![]() ![]() Read the complete Villains fiction, containing Vicious, Vengeful, the prequel short story, 'Warm Up'. With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity-and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning. She'll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other once more. Flush from her brush with death, she's finally gained the control she's always sought-and will use her newfound power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge. All except his sidekick, a woman whose power is persuasion and whom he cannot defy. Eli is hunting down and killing every EO he can find, convinced that they are a crime against God. Vicious Ten years after they turned on each other, Victor has escaped from prison and wants revenge on the man who put him there. Schwab (Author) 145 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback AED 75.00 10 New from AED 75. Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who discover that, under the right conditions, someone can develop extraordinary abilities - become ExtraOrdinary. Vicious/Vengeful slipcase Paperback 27 October 2021 by V.E. ![]() Discover the gripping and gritty story of superpowers, jealousy, vengeance and redemption, from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Shades of Magic, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Gallant. ![]() The complete Villains series, including prequel short story, 'Warm Up' and ExtraOrdinary artcard. ![]()
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![]() Once, while working in the restaurant, a 16-year-old Locatelli, threw the shrimp into the water, which hadn’t boiled yet. It was his uncle that pushed him to become a chef. From the age of 5, he helped in a family restaurant, that earned more than one Michelin star. Giorgio Locatelli was born and raised in Italy, not far from Lake Comabbio in Corgeno. He has long been one of the most recognized Italian chefs both in his home country and around the world thanks to his authentic and sophisticated dishes that follow recipes of his grandmother and perfected the highest standards of Italian cuisine. Giorgio Locatelli is an Italian chef, author of an award-winning cook book, participant of a several TV shows, as well as a wonderful husband and father. ![]() ![]() “I love the idea that someone can come to the restaurant pissed off and leave happy,’ says Giorgio Locatelli. ![]() ![]() ![]() As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. In this long-awaited sequel, Parvana is now fifteen years old. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan - and Parvana. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. 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Written with a beautiful mix of British culture and African tradition, it teaches you a lesson with every turn of the page. ![]() ![]() ![]() Three sequels and a related novella are also available. Mae is falling apart, her best friend Jane is addicted to vampire bites, and if Alice doesn't get her bloodlust under control, someone will end up dead. ![]() Her younger brother's love life is heating up, while hers is. The story is read capably by Hannah Friedman. Amanda Hocking (indie self-publishing author of the Trylle Trilogy) returns with the first book (CreateSpace, 2010) in another paranormal romance. Being undead doesn't make life any easier for Alice Bonham. Passive Alice hardly questions why her blood is so intoxicating to Jack and Peter, the feasibility of being caught in a vampire romantic triangle, or that she will probably become a vampire herself. In a matter of weeks, Alice's life changes completely. 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In her book The Mystical Now: Art and the Sacred, Wendy Beckett describes that “All art that really draws us to look at it deeply is spiritual, art accepts all the sadness, and transforms it implicitly affirming that beauty is essentially the presence of God.” She recently released an EP with her sister, Grammy nominated musician Jamie Grace, entitled Show Love: Songs for Our Children. Morgan has written several stunning books including her most recent book All Along You were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living, Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters, and her next book called How Far You Have Come: Musings on Beauty and Courage that is available for preorder but will be released March of 2021.Īlong with her beautiful illustrations and poetry, Morgan is a very talented musician. ![]() Unfortunately, it just sold out – but Morgan has another beautiful one one her website here. 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To make matters more interesting, her younger brother’s best friend, Reed Cassidy, who was a thorn in Samantha’s adolescent side, moves back to town as the new head football coach for her son’s high school team. When the post goes viral, she finds herself with a new title, The Sidelined Wife, and an unbelievable following. ![]() While trying to figure out who Samantha Decker is, she writes what she thinks is one final post on her blog, announcing her divorce. But one conversation later, heard through his Bluetooth, and Samantha is changing her last name. ![]() Samantha Higgins never thought driving her husband’s car would forever change her life. She’s getting back in the game, one blog post at a time. ![]() ![]() ![]() They were my only two real friends and if they fought I’d’ve had to fix it. “I don’t want you to lick me,” Michael said. Maybe that shit works in Bronxville, but not with us.” Ain’t nobody here gonna lick you because you smell like bananas. “I don’t know why you wanna smell like food. I guess I smelled like bananas, too, but I couldn’t smell anything but the polish, and I didn’t think she could, either. Earlier, when Jasmine had gone to the bathroom, I’d let Michael rub sunscreen gently into my back. ![]() Never mind that Michael was lighter than Jasmine and I was lighter than Michael, and really all three of us burned. That’s them white girls you’ve been hanging out with, got you wearing sun-screen. “Sunscreen,” Jasmine said, “is some white-people shit. Jasmine kept complaining that Michael smelled like bananas. Thompson’s ripped-up green-and-white lawn chairs, doing each other’s nails while the radio played “Me Against the World.” It was the day after Tupac got shot, and even Hot 97, which hadn’t played any West Coast for months, wasn’t playing anything else. We were fifteen and it was the first weekend after school started, and me and Jasmine were sitting side by side on one of Mr. ![]() Me and Jasmine and Michael were hanging out at Mr. ![]() 'Adrenaline fueled from first page to finish line.' Mindy McGinnis, author of Not a Drop to Drink But even with the help of her team, can a street-rat destroy an empire? But when she discovers that Benroyal is controlling more than a corporation, Phee realizes she has a much bigger role in Castra's future than she could ever have imagined. Worse, Phee risks losing Bear as she falls for Cash, her charming new teammate. When she and her best friend, Bear, attract the attention of Charles Benroyal, they are blackmailed into racing for Benroyal Corp, a company that represents everything Phee detests. Phee's legendary racer father disappeared mysteriously, but that hasn't stopped her from speeding headlong into trouble. ![]() On corporately controlled Castra, rally racing is a high-stakes game that seventeen-year-old Phoebe Van Zant knows all too well. ![]() ![]() Upon returning home, he is confronted by his wife, Oyo, who does not understand why the man refuses to participate in financial dealings which would better their family’s life. On his way home, he runs into his old classmate Koomson, who is now a corrupt minister in Nkrumah’s government. Working as a railway clerk, the unnamed protagonist refuses a bribe at work. The man also reflects on the recent colonial past and the traumatic legacy of war and violence. Large segments of the book are composed of long internal dialogues wherein the man reflects on the materialism, moral decay, and disillusionment of a newly independent Ghanaian society. Much of the book’s central action focuses on the man’s attempts to resist corruption. It tells the story of an unnamed man, referred to as simply “the man,” who struggles to reconcile himself to life in a new political order. ![]() ![]() The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born focuses on life in post-independence Ghana and takes place between Passion Week in 1965 and Febru(the day after the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president). ![]() |