has an instructive value that can scarcely be measured” - Los Angeles Times His account of the tragic folly of Gallipoli is masterful. “Meyer’s sketches of the British Cabinet, the Russian Empire, the aging Austro-Hungarian Empire. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War: four long years of slaughter, physical and moral exhaustion, and the near collapse of a civilization that until 1914 had dominated the globe. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. It will earn generations of admirers.” -The Washington Times is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world.
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Maureen Johnson is the bestselling author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Devilish, Girl at Sea, The Name of the Star and Suite Scarlett. John Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns and, with David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson. The perfect book for a cold winter's night for any fan of The Fault in Their Stars, The Sun is Also a Star and Eleanor and Park. Touching, hilarious and filled with festive cheer, the magic of the holiday season shines on these three interconnected tales of love, romance and breathtaking kisses. Who'd have thought a freezing hike from a stranded train would end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger? Or that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow could lead to romance with an old friend? Or that the path to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks? But as well as snowflakes, love is in the air - and appearing in the most unexpected ways. It's Christmas Eve and the worst blizzard for fifty years has blanketed Gracetown. The #1 New York Times bestseller is now a major Netflix film starring Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush and Isabela Moner. Only one thing is certain: Ashburn's dead are not at rest. Chasing the threads of a decades-old mystery, it isn't long before she realizes she's become prey to something deeply unnatural and intensely resentful.She has no idea how to escape. Something twisted lives in her house, its hungry eyes ever-watchful. And a grave hidden in the depths of the forest hints at a terrible, unforgivable secret. Furniture moves when she leaves the room. But when Adrienne-desperate and in need of a place to stay-inherits the crumbling old mansion, she only sees it as a lifeline.until darkness falls.Strange messages are etched into the walls. The Haunting of Ashburn House Author: Coates, Darcy Format: Paperback Publish Date: ISBN-10: 1728220130 ISBN-13: 9781728220130 List Price: 14. They whisper its old owner went mad, and restless ghosts still walk the halls. There's something wrong with Ashburn House.Everyone knows about Ashburn House. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. She is free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. She has found the headquarters of the rebel resistance - and people like her. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world. The one person she never thought she could trust. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But when tragedy strikes, she must confront the darkness that dwells both around and inside her. She took over Sector 45, was named Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. The girl with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand. Juliette has never fought for herself before but when she’s reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, the depth of the emotion and the power within her become explosive. But not only is she a threat, she is potentially the most powerful weapon they could have. A touch from her can kill – one touch is all it takes. Juliette is a threat to The Reestablishment's power. Locked in a cell by The Reestablishment – a harsh dictatorship in charge of a crumbling world. A fragile young teenage girl is held captive. Her desire for secrecy collides with his pursuit of truth. Can she find it before it’s too late?Īrmed with a mysterious ruby brooch and a duffel bag judiciously packed with modern conveniences, paramedic Kit MacKlenna swirls through time, appearing in 1852 on the Oregon Trail with only one goal in mind–find her birth parents before their murderers do.Ī serendipitous meeting on a wagon train with sexy lawyer Cullen Montgomery, who resembles the ghost who has haunted her for years, just might set her off track. She’s searching for the most important thing. Ten Years on the Amazon Time Travel Romance Best Seller List But he also tends to (as most authors do) stick to a certain “type” when it comes to his heroes and heroines. Part of that is the often one word titles that would sometimes make it hard for me to remember which was which. In the past, there were times I’d take short breaks because his stories would sometimes blur together if I read too many too close together. In all honesty, before reading this book I could not have pinpointed a reason I had taken such a long break from this author. So much so that the last Koontz book I read was Brother Odd from the Odd Thomas series and that was published in 2006! Yikes! Over 10 years without reading an author who was a favorite at one time. Especially when he was in the Navy and on deployment.) For reasons I’ll get into shortly I had gotten away from this author. (Side note: My husband is not a reader but did actually read quite a few Koontz books. There used to be a time that I read every Dean Koontz book right when it was released. The Silent Corner By Dean Koontz Release Date: JPublisher: Bantam Book #1 of the Jane Hawk series Number of pages: 464 Kindle Edition Source: ARC from Net Galley Suspense/Thriller Rating: R Read 6/1/17 to 6/16/17
Maharani Jindan Kaur, his mother and one of the namesakes for Sophia, was a formidable woman. In England, Queen Victoria treated him kindly and gave him a pension, persuading him to convert to Christianity. Duleep had been forced to abdicate his kingdom, hand over the Koh-i-Noor, and was exiled to England all before he turned 16. She was the third daughter of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, Duleep Singh, and his wife, Bamba Muller. Princess Sophia Jindan Alexandrovna Duleep Singh was born on 8 August 1876. The Fall Of The Sikh Empire and a Bitter Father Most intriguingly of all Sophia fought for British women – for their democracy and the right to vote – even though Britain had taken everything from her family. An obedient goddaughter to Queen Victoria, she revelled in giving the establishment a good kick-in. A royal pauper, who appeared on every aristocratic guest list, yet lived on state handouts. She was the vacuous socialite who developed an all-consuming social conscience. Princess Sophia Duleep Singh’s life is extraordinary and full of what seem like contradictions. I read this many years ago, close to when it was first written but I didn't continue with the series (since most of it hadn't been published yet) and I was curious as to how it turned out. I think the London setting was to allow elements like suffragettes, class hierarchy and the prejudice against women in exclusively male enclaves of society to be worked into the story. This was a decent adventure, not absolutely gripping at the beginning though it picked up towards the end. But Maya's unknown enemy has followed her to London and has another agenda - which deeply concerns the Exeter Club. She has magic of her own, too, but has never been taught so her inexpertly crafted shields attract the attention of the Exeter Club where the (upper class, English, male) Elemental Masters of magic, who defend the country, gather. She grew up in India but both her parents died and, after discovering that her family had an enemy who commanded dark magic, Maya fled to London where she overcame the odds to be registered as a doctor and continue practicing medicine. Set in Edwardian London on a parallel Earth where magic exists Maya is a half Indian, half English female doctor and has had to fight hard for her rights in a male dominated world. (The library I borrowed this book from has it listed as the first in the series, possibly because The Fire Rose was written several years before this and was apparently published by a different publisher.) The novel reads like panel after panel of mythic illustrations: it expects a certain acceptance of unlikely images, and that’s hardly an unfamiliar mode of thought. Nobody explains why the Starless Sea is honey, or how a honey sea isn’t full of dead flies. There is no logic that binds these lovely set piece tableaux. On Dorian’s back is a gorgeous tattoo, the story of the Owl King. At the mysterious Collector’s Club, Allegra assembles the doorhandles of every door to the lower world she has dismantled, and displays them in mobiles hanging from the ceilings. Deep down in the hidden world is an ice statue of Fate, and tiny ships stand frozen on her dress. Although the core of the novel is a simple story about a young man who wants to know his fate, these other strands make such a complex tapestry that the images blur and warp.Įach image is assuredly beautiful. Sometimes these are self-contained fairytales, sometimes snippets of other characters’ backstories, or even the accounts of nightmares written down by a sailor who folds them into stars and casts them away. The Starless Sea, though, is 500 pages long, and Zachary’s story intertwines with many others. Erin Morgenstern’s second novel arrives eight years after her bestselling debut The Night Circus, and summarised like this, the plot is clear. |