![]() Like the children of other progressive German-speaking Jews in Prague, Werfel was educated at a Catholic school run by the Piarists, a teaching order that allowed for a rabbi to instruct Jewish students for their Bar Mitzvahs. As a child, Werfel was raised by his Czech Catholic governess, Barbara Šimůnková, who often took him to mass in Prague's main cathedral. His two sisters were Hanna (born 1896) and Marianne Amalie (born 1899). His mother, Albine Kussi, was the daughter of a mill owner. 1934, 2012), a novel based on events that took place during the Armenian genocide of 1915, and The Song of Bernadette (1941), a novel about the life and visions of the French Catholic saint Bernadette Soubirous, which was made into a Hollywood film of the same name.īorn in Prague (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), Werfel was the first of three children of a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods, Rudolf Werfel. He is primarily known as the author of The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1933, English tr. ![]() ![]() Franz Viktor Werfel ( German: ( listen) 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian- Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. ![]()
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5/21/2023 0 Comments Mirror's edge impostors book 3![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She and her love Col must surge on new faces and bodies in order to infiltrate Shreve by dropping from the sky and landing undetected.įrey's sister Rafi - no longer a twin in features, but still a twin by birth - is the wild card. But Frey is troubled by things even beyond the dangers of her mission: confusion over her own identity, guilt over having killed her brother (even if he was trying to kill Rafia at the time), and worry about whether her sister, who has stolen Frey's name and identity, can be trusted with the fate of Shreve.īook Synopsis The danger rises and the deception grows in the heart-stopping third book in the New York Times bestselling Impostors series!įrey's return to the city of her birth isn't going to be an easy one. About the Book Raised to be her twin sister Rafia's body double and bodyguard, but now with new face and body, Frey and her lover Col are determined to return to Shreve to rescue Boss X, a friend and ally in the rebellion of the free cities against people like Frey's father, ruthless ruler of Shreve. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Gibson mona lisa overdrive![]() ![]() From these disparate threads, Gibson generates one of his complex storylines. We also meet Kumiko, a Japanese girl sent to London for protection while her father is threatened by a Yakuza war Slick, a robotics mechanic living in an abandoned factory in a rusted-out wasteland somewhere in America’s heartland and the titular Mona, a Cleveland prostitute who gets entangled in a dangerous scheme far beyond her understanding. It picks up several years later, following a number of different characters, the most important of whom is probably Angela Mitchell – the gifted teenager rescued from a mesa arcology in Arizona in Count Zero, who has subsequently become a world-famous simulation star. Mona Lisa Overdrive is a more direct sequel to Count Zero than Count Zero was to Neuromancer. ![]() William Gibson, incidentally, comes up with the most awesome titles. Taking a break from the Booker Prize 2011 Challenge with some classic science fiction. Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson (1988) 308 p. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments You deserve each other characters![]() Nicholas, the upstanding dentist who nevertheless cowers in the shadow of his mother’s expectations, responds by buying a house in the woods. But when she discovers that Nicholas is just as tired of her as she is of him, Naomi decides to wage a war in the form of petty pranks, mind games, and general sabotage to get Nicholas to call off the wedding. ![]() She isn’t close to her family, her only friends are her ragtag bunch of co-workers, and she is so run down by her fiance’s overbearing mother that she has all but checked out of her own life. Naomi is an underachiever who works at a local junk store that’s on its last legs. But there’s one big flaw in their seemingly idyllic relationship: She hates him. ![]() ![]() Naomi Westfield and her perfect fiance, Nicholas Rose, are just a few short months away from walking down the aisle. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Furyborn reviews![]() ![]() She isn’t inherently evil, yet rather, a product of the world she lives in. ![]() ❧ Eliana, a.k.a the Dread of Orline, is pretty much everything you could want in an antiheroine. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel captain and discovers that the evil at the empire’s heart is more terrible than she ever imagined.Īs Rielle and Eliana fight in a cosmic war that spans millennia, their stories intersect, and the shocking connections between them ultimately determine the fate of their world-and of each other. A bounty hunter for the Undying Empire, Eliana believes herself untouchable-until her mother vanishes. One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana Ferracora. If she fails, she will be executed…unless the trials kill her first. ![]() To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world…or doom it. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Therapists are not for African Americans” and “Psychiatrists are for rich white folk.” “We, African Americans, must turn to God as our therapist.” “The Holy Spirit is the only healing power we need.” “Do your best, and God will do the rest”. ![]() In my neighborhood, people were often suspicious of modern psychology and psychiatry. With spiritual counseling and prayer, Pastor Gore was both spiritual leader and psychological therapist. of Christ Second Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Avenue. If our family had issues to resolve, we sought the assistance and guidance of Pastor Herman Gore Sr. ![]() As such, she believed God Almighty was a divine therapist who would help to resolve personal issues and psychological trauma. When I was a boy growing up in East Long Beach, California, my maternal grandmother, Lulluree, would often say, “only God can heal our hearts and minds”. Barack Obama Mandela was raised with African American and Christian influences in Long Beach, California. ![]() ![]() ![]() īeatrix Hathaway has always been more comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom. The danger Cat tried to outrun is about to separate them forever-unless two wary lovers can find a way to banish the shadows and give in to their desires. But to Leo, Cat is intriguing and tempting. Catherine’s respectable demeanor hides a secret that would utterly destroy her. Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her response-and even more so when Leo proposes a liaison. Cat cannot believe that their constant arguing could mask a mutual attraction. Her charges’ older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. įor two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters-a pleasant position, with one caveat. If Harry wants to keep Poppy by his side, he must forge a true union of body and soul. ![]() As desire grows between them, an enemy lurks in the shadows. He has held the world at arm’s length…but the beguiling Poppy demands to be his wife in every way that matters. Harry was willing to do anything to win Poppy-except open his heart. When their flirtation compromises her own reputation, Poppy shocks everyone by accepting his proposal-only to find that her new husband offers his passion, but not his trust. Fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an enigmatic hotel owner and inventor with wealth, power, and a dangerous hidden life. The audiobook collection of the final three books in Lisa Kleypas' beloved 'Hathaways' series. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Ottoline chris riddell![]() ![]() He was just so into the touring thing, that he didn't even notice anything around him. The boy one was just enormously cocky and I didn't particularly like him. ![]() The foxes, well I mostly liked the girl one. But nothing really happens with it, the only thing that happens is that they are both amazed, and keep saying the same sentence. I was a bit looking forward to some sort of twist though as to why the girl was so similar to Ottoline. We meet 2 Foxes, a girl who looks like Ottoline (and even has a hairy friend just like Ottoline has), it was just a delight. This time it is all about Ottoline's party, and the new friends she makes while planning for it. I have been looking forward to a new Ottoline book for some time, so imagine my delight when my wish came true! 6 years after the last one a new book has arrived. Ottoline is back again! With new adventures, new friends! ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The undercover duke![]() ![]() Length: Full-length novel Heat Level: Steamy and dreamy This book is part of a series (The 1797 Club), but can be read as a standalone book. ![]() But just when they start to believe they could find some kind of happiness, the past rears its ugly head and Lucas will have to choose between the life he once led and the woman who has changed his world. Once they’re alone together an unexpected connection begins to grow between these two people who have fought their emotions all their lives and more begins to heal than just Lucas’s broken body. She was also trained in healing, so when she’s asked to come and assist with Lucas’s recovery she has a hard time refusing. ![]() Diana Oakford was raised by a physician who served the King’s War Department and she knows better than most the dangers that job entails. Forced home, his angry, aggressive desire to get back in the field and find out to who betrayed him is keeping him from healing. But years of dangerous work has finally caught up to him and he was involved in a violent attack that nearly killed him. He’s been too busy working for the War Department as a spy. Lucas Vincent may be the Duke of Willowby but he’s never acted as such. Lucas Vincent, the Duke of Willowby at a very young age, has done everything he can to. The wounded hero trope is my very favorite because I love to seem them healed and happy in the end. ![]() The sixth steamy book in The 1797 Club from USA Today Bestseller Jess Michaels. Action Comedy Bo and Luke are asked by a government agent to go undercover and infiltrate a gambling ring on the NASCAR circuit. The Undercover Duke Jess Michaels has a way of snaring the readers attention from the first and not letting go until the end. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments A land of permanent goodbyes![]() ![]() Abawi's narrative traces the harrowing experiences of refugees fleeing Syria, putting a voice to the images of tragedy that flooded western media for a time before other news took their place. Atia Abawi, A Land of Permanent GoodbyesĪs quality young adult fiction continues to be published, it is not often that a book distinguishes itself as required reading, but Atia Abawi's A Land of Permanent Goodbyes should be classed as such, not just for young adults but readers of all ages. And the journey beyond those invisible lines can become just as heinous as living inside the fire. ![]() When you're a refugee, everyone has lost, at least for the time being. A timely story of refugees escaping from war-torn Syria told by a foreign news correspondent who experienced the crisis firsthand. ![]() |