![]() After switching to R&B she was signed aged 12. Wright was born in Miami in 1953 and started singing gospel at the age of two, with her siblings in the group Echoes of Joy. Sexuality was addressed in other early hits like Let Me Be Your Lovermaker and Baby Sitter, where, as on Clean Up Woman, she is superseded by a love rival, who has “a truckload of you know what / and all of it in place”. ![]() ![]() Hits like Clean Up Woman were written for Wright but she also penned her own songs including Tonight is the Night, about losing her virginity, which became a favourite for R&B fans. She twice worked with the Marley family, on an album of posthumous Bob Marley reworks in 1999 – having supported him on tour in 1979 – and with Damian Marley and rapper Nas on their 2010 album Distant Relatives. She also provided backing vocals or vocal production for artists including Jennifer Lopez, Joss Stone, Gloria Estefan, Lil Wayne and David Byrne. Wright had another US Top 10 hit with Dance With Me in 1978, providing vocals alongside lead artist Peter Brown. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In this vivid portrait - informed by previously unseen manuscripts, including royal correspondence between the king and his queen - Leanda de Lisle depicts a man who was principled and brave, but fatally blinkered.Ĭharles never understood his own subjects or court intrigue. The English Civil War would set family against family, friend against friend, and its casualties were immense–a greater proportion of the population died than in World War I.Īt the head of the disintegrating kingdom was King Charles I. Split between loyalty to the Crown or to Parliament, war raged on English soil. ![]() Less than forty years after England’s golden age under Elizabeth I, the country was at war with itself. From the New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic story of Charles I, his warrior queen, Britain’s civil wars and the trial for his life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie's past. With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan's oldest son to find the artifact. ![]() ![]() When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land. Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, this book weaves together the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary, magical lamp. ![]() ![]() Jack becomes involved in her troubles and in the paranoid mazes of the 9/11 Truth Movement, where conspiracy theories point in every direction. Repairman Jack's childhood friend, Weezy Connell (the genius girl from the Tor Teen novel, Jack: Secret Histories), has started fitting together the pieces of the puzzle and anonymously posting her conclusions on the Web. No one-absolutely no one-will guess the truth behind the who and why of this day. ![]() A few will notice inconsistencies and point fingers elsewhere, blaming the government or Big Oil or some other powerful but faceless entity. As he waits for the south tower to collapse, he thinks: The vast majority will blame the collapse on the crazy Arabs who hijacked the planes and the Islamic extremists who funded them-the obvious choice. He removes a small box from his pocket and presses a button. On September 11, 2001, a man drifts in a boat off lower Manhattan as the towers burn. Jack finds the secret behind 9/11 in the new dark thriller in the bestselling Repairman Jack series from F. ![]() ![]() It was a first edition of “Dracula,” signed by author Bram Stoker - the older brother of Dacre’s great-grandfather. So his dad led him down to the basement, pulled a dusty, mustard-colored book off a shelf and handed it to him. Puzzled, 12-year-old Dacre asked his father what they meant. ![]() It was Halloween, and some revelers showed up at the door with a twist on the usual “Trick or treat” spiel: “Are the Stokers gonna give us candy or take our blood?” ![]() What do King Charles and 'Dracula' have in common? The House of Windsor history revealsĭacre Stoker will never forget how he discovered his family history. What scary movie embodies your zodiac sign? ![]() 'Dracula' actor Frank Langella lists NYC co-op for $900K Keanu Reeves' birth chart powers the 'John Wick' star's killer instinct ![]() ![]() The man, in his early twenties and sporting a stylish blue suit, raised his brows at her. She glanced to the left and the right, and Skye nervously noted the security cameras that followed her every move.Ĭautiously now, she approached the desk. Getting out of that icy Chicago air was a relief for her.Īnother man waited behind the gleaming desk in the lobby. Skye gave a quick shake of her head, pulled her coat a bit closer around her, and hurried inside that fortress. ![]() Probably because she was standing in the middle of the street, gawking up at the place. “Miss?” The doorman eyed her with a hint of concern in his dark eyes. Looking more like a fortress than an office, the place spoke of power. There were too many floors for her to count. It shot high into the sky, its massive windows gleaming in the light. Skye Sullivan stared up at the building before her. It was in that darkness that she heard his voice. There was nothing left, nothing but the darkness. She begged for help until her voice broke. The blood and rain mixed together on her face. Would anyone from the road even be able to see her?