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Getting out of the Foreign Legion, as Salazar soon realized, proved impossible. The Foreign Legion still exists today as an elite army of modern mercenaries from around the world, in the service of la France.Ĭonsidered a haven for the dregs of society, joining the Foreign Legion was rumored to be simple, but it wasn't. King Louis Philippe II created the Foreign Legion in 1831 as a way to rid France of penniless immigrants and others considered a liability to the French establishment. And those are the ones giving orders." ( New York Times) Legion of the Lost is his story, the improbable, very funny tale of a sensitive, bookish child of Mexican immigrants who walked away from a promising career and, for romantic reasons, threw in his lot with a motley assortment of thugs, drunks, drug abusers, and desperate refugees from the far corners of the earth. Salazar took the express elevator straight to hell. "From an air-conditioned Chicago office, Mr. That's the welcome, endearing product Julie Halpern offers readers. With Anna down the hall, landing in the ‘loony bin' just might be a whole lot of fun.” -Chicago Tribune “ is endearing as a caustic damsel in distress. As the novel progresses, readers will get a kick out of Anna's snarky sense of humor and her capacity for self-renewal.” -Publishers Weekly “An upbeat story that offers a hype-free, realistic look inside a teen ward. “I completely fell in love with Anna Bloom's voice-it's wry, romantic, and so, so true.” -Gabrielle Zevin, author of Elsewhere Get Well Soon, Julie Halpern's fiction debut, finds humor in the unlikeliest of places, and presents a character whose voice - and heart - will resonate with all of us who have ever felt just a little bit crazy. Here she meets a roommate with a secret (and a plastic baby), a doctor who focuses way too much on her weight, and a cute, shy boy who just might like her.īut wait! Being trapped in a loony bin isn't supposed to be about making friends, losing weight, and having a crush, is it? Anna Bloom is depressed - so depressed that her parents have committed her to a mental hospital with a bunch of other messed-up teens. AND I MAY NOT LIVE TO SEE MY EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY.ĭon't miss the first book in Julie Kagawa's highly anticipated new series, SHADOW OF THE FOX, AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2, 2018 But when destiny comes for Ethan, there is no escape from a danger long, long forgotten. His previous time in the Iron Realm left him with nothing but fear and disgust for the world Meghan Chase has made her home, a land of myth and talking cats, of magic and seductive enemies. To save a girl he never thought he'd dare to fall for.Įthan thought he had protected himself from his older sister's world-the land of Faery. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. Until the fey he avoids at all costs-including his reputation-begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. From the limitless imagination of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Kagawa, The Iron Fey series continues.ĭon't look at Them. Eventually-to no one's surprise except Rafaela's-Tamara (who, it is slowly revealed, almost never tells the truth about herself) trades her young lover for the most bourgeois of all passions: financial security. Over the course of several months, Rafaela poses for Tamara, sleeps with her, and lives in the high-flying bohemian world of Gertrude Stein and an American journalist named Anson Hall, who might remind readers of Ernest Hemingway. But what Rafaela hasn't factored into the bargain is what would happen if she fell deeply in love with the secretive and very sexy Tamara, who may or may not love her back. The left bank in the '20s, famous artists, lots of (bi)sexuality and betrayal-what's not to love about Ellis Avery's romantic novel, The Last Nude (Riverhead)? Based on the lives of Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka and one of her muses, it tells the story of Rafaela, a young occasional prostitute who decides it's safer to get paid as an artist's model. New questions emerged as the research progressed. The book is the fruit of dozens of interviews, in many countries, which revealed previously hidden stories, letters, documents, and news items." In her foreword, Munch scholar and collector Sarah Epstein writes, "Rima Shore, a dedicated scholar, traveled widely over six years years, following every lead in order to trace Eva and Bella’s lives, careers, families, and friends, as well as the relationship of these two women. Lady with a Brooch begins with a simple question: who was the arresting, enigmatic woman portrayed in Edvard Munch's famous 1903 lithograph? From there, by twists and turns, the book follows the dramatic, improbable adventures of Eva Mudocci-a violinist who won renown across Europe in the early decades of the 20th century performing on the priceless Golden Emiliani Stradivarius.