He couldn’t claim he’d taken the bullet on purpose, but if he hadn’t been there, it would have lodged in Nick’s head, and they both knew how that would have ended. “We both know you took that bullet for me. “Thanks for doing this, bud,” Kelly muttered. He could walk on his own when they’d left the hospital in New Orleans, but after so much travel, he wasn’t actually sure he could anymore. Kelly wrapped his arm over Nick’s shoulders, and they hobbled through the front door. The beeping from inside stopped, and Nick returned to roll the luggage out of the way. They all knew where the keys to their castles were: Ty’s and Owen’s security codes, Nick’s yacht, and a mental map of Digger’s bayou booby traps. Nick left the luggage at the door and hustled inside to turn off the beeping alarm. He was exhausted, and all he wanted was his own bed. It had been a long plane ride, even in first class, and the hour-long trip from the airport hadn’t been much better on him. He pressed his hand to his chest, resting his palm over the healing bullet wound just under his left pectoral. Kelly had to lean against the railing of his front porch while Nick dealt with the lock and the alarm to his cabin.
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We can accommodate special orders by phone and email if by email please put special order in your email subject line. Our orders are placed daily, with most books arriving in 1 - 2 days. We are a locally owned, full service bookstore. Williams and Jackson have designed a new, positive program, based on a half-dozen new affirmations, that can help conquer your vices, address personal dysfunction, and start to brighten the darkest moods. Whether you’re tethered to your phone or you turn to food for comfort whether you’re a perfectionist and can’t let things go or are too afraid to fail to even try whether you can find intimacy only on the Internet or you’ve been involved in a string of nasty relationships-the first step toward feeling better about yourself and your life is the realization that you are what’s standing in your way. In Gratitude and Trust, Williams and Jackson ask: What happens to those who struggle with vexing problems yet are not full-blown addicts? Are there any lessons to be learned from the foundational and time-tested principles of the recovery movement? Jackson, a well-known TV and film writer-and veteran of many years of traditional therapy-has never been a drunk or a drug abuser, but she realized that many of the tenets of Williams’s program could apply to her. William s, the award-winning songwriter, actor, and performer, has embraced a traditional alcoholism recovery plan for more than two decades of sobriety. But together, these two close friends have written Gratitude and Trust, a book designed to apply the principles of the recovery movement to the countless people who are not addicts but nevertheless need effective help with their difficulties and pain. Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, it is equally at home in a classroom reading circle as it is being read to a child on a parent's lap.ĪWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Hena Khan's picture books have garnered numerous awards: Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year, Parent' Choice Recommended Seal, NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People selection, CCBC Choices Reading List selection, Booklist Top 10 Religion Book for Youth, Chicago Public Library Best Book, and ALA Notable Children's Book nominee, among many others.ĪWARD-WINNING ILLUSTRATOR: Mehrdokht Amini received the 2016 Childrens Africana Book Award for her book Chicken in the Kitchen and has been nominated for the prestigious Kate Greenaway medal. From a red prayer rug to a blue hijab, readers will learn about a different color of the Muslim world on each spread with a young Muslim girl and her family as a guide. With breathtaking illustrations and informative text, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns magnificently captures the world of Islam, celebrating its beauty and traditions for even the youngest readers. Now in board book, this picture book magnificently captures the colors of Islam and will inspire curiosity and conversations about world religions and cultures. To keep their identities secure and the club believable, Ben and his friends decide to enter a batch of homemade pickles in the Pioneer Fair. Principal Lebonsky and the other adults, who Ben says have lost their senses of humor, are baffled by the anonymous pranksters and are less than amused. The club keeps the school guessing, with each prank bigger than the last. The fake club is believable enough - it even has an official website - but instead of meeting to discuss the gross things you can soak in vinegar, the group plans its next prank. To keep their activities a secret, the boys, joined by two girls, Bean and Sienna, decide to hide in plain sight by creating a club dedicated to making and appreciating pickles. Over a plate of guacamole at Ben’s parents’ restaurant, Ben and his new friends, Frank and Oliver, decide to team up to plan a series of mischievous acts designed to get a laugh out of their classmates. When Ben Diaz stumbles upon an ad for free ball-pit balls, he thinks it would be funny to fill his homeroom with them.Īfter that stunt is a success, Ben, only a sixth-grader, decides that Fountain Point Middle School needs to rediscover its sense of humor - and he knows just how to do it. For ages 8 to 12.Ĭan you keep a secret? For members of the League of Pickle Makers, that’s the top priority. “Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School” by Kim Baker. Edward got a rather shaggy beard and very heavy eye make up before retreating under a pile of furs to die. Elizabeth showed she was older by putting on a version of mum Jacquetta's woolly cardigan thing and trying out her bun hairstyle. Only marginally but it was still a vast improvement on the 25 year old king and queen who have been marauding through medieval England without a care or a grey hair for the last seven weeks. Hoorah! After 19 years and endless wars, fights, children and weeping they aged. The Kingmaker's Daughteris the story of Anne Neville, youngest daughter of the ruthless Earl of Warwick, the most powerful magnate in 15th century England. It was all very bizarre but ultimately far more engaging than the weeks of whining we've had to endure from Elizabeth.