![]() The novel becomes even more convoluted when Thomas decides to travel back in time through a secret portal on the castle grounds in order to rescue Iolanthe before her untimely death and bring her to the 21st century. Thomas is determined to stay, however, and despite the absurdity of the situation, he settles in and attempts to woo her. Beautiful Iolanthe MacLeod has haunted the castle for the past six centuries, and she's unwilling to relinquish her home to the handsome foreigner. One spirit in particular swiftly captures his attention and his heart. ![]() ![]() When restless tycoon Thomas McKinnon visits an ancient Scottish castle he had purchased on a whim, he's stunned to find the crumbling keep teeming with ghosts. ![]()
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![]() Now Afton is back, and Frances' secret horror threatens to rip her happy world apart all over again. A place where Afton led them deeper and deeper into darkness, until one horrific morning in April when Fireless overtook the real world, and Afton committed an unspeakable act. ![]() A secret that has haunted her for eleven years: her birth mother, Afton Jelks.Īfton is the mother who laughed, sang, and made up stories for Frances and her three sisters when they lived in Fireless, a place of mystery and imagination. So why is she terrified of ambulances screaming by in the night? And what makes her so uneasy about the coming of spring?įrances has a secret-the most terrifying secret in the world. She has a quirky best friend, lives in a McMansion with a loving, adopted family, and has just met a dreamy new guy from Louisiana, Nix, as charming and exotic as evening on the bayou. Life should be sweet for Frances Robinson. ![]() ![]() Please come right away We have to finish." ![]() ![]() and what they are willing to become for peace. ![]() As conspiracies arise, Lu, Vex, and Ben will have to decide who they really are. When Ben's father, the king, gives him the shocking task of reversing Argrid's fear of magic, Ben has to decide if one prince can change a devout country-or if he's building his own pyre. The crown prince of Argrid, he harbors a secret obsession with Grace Loray's forbidden magic. An expert navigator, he agrees to help Lu find the Argridian-but the truth they uncover could be deadlier than any war. ![]() But after Argrid accuses raiders of the diplomat's abduction, Vex becomes a target. ![]() As one of the stream raiders who run rampant on Grace Loray, he scavenges the island's magic plants and sells them on the black market. When an Argridian delegate vanishes during peace talks with Grace Loray's new Council, Argrid demands brutal justice-but Lu suspects something dangerous is at work. But adjusting to postwar life has not been easy. Five years ago, she helped the magic-rich island of Grace Loray overthrow its oppressor, Argrid, a country ruled by religion. ![]() Will fight for their countries, their families, themselves-or face a war that could destroy the world as they know it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Garver was a freshman majoring in speech at UCLA when she was tested for a television series entitled Family Affair. ![]() Garver’s teenage years, Kathy added radio and stage to her burgeoning film and television career. Beverly entered UCLA at a precocious 15 years old at the time Kathy started working professionally. Kathy was in born in Long Beach, California to Hayes and Rosemary Garver joining her sister, Beverly, and brothers, Hayes, Jr. This followed her first film, The Night of the Hunter directed by Academy Award winner, Charles Laughton. Originally hired for a small part in the epic motion picture “The Ten Commandments”, Kathy was noticed by the great director who had special scenes written into the movie to highlight the little girl. ![]() DeMille was one of the first to recognize Kathy’s distinct talents. Garver has used her wealth of experience and education to entertain and instruct thousands of people with her exciting and successful motivational and interactive speeches and presentations.įrom Keynote speaker to host to workshop leader, Kathy Garver has enriched the lives of those who have been able to listen and learn from her inspirational communications. Most fondly remembered for her starring role as “Cissy” in the long running CBS international television hit, “Family Affair”, Kathy Garver has also garnered critical acclaim in movies, stage, radio, voice-over animation, and audio book narration. ![]() ![]() ![]() at Cornell University for Agricultural Resource and Managerial Economics. Career Education and beginnings Ĭarter graduated with a degree in agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University in 1997 and earned her M.A. The last name "Carter" was specifically selected so that her novels would be near those of her fellow adult fiction novelist Jennifer Crusie on bookstore and library shelves. Ally Carter in the Provo Library at a teen author meet and greet in 2019.Īlly Carter is the pen name of Sarah Leigh Fogleman (born January 1, 1974), an American author of young adult fiction and adult-fiction novels.