![]() ![]() He’s also sweet, funny, and cute as hell, with an affinity for cheesy ’80s TV shows. He’s a man caught out of time, trapped since the Civil War in a magical prison where he can only watch the lives of those around him. ![]() There’s only one problem with his new life: a strange young man only he can see is haunting his guesthouse. So he gives up Hollywood for northern Idaho, far away from the press, the drama of LA, and the best friend he’s secretly been in love with for years. Jason Walker is a child star turned teen heartthrob turned reluctant B-movie regular who’s sick of his failing career. ![]() Genre: Contemporary, M/M, Romance, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy To help celebrate the upcoming holidays and keep you curled up inside with a good book where it’s nice and warm, I am giving an eBook a day away from December 1-December 24. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Matched draws on elements from many different of its dystopian predecessors. She published its sequel, Crossed, in 2011, and the trilogy was completed in 2012 with the publication of Reached. In November 2010, the book was published by Dutton Penguin. He posed the question: what if someone wrote the perfect algorithm for matching people with one another, and the government used it to decide who you married, when you married, and so forth? From this, as well as memories of chaperoning a high school Junior Prom and attending a matching dance in high school, Ally Condie spent about nine months writing Matched, which she admits was a short amount of time for her, in comparison to the completion of her other novels. Ally Condie primarily drew inspiration for Matched from a conversation she and her husband had over dinner one night in late 2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Publicist: It’s why they keep coming back, it’s gonna sell –Įditor: Yeah, yeah, it’s gonna sell, but you think we can get him to add in some explanations, some crumbs along the path, I mean we’re not all Gibson, the rest of us need him to step it down a little – Publisher: That’s what readers love about Gibson, he drops you into a great world building and you just have to keep up – Publisher: Ok, I got all that, I think, and Gibson’s great, witty, sophisticated and stylish writing, and also lots of great characters and snappy dialogue … but what was it about?Įditor: It’s about a lot of stuff, Gibson can stuff a lot into a book –Įditor: - but it was a little hard to follow, maybe he could have added a glossary, or a prologue, you know, just to help us out a little – Publicist: You know, I’m interested to hear what you think it’s about.Įditor: O for God’s sake! It was about a lot of stuff, it’s Gibson after all –Įditor: - it was about time travel and alternate history and post-apocalypse and corporate espionage, and avatars and – But it was … a little hard to follow, you know? What was it about? ![]() Publisher: I know, it’s Gibson, and it’s going to sell. Publicist: It was great! It’s Gibson, it’s going to sell. Publication meeting at Berkley Publishing in early 2014. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jacket flap.Ī re-evaluation of Genghis Khan's rise to power examines the reforms the conqueror instituted throughout his empire and his uniting of East and West, which set the foundation for the nation-states and economic systems of the modern era. In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford, the only Western scholar ever to be allowed into the Mongols' "Great Taboo"-Genghis Khan's homeland and forbidden burial site - tracks the astonishing story of Genghis Khan and his descendants, and their conquest and transformation of the world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of Asia to trigger a global awakening, an unprecedented explosion of technologies, trade, and ideas. The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. Here is a startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age. ![]() Nearly every aspect of our world - borders, political philosophies, technology, warfare, commerce, clothing, art, literature, language, and music - bears the indelible mark of Genghis Khan and his Mongol Empire. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Case of the Dead Dowager (Michaela McPherson #2