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Jumping between viewpoints of the love-struck Tim and Duncan, a current senior about to uncover the truth of Tim and Vanessa, The Tragedy Paper is a compelling tale of forbidden love and the lengths people will go to keep their love. Tim and Vanessa begin a clandestine romance, but looming over them is the Tragedy Paper, Irving’s version of a senior year thesis, assigned by the school’s least forgiving teacher. To Tim’s surprise, Vanessa is into him, too, but she can kiss her social status goodbye if anyone ever finds out. Yet, despite his efforts to blend into the background, he finds himself falling for the quintessential “It” girl, Vanessa Sheller, girlfriend of Irving’s most popular boy. Synopsis: Tim Macbeth, a seventeen-year-old albino and a recent transfer to the prestigious Irving School, where the motto is “Enter here to be and find a friend.” A friend is the last thing Tim expects or wants-he just hopes to get through his senior year unnoticed. Published: January 8th 2013 by Knopf Books for Young Readers/Random House John de Lancie, who has played Q since 1987’s Star Trek: The Next Generation and most recently appearing in Star Trek: Picard, narrates viewers’ exploration of the legendary vessel, as well as talking about its evolution and legacy. The website allows fans to see the evolution of the Enterprise bridge with a full 360 degrees recreation, using a 1:1 scale. Well-known contributors to Star Trek have also been involved with its creation, such as William Shatner, John de Lancie and Terry Matalas. Now, thanks to the Roddenberry Estate and OTOY, fans can virtually tour the bridge of the iconic ship.Īccessing the website from the Roddenberry Archive, is a new digital work touching on all three major eras of Star Trek. Viewing the Starship Enterprise has always been the dream of any Strek Trek fan. Here it is, and it’s great! The narrator does a good job, I think. I’ve been waiting for a good audiobook version of the Silmarillion for a while. 'The Akallabeth' recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age and 'Of the Rings of Power' tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. 'The Ainulindale' is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. Included in the book are several shorter works. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. The complete unabridged audiobook of J.R.R Tolkien's The Silmarillion. Like the dark matter at the centre of every origin story, this is a must-listen for fans who want to delve deeper into this mythical world. Tolkien's magnificent fantasy series Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. A thoroughly enchanting tale that sets the trajectory for the cosmos of J.R.R. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their nascent hopes for a brighter future are tested when they are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime honor: taking part in the creation of Princess Elizabeth’s wedding gown. London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nation’s recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Sir Winston Churchill on the news of Princess Elizabeth’s forthcoming wedding “Millions will welcome this joyous event as a flash of color on the long road we have to travel.” “ The Gown is marvelous and moving, a vivid portrait of female self-reliance in a world racked by the cost of war.”–Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Networkįrom the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century-Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown-and the fascinating women who made it. Publisher: William Morrow (December 31, 2018). Jane specifically feels bad about telling half truths and refuses to all-out lie. The three children, while never specifically lying to their parents, hide the truth behind the map found in the attic, as well as breaking the rule that they are not to touch any of the books or locked up items in the house. 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