7/6/2023 0 Comments Faithful place novel![]() ![]() Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England First published in 2010 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St. VIKING Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23ĪLSO BY TANA FRENCH The Likeness In the Woods ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This is the only way to chase the catastrophe into the framework of the mundane and attempt to tell a story. The myriad sundry details of a vanished way of life. In this magnificent requiem to a civilization in ruins, the author of Voices from Chernobyl reinvents a singular, polyphonic literary form, bringing together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a formidable attempt to chart the disappearance of a culture and to surmise what new kind of man may emerge from the rubble.Īlexievich’s method is simple: ‘I don’t ask people about socialism, I ask about love, jealousy, childhood, old age. Seventy plus years in the Marxist-Leninist laboratory gave rise to a new kind of man, the Homo sovieticus.’ This ‘red man’: that’s whom Alexievich has been studying since her first book, published in 1985 – a people and a culture condemned to extinction by the implosion of the ![]() ‘This was perhaps communism’s only achievement. And it accomplished this.’ writes Svetlana Alexievich. ‘Communism had an insane plan: to refashion the “old” breed of man, ancient Adam. ![]() ![]() The author includes a bit of an exploration of the way gender/masculine roles interplay with the gay, small town experience. Similar to the preceding, first book in this series, this is romantic story with plenty of erotic heat. ![]() ![]() (3.5 for the story, 4 for the heat, and 5 for exploring characters in the context of gay bear/geek, brain/brawn, and D/s interplay in a small town) ![]() ![]() She is just 19 when she stars in Last Tango in Paris, opposite Marlon Brando, as an innocent bride-to-be who embarks on a torrid affair with a much older widower. ![]() ![]() If the name Maria Schneider doesn’t ring any bells, here’s a primer: The daughter of French actor Daniel Gélin, Maria is born out of wedlock and effectively abandoned by her parents as a child - her cousin Vanessa’s (said author) parents remain constant, and Maria drops in to live with them sporadically.Įventually, Maria follows in her father’s footsteps as both an actor and an addict. The first pages of My Cousin Maria Schneider fixate on the end of actress Maria Schneider’s life at the tragically young age of 58 the book’s author, Vanessa Schneider, struggles to reconcile her cousin’s deathbed musings of a beautiful life with so much of the pain she witnessed Maria enduring. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this way, author Toni Lipsey is reintroducing crochet and encouraging makers to explore the craft further with each new design. The book includes instructional sections and patterns, complete with the necessary schematics and styled, chic photographs.Įvery shawl, garment, and accessory featured takes makers beyond the basics, introducing new stitches to expand their skill sets. The goal of this book is to guide crocheters step-by-step through Tunisian crochet, starting with tools and yarns, transitioning into how-to’s and stitches, and finishing with easy but engaging patterns. The Tunisian Crochet Handbook introduces this fascinating and rewarding technique with a wide array of stitches and design possibilities. There are hundreds of books that explore traditional crochet, but there are few that reference the concept of Tunisian crochet or present it in a modern, approachable way. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments The end of everything mack![]() ![]() ![]() Now, with lively wit and humor, she takes us on a mind-bending tour through five of the cosmos’s possible finales: the Big Crunch, Heat Death, the Big Rip, Vacuum Decay (the one that could happen at any moment!), and the Bounce. This revelation set her on the path toward theoretical astrophysics. Katie Mack has been contemplating these questions since she was a young student, when her astronomy professor informed her the universe could end at any moment, in an instant. ![]() But what happens to the universe at the end of the story? And what does it mean for us now?ĭr. With the Big Bang, it expanded from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy, laying down the seeds for everything from black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life as we know it. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ECONOMIST * NEW SCIENTIST * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * THE GUARDIANįrom one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an “engrossing, elegant” ( The New York Times) look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Chernobyl by Serhii Plokhy![]() ![]() Today, the risk of another Chernobyl looms in the mismanagement of nuclear power in the developing world. He lays bare the flaws of the Soviet nuclear industry, tracing the disaster to the authoritarian character of the Communist party rule, the regime's control over scientific information, and its emphasis on economic development over all else. ![]() In Chernobyl, Serhii Plokhy draws on new sources to tell the dramatic stories of the firefighters, scientists, and soldiers who heroically extinguished the nuclear inferno. Dozens died of radiation poisoning, fallout contaminated half the continent, and thousands fell ill. On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. A Chernobyl survivor and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe "mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system" in this "vividly empathetic" account of the worst nuclear accident in history ( Wall Street Journal). ![]() ![]() ![]() A book about Carmen, maybe? I need to do my research and see if this series continues. I enjoy this author’s writing style and will certainly be reading more by her in the future, even though this trope isn’t my favorite. More of her and Carmen, and their big life change that was just totally glossed over! What I really wanted was more of Lila’s other relationships. I think I need to stop reading second-chance romances because they never do it for me! ![]() That’s not love! I was claustrophobic just reading it. I loved the first half of this book, but by the second half, I thought Ethan was so toxic and controlling! I was so angry on Lila’s behalf when he showed up when she said she needed a night alone and didn’t let her sleep. I loved Lila, and how she did everything she could to help those important to her while trying to juggle a career and school. A hot hockey player, a chosen family, a little bit about a dog, and high school sweethearts. There was a lot to enjoy about The Good Luck Charm. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Maddox brothers books![]() ![]() In 2020 she attempted a run as a Republican for the Oklahoma House of Representatives in house district 69, but was disqualified due to residency requirements. In 2019 she went viral for her opposition to vaccinations. She previously lived in Enid, Oklahoma, and currently resides in Jenks, Oklahoma. Prior to becoming a full-time author she worked for many years as a radiographer. She holds an Associate Degree of Applied Science in radiography from Northern Oklahoma College. She received further education at Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technology Center. McGuire is a 1997 graduate of Blackwell High School. Jamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Blackwell, Oklahoma. Several of her books have been self-published. She writes primarily in the new adult fiction genre, and became popular with the release of her novel Beautiful Disaster. Jamie McGuire is an American romance novelist from Oklahoma. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments The promise damon![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Manie owns lands and a farm near Pretoria, South Africa (where Galgut is from), drives a Mercedes, and co-owns a reptile park (“always obsessed with the cold-hearted sort”), exemplifying white privilege. Her demanding, insensitive, unfaithful husband Manie promised he’d keep it, but doesn’t since it involves a black woman – the long-time maid who helped raise all three of their children and care for dying Rachel. A promise was asked by Rachel Swart on her deathbed at forty when the novel opens. ![]() The most palpable and haunting injustice is racist based. Because Damon Galgut’s brilliantly conceived historical novel (his ninth two earlier ones nominated for the prize) is hard-hitting and unusually written.Ī different, yet related question frames the premise of the novel: “How did it become so complicated?” Galgut answers by tracking thirty years of a chaotic, conflicted white Afrikaner family, with its own share of odd (and prejudiced) characters, against the backdrop of a country’s turbulent history. How the sorrows of a white Afrikaner family reflect pre- and post-Apartheid (Pretoria, South Africa 1986-2016): “Why is there not one normal person” in this novel? A question – adapted from the epigraph in which an odd woman ironically asks of film director Federico Fellini’s movies – you might ask of the characters in The Promise, the 2021 winner of the Booker Prize. ![]() |