting the coun cil to potential trouble. My job soon expanded to helping them lo cate rogue supernaturals. It had been the perfect way to guiltle ssly indulge my hunger for chaos. The phrase too good to be true comes to mind, but I'd been in such a dark place-depressed, angry , confused. When you're that far down and someone offers you a ha nd back up, you grab it and you don't ask questions. Then came my toughest assignment. Capturing a werewolf jewel thief during a m useum gala. I'd been so pleased with myself . . . until that were wolf-Karl Mar, Bantam, 2008, 2.5, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Very Good. 4.20(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.20(d). Paperback. 2015. 352 pages. <br>Join Whit and Wisty on a magical quest to defeat t he villain, once and for all, who has devastated their world. Wh it and Wisty Allgood have sacrificed everything to lead the resis tance against the merciless totalitarian regime that governs thei r world. Its supreme leader, The One Who Is The One, has banned e verything they hold dear: books, music, art, and imagination. But the growing strength of the siblings' magic hasn't been enough t o stop The One's evil rampage, and now he's executed the only fam ily they had left. Wisty knows that the time has finally come fo r her to face The One. But her fight and her fire only channel mo re power to this already invincible being. How can she and Whit p ossibly prepare for a showdown with the ruthless villain that dev astated their world-before he can truly become all-powerful? In this stunning third installment of the epic, bestselling Witch & Wizard series, the stakes have never been higher-and the conseque nces will change everything. Editorial Reviews Gr 7-10--In the third installment (Little, Brown 2011) of James Patterson's dysto pian series, Whit and Wisty's parents have been vaporized, and th e Resistance, which worked against the totalitarian regime that r ules their world, has broken up. Now the teens, who have magical abilities, are on their own and on the run from the New Order gua rds. After a little prompting from an old friend, Whit and Wisty decide they must split up. Whit goes into the shadow realm to sea rch for his parents, while Wisty enters the New Order headquarter s to face The One. This book is darker than the previous two volu mes and is filled with more violence and less fun. The humorous m agical battles and stunts that populated the earlier books are sc arce here; in their place are descriptions of beatings and emotio nal angst. The writing is melodramatic in places and the magic sy stem is fuzzy and inconsistent. The voices of Elijah Wood and Spe ncer Locke are convincingly youthful and they unabashedly perform even the most over-written sections with feeling. Instrumental b ackground music signals impending doom or drama, adding to the ov erall mood. Those who enjoyed the first two books will probably b e willing to wade through this one to get to the happy ending.--D onna Cardon, Provo City Library UT - School Library Journal Elij ah Wood and Spencer Locke continue narrating the story of Whit an d Wisty Allgood, who are a wizard and a witch, in the third insta llment of this series. Musical interludes at the beginning and en d of select chapters help set the stage in this dark story as Whi t and Wisty struggle to master their powers and with their quest to defeat The One Who Is The One. As Whit, Elijah Wood is a natur al storyteller, and his smooth voice is well suited to this magic al tale. Spencer Locke's voice is more expressive and bright, ris ing and falling in agitation and fear as Wisty's power grows. Whi le both narrators have a habit of delivering the exclamations in overly loud voices, they do well at alternating sections without losing any of the intensity of the tale. E.N. © AudioFile 2012, P ortland, Maine - MARCH 2012 - AudioFile ., Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015, 3, Profile Books Ltd. Very Good. 4.33 x 0.35 x 6.97 inches. Paperback. 2000. 120 pages. <br>The idea of human cruelty to animals so consumes n ovelist Elizabeth Costello in her later years that she can no lon ger look another person in the eye: humans, especially meat-eatin g ones, seem to her to be conspirators in a crime of stupefying m agnitude taking place on farms and in slaughterhouses, factories, and laboratories across the world. Costello's son, a physics pro fessor, admires her literary achievements, but dreads his mother' s lecturing on animal rights at the college where he teaches. His colleagues resist her argument that human reason is overrated an d that the inability to reason does not diminish the value of lif e; his wife denounces his mother's vegetarianism as a form of mor al superiority. At the dinner that follows her first lecture, the guests confront Costello with a range of sympathetic and skeptic al reactions to issues of animal rights, touching on broad philos ophical, anthropological, and religious perspectives. Painfully f or her son, Elizabeth Costello seems offensive and flaky, but--da re he admit it?