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Resurrection by siobhan davis5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Deliciously dark, I never wanted it to end.'-Parker S. Original Title: Resurrection: A Dark High School Romance (The Sainthood - Boys of Lowell High Book 1) Creator: Siobhan Davis Language: en Identifier: MOBI-ASIN:B0842C46GV Date: T18:30:00+00:00 File Size: 390. I reread the last two pages several times and the cliffhanger still runs through my head when my thoughts drift in the shower. This is the first book I have read by Siobhan Davis and throughout the book I got strong Penelope Douglas vibes as it was similar to her book Corruption - which is a good thing as Penelope is a fab writer. Resurrection was the ultimate page-turner. The reverse harem felt more like a relationship between two characters that occasionally allow partners to join in, but I’m hoping the group dynamic enhances over the next two books. This series collection box set contains exclusive BONUS CONTENT. The bullying didn’t feel so mean spirited, and it seemed to fit the plot line. From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis comes an emotional, angsty, new adult romance series that will rip your heart apart before mending it again. It felt like one of the better “bully” books I’ve read recently. She meets up with the Sainthood boys on the night her father dies, and she chooses to forget her pain by basking in the pleasure they give her that one night.ĭanger, suspense, action, and sizzling hot sexual tension were the basis of Resurrection. ![]() Harlow is our heroine, and while she is similar to Abby from Rydeville High, she seems stronger. ![]()
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Tortilla steinbeck5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() The entire matter illuminates the failure of a greatly talented writer to develop into a major novelist-a failure that has puzzled many Steinbeck readers. ![]() All of this appears to have had grave consequences in a good deal of Steinbeck's later work. Apparently he felt that he had structured the novel rigidly that this was a good way to achieve structure that only the stupidity of a mass audience obscured the issue. Moreover, the somewhat ugly commercial success of Tortilla Flat turned Steinbeck against the novel as it really is. In short, there is very little of Morte d'Arthur in Tortilla Flat. ![]() For, in fact, the novel is loose and episodic, and a sophisticated comic irony is used to locate socioeconomic and Catholic values in a colorful paisano community. His continued insistence that a parallel to Malory's Morte d'Arthur does control the novel, and his reliance in later work on predetermined, external, and arbitrary ordering devices, make it sadly apparent that he did not learn much about structural harmony from Tortilla Flat. In all, he wrote twenty-five books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories. It is a sequel to Cannery Row and set in the years after the end of World War II. John Steinbecks first successful novel, Tortilla Flat, is published on May 28, 1935. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, and the novella, Of Mice and Men, published in 1937. The novel's promise was dimmed by Steinbeck's evident inability to understand his real success. Sweet Thursday is a 1954 novel by John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat (1935) was John Steinbeck's first artistic and commercial success. ![]()
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William ritter jackaby series5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I absolutely loved this writing! It was captivating and dragged you into the story very quickly. “That the battles are usually in her head does not lessen the bravery of it. The police are convinced it’s an ordinary villain, but Jackaby is certain it’s a nonhuman creature, whose existence the police–with the exception of a handsome young detective named Charlie Cane–deny.ĭoctor Who meets Sherlock in William Ritter’s debut novel, which features a detective of the paranormal as seen through the eyes of his adventurous and intelligent assistant in a tale brimming with cheeky humour and a dose of the macabre. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial killer is on the loose. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary–including the ability to see supernatural beings. Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.” ![]() “I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion–and there are many illusions. “Miss Rook, I am not an occultist,” Jackaby said. ![]()
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Nervous Energy by Chloe Carmichael5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Step-by-step directions for implementing each of the nine tools in your life.A breakdown of three common nervous energy profiles. ![]() Based on her years of experience helping patients change their anxiety from a setback into an advantage, Nervous Energy offers: Chloe Carmichael uses a combination of storytelling and step-by-step directions to share nine powerful tools that will help you harness this energy in a productive way. Instead of merely trying to overcome anxiety, Dr. But when work and life become more complex and unpredictable, when there isn’t a straightforward to-do list or clear step by step solution, this nervous energy can spiral into anxiety and stress, becoming a roadblock to success. Nervous energy is something many of us are familiar with - it’s the urge to double check our work, to create a tidy strategy for an overwhelming goal, or make a to-do list and tick every box neatly. Learn how to overcome anxiety by transforming it from an obstacle into an advantage. ![]()
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Angela garbes book5/8/2023 ![]() In Essential Labor, Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a deeply personal and rigorously reported look at what mothering is, and can be. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregivers-and the lack of a social safety net to support them-writer Angela Garbes found herself pondering a vital question: How, under our current circumstances that leave us lonely, exhausted, and financially strained, might we demand more from American family life? ![]() ![]() The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. ![]() From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change. ![]()
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Love in Spades by Charlie Cochet5/8/2023 ![]() Sparks fly the moment Colton and Ace meet on a sultry night club dance floor. Colton’s life has been turned upside down, the last thing he needs is a shadow, especially in the form of infuriating, sexy-as-sin Ace Sharpe, who seems to be on a mission to drive Colton mad. ![]() If that isn’t bad enough, his father signs a contract with Four Kings Security to provide Colton with round-the-clock protection, despite his adamant refusal. Cocky, fearless, and brash, Ace isn’t afraid to take risks.Īfter years of working alongside his father, Colton Connolly is ready to take the helm at Connolly Maritime, but his father’s retirement is put on hold when Colton begins receiving death threats. As part owner of Four Kings Security, Ace and his fellow Kings tackle everything from armed transport and investigations to cyber intelligence and executive protection. ![]() When the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds.Įx-special forces soldier Anston “Ace” Sharpe is fighting a different battle these days - one involving the world of private security across the state of Florida. ![]()
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![]() And it is Raymond's big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. ![]() But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger I think you will fall in love, too!" -Reese Witherspoon No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick "Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. ![]()
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Darfur by Gérard Prunier5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() While largely concerned with current affairs, the number of publications in the public domain is quite substantial, reflecting the urgency of the Darfur problem. Many more items are available online on web sites and in discussion forums. The dossier concludes with a selection of web resources. ![]() Each title links directly to the corresponding record in the library’s online catalogue, which provides further details and, in many cases, an abstract. ![]() This is followed by a selection of titles dealing with Darfur and the wider conflict in Sudan published since 2003 which are available in the ASC library. Jan Abbink, ASC researcher, outlining the broad contours of the ongoing conflict in Darfur. The dossier begins with an introduction by Prof. Speakers: Jan Pronk, former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Sudan, and Alex de Waal, Programme Director of the Social Science Research Council in New York and Director of Justice Africa. The library staff of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled this web dossier to coincide with a public meeting on ‘Darfur and the international community’ organized on 9 February 2007 by the ASC in cooperation with the Interfaculty Ethnological Student Debating Club WDO. ![]() |