![]() Led by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, one of the war’s most complex and controversial commanders, American officers and soldiers became increasingly determined and proficient. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino were particularly difficult and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. ![]() But once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizingly high price. ![]() The Italian campaign’s outcome was never certain in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated debate about whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even a good idea. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome. ![]() In An Army at Dawn-winner of the Pulitzer Prize-Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy ![]()
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![]() ![]() Skalka divides her time between Milwaukee and Door County, Wisconsin. Past president of Sisters in Crime Chicagoland and a former staff writer at Reader’s Digest, she presents writing workshops throughout the United States. Was this the widow's missing handyman? Could the two deaths be related? With what has become a hallmark for books in the series, past and present collide as Cubiak's search for answers uncovers the sad legacy of loneliness and the disquieting links between wealth and poverty on the peninsula. Patricia Skalka is the author of the award-winning Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery series. Later that week, an explosion in an ice fishing shack on the frozen bay leads to the discovery of another body, burned beyond recognition. The scene bears all the characteristics of an accidental fall, not unheard of for a person of her age, but something is not adding up. Lying at the bottom of a flight of stairs, clutching a valuable bronze sculpture, she points her outstretched hand in the direction of a nearby, nondescript ring. ![]() Pat Skalka's grandmother emerges in this family story as a brave, strong woman chasing off a predator who seeks to take Rose, a daughter with polio, away to be healed. His initial disquiet is easily dismissed-until she is found dead the next morning in her home. This book is based on a family story which is amazing in itself. ![]() With Door County caught in the grip of a fierce winter storm, Sheriff Dave Cubiak agrees to do a simple favor for a friend of his wife: he stops by to check in on an affluent widow with a questionable new suitor. ![]() ![]() ![]() For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. ![]() Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of psychoactive substances and a seemingly insane teacher, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive - and that mastering these powers could mean more than just surviving school. Fighting the prejudice of rival classmates, Rin discovers that she possesses a lethal, unearthly power - an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. ![]() That she got into Sinegard - the most elite military school in Nikan - was even more surprising. When Rin aced the Keju - the test to find the most talented students in the Empire - it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn't believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating to Rin's guardians, who had hoped to get rich by marrying her off and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free from a life of servitude. Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018 'The best fantasy debut of 2018' - WIRED A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China's twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Magicians Hat will cast its spell on you! - Jeff Kinney, bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Malcolm Mitchell is changing the world through the power of reading. Kirkus Reviews Malcolm Mitchells mission is to inspire readers. ![]() Review Quotes Praise for The Magicians Hat: Mitchell proves to have a touch of magic as an author as well as on the field. Through his advocacy and his books, Malcolm imparts the important message that every story has the potential to be a favorite. Whats a kid to do? How can Henley find a story that speaks to everything inside of him? Malcolm Mitchell, bestselling author of The Magicians Hat, pulls from his own literary triumph to deliver another hilarous and empowering picture book for readers of all abilities. But one day, he gets the scariest homework assignment in the world: find your favorite book to share with the class tomorrow. ![]() When hes supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything else. Book Synopsis From Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell comes an exciting new story that shows even reluctant readers that there is a book out there for everyone! Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. About the Book Henley hates to read, so his homework assignment to bring in his favorite book seems an impossible challenge-until his mother shows him a box of books he made himself when he was younger. ![]() ![]() The pages are all removable, they’re not perforated so there’s no risk of them not being fully perforated and you ripping a page when trying to remove it, they’re all glued onto the spine in the same way as postcard books so they’re easy to remove if you wish but they’re not stuck very strongly and in the process of colouring my page I’ve managed to detach nearly half of the pages so this book won’t stay together unless you’re extremely careful with it. The book has a lay-flat binding meaning there is no spine to contend with and that you can reach the whole image to colour it. ![]() The book is 25x33cm, paperback with thick card covers with beautiful