![]() ![]() You can read it for free, along with a number of other stories in this list! 2. Have you ever heard the English expression, “Slow and steady wins the race”? This story is the basis for that common phrase. The hare laughs at the idea that a tortoise could run faster than him, but the race ends with a surprising result. The tortoise challenges the hare to a race. This classic fable (story) is about a very slow tortoise (turtle) and a speedy hare (rabbit). This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that youĬlick here to get a copy.
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![]() ![]() Unfortunately it happened a year after I left. They'd just opened it up to women and I figured it would be the first trade that would send women to sea. Spent three years in the Canadian Naval Reserve: I was a cook. Enough said for those of us who lived through it-and those who didn't seem to be getting another chance to fall off platform shoes. It was the late sixties, early to mid seventies. Raised, for the most part, in Kingston, Ontario. Or possibly with the fact that almost no one admits to being from Ontario… I think it's something to do with being born in sight of the ocean. ![]() "Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Although I haven't actually lived "down east" since just before my fourth birthday, I still consider myself a Maritimer. ![]() ![]() The cast members parry, dodge and lunge with Reza’s lacerating language, and it’s a treat to watch them pounce on each other in such close quarters - this is one of those instances where staying close to the enclosed action of the stage version is the perfect cinematic choice. Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Lakeith Stanfield. The notion of well-bred societal elites tamping down a cauldron of human emotion probably dates back to the ancient Greeks, and Luis Bunuel’s “The Exterminating Angel” no doubt still ranks as the granddaddy of movies about trapping the uptight bourgeoisie in a room with their prejudices and neuroses, but what “Carnage” lacks in originality it more than makes up for in acrid wit.Īll four characters feel eminently recognizable, and while both the writing and the acting makes them somewhat broad and larger-than-life, they never tip over into being cartoonish. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) PG-13 97 min Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller 5. ![]() It’s a subtle gradation from minor verbal misunderstandings and disagreements to full-on shouting matches, goosed along by Penelope’s high-strung snippiness, Alan’s constant parade of work-related phone calls, and eventually, the single-malt Scotch that Michael serves up. ![]() Sounds simple enough, yes, but as the afternoon progresses, war breaks out - couple versus couple, wives versus husband, everyone for themselves. ![]() ![]() ![]() Six years later, a battle-scarred and embittered Devlin returns to claim his inheritance after his father’s death-and though neither he nor Gwyneth have forgotten each other, Devlin’s wounds may be too deep for love to heal. Forced to leave home, he joins the fight against Napoleon in France-and leaves a broken hearted Gwyneth in his wake. When upstanding Devlin reveals the earl’s bad behavior to society, he’s banished from the family. But Devlin’s idyllic world is shattered when he discovers his father’s infidelity. ![]() The summer of 1808 holds special promise, as Devlin discovers that his neighbor Gwyneth Rhys, whom he’s long pined for in secret, believing her to be entangled with his brother, returns his affection. Every summer, his parents and siblings host a fete for the local community around their estate, Ravenswood Hall, in Hampshire. Devlin Ware, heir to the Earl of Stratton, appears to come from the perfect family. Bestseller Balogh (the Westcott series) launches her Ravenswood series with a stunningly emotional Regency romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their shirts were soaked to their skin and their hair was messily rumpled, giving them the wet sexy look. The driveway went around a large fountain, which a few girls had gotten into. The doors had been left open and the overflow spilled out to the front lawn. ![]() Contents TITLE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEENĬHAPTER FOURTEEN CHAPTER FIFTEEN CHAPTER SIXTEEN CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CHAPTER NINETEEN CHAPTER TWENTY CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT AcknowledgementsĬHAPTER ONE When I arrived at the party, it was the largest I had ever seen. ![]() Cover image designed by Lisa Jordan at This story is dedicated to my readers! You guys inspire me. The characters and story lines are created by the author's imagination and are used fictitiously. This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person, living or dead, or any events or occurrences, is purely coincidental. ![]() No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission of the author, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes only. ![]() |