![]() ![]() ![]() The Bull from the Sea begins after Theseuss triumphal return to Athens, where he finds that his father has died and he is now king. Once trapped in the labyrinthine palace of King Minos, Theseus enlists the help of the high priestess Ariadne in a daring plan to free the Athenians forever from the dominance of Crete. ![]() ![]() When teenaged Theseus sets out to join his true father, the King of Athens, he is delayed by unforeseen adventures: first by a perilous forced sojourn in the matriarchal society of Eleusis and next when he volunteers to join the annual tribute of Athenian youths sent to be sacrificed to a bull-worshipping cult on the island of Crete. The King Must Die follows young Theseus from his mystery-shrouded birth and youthful insecurity about his small size, through his growing strength and ingenuity to a dawning belief in his destiny. About the Book In her inventive novels of ancient Greece, Mary Renault performs the alchemical feats of fashioning from the myth of Theseus a convincingly flawed hero and of weaving a thrillingly plausible account of the events that inspired the fantastical tale of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur. ![]()
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![]() But as Casey readied herself for the eight-week stint, she had no way of preparing for what she would find among the dangerous, forgotten islands that have banished every campaign for civilization in the past two hundred years. ![]() Two days later, she got her first glimpse of the famous, terrifying jaws up close and she was instantly hooked her fascination soon yielded to obsession-and an invitation to return for a full season. These sharks were the alphas among alphas, some longer than twenty feet, and there were too many to count even more incredible, this congregation was taking place just twenty-seven miles off the coast of San Francisco a matter of months, Casey was being hoisted out of the early-winter swells on a crane, up a cliff face to the barren surface of Southeast Farallon Island-dubbed by sailors in the 1850s the "devil's teeth." There she joined Scot Anderson and Peter Pyle, the two biologists who bunk down during shark season each fall in the island's one habitable building, a haunted, 135-year-old house spackled with lichen and gull guano. A journalist's obsession brings her to a remote island off the California coast, home to the world's most mysterious and fearsome predators-and the strange band of surfer-scientists who follow themSusan Casey was in her living room when she first saw the great white sharks of the Farallon Islands, their dark fins swirling around a small motorboat in a documentary. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Midnight Club, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1994. The Wicked Heart, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1993.Ĭhained Together, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1994. Road to Nowhere, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1993. The Immortal, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1993. The Eternal Enemy, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1993. Master of Murder, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1992.Ĭhain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1992. Monster, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1992. Whisper of Death, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1991.ĭie Softly, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1991. See You Later, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1990.īury Me Deep, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1991. Gimme a Kiss, Archway (New York, NY), 1989.įall into Darkness, Archway (New York, NY), 1990. Scavenger Hunt, Archway (New York, NY), 1989. Spellbound, Archway (New York, NY), 1988. ![]() Thrills, Chills, and Nightmares (short stories), Scholastic (New York, NY), 1987. ![]() Weekend, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1986. Slumber Party, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1985. Worked as a house painter, factory worker, and computer programmer. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010. AddressesĪgent-c/o Author Mail, Tor Books, St. Hobbies and other interests: Astronomy, meditating, long walks, and reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even if he was ridiculously gorgeous, confident, and charming. But there was no way I was getting involved with my boss’s boss’s boss. ![]() Only…it wasn’t the only thing Grant Lexington wanted to do for me. Eventually, he realized I’d been wronged and made sure I got my job back. I certainly never thought I’d suddenly become pen pals with the rich jerk. Or so I thought… Pissed off, I cracked open a bottle of wine and wrote my own letter to the gazillionaire CEO telling him what I thought of his company and its practices. All because of a video taken when I was on vacation with my friends-a private video made on my private time. Nine damn years I’d worked my butt off for one of the largest companies in America, and I was fired with a form letter when I returned home from a week in Aruba. I couldn’t believe the letter in my hands. A new, sexy standalone novel from #1 New York Times Bestseller, Vi Keeland. ![]() ![]() The narrative structure of the book contains several shifts of tone and point of view as the story unfolds. ![]() When money and personal property are discovered missing from the barracks, suspicion falls on the three newcomers. Because most of the men in the company fought together in Vietnam, the three newcomers are treated as outsiders and ignored. In Fort Bragg, North Carolina, three recent paratrooper training graduates are temporarily attached to an airborne infantry company as they await orders to report to Vietnam. Readers of Wolff's memoir In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War (1994) will note that the author trained as a paratrooper and served in Vietnam. The story concerns paratroopers in training during the time of the Vietnam war. The Barracks Thief is a novella by American writer Tobias Wolff, first published in 1984. