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The richest monarch in the world, his family wealthwas once estimated at $45 billion (in today’s U.S. ![]() His realm stretchedfrom Poland to Japan and from the Arctic Ocean to the borders of Turkey, theHimalayas, and China. ![]() And yet this unassuming manreigned over 130 million subjects and one-sixth of the planet’s landsurface-an area so vast that as night fell along the western edge of histerritory, day was already breaking on the eastern border. “Short, with a neatly trimmed beard and large, soft blue eyes, Nicholashardly looked like the imposing ruler of Russia. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Empire of Self by Jay Parini![]() ![]() Not long into their friendship Vidal asked him to take on his biography, which he wanted to appear in his lifetime. ![]() He quickly became a confidant and over the following years saw the older man often and at length in Italy, America and Britain, witnessing moments of bad behaviour and kindness alike, along with his subject’s ever-growing infirmity before his death in 2012 at the age of eighty-six. 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The indictment is long against it lie some enduring friendships and a talent to amuse. ‘After such knowledge, what forgiveness?’ So Jay Parini quotes from TS Eliot’s ‘Gerontion’ at the end of this clear-eyed book, and while he suggests that the question ‘haunts every biographer’, it seems especially apposite here. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments The heir by kiera cass![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So when The Selection ended, I was petty devastated that I wouldn’t be spending more time with America, Maxon, Aspen and co. The Selection is one of my all-time favourite trilogies, a complete guilty pleasure that I have unashamedly recommended to everyone I can, including fellow ‘grown ups’. 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She swept us away on the most beautiful fairytale romance with The Selection Series and continued to break our hearts and stitch them back together with more love stories in The Siren, The Betrothed duology, and now her newest swoony tale, A Thousand Heartbeats. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Shayla black wicked lovers![]() ![]() Misadventures in Blue (By:Sierra Simone) (2019).Misadventures in a Threesome (By:Elizabeth Hayley) (2019).Misadventures with a Book Boyfriend (By:Victoria Blue) (2019).Misadventures of a Curvy Girl (By:Sierra Simone) (2019).Misadventures with a Country Boy (By:Elizabeth Hayley) (2018).Misadventures on the Rebound (By:Lauren Rowe) (2018).Misadventures with a Professor (By:Sierra Simone) (2018).Misadventures with a Manny (By:Toni Aleo) (2018).Misadventures with a Speed Demon (By:Chelle Bliss) (2018).Misadventures with a Rock Star (By:Helen Hardt) (2018). ![]() Misadventures with the Boss (By:Kendall Ryan) (2018).Misadventures with a Rookie (By:Toni Aleo) (2018).Misadventures with My Roommate (By:Elizabeth Hayley) (2018).Misadventures with a Master (By:Meredith Wild,Mia Michelle) (2018).Misadventures of a College Girl (By:Lauren Rowe) (2018).Misadventures of a Valedictorian (By:Mia Michelle) (2017).Misadventures on the Night Shift (By:Lauren Rowe) (2017).Misadventures of the First Daughter (By:Meredith Wild,Mia Michelle) (2017).Misadventures with a Super Hero (By:Angel Payne) (2017).Misadventures of a Good Wife (By:Helen Hardt,Meredith Wild) (2017).Misadventures of a Virgin (By:Meredith Wild) (2017).Misadventures of a City Girl (By:Chelle Bliss,Meredith Wild) (2017). ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Allan zullo haunted books![]() I will definitely be looking at more of their work. This might be a great book to use in a classroom setting as a writing prompt for students to write their own spooky tale.īruce Nash and Allan Zullo have written other similar books including Totally Haunted Kids and Spooky Kids: Strange But True Tales. Nash Haunted Kids (Haunted Kids Series) MP3 CD MP3 Audio, Septemby Allan Zullo (Author), John Ratzenberger (Reader) 17 ratings See all formats and editions Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 1.46 13 Used from 1.46 1 New from 14.99 MP3 CD 11.47 4 Used from 18.32 4 New from 8. Might be great ghost story entertainment for a stormy night, or during a sleepover or camping trip. The stories would be fun to read out loud as well. It might be a bit too much for kids younger than 8 just because it talks about death, scary things at night, dangerous situations, etc.Īt 91 pages, this is an entertaining quick read. Most middle-grade age kids would enjoy this book. ![]() The stories are lightly creepy but nothing over-the-top. From cats who return from the dead to mysterious glowing orbs, these stories are eerie and entertaining. Haunted Kids (also known as Haunted Kids: True Ghost Stories) is a series of childrens allegedly true ghost story books written by Allan Zullo and Bruce. This book is a collection of 11 allegedly true strange occurrences that happened to kids. I often turn to middle-grade lightly scary stories as palate cleansers between heavier adult fiction that I enjoy reading. I'm always game for any collection of spooky tales. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Teddy and His Bear by Andi James![]() ![]() Teddy knows he’s attracted to Barrett but isn’t sure if he’s ready to risk his heart again, and Barrett is losing the struggle against his dominant nature. When he learns his favorite barista needs a new place to stay, he offers a solution that leads to spending more time with the younger man.Ī change in circumstances brings both men together and their buried feelings to light. 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