They reside in the Puget Sound area of Washington State and are members of the Church of the Nazarene. Regina Scott and her husband are the parents of two sons. Many of her works are also available as electronic books through Belgrave House’s Regency Reads line or as self-published works, such as Perfection. Her novels have been translated into Dutch, German, Italian, and Portuguese and Lord Borin’s Secret Love and The Rake’s Redemption have been issued in hardcover, large print editions. In 2011, she was delighted to move into Christian romance with the publication of The Irresistible Earl.īesides her novels, Regina Scott has had published three Regency romance novellas (“The June Bride Conspiracy” in His Blushing Bride, “Sweeter Than Candy” in A Match for Mother, and “A Place by the Fire” in Mistletoe Kittens), which are now featured in electronic book form as Be My Bride. The Regency romance The Unflappable Miss Fairchild was her first novel to be published (March 1998). After numerous short stories and articles in magazines and trade journals, she got serious about her novel writing. Thankfully for literature as we know it, she didn’t actually sell her first Regency romance novel until she had learned a bit more about writing such as vocabulary, sentence structure, and plot. Regina Scott started writing novels in the third grade.
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Kate tells Matt that she is Benjamin Malloy's granddaughter and shows him detailed drawings of flying panther-like creatures from Malloy's journal. One day into the voyage, an ornithopter delivers two passengers to the ship: Kate de Vries and her chaperone Marjorie Simpkins. Matt is disappointed to learn that the Junior Sailmaker position he was promised has been given to the fleet's owner's heir, Bruce Lunardi. Despite loving his mother and sisters dearly, Matt is relieved to be in the air where he feels closest to his father - a former sailmaker who died in an accident aboard the Aurora. One year later, Matt leaves his home in Lionsgate City to accompany the Aurora on its voyage to Sydney, Australia. Malloy rambles about "beautiful creatures" and dies shortly after being taken aboard. The Aurora's crew mount a rescue operation to save the man, whose name is later said to be Benjamin Malloy. While on lookout duty, he spots a damaged balloon carrying an unconscious old man. The main characters are Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries.įourteen-year-old Matt Cruse is a cabin boy for the Aurora, an airship that stays afloat using a gas called "hydrium". Airborn is the first book in the Matt Cruse series by Kenneth Oppel. The product was well established when I arrived, but I remained a constant advocate of Nir’s model with the product team as we iterated. I left that workshop excited and overflowing with ideas.Īs the story goes with startups, Lifeables struggled to find the right market fit (perhaps because we discovered Nir’s hooked model too late :-)) so I moved on and joined ShopAdvisor as their VP of Product/Technology. I remember thinking at the time that his “hooked model” was a collection of common sense concepts simplified, organized and packaged in a way that made them actionable. I found Nir to be exceptionally well-versed in behavioral psychology and how it could be applied to the current technological landscape. The opportunity couldn’t have been more timely. Needless to say, the thought of being able to “hook” users and have their use of it turn into a habit was very appealing. At the time I was still working as the CTO of Lifeables, and we were desperately trying to find strategies to keep our users engaged. A few years ago I was invited by a colleague to attend Nir Eyal‘s Hooked Workshop at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Students will seek information in both the text and pictures of a familiar story. (CA 3 A.K)ĬCSS Derive information from text and pictures. GLE (Missouri) Develop an awareness that text and pictures provide information. Word level is 1.5 according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The illustrations are cute and the story teaches a valuable lesson about how to be a good sport. The story shows what happened and how being a quitter is never fun. Mia Hamm tells a story about her younger self and how she quit when a pick-up soccer game didn't go the way she expected.
