![]() ![]() Though she knew little of the man, what she’d heard from others was not exactly flattering. ![]() Now her father was gone, her house was gone, and her fate lay in a stranger’s hands-Dominic Santrell, the Earl of Rochford. A home she had shared with her father, until his death. Just days ago she’d been living in her small cottage by the Irish Sea. It had been a long ride from her home in Wales to this manor, and now as she sat awaiting her introduction to her guardian, she wished to be anywhere else. That said, enjoy…Īrlie sat in an uncomfortable settee shivering from both fear and cold. We strongly suggest storing this electronic file in a place where young readers not meant to view this ebook are unlikely to happen upon it. DANGEROUS DESIRES has been rated HARD R, erotic, by three individual reviewers. The following material contains strong sexual content meant for mature readers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When Lady Thorton moves in with them because her home is commandeered for the war effort, Ada feels the safety and comfort she has begun to get used to feel threatened. As the war comes closer to British shores, Ada and Jamie’s lives alter significantly, and many changes uproot their lives. Though she has had her foot fixed, and she now knows she is not what her mother said she was, she must find a way to discover who she is. ![]() ![]() Living as an evacuee with her brother, Jamie, and their guardian, Susan, Ada’s journey is not yet complete. ![]() The War I Finally Won is the marvellous conclusion to Ada’s powerful, uplifting story.Īda’s life has changed since she ran away from home, where her mother kept her locked up and punished her for being born with a club-foot. Ada must decide-where do her loyalties lie? Then Ruth, a Jewish girl from Germany, moves in. But who is she, she wonders?Īda and her brother, Jamie, are living with their guardian, Susan, in a cottage in the English countryside, on the estate of the formidable Lady Thorton and her daughter, Maggie, Ada’s dearest friend. When Ada’s clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she’s not what her mother said she was-crippled in her mind as well as in her body. Synopsis: Like the classic heroines of literature, Ada wins our hearts as she continues her World War II adventures after the Newbery Honor–winning The War that Saved My Life. ![]() ![]() ![]() But it has always seemed to me that the ideas that shaped and drove Hitler have received short shrift from historians. Authors tend to focus more on his personality, speeches, and psychology the battles he fought, the mistakes he made, the characteristics that allowed him to seduce a nation on his rise to power.Īll of these things are worthy of examination, of course. While tens of thousands of books have been written on Hitler, few of them seem to seriously probe the Fuhrer’s ideas. While I’m not yet completely through the book-2022 has been a rather busy year-I’m already giving it two thumbs up. ![]() It’s a chilling place to be, to be sure but one of the advantages of Zitelmann’s book is that it gives an incredibly insightful analysis of Hitler’s ideas. ![]() Rainer Zitelmann’s new book Hitler’s National Socialism, and despite myself, I’ve once again found myself digging into the mind of Hitler. (And let’s face it: the topic is pretty ugly and dark.) ![]() Though I’ve read stuff here and there on Hitler and the Nazis since then, I never really felt the need to seriously study the subject matter again because Toland’s book was so penetrating and expansive. The first biography of Adolf Hitler I ever read was John Toland’s 1976 work, Adolf Hitler, which I picked up in college. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What do I mean by this latter category? 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The Irish lad happens to be filthy rich, stinking brilliant, and perhaps the muddiest purveyor of dirty deeds. Finds Artemis Fowl in perhaps his best adventureĪrtemis Fowl is not your typical hero. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Nobody knows who anybody is anymore.”įew other facilitators in the U.S. “You just have to kind of go on trust,” said Jackson, an agent for 30 years. She said she uses the internet and gut instinct to size up the owners she represents, but has no formal procedures for examining their backgrounds. The state doesn’t require any training for company representatives like Jackson, known as registered agents. ![]() ![]() Here, amid grassland that stretches for miles, 77-year-old Cyndy Jackson is the official gatekeeper for more than 350 companies that operate in the United States and around the world. 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In this book the author tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. ![]() Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. ![]() Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cottage Kit Homes offer one simple concept … A weekend of rip-roaring songs and music of the sea await you courtesy of great musicians from France, the Netherlands, Ireland, England and Scotland performing just for you amidst the spectacular scenery of the Western Highlands. Artistes attending this … A Cutting-Edge Eco Home A unpretentious design in a stunning location, this home is one of the most energy efficient in Scotland - yet was built to a budget of £123,000. 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Please read these Terms of Service (“Terms”) carefully. ![]() ![]() The premise for the story is very intriguing: the people of Atlantis did not vanish under the ocean as uncounted myths tell us, but rather survived a catastrophic conflict and established a new settlement in Nantucket, where they were able to thrive and where the rest of the world – our mundane world – is quite aware of them. ![]() While I was aware of this book through the enthusiastic reviews I read from my fellow bloggers, I had not managed to add it to my reading queue yet, so that when the first posts announcing the second volume of the series started to appear I decided it was high time for me to read The Last Sun. ![]() ![]() Isolated from her allies and drugged by her brother’s assigned trustees, Malini knows she doesn’t have much time to plot her escape and to continue plotting to usurp her zealous brother. So, her brother decides to imprison her inside the Hirana-a temple ruin believed to be haunted due to the magic and the tragic event that occurred there many years ago-until she changes her mind about her execution. She is in danger after refusing her brother’s, Emperor Chandra, punishment of “purging her sins” through burning on a pyre. There are two protagonists in this novel. In her latest series, Burning Kingdoms, the female protagonists presented in the first book, The Jasmine Throne, participate in more proactive, yet brutal, methods to saving the empire from those who are trying to destroy it. For example, is there only one way to save the world? Is the world worth saving with the problems within it still ongoing? Is there another way for a balanced peace to exist instead? In Tasha Suri’s first series, The Books of Ambha, both female protagonists sought alternative ways to save their empire. 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