Ĭarter chose the pen name "Ally Carter" to distinguish the books she would write under that name from her other literary work. ![]() ![]() Thus, it's perhaps not the best for sickbed reading, as I did, hoisting it aloft with my trembling ailing wrists, but its sheer substance would make for a wonderful gift presentation! The omnibus format is also recommended because this manga series, like a couple good chipotle peppers packed in adobo, is characterized by a pleasantly cumulative warming-up effect. ![]() This Azumanga Daioh 4-in-1 omnibus is a 750+-page volume that's thicker than a brick - sort of an Infinite Jest of manga. That "why, this is unlike anything else!" feeling. ![]() ![]() Remember the first time you ever ate an unfamiliar food that's since become a dietary staple? - for instance, in my case, sushi, pad Thai, or good authentic hummus or guacamole? Well, that's kind of how I feel having "discovered" manga: that "how can this have been in existence all that time without my having known it!" feeling. ![]() ![]() ![]() So what does this mean for the people who use PayPal and other services? Those suits are tentatively being settled, but it’s doubtful they would have been the last. In 2010, two separate groups filed against it, alleging that the company violated consumer protection laws by holding funds for up to 180 days without explanation. While these problems are usually resolved within a few days, PayPal is also no stranger to class action suits. High-profile customers - from Minecraft developer Markus Persson to Regretsy’s April Winchell - have blasted its review policies and customer service, the latter after PayPal shut down a Christmas charity drive, kept a portion of the funds, and then attempted to freeze the account. But PayPal manages money rather than building consumer products, and it’s widely criticized by users. Valve, for example, introduced a similar change in August, barring its Steam users from suing collectively. In some cases, these clauses pose mostly an abstract concern for customers of a beloved company. ![]() ![]() ![]() I eat so fast taste isn’t a big one for me.īut now the issue of Overwhelm, Over-sensitivity, and Emotionality seem to be hot topics. Which, in no particular order, are Sight, Sound, Touch, Smell, and uh… Feeling? No, that’s Touch… Oh, right, Taste. (Is ‘Drama King’ a thing? If so, I’ve had a long and prosperous reign on that throne.) But when we were making our video on Emotional Sensitivity, c oaches, doctors, and researchers also talked about physical sensitivities. Hypersensitivity, Highly Sensitive or Overly Sensitive I mean, it was over a decade after I was diagnosed that I really started to confront the fact that my own particular combo of ADHD issues included being ‘overly’ sensitive. Since Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (aka ADHD or ADD) is still not well understood by neuroscience, what you and I ‘know’ about ADHD in adults probably contains some erroneous assumptions, outdated clichés, and a few gaps. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He draws on his original studies and meta-analyses of decision-building findings to reveal how the structure of choices affects outcomes. ![]() Johnson is the lead researcher behind some of the most well known and cited research on decision-making. These levers are unappreciated, and we're often unaware of just how much they influence our reasoning. The designers of decisions need to consider all the elements involved in presenting a choice: how many options to offer, how to present them, how to account for our natural cognitive shortcuts, and much more. Choice architecture is a multifaceted set of tools for anticipating how people make specific decisions. Johnson offers a comprehensive, systematic guide to creating effective choice architectures, the environments in which decisions are made. Going well beyond the familiar concepts of nudges and defaults, Eric J. The Elements of Choice goes one step further, and explains how we can design better end-to-end decision-making processes. Plenty of books dwell on the faults in our decision-making or offer advice on how to make better choices. "A guide to the inner workings of how decisions are made-and an essential toolkit for helping others make decisions better. ![]() ![]() ![]() I just feel like I relate to him so much. I think I would play the part of Sam Gribley, the wilderness boy. I wish they would make a movie for this movie. I would recommend this book to people who love the wilderness, and an adventure. Every line on every page kept me reading. Sam has taught her to hunt for smaller animals, such as rabbits, squirrels, birds, even some snakes. ![]() Frightful is a falcon that Sam took from a nest and raised himself. I don’t have a least favorite character, but I do have another favorite, Frightful. I feel like I am him in real life, I want to run away and live in the mountains somewhere. ![]() My favorite character is Sam Gribley, the boy who has run away. He has heard stories of an old family member who used to live in these mountains. It’s about a boy who runs away from home and goes to live in the Catskill Mountains. I felt like I could relate to it so much. My Side of the Mountain was an excellent book. ![]() |