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Backstabbing, gaslighting and double-crossing - “The Senator’s Wife” has all you want in a thriller and all that you fear to be true about Washington. Sloane quickly becomes suspicious of the young, beautiful and hyper-efficient woman living in her house, doling out her pills and eating intimate dinners with her husband, who is acting strangely. The catch: Sloane has serious health problems, and Whit hires a home health aide to assist her. Pinch Recipes (via Pinch of Yum ) Five-Ingredient Sage Butter Roasted Chicken With Crispy Potatoes: When you need a date-night meal on short notice. Five Little Peppers: Phronsie Pepper (1897) (Phronsie) (16 years after HTG) HTG, Midway, Grown, and Phronsie were written as contemporary novels between 1881-1897 and, naturally enough, they have a 19th century sensibility, which MS maintained in the later books, even though they were completed a generation later, early in the 20th. Sloane remarries quickly - her new husband is also a senator, as well as a close family friend: Whit Montgomery had been unhappily married to Peg, and in the aftermath of the accident Sloane and Whit find solace in each other. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret SIDNEY (1844 - 1924)Genre(s): Children's FictionRead by: rachelellen in EnglishChapters:00:00:00 - 01 - A H. She unexpectedly becomes a widow when her senator husband, Robert, is killed in an accident along with his troubled cousin, Peg. The aforementioned Sloane Chase is happily married and the head of an important philanthropic group. Greed, vengeance and other popular sins of the very rich figure in Constantine’s first thriller set in Washington. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chance would be a fine thing… #r #reubensandwich s #sandwich p #pastrami w #wagyupastrami s #sandwichrecipe s #sandwichoftheday w #wagyu r #reuben n #nationalsandwichday sandwichdayĨ7 Likes, TikTok video from HG Walter "All hail the king of sandwiches, the almighty Reuben! To celebrate National Sandwich Day, we’ll be selling our wagyu pastrami at our Barons Court shop, so you can have a go at making this juicy thing. The fact that one of the best days in the calendar year follows the birthday of our founder is one of those inexplicable coincidences in life. Pop your other rye slice on top, chop in half and serve oozing. Throw under a hot grill for a minute or use a blow torch to melt your cheese. To make your Reuben sandwich, simply griddle two slices of rye bread, spread both sides with your Russian sauce mix (mayo, English mustard, ketchup, onion powder, chopped cornichons, white onion and chives), add a generous amount of sauerkraut, your sliced pastrami and top with Comte. All hail the king of sandwiches, the almighty Reuben! To celebrate National Sandwich Day, we’ll be selling our wagyu pastrami at our Barons Court shop, so you can have a go at making this juicy thing. ![]() ![]() ![]() About the Novel: A classic coming of age story of fourteen year old, Sara, who lives in a small town in West Virginia. Also included are writing tasks, graphic organizers, comprehension quiz, test prep, word search, and crossword to further develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts. ![]() The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions. In this State Standards-aligned Literature Kit™, we divide the novel by chapters or sections and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is the first boy from Coalwood ever to enter and among the judges is Werner von Braun. Supported only by a tolerant mother and a father who turns a literally blind eye, Sonny gradually entrances the entire town to support his enterprise, which eventually is entered for the National Science Fair. ![]() This is the true story of the boys' adventures from the moment their first rocket, Auk 1, destroys the garden fence and the lovingly tended roses. ![]() From that moment, Homer Hickam and his friends determine that they will form the Big Creek Missle Agency and build an American rocket. But his destiny is altered when the town turns out to watch the Soviet Sputnik satellite pass overhead. "Sonny" Hickam, the mine superintendent's younger son, is too small for the football team. In 1957 in Coalwood, West Virginia, a town dominated by the black steel towers of the mine and the coal waggons, for a fourteen year old boy there are two routes in life: a football scholarship to college or a life underground. A nostalgic and lyrical memoir of growing up in rural West Virginia in the 1950s and one boy's dream to rival the Russians in the race for space. Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket. ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Kim Witherspoon, InkWell Management. Readers will be entranced by Shriver’s freewheeling meditation on mortality and human agency. There is sometimes outlandish humor and periods of magical thinking in their dialogue, all rendered to brilliant effect. ![]() ![]() (It is not a spoiler to reveal that in some instances they live well beyond their 80s.) Years progress from the “surprising to the implausible” to the “incredible” and the “impossible” as the Wilkinsons balk and consider every possibility from assisted living to cryogenics, debating the free choice to end one’s life and the purpose or value of living. Shriver tackles the next decades until their “use-by” date with her usual aplomb, offering 12 alternate scenarios. Rather, they’re propelled by watching Kay’s parents linger through years of dementia, going from “deterioration” to “degradation” toward an intolerable decline that they don’t want for themselves. There is no satire or irony in Cyril’s Swiftean “modest proposal,” as Shriver terms it. OPINION: Lionel Shriver first gained widespread literary recognition with We Need to Talk About. In 1991, over a “fateful sherry,” Londoners Cyril and Kay Wilkinson, both still in perfectly good health, make a pact to end their lives when they turn 80 (she, in 2020 he, in 2021). Should We Stay or Should We Go, by Lionel Shriver (HarperCollins, 32.99) Reviewed by Wendy Smith. Shriver ( The Motion of the Body Through Space) delivers on a high-concept premise full of alternative narratives based around themes of illness and aging. ![]() |