5/13/2023 0 Comments Surprise kill![]() “I believe that what the source told me is true, to him. Jacobsen later refused to name her sole source for this cockamamie story and not-so-cleverly insisted, This is a book in which she claims that an unidentified flying object cited in 1948 was actually a flying saucer sent by Joseph Stalin and flown by mutant, bug-eyed teenagers created by the notorious Nazi death camp doctor Josef Mengele. Dick Teresi critically reviewed Jacobsen’s “Phenomena,” a silly book about the paranormal, and archly observed that “Jacobsen’s sources should have used mind control to get her a more receptive Times reviewer.” Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Rhodes called one of her books (“Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base”) an “error-ridden job of reporting” and accused her of being “at a minimum extraordinarily gullible or journalistically incompetent.” Rhodes was being gentle. Her topics - Nazi scientists, UFOs, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the history of government-financed investigations of the paranormal - must appeal to some readers’ desire for astounding revelations. ![]() Annie Jacobsen has a history of publishing sensational, conspiracy-driven books that sell well. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Recipe for persuasion![]() ![]() Every minute they spend together rekindles feelings that pull them toward their disastrous past. ![]() The competition on the show is fierce…and so is the simmering desire between Ashna and Rico. The only silver lining to this bizarre situation is that he can finally prove to Ashna that he's definitely over her.īut when their catastrophic first meeting goes viral, social media becomes obsessed with their chemistry. Losing Ashna years ago almost destroyed him. ![]() She’s a chef, what’s the worst that could happen?īeing paired with a celebrity who was her first love, the man who ghosted her at the worst possible time in her life, only proves what Ashna has always believed: leaps of faith are a recipe for disaster.įIFA winning soccer star Rico Silva isn't too happy to be paired up with Ashna either. How else can she save her beloved restaurant and prove to her estranged, overachieving mother that she isn’t a complete screw up? When she’s asked to join the cast of Cooking with the Stars, the latest hit reality show teaming chefs with celebrities, it seems like just the leap of faith she needs to put her restaurant back on the map. ![]() From the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors comes another, clever, deeply layered, and heartwarming romantic comedy that follows in the Jane Austen tradition-this time, with a twist on Persuasion.Ĭhef Ashna Raje desperately needs a new strategy. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Myth america kruse![]() ![]() Conway - Ari Kelman - Geraldo Cadava - David A. With Essays By Akhil Reed Amar - Kathleen Belew - Carol Anderson - Kevin Kruse - Erika Lee - Daniel Immerwahr - Elizabeth Hinton - Naomi Oreskes - Erik M. Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today's heated debates about our nation's past. ![]() Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors-among numerous other partisan lies. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. ![]() America's top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation's past The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The maze runner by james dashner![]() ![]() Hard to put down, this is clearly just a first installment, and it will leave readers dying to find out what comes next. Dashner knows how to spin a tale and make the unbelievable realistic. Now the Glade is cut off, and as the Grievers gather for an all-out attack it’s clear that it’s now or never-the Maze must be solved. She brings a message: She is the last child to be sent, and there will be no more deliveries of food or supplies. ![]() Life goes on until one day the elevator delivers a girl. ![]() The boys in the Glade send out Runners each day to find a way out through the Maze that surrounds their one patch of safety, with no success. This disorientation is made more frightening when they realize that to survive they must lock themselves in every night to avoid the horrors of the Grievers, beings that are part machine, part animal-and altogether deadly. Boys come to the Glade via an empty freight elevator with no memory of how they got there or of their prior lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() The characters weren’t developed that well in my opinion. The only issue I had with the book is that the characters didn’t really connect with me. Review: For the most part I enjoyed this book! The story was intriguing, the world building was done wonderfully well, and the writing was great! I read the book in about an hour and a half because it was so intriguing! Nahuel must fight against the devastating forces that the Ignobles bring with them and, on the way, discover who he is and what the true story of his family is. Together with a group of young people from all over the world, he will be. In the mysterious underground floor, Nahuel learns the power of privileges and its sacred connection to nature. Together with a group of young people from all over the world, he will be trained to discover and work his extraordinary skills, without knowing that he is a key player in an ancient, never-ending war. Disclaimer: I received this ebook from the author. The United Nations Organization sends him an invitation that he cannot refuse. Nahuel is a teenager -the most wanted in the world- but he doesn’t know it, because his grandfather has managed to hide his true identity from him. Synopsis: When they finally find his trace, his life and the world order change forever. ![]() Recommended Age: 16+ (violence, slight gore) Recommended For.: ya readers, fantasy lovers Disclaimer: I received this ebook from the author. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Fade to Blonde by Max Phillips![]() ![]() Phillips's own writing covers a range of styles, from literary to genre. ![]() He is also the cofounder, with Charles Ardai, of the Hard Case Crime imprint, which aims to publish or reprint hard-boiled crime fiction by such noted authors as David Dodge, Ed McBain, Erle Stanley Gardner, Lawrence Block, and Stephen King. SIDELIGHTS: New York-based writer Max Phillips is the author of several mystery novels. ![]() (As Forrest DeVoe, Jr.) Into the Volcano: A Mallory and Morse Novel of Espionage, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2004.