![]() ![]() The clash between Muslim, mainly Ottoman, power in the east, and Christian, mainly Spanish, power in the west developed along a double frontier. The rise of Muslim powers brought substantial aggregation and consolidation to Eastern Basin. Christians controlled most crucial islands and peninsulas till the Norman conquest of Sicily and the Crusades in the eleventh century. The most influential twentieth-century historian of the early modern Mediterranean, Fernand Braudel, insisted that deep geographical structures and long-term economic conjunctures made for a fundamental unity of the region, transcending political and religious boundaries. ![]()
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Meanwhile, the French are occupying Scotland and threatening to install "that woman"-Mary, Queen of Scots-on the throne. The year is 1558, an especially dangerous time for the nation: no bishop will coronate Henry VIII's Protestant daughter, the treasury is bankrupt, the army is unpaid and demoralized. , etc.), Gregory amasses a wealth of colorful period detail to depict the shaky first days of Elizabeth I's reign. As in her previous novels about Tudor England ( The Queen's Fool ![]() ![]() Bestseller Gregory captivates again with this expertly crafted historical about the beautiful young Virgin Queen, portrayed as a narcissistic, neurotic home-wrecker. ![]() ![]() She is seduced by the idea of a man so in love with his wife that he'd grant all her wishes, even her wish to end her life. A heated murder trial plunges the town into upheaval and drives a wedge into a contented marriage: Cameron, aiding the prosecution in their case against Jamie, finds himself suddenly at odds with his devoted wife, Allie. Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the toughest arrest of his life when his own cousin Jamie comes to him and confesses outright that he has killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy. What would you do for someone you love? Would you lie? Would you leave? Would you kill? Jodi Picoult confronts these powerful issues in Mercy, which follows the path of two cousins driven to extremes by the power of love. Picoult writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships. Mercy is a quietly powerful book that examines the boundaries of love and loyalty, courage and forgiveness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Classic Picoult storytelling - daring us to imagine how far we would go for those we love the most. Another thought provoking work by Jodi Picoult whose characters challenge us on moral issues arising out of situations any of us might be faced with. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bonus: The Ito family dog! Thrill to the adventures of Non-non Ito, an adorable Maltese! The master of horror manga brings the world's greatest horror novel-Frankenstein-back to life. 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She and her seamstresses will find the way to re-create the dresses. A Black designer who has fought every step of the way, Ann knows this is only one struggle after a lifetime of them. Kennedy, Jr, a pipe bursts at Ann Lowe's dress shop and ruins eleven dresses, including the expensive wedding dress, a dress that will be judged by thousands. Less than a week before the society wedding of the year where Jacqueline Bouvier will marry John F. ![]() ![]() The incredible untold story of Ann Lowe, Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress designer, a Black woman who made some of the most famous dresses of all time, only to be forgotten by history. ![]() ![]() Then again, you just might feel naughty and want to read them anyway. If you find such offensive, you might not want to read my work. My books contain adult themes, adult situations, sexual situations, cursing, intoxication and violence. 2013 macbook pro specs 13 inch, Corpo estriado parkinson, Great alexander. 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If you have something you'd like to say to me or to ask me, go right ahead. ![]() I pretty much have an "open door policy". ![]() My books are very character-driven with a focus on flawed, dynamic, culturally-diverse characters and strong, smart female protagonists. ![]() Grea Alexander is a female writer of African American, Native American and French descent who does not write her profiles in the 3rd person.īorn and raised in Houston, TX, I have successfully wormed my way across many a border and have, in effect, managed to infect all that I survey with my particular brand of grea-ness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ’Tis the season for change and Becky Brandon (Nee Bloomwood) is embracing it, returning from the States to live in the charming village of Letherby and working with her best friend, Suze, in the gift shop of Suze’s stately home. I really need to get on the Shopahlic series… even though I’m a bit out of order.Ĭhristmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella Book Summary and Review Christmas Shopaholic Book Summary Although, I did love the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic. This one is the ninth book in Sophie Kinsella’s series, but the first time I’m reading one. It made me want to read all the other fun Shopaholic books written by the same author. ![]() I needed something fun and light for the holidays and this is a perfect Christmas read. Christmas Shopaholic was a holiday book I wanted to start reading before Christmas. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, one clear benefit is the time readers are allowed to spend with the characters, and for the characters to develop over the course of three books. A trilogy comes with its own merits and more than a few shortcomings. It seems that everywhere you turn in the Young Adult section of a bookstore these days, you will spot another dystopian or science-fiction trilogy. 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An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle, Sing, Unburied, Sing journeys through Mississippi’s past and present, examining the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power-and limitations-of family bonds. ![]() In Jesmyn Ward’s first novel since her National Book Award–winning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. *Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardĪ finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a “tour de force” ( O, The Oprah Magazine) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic. *Finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize *A TIME MAGAZINE BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 OF 2017 *WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for FICTION ![]() ![]() She and select friends and people who are soon to be friends fly to India to complete a diplomatic/trade mission. Here, Rue is a young woman (this is adult fantasy like the first series, not YA) and acquires a dirigible-which she names the Spotted Crumpet. Our main character here is Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama, and I’m not even going to go into her parental situation because it’s ridiculously complicated, as is her supernatural heritage, which I am also not going to even try to explain. I was enchanted and delighted by those books. This is such a huge turnaround for what my feelings were about her first series, The Parasol Protectorate, which featured the main character of this book’s mother. ![]() This was a perfectly fine and entertaining book that I for some reason had a hard time picking up and making myself finish, and I feel almost no pull to continue and finish the series. ![]() |