![]() ![]() ![]() Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. He knew, moreover, that his ship - the fastest then in service - could outrun any threat. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania ![]()
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![]() The band gets into some serious and at times funny situations that just made me want to keep on reading. I loved the humor and all the characters including secondary characters we also get some magical creatures in the story. Since I’m one not to give away the story I say pick this one and check it out for yourself it won’t disappoint at all. Once Clay decides to help Gabriel they set out to get the rest of the band together. The story begins with Clay Copper getting a surprise visit from Gabriel seeking to get the band back together to help him rescue his daughter Rose, who’s trapped in the city of Castia. ![]() This is a FANTASTIC debut novel from Nicholas Eames that is full of 80’s Rock vibes and I truly LOVED! This band of old mercenaries known as Saga will get together one last time. ![]() IT’S TIME TO GET THE BAND BACK TOGETHER My Thoughts ![]() Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay’s door with a plea for help, the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk, or a combination of three. Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. ![]() ![]() "A charming little French snail takes center stage as it entices a child to share a meal.It's hard to imagine an escargot heading toward a salad as destined to be anything other than part of the dish, but this engaging snail upends convention.An unusual, tongue-in-cheek aid to getting children to eat a disliked food-even the dreaded carrot."- Kirkus Reviews ![]() Give this charming read-aloud a little extra joie de vivre by reading it in your best French accent." - Booklist ![]() "Say bonjour to your new favorite animal, the garden snail!.In Hanson’s soft, cartoonish illustrations, Escargot’s hammy expressions are perfectly in keeping with his gently boastful narrative. Winner of the Minnesota Comstock-Gag Award! ![]() Winner of the 2019 Kentucky Bluegrass Award! ![]() ![]() ![]() You’d think she’d be used to that by now, but this isn’t the tale she’s grown so familiar with. It’s all well and good until she gets pulled into a new story. She says she’s doing it for the betterment of the story, but everyone else knows she’s running away from something. She’s ignoring phone calls from Charm and hopping through universes, helping other versions of Sleeping Beauty get their happily ever after. We meet Zinnia a few months after Spindle takes place. As soon as I had a chance to sink my teeth into Fractured Fables Book 2, I took it. Harrow before, and had no expectations for how it would turn out.Ī Spindle Splintered ended up becoming one of my favorite books of 2021, and A Mirror Mended rose to the top of my TBR list. I was aware it was a novella about a multiverse of twisted fairytales, but I hadn’t read Alix E. When I first read A Spindle Splintered, I wasn’t entirely sure I knew what I was getting into. ![]() Harrow’s second book in the Fractured Fables series, which ventures into Snow White’s territory. This Mirror Mended book review explores Alix E. ![]() |