6/30/2023 0 Comments Magic strikes by ilona andrews![]() ![]() Kate stretches herself to the breaking point in this book, shaking hands with Death and is snatched away from Death at the last moment. The world building is phenomenal and all the characters, whether primary or secondary, just leap off the page because the imagery is so vivid and alive. ![]() Kate becomes more multi-dimensional with each book in the series. Kate's entire life, from the time she could walk, has been spent training for one purpose and we get a glimpse into what the training was like in this book. She's willing to die for the people she can't help but care about and yet, she wonders what it would be like to have someone she can really trust in her life to come home to. I just finished reading this book again for the umpteenth time and I love it as much now as I did when I read it for the first time! I was up until 1:11 AM this morning reading it because I just couldn't put it down - that's how good it is! I love Kate Daniels because she's tough when she has to be and yet, she's achingly lonely. ![]() The Kate Daniels Series Just Keeps Getting Better ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() They displayed their loyalty by fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War and in particular by opposing the Radical Reconstruction that followed. Finding strength in their communities, Irish immigrants developed the confidence to raise their voices in the public arena, forcing native southerners to recognize and accept them-first politically, then socially.The Irish integrated into southern society without abandoning their ethnic identity. They countered this isolation by creating vibrant, tightly knit ethnic communities in the cities and towns across the South where they found work, usually menial jobs. The only comprehensive study of Irish immigrants in the nineteenth-century South, this book makes a valuable contribution to the story of the Irish in America and to our understanding of southern culture.The Irish who migrated to the Old South struggled to make a new home in a land where they were viewed as foreigners and were set apart by language, high rates of illiteracy, and their own self-identification as temporary exiles from famine and British misrule. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments I lucifer by glen duncan![]() But the experience of walking among us isn't what His Majesty expected: instead of teaching us what it's like to be him, Lucifer finds himself understanding what it's like to be us.īy an author hailed by the Times Literary Supplement as one of Britain's top twenty young novelists, I, Lucifer is "a masterpiece.startlingly witty, original and beautifully written" (Good Book Guide). This is his chance to straighten the biblical record (Adam, it's hinted, was a misguided variation on the Eve design), to celebrate his favorite achievements (everything from the Inquisition to Elton John), and, most important, to get Julia Roberts attached to his screenplay. Its a credit to Duncan that he has crafted a character who is so likable that you forget that this is the inherent nature of. ![]() Highly sceptical, naturally, the Old Dealmaker negotiates a trial period - a summer holiday in a human body, with all the delights of the flesh. It's the ultimate case of trying without buying and, despite the limitations of the human body in question (previous owner one suicidally unsuccessful writer, Deelan Gunn), Luce seizes the opportunity to run riot through the realm of the senses. /rebates/2f97808021401422fLucifer-Finally-Side-Story-Duncan-08021401492fplp&. The Prince of Darkness has been given one last shot at redemption, provided he can live out a reasonably blameless life on earth. ![]() The end is nigh and the Prince of Darkness has just been offered one hell of a deal: reentry into Heaven for eternity-if he can live out a well-behaved life in a human body on earth. Glen Duncan Book details Book preview Table of contents Citations About This Book 'A fiendishly sharp, intelligent examination of modern human life that is as funny as hell. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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