![]() ![]() ![]() Lyons counts Notable S Kelly Starling Lyons is an award-winning author whose 17 titles for children span easy readers, picture books, chapter books, fiction, nonfiction, and series. The first book, All Aboard, earned a starred Kirkus review. Her new easy reader series with illustrator Nina Mata, Ty's Travels, debuts September 1. Her acclaimed titles include Going Down Home with Daddy, Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice & Sing Inspired Generations, Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon, Tiara's Hat Parade and the Jada Jones chapter book series. For more than a decade, Lyons has been creating inspiring books that center Black heroes, celebrate family, friendship and heritage and show all children the storyteller they hold inside. Kelly Starling Lyons is an award-winning author whose 17 titles for children span easy readers, picture books, chapter books, fiction, nonfiction, and series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The toxic by-product of those fortunes-what didn’t spill into the river-was dumped in Opportunity. What he found instead was a century’s worth of industrial poison clotting the Clark Fork River, a decades-long engineering project to clean it up, and a forgotten town named Opportunity.Īt the turn of the nineteenth century, Montana exploited the richest copper deposits in the world, fueling the electric growth of twentieth-century America and building some of the nation’s most outlandish fortunes. The son of an engineer who reclaimed wastewater, Tyer was looking for a pristine river to call his own. In 2002, Texas journalist Brad Tyer strapped a canoe on his truck and moved to Montana, a state that has long exerted a mythic pull on America’s imagination as an unspoiled landscape. A memoir-meets-exposé that examines our fraught relationship with the West and our attempts to clean up a toxic environmental legacy ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I had been making this glorious cinnamon roll recipe for years and wanted to share it with all of you. I first published this recipe back in May of 2017. So, let me tell you more about this sweet fluffy cinnamon roll recipe because it’s one you’ll never, ever forget. Be sure to read through the WHOLE post where I’ve shared tips & tricks and answered all of your cinnamon roll baking questions! The rolls really won’t be the same otherwise.ĭo I think they could compete with Cinnabon’s famous recipe? 100%. The trick to keeping the cinnamon rolls soft and fluffy is bread flour. But sometimes you need something a little indulgent for moments in your life that require a little something special. Seriously, say hello to big, fluffy PERFECT cinnamon rolls packed with a cinnamon brown sugar filling and glazed with a vanilla cream cheese glaze that drips into the middle and soaks every single bite. In case you weren’t aware, these cinnamon rolls have been the #1 recipe on Ambitious Kitchen for almost 5 years now! ![]() Time to say welcome you to the wide wide world of cinnamon roll love. ![]() ![]() ![]() An effort to shake Henry’s composure at the reception goes seriously wrong when the two engage in a shoving match and collide with the $75,000 wedding cake. He dislikes the prince’s perfect good looks and perpetual poise. Alex has harbored resentment against Henry for years. Alex’s plans take a sharp detour when he is forced to attend a British royal wedding for the elder brother of his sworn enemy, Prince Henry. As the son of the first female president of the United States, he is determined to make a difference in the world by following in his mother’s political footsteps. ![]() As the two young men sort out their relationship and eventually brave public opinion by declaring their feelings openly, the novel explores the themes of honoring one’s true nature, trying to strike a balance between public duty and private desires, and the value of independence and diversity over conformity.Īlex Claremont-Diaz is on the fast track to success. Red, White & Royal Blue is the story of a gay romance between FSOTUS (First Son of the United States) Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry, a potential heir to the British throne. ![]() ![]() ![]() * “The complexity of Willem’s character, the twisting plot, and far-flung settings (including the Netherlands, Mexico, and India) create an alluring story that pushes beyond the realm of star-crossed romance.”- Publishers Weekly starred review ![]() His story of their year of quiet longing and near misses is a perfect counterpoint to Allyson’s own as Willem undergoes a transformative journey, questioning his path, finding love, and ultimately, redefining himself. After spending an amazing day and night with Allyson in Paris that ends in separation, Willem and Allyson are both searching for one another. Picking up where Just One Day ended, Just One Year tells Willem's side of the story. The compelling companion title to the much-lauded Just One Day follows Willem's transformative journey toward self-discovery and true love, by the author of If I Stay. ![]() ![]() ![]() Honestly, I wouldn’t blame him if he felt that way now. ![]() ![]() I don’t blame him for feeling that way as a teenager. In an interview about 10 years ago, Odenkirk had expressed his teenage desire to get out of Naperville, which he referred to as “Nowheresville.” This statement then infamously spiraled into the narrative: “Bob Odenkirk hated living in Naperville! And he still hates it to this day!” However, in a recent interview with the Daily Herald, Odenkirk corrected this assumption as he explained that he had wanted to leave when he was 15, but “that teen sentiment doesn’t represent how felt as a child, or as an adult.” Odenkirk went on to say that he enjoyed his childhood in Naperville and still appreciates the town as he returns often to visit family. ![]() I attended the event and read the book in the interest of learning more about the comedy nerd turned drama actor, and more importantly, about that one guy from Naperville who made it in show business. The event, held by Anderon’s Bookshop at the Yellow Box church, was a stop on his ongoing book tour in honor of his recently published New York Times best selling memoir, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama. On March 3, comedian, actor and author Bob Odenkirk spoke at a live event in a fateful return here, to Naperville– his hometown. ![]() ![]() I'll give them credit for having the house itself as an antagonist hiding in plain sight for old school hauntingsīlack and Reed are good turning on each other on what to do The ending is really the most exciting part but it's a shame it came so late Less supernatural scares with more emphasis on psychological means with this family dissolving as a whole the longer they spend time in this house The movie feels like a mixture of ‘Amityville'Horror and ‘Poltergeist' although more relying on madness and hysteria It also appears with each 'accident' happening to each family member the house seems to restore a part of itself ![]() The father is having furious outbursts more often than not and the aunt is withdrawn The owners seemed to have left in a hurry leaving the property all for this familyīut something sinister is lurking in these walls causing the child to be afraid, the father losing his mind, and the mother keeping house all of a sudden They even bring their aunt once it's official ![]() ![]() Karen Black, the late Oliver Reed, the late Burgess Meredith star in a haunted house story based on the book by Robert MarascoĪ family of three moves into a new summer house in the woods What else lives in your house? Something evil? Something mind warping? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings. ![]() In this third high-octane thriller in the “seriously good” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Terminal List series, former Navy SEAL James Reece must infiltrate the Russian mafia and turn the hunters into the hunted.ĭeep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets-a man intent on killing her.Ī traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with designs on ensuring a certain former Navy SEAL sniper is put in the ground. “A rare gut-punch writer, full of grit and insight, who we will be happily reading for years to come.” -Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series Get ready!”-Chris Pratt, star of The Terminal List, coming soon to Amazon Prime “Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. ⚠️ This book will unfortunately be removed from the service on the 14th of May. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() General fiction, Suspense/thriller, Fantasy/science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Horror, Suspense, ThrillerĮNTERTAINMENT WEEKLY for ALIVE by Scott Sigler Rates: Scott is available for seminars, classes or private consultations about fiction and non-fiction podcasting. He lives in San Diego, CA, with his wee little dog Reesie. He has been covered in Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, io9, Wired, The Huffington Post, Business Week and Fangoria.Ī former newspaper reporter, Scott is the co-founder of Empty Set Entertainment, which publishes his Galactic Football League YA series. ![]() ![]() His loyal fans, who named themselves “Junkies,” have downloaded over 50,000,000 individual episodes. A decade later, he still gives his stories away - for free - every Sunday at. In 2005, Scott built a large online following by releasing his audiobooks as serialized podcasts. Scott has the world's longest-running fiction podcast. His works are available from Crown Publishing and Del Rey Books. #1 New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler is the creator of fifteen novels, six novellas and dozens of short stories. ![]() ![]() Tilly is a young girl who lives with her grandparents above a bookshop called Pages & Co in London. It’s a book about books, my favourite kind, so it’s no surprise I loved it, but I was impressed with how engaging the story was for me as an adult – my kids will no doubt love it as soon as they are old enough to read it too. ![]() ![]() Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James is the first in the Pages & Co series that was recommended to me by my boss, a fellow booklover at Calgary Reads. Although I don’t plan on making this a habit, I just adored this book so much I couldn’t help but shout about it from the rooftops, or in this case, from the screen. ![]() In the 8 years I’ve been writing ivereadthis (yes, it has been that long!), I believe this is my first review of a middle grade work of fiction, which is books written for 8-12 year olds. ![]() |