![]() ![]() ![]() Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle s death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle s memory. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. It s the year s most galvanizing debut novel ( Entertainment Weekly). ![]() ![]() ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW WINNER OF THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, GQ, The Dallas Morning News, Buzzfeed, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLER Tommy Orange s groundbreaking, extraordinary ( The New York Times) There There is the brilliant, propulsive ( People Magazine) story of twelve unforgettable characters, Urban Indians living in Oakland, California, who converge and collide on one fateful day. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But there are stirrings against the Queen across the land. When Winter develops feelings for the handsome palace guard, Jacin, she fears the evil Queen will crush their romance before it has a chance to begin. She's said to be even more breath-taking than her stepmother, Queen Levana. Princess Winter is admired for her grace, kindness and beauty, despite the scars on her face. Don't miss the thrilling final chapter of Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series. Our Gift Cards have no expiry date and can be used on our website, and in our Kilkenny, Naas, Waterford & Wexford stores. ![]()
![]() She is highly unfamiliar with what it means to be royalty, having grown up with her abusive stepmother and stepsisters. Part of this task involves refining her identity as a princess. Ella, now known publicly as Princess Cynthiana Eleanora, has moved into the royal palace and is busy getting ready for the wedding. The novel begins after Ella Brown of Fridesia is engaged to Prince Charming. ![]() The novel touches on many ways in which patriarchal elements manifest, ranging from domestic relationships and marital tensions, to feminine solidarity and one’s conception of selfhood. The story contextualizes Ella within her patriarchal aristocratic society, illuminating how even the most successful women in this kind of system feel disillusioned and frustrated as they internalize their oppression. A feminist reimagining of the classic fairy tale of Cinderella, it follows fifteen-year-old Ella who struggles to find happiness after she ends up in a dead-end marriage with Prince Charming. ![]() ![]() Just Ella is a 1999 fantasy novel by American author Margaret Peterson Haddix. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Ashton flees his glitzy lifestyle, he finds refuge with Val in the Bronx. And then there’s the sexual attraction between them that Val tries so hard to ignore. As the son of Ashton’s beloved nanny, Val has always bounced between resenting Ashton and regarding him as his best friend. Val’s relationship with Ashton is complicated. Most people can’t imagine him wanting for anything, but Ashton yearns for friendship, respect, and the love of his best friend-amateur boxer Valdrin Leka. The black sheep of his wealthy family, he’s known for his club appearances, Instagram account, and sex tape. I’ve loved Hassell’s contemporary romances, SUNSET PARK, FIRST AND FIRST, and INTERBOROUGH, so I couldn’t wait to jump into this new book.Īshton Townsend is the most famous celebutante of Manhattan’s glitterati. CONCOURSE is another chapter Five Boroughs series and catches us up woth a beatuiful socialite who doesn’t feel so gorgeous on the inside. Hi there! Today I’m sharing a review for a recently released M/M romance from Santino Hassell. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like refusing to do the deflowering himself, but also, erm. Or at least I thought he was brilliant… until he started getting so many things so boneheadedly wrong. ![]() Jack sees me as sweet, shy Hawk Sunday: his Pride and Prejudice-obsessed hiking buddy his dependable employee the honorary little brother he’s determined to protect, not… deflower.īut to me, Jack is everything a romantic hero should be: tall, gorgeous, kind, and brilliant. ![]() You might think a guy who's been reading romance novels his whole life would've figured out a smoother way to broach the subject, but in my defense, I’ve been pining for Jack for seven long years, just waiting for him to notice me. When I asked Jack Wyatt to help me lose my pesky v-card, I didn’t expect him to keel over in shocked disapproval and nearly tumble us down a mountain. Never ask your brother’s best friend to… pick your cherry. ![]() ![]() ![]() We can’t just accept our first impression or what one commentator says, but we need to prayerfully examine all the biblical evidence for ourselves. But a person’s views on the sons of God and the nephilim have no bearing on salvation.Ī quick reading might lead you to interpret the passage one way, but a closer look reveals many other possibilities, which need to be considered if you want to make sure your interpretation is consistent with the rest of Scripture. These verses are obviously important since God included them in His Word. ![]() We encourage all believers to study the Scriptures carefully and reach their own conclusions. Answers in Genesis, the parent ministry of Answers magazine, does not hold an official position on these verses. ![]() ![]() ![]() It serves the interests not merely of status but of power. ![]() In other words, the esthetic world view serves as an instrument of domination. “Bourdieu’s analysis transcends the usual analysis of conspicuous consumption in two ways: by showing that specific judgments and choices matter less than an esthetic outlook in general and by showing, moreover, that the acquisition of an esthetic outlook not only advertises upper-class prestige but helps to keep the lower orders in line. The work in some ways redefines the whole scope of cultural studies." ![]() There is in this book an account of culture, and a methodology of its study, rich in implication for a diversity of fields of social research. "One of the more distinguished contributions to social theory and research in recent years. ![]() It will provide the historian of the future with priceless materials and it will bring an essential contribution to sociological theory." Bourdieu's subject is the study of culture, and his objective is most ambitious: to provide an answer to the problems raised by Kant's Critique of Judgment by showing why no judgment of taste is innocent. Distinction is at once a vast ethnography of contemporary France and a dissection of the bourgeois mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thirty years after these four lovers’ fates collide, the Greek goddess Aphrodite tells their stories to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. But that’s before he meets Colette Fournier, a Belgian chanteuse who’s already survived unspeakable tragedy at the hands of the Germans. A gifted musician who’s played Carnegie Hall, he’s a member of the 15th New York Infantry, an all-African-American regiment being sent to Europe to help end the Great War. When they fall in love, it’s immediate and deep–and cut short when James is shipped off to the killing fields.Īubrey Edwards is also headed toward the trenches. ![]() She’s a shy and talented pianist he’s a newly minted soldier with dreams of becoming an architect. It’s 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party. Lovely War by Julie Berry / Genre: Historical Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s a large cast of relatable characters, all part of the Casey family or connected with them. Grown-Ups is Marian Keyes at her best with all that I love about her books. When one of the wives, Cara, gets concussed, she suddenly blurts out some secrets which not only shock everyone but reveal rather a lot of home truths and show the family to be not quite as perfect as it seemed… On the face of it, they are one big happy family but there are unspoken tensions simmering away underneath. This family spends a lot of time together at birthdays, holidays, anniversaries and so on. Grown Ups follows the three bothers in the Casey family, Johnny, Ed and Liam, and their wives and various offspring. It is always such a treat when a new Marian Keyes book comes out and her latest absolutely did not disappoint! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The few bank jobs they pulled were usually arranged by better-organized confederates, who seldom lasted long in the Barrow gang under Clyde’s reckless, trigger-happy leadership. Ironically, the crime spree that made Bonnie and Clyde notorious across America consisted mostly of stealing cars, sticking up gas stations and mom-and-pop stores and shooting it out with the law when their careless behavior got them noticed in the small Texas towns they favored as hide-outs. The first of many books purporting to tell their “real story” was published just months after their deaths the 1967 movie “Bonnie and Clyde,” starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, prompted a revival that continues to this day. For two short years they had been icons of outlaw glamour their legend would outlive them by decades. Thousands overran the Dallas funeral homes where their bodies were displayed. Someone snipped a lock of Bonnie’s hair and a piece of her bloodstained dress a man tried to cut off Clyde’s ear. ![]() Within minutes of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow’s deaths from police gunfire in 1934, gawkers drawn by the sound of shots surrounded their bullet-riddled Ford and snatched gory souvenirs. ![]() |