![]() ![]() Fearing he will lose his inheritance when he hears from Katie, he seizes on a scheme to pass off a struggling actress (“Once and Again’s” Julia Whelan) as Katie, hoping to secure access to his wife’s estate before she dies. ![]() This comes as bad news to Laura’s leech of a husband, Dylan (Adrian Paul), who needs his wife’s money to finance his gambling habit. Now out in the modern world, she seeks to reconnect with her birth mother, Laura (Stringfield), a wealthy socialite who early on is presented with a fatal cancer diagnosis. Leclerc plays Katie, who was “shunned” by the Amish community that raised her in the first film. In this dramatic sequel to The Shunning (1898), Katie Lapp (now Katherine Mayfield) sets out to find the ailing birth mother she has never known after. It’s also enough of a stand-alone story one needn’t have thrilled to part one to join the buggy ride. To the rest of the world, this Hallmark Channel movie derived from the second of Lewis’ “The Heritage of Lancaster County” books is distinguished by possessing slightly more edge than the network’s standard fare, and a solid tandem in Katie Leclerc (“Switched at Birth”) and Sherry Stringfield (was “ER” really that long ago?) as its leads. For the hardy few to whom “Beverly Lewis’ The Confession” really is the much-anticipated sequel to “The Shunning,” its arrival is no doubt good news. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Possessed of a unique voice that is at once plain and melodic, Billy Collins has managed to enrich American poetry while greatly widening the circle of its audience. They may begin in curiosity and end in grief they may start with irony and end with lyric transformation they may, and often do, begin with the everyday and end in the infinite. These poems show Collins at his best, performing the kinds of distinctive poetic maneuvers that have delighted and fascinated so many readers. Sailing Alone Around the Room, by America's Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, contains both new poems and a generous gathering from his earlier collections The Apple That Astonished Paris, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning. Print Sailing Alone Around the Room : New and selected poems ![]() ![]() ![]() Blackburne doles out this information unevenly, causing some confusion for readers, who will not know what the main characters look like until well into the story. Though the author doesn’t quite establish the worldbuilding and time period effectively (is this some far-future Earth or another world entirely?), racial differences exist. The leadership decides to use co-narrators Zivah and Dineas, an umbertouched Shidadi warrior who has survived the plague and is now immune, as spies, sending them into the Amparan capital together to find a weakness the oppressed peoples might exploit. Meanwhile, the Dara have allied with the Shidadi, once rivals but now also under the yoke of empire. Because she saved the life of the Amparan commander, he invites her to Sehmar City to use her healing skills to care for plague-stricken Amparans. After days of exposure, Zivah too contracts the disease, but instead of dying, she is rosemarked: contagious, her body marked with rose-colored patches that signal a very short life span likely lived in isolation. ![]() ![]() Two young people fight oppression against the backdrop of plague.ĭuring the celebration of Zivah’s initiation as healer, the occupying Amparan soldiers fall ill with the rose plague, forcing Zivah and the other Dara healers to treat them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Henry has artfully woven authentic details within this warm and sensitive tale. The magnificent Lipizzan stallions of Vienna come to life as never before in this exciting story from Newbery Awardwinning author Marguerite Henry back in. Here is the story of young Hans Haupt and his rigorous apprenticeship and training at Vienna’s Spanish Court Riding School, home of the famous Lipizzan stallions. This beloved story from Newbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry features the original text and illustrations with gorgeous new cover art. The brilliance of Hans’s dazzling public performances and his devotion to the art of classical riding make this story uniquely rich in history and horsemanship–a tale to be treasured by horse lovers of all ages. Marguerite Henry artfully includes authentic details about the skillful training of both horse and rider as she weaves the story of Hans and his beloved Lipizzan stallion, Borina. ![]() That is, until the day he is invited to watch the extraordinary Ballet of Lipizzaners–from the Imperial Box!–and his life is changed forever. ![]() But coming from a family of bakers, Hans is discouraged from ever becoming a rider. A young boy named Hans dreams of one day working with the famed stallions of Lipizza. The magnificent Lipizzan stallions of Vienna come to life as never before in this exciting story from Newbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry, back in print by popular demand. The greatest achievement of a stallion is his offspringand Man o’ War is a direct descendant of one of the great racing sires of all time, the Godolphin Arabian, a horse whose pedigree was lost. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tolkien loved fairy stories, and hated that the genre had been transformed into little more than children's literature. ![]() Tolkien featuring somewhat silly protagonists in reasonably standard fairy tale situations. This book contains two short tales by J.R.R. Though not on the same scale as The Lord of the Rings or even the lasting wonder of The Hobbit, both stories are sweet and charming, the one a classic fairy tale, and the other a clever, tongue-in-cheek, mock-heroic. ![]() With an inept but loyal dog named Garm, an oddly canny grey mare, and his own wits, Farmer Giles finds himself pitted against not only a great dragon, but the King himself. Farmer Giles finds himself involved in a series of misadventures that unexpectedly build his reputation, much to his delight, until said reputation leads to the King asking him to slay a dragon causing chaos nearby. The second story - and my personal favorite of the two - "Farmer Giles of Ham" takes a more lighthearted look at things. ![]() In typical Tolkien style, loving care is given