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![]() ![]() The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is called to consider the nomination. The media is nearly completely behind Leffingwell. He believes he will have more than enough votes to get Leffingwell through. Nevertheless, Munson falls in line to rally the Senators. ![]() No matter where Senators fall on Leffingwell, nearly all are perplexed by the President’s desire to rush the nomination through confirmation and how little the President has consulted with anyone. ![]() Chief in opposition to Leffingwell is the very conservative Minority Senator Seabright Cooley of South Carolina. Some conservatives line up against Leffingwell, while some members of the Minority party wish to learn more about him before making up their minds. Most notable in his support is Senator Fred Van Ackerman. Leffingwell has the support of many in the Majority party, especially the liberal wing. Senator Bob Munson, Majority Leader, unexpectedly learns of Leffingwell’s nomination through the news media, having had no previous notification from the President, also of the Majority party. ![]() It recounts the confirmation process surrounding the President’s controversial nomination to Secretary of State, Robert A. “Advise and Consent” is a political drama novel by Allen Drury. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the second section, Douglas begins working at the local library, where he meets Miss Martin, an elderly woman who tells him stories about her life. This section is full of childhood wonder, as the boys explore their town and discover the joys of summer. In the first section, Douglas and his friend Tom collect dandelions in order to make wine. The book is divided into three sections, each focusing on a different aspect of Douglas’s summer. Bradbury once said that Dandelion Wine was his “most deeply personal work,” and it is easy to see why. ![]() It is also a book about time, memory, and the power of storytelling. ![]() Dandelion Wine is a coming-of- age story, a nostalgia-tinged ode to childhood, and a portrait of a small town in the 1920s. All the while, Douglas is aware that this summer might be his last carefree one, as he is on the cusp of becoming a teenager. The novel follows Douglas Spaulding, a young boy, as he navigates his way through a summer full of firsts: first love, first heartbreak, first job. The book is set in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois, based on Bradbury’s childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois. Dandelion Wine is a novel by Ray Bradbury, first published in 1957. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Farrell expands on his thesis that the Great Pyramid was a chemical maser, designed as a weapon and eventually deployed with disastrous results to the solar system. 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At times, when he tells of his feelings of loneliness, entrapment and suffocation, it is heartbreakingly painful. ![]() Barely able to talk, at the age of five he picked up a piece of chalk with his left foot, the only part of the body with any flexibility, and thus began to communicate.īrown has the Irish gift of storytelling, and writes simply and lirically about his life. Christy Brown was an imaginative, sensitive soul trapped in a body twisted and crippled by cerebral palsy. ![]() Published when the author was only 22 years old, My Left Foot is the story of an extraordinary person. ![]() ![]() “Roth skillfully weaves the careful world-building and intricate web of characters that distinguished Divergent.” ( VOYA, starred review) Number one New York Times best seller * Wall Street Journal best seller * USA Today best seller * Number one IndieBound best seller In a stunning twist, the two will discover how fate defines their lives in ways most unexpected. 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The Fates Divide is a richly imagined tale of hope and resilience told in four stunning perspectives. ![]() ![]() In the second book of the Carve the Mark duology, globally best-selling Divergent author Veronica Roth reveals how Cyra and Akos fulfill their fates. ![]() ![]() When David arrives at the royal wedding of his friend, the newly ordained Duchess Samantha Rousseau, he expected to feel uncomfortable and out of his element, but he wasn’t prepared to be targeted by Prince Alex’s gorgeous younger sister. ![]() The one man she is tempted by more than any other. She has a plan, and it all hinges on seducing the one man who seems utterly unimpressed by all things royal. She is tired of waiting for someone good enough to come along. But at the rate she’s going, Cathy is afraid she’ll give the Virgin Queen a run for her money. ![]() After all, most men are after only one thing, and for Cathy there’s a lot more at stake than her bed she has to worry about the fate of an entire nation. She’s kept her hands clean, her head down, and most importantly-men at arm’s length. ![]() Catherine has spent her life being the perfect princess. ![]() ![]() The art that brought Frankie and Zeke together now threatens to tear them apart. ![]() Satanists, kidnappers-the rumors won’t stop, and soon the mystery has dangerous repercussions that spread far beyond the town. The posters begin appearing everywhere, and people wonder who is behind them. We are fugitives, and the law is skinny with hunger for us. ![]() The edge is a shantytown filled with gold seekers. ![]() Romantic and creative sparks begin to fly, and when the two jointly make an unsigned poster, shot through with an enigmatic phrase, it becomes unforgettable to anyone who sees it. Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge-aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner-is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who has just moved into his grandmother’s unhappy house and who is as lonely and awkward as Frankie is. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here comes an exuberant, big-hearted novel about two teenaged misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'One of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction. Rarely have the sounds and smells and total atmosphere been so evocatively suggested' - New York Times 'A major work, a glittering combination of brilliant craftsmanship, psychological perception and objective reporting. The rift that will eventually prise India - the jewel in the Imperial Crown - from colonial rule is beginning to gape wide. The racism, brutality and hatred launched upon the head of her young Indian lover echo the dreadful violence perpetrated on Daphne and reveal the desperate state of Anglo-Indian relations. Against this background, Daphne Manners, a young English girl, is brutally raped in the Bibighat Gardens. World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining many supporters. The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott Hardcover Januby Paul Scott (Author) Visit Amazons Paul Scott Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The Jewel in the Crown is a drama about the final days of the British Raj in India during the Second World War, based on the Raj Quartet novels by Paul. NOW A BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA DRAMATISATION STARRING ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN AND PRASANNA PUWANARAJAH ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Length: Full-length novel Heat Level: Steamy and dreamy This book is part of a series (The 1797 Club), but can be read as a standalone book. 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Forced home, his angry, aggressive desire to get back in the field and find out to who betrayed him is keeping him from healing. But years of dangerous work has finally caught up to him and he was involved in a violent attack that nearly killed him. He’s been too busy working for the War Department as a spy. Lucas Vincent may be the Duke of Willowby but he’s never acted as such. The sixth steamy book in The 1797 Club from USA Today Bestseller Jess Michaels. Download or stream The Undercover Duke by Jess Michaels, Danielle OFarrell for free on hoopla. ![]() |