"From the Trade Paperback edition."īrigid of Kildare is she just a legend or historical figure? Nonetheless, this novel brings a fascinating figure of Saint Brigid who was presumably Ireland’s first and only female priest and bishop. But even more extraordinary is the contents of the manuscript's vellum pages, which may have dire repercussions for the Catholic Church and could very well rewrite the origins of Christianity. Hidden within the sacred box is the most beautiful illuminated manuscript Alex has ever seen. Modern day: Alexandra Patterson, an appraiser of medieval relics, has been summoned to Kildare to examine a reliquary box believed to belong to Saint Brigid. When Brigid assigns Decius a holy task-to create the most important and sacred manuscript ever made-he finds himself at odds with his original mission and faces the most difficult decision of his life. Hearing accounts of Brigid's power, the Church deems her a threat and sends Decius, a Roman priest and scribe, on a secret mission to collect proof of Brigid's heresy.Īs Decius records the unorthodox practices of Brigid and her abbey, he becomes intrigued by her. Followers flock to her Kildare abbey and scriptorium. Rich in historical detail, Heather Terrell's mesmerizing novel Brigid of Kildare is the story of the revolutionary Saint Brigid and the discovery of the oldest illuminated manuscript in the annals of the Church, a manuscript that contains an astonishing secret history.įifth-century Ireland: Brigid is Ireland's first and only female priest and bishop.
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SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC AUDIOBOOKS, and associated logos are trademarksĪnd/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. "Text Copyright © 2021 by Tami Charles Audio (P)2021 SCHOLASTIC INC. This audio edition features four brand-new original songs all written, composed, and performed by author and narrator Tami Charles! Inspired by true events, Muted is a fearless exploration of the dark side of the music industry, the business of exploitation, how a girl's dreams can be used against her - and what it takes to fight back. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken. Even the painful sacrifices and the lies the girls have to tell are all worth it.ĭenver begins to realize that she's trapped in Merc's world, struggling to hold on to her own voice. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights - plus hours and hours in the recording studio. So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean "Mercury" Ellis. For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown. Kindle 7.99 Rate this book Muted Tami Charles 4.06 1,686 ratings493 reviews A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds Be bold. Landon Carter is the popular punk in High School. Landon is angry that their time together is limited, but he still finds himself falling for her more and more everyday. When Landon confesses his love for Jamie, Jamie gets upset because she has to tell him she is sick with leukemia and she has less than a year to live. Jamie brings a whole new light and perspective to Landon’s life. During there rehearsals Landon finds himself infatuated with Jamie. That girl, is Jamie, the pastors daughter. This conflict is resolved when Landon if forced to participate in a Christmas play at the town church where his character plays the conductor of an orchestra who is looking for this mystery, music making, girl with the voice of an angel. At 17 he was at war with himself to find out who he really was, and who he really wanted to be. The antagonist and the protagonist of the story is Landon himself. A devastating lab fire! An inexplicable disappearance! A beautiful diva with a mysterious past! An attempted murder! An electrocuted dog! The characters mug and posture like actors in a silent film with dramatic captions: “She turned her glare to Westinghouse. The key to winning, Cravath decides, is to get Nikola Tesla-the mad scientist to end all mad scientists-to invent a better lightbulb. He tells the story from the point of view of Paul Cravath, the young attorney charged with defending Westinghouse against a potentially devastating patent suit brought by Edison. In the late 19th century, as Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse began wiring America for electricity, the titans locked horns over which electrical standard would prevail-AC or DC-in a struggle that came to be known as the “War of the Currents.” Novelist ( The Sherlockian, 2010) and screenwriter ( The Imitation Game, 2014) Moore chops up and rearranges a decade’s worth of events, squeezes them into two years, adds a few crimes, and serves the result up in a lively if unsurprising legal thriller. The great tech innovators of the '90s-that’s the 1890s-posture, plot, and even plan murder in this business book–turned–costume drama. Something Jack can’t put his finger on, something that makes him suspect the blackmail is just a cover for something much more serious. After all, helping a fellow student deal with blackmail isn’t exactly new-just a few months before, Jack handled a couple of blackmailers on campus. With his dad still struggling to pay a mountain of medical bills, Jack jumps at the opportunity to make some extra cash. Definitely.