![]() Olivia Murray, a high powered attorney, faces her biggest test in her career when she gets assigned to represent a New Age tech company called Astral Tech, in this one lawsuit filed by its largest competitor. “Trial & Tribulations” is the first novel in the “Windy Ridge Legal Thriller” series and was released in the year 2015. ![]() Her work is from the inspirational and romantic suspense genres. She writes the “Atlanta Justice” series, the “Danger in the Deep South” series, the “Windy Ridge Legal Thriller” series, and the “Capital Intrigue”, as well as some stand alone work. Rachel’s debut novel, called “Out of Hiding”, was released in the year 2014. “Deadly Proof” is a Daphne du Maurier Finalist, an FHL Reader’s Choice Award winner, and a Holt Medallion Finalist. “Lone Witness” won a Maggie Award and a Holt Medallion. She lives with her five furbabies: three cats and two dogs and her husband in the state of Michigan. Author Rachel Dylan has practiced law for more than a decade including working as a litigator at one of the top law firms in the nation. ![]()
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The series, helmed by Brian Michael Bendis ( New Avengers Ultimate Spider-Man) and Michael Gaydos ( Powerless Daredevil: Redemption), focuses on Jessica Jones, superhero-turned-private-investigator. ![]() ![]() ![]() The brilliant Marvel Omnibus reprints continue this summer – with Alias! ![]() ![]() This coincided with the end of the Immortals War.ĭifferent species of Immortals vary widely in temperament, intelligence, and abilities. The Eastern and Southern Lands were plunged into The Immortals War.Ī decision of the Great Gods in 452 HE ruled that the immortals already in the Mortal Realms could remain, but the rest would be confined to the Divine Realms. ![]() ![]() Centuries later, in 447 HE, Carthaki mages found the spells used and released many immortals back into the human realms, primarily in Tortall. The Human Era began after all the immortals were trapped by mages in the Divine Realms. The Badger explained this to Daine and Numair. ![]() Lesser immortals, those that live among mortals, can be killed. You may be looking for the book series The Immortals Quartet.Īn immortal is a creature in the Tortall universe that lives indefinitely unless killed. This article is about immortal creatures in the Tortallan Universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() The ultimate journey, the study of the ultimate character. PrintĮssentially, this book has two main, competing things going for it that would make it a brilliant movie: it’s an epic journey rooted in an intimate character study. 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If Pip had not received his "great expectations" and never left Joe's forge, how do you think his life would have been different? Are the lessons he learns during his physical and emotional journey necessary for him to arrive at the wisdom he displays as the middle-aged narrator of this tale? In what ways?Ĥ. How are Pip's expectations different from and similar to those of Joe Gargery, Miss Havisham, Estella and Magwitch?Ģ.Why do you think it is one of Magwitch's principal conditions that Pip "always bear the name of Pip" (which is actually his childhood nickname) in order to receive his financial support?ģ. Discuss how the theme of "expectations" is illustrated by and through the major characters in this book. In this novel, things are often not what they seem. Click on the links below each question to share your thoughts with a world of readers.ġ. ![]() Below is the complete list of reading questions and topics for your book club discussion of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. ![]() ![]() ![]() Authors can't get enough of In the Dark 'Cancel everything. For fans of Shari Lapena, Claire Douglas and Lisa Jewell. The second twisty, up-all-night thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling Cara Hunter. And that no one is as innocent as they seem. ![]() How could this happen right under their noses? But DI Adam Fawley knows that nothing is impossible. The inhabitants of the quiet Oxford street are in shock. The elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before. No one knows who they are - the woman can't speak, and there are no missing persons reports that match their profile. Do you know what they're hiding in the house next door? - 'Your next riveting, twisty read!' Shari Lapena 'Twist follows twist at a breath-taking pace' Daily Mail 'The new queen of the cliffhanger' John Marrs A woman and child are found locked in a basement room, barely alive. ![]() ![]() ![]() As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. 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