īack to the action which all started with the moment we've all been waiting for - Edward and Elizabeth looked slightly older. Gone was the nervous, good hearted but ambitious girl of the show so far and in her place a strange Victorian governess who spent every waking moment pushing her husband to become king. Sadly, it was so far removed from the personality she'd displayed in the last seven installments that it was like watching a different character. Marriage to this Henry Tudor would unite the white rose of York and the red of Lancaster - and change everything. What Anne wants, Anne gets - the Kingmaker's daughter made herself a queen this weekĪnne Neville came into her own in this episode. I will not be able to refund any orders or modify them at any cost. Please order ONLY if you’re okay with the timeline. Please note the image has been photoshopped and the final product might differ slightly. So please be considerate and purchase only if you’re okay with that as it’s not easy giving back refunds. Please also note that we have had issues with this particular books’ imports and they are usually massively delayed.With the enigmatic Prince of Wrath at her side, Emilia sold her soul to become Queen of the Wicked and travelled to the Seven Circles to fulfil her vow of avenging her beloved sister. Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco Published by Jimmy Patterson Books Book 2 in the Kingdom of the Wicked series After selling her soul to become Queen of the Wicked, Emilia travels to the Seven Circles with the enigmatic Prince of Wrath, where she’s introduced to a seductive world of vice. Preorder limited books aren’t brought back for sale once the time period ends, hence making them exclusive editions! From the number one New York Times best-selling author Kerri Maniscalco comes the sizzling and sweepingly romantic sequel to Kingdom of the Wicked. This is indeed a limited edition so please be vigilant about purchasing this.Kingdom of the Wicked will be a different print edition with the “James Patterson” banner on top, as we do not have the other edition available to purchase anywhere here in India.ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE to purchase the Kingdom of the Wicked Custom Set because the last book is hereee!!! This customised collector’s edition set of 3 books will come with these gorgeous designs on the front and solid edges on the top and bottom! Also available to purchase individually. If my big sister is in town, she’ll physically block my husband from going up the stairs to get my shoes. I walk with a limp from cerebral palsy and have a brain that, on good days, leads my husband to liken me to an absentminded professor and on bad days has friends and coworkers using words like “learned helplessness” and “weaponized incompetence” to describe my general state of disarray. Oh, yes, and we both have lived with disability our entire lives. It was only recently, though, that Chloé and I began talking about the thing most strangers notice about us right off the bat: we’re both stunningly gorgeous. (Chloé gave a lovely reading I gave an ill-conceived toast that made light of my Mormon ancestry and featured jokes about incest and polygamy.) We’ve gotten drinks in a bar in Lawrence, eaten gourmet doughnuts from a food truck in Austin, attended a mutual best friend’s wedding in Salt Lake City. I’ve known the writer Chloé Cooper Jones since 2011. Shoko decides to ask her daughter Sue (short or Suiko) to travel to Japan and deliver a letter to Taro. Shoko yearns to return to Japan to find her estranged brother, to whom she has neither written nor spoken to since the day she left Japan because of her decision to marry an American, but her doctor forbids travel due to her heart condition, believed to be a result of the radiation from the bombing of Nagasaki. In between narration of her present-day life in San Diego, including doctor visits for an enlarged heart, Shoko tells of how her parents sent her to work in Kumamoto City to earn money for her brother Taro to finish college, and to find an American husband. The novel begins with Shoko, a Japanese wife and mother, recalling incidents from her childhood in Japan during World War II – almost being kidnapped by a nanny, playing baseball with her brother and his friends, running from an American bomber. How to Be an American Housewife, now in paperback, is based on author Margaret Dilloway’s mother’s personal experiences. I’m sure our American ways were just as strange - if not more so - to my Japanese playmates and coworkers as theirs were to me. When I was a child there were a few Japanese families in my neighborhood, and several years ago I worked with a team from Japan, which included a seminar on how to do business with the Japanese. Japanese culture has always intrigued me. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. But have the true villains been much closer all along? Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked, nothing was as it seemed. Together, Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fuelled game of deception to solve the murder and stop the unrest that's brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters, and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared. Now, Emilia will do anything to get to the bottom of these accusations against the sister she thought she knew. When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, damning evidence somehow points to Vittoria as the murderer. She doesn't just desire his body she wants his heart and soul-but that's something the enigmatic demon can't promise her. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. #1 New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco delivers sizzling romance, sexy secrets, and unexpected twists in this unforgettable conclusion to the Kingdom of the Wicked series.Įmilia is reeling from a shocking discovery about her sister, Vittoria. |