--strangely on target. Here the internationally re nowned writer J. M. Coetzee uses fiction to present a powerfully moving discussion of animal rights in all their complexity. He dr aws us into Elizabeth Costello's own sense of mortality, her comp assion for animals, and her alienation from humans, even from her own family. In his fable, presented as a Tanner Lecture sponsore d by the University Center for Human Values at Princeton Universi ty, Coetzee immerses us in a drama reflecting the real-life situa tion at hand: a writer delivering a lecture on an emotionally cha rged issue at a prestigious university. Literature, philosophy, p erformance, and deep human conviction--Coetzee brings all these e lements into play. As in the story of Elizabeth Costello, the Tan ner Lecture is followed by responses treating the reader to a var iety of perspectives, delivered by leading thinkers in different fields. Coetzee's text is accompanied by an introduction by polit ical philosopher Amy Gutmann and responsive essays by religion sc holar Wendy Doniger, primatologist Barbara Smuts, literary theori st Marjorie Garber, and moral philosopher Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation. Together the lecture-fable and the essays exp lore the palpable social consequences of uncompromising moral con flict and confrontation. ., Profile Books Ltd, 2000, 3, Hardie Grant Egmont. Very Good. 20.6 x 13.2 centimetres (0.25 kg. Hardcover. 2007. 127 pages. <br>At last, here is a book the no girl should be with out; a book that guarantees hours of fun; a book that will encour age girls to turn off the TV and go and do something more interes ting instead. In brief, here is a book that shows readers exactly how to be the best at everything! Who could resist? You can find out how to: keep a secret diary, make the ultimate playlist; enc rypt your text messages; customize your mobile phone; customize y our clothes; set up your own web page; do the perfect manicure; m ake a friendship bracelet; write a best-selling novel; teach a do g to fetch; make a time capsule; put up a tent; do a french plait ; deal with a bully; and, predict the future. The entries include step-by-step instructions and diagrams to follow. ., Hardie Grant Egmont, 2007, 3, Vermilion. Good. 198mm / 129mm. Paperback. 1994. 315 pages. Cover worn<br>Research has shown that eating a diet of mainly cooked and processed food can lead to tiredness, stress, depression, obesity, high blood pressure and premature ageing. Th e Raw Energy solution will help the reader loose weight, feel fit ter and look younger. It will also give the reader a sense of sup er vitality, a greater resistence to colds and flu and it can hel p in the battle against cancer, diabetes, ulcers and arthritis. T his book includes over 100 recipes for salads, dips, dressings, s oups, main courses, breads, patties, drinks and desserts. ., Vermilion, 1994, 2.5, Penguin Group Australia. Good. 21.5 x 11.5 x 4 centimetres (0.3. Paperback. 2011. 610 pages. Cover worn<br>In the aftermath of the Great Depression few opportunities existed for working-class boys, but at just ei ghteen Danny Dunn has a good deal going for him: brains, looks, s porting ability - and an easy charm. His parents run The Hero, a favourite neighbourhood pub, and Danny is a local hero. Luck ch anges for Danny when he signs up to go to war. He returns home a physically broken man, to a life that will be changed for ever. T ogether with Helen, a woman of strength, character and intelligen ce who becomes his wife, he sets about rebuilding his life. It is a life tormented by personal demons, and shaped by compassion, c orruption, love and power - and the gift of twin daughters, Sam a nd Gabby. Set against a backdrop of Australian pubs and politic s, The Story of Danny Dunn is an Australian family saga spanning three generations. It is a compelling tale of love, ambition and the destructive power of obsession, at a time of great change in Australia's history. 'From gritty pre-war Balmain to the death camps of Singapore and back to 70s Sydney, this is an epic from a superlative storyteller.'  Harper's Bazaar 'Another big-hearte d brick of laughter and tears ... Courtenay's enthusiasm for his story is hard to resist.'  Sunday Age 'This book is as much abo ut Australia as it is about the characters Courtenay has created to illustrate the themes of love, family and fate.'  Daily Telegr aph 'Not only a tale of a young man changed after the war but t he story of every Australian.'  Queensland Times 'Danny Dunn ta kes readers on an incredibly detailed  and page-turning journey t hrough the lives of numerous characters with immpeccable insight into the Australian character.'  Queensland Times 'A wonderful narrative, this is Courtenay at his absolute finest.'  Launceston Examiner 'There's no doubt that he's very good at telling swee ping, eminently readable stories.'  The Age 'A ripper of a yarn .'  Sunday Tasmanian 'This classic Aussie story is vintage Cour tenay.'  Sunday Mail ., Penguin Group Australia, 2011, 2.5, Bantam Press. Good. 234mm / 156mm. Hardcover. 1995. 