gold foiling accents on the cover and blue text on the spine. ![]() This book contains 24 of the original images from the Lost Ocean colouring book all printed single-sided. This review is taken from my blog where I review adult colouring books from a mental health perspective, images of all of the pages and the full review can be found here - Lost Ocean Artist’s Edition is illustrated by Johanna Basford and published and kindly sent to me to review by Virgin Books. ![]() ![]() Kate Fordham, escaping terrible personal trauma, has fled to the beautiful sunlit city of Granada, the ancient capital of the Moors in Spain. Exotic adventure and a quest for redemption collide in this stunning new novel from Jane Johnson. An epic saga of romance and redemption, Court of Lions brings one of the great turning-points in human history to life, telling the dual stories of a modern woman and the last Moorish sultan of Granada, as they both move towards their cataclysmic destinies. Sometimes at the lowest point in your life, fate will slip you a gift. The message has lain undiscovered since before the Fall of Granada in 1492, when the city was surrendered to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.īorn of love, in a time of danger and desperation, the fragment will be the catalyst that changes Kate's life forever. Upon it, in strange symbols, has been inscribed a message from another era. Kate Fordham fled to Spain to start a new life. One day, in the glorious gardens of the Alhambra-once home to Sultan Abu Abdullah Mohammed-Kate finds a scrap of paper hidden in one of the ancient walls. Court of Lions brings one of the great turning points in history to life, through the stories of a modern woman and the last Moorish sultan of Granada. There she is scraping by with an unfulfilling job in a busy bar. ![]() Sometimes at the lowest point in your life, fate will slip you a gift. ![]() ![]() ![]() Luke goes back to Tatooine, Leia battles alone, Han and Chewie play the deadly Big Game, and Darth Vader hunts for answers! With all your old favorites and plenty of new faces – hello, Jaxxon! – there’s no doubt, the Force is strong with this one! Collecting STAR WARS (1977) #1-44 and ANNUAL #1. Star Wars Omnibus 1: A Long Time Ago Paperback by Roy Thomas (Author), Don Glut (Author), Archie Goodwin (Author), 106 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle & Comixology 16.49 Read with Our Free App Paperback 40.00 9 Used from 28. ![]() In between, the rebels face a wealth of new perils – from space pirate Crimson Jack to the bounty hunter Beilert Valance, as well as a surprisingly svelte Jabba the Hut (one “t”). Now, the House of Ideas is re-presenting those original adventures in its wampa-sized Omnibus format! It’s the return of the Jedi to Marvel in an opening volume that begins with A NEW HOPE and ends with THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. ![]() Written by Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykin & variousĪrt by Carmine Infantino, Howard Chaykin & variousĪs the phenomenon dawned in 1977, Marvel Comics published the very first STAR WARS comic-book series. Collecting the first twenty-six issues of the Marvel Comics Star Wars series that launched in 1977 (the same year as the. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the wake of the financier’s death, public pressure mounted to hold those who might have assisted him – including Maxwell and a coterie of young women who allegedly worked under her – accountable not only for his actions, but also for their own roles.ĭuring Maxwell’s trial, prosecutors argued Maxwell and Epstein conspired to set up a scheme to lure young girls into sexual relationships with Epstein in New York, Florida, New Mexico and the US Virgin Islands. ![]()
![]() Interspersed throughout the book are installments of Ritwik’s own forays into fiction, imagining one Miss Maud Gilby: a minor character from a Tagore novel and an intrepid, early 20th-century British woman intent on educating Indian women. Throughout this time, which is set in the early days of AIDS, Ritwik finds men with whom he can have brief, furtive encounters in bathroom stalls and on unlit backstreets, never learning their names, never allowing himself affection or trust. Ritwik is unable to shake the trauma of his mother’s cruelty, punishing himself once she no longer can. ![]() His loneliness follows him to rainy rural England, where a scholarship gets him two years in university, and then on to London, where he stays without working papers. ![]() Following his mother’s death, and soon after his father’s, protagonist Ritwik is surprised to find himself entirely alone in his Calcutta neighborhood at age 21, not nearly as happy as he’d hoped he’d be with his mother gone (she was both the “proudest” mother in the area and, seemingly, the most abusive, “always on the edge of fury,” if not in its throes). ![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive. And it’s important to remember that not all magic is used for good. Fast paced with loads of action, plenty of magic and heart stopping tension, Wundersmith is one I highly recommend. Morrigan may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her journey into Nevermoor and all its secrets has only just begun. Wundersmith is the second in the Nevermoor series by Aussie author Jessica Townsend, and it is just as fantastical and exciting as the first. ‘An extraordinary story full of magics great and small’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS Return to the magical world of Nevermoor, where Morrigan Crow’s adventures continue. ![]() NEVERMOOR – WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2018 YOUNGER FICTION CATEGORY ![]() |