The Moon in the Water by Pamela Belle5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Barbe family?ĭespite the appearance of being a romance novel, do not let that stop you. Does Nick harbor stronger feelings for Silence or is he just amusing himself during his tenure at Wintercombe? Can Puritan raised Silence resist the love she finally admits for Nick or will she commit the great sin of adultery? Can anyone stop Colonel Ridgeley and his horrifying abuses or will he destroy Wintercombe and the St. Leading the troop is the ruthless Colonel Ridgeley who has no pity for the wife of a "traitor" - and Wintercombe is soon invaded by drunken, carousing soldiers.Īlways keeping a mask over her emotions, Silence withstands the horrendous abuses committed against her family, home and servants - although she finds sympathy and friendship with Captain Nick Hellier who tries his best to nullify the abominations committed by Ridgeley. Nine years later Civil War breaks out between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians and Simon leaves to join the army leaving Silence and her children in relative peace - that is until a troop of Royalist soldiers arrive to take possession of Wintercombe in the King's name. Married at twenty to an older widower, London raised Silence struggles to fit in with his children and tyrannical mother. ![]() Raised in a strict Puritan household with an abusive father, Silence learned at a young age to keep her emotions locked tightly inside her. ![]()
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Windsnap5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() The magic ring that Emily Windsnap - half mermaid, half ordinary girl - finds buried in the sand belongs to Neptune, and he wants it back.Įmily is delighted when her family returns to Brightport, but their attempts to follow Neptune's orders to bring humans and merfolk together seem doomed.Įmily and Aaron are sent on a top secret mission by King Neptune. Emily Windsnap lives on a boat, but her mother has always been oddly anxious to keep her out of the water.Įmily Windsnap is thrilled to arrive at her new home - a secret island near the Bermuda Triangle where humans and merfolk live together, and where being a girl who grows a tail as soon as she enters the water isn't a problem. ![]() Shirley by charlotte brontë5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() She suffers misery and frustration, and Shirley has her own ideas about the man she will choose to marry. Robert sees marriage to the wealthy Shirley Keeldar as the solution to his difficulties, but he loves his cousin Caroline. A mill-owner, Robert Moore, is determined to introduce new machinery despite fierce opposition from his workers he ignores their suffering, and puts his own life at risk. ![]() ![]() Written at a time of social unrest, it is set during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, when economic hardship led to riots in the woollen district of Yorkshire. Shirley is Charlotte e's only historical novel and her most topical one. ![]() The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() In other words, it’s hard, and it’s especially hard on the spot in the context of a casual museum visit.” In an open-ended activity, participants have to have an idea of what they’d like to say or make, and then they have to produce it in a way that satisfies their standards of quality. Participatory does not simply mean “no rules or structure.” “This creates an open-ended environment that can feel daunting to would-be participants.Implementing participatory techniques requires some changes to institutional perspectives on authority and audience roles, but these changes may be as small or large as a particular organization’s commitment.” “But in most cases, participation is just one design technique among many, one with a particular ability to enhance the social experience of the institution. ![]()
4th book outlander5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong. From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary saga continues. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past. A gorgeously packaged boxed set featuring mass market paperback editions of books five through eight in Diana Gabaldons New York Times bestselling and hit. ![]() How far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny Across seas, across time across the. ![]() What if you knew someone you loved was going to die? What if you thought you could save them? How much would you risk to try?Ĭlaire Randall has gone to find Jamie Fraser, the man she loved more than life, and has left half her heart behind with their daughter, Brianna. Claire gave up Jamie to save Brianna, and now Bree has sent her mother back to the mysterious Scottish warrior who was willing to give his life to save them both. But a chilling discovery in the pages of history suggests that Jamie and Claire’s story doesn’t have a happy ending.īrianna dares a terrifying leap into the unknown in search of her mother and the father she has never met, risking her own future to try to change history. The fourth novel in the bestselling Outlander series. richly embroidered with historical detail.”- The Cincinnati Post The fourth book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. ![]() |