![]() ![]() Beneath her plain robes and prim spectacles lies a sensual creature waiting to be unleashed. Dagmar Reinholdt, is a woman - one with steel-gray eyes and a shocking disregard for my good looks. Yet I, Gwenvael, will courageously face down this terrifying.woman? It turns out the Beast, a.k.a. A being so fearful, the greatest warriors will only whisper its name. So here I stand, waiting to broker an alliance with the one the Northlanders call The Beast. Yet for them, and because I am so chivalrous, I will brave the worst this land has to offer. But do they appreciate it? Do they say, 'Gwenvael the Handsome, you are the best among us - the most loved of all dragons?' No! For centuries my family has refused to acknowledge my magnificence as well as my innate humility. ![]() ![]() Only for those I love would I traipse into the merciless Northlands to risk life, limb, and my exquisite beauty. Published by Tantor Audio, Zebra on November 29, 2016Īmazon B&N Apple Books Audible Google Play ![]()
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![]() ![]() Dawson, Diana Rowland,ĭonald Harstad, Donna Andrews, E.E. Kiernan, Carlolyn Hart,Ĭarole Nelson Douglas, Caroline Spector, Carrie Vaughn, Cecelia Holland,Ĭecil Castellucci, Charlaine Harris, Charles de Lint, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Ĭheyenne McCray, China Miéville, Chris Grabenstein, Christopher Fowler,Ĭhristopher Golden, Conn Iggulden, Conrad Williams, Dana Cameron,ĭana Stabenow, Daniel Stashower, David Anthony Durham, David Liss,ĭeidre Knight, Delia Sherman, Delilah S. Lee Martinez, Adam-Troy Castro, Alan Gordon, Albert Cowdrey,Īllison Pang, Allyson James, Alyssa Day, Amber Benson, Barbara D’Amato,īill Crider, Bradley Denton, Brandon Sanderson, Brendan DuBois, C.E. ![]() MP3’s volume levels are normalized using MP3gain and ReplayGain data is stored in APEv2 tags.Ī. File info is stored in ID3v2.4 tags, and genre is set to Audiobook. Audio is passed through a 9 kHz low-pass filter to reduce any noise above 9 kHz. This averages a bit rate around 30-40 kbps. ![]() ![]() But thats life.Īudio coding format: MPEG-2.0 layer III (MP3)īitrate: Variable Bit Rate(VBR) quality=9Īll files are MP3 encoded with variable bit-rate at quality level 9. Sadly not all anthologies are publishedĪs audiobooks, so many short stories are missing. In this collection were generated by spliting up anthologies, andĪuthor’s short story collection. Were found on The short stories and novellas It contains over 500 stories I haveįound throughout this world wide weberverse of ours. This is the second release of my collection of urban fantasy stories and #ĝescription: Over 500 urban fantasy short stories and novellas ![]() ![]() ![]() Hundreds of thousands of people worked to death and left where their bodies fell, consumed by the frozen elements and plowed beneath the permafrost road.įascinated by the history, documentary producer Felix “Teig” Teigland is in Russia to drive the highway, envisioning a new series capturing Life and Death on the Road of Bones with a ride to the town of Akhust, “the coldest place on Earth”, collecting ghost stories and local legends along the way. Known as the Road of Bones, it is a massive graveyard for the former Soviet Union’s gulag prisoners. A narrow path where drivers face such challenging conditions as icy surfaces, limited visibility, and an average temperature of sixty degrees below zero, fatal car accidents are common.īut motorists are not the only victims of the highway. ![]() Surrounded by barren trees in a snow-covered wilderness with a dim, dusky sky forever overhead, Siberia’s Kolyma Highway is 1200 miles of gravel packed permafrost within driving distance of the Arctic Circle. An American documentarian travels a haunted highway across the frozen tundra of Siberia in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden’s Road of Bones, a “tightly wound, atmospheric, and creepy as hell” (Stephen King) supernatural thriller. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shoals and small islands, home to colonies of mussels and sand dollars that stood on end in soldier-like rows, were revealed. When the tide was out, the beach was mud, pocked with pickleweed and eelgrass. He watched seals tumble in the water and fished for perch and small halibut. Phil would row his small boat out and read comic books until his nose was sunburned and his empty stomach growled. There was swimming and surfing, and children went without shoes from June until September, and their feet grew calloused and summer wide. ![]() The warm bay water lapped at the sand when the tide was in. ![]() Tell us about how this book came to be.įor more than fifty years, I heard my husband’s stories about growing up on the bay side of San Diego’s Mission Beach, long before it was dredged and turned into a popular resort. Today Karen will talk to us about her newest book, War and Millie McGonigle (Knopf, 2021).Ĭongratulations on the release of War and Millie McGonigle. She is the author of Newbery Medal winner The Midwife’s Apprentice (Clarion, 1995), the Newbery Honor book Catherine Called Birdy (Clarion, 1994) among many other prize-winning historical fiction novels. Today we welcome Karen Cushman to Cynsations. