![]() ![]() “This very good first novel about striving and surviving in Depression-era Manhattan deserves attention…The great strength of Rules of Civility is in the sharp, sure-handed evocation of Manhattan in the late ‘30s.” - Wall Street Journal “With this snappy period piece, Towles resurrects the cinematic black-and-white Manhattan of the golden age… characters are youthful Americans in tricky times, trying to create authentic lives.” - The New York Times Book Review “An irresistible and astonishingly assured debut about working class-women and world-weary WASPs in 1930s New York…in the crisp, noirish prose of the era, Towles portrays complex relationships in a city that is at once melting pot and elitist enclave – and a thoroughly modern heroine who fearlessly claims her place in it.” - O, the Oprah Magazine ![]()
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![]() “A virus, a conspiracy, romance, and zombies. Love in an Undead Age Surviving the zombie apocalypse was hard, but finding true love might be fatal.Urban farmer Miranda Tucci is lucky to be alive in. ![]() Surviving the zombie apocalypse was hard but finding true love might be fatal. Love in an Undead Age – only 99c for a limited time! Read 'Love in an Undead Age A Zombie Apocalypse Survival Adventure' by A.M. ![]() If Miranda lowers her guard enough to nurture a small, soft dream, can she risk losing it without losing herself? And with the ravenous undead always in pursuit, can she stay alive long enough to see it come true? ![]() There, the trio of friends hope to recreate the vaccine for the zombie virus.īut danger still lurks in what used to be civilization, and hearts can still be broken. Reunited with Mario, and accompanied by her best friend Father Doug Michel, she has undertaken a hazardous journey to the Pacific Northwest. Safely hidden from San Jose’s City Council, Miranda Tucci has begun to believe that life can be good again. ![]() It’s what you don’t see coming that kills you. ![]() ![]() ![]() That it’s badly written is a given, but it is so BORING. I’m a fan of the “celebrity” memoir, and this is possibly the worst one I’ve read. Exposing secrets she once held sacred, Bad Mormon is an unfiltered look at the religion that broke her heart.Ī revealing and ultimately hopeful memoir, Bad Mormon is a captivating read in the vein of Untamed, Educated, and Me Talk Pretty One Day. With writing that is beautiful, sad, funny, and true, Heather recounts the difficult discovery of the darkness and damage that often exists behind a picture-perfect life, while examining the nuanced relationship between duty to self and duty to God. But her life as a good Mormon abruptly ended when she lost the marriage and faith that she had once believed would last forever. She attended Brigham Young University, served a mission in France, and married into Mormon royalty in the temple. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, she is unafraid to blaze a new trail, even if it means losing family, friends, and her community.īorn and bred to be devout, Heather based her life around her faith. Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is famous for speaking the gospel truth. ![]() Drinking and Tweeting meets Unorthodox in this vulnerable memoir about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star’s departure from the Mormon Church, and her unforeseen success in business, television, and single motherhood. ![]() ![]() Her concern seems justified as Lucas, once ensconced, becomes completely ensnared in the turbulent past that seems to haunt the house–a past that is captured in old movie reels featuring Lucas’s now-dead family: his charismatic uncle Patrick, his lovely mother, Claire, and his golden-boy father, Justin. But as they begin to find their way from friendship to romance, Joanna can’t shake the feeling that the house is having its own effect on them.īack in London, Joanna is stunned when Lucas announces that he and their impetuous friend Danny are moving into Stoneborough full-time. ![]() Much to her surprise, he reveals that he’s loved her for years. ![]() Lucas’s best friend, Joanna, finds herself oddly affected by the cavernous manse, with its lavish mythological ceiling mural and sprawling grounds, and awakened to a growing bond with Lucas. Though still raw from the loss of his last family member, Lucas welcomes this tight-knit group of friends to the estate he hopes will become their home away from home–an escape from London where they can all relax and rekindle the revelry of their college days. They’ve been brought together by Lucas Heathfield, a young man who recently inherited the property after the tragic death of his uncle Patrick. ![]() On an icy winter weekend, seven friends celebrate New Year’s Eve at Stoneborough, a grand manor in the English countryside. ![]() ![]() OL21850280W Page_number_confidence 96.79 Pages 470 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200830144626 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 586 Scandate 20200828234529 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9789021827810 Tts_version 4. Il est publi la mme anne aux tats-Unis et quatre ans plus tard, en 1932, en France. ![]() Urn:lcp:twaalfdevijfling0000chri:epub:419ac158-ebc8-4c05-9b5d-5de4fe929d82 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier twaalfdevijfling0000chri Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t04z4fq4x Invoice 1652 Isbn 9021827816ĩ789021827810 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA19049 Openlibrary_edition Le Train bleu (titre original : The Mystery of the Blue Train) est un roman policier d'Agatha Christie publi le 29 mars 1928 au Royaume-Uni, mettant en scne le dtective belge Hercule Poirot. