![]() Il Cipresso's seven suites are lovingly integrated into the shuttered three-storey villa, mingling the grandness of a high-end hotel (air-con, a writing desk, complimentary wine, a pool) with the warmth of a guesthouse. Dinner is served communally on a huge table with Rosella sending authentic Tuscan dishes from the kitchen, while Giacomo pours vino and enlightens guests about local truffle hunting, olive oil tasting and hilltop towns including Montepulciano and Montalcino. ![]() Renovated wings and outhouses have been converted to rooms with a provincial Italian feel – fresh flowers, throw cushions, decorative plates and other nods to nostalgia. He and wife Rosella own this characteristic old farmhouse set amid rolling woodlands and olive groves near the town of Traquanda, in an oasis of Tuscan serenity. Renello's extra virgin olive oil was the official oil at this year's Milan expo, a tribute to the skills of keen agronomist Giacomo. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Kurtz in his book Excommunicated from the Union: How the Civil War Created a Separate Catholic America. Their relatively unknown story was recently and expertly addressed by historian William B. As a growing minority in the 1860s, making up about ten percent of the United States population concentrated in the north, Catholics were embedded in this conflict. The mixed legacy of heroic sacrifice and bitter division of the American Civil War continues to permeate popular culture and political discourse. Undated chromolithograph of Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867), commander of the Irish Brigade, Fenian Brotherhood and O’Donovan Rossa Papers, American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives. ![]() ![]() ![]() Peck's rip-roaring tale The Scholar of Moab. His short rich life spans the borderlands of magical realism where geology, ecology, philosophy and consciousness collide, in Steven L. Righteous Moabites accuse Dora of its murder, but who really killed their child? Did a coyote dingo the baby? Was it an alien abduction as Dora claims? Was it Hyrum? Or could it have been the only witness to the crime, one of a pair of Oxford-educated conjoined twins who cowboy in the La Sals on sabbatical? Take a rollicking ride with Hyrum LeRoy Thane, the Lord's Chosen Servant and Defender of Moab. ![]() Making matters worse, Hyrum's illicit affair with Dora Tanner, a local poet thought to be mad, ends in the delivery of a premature baby boy who vanishes the night of its birth. Young Hyrum Thane, unrefined geological surveyor, steals a massive dictionary out of the Grand County library in a midnight raid, startling the people of Moab into believing a nefarious band of Book of Mormon assassins, the Gadianton Robbers, has arisen again. What happens when a two-headed cowboy, a high school dropout who longs to be a scholar, and a poet who claims to have been abducted by aliens come together in 1970's Moab, Utah? The Scholar of Moab, a dark-comedy perambulating murder, affairs, and cowboy mysteries in the shadow of the La Sal Mountains. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A major feature film starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon, The Hunger Games changed the face of global YA. Then comes the cruellest twist: the contestants for the next Hunger Games are announced, and Katniss and Peeta are forced into the arena once more. Unless they can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out. ![]() After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. The second book in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s right, the spectral appearances on Beechwood Island keep coming in this prequel, proving Cady’s adventures from Book 1 weren’t all in her head. Cassie takes readers through her early years on Beechwood Island as she recounts “the worst thing” she’s ever done to Johnny’s ghost. And as it turns out, there’s more to Johnny’s mother than you’d think after reading We Were Liars. In Family of Liars, they appear as teenagers-still stoic and obsessed with their image, but significantly more vulnerable than the last time we saw them.įamily of Liars offers readers Cassie’s perspective. Readers have already met Cassie, Penny, and Bess as adults warring over the family fortune. ![]() Set 27 years before the events of We Were Liars, Family of Liars follows the previous generation of the Sinclair family. ![]() ![]() Although this follow-up isn’t quite as impressive as We Were Liars, it’s a completely serviceable story that will no doubt hook readers from start to finish. Family of Liars features many of the same elements that made the original story such a success, tackling themes of growing up and grief while diving deeper into the world of the Sinclair family. Lockhart’s We Were Liars took the book community by storm back in 2014, and the author has returned with a prequel nearly a decade later. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fanboys Ĭline co-wrote the screenplay for Fanboys, based on a storyline he had developed in the late 1990s while his mother was dying of cancer. He worked in information technology in his twenties and worked on screenwriting during his spare time. As a youth in the 1970s and 1980s, Cline was "addicted to video games and movies," especially Star Wars, the movies of John Hughes, and the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. ![]() He wrote the novels Ready Player One, Armada, and Ready Player Two and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg.Ĭline was born and raised in Ashland, Ohio, the son of Ernest Christy Cline and Faye Imogene ( née Williams) Cline. Ernest Christy Cline (born March 29, 1972) is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. ![]() ![]() As Atretes sets out to return home with his infant son, only one thing stands in his way: Rizpah, a Christian widow who has cared for the baby since his birth. ![]() As he continues to search for meaning and faith, he is led by a whispering voice from the past that could set him free from the darkness of his soul.The trilogy concludes with As Sure as the Dawn, which follows Atretes, the high chief of a Germanic tribe who fought as a gladiator and won his freedom. Though torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, Hadassah becomes a shining beacon of light in the darkness and depravity around her.In An Echo in the Darkness, Marcus, a wealthy Roman aristocrat touched by Hadassah's sincere belief, begins to wonder if there's more to this life. ![]() ![]() A Voice in the Wind, the first book in the trilogy, introduces readers to Hadassah, a young Jewish girl captured and sold into slavery but still holding firm to her faith in God. Travel to first-century Rome in this classic series from the bestselling author of Redeeming Loveand The Masterpieceand discover what has inspired millions of readers worldwide. ![]() ![]() The Bourne movies, starring Matt Damon in the title role, have been commercially and critically successful ( The Bourne Ultimatum won three Academy Awards in 2008), although the story lines depart significantly from the source material.Īfter three grueling months I finally finished reading this book. A non-Ludlum book supposedly inspired by his unused notes, Covert One: The Hades Factor, has also been made into a mini-series. Some of Ludlum's novels have been made into films and mini-series, including The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series- The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum-among others. ![]() ![]() There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. ![]() Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Schwab's characters feel vital and real, never reduced to simple archetypes. Schwab is at the top of her game, with twisty action, oddball family pairings and unexpected antiheroes you can't help but root for." - Washington Post ![]() With Marcella's rise, new enmities create surprising opportunity-and the stage of Merit will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning. She'll do whatever it takes, from taking over the mob to collecting her own sidekicks, and even leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Great partnerships-now soured on the vine.įlush from her brush with death, she's gained the control she always sought-and will use her newfound power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious. *Entertainment Weekly 's 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now*Ī super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions-V. *2018 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION CATEGORY* ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Suddenly, Kiran is swept into another dimension full of magic, winged horses, moving maps, and annoying talking birds. To complicate matters, two crush-worthy princes ring her doorbell, insisting they've come to rescue her. Turns out there might be some truth to her parents' fantastical stories - like how Kiranmala is a real Indian princess and how she comes from a secret place not of this world. On the morning of her 12th birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular sixth grader living in Parsippany, New Jersey.until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive. Meet Kiranmala: interdimensional demon slayer (only she doesn't know it yet). A new middle-grade fantasy series packed with action and adventure, perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Soman Chainani. ![]() |