Iβve been going to Chicago bars and restaurants since I was a kid. Some of them still brag about having been speakeasies during the Prohibition era.
πππππππ π π΄ππππ’π π·πππππ, a thrilling fantasy book for young readers, takes place during medieval times. The kingdom of Valdoria has been under threat from a fearsome dragon for the past six years. Princess Adele is understandably upset when her brother, King Robert, sees no other way to appease the dragon than to sacrifice a child. Risking death and not wanting an innocent child to needlessly lose his life, she sets out to save her kingdom from this terrifying creature.
In this thriller, Sally and Gilly have a secret, one that Gilly hasnβt even shared with her husband. When she was young, she and her best friend Sally, found something one day in the cemetery: they found a box with a dead baby in it.
The way romance and love were looked upon during the Middle Ages differs greatly from the way it is viewed today. Comparing our time to the Middle Ages is difficult. I know times are different, and here in the USA, we have a romanticized view of marriage.
I first arrived in Japan in the spring of β84 to take up a job I had got while completing my doctorate on 18th century English literature at Edinburgh University. I had been hired as a βGuest Professor of Englishβ by a new university located in a fishing village in northern Shikoku. Shikoku is one of Japanβs four main islands, but it is also the smallest, the most rural and, at that time β before the construction of bridges linking it to Honshu and Kyushu β the most remote.
Part fiction. Part real. Itβs somewhere in between.Β When someone tells me they write nonfiction, I sometimes reply, βItβs πππ fiction.β I get strange looks, especially from those who have their heads entrenched deeply in what they term as reality
πβπ πΌππππππππ¦ πΏπππ ππ π΄πππππ π½ππππ is a captivating read, and the things that took place in Abigailβs life made me look forward to turning each page. The author’s vivid descriptions of seemingly insignificant details brought them to vibrant life.
Most people know something about πΉπππππππ π‘πππ by Mary Shelley. They might not have read the book, but still they know at least one thing about the story: itβs about a monster made by a human, a mad scientist. But who is the real monster? Is it Frankenstein? Or is it the mad scientist?
All writers are asked, βWhere do you get your ideas?β
Rose and her daughters, Magnolia and Lily, are gardeners. They normally have one big garden, but Magnolia and Lily want to have their own garden this year in which they will grow pumpkins, tomatoes, snow peas, and other veggies. While watering their garden, they discover a mystery. A leaf is moving and going kerplop all by itself. Underneath the leaf, they find a new friend: a toad.