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:06:50 Associated-names Hanhart, J.J.A Boxid IA1919001 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative begins with Part 1: “The Rise of Adolf Hitler.” These first four chapters describe Hitler’s family background, adolescence, young adulthood, and political activities through the age of 35. ![]() Second, Shirer’s intense immersion in the documentary evidence contrasts with his most sweeping historical interpretations. First, Shirer’s narrative approach allows him to reconstruct, in painstaking detail, some of the most crucial moments in the history of the Third Reich. This narrative approach constitutes an important element of the book for two reasons. With a few exceptions, each chapter maintains a chronological narrative. ![]() The book features a total of 31 chapters divided into six parts. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich opens with a chapter devoted primarily to Adolf Hitler’s origins and concludes with a brief epilogue on the Nuremberg Trials and the fates of nearly two-dozen Nazi officials. The author further seems to display anti-gay bias at times. Content Warning: The source material explores Nazi Germany’s history, referencing genocide, the Holocaust, racism and discrimination, war crimes, and suicide. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘If there’s a God in Heaven,’ he said, ‘it will end at the gallows. A few cynical actors who fooled entire nations!’ Forever: A Novel Hardcover Decemby Pete Hamill (Author) 1,271 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 18.26 122 Used from 1.19 27 New from 17.00 10 Collectible from 15. Acting! Performing! And all of it made possible by the use of swords nad muskets and cannon, and driven by jealousy and theft! They bow down to the Great Actor, the King Himself, The kings sneer at them for being fools, and with all that stolen money, they build armies and fleets and export their skills at robbery to the entire world! That’s how it all began, lad. It begins in Northern Ireland in the late 1700s a cold place populated with warring Protestants and Catholics. And so he seeks the one who can change his fate, the mysterious dark lady who alone can free him from the blessing and the curse of his long life. That’s what it is! Armed theater! Castles and music and fine robes and crowns and jewels- it’s all theater. Author Pete Hamill brings readers an enchanting tale. The story’s in the history books, if you know how to read them’ ‘Together, they stole from weaker people and then used the money to create armed theater. How did it begin? And how will it end? I’ll tell you how. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() He excavates the history of fundamental science, exploring what we know and how we know it, while journeying to the horizons of the scientific world to give us a glimpse of what we may soon discover. Synthesizing basic questions, facts, and dazzling speculations, Wilczek investigates the ideas that form our understanding of the universe: time, space, matter, energy, complexity, and complementarity. Through these pages, we come to see our reality in a new way-bigger, fuller, and stranger than it looked before. With clarity and an infectious sense of joy, he guides us through the essential concepts that form our understanding of what the world is and how it works. Wilczek writes with breathtaking economy and clarity, and his pleasure in his subject is palpable." - The New York Times Book Review One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. About the Book A contemporary scientist reveals the 10 profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world.īook Synopsis " Fundamentals might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year. ![]() ![]() ![]() But families don't talk about the important things, and they try to shield baby Noah from horrors, both staged and real.Īs the family falls apart, fighting demons of poverty, loss and sickness, the real monsters grow ever closer. ![]() When his terminally-ill father becomes obsessed with the construction of an elaborate haunted house - the Wandering Dark - the family grant his last wish, creating themselves a legacy, and a new family business in their grief. Noah Turner's family are haunted by monsters that are all too real, strange creatures that visit them all: His bookish mother Margaret Lovecraft-obsessed father Harry eldest sister Sydney, born for the spotlight the brilliant but awkward Eunice, a gifted writer and storyteller - the Turners each face their demons alone. Stephen King's It meets Stranger Things in a tender and terrifying coming-of-age tale of haunted houses and the monster at the door. ![]() |