5/13/2023 0 Comments Ben & Me by Robert Lawson![]() Once you've met Amos the mouse, you'll always remember Benjamin Franklin a little differently than the history books do.īorn in New York City, Lawson spent his early life in Montclair, New Jersey. Once you've met Amos and read his account, you'll never think of Ben Franklin-or American history-quite the same way.Įxplore this historical time period even further in this new edition of award-winning author Robert Lawson's classic tale, with additional bonus material, including a map of Ben Franklin's travels!ĭid you ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? Benjamin Franklin was one of the most famous inventors in American history, and according to this amusing book, he got most of his ideas-the good ones at any rate-from a mouse! Funny, interesting and wise, Ben and Me is a classic American story that has been read by generations of young people. Ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? As it turns out, the great inventor Benjamin Franklin got his best ideas from a mouse named Amos! Funny, interesting and wise, this classic tale has been a favorite for generations. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Trigun by Dark Horse Comics![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Saying any more would spoil this amazing film! People end up murdered, and Mima is the prime suspect. A mix of paranoia and obsession creates a psychosis, and suddenly, Mima cannot distinguish fantasy from reality. She’s now an actress, and the change in her career has spurned an obsessed fan who begins stalking her.Ī creepy website called Mima’s Room appears, and when Mima learns about it, she can stop thinking about it. It is the story of Mima Kirigoe, the former member of a J-pop band. Released in 1997 and directed by Satoshi Kon, Perfect Blue is based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. This dark and sophisticated psychological thriller anime won’t tug at your emotions, it will poke them till they bleed. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments My sweet audrina book![]() ![]() Nine years before Audrina was born, her elder sister – also named Audrina and also born on September 9 – was raped and murdered in the woods on her ninth birthday. Audrina's father, however, is convinced that Audrina "walks in her own time space". The family takes special care to keep Audrina unaware of precise dates, including that of her own birthday – even though Audrina knows that she was born on the ninth of September, she is frequently confused about the exact passage of time, leading Vera to mock her for being insane. Audrina lives at Whitefern, a Victorian-era mansion, with her father Damian, her mother Lucietta, her aunt Ellsbeth, and her cousin Vera. ![]() The story features diverse subjects, such as brittle bone disease, rape, posttraumatic stress disorder and diabetes, in the haunting setting of a Victorian-era mansion near the fictitious River Lyle.Īudrina Adare claims she is seven years old when the novel begins, although it is later revealed that Audrina's memory is unreliable. The story takes place in the Mid-Atlantic United States during the 1960s and 1970s. ![]() It was the only stand-alone novel published during Andrews' lifetime and was a number-one best-selling novel in North America. ![]() ![]() One of its most lethal components is called Ground Branch. ![]() The group that has the authority to conduct these lethal operations outside a war zone, on the ground, is the CIA’s Special Activities Division. The president’s guerrilla warfare corps kills enemies mano a mano, in close-quarters combat when necessary. ![]() Targeted killing is not limited to high-technology drone strikes. The same legal construct that allowed national-security advisors for Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy to plot to kill foreign leaders like Fidel Castro also allowed Presidents Bush and Obama to create a system in which prominent people can be placed on a kill-or-capture list, to be targeted and killed. ![]() With its ethos in unconventional warfare, the Central Intelligence Agency officers and operators who conduct covert action were originally called the president’s guerrilla warfare corps. The president’s third option was born in the wake of World War II, and those who created it did so to avert World War III. The most extreme of all hidden-hand operations involves killing a leader or prominent person, and this book focuses on that act. All covert action is classified, designed to be plausibly denied, and because of this it is sometimes called the president’s hidden hand. Some might say this is a book about assassination, but really it is a book about covert action, Tertia Optio, the president’s third option when the first option, diplomacy, is inadequate and the second, war, is a terrible idea. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The four winds books![]() ![]() Expectations for their future were sharply defined. Life was very different for unmarried young women in earlier generations. ![]() How are women’s stories different? Why do you think they’ve gone unreported for so long? Do you think sharing these stories will make a difference to future generations? It is changing, slowly, and women’s courage and determination and victories are being brought to light.