Įxcept when it comes to money. And Holloway Holmes is his friend (even though it’s the kind of friendship that leaves Jack wanting more). And he’s got a great girlfriend (who might, justifiably, be running out of patience with him). And his dad is healthy (which means he’s worrying again about things like Jack’s curfew and, oh yeah, grades). He’s back in school (although classes are harder than he expected). Trouble always comes in threes.īlackmail. This title may be purchased from Amazon Blackmail. It sounds like opera.”- The New Yorker “Sprawling, soaring, bawdy, and plotted like a fine embroidery.”- NPR But who betrayed her? With epic sweep, gorgeous language, and haunting details, Alexander Chee shares Lilliet’s cunning transformation from circus rider to courtesan to legendary soprano, retracing the path that led to the role that could secure her reputation-or destroy her with the secrets it reveals. When one is offered to her, she finds the libretto is based on her deepest secret, something only four people have ever known. She became a sensation of the Paris Opera, with every accolade but an original role-her chance at immortality. The Queen of the Night tells the captivating story of Lilliet Berne, an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe and was swept into the glamour and terror of Second Empire France. The mesmerizing story of one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned diva-"a brilliant performance" ( Washington Post). NATIONAL BESTSELLER, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a Best Book of the Year from NPR, Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, and others. It hasn't exactly been hidden, it was there from the start and it's obvious from the eye-catching covers with girls swanning around in pretty dresses. I've always been aware of the strong romantic element in the Everneath books. And way too many pages filled with sappiness. There were too many pages of scampering about looking for this, that and whatever. I also feel like I could have read the final fifty pages of Evertrue and skipped the rest quite easily. Then there are those times when a final installment is so naff that you finish it wondering why you ever cared about those characters and feeling only a sense of regret that you wasted your precious reading time. There are some times when the final installment in a series disappoints you and it's a pretty devastating experience after you've devoted so much time and emotional turmoil to the characters and story. And somewhere out there is a heart without a home, and it beats for me and we’re not giving up until we find it.” He took my hand and pressed it against his chest. How? How did they do that? Maybe because this whole movie is basically a comic book. When this movie does it, it adds to the energy and atmosphere of the film without ever interrupting the flow of the action. For example, when Ang Lee did stylized comic panels in Hulk, it was confusing and weird. Like, maybe the best Spider-Man movie ever good? Is that even possible? It's weird because it even does things that were terrible mistakes in other movies and does them here in a way that works out with artistic brilliance. So when I heard Sony was doing an animated Spider-Man, good lord this is about a million miles from where I thought they would be. Rating: PG (Mild Language|Frenetic Action Violence|Thematic Elements) Miles must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes and pull different versions of Spider-Man into our world. When he meets Peter Parker, he soon realizes that there are many others who share his special, high-flying talents. Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man. It breaks new ground by providing an authoritative and thoroughly researched account of the rise and fall of comprehensive schooling in New South Wales." - Roy Lowe, University of Birmingham "One of the important contributions the work of Campbell and Sherington offers is that it draws on a wide range of international literature and uses contemporary examples from England and the US to demonstrate the extent to which the comprehensive public high school in NSW was part of and contributed to the emerging tradition of secondary schooling in westernised nations. "This book is a very significant contribution to the important series of studies edited by Barry Franklin and Gary McCulloch. For many years I have been writing poetry for friends and it has been part of my daily work with clients. “Writing has always been one of my strengths since childhood. In one of the numerous interviews, the woman admitted that from her youth she loved to read romance novels, and gradually her passion for them grew into a profession. By the way, it was she who pushed her to write her debut work, released in May 2013 - after reading the first chapter, the girl demanded the continuation and further development of events. Thanks to him, followers found out that her best childhood friend was named Allison, and by July 2018, her friendship with her had been 35 years old. Ward's Instagram account also helps shed light on the unknown facts of his personal life. By the way, Penelope is a fictitious name, and the last name is real. On the official website of the writer, in a separate section, her brief biography is contained, from which it is known that the girl was brought up among five older brothers, and before seriously taking up literature, she held the post of a television news host for many years. The future bestselling creator was born on the tenth day of July 1975 in Boston, the oldest city in the United States. |