6/27/2023 0 Comments Book the man who died twice![]() A letter from a former colleague throws the gang into a deadly caper involving stolen diamonds and a ruthless gangster. We rejoin septuagenarian amateur sleuths Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron at their “luxury retirement village” the following Thursday. ![]() Now comes the sequel, surely destined to do just as well. © Richard Osman 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021īig-brained British TV presenter and comedian Richard Osman’s debut, The Thursday Murder Club, became a surprise runaway 2020 success. Winner of the CrimeFest Audible Sounds of Crime: Best Audiobook 2022 And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus?īut this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians.Ĭan the Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them? His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life.Īs bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. ![]() He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. ![]() Narrated by Lesley Manville, soon-to-be star of The Crown, and featuring an exclusive interview between Richard Osman and Lesley Manville.Įlizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN. ![]()
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6/26/2023 0 Comments Heat Stroke by Tessa Bailey![]() Her post-makeover transformation attracts the attention of Travis, who recognizes that Georgie is no longer Stephen’s pesky little sister. Determined to grow her business into an entertainment company, Georgie trades in her sloppy baseball caps and thrift store jeans for a brand new wardrobe with a sophisticated edge. ![]() While Travis struggles to find his place in the world, Georgie seeks a ‘seat at the adult table.’ As the youngest member of the Castle clan, twenty-three-year-old Georgie is often ignored and dismissed by Stephen and older sister Bethany, a situation that isn’t helped by the fact that she works as a children’s party clown. Travis is moved by her efforts and decides to take a construction job with the Castle family’s remodeling company. When Georgie learns that Travis is in crisis, she attempts to rouse him out of his funk with her no-nonsense antics and supportive straight talk. Georgie Castle has had a crush on her older brother Stephen’s best friend, Travis, since they were children. Forced to retire at twenty-eight-years-old, Travis has spiraled into depression and taken to drink. Major league baseball player Travis Ford moves back to his home town in Long Island, New York after sustaining a career-ending injury. ![]() ![]() I wouldn’t normally read a novel that gives off a cutesy vibe, but, given Bailey’s reputation as a prolific bestselling romance author, and the sexy series title ( Hot and Hammered), I decided to take a chance. Do NOT judge Tessa Bailey’s superbly steamy rom-com Fix Her Up by its cover image of a cartoon couple demurely kissing. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Seeds of empire torget![]() ![]() Another clue about the title in support of the insolence hypothesis is contained in the introduction. As for the element of insolence, witness the cover art: the title Forget the Alamo is superimposed over a background of the Alamo Church with a cheesy red-spray-paint effect, replete with a running drip from the bottom of the first “E.” Since the semiotics of book covers is not an area of competence for me, I assume that this lack of subtlety with symbolism was intended to capture the attention of a general audience. After all, the ultimate insult to a historical idea is that it should be forgotten. Another possibility is dismissive insolence. Therefore, it makes sense that a trio of authors critical of the prevailing Alamo narrative would pay homage to an earlier group of Alamo-narrative critics. About twenty years ago, Con Safo sponsored several exhibits under a common title of “Forget the Alamo” (270). Con Safo, “a collective of Texas-based Chicano artists” published criticism of history through writing and visual arts of the common post-1960 Alamo narrative. What are Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford attempting to convey through this title? One possibility is an homage. ![]() ![]() Reviewed: Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford, Forget The Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth (New York: Penguin, 2021).įorget the Alamo is a book calculated to provoke controversy. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments White Gold by Giles Milton![]() If youve enjoyed the book, please do consider leaving a review on Amazon. A note from Giles Milton: Readers reviews mean everything to me. ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:872600237 Scandate 20110713055813 Scanner . The Riddle and the Knight The master of historical narrative’ - Sunday Times. OL15889378W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 88.39 Pages 360 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0312425295 Urn:lcp:whitegoldextraor00milt:epub:a2b2cfd6-c18f-4c6e-9b51-f2b0f3c9aa09 Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier whitegoldextraor00milt Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t82j7bp2v Isbn 0374289352 Lccn 2004026427 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL17948315M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:54:48 Bookplateleaf 0005 Boxid IA1398819 Boxid_2 CH121620 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0008 Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st American ed., 2005. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Little women story![]() Louisa May Alcott had a reason, if only subconscious, for writing her father out of the story. In many other ways, though, the book stayed true to the Alcott family story. Emerson, her mother’s fourth cousin, helped support them financially. Growing up, Louisa knew Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne. And unlike the March family, they moved in the leading intellectual circles of the day. The Alcott family had less stability than the Marches, though. Alcott modeled Marmee on her mother, Abigail May Alcott, and the absent Father on her own father, Bronson Alcott. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy were in real life Anna, Louy, Lizzy and May. ![]() And it was true, for she based the characters on her own family. ![]() Louisa May Alcott attributed the book’s success to its simplicity and truth. ![]() A century and a half after Little Women first reached the bookstore shelves, the story of four sisters and their mother still has ardent fans. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Blame it on bianca![]() ![]() ![]() Global accolades along with a Live Nation comedy tour brought the beloved New Orleans entertainer once known as Roy Haylock into the scrutinizing public eye. In December 2014, she received the Best New Television Personality award from NewNowNext. But be warned: it is not for the faint of heart!