5/12/2023 0 Comments Author samantha downing![]() ![]() Jenna, their daughter, is a strong girl, trying to figure out how to protect herself in a chaotic situation. ![]() For Millicent's husband, I think the part of him I identify with is his ability to draw a line. Which parts of which characters from My Lovely Wife do you identify with most? Writers sometimes say all their characters contain parts of them. One of my friends said, "It must be terrible to be inside your head." I'm disturbed enough to make people say things like that. I made the mistake of wondering out loud if someone was being held captive inside of it, and said if we stared at it long enough, I bet we'd see someone's hand pressed up against the window or something. We saw an old motor home sitting in front of a nearby house. Not long ago, I went on vacation with some friends. Great question! The best way I know to answer is with a story. You and your agent, Barbara Poelle, clicked during your first conversation because you told her you were sick and disturbed. ![]() Her latest novel, For Your Own Good, was released on Jand was an instant USA Today bestseller. Interview Samantha Downing talks about her first published novel, My Lovely Wife, a domestic thriller Samantha Downing is the author of the bestselling My Lovely Wife, nominated for the Edgar, ITW, Macavity awards in the US, the CWA award in the UK, and the winner of the Prix des Lectrices award in France. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Green Window Human Affairs The Good Girl The Bookman exasperatingly unpleasant story. pretence artist When I Was Dead, A Book Of Bargains The Houses of Sin What a midnight his soul seems to walk! And what maladies he draws from the moon. man of letters, By this time a man of letters was very definitely coming to suggest a writer of the second rank, a critic, some one who aimed at higher than journalism but made no pretence of being primarily an artist. is representative in its description of the book as an O’Sullivan tried his hand at drama as well, one of his plays, receiving good notices during its production at the Court Theatre in London (1911). ![]() There is also a collection of stories called (1907) and a novel, (1912) that was to garner severe criticism. And his book of poems, (1897), with a jacket designed by Aubrey Beardsley, drew praise from none other than Oscar Wilde, who was to become his friend and who remarked of O’Sullivan’s subject matter: Leonard Smithers, who published the latter two volumes also brought out O’Sullivan’s book of prose sketches entitled (1899). (Gross: xiii) Whether it was or not, O’Sullivan did think of himself at times as an and some of his tales of the macabre are still anthologized, most particularly his Poe-like from the volume (1896). Vincent O’Sullivan 1872-1940 John Gross makes no mention of Vincent O’Sullivan in his study of the evolution and decline of the but in many ways O’Sullivan was a paradigmatic example of the species. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Sin Like Flynn by Kathryn Le Veque![]() ![]() As he goes in pursuit of Lady Edith “Edie” Rissington, Rory finds himself entrenched in a world where her secrets are darker than his own and egregious sins are something that can never be forgiven. But what he didn’t count on was a chance encounter with a sweet, beautiful woman who pulls him off his quest. Knowing the earl and his daughter will be at the Stag Ball, Rory is determined to compromise the daughter to punish the earl for his sins against his mother. He’s never forgiven Lady Flynn for breaking their engagement even though he managed to marry well. The worst offender against Rory’s family is none other than the man his mother jilted those years ago, the Earl of Exford. Enter the night of nights, the annual event Polite Society anticipates-the dazzling Stag Ball given by the duke himself. Rory has a list of those who have offended his family the most and he intends to do something about it. From USA Today Bestselling author Kathryn Le Veque and 1 Amazon Bestselling author Alexa Aston, the Regency. They are hated by the Ton but accepted because of their links to the duke. Meet the Sinning Flynns! Rory Flynn, grandson of the Duke of Savernake, is embittered by his family’s reputation as a wealthy family from Irish stock. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments The ghost bride book![]() ![]() ![]() Night after night, Li Lan is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, where she must uncover the Lim family's darkest secrets-and the truth about her own family. In 1890s Malacca, Li Lan finds herself in the afterlife and becomes mired in a mystery linked to the sinister, deceased son of a wealthy. ![]() Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at what price? Rarely practiced, a traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit. Instead, the wealthy Lim family urges her to become a "ghost bride" for their son, who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Li Lan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese family in colonial Malaysia, hopes for a favorable marriage, but her father has lost his fortune, and she has few suitors. But please dont worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy The Ghost Bride - A Novel. ![]() , is a startlingly original novel infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists. A haunting, evocative and highly unusual romantic debut and now a Netflix Mandarin original drama premiering January 2020 Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the fabulously wealthy Lim family want Li Lan to marry. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Carmilla and laura sd simper![]() ![]() Fans of The Walking Dead tv show may remember the social media outrage over how they handled, or appeared to handle, pigs in one episode. The author’s overuse of the word “stole” would drive me insane if I had to read it but hearing it throughout the last third of the book scarred me for life. This book probably makes for a better reading experience than it does in audio format. If you don’t mind Barbie-goes-Valley-Girl voices then you’ll be fine. Well, the narrator’s choice of voice for the mermaid almost made me stop listening. Oh, and mermaids! Enough said." ( The Lesbian Review) "If you like your fantasy with an extra dark twist, exceptional world building and deeply complex characters then reel this book in fast. But when Dauriel’s kingdom comes to the cusp of war, could their uneasy alliance be the key to defeating a common foe? Or will their growing feelings for each other lead them to ruin?įrom the world of Fallen Gods comes a tale of ancient magic and cutthroat politics - and finding redemption through love. ![]() Her only hope for rescue lies with a sworn enemy - Princess Dauriel, infamous for her stone heart and conflicted past. Worlds collide when Tallora is kidnapped from her ocean home and forced to be a pet to a tyrannical foreign empire. " The Fate of Stars, the first book in the Sea and Stars trilogy, is delightfully dark and sexy, full of lush imagery, vibrant characterization, and enough adrenaline to keep me up way past my bedtime." (Anna Burke, award winning author of Thorn and Compass Rose)Ī devout mermaid. ![]() |