Ī striking figure on and off the stage, Mudocci inspired portraits by celebrated artists-including not only Munch (famed painter of The Scream), but also Henri Matisse. Then, as two wars reshaped Europe’s cultural landscape, Eva Mudocci was forgotten. Lewis is the author of several acclaimed books including King, A Biography (Praeger, 1970), When Harlem Was in Vogue (Alfred Knopf, Inc., 1971), The Race to Fashoda: European Colonialism and African Resistance in the Scramble for Africa (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988) and W.E.B. Lewis currently holds the Martin Luther King Jr. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. History from Columbia University and a Ph.D. The Los Angeles Times Book Review calls it “a work of keen scholarship that will appeal to the general reader responsive to graceful, lucid prose by an author with an eye for ironic situations and complex emotions.”īorn in Little Rock, Arkansas, Lewis attended Fisk University where he received his B.A. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963.įifteen years in the making, this second volume of Lewis’ profoundly detailed analysis of Du Bois’ life follows the controversial American icon from the race riots of 1919’s “Red Summer” through his controversial departure from the NAACP and his embrace of socialism, to his tumultuous self-imposed exile and death in Ghana at the age of 95. Du Bois, is examined in David Levering Lewis’ W.E.B. The life of scholar, philosopher, activist and historian, W.E.B. What's one more?īut what UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary or metaphorical ghost, no benign conversation piece. He has spent a lifetime coping with ghostsâ?of an abusive father, of the lovers he callously abandoned, of the bandmates he betrayed. I will "sell" my stepfather's ghost to the highest bidder.įor a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by a restless spirit. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude can't help but reach for his wallet. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals. The Final Hour Series: Every Last Breath (Book 1) Nothing to Fear (Book 2) Until the End (coming early 2020) What People Are Saying About Juno Rushdan: "Tense and fulfilling. With time running out, an unlikely bond pushes limits-and forges loyalties. Thrust into the crossfire of an insidious international conspiracy, Gideon will do anything to keep Willow safe.even if that means waging war against his own. And he knows that without him, Willow will be dead before sunrise. He's never given reason to doubt his loyalty.until he's tasked with investigating Willow Harper, a beguiling cryptologist suspected of selling deadly bio-agents on the black market. Every Last Breath is an electric combination of heart-stopping thriller and swoon-worthy romance."-LEXI BLAKE, New York Times bestselling author The clock is ticking Fearsome Gray Box operative Gideon Stone is devoted to his work and his team. Working at the lavish Regal Sol hotel and newly engaged to Pinkerton Detective Marti. Snow Falling is a sweeping historical romance set in 1902 Miami-a time of railroad tycoons, hotel booms, and exciting expansion for the Magic City. With these tumultuous events as inspiration, Jane’s breathtaking first novel adapts her story for a truly epic romance that captures the hope and the heartbreak that have made the television drama so beloved. Jane the Virgin, the Golden Globe, AFI, and Peabody Award–winning The CW dramedy, has followed Jane’s telenovela-esque life-from her accidental artificial insemination and virgin birth to the infant kidnapping and murderous games of the villainous Sin Rostro to an enthralling who-will-she-choose love triangle. It’s been a lifetime (and three seasons) in the making, but Jane Gloriana Villanueva is finally ready to make her much-anticipated literary debut! “Fans of the show will undoubtedly enjoy the chance to read Jane’s book in real life.” -Entertainment Weekly Jane Gloriana Villanueva is the fictional heroine of the CW show Jane the Virgin, who, after toiling away at a career as a writer for several seasons, has finally published her debut novel. “Just the thing for a cold winter’s night between episodes.” -The Washington Post Book World |