![]() ![]() Three years later they returned with an abundance of spices from their intended destination, but with just one ship carrying eighteen emaciated men. With a fleet of five ships and more than two hundred men, they had set out in search of the Spice Islands. Most important, they were looking for a passageway, a strait, through the great landmass of the Americas that would lead them to these fabled islands. In 1519 Magellan and his fleet set sail from Seville, Spain, to find a water route to the Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities - cloves, pepper, and nutmeg - flourished. ![]() An account of this "groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed many long-held views about the world and the way explorers would henceforth navigate its oceans. Hardcover first edition - First printing. ![]()
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![]() Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a foulmouthed crow whose knowledge of the world around him comes from his TV-watching education. ![]() is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he discovers that the neighbors are devouring each other and the local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of dangerous new predators roaming Seattle. His most tried-and-true remedies - from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis - fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. starts to feel like something isn't quite right. Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (those idiots) and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer-Cheetos. ![]() Hollow Kingdom Available Now Grand Central Publishing (US), Headline Publishing (UK), Planeta de Libros (SPA), and Fischer Tor (DEU) One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. Reviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for and/or keywords that will inform future searches. ![]() Rules Post titles must be clear and informative For updated information regarding ongoing community features includings upcoming AMAs, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. ![]() Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() ![]() The Garfields live in "the city" - that's up north, and by the way, every city in Jeffers's novel carries the same moniker. ![]() Ailey's sisters are Lydia, the eldest, and Carol Rose, the middle sister. We meet her as a three-year-old, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Specifically, we travel to Chicasetta, a rural town that once upon a time was a plantation, and before that a Creek village.Īiley Pearl Garfield is at the center of this sweeping saga. It focuses on a fictional African American family in Georgia, beginning before the state was Georgia. Spanning two hundred years, it takes an intimate look at race, feminism, love, and family as told by a line of unforgettable Black women from America's South. Dramatic, beautifully written, and compulsively readable, the novel brims from page to page with grand storytelling and heart. ![]() Du Bois is an immersive journey through American history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alex is ambitious, intelligent, and very into politics. His mother is the first female president of America, and for the first few chapters we get to know Alex, his sister June, and their close friend Nora, who’s the granddaughter of the Vice President. The story follows Alex Claremont-Diaz, the First Son of the White House. I am SO GLAD I did because this book is so warm and emotional and beautiful that it deserves all the stars. But when I saw someone recommending it in my OSRBC Facebook group, I reconsidered and figured, “What can it hurt?” So I requested a copy and was granted one. However, when I came across it the first time on NetGalley, I skated right on by with little interest. “Red, White, and Royal Blue” is the first book written by Casey McQuiston. ![]() I received an ARC e-book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() We get all of the dependable Leigh features in this book. You can depend on very steamy sex and almost animalistic attraction between the heroes and heroines. You can depend on generally capable heroines who don’t have too many TSTL moments. This was a very satisfying read – emotional, sexy, action packed, and romantic. There are overlapping characters and storylines, but not to the point that you’ll have a tough time following the story if you’ve never read another Leigh book. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a new series for Leigh and is related to her Tempting SEALs books, but starts a new series of heroes and heroines. Gwen’s review of Wild Card (Elite Ops, Book 1) by Lora LeighĬontemporary romantic suspense released by St. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That won’t stop Tanya and Fabian from trying to solve the mystery, but what could their actions mean for Tanya? Fabian and Tanya start to investigate, and soon find out that the adults around them – Amos, Warwrick and Tanya’s grandmother – definitely know more than they are letting on, and know more about what happened and what could happen. A young girl that her grandmother knew has been missing for fifty years. But soon, she starts to uncover an old mystery with her friend Fabian. When Tanya is sent to live with her grandmother in an old manor, she’s disappointed and annoyed. ![]() Tanya is determined to find the truth, but as she unearths more secrets she finds herself dangerously close to following in the missing girl’s footsteps. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods, a girl Tanya’s grandmother will not speak of. 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We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() Biography: Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today.If we are able to be fully present and take each step in the Now we will be opening ourselves to the transforming experience of The Power of Now. It is here we find our joy, are able to embrace our true selves and discover that we are already complete and perfect. Surrender to the present moment, where problems do not exist. Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle offers simple language and a question and answer format to show us how to silence our thoughts and create a liberated life. To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. It's one of the most valuable books I've ever read.' Oprah Winfrey I think it's essential spiritual teaching. Eckhart Tolle demonstrates how to live a healthier, happier, mindful life by living in the present moment. ![]() The international bestselling spiritual book, now with a new look for its 20th anniversary. **CHOSEN BY OPRAH AS ONE OF HER 'BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH'** ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, a dark god, Miasmus, is stirring. ![]() In order for the next crop of rhamanthus seeds to be quickened, so it is foretold, Zariya must wed a foreigner. Khai, born at the same time as Azarkal’s youngest daughter, princess Zariya, is her shadow, a sort of predestined soul mate, trained in the deep desert by a warrior sect to serve and protect her by any means necessary-yet there is one astounding truth he has not been told. However, the goddess Anamuht the Purging Fire hasn’t quickened any for many years, and soon they will run out. The rulers of the desert kingdom of Zarkhoum, King Azarkal and his too-numerous, scheming, treacherous family, owe their extended lives to the effect of rhamanthus seeds. Long ago, the stars grew quarrelsome and rebellious, until Zar the Sun, exasperated, booted them from the heavens to dwell on the Earth as gods-not too bad an exile, seemingly. Carey ( Miranda and Caliban, 2017, etc.) returns to doorstopper-land with this stand-alone heroic fantasy set in a world whose sky is empty of stars. ![]() |