![]() ![]() When Wick awakens under Francis’s care, Francis returns him to the sea at his request. His life begins to change when he finds Wick, a merman, washed ashore. ![]() For Francis Holland, an escaped indentured servant, Sagrario offers nothing but loneliness. In the 1700s on the island of Sagrario, men who love other men find safe haven. Many thanks to Piper Vaughn for donating an ebook copy of her forthcoming m/m historical paranormal romance, Love Rising (Isla Sagario #1), for a lucky commenter to win! Love Rising will be released by Dreamspinner Press on January 1. Congrats to Andrea M and Amanda McD, who won Where You Lead by Mary Calmes! Where You Lead will be released by Dreamspinner Press on December 25.Ĭongrats to Christina Marie and Rissa, who won Going Up by Amy Lane! Going Up will also be released by Dreamspinner Press on December 25. ![]()
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Every book has one point for every copy owned on LibraryThing. Elisa_rolle I have 1116 M/M romance on LibraryThing, so for my BWA bulletin, I thought to find what are the most shared among them and through them to draw up a top list of the Best M/M Romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "This time," He resumed, "I will lead in person." ![]() If we so desire, we can pull up the Eastern Sea and remove Mount Tai, to say nothing of crushing these small-time bandits.We must launch another war against them." Still, they have managed to humiliate our superior state-the Great Sui. Pausing briefly He continued in a raised voice, "Now about the Koguryǒ. In a stately but factual tone, He spoke about, among other things, the widespread drought in the North, especially in Shandong, which had given rise to insurgency, and berated His generals for failure to stamp it out. The throne was positioned atop a marble dais above two flights of stairs at the northern end of the commodious hall. He was sitting on a yellow silk throne beneath an ornate yellow baldachin. The War of Daye 9One morning in late March, Daye 9 (613), the Emperor Yang, a soft-skinned man in his 40s, was speaking to a gathering of leading civil officials and top military commanders in the assembly hall of the Daye Basilica in Luoyang the Eastern Capital. ![]() ![]() This repackaged edition features a new cover by Hugo award–winning illustrator, John Picacio and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author, Dean Koontz. Subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms are taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, friends, family, the woman he loves, and the entire world as he knows it.įirst published in 1955, this classic science fiction thriller about the ultimate alien invasion and the triumph of the human spirit over an invisible enemy has inspired multiple film adaptations and entertained readers for decades. Miles Bennell discovers an insidious, horrifying plot. In his introduction to this volume, Al LaValley explores the politics of the original author of the magazine serial story on which the film is based. On a quiet fall evening in the peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. ![]() Celebrate one of the earliest science fiction novels by rediscovering Jack Finney’s internationally acclaimed Invasion of the Body Snatchers-which Stephen King calls a story “to be read and savored for its own satisfactions,” now repackaged with a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author, Dean Koontz. ![]() ![]() ![]() How Sir John Received a Belated Birthday Greeting How Sir John Did Battle With Four Hundred Wizards Where on earth will Sir John find a human who is worthy of being his apprentice and finally defeat Palomides once and for all? Contents ![]() This is no easy task for dragons hate humans even more than wizards. Whichever one wins shall prove once and for all who is the strongest. In ten years time, the apprentices shall meet and duel instead of their masters. They shall each pick and train an apprentice. Realizing he is growing too old to continue fighting Palomides, Sir John enters into a wager with the crafty magician. Every ten years the rivals meet for a duel and each time the duel ends in a draw. ![]() But he has never been able to vanquish his arch-foe, Palomides the wizard. Sir John the Worm is a dragon knight and the greatest wizardslayer who ever lived. Smashwords Edition About The Dragon and the Apprentice Book One of The Chronicles of Sir John the Worm ![]() ![]() Paper products tycoon Sam Westing - who would certainly have cleaned up in this, the era of toilet paper scarcity - has been found dead in his mansion. Like Knives Out, The Westing Game revolves around the will of a mysterious billionaire. It is called The Westing Game, written by Ellen Raskin in 1978, and it is the perfect antidote to the quarantine anxiety blahs for readers of any age. ![]() Have you ever thought to yourself, “Wow, I wish I could experience Knives Out for the first time all over again, but this time I would like it to also be an extremely charming children’s book”? Then friend, you are in luck, for such a book does indeed exist. In each edition, find one more thing from the world of culture that we highly recommend. ![]() ![]() One Good Thing is Vox’s recommendations feature. ![]() ![]() ![]() Combining traits from both genders and having experience as a man as well as a woman, Eriko invites Mikage over to her place eventually, she sees the romantic potential of Mikage's relationship with Yuichi. The theme of gender is essential to the story because it is the transsexuals who bring Mikage and Yuichi together. Mikage is aware that everything around her, including herself, is only temporary she appreciates death for giving her the feeling that she is alive. Both talk about death following them and making them orphans, which increases their bond. Similarly, when Eriko dies and Yuichi falls into depression, Mikage, knowing the feeling of loss all too well, nurtures him and gives him a reason to go on. ![]() She gets better when Yuichi and his mother take care of her. Having lost her grandmother, Mikage is so lost and depressed that she cannot complete the simplest tasks. It separates Mikage and Yuichi from their beloved family members, but at the same time, it is the force that brings the two together. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before publishing ‘ Wuthering Heights’ in 1847, she had a few years back published a collection of poems along with those written by her two sisters, Catherine and Anne. By her early adult age, she had garnered several good poems and created great fictional stories and characters. Climax: When Catherine decided against marrying Heathcliff, the man for whom she had a longtime affection, to wed Edgar.Įmily Brontë started by writing poems and got quite good at it. ![]() After Emily Brontë’s passing, the book goes on to score higher reviews from critics following a careful re-evaluation of the fine piece of art. Despite the fact, ‘ Wuthering Heights’ would later attain an esteemed height and even gets to be called a classic, a fit it didn’t previously manage following poor ratings. ![]() ![]() Life in the Congo teaches her that everything is connected, and that the life of one species is always tied to the death of another. Over the course of the novel, Adah develops a new appreciation for the complexities of nature. Adah resents her father even more than her siblings do, and she sees his devotion to Christianity as both childish and extremely arrogant. ![]() Nevertheless, she’s immensely thoughtful and insightful, as we see in the chapters narrated from her point of view. Because Adah has trouble moving, she tends to be quiet and calm. ![]() ![]() The daughter of Nathaniel and Orleanna Price, and the twin sister of Leah Price, Adah Price is a highly intelligent young woman who’s been disadvantaged by the symptoms of hemiplegia, a blood disease that leaves her with limited control of her own limbs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She was sure that after a bit of rest she'd be back on the bike. However, while still chugging through the industrialised Urals, in the course of extricating herself from a tiny soapy-floored wash area she attempted to avoid a projectile-vomiting baby just as the train lurched, fell and badly damaged the cartilage in her knee. Her intention was to combine travel on the Stalin-instigated 2,300-mile railway line with a 1,300-mile paddle-steamer trip up the Lena river and, of course, some prodigious bicycling mileage to explore Siberia, before returning to Moscow from Vladivostok on the rather more chic trans-Siberian railway a few months later. I n the summer of 2002 the 70-year-old Dervla Murphy boarded the Baikal-Amur Mainline train from Moscow to the Russian far east. ![]() |