![]() One small event leads to a series of surprises that change Santa and Christmas as we know it. “One Christmas Eve it was a cold stormy night and nothing at the north pole was going quite right…” Santa’s (Zany, Wacky, Just Not Right!)Night Before Christmas is a whimsical tale of Santa's journey through a Christmas Eve that doesn't go as he expects. Santa’s (Zany, Wacky, Just Not Right!) Night Before Christmas ![]() Below are some of our award-winning winter and holiday titles from 2014. Whether you are looking for your next favorite read or giving a gift to a loved one, we have the books for you. When the holidays roll around, it’s time for snuggling up by a fire with a cup of cocoa and a good book-especially when you need a break from this season’s craziness. ![]() Feature Your Holiday Book Guide Award-Winning Books to Read This Season ![]()
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![]() Unlike the Marxist sociological speculation of future stage the author has not bothered about it, rather he negated the historical mistake of Fukuyama’s end of history with beginning anew. Middle World where Ansary counts ten corresponding stages starting with Birth, going through ups-downs and culminating in Reaction. ![]() So, the author of West of Kabul, East of New York practically introduced suitably adaptable tunnel between the two directions i.e. Arguably, the method of measuring history might be more flexible and more specific. It starts with a criticism of historiography which like other disciplines has been gripped by Eurocentric narrative though the historical milieu of distant geography becomes hardly ever befitting. With this distinctive projection, the new accord of world history shortly titled Destiny Disrupted by Afghan author Tamim Ansary calls upon readers with an eagle-eye to look into the past pages and consequential future events. Almost all stories from history, with an interconnected sequence which always have palpable impacts on world affairs, originally emanated from the World Centre demeaningly known as the Middle East. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series. Unfortunately, the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death, is a spectacularly inept wizard. The Disc's very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. It plays by different rules.īut then, some things are the same everywhere. Particularly as it's carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is. His biography The Magic of Terry Pratchett won the 2021 Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction, and he. NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 MOST INSPIRING NOVELS Pratchetts first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Marc Burrows is a music critic, author and occasional comedian. ![]() 'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday ![]() ![]() He elevated the room with his presence and he brought a queen and a prince to their knees with his love. He simply wanted peace for his people and in his own home. He didn’t care about societal norms and the fact that he loved two people. The respect that I felt for President Maxen Ashley Colchester because he was true to himself, his feelings, and his convictions. I loved these three incredible people so much. She was regal, every bit the queen that Ash and Embry called her. ![]() ![]() How do I describe Greer Galloway in this final book of the series – her supreme grace under tremendous pressure, her love for her King and her Prince, her fireball of naughtiness. Are there words to convey the sensuality and sexual pull between two of the strongest men and the drive they have between them to push each other to have more, to be more and to accept nothing less than everything? Mind, heart, body and soul. ![]() Nothing prepared me for the overwhelming push of emotion, the tears that came from some of the most beautiful words I have ever been privileged to read. Nothing can describe the pain of loss and separation, the angst and misery of acceptance for circumstances beyond the King’s control, the elation of three people who are simply destined to be together and love each other beyond the conventions of society and its ideals of what love is and how marriage should look. There are no words that will ever fully satisfy me to use to describe this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mental illness and religious fanaticism percolated through Maud’s maternal lines back to an ancestor accused of being a witch in Puritan-era Massachusetts. Her mother’s grandfather killed a man with a hay hook and died in an institution. Her mother’s father, who came of age in Texas during the Great Depression, was said to have married thirteen times and been shot by one of his wives. Maud Newton’s ancestors have vexed and fascinated her since she was a girl. ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022- Oprah Daily, Time, Esquire, The Millions, The Week, Thrillist, She Reads, Lit Hub, BookPage “A roadmap for all of us who long to understand, at the deepest level, where we come from.”-Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance An acclaimed writer goes searching for the truth about her wildly unconventional Southern family-and finds that our obsession with ancestors opens up new ways of seeing ourselves. ![]() ![]() Everyone seems to look at the plot and disregard it straight away when the acting in it is so unbelievable. I film has so many layers that it is impossible to tell how great it is without reviewing them all. ![]() I'm sorry, but just having read a few of the comments on here I am absolutely astounded! The problem is that what people seem to be doing here is reviewing the film as one whole pot, where as that is not how it works. And when a shooting star streaks through the blackness, turning night into day. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when the stars are strung across the velvety night. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. ![]() We start to worry, thinking, "What am I gonna do? Where am I gonna be in 10 years?" But I say to you, "Hey, look at me!" Please, don't worry so much. ![]() You know, as we come to the end of this phase of our life, we find ourselves trying to remember the good times and trying to forget the bad times, and we find ourselves thinking about the future. I don't have very much time these days so I'll make it quick. ![]() Lawrence Woodruff: Ladies and gentleman, it is my honor to introduce this year's valedictorian, Jack Charles Powell. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the apparent victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce’s and an author of thrillers. The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are leveled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded, and a dozen people lose their lives. Florida’s governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses and flee to the mainland, but Bruce decides to stay and ride out the storm. Just as Bruce Cable’s Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island. Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen-even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime… ![]() New York, NY: Doubleday ( On Sale: April 28, 2020) ![]() May 2020 First Editions Club Fiction Pick ![]() ![]() ![]() After, Arpazia sees Klymeno no more but she sees her daughter displacing her, viewing her as someone who has stolen her youth. The only people Arpazia finds solace with are the pagans who worship the old gods in the wood, hoping to use the queen to influence their own purposes, they use the woodsman Klymeno (similar to Clymenus, another name for Hades) to seduce her.Īrpazia however has a fear of childbirth having giving birth to Draco's child Coira, known officially as Candacis, and immediately abandoned her, so when she falls pregnant with Klymeno's child she demands a way to be rid of it, Klymeno gives her a potion in exchange for her bringing Coira to the woods as a metaphorical sacrifice, from then on Coira starts to become drawn into the world of the woods, displaying her mother as the forest queen. Arpazia is an outsider from the start, Draco's people regard her as a witch, particularly unnerved by the mirror she keeps, a gift from Draco who took it from her father's palace. ![]() Full of vivid description, it gives a large amount of attention to the wicked queen Arpazia, portraying her as a victim driven mad by her ill life as a rape victim and reluctant wife to King Draco who conquered her land and took her as his prize. White as Snow is an adult gothic retelling of Snow White by Tanith Lee, drawing inspiration from the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.Īfter struggling to enjoy reading the first book in the series, I don’t know if I would have read the second, Torment, only I had already bought it when I purchased Fallen. We can’t always understand them, but we have to trust in them. Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. What if Daniel’s version of the past isn’t true? Is it really their destiny to be together? Or is Luce actually meant to be with somebody else? But the more she discovers, the more she suspects that Daniel is hiding something. ![]() During their separation, Luce learns about her mysterious past lives. Now they are forced apart again, to protect Luce from the Outcasts – immortals who want her dead. It took Lucinda an eternity to find her beloved angel, Daniel. Torment is the second book in the Fallen series by Lauren Kate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Look out for Rod Campbell’s Look After Us, a lift-the-flap animal book for toddlers with a positive message about conservation. Terms and Conditions for Nickles Used Books and More Privacy Policy for Nickles Used Books. ![]() With bright, bold artwork, a catchy refrain and a whole host of favourite animals, Dear Zoo: 40th Anniversary Edition is a must for every child’s bookshelf, and the thick card pages, chunky cased golden cover and sturdy flaps make it perfect for small hands. Rod Campbell, the creator of preschool favourites including Oh Dear! and Noisy Farm, has been a trusted name in early learning for over forty years, and the perennial classic, Dear Zoo has been a firm favourite with toddlers and parents alike since its first publication in 1982. Young children will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent – a monkey, a lion and even an elephant! But will they ever manage to send the perfect pet? Celebrate forty years with this special gold foiled edition of Rod Campbell’s classic lift-the-flap book, Dear Zoo, with a host of favourite zoo animals and flaps to lift on every page. ![]() |