When Daniel Gardner convinced the residents of his Kansas boomtown to advertise for mail-order brides, he never expected the woman he once loved to respond. The one saving grace is that Tom has amnesia. And when the truthĬomes out, his children, his future, his marriage–all he holds dear–will be Was pregnant, Dan has been impersonating his identical twin. The first born son, eldest twin, and as Lorrie’s husband, though she didn’tįor fourteen years, ever since Tom left home and Lorrie came to tell him she His long lost brother was coming home-home to claim his rightful place as Morning of his fourteenth wedding anniversary Dan Beckett’s greatest fear came The compelling story of one man’s passion, a woman’s love, and a desperate secret that could destroy a family.
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“It’s ingenious, nattily staged, and like the little snail at the heart of the story has big ambitions and wide horizons. “Captivating, inventive storytelling along with beautiful live music and songs-it's highly recommended that you climb aboard and set sail!”★★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals for Kids “ There’s real charm in this production”. Together they go on an amazing journey, brought vividly to life through live music, storytelling and lots of laughs-but when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him?Ī heart-warming adventure for everyone aged four and up, from Tall Stories, the Olivier Award-nominated company that brought you ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room on the Broom’ live on stage. Longing to see the world, a tiny sea snail hitches a lift on the tail of a great big, grey-blue humpback whale. Join an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father as they reimagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved picture book. A tiny snail (voiced by Sally Hawkins) is given the chance to fulfill. A play with music inspired by the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler The Snail and the Whale is a delightful tale of adventure and friendship from the bestselling Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE is the story of an unlikely friendship and an exciting adventure. Is it fighting valiantly to claim the treasure. In a race against time, it is up to them to decide what makes a hero worthy of legend. As Bram and Emily seek out the whereabouts of the hidden artifact, they must dodge her family and a team of archeologists. But when a diary is unearthed on the islands that could lead to a secret artifact, Bram is the only one able to piece the legends together. Bram Sinclair, Earl of Telford, is fascinated with tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table-an interest he's kept mostly hidden for the last decade. Horrified by her brother, who stops at nothing to prove himself to their greedy father, Emily is forced to take a stand against her family-even when it means being cut off entirely. After a summer of successful pirate-treasure hunting, Lady Emily Scofield and her friends must hide the unprecedented discoveries they've made, thanks to the betrayal of her own family. Disney Book Group associate publisher Stephanie Lurie will edit the series. Suzanne Murphy, v-p and global books publisher, acquired world rights to the Waterfire Saga from Steven Malk of Writers House, Donnelly’s agent. Deep Blue will be published simultaneously in the U.K., Italy, and Spain, with yet-to-be-announced additional foreign editions to follow in late 2014 and early 2015, and an audio book recorded by The X-Factor finalist Bea Miller will be released by Listening Library. A venture that spans various creative groups across DPW, the four-book saga will debut with Deep Blue on May 6, along with an enhanced e-book edition that includes promotional video content and an original song commissioned by the company’s Hollywood Records. Six mermaids attempt to uncover hidden talismans in order to save their undersea world in the Waterfire Saga, a new multi-platform YA series from Disney Publishing Worldwide, written by Jennifer Donnelly. Snyder analyzes techniques used by Hitler and Stalin that ranged from the decimation of institutions to the limiting of language, and more importantly, how conformist actions of the citizenry enabled descending into totalitarianism at a surprisingly fast pace. On Tyranny is a compilation of twenty lessons learned from Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia in the twentieth century. He has written numerous books, mainly focusing on European history in the twentieth century. Timothy Snyder is a Professor of History at Yale University and a best-selling author. Fortunately, people like Timothy Snyder exist to epitomize the importance of studying historical patterns and applying the lessons learned to our lives. Unfortunately, this treatment of history is prevalent in the mainstream. We tend to think of history as a record of a bygone era, a tale to be studied and dismissed by nerdy scholars in old libraries who have nothing better to do with their lives. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness - beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white hot. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession.īared to You by Sylvia Day is the first in the Crossfire trilogy featuring Gideon and Eva, two wounded souls who come together in an explosion of lust and passion as intoxicating as it is devastating - the perfect read for fans of bestselling erotic romance Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. How much I'd been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become.Įntwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat. I also saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside - so much like my own. From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Karen suspects that Anka’s history is the key to her death, whether suicide or murder. Ferris interlaces Karen’s story with Anka’s, through the narrative device of having Karen listen to cassette tapes on which Anka had recorded an interview. Early in the book, Karen’s neighbor Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor, suffers a violent death that is ruled a suicide by police. The economic and cultural changes of that era, as well as the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., influence Karen’s story. Karen lives on the north side of Chicago in the spring of 1968. Being a monster also allows Karen to hide in plain sight from other children and their casual cruelty. as Karen calls them: those who are Mean, Ordinary, and Boring. She’s a girl who needs fangs and claws, to protect herself not from an angry mob of villagers but instead from another mob-or M.O.B. Ferris’s drawings show Karen as Karen sees herself: a preteen werewolf, on the verge of transforming. In Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, 10-year-old Karen Reyes believes she is a monster-she obsesses over horror comics and creature features on late-night TV. What is a monster? The word “monster” comes from the same Latin root as the word “demonstrate” there is something demonstrative or showy about a monster that reveals to us what we might not want to see. Then, when you’re feeling broken, you can keep going because the desired outcome is not for you, but for the betterment of others. One way to flip hardship on its head is to have a purpose bigger than yourself. Hardships can become a source of strength. Without ego getting in the way, there are no good or bad situations only situations. Interjecting your ego into a tough situation only makes it tougher. The Art of Acquiescence is accepting the obstacle so that we can find another way around. It is not, however, passive acceptance-it is not giving up. It teaches us to accept things that are beyond our control rather than fighting them. The Stoics called this The Art of Acquiescence. When something or someone moves against you, the best thing to do is accept it. When applying process focus, a useful technique is to identify small bits that need to be finished, and work with singular focus to finish them one at a time. Break challenges into smaller tasks and work on them mindfully one by one.įocus on finishing. Process focus is essential to working through or around obstacles. Summary of The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday More than a memoir of Gardner's financial success, this is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children. Never giving in to despair, Gardner made an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible poor to being a powerful player in its financial district. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year moving among shelters, "HO-tels," soup lines, and even sleeping in the public restroom of a subway station. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm than Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him as part of the city's working homeless and with a toddler son. Considered a prodigy in scientific research, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall StreetĪt the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. And then… she clicks with someone, and accepts a blind-date with him after days (weeks?) of chatting.Īnd then… she wakes up at home, sick, confused and beaten. Eeeeeeep! Already super-scary with that fact alone. And this put EVERY SINGLE THING into question.Īli, struggling with being separated from her husband (whom she loves VERY much) decides to (at the goading of her two best friends) put up a profile on a dating site. I think it’s due to the main character’s disorder (she can’t recognize faces. Sure, it did keep me guessing close to the very end, but the main “twist-reveal” was somewhat lack-luster for me. Talon: I have this on my TBR, can’t wait to get to it!Īlas, the anticipation was better than the execution, for me. * sigh* I wanted a creepy obsessed/in-love stalker a la “You”!!!!! But instead, we got everything AFTER the fact (and yes… someone was definitely stalking her… but a little differently). Robin: I am halfway through this right now. Maryse: Oooooh Amy you got me right!! The Date sounds crazy-creepy!!! Worse still, when she looks in the mirror, Ali doesn’t recognise the face staring back at her…” <- GASP!!!!Īmy: …sounds like a Maryse thriller to me. MARYSE’S SURPRISE FROM HER FAVORITE BOOK BOYFRIEND’S. |