301 pages. dj worn. <br>Even in the heat of battle, Geoff Fulton would always carry with him the memory of the night he was on lea ve, when his timely intervention rescued fourteen year-old Lizzie Gillespie from the oldest of perils for a young girl. The year w as 1937 and the place a rural enclave of County Durham. nSeeing in Lizzie a girl of spirit, Geoff concluded that she might, with care and training, solve his problem and benefit herself. So, des pite a token resistance from Lizzie's slatternly stepmother, it w as agreed that the girl should become a companion/helper to his i ncreasingly handicapped mother. nBut, in 1943, when Geoff return ed wounded from the desert war, it was to find a Lizzie he hardly recognised--mature and highly attractive. For her part, she coul d see that he was embittered by his experiences at war, for he no w displayed a ruthless streak far removed from the caring person she had previously known. nA RUTHLESS NEED tells with power and perception the story of a girl who, given the chance of a new lif e, burgeons into a talented woman of ideals and expectations, and who comes to realise that she no longer needs the support of a m an she once regarded as her saviour. It is a novel that will be h ugely enjoyed by Catherine Cookson's millions of readers througho ut the world. n nFrom the Paperback edition. ., Bantam Press, 1995, 2.5, HarperCollins. Good. Hardcover. 2007. 512 pages. dj worn. Spine faded<br>In a world filled with sanctio ns and restrictions, Marena struggles to remember the past: a tim e before the Zero Tolerance Party murdered her mother and put her father under house arrest. A time before they installed listenin g devices in every home and forbade citizens to read or write. A time when she was free. In the spirit of her revolutionary mother , Marena forms her own resistance group-the White Rose. This is a chilling dystopian novel that leads readers to question the ve ry essence of their identities. Who do you think you are? ., HarperCollins, 2007, 2.5, Random House Publishing Group. Good. 5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.20(d). Paperback. 2019. 576 pages. Cover worn<br>Notes From Your Bookseller Three women are set on inescapable and converging paths during the early days of WWII. Pick up this book for pulse-pounding action and a tale of resilience in the face of overwhelming horrors. NEW YORK TIME S BESTSELLER ? One million copies sold! Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals t he power of unsung women to change history in their quest for lov e, freedom, and second chances. Extremely moving and memorable . . . This impressive debut should appeal strongly to historical fiction readers and to book clubs that adored Kristin Hannah's Th e Nightingale and Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See.--L ibrary Journal (starred review) New York socialite Caroline Ferr iday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline's world is forever chang ed when Hitler's army invades Poland in September 1939--and then sets its sights on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Ku zmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearin g as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the undergr ound resistance movement. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire consequenc es. For the ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a de solate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a m ale-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. The lives of thes e three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi conc entration camp for women. Their stories cross continents--from Ne w York to Paris, Germany, and Poland--as Caroline and Kasia striv e to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten. USA Toda y New and Noteworthy Book ? LibraryReads Top Ten Pick Editorial Reviews Harrowing . . . Lilac illuminates.--People A compelling , page-turning narrative . . . Lilac Girls falls squarely into th e groundbreaking category of fiction that re-examines history fro m a fresh, female point of view. It's smart, thoughtful and also just an old-fashioned good read.--Fort Worth Star-Telegram A pow erful story for readers everywhere . . . Martha Hall Kelly has br ought readers a firsthand glimpse into one of history's most frig htening memories. A novel that brings to life what these women an d many others suffered. . . . I was moved to tears.--San Francisc o Book Review [A] compelling first novel . . . This is a page-tu rner demonstrating the tests and triumphs civilians faced during war, complemented by Kelly's vivid depiction of history and excel lent characters.--Publishers Weekly Kelly vividly re-creates the world of Ravensbrück.--Kirkus Reviews Inspired by actual events and real people, Martha Hall Kelly has woven together the storie s of three women during World War II that reveal the bravery, cow ardice, and cruelty of those days. This is a part of history--wom en's history--that should never be forgotten.--Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of China Dolls This is the kind of boo k I wish I had the courage to write--a profound, unsettling, and thoroughly captivating look at sisterhood through the dark lens o f the Holocaust. Lilac Girls is the best book I've read all year. It will haunt you.--Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling autho r of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Rich with historica l detail and riveting to the end, Lilac Girls weaves the lives of three astonishing women into a story of extraordinary moral powe r set against the harrowing backdrop of Europe in thrall to Nazi Germany. Martha Hall Kelly moves effortlessly across physical and ethical battlegrounds, across the trajectory of a doomed wartime romance, across the territory of the soul. I can't remember the last time I read a novel that moved me so deeply.--Beatriz Willia ms, New York Times bestselling author of A Hundred Summers and Th e Secret Life of Violet Grant - From the Publisher 02/15/2016 Ke lly's compelling first novel follows three women through the cour se of World War II and beyond. Caroline, a wealthy New Yorker, vo lunteers at the French consulate in New York, assisting refugees and raising funds. She meets Paul, a charming, married French act or, and sparks fly. Kasia, a young woman living in Poland during the Nazi invasion, works for the resistance until she is captured and sent to Ravensbruck, the women's concentration camp. There, she encounters Herta, a doctor hired to help execute inmates and perform experiments. Though her mother is Herta's trusted assista nt, and even saved a camp guard's life, Kasia is operated on, joi ning the Rabbits, inmates deformed from their surgeries. Meanwhil e, Caroline loses touch with Paul when he returns to France to fi nd his wife, and she finds herself tasked with keeping track of t he growing concentration camp network for the consulate, learned from British intelligence. After the war, she travels to France t o assist in locating missing people, where she learns about the R abbits, including Kasia, who is struggling to let go of her anger and move on with her life. Despite some horrific scenes, this is a page-turner demonstrating the tests and triumphs civilians fac ed during war, complemented by Kelly's vivid depiction of history and excellent characters. Agent: Alexandra Machinist, ICM Partne rs. (Apr.) - Publishers Weekly Three narrators bring to life his torical figures connected to Ravensbruk concentration camp. Their superb accents and emotional shifts track the characters' change s over two decades. Cassandra Campbell narrates the part of socia lite Caroline Faraday, who approaches charity work with a cocksur e, stony attitude that changes to dedicated compassion for those who have suffered. Herta Oberheuser, portrayed by Kathrin Kana, b egins as an ambitious young medical student slighted by gender an d class discrimination. She grows colder and callous as a German doctor at Ravensbruk. Kathleen Gati recounts the heartbreaking na rrative of 15-year-old Polish teen Kasia Kuzmerick. Her horror at the brutalities around her deepens when she becomes one of the R abbits chosen for experimentation. Postwar-Kasia is presented wit h that bitterness and rage result from her experiences until a si gnificant event finally brings her peace. S.W. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine - JANUARY 2017 - AudioFile 2016-01-21 Kelly's th ree narrators are based on actual people whose destinies converge d in or around Ravensbrück, Hitler's concentration camp for women . It's 1939: Hitler has invaded Poland, and although few suspect it, France is next. Caroline, a former debutante who, at 37, appe ars to have missed her chance for marriage, does charity work at the French Consulate in Manhattan. Requests for visas accelerate, as does demand for the care packages Caroline sends overseas. Wh en her married would-be lover, Paul, leaves New York for Paris sh ortly before the Germans march in, Caroline fears the worst. Kasi a, a former Girl Guide, joins an underground youth group after th e Nazis occupy her hometown of Lublin, Poland. Soon she's arreste d, along with her mother and sister, Zuzanna, a medical student. The women are sent to Ravensbrück, a concentration camp whose mis sion is to work the prisoners to death--those, that is, who aren' t terminated immediately upon arrival. (A crude form of lethal in jection is used, as the Nazis are still experimenting with more e fficient means of mass murder.) Kasia watches in horror as one of her former teachers is fatally mauled by a dog set on her by Bin z, the head guard. Young physician Herta, the third narrator, is a loyal German and Nazi. Although not happy about Hitler's edict that women doctors cannot be surgeons, she's less than upset when her father's Jewish doctor is deported. She accepts a post at Ra vensbrück, where her Hippocratic oath is immediately compromised: her first duty is to dispatch an elderly prisoner. Her eagerness to scrub in quickly overcomes any remaining scruples as Herta co nducts grisly surgical experiments on inmates, including Kasia. T he women, many permanently maimed, who undergo these studies beco me known as the Rabbits. Kelly vividly re-creates the world of Ra vensbrück but is less successful integrating the wartime experien ce of Caroline, whose involvement with the surviving Rabbits come s very late. In this mashup of two war novels, the more conventio nal New York story pales by comparison. - Kirkus Reviews ., Random House Publishing Group, 2019, 2.5, Crown Books for Young Readers. Used - Good. Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly., Crown Books for Young Readers, 2.5, Transported to a medieval realm of magic and myth, a World War II resistance fighter undertakes a perilous quest in this classic fantasy adventure.Holger Carlsen is a rational man of science. A Danish engineer working with the Resistance to defeat the Nazis, he is wounded during an engagement with the enemy and awakens in an unfamiliar parallel universe where the forces of Law are locked in eternal combat with the forces of Chaos. Against a medieval backdrop, brave knights must take up arms against magical creatures of myth and faerie, battling dragons, trolls, werewolves, and giants.Though Holger has no recollection of this world, he discovers he is already well-known throughout the lands, a hero revered as a Champion of Law. He finds weaponry and armor awaiting himprecisely fitted to his formand a shield with three hearts and three lions emblazoned upon it. As he journeys through a realm filled with wonders in search of the key to his past, Holger will call upon the scientific knowledge of his home dimension, the destinies of both worlds hanging in the balance.Before Thomas Covenant, Roger Zelazny's Amber, and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the great Poul Anderson introduced readers to the Middle World and the legendary hero Ogier the Dane. Inventive and exciting, Three Hearts and Three Lions is a foray into fantasy that employs touches of science fiction from an award-winning master of the speculative., open road media, 2018, 2.5, An inspiring mission to rescue young people from drugs and violence with music At a time when interest in Brazilian culture has reached an all-time high, and the stories of one person's ability to improve the lives of others has captured so many hearts, this unique book takes readers to the frontlines of a battle raging over control of the nation's poorest areas. Culture Is Our Weapon tells the story of Grupo Cultural AfroReggae, a Rio-based organization employing music and an appreciation for black culture to inspire residents of the favelas, or shantytowns, to resist the drugs that are ruining their neighborhoods. This is an inspiring look at an artistic explosion and the best and worst of Brazilian society., Penguin Books, 2010-02, 3, US: Avon, 2011. Paperback. Like New. Linden touches every emotion." -Julia QuinnWith One Night in London, the sensational Caroline Linden kicks off a wonderful new historical romance series about three brothers trying to protect their good names and their fortunes while finding true love. Readers of Elizabeth Boyle and Liz Carlyle will not be able to resist this tantalizing tale that has the middle son of a recently deceased English duke hoping to avoid scandal and ruin as he searches for the young wife his late father never divorced...and encounters instead a desperate beauty who needs his help to rescue an endangered child. Caroline Linden is a master of romantic adventure-as the RITA Award-nominated author has already proven with You Only Love Once, For Your Arms Only, and A View to a Kiss-and her ever-growing legion of fans will never forget this thrilling and sensuous One Night in London., Avon, 2011, 5, US: Simon & Schuster, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. The authoritative edition of The Tempest from The Folger Shakespeare Librar y, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for both students and gen eral readers. Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a forme r duke of Milan who was displaced by his treacherous brother, Antonio. Pros pero is exiled on an island, where his only companions are his daughter, Mi randa, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban. When his enemies are amon g those caught in a storm near the island, Prospero turns his power upon th em through Ariel and other spirits. The characters exceed the roles of villains and heroes. Prospero seems hero ic, yet he enslaves Caliban and has an appetite for revenge. Caliban seems to be a monster for attacking Miranda, but appears heroic in resisting Pros pero, evoking the period of colonialism during which the play was written. Miranda's engagement to Ferdinand, the Prince of Naples and a member of the shipwrecked party, helps resolve the drama. This edition includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play's famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective o n the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare b ooks -An annotated guide to further reading Essay by Barbara A. Mowat The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's prin., Simon & Schuster, 2004, 3<

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Washington Square Press, 2004. Very Good. Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Mowat, Barbara A.; Werstine, Paul. NY: Washington Square Press, 2004. Folger Shakespeare Library. 218pp. Ill… Meer...

Washington Square Press, 2004. Very Good. Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Mowat, Barbara A.; Werstine, Paul. NY: Washington Square Press, 2004. Folger Shakespeare Library. 218pp. Illustrated. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good., Washington Square Press, 2004, 3<