![]() ![]() It's not long before I realise that their friendship isn't enough for me anymore. Every stomach-fluttering touch lingers a little too long, and every molten kiss ends in fireworks. Easy.īut as my lessons become more and more intense, we soon find ourselves getting in too deep. ![]() In return, I just have to make an appearance on their relationship advice podcast once a week. Together, they agree to be my 'practice boyfriends', and come up with a lesson plan packed with fake dates, make out sessions, and classes on flirty texting. who also happens to be my old professor.Īfter a bad date leaves me crying on their shoulders, the three men are determined to help me find a guy. Josh, the boy-next-door with the sculpted jaw and calculating stare.Īnd Luke, the silver-haired divorcee. There's Zack, the huge rugby player with the cheeky grin and rippling biceps. Lucky for me, I have three overprotective best friends who are all-too-eager to help hone my dating skills. And with my thirties rapidly approaching, I'm starting to lose patience. I'm twenty-eight and I've never had a boyfriend. My name is Layla Thompson, and I am undateable. ![]() Must be tall, ripped - and willing to teach me how to kiss. Print Faking with Benefits - A Friends to Lovers Reverse Harem Romance ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() About the Author: Michael Emmerich (editor/translator/introducer) is an associate professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language. From the orthodox to the cutting-edge, they represent a range of styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of Japanese fiction over the past few decades in a collection that is equally rewarding for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of English or Japanese. The stories-many of which appear here in English for the first time-are by well-known writers like Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, as well as emerging voices like Abe Kazushige, Ishii Shinji, and Kawakami Hiromi. A dual-language edition of Japanese stories-many appearing in English for the first time This volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary. ![]() ![]() ![]() Today, with a dozen books, Bodoc has returned to the genre with Tiempo de Dragones: the imperfect prophecy, the beginning of a new saga that will have its cinematic counterpart and visual imagery in charge of the artist Ciruelo. And her fiction brought her a new reality, the possibility to become a full time writer, and eventually one of the most widely read and admired writers of Argentina. When the mendocinian writer published her first novel, Los días del Venado ( The days of the deer), part of the Saga de los Confines, a fiction which combines the epic pulse of Tolkien in the mouth of Latin American soil – demonstrated what she is: an exquisite storyteller. Victoriously, their invention is confused with what really happened.įiction has also disrupted the scope of reality in the life of Liliana Bodoc. They invent a prophecy, with fervor and doubts, but resolutely. ![]() And to do so, they use the best weapon: fiction. So, since there’s no salvation, they decide to change what will be told in years or centuries. They know well that nothing can be done to delay their destiny. ![]() They are 17 monks and they will die when the day dawns. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Tightly plotted and compulsive, Daughters of a Dead Empire is simultaneously a heart-racing thrill ride across the landscape of revolutionary Russia and a tender, timely reflection on the reconciling power of friendship." -Amanda McCrina, author of Traitor and The Silent Unseen "O'Neil's thrilling, historically authentic novel is every bit as moving as it is harrowing. An imaginative retelling of the Anastasia story. Daughters of a Dead Empire is a harrowing historical thriller about dangerous ideals, inequality, and the price we pay for change. Anna is being hunted by the Bolsheviks, and now-regardless of her loyalties-Evgenia is too. With her brother in desperate need of a doctor, Evgenia accepts Anna's offer and suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the war. Desperate to get away from the Bolsheviks, she offers a peasant girl a diamond to take her as far south as possible-not realizing that the girl is a communist herself. Anna, a bourgeois girl, narrowly escaped the massacre of her entire family in Yekaterinburg. Russia, 1918: With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war-the poor are devouring the rich. ![]() "This fresh, thrilling take on Anastasia establishes that O'Neil is a debut author to watch." - Buzzfeed From debut author Carolyn Tara O'Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution. ![]() ![]() Finding the latest editions in used condition can be a frustrating experience and whether new or used…expensive, typically costing students more than a hundred dollars per textbook. Re-editioning textbooks is a typical practice in the publishing industry, sending professors and students always searching for the most up-to-date edition before the start of a semester, providing the latest and greatest information available for coursework. ![]() Who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell The Racketįor most students’ first college-level Art History class, “Gardner’s Art Through the Ages” is the required textbook purchase, now in its 16th edition since first being published in 1926. “Who controls the past controls the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All fired by the events in the small town of Canley.