![]() ![]() ![]() Visit my website at and my Facebook Author page. National magazine ROMANTIC TIMES has called me the "Queen of Western Romance" and an "emotional powerhouse." My husband and I have traveled the west for nearly 40 years and I have visited just about every location mentioned in my books. I have also written about the Civil War, the American Revolution, the war with Mexico (the Alamo), and the war of 1812. Many of my books portray the poignant history of our Native Americans, and though the characters are my own, I use real historical locations and events in all my novels. For those of you who have not yet read my books, my stories are generally set in the American West of the 1800s and feature vividly described, historically accurate settings that span the US from Missouri to California, from Canada to Mexico. I have also written many Native American stories, all based on real history. ![]() I am known for great love stories filled with real history and high emotion. ![]() See my website ( for details on all my books - most available for Kindle and in print. My best sellers are my SAVAGE DESTINY series (7 books) and my OUTLAW HEARTS series (now working on #6 - SHADOW TRAIL - coming June 2023). My most recent publication is DANCING BENEATH YOU (9/22), my first full-length contemporary story with a Native American theme. I have always written for standard publishers but am now writing strictly for Amazon so I have more freedom to write real history. I am a USA-TODAY best-selling author with 40 years, 75 books, and numerous writing awards behind me. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Well, I should have told you that there are six cows who come down to Pooh's lake every afternoon to drink, and of course they say "Moo" as they come. ![]() You will find some lines about a swan here, if you get as far as that, and I should have explained to you in the Note that Christopher Robin, who feeds this swan in the mornings, has given him the name of "Pooh." This is a very fine name for a swan, because, if you call him and he doesn't come (which is a thing swans are good at), then you can pretend that you were just saying "Pooh!" to show how little you wanted him. William Wordsworth, who liked to tell his readers where he was staying, and which of his friends he was walking with, and what he was thinking about, when the idea of writing his poem came to him. ![]() A t one time (but I have changed my mind now) I thought I was going to write a little Note at the top of each of these poems, in the manner of Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Written with honesty and heart, Forward is an inspiring blueprint for individual growth and rousing call to action" Wambach's book goes beyond the soccer field to reveal a soulful person grappling universal questions about how we can live our best lives, and become our truest selves. Women’s National Team (USWNT) win two Olympic gold medals (20) and a World Cup (2015). In Forward, Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped her become the world class athlete and leader she is today. Abby Wambach, in full Mary Abigail Wambach, (born June 2, 1980, Rochester, New York, U.S.), American association football ( soccer) player who was one of the sport’s leading forwards. She has become a heavily requested speaker to a wide a range of audiences, from college students to executives at Fortune 500 companies. Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. "Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Pillar Hilo, his sister the Weather Man Shae, their cousin Anden who moves abroad to study, and Hilo’s wife the stone-eye Wen. In Jade War, we mostly follow the point of view perspectives of important members of the No Peak clan. They were not alone in their thinking the other minor Green Bone Clans, the Janloon city police, and even the Mountain clan assisted or got out of the way – there was nothing to be gained from opposing Kaul Hilo’s rampage.” “The men begged for their captors to kill them, but the Jo Sun clan handed the criminals over to No Peak as a sign of allegiance and good will to the Kaul family. ![]() Intertwine that with some John Woo inspired bullet ballet and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-esque wire-fu and readers are in for an incredible experience. The novel is a mixture of the finest elements seen in crime cinema such as the family loyalty and honour from Copolla’s The Godfather and the political unrest and uncomfortable moments of To’s Election series. Jade War continues the brilliantly addictive and engaging oriental urban fantasy gangster narrative that started with Jade City. I would like to thank Fonda Lee and Orbit Books for the opportunity. ![]() I received a review copy of Jade War in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ( Listen to the podcast here: local-national-965189. This interview originally aired on WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs, Ohio. This puzzle forms the framework for a literary mystery about missing children, a rapidly fraying social safety net, and an abused dog who steals the show entirely. Brodie is having a difficult time trying to learn the woman’s true identity. ![]() In this one Brodie is trying to discover the mysterious origins of a woman who has hired him to find out her background. Started Early, Took My Dog is full of warm, believable characters, such as Tillie and Tracy, who are tangled together in an intricate plot written with Atkinson’s characteristic wit and style. Fans of this series will recall that Brodie appeared sparingly in the previous book, “When Will There Be Good News.” He actually spent the majority of that book in a coma. Atkinson skillfully brings the reader along on this bumpy, but entertaining, ride. Her latest offering, “”Started Early, Took My Dog” (Little, Brown) is her fourth book featuring the now retired private investigator Jackson Brodie. Her debut novel, “Behind the Scenes at the Museum,” won the Whitbread Book of the Year award. Kate Atkinson arrived upon the literary landscape with a flash. The title “Started Early, Took My Dog” is derived from a poem by Emily Dickinson. Vick Mickunas interviews Kate Atkinson about her latest novel featuring the retired private detective Jackson Brodie. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It looks like a simple drug overdose to everyone-except to Renko, whose examination of the crime scene turns up some inexplicable clues, most notably an invitation to Russia’s premier charity ball, the billionaires’ Nijinksy Fair. Though he has been technically suspended from the prosecutor’s office for once again turning up unpleasant truths, he strives to solve a last case: the death of an elegant young woman whose body is found in a construction trailer on the perimeter of Moscow’s main rail hub. In Three Stations, Renko’s skills are put to their most severe test. He uses his biting humor and intuitive leaps to fight not only wrongdoers but the corrupt state apparatus as well. Renko is the ironic, brilliantly observant cop who finds solutions to heinous crimes when other lawmen refuse to even acknowledge that crimes have occurred. For the last three decades, beginning with the trailblazing Gorky Park, Renko (and Smith) have captivated readers with detective tales set in Russia. So begins Martin Cruz Smith’s masterful Three Stations, a suspenseful, intricately constructed novel featuring Investigator Arkady Renko. A cruel-hearted soldier looking furtively, forcibly, for sex. An unwed teenage mother headed to Moscow to seek a new life. A passenger train hurtling through the night. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think Queenie was in the bed, but her body was a mere tiny shell of what Harold remembered her as. It was clear that her physical presence was rapidly shrinking away, and that's what I took from Harold's exclamation of "where is she?" as well. ![]() Like Harold’s book, Queenie’s can stand on its own as a warm, thoughtful tale. To this day, I'm still a little freaked out by how vastly different she looked from the last time I'd seen her in the hospital, about a week prior, to when I saw her in hospice on that day. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy is told from Queenie’s perspective as she awaits Harold’s arrival. I looked at the bed where this tiny, shrunken body was lying, and did not recognize it as my grandmother at all. I was alone, and shown where her room was by a staff member, but there was nobody else in the room. When I read the book, that reminded me so much of when I went to see my maternal grandmother in hospice shortly before she passed. You had asked in that discussion what was meant when Harold Fry entered the room and couldn't see Queenie. I have a new found regard for those that work willingly in hospices. Since my thread title says there will be spoilers here, I'll just go ahead and say that I really like the way one reader described Sister Inconnu as Queenie's catalyst to forgive herself and to help usher her into the next life. The Love Song of Queenie Hennessy is a great, stand alone companion to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Sheilaaus, thanks so much for sharing about the Goodreads discussion. ![]() ![]() Her work will send you to past thoughts and realities you might not have known you had. The honest words of Rupi Kaur leave you continuously wanting more as she writes with eloquence and poise. " Milk and Honey brings any tormented reader to an enlightened state of self-reflection that may have taken years to accomplish alone." "Discussing themes of love, loss, and healing, Milk and Honey finds a way to connect to every reader. Accompanied by her own sketches, the beautifully honest poems read like the everyday, collective experiences of today's modern woman. Rupi Kaur's first book, Milk and Honey is the poetry collection every woman needs on her nightstand or coffee table. ![]() ![]() "A must-have poetry collection about healing and hope." (Bustle) Rupi's poetry is simple, relatable, gorgeous, and grounded in the everyday experiences of young women. Her work is simply but powerfully expressed, and viscerally captures both universal human experience and the particular struggles of a young woman today." (Huffington Post) ![]() "At age 24, Rupi Kaur has been called the voice of her generation." (USA Today) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() According to Zipes, fairy tales "serve a meaningful social function, not just for compensation but for revelation: the worlds projected by the best of our fairy tales reveal the gaps between truth and falsehood in our immediate society." His arguments are avowedly based on the critical theory of the Frankfurt School and more recently theories of cultural evolution.ģ:16: You’re a leading expert on folk and fairy tales. In the latter part of his career he translated two major editions of the tales of the Brothers Grimm and focused on fairy tales, their evolution, and their social and political role in civilizing processes. Jack Zipes is a professor emeritus of German, comparative literature, and cultural studies, who has published and lectured on German literature, critical theory, German Jewish culture, children's literature, and folklore. ![]() ![]() Her Bulgakov reminds one of the virtuoso effects encountered in Zamyatin and Babel, as yell as the early Pasternak's bizarre tale of Heine in Italy. Mirra Ginsburg's (Grove Press) version is pointedly grotesque: she delights in the sharp, spinning, impressionistic phrase. The battle of competing translations, a new publishing phenomenon which began with One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, now offers two rival American editions of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. This new translation has been made from the complete and unabridged Russian text. Russians everywhere responded enthusiastically to the novel’s artistic and spiritual freedom and it was an immediate and enduring success. Although completed in 1940, The Master and Margarita was not published until 1966 when the first section appeared in the monthly magazine Moskva. ![]() Written during the darkest period of Stalin’s repressive reign and a devastating satire of Soviet life, it combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem, each brimming with incident and with historical, imaginary, frightful and wonderful characters. ![]() Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgakov’s crowning achievement, skilfully blending magical and realistic elements, grotesque situations and major ethical concerns. Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. A masterful translation of one of the great novels of the 20th century ![]() |
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