īianca Del Rio is the season six reigning winner of Logo TV’s hit series RuPaul’s Drag Race. A collection of biting advice filled with vibrant photos from Bianca’s twisted universe, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio will shock you and keep you laughing. In Blame It On Bianca Del Rio, Bianca shares her opinions loudly and proudly, offering raucous, hilarious, no-holds-barred commentary on the everyday annoyances, big and small, that color her world, and make it a living, albeit amusing, hell for anyone who inhabits it. Thanks to her snarky frankness, impeccable comedic timing, and politically incorrect humor, she became the show’s breakout star, winning its sixth season. Fierce, funny, and fabulous-a would-be love child sired by John Waters and birthed by Joan Rivers-Bianca sandblasted her name in the annals of pop culture on RuPaul’s Drag Race. When it comes to insult comics, Bianca Del Rio is in a class by herself. The cheeky, larger-than-life drag queen and outrageous comic-"The Joan Rivers of the Drag World," ( New York Times)-who isn’t afraid to shock or offend brings her trademark acerbic wit and sharp commentary to the page in an uproarious illustrated collection of advice. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments The city of brass a novel![]() ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWire Michelle Publicover, An Unlikely Story, Plainville, MA I cannot wait to inhale the next part of the Daevabad Trilogy!” The details Chakraborty built into this world are impressive and rich. Few of the characters are truly good or bad, and each of their motives and experiences are wide-ranging and understandable to some degree. ![]() “I loved this novel SO MUCH! Not only is this an epic and fast-paced read, it’s also reflective of many of history’s most complicated relationships (Israel and Palestine, for one). Barry Nelipowitz, Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI Winter 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List The City of Brass is a wonderfully written, mystical adventure that keeps you guessing about what will happen next.” ![]() I found myself turning page after page, following Nahri's and Ali's story while deciphering the fantastic terminology and the world that is Daevabad. Nahri and Ali find themselves learning new lessons on how to survive changing environments and difficult challenges, while trying to figure out the complexities of their lives. The City of Brass follows, in parallel, Nahri, a con artist and naturally gifted healer, and Ali, prince of Daevabad and fiercely trained soldier. Chakraborty introduces a fantasy set in the Middle East that thrusts us into the magical world of Daevabad. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Tears of silenced misty griffin![]() ![]() If the victim refuses to be quiet about the incident they are paid a visit by the ministers in which they are harshly reprimanded and if they still refuse to be silenced they are shunned until they comply. ![]() This ancient tradition in wich Amish sex abuse victims are made to forgive their atackers and continue to live life as normal. This is short lived however when she finds herself refusing to be silenced. Eighteen year old Misty breathes a sigh of relief no longer having to fear her step-father will kill her. Here they learn German, are made to change their names and eventualy become baptized members. ![]() ![]() Fourteen years later after unspeakable torture and constant threats against their lives Misty and her sister are taken to an Amish community in rural Minnesota. Day by day Misty and her sister are brainwashed into believing that dressing and living like the Amish is the only way to get into heaven. Here they are subjected to severe physical and mental torture, sexual abuse and isolation from the rest of the world. After her mother meets up with her step-father when she is at the young age of four, she and her younger sister are whisked away from their father to begin a life of solitude and sorrow. In this memoir the author writes in detail about the horrors she sustained at the hands of her mother, step-father and the hands of the Amish church. Summary A heartbreaking yet inspiring true story. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Eragon by Christopher Paolini![]() He is also known as Eragon Bromsson, Argetlam, Shur'tugal, Shadeslayer, Firesword, and Kingkiller. He has romantic feelings for the elf Arya, but the two never become a couple as he leaves Alagaësia permanently at the end of the final novel. After the dragon Saphira hatches for him, he travels to the Varden, where he learns of the evils done by Galbatorix and determines to end the king's rule. Until the age of fifteen, he was raised by his uncle Garrow. Eragon is the cousin of Roran Garrowsson and half-brother of Murtagh. Eragon Bromsson – the human son of Brom and Selena, although Eragon's true relationship to Brom is not revealed until the third novel.Some characters, like the titular character Eragon were developed before the series was written, while others (such as Angela) were added on an as-needed basis. With the exception of Angela, the characters' personalities are entirely imagined and not based on actual people. ![]() ![]() Many of the names Paolini has used originate from Old Norse, German, Old English, and Russian sources, as well as the invented languages. ![]() The series contains several hundred characters, while the following list contains only the most frequently mentioned. This is a list of key characters in The Inheritance Cycle, a fantasy adventure series by Christopher Paolini. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a great development, getting to the very dichotomies inherent in the Wonder Woman character - how she can be an ambassador of peace (in some continuities) but still solve her problems mostly through the use of superheroic violence. 4: War's great cliffhanger was that Diana sacrificed Ares to defeat Zeus's mad First Born, and therefore took the mantle of the God of War on herself. I'm all for subtle storytelling, but I think Azzarello fails in clueing the reader in on the stakes of Wonder Woman's conflict, and that prevents the reader from really getting entrenched in the story.Īzzarello still writes Diana well, but character development takes too much a backseat to go-nowhere action plots here for my tastes (even if well-drawn by Cliff Chiang and Goran Sudzuka). ![]() But, getting there has its highs and lows. ![]() Toward the end, Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman Vol 5: Flesh gets really interesting, even downright gripping. ![]() |