![]() ![]() Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. "Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." ![]()
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![]() “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” – Mark Twain.“Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual’s cash flow and wealth.” – Robert Kiyosaki.“The best investment on earth is earth.” – Louis Glickman.Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” – Franklin D. “Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. ![]() These are the individuals who have already made a name for themselves in the industry and understand what it takes to succeed.Īnd if you’re looking for something a little more specific to real estate, there are quote generators out there that can help you come up with something tailored to your brand. My advice? Look to industry leaders for quotes. ![]() And while all of them can be effective in their own way, it’s important to know your audience and what type of quote will resonate with them. There are motivational quotes, inspirational quotes, and humorous quotes. ![]() When it comes to real estate quotes, there are a few different routes you can take. ![]() ![]() ![]() Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Mentions: 326: 7: 68,893 (3. Publication date 1952 Topics Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Churchill family, Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt. The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan. The glitter and the gold by Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. This intimate, richly enjoyable memoir is a wonderfully revealing portrait of a golden age. Click to read more about The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan. Here are her encounters with every important figure of the day - from Queen Victoria, Edward V11 and Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas, Prince Metternich and the young Winston Churchill. An unsnobbish, but often amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs and downstairs at Blenheim Palace, she is also a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties and major state occasions she attended or hosted. The 9th Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian era. Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home - Blenheim Palace. ![]() She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfil her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan: The Glitter and the Gold 2012 paperback Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. ![]() Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her books are filled with adventure and romance and themes that are guaranteed to touch your heart! She continues to pen her romantic tales on the California coast while managing a home, husband, four scalawag grandkids, and several stray cats who have decided that her keyboard is the best place to sleep! She believes that without popcorn and chocolate, life would not be worth living, and her sole motivation in life is to bring others closer to God. And He did! Twenty-five books later, her loving husband and six children still haven’t gotten used to her historic costumes and nautical speech. “If you write it, I will get it published”. Trapped in a land-locked cubicle, she was often seen pounding furiously upon the keyboard during her lunch hour, creating what would become her Legacy of the King’s Pirates series, all the while believing God’s promise to her that. The Surrender to Destiny series has all of the typical Tyndall: strong heroes and heroines with tortured pasts and impossible situations, tall ships, romance. ![]() She holds a degree in Math and worked as a software engineer for fifteen years. ![]() A Christy Award finalist and winner of two Inspirational Readers’ Choice awards, MaryLu Tyndall dreamt of tall ships and swashbuckling heroes during her childhood years on Florida’s Coast. ![]() ![]() ![]() Goblins & Vikings in America is a historical fantasy adventure series about a group of Vikings that arrives in North America around 1000 A.D. ![]() However, the Vikings had already settled the North Atlantic and visited the fringes of North America five hundred years earlier. ![]() We all know Columbus sailed to the Americas in 1492. The episodes are written in the first person and should take about an hour to read. I want each episode of this series to be self-contained while also contributing to a few longer storylines. My general inspiration is television drama, especially the HBO shows The Sopranos and Girls. Most of what I write is fantastic so I wanted to try writing about reality for a change. Beaver At His Parents’ is a comedy-drama series about Charlie, a lawyer who loses everything and returns to his home town to start over. Sometimes, to go forward, you have to hit the “back” button. In brief, A Paunch Full of Pesos is a spaghetti western, Fairy of Teeth is a nostalgic science fiction horror, Iris is an apocalyptic romance and A Dwarf Stood At The Door is a little of each about a text adventure game.Įvery life has a history. ![]() Below you’ll find an evolving list of my published fiction, organized into standalone works, series and short stories. ![]() ![]() M's dark plan is now in motion, and all of London is at risk. Although they will soon realize that Dom being held in Wordsworth is not remotely the biggest problem they face. ![]() Dom is still stuck in Wordsworth, while Kempthorne and the rest of the gang plus Kage are trying to get him out by any means necessary. This book starts a few weeks after the disastrous and cruel ending of Tide of Tricks. If you love MM dark romances, you HAVE to read her series. I cannot recommend this author's series enough. The writing is so well done, the dialogues are realistic and well developed to support the plot, and there are funny moments, heart-wrenching moments, and hot smutty scenes as well. It was a wild ride full of emotions and I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time I read it. As always, the story is engaging, full of twists, angst, and sexual tension. “Let’s Kempthorne-and-Co the shit out of this.”Īriana Nash never disappoints. ❗️❗️ Spoilers from the previous books in the review ![]() ❗️❗️ Trigger warnings: mentions of past abuse ![]() ![]() When she was ten, the two of them fled the political repression of Brezhnev-era Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy-and, finally, intolerable to her anti-Soviet mother. There, born in 1963 in a Kafkaesque communal apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen, Anya grew up singing odes to Lenin, black-marketeering Juicy Fruit gum at her school, and, like most Soviet citizens, longing for a taste of the mythical West. Like kotleti (Soviet burgers) or the festive Salat Olivier, it summons up the complex, bittersweet flavors of life in that vanished Atlantis called the USSR. Lovers of vobla risk breaking a tooth or puncturing a gum on the once-popular snack, but for Anya it's transporting. Anya von Bremzen has vobla-rock-hard, salt-cured dried Caspian roach fish. ![]() ![]() ![]() Proust had his madeleine Narnia's Edmund had his Turkish delight. A celebrated food writer captures the flavors of the Soviet experience in a sweeping, tragicomic, multi-generational memoir that brilliantly illuminates the history and culture of a vanished empire. ![]() ![]() ![]() Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-377) and index With descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain, this narrative history revels in bedlam and intrigue ![]() This was a period when headstrong queens and consorts seized power and bent men to their will. Some of the greatest heroes and villains of history were thrown together in these turbulent times, from Joan of Arc to Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt marked the high point of the medieval monarchy, and Richard III, who murdered his own nephews in a desperate bid to secure his stolen crown. In this follow-up to The Plantagenets, historian Dan Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors. The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to rule. Xxiii, 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() The simplicity in which the emotions are stirred between the characters of Cole and Scott builds at just the right tempo to captivate and linger. The well of romantic love discovered, rediscovered, sought, and achieved never seems to run dry for this author. But let us wax honest it is what makes great authors and avid fans. ![]() Perhaps I am hyperbolizing over the simplest of storyline subjects….finding that one love. But each dip into his pool of love stories makes me come back for more. The smallest change of facial detail to convey the deepest emotion makes for an enjoyable read. I wish that I could explain the magic of behavioral economics the way R Cooper preaches on emotions and relationships. ![]() Always feel like I’m meeting someone really special and interesting when I read R Cooper characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() James creates blistering chemistry between her protagonists, but her light tone betrays the deeper, complex issues of trauma and shame that her characters are forced to face. Even after their tryst turns into love, the demons of the past make a happy future seem impossible. Little alleviates his depression until Betsy proposes a bet over a game of billiards: if she wins, Jeremy will escort her on a daring, disguised journey around London if he wins, he gets one night in bed with her. Jeremy, devastated by his wartime service, endured a stint in Bedlam that only made things worse. An engagement to the future Duke of Eversley should be the culmination of her efforts-until her brother’s best friend, Lord Jeremy Roden, interrupts her conquest. ![]() To compensate, Betsy transforms herself into a model of propriety. Lady Boadicea “Betsy” Wilde’s reputation is tainted through no fault of her own: she’s believed to have inherited her mother’s debauched and licentious nature. James’s fourth visit to the Wildes of Lindow Castle (after Born to be Wilde) struggles to incorporate mental illness, social stigma, and trauma into a fluffy Regency romance. ![]() |