That said, she's also not afraid to rely on Alex's skills when hers fails. And she's not some sexy chick who just happens to speak mechanics, either she's and believable farmgirl who knows what she needs to to survive. She knows how to keep a farm running, scavenge food, and build useful items out of scrap. Added to that is the fact that Darla has reason to be cocky: she's anything but useless. She's very pushy - bordering on Attitude - but it somehow just worked for her. Probably what's even more surprising is the fact that I liked Darla as well. I have a real appreciation for characters who can do all of that. He also knows how to take care of himself when it comes to a fight. He's remarkably resourceful, very grateful for the rare bit of help he receives, and pays in kind to anyone he comes across, even if he really can't afford to share his provisions. I don't know there's just something about it that caught my attention.Ĭharacters: Alex is a pretty cool protagonist, despite his guy-ness (no mistaking the fact that he's a guy). Maybe because it follows a theme throughout the entire trilogy. Cover Blurb: Yes or No? As simplistic as it is, I do actually really like the cover art. Her marriage has turned distant and cold. She has unsuccessfully tried to end her own life, and is still entertaining thoughts of suicide. In just a few seconds he is gone! Now, fourteen months later, Marin is a wreck and depends on prescription pills to get her through each day. Three days before Christmas, at Seattle’s very busy Pike Place Market, Marin Machado lets go of her four year old son’s hand to answer a text on her phone. With characters that were not that likeable, I was surprised that they kept me riveted to their story, but they definitely did. What a page turner! I thought at first that this would be like all the other ‘abducted child’ thrillers, but it couldn’t have been more different. I always fulfill my review commitments, even if it is not always in a timely fashion.) I’ve had a ‘hold’ on this title for quite some time and my hold finally became available. “ Sometimes someone else’s pain is the only thing that makes yours better“ (I downloaded this title from Minotaur Books via Edelweiss but the book expired before I had a chance to read it – SO… at long last, I ended up reading a library copy on the Libby app. Other papers are in the collection of the university of Oregon. Some of his papers are in the local history collection of the Cayuga Community College in Auburn. In 1950, Conrad co-wrote Patterson's memoir, Scottsboro Boy, about his experience as one of the group of nine men accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. This work brought him into contact with Haywood Patterson. As the Harlem Bureau Chief for The Chicago Defender, an African American title, he investigated lynchings in the south. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper PM in New York City, and other papers. Conrad wished to be a writer from a young age, and his early experience included a stint at the Auburn Advertiser-Journal. At least one that he 'ghost' wrote was the autobiography of actor Errol Flynn, titled My Wicked, Wicked Ways. Earl Conrad (17 December 1906 - 17 January 1986), birth name Cohen, was an American author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. Inscription reads: To Dick from Earl with best wishes. Bookplate of Richard Allan Yaffe inside front board. The Ringworld role-playing game box set was titled "Larry Niven's Ringworld: Roleplaying Adventure Beneath the Great Arch", referring to the way the Ringworld looked from its interior surface. The magazine Different Worlds, issue 37, featured a Ringworld adventure, "Louis Wu & His Motley Crew." Only two publications were ever published, the Ringworld role-playing game box set itself, and the Ringworld Companion, both in 1984 by Chaosium. Later play can see characters from Ringworld species, such as the (so-called) Ghouls, Vampires, Giants, Sea People, and others. Basic characters can be humans from a dozen planets of Human Space, Puppeteers, or Kzin. They can be anthropologists, artists, doctors, police, or even zealots, who will explore the mysteries of this huge artificial world and its inhabitants. The players initially play explorers from Known Space, sent as scouts to the Ringworld. The Ringworld science fiction role-playing game was published by Chaosium in 1984, using the Basic Role-Playing (BRP) for its rules and Larry Niven's Ringworld novels as a setting. Subtitled: Roleplaying Adventure Beneath the Great Arch Article Edit | History | Editors Action Page These two figures, along with several others, were responsible for saving a number of significant White House artifacts from destruction during the War of 1812. Paul continued to work as President Madison’s valet but often fell under Dolley Madison’s authority as a dining room servant. In this capacity Paul became a vital member of the household, so much so that when Madison won the election in 1808 the family brought him to the President’s House. Trained first as a footman Paul later became James Madison’s valet, assisting Madison with his clothing, appearance, and every day undertakings. As a young enslaved servant of the Madison family Paul performed domestic duties and often attended Dolley’s son John Payne Todd. While Paul had no documented relationship with Benjamin and probably never met him, he did adopt the ‘Jennings’ surname as his own. His mother, an enslaved woman of African and Native American descent, told him that his father was the local English trader Benjamin Jennings. Paul Jennings was born in 1799 at Montpelier, the Virginia estate of James and Dolley Madison. Unlike the TV series, which covers all material in three seasons - two released and one coming soon - the film was supposed to be followed by two sequels, covering the other two thirds of the story. READ MORE: What we know so far about the return of His Dark MaterialsĬonfusingly, there has also been a 2007 film adaptation named the The Golden Compass, based on just the first book. The other two books of the trilogy are The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The Golden Compass is actually the title of the first book of the series in the US and some other countries. People often refer to The Golden Compass, which can be a source of confusion to the uninitiated. The trilogy was originally written by author Philip Pullman and is one of the most beloved fantasy franchises, on par with behemoths such as Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.īut you may have heard of another title thrown around in conversations related to the fantasy world of Lyra, and her adventures with witches and daemons and talking polar bears. His Dark Materials TV show is based upon a beloved book series - the BBC/HBO production is a fairly faithful adaptation of the fantasy novel trilogy of the same title. |