Ĭontributor of short fiction and poetry to periodicals, including Atlantic Monthly and Story. The Artist's Wife, Holt (New York, NY), 2001.įade to Blonde, Hard Case Crime (New York, NY), 2004. Snakebite Sonnet, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1996. 110-491, Las Vegas, NV 89141.ĬAREER: Cofounder of Hard Case Crime (imprint), New York, NY.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Academy of American Poets Prize National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Agent-Dunow, Carlson & Lerner, c/o A+ Hosting Inc., 10620 Southern Highlands Pkwy, Ste. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Mine to Take by Cynthia Eden![]() ![]() It also contains a billionaire hero who will do anything in order to claim the woman he loves. It contains violence, strong language, and hot adult situations. Yet when she discovers the secrets that he's tried to keep hidden, Skye's pain and rage may send her running directly into the cross-hairs of a killer.Īuthor's Note: MINE TO KEEP is a sexy romantic suspense novel. Trace will do anything necessary to protect Skye. Mine to Have (Mine 5) by Cynthia Eden (Goodreads Author) 4.17 Rating details 1,708 ratings 178 reviews New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Cynthia Eden continues her sexy Mine romantic suspense series withMINE TO HAVE. Skye is the one weapon that can be used against Trace-his only vulnerability. He made more than his share of enemies during his time in the military-and as he built his security empire-and one of those enemies is striking back. An ex-special forces agent, his military training turned him into the perfect killing machine. When Trace's past comes back to haunt him, Skye discovers that the man she loves isn't quite who he seems to be. Skye thinks the danger is finally over for her. Is he a heroor the villain When Elizabeth Ward sees Saxon Black rushing into the backroom of The Bladea low end bar in Miamishe isn’t sure if he’s there to save the dayor just to raise some hell. She survived a brutal stalker and escaped his abduction, and now she is looking to the future-a future that includes Skye's lover, billionaire Trace Weston. New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Cynthia Eden continues her dark and sexy Mine romantic suspense series withMINE TO HAVE. ![]() Skye Sullivan is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. Cynthia Eden continues her New York Times and USA Today best-selling "Mine" romantic suspense series with.MINE TO KEEP. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Happy to be nappy by bell hooks![]() ![]() In bell hooks's first venture into children's books, she wisely teams up with Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Chris Raschka ( Yo! Yes?, Mysterious Thelonious). ![]() Going still deeper is the much-needed message encouraging girls to love and accept themselves (and others) just the way they are. The rituals implied in the book are rooted in the traditions of hooks's own childhood, when "doing" hair was just as much an excuse for girls to laugh and tell stories and just be together. hair! "Hair for hands to touch and play! Hair to take the gloom away." This rhythmic read-aloud is, on the surface, all about hair: nappy, plaited, long, short, natural, twisted, "soft like cotton, flower petal billowy soft, full of frizz and fuzz." Comb through the surface and find a celebration of childhood and girls and the freedom to express individuality. Summary: Grades 1-4 Renowned feminist and social critic bell hooks takes on. ![]() ![]() ![]() Turtle and Taylor drive Buster home and then return to Tucson before departing for Chicago as they are invited to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show alongside other children who have saved lives.Īfter Taylor and Turtle return home to Tucson from their trip to Chicago and their fifteen minutes of fame, it seems as though their lives will go back to normal. The two get the attention of a rescue team, which catapults them into the media spotlight. Turtle sees a man, Lucky Buster, fall off the edge of the dam, and immediately alerts her mother. ![]() Meanwhile, Alice’s daughter Taylor and Taylor’s adopted daughter, six-year-old Turtle Greer, are on an Easter vacation trip together touring the Grand Canyon when Turtle is witness to a freak accident at the Hoover Dam. Sugar now lives out in Oklahoma, on the Cherokee Nation, but just thinking about her makes Alice feel less alone in the world. Her mind wanders to thoughts of her cousin, Sugar, her childhood companion. She walks outside in the moonlight in her nightgown, imagining that she is the queen of her own humble garden. Her husband is captivated by the television, offering her little comfort or companionship. ![]() The novel opens in rural Kentucky, where Alice Greer has woken up in the middle of the night with a feeling of extreme loneliness. Pigs In Heaven is a 1993 novel by Barbara Kingsolver, and a sequel to her first novel, The Bean Trees. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Summary of the story the lottery![]() in order to have everything done in time for lunch. On the morning of the lottery, the townspeople start close to 10 a.m. ![]() The story briefly mentions how the ballot box has been stored other years in various places in the town. Once the slips are finished, they are put into a black box, which is stored overnight in a safe at the coal company. Graves making the paper slips and the list of all the families. The lottery preparations start the night before with Mr. Children gather stones as the adult townsfolk assemble for their annual event, which in the local tradition is practiced to ensure a good harvest (Old Man Warner quotes an old proverb: "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon"), though there are some rumors that nearby communities in the north are talking about giving up the lottery. Details of contemporary small-town American life are embroidered upon a description of an annual ritual known as "the lottery." In a small village of about 300 residents, the locals are in an excited yet nervous mood on June 27. ![]() |