to each marvelous sight, and the ending is bittersweet wonder is almost always brief, what fantasy gives and how it changes us, and the joy and grief of sacrifice. Tolkien, "Smith of Wootton Major" is a fairy tale about a young boy who is granted the ability to travel freely in Faerie thanks to a star found in a piece of cake. ![]() ![]() ![]() And I began: "O Poet, willingly Speak would I to those two, who go together, And seem upon the wind to be so light." And, he to me: "Thou'lt mark, when they shall be Nearer to us and then do thou implore them By love which leadeth them, and they will come." Soon as the wind in our direction sways them, My voice uplift I: "O ye weary souls! Come speak to us, if no one interdicts it." As turtle-doves, called onward by desire, With open and steady wings to the sweet nest Fly through the air by their volition borne, So came they from the band where Dido is, Approaching us athwart the air malign, So strong was the affectionate appeal. ![]() ![]() After that I had listened to my Teacher, Naming the dames of eld and cavaliers, Pity prevailed, and I was nigh bewildered. Paris I saw, Tristan and more than a thousand Shades did he name and point out with his finger, Whom Love had separated from our life. Helen I saw, for whom so many ruthless Seasons revolved and saw the great Achilles, Who at the last hour combated with Love. ![]() ![]() He attended Rugby School from 1949 to 1954 and performed his national. Powerful and often moving, Beware of Small States is a magisterial book, essential reading for understanding Lebanon or the current political climate of the Middle East. David Hirst (born 1936) is a Middle East correspondent based in Beirut. He is the author of several books on the region including The Gun and the Olive. In a masterly narrative, he gives a much-needed, comprehensive history of the country and its conflicts, culminating with the recent war in Gaza and its fallout in Lebanon. David Hirst, a former Middle East correspondent for the Guardian, was a reporter at the paper from 1963 to 1997. David Hirst, author of The Gun and the Olive Branch, is a hugely respected commentator on the Arab-Israeli crisis. Iran and Israel now face each other in the hills of south Lebanon. ![]() ![]() To understand Lebanon's history is to understand the history of the entire region - and, with the rise of Hizbullah, it has come to assume a disproportionate, dangerous power of its own. Throughout its short existence, it has been attacked, invaded, occupied or interfered with to serve the political interests of foreign powers, resulting a series of devastating wars and crises. Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East (Pre-Owned Hardcover 9780571237418) by David Hirst About this item Specifications Customer. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. 'Beware of Small States' wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. ![]() ![]() Jane Foster lifts the mystic hammer Mjolnir, she is transformed into the Goddess of Thunder, the Mighty Thor! Her enemies are many, as Asgard descends further into chaos and unrest threatens to spread throughout the Ten Realms. When Loki steps back into Thor's life, will it ease her troubles or only add to her pain? It's time to find out whether the next chapter in the twisting tale of the Trickster will be one of good or evil! There's no such question about Malekith, though, as he and his Dark Council continue to fan the flames of a looming War of Realms! Jason Aaron continues his startling saga of the mighty Thor! ![]() Yet her greatest battle is against a far more personal foe: the cancer that is killing her mortal form. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2010, Lucy and her long-term boyfriend John broke up. Mighty Captain Marvel cover Squirrel Meets World cover Batgirl and Birds of Prey cover. Read Something New Tales from a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley available from Rakuten Kobo. The relentlessly bright tone and artwork power the narrative through its less riveting segments. Take a look and find something fun for this brand new year. It was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into five languages. Her Alex Award-winning graphic novel, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, tells the story of her childhood steeped in the food industry. ![]() ![]() Like the almost overwhelmingly twee wedding (a barn raising, handmade wood boxes for the guests, midnight poutine) that she plans, Knisley (Displacement, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen) has a knack for presenting a highly precise type of whimsy that stops just shy of precious overkill. Lucy Knisley is the author and illustrator of beloved graphic novels about memory, identity, food, and family. ![]() She, and in some sense the reader, comes out the other end a near expert in the kind of artisanal, ultra-personalized, not-too-pricey wedding that crafty, non-trust-fund millennials could drown their social media accounts in documenting. and being an expert.” By the end of her chirpy story about crafting the perfect ceremony for marrying her fiancé, John, Knisley has gone through all of those stages. ![]() “There’s a difference,” Knisley’s bespectacled self says at the start of this breezy yet substantial graphic memoir, “between being a nerd, a fan, an enthusiast. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alexa, who works as the chief of staff for the city’s mayor, rushes to join her sister, who is visiting the city in celebration of her promotion at a law firm in New York City. The novel opens on an ordinary weekend night in San Francisco. Though they nearly slip away from each other, Alexa and Drew learn to negotiate their career goals and personal biases, building harmony despite their unorthodox relationship. ![]() The chance encounter causes them to string each other along in a romance, leading to a series of encounters in which certain idealizations about each other break down. They meet serendipitously in an elevator in San Francisco, leading Drew to invite her on a date to his friend’s wedding. A modern recapitulation of the “star-crossed lovers” plot, American author Jasmine Guillory’s romance novel The Wedding Date follows two career-focused adults, Alexa Monroe and Drew Nichols, who live at opposite ends of California. ![]() |