![]() ![]() ![]() Home is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold a job, he is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father, though he remains Boughton’s most beloved child.īrilliant, lovable, and wayward, Jack forges an intense bond with Glory and engages painfully with Ames, his godfather and namesake. Jack is one of the great characters in recent literature. Soon her brother, Jack-the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years-comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain. Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Home is an entirely independent, deeply affecting novel that takes place concurrently in the same locale, this time in the household of Reverend Robert Boughton, Ames’s closest friend. Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a detailed, factual account of Thomas Edward Lawrence’s stint as liaison officer between the British forces and the Arabs in the Eastern theatre of the First World War. My quest lead me down an interesting path of discovery, into the Bible and the works of Robert Graves, whose nonfiction book The White Goddess will have interest to readers of fantasy literature, since it is a source text behind much of the druid and bardic lore that went into making classic Celtic fantasy, and, I imagine, still goes into more recent fantasy as well. What were they and what could they possibly mean? Lawrence’s military memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and I had to ask myself, “What are these seven pillars of wisdom anyway?” Nowhere in the text does he ever mention these seven pillars. ![]() ![]() ![]() The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five million years ago by nailing every female in sight. ![]() One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. A blush crept over my face, and a hectic pulse began at the front of my throat. Pausing in mid-conversation, he gave me an alert look, and my breath caught. The way he carried himself-the confidence in his walk, the relaxed set of his shoulders-proclaimed that he was accustomed to being in charge. ![]() He was tall and lean, all hard muscle and easy masculinity, with dark eyes and heavy, well-cut black hair. One of them was fair and slim, the other short and a bit portly, and the third was the most striking man I had ever seen. Instead I saw three men were walking out, all dressed in dark, expensive-looking suits. ![]() Īware of a figure approaching from one of the hallways that branched out from the office reception area, I turned gratefully. a man who will offer her the most irresistible challenge she has ever known. And as Ella’s world is turned upside-down, she meets a man who is the opposite of everything she ever wanted. When anyone has a problem, Ella knows the answers.īut one night she receives a call that changes everything. This is a peek at my contemporary romance, titled “Smooth Talking Stranger.”Įlla Varner has it all–a successful career as an advice columnist, a handsome boyfriend, and a circle of friends in Austin. A sneak peek of third book in the Travis Series ![]() ![]() There, her dream of living a romance novel comes true when she meets a cowboy who sets her loins on fire, and a librarian who is unlike any other. Screwdrivered: Viv Franklin inherits a beautiful old home in Mendocino, California. As amazing as their reunion sex may be, can the two strike a balance in their relationship. Meanwhile, Simon-her boyfriend-wanders around the world as he takes expert photos for his job. ![]() ![]() Romance Humorous The first night after Caroline moves into her fantastic new San Francisco apartment, she realizes shes gaining an intimate knowledge of her new neighbors nocturnal adventures. Rusty Nailed: With her boss away on a prolonged honeymoon, Caroline is left working extensively long hours to keep the interior design company running, more so now that she is the lead designer for the refurbishment of a beautiful old hotel. Book 1 of Series: Cocktail View: 0 Published year: 2012 GENRES. Her lack of O is worsened by the fact that her sex-crazed neighbor makes the loudest late-night wallbanging she has ever heard. Wallbanger: With a budding design career, an office overlooking the bay and an adorable cat named Clive, the only thing missing in Caroline Reynolds’ life is the O. This novel is a collection of three books from The Cocktail Series by New York Times bestselling author Alice Clayton. ![]() ![]() Sinclair was hit with a four-game ban, but she was allowed to play in the bronze medal match against France. “It’s a shame in a game like that that was so important, the ref decided the result before it started.” “We feel like we didn’t lose, we feel like it was taken from us,” Sinclair said moments after the final whistle. ![]() in the semifinals of the 2012 London Olympics. Who knows?” Wambach said.įIFA has a history of coming down hard on players who have questioned the impartiality of referees.Ĭanada’s Christine Sinclair landed in hot water for her comments after the Reds’ 4-3 loss to the U.S. At age seven she was put on the boys soccer. I don’t know if that’s a psychological thing. Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. It seemed like she (Stephanie Frappart) was purposefully giving those yellows to, maybe players she knew were sitting on yellows. ![]() At age thirty-five she would become the highest goal scorermale or femalein the history of soccer, capturing the nations heart with her teams 2015 World Cup Championship. ![]() At age seven she was put on the boys soccer team. Wambach was asked about the yellow cards during a post-match media scrum that involved Sportsnet contributor Steve Sandor, and the American forward let her feelings be known. Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. midfielders Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Holiday both received their second yellow cards of the tournament during the match against Colombia, and will now miss Friday’s quarterfinal against China in Ottawa through suspension. ![]() ![]() The deeper the second lieutenant digs into what her father knew, the more she begins to wonder: Was her father silenced before he could expose the truth? While she focuses on her investigation, American intelligence analyst Holly Boland finds a document among her father’s possessions that offers evidence of a shocking Cold War cover-up. Yet Kat knows that, when it comes to Venice’s most powerful and influential, money isn’t the only motive for murder. ![]() The dead man is identified as a senior partner in a small Catholic bank currently engaged in negotiations with one of Italy’s richest men. As a woman, she cannot penetrate the closed world of Italian freemasonry. But when she learns that the mask is a Masonic “hoodwink”-and that the circumstances of the man’s death are eerily similar to the Masonic punishment for betrayal-she suspects that her appointment has darker implications. Superiors inside the Venice Carabinieri have finally given Captain Kat Tapo permission to run her first murder case. ![]() On Venice’s popular Lido beach, a man is found lying on the shore, his throat slit and his tongue viciously torn out, and his face covered by an unusual antique mask. Army intelligence analyst Holly Boland embark on their most dangerous and disturbing journey yet. In this mesmerizing finale to the revolutionary Carnivia Trilogy-following The Abomination and The Abduction-Venetian police captain Kat Tapo and U.S. ![]() ![]() “There’s a lot of potential for hemp to help a lot of people,” she says. Associate professor Jessica Lubell of UConn’s plant science department is working to help growers meet the increasing demand. The compounds, collectively called cannabinoids, encompass hundreds of distinct molecules, the most familiar of which are cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabidol (THC).Īs therapeutic applications become more common and commercialization continues to spread, there’s a need to ramp up cultivation of the hemp plant. ![]() A UConn plant science professor working with hemp plants has developed a way to maximize the production of female flowers, which produce significantly higher quantities of cannabinoids than male flowers.Ĭannabis sativa (commonly called hemp) is continuing to make news, as the therapeutic importance of compounds produced by the plant are recognized by the medical community. ![]() ![]() He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical-and accessible-plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.īill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through a series of events, Sophie gets caught up in the secret war going on between the Prodigium and a group of humans who believe the Prodigium should be destroyed. Sophie also gets swept up in a love triangle involving Archer, the school's resident bad boy, and Cal, her betrothed. An awkward, sarcastic girl, she becomes best friends with her vampire roommate, Jenna Talbot, who is an outcast like her. The trilogy follows the exploits of Sophie Mercer, a young witch, who is sent to Hecate Hall ("Hex Hall"), a boarding school for Prodigium juvenile delinquents. While there, she gets caught up in the ongoing war between the Prodigium and the human organizations who seek to eradicate them from the world. The trilogy is centered on Sophie Mercer, a sixteen-year-old witch who is sent to Hecate Hall (nicknamed "Hex Hall"), a boarding school for magical beings, after a string of disastrous spells gone wrong. Hex Hall is a best-selling trilogy of young adult paranormal romance novels by American author Rachel Hawkins. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Filled with richly drawn characters, it''s by turns a love story and a war story, a coming-of-age and a tragedy, but ultimately a story about hope and the depth of family bonds. A true original." -Janelle Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things and Watch Me Disappear " Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar is a beautifully written, absorbing novel that swept me away to 1979 Kurdistan and Los Angeles. Gian Sardar''s prose is breathtaking and her book took me on a fascinating journey that I''d never before imagined. ![]() I was gripped by Gian Sardar''s emotional storytelling until the final page." -Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of More Than Words "Lush and sensual and dangerous, Take What You Can Carry is an eye-opening story that deserves to be told. Those of us who love books know this is exactly why we read." -Steven Rowley, bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor "At once heartbreaking and hopeful, this story''s magic is in the power its characters have to love-a partner, a family, a homeland, a people-deeply and unconditionally. "Timely, romantic, and thrilling from start to finish, Gian Sardar crafts a story with great beauty and heartbreak, reminding us the harder we work to truly know one another, the better we come to understand ourselves. ![]() |