Īndy Lazris. Relationships are tested as loyalties are torn, friends betray each other, and emotions run high. ![]() Seven years after graduating, they come into contact again after both losing their first loves. Marlene and Derek barely talked in high school. $28.95 paper (422p), ISBN 979-88-8 $10.99 e-book, ISBN 979-88-8īoys sent to a summer camp to learn lifelong skills must learn to survive running the gauntlet of bullying and hazing that fashions the man from the boy. Nearing the end with all his loved ones gone, Old decides to examine his life’s worth and meaning by writing his memoir. If you are a self-published author interested in listing titles in this section, please visit /pw-select for more information. Some of these writers are waiting to be discovered others have track records and followings and are doing it on their own. Each appears with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description provided by its author. Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 55 self-published titles below. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While some critics found his style offensive, others claimed that Bukowski satirized the machismo attitude through his routine use of sex, alcohol abuse, and violence. A cult hero, Bukowski relied on experience, emotion, and imagination in his work, using direct language and violent and sexual imagery. Charles Bukowski was a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. ![]() ![]() The latter two-thirds of the novel is narrated by Machiavelli, who is in his early years as a Florentine diplomat. Her tone greatly satisfied my expectations for historical fiction of this period. Though it is not until fairly late in the book when her personal history is revealed, Damiata's narrative voice is a distinctive character that is romantic, mournful, and nostalgic. In the opening third of the novel, we hear from Damiata, mistress of the murdered Duke of Gandia (one of Alexander VI' sons). Damiata and Niccolo work with the other mastermind of the time, Leonardo da Vinci, to solve a series of brutal murders. ![]() ![]() The story is narrated by Damiata, a Vatican courtesan and Niccolo Machiavelli, who is most well-known now for his book The Prince. The Malice of Fortune is set during the papacy of Alexander VI. ![]() The primary players in the Borgia family of Renaissance Italy include Pope Calixtus III, his nephew Pope Alexander VI, Alexander VI's son Cesare, and daughter Lucrezia (See " Beyond the Book"). This Borgia-era novel creates fictional events utilizing factual evidence from historical characters in the manner of Philippa Gregory and Matthew Pearl. The Borgia family of Renaissance Italy are key players in this historical mystery, which is rich in period detail and satisfying despite a somewhat confusing storyline ![]() ![]() THE object of this Essay is to explain as clearly as I am able, the grounds of an opinion which I have held from the very earliest period when I had formed any opinions at all on social or political matters, and which, instead of being weakened or modified, has been constantly growing stronger by the progress of reflection and the experience of life: That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes-the legal subordination of one sex to the other-is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement and that it ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no power or privilege on the one side, nor disability on the other. Jeff McLaughlin The Subjection of Women CHAPTER I. John Stuart Mill – On The Equality of Women ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2016, her administration launched Parisculteurs, a campaign that is working to cover 247 acres of rooftops and walls in Paris with greenery by 2020." CNN reports that Hidalgo has made good on her initiatives, and both private and public enterprises have risen to the challenge of making Paris rich in biodiversity as well as cultural capital. ![]() "Present mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, was elected in 2014 with the intention to improve the city's green spaces as a part of her platform. Cahill's stories and brief bits of history about the gardens makes this a perfect little jewel of a book to sit down with if you're planning a trip to Paris, or simply dreaming of one.īertrand Delanoë, former Mayor of Paris (2001-2014) added over 100 new acres to its existing 400 green spaces. Marion Ranoux's photographs coupled with Ms. And instead of hearing the Paris traffic, you're hearing birds sing and you're smelling - really smelling - the flowers. ![]() "Hidden Gardens of Paris," all on its own, makes a unique travel guide for planning your days of walking through Paris, knowing there are spots to stop, rest, breathe and think about the fact that you're actually in Paris. A small sampling seeing as how there are, I believe, over 400 of these green spaces. Susan Cahill shares 40 of these quiet green havens with us, all broken down by areas and highlighted with a map. Have you heard of Square Georges Cain or Square Santiago du Chili ? They're both located in Central Paris. ![]() |