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Abby is spared the worst since her gifted older sister is in service to the Department of Education and the sympathetic King Stephen. ![]() Many are rejected by their families, friends and schools some are either sold to or kidnapped by exploitative treasure hunters. ![]() She’s an ord.” In the magical universe where Abby resides, “ords” are outcasts. Graidy, the ancient head of the Guild painfully concludes: “She has nothing. When 12-year-old Abby Hale passes through the archway of the “Barrier of Fortitude” on the day of her Judging, nothing happens. Even when she repeats the effort over and over again: nada. In a magical world, a young girl is judged to be merely ordinary, changing the course of her life forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story behind J.’s involvement with John Henry begins with the U.S. So, the John Henry story Colson Whitehead tells us is as likely as any of them. These auxiliary stories are woven tightly in among the main narrative passages to enhance the meditations offered on the importance of folk heroes in general and John Henry in particular.Ī segment at the beginning of the book, supposedly information received from around the country by someone researching the real history behind the ballad, indicates that it is probably nearly impossible to determine the facts of John Henry’s story with any degree of accuracy. Many, but not all of these auxiliary stories feature people who have some relationship to one of the variations of the John Henry ballad. But there are also fragments of other stories included – some rather long, others very short. ![]() ![]() The other is the story of a young reporter, J. One is the author’s rendition of the story of John Henry himself. This was actually a very well-constructed book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul’s discussion of the collection in chs 8–9 contains a theology of sharing of possessions, of community of goods among Christian churches, which is both balanced and sensitive. ![]() The interpretation of Exodus in chapter 3, for instance, offers a striking example of early apologetic use of the Old Testament. Second Corinthians is rich and varied in content. The emotional tone of the letter, its lack of order, and our ignorance of some of its background do not make it easy to follow, but it amply repays the effort required of the reader. Paul’s ability to produce profound theological foundations for what may at first sight appear to be rather commonplace circumstances is perhaps nowhere better exemplified than in Second Corinthians. The importance of the issues at stake between them calls forth from him an enormous effort of personal persuasion, as well as doctrinal considerations that are of great value for us. One moment he is venting his feelings of frustration and uncertainty, the next he is pouring out his relief and affection. The confrontation with these problems caused him to reflect deeply on his relationship with the community and to speak about it frankly. ![]() In it he deals with one or more crises that have arisen in the Corinthian church. The Second Letter to the Corinthians is the most personal of all of Paul’s extant writings, and it reveals much about his character. ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s that screee sound? What’s that click click clicking noise? And what has happened to their telescope?! Owly and Wormy find plenty to be frightened of, but with a little bravery, they also find there are nearly as many helpful new friends on the horizon as there are stars in the sky. And this time there are even bigger challenges to face. Armed with camping gear, galoshes-and their wits, of course!-Owly and Wormy set out once again. ![]() But these two friends are not about to let a little obstacle like foliage stop them. Try as they might, though, they can only see leaves…and branches…and more leaves. Owly and Wormy want to see the stars! So they gather their telescope and their lantern and head out into the dark night, all the way to the edge of their branch. Out on a stargazing venture in this wordless picture book, Owly and Wormy discover that it’s fine to be frightened-but it’s better to be brave. Download Owly Wormy Bright Lights and Starry Nights Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle ![]() ![]() ![]() But Christian’s aunt has cancer, and her beloved Rear Entrance Video will go bankrupt if Christian doesn’t take over managerial duties. Most of all, it means no working at a porn store. ![]() ![]() And definitely no falling for his new roommate-tattooed bad-boy Max, who may or may not be a drug dealer. This straight-A student has a dirty little secret.Ĭhristian Blake dreams of being a kindergarten teacher, but making the grade means maintaining a squeaky clean image: no drinking, no drugs, no swearing, no sex. Genre: Contemporary, Erotic, M/M, RomanceĬomplimentary Review Copy Provided by Publisher Through NetGalley ![]() ![]() Out of Paige's struggle to find wholeness, Jodi Picoult crafts an absorbing novel peopled by richly drawn characters, and explores motherhood with a power and depth only she is capable of. Harvesting the Heart is written with astonishing clarity and evocative detail, convincing in its depiction of emotional pain, love, and vulnerability, and recalls the writing of Alice Hoffman and Kristin Hannah. But her mother's absence and shameful memories of her past force her to doubt whether she could ever be capable of bringing joy and meaning into the life of her child, gifts her own mother never gave. ![]() Now, having left her father behind in Chicago for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who abandoned her at five years old. ![]() Description From the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things and Mad Honey, a novel exploring the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family. ![]() |