Kirjahaku

Guernsey is the most western of the Channel Islands, with a proud maritime history spanning many centuries. Only 25 square miles, the island nevertheless has a great variety of landscapes, from the rugged cliffs in the south to the low-lying dunes in the north. The ten parishes, each with their own unique community spirit, are home to over 60,000 people. This grows greatly during the summer as visitors come to experience the island's quiet country lanes and the bustling streets of St Peter Port. Historically, Guernsey people have made their mark not just on the sea, but in thriving stone industries, agriculture and horticulture, and in recent years, international banking. Guernsey Through Time explores this fascinating little island through the historical photograph collection of the Priaulx Library, many of which have never been published. Locals and visitors alike will discover a unique insight into how Guernsey has changed over time.

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Guernsey has changed and developed over the last century.

Gray and Bennett's story continues in the second installment of the Broken Series, As their love and faith in each other will be tested beyond belief. With some of their past behind them, and a bright future to look forward to, life is on the mend for Gray and Bennett. These two have always known what they have meant to each other, and are finally able to live their lives, together. Is love enough when forces beyond your control try to take away the one thing you have always claimed to be yours? Sometimes it takes the broken parts of you, for you to finally see what needs to be done to pull through the darkness.

*This is the third installment of the Broken series and it is a novella **Some of these incidents are based on real events form the author's life. Life is seemingly perfect for Bennett and Gray as they're getting ready for baby number two to make his way here. With a new career for Gray, and Bennett finally starting to feel safe again, everything seems to be in its rightful place. But life has a weird way of knowing when things are going just a little too perfect. Insert Hannah and Theo's drama, along with their own, and you have more than enough drama to deal with. Complications, lies, cheating, and acceptance is what will lead these four best friends to a life they have always wanted, but getting their is half the battle. Sometimes you have to be broken to find out you are unbreakable. *Warning this book contains mature content and language

What if with one choice, you could change your whole life in a matter of seconds? Aston Boyd has always put everything into her work. She has never needed anyone in her life and has survived on her own since she was 18, and had never looked back. When she gets her dream promotion and becomes the new editor at one of the biggest publishing houses in Arizona, she thinks she has finally figured it all out. But when Aston receives an invitation to her first love's wedding, she starts to re-evaluate just how much she has given up for her career. With a mission in mind to try and win back the one she let go, she never took into consideration that what she might need, or even want, could be right in front of her. Will she be willing to put her heart out there to get back the life she could have had, or will she try for something new? Sloan Holden is the quintessential bad boy, trying to cover all that up with his good boy act. He has spent the last 9 years trying to prove to his over bearing father that he can change his ways, and one day run his publishing house. The only thing standing in his way, is a slew of fast women and his wild lifestyle, which he just can't seem to give up. He doesn't do relationships, and always vowed to stay single forever. A lot can change when the one person you thought you would never fall for, worms their way into your heart, but will the feelings be returned?

Their love was raw and passionate and the thing that most fairytales were made of, but love doesn't always guarantee a happy ending in life. Aston's only family was Shelby, so when her best friend calls her with devastating news, Aston is quick to drop everything and run to her best friend's side, no questions asked. Except her life isn't just hers anymore, and the distance between her and Sloan begins to prove to be too much to handle. Sloan changed his entire life for Aston, not because she asked him to, but because he finally found the one person he wanted to change for. Although their life up until now has been pure romance and undying love, Sloan is finding it hard to still be the man Aston knows him to be, and the man that his father's company needs him to be at the same time. With so much distance between them, issues and certain people are starting to test their relationship in ways they were never prepared for. Will love still be enough to conquer it all? Or will it burn out and fizzle to ashes?

My dream was to play for the NFL, and that was always the plan...until she caught me off guard. Now, we were married to a secret, a secret that would bind me to her for the rest of my life, but I needed a way out. And I almost thought I would be able to get out, but I was sadly mistaken. When she came sauntering back into my life, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Little did she know that I was already involved, involved in something far beyond her comprehension. Now I had to make a choice, a life altering one at that, but it just wasn't that simple. She was my obsession, and I would stop at nothing to make her mine.

When I think of the kind of writing that really moves me, I think of the elements present in Bennett's poetry: honesty about Black women's interior lives, clarity (because we don't have time to talk around a thing), and a mean metaphor. Amanda Bennett has written a poetry collection squarely rooted in the legacy of Black feminists like Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, and June Jordan: this is my favorite kind of poetry. The feeling present in these poems welcomes you in to experience the world as the writer does, where "black is a place we carry" and "difficult women are like dynamite." Working the Roots is a book everyone should read, if for no other reason than we all need a little vulnerability to survive this world, and each other. -Ariana Brown, author of We Are Owed.