Įvery part of her body hurt. ![]() Her car had rolled, again and again, down the incline. The rain poured down, pelting through the broken windshield. ![]() She screamed for help, but no one was there to save her. It held her in a grip too tight and too hard, and every move she made just caused her to hurt even more. Pain rolled through her body, and she tried to fight it, tried to break free, but she couldn’t. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha's Vineyard. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. ![]() ![]() It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrand's #1 New York Times bestselling historical novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() * Adelaide Advertiser * A book that intrigues and affects every essence of your humanity. Laguna's great skill is in conveying the contradictory human depths in all her characters. * Sydney Morning Herald * Jimmy is a tour de force of a character, brilliantly maintained. Laguna has vividly brought to life what it must be like to be a different child and the effect his condition can have on a family. Emily Macguire * Canberra Times * A beautiful, sombre style, relieved by occasional happy-go-lucky moments and strangely surprising resilience. Unique, forceful and absolutely hypnotic. Louise Swinn * The Weekend Australian * Harrowing, beautifully written, insightful and absorbing. Laguna is an author proving the novel is a crucial document of the times. It is quite a feat to write characters with such nuance. * Irish Times * A book that crosses the boundaries of adult and YA fiction. ![]() As a "domestic" novel, it could be cliched, but Laguna, through Jimmy's wonderful eyes, makes every sentence, every word, sing and soar. It is outrageous that someone as young, beautiful and - goddamit - as happy looking as Sofie Laguna has written this wee beauty of a novel. ![]() ![]() But Mamie Till-Mobley never knew justice. Timely, powerful, and beautifully told, this thorough and moving story has been masterfully crafted to be both comprehensive and suitable for younger readers. In Death of Innocence, the book Mamie Till Mobley wrote about the surroundings of her sons death, upon seeing the body the first time, she said it didnt. As Till-Mobley noted in Death of Innocence, the account of her life published the year she died in 2003. She turned pain into change that ensured her son's life mattered. Mamie fearlessly refused to allow America to turn away from what happened to her only child. ![]() It is a poised, moving work about a woman who refocused her unimaginable grief into action for the greater good. In Choosing Brave, Angela Joy and Janelle Washington offer a testament to the power of love, the bond of motherhood, and one woman's unwavering advocacy for justice. His death became a rallying point for the civil rights movement, but few know that it was his mother who was the catalyst for bringing his name to the forefront of history. ![]() Mamie Till-Mobley is the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was brutally murdered while visiting the South in 1955. A picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This collection of short stories shows why Japanese literature is so highly valued today-it teaches not only about Japan, but about the human condition and the possibilities of art. The stories in this anthology include: "Tattoo" by Junichiro Tanizaki-a large spider tattooed on the back of a young woman results in unexpected changes"Autumn Mountain" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa-vivid memories of a beautiful painting leads a man to wonder if the it ever actually existed"The Priest and His Love" by Yukio Mishima-a Buddhist priest finds his path to enlightenment challenged after falling in love"The Moon on the Water" by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata-a young woman who cared for her ailing first husband through most of their marriage regrets remarrying after his death Featuring a new foreword by Japanese literary scholar Seiji Lippit and striking woodcut illustrations by Masakazu Kuwata, the stories are translated by the editor, Ivan Morris, and Edward Seidensticker, George Saito, and Geoffery Sargent. This volume's twenty-five stories by as many authors display a wide range of style and subject matter-offering a revealing picture of modern Japane. The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan. ![]() ![]() Modern Japanese Short Stories is a remarkable collection of Japanese stories from the pioneers of contemporary Japanese literature. Kp Modern Japanese Short Stories av Ivan Morris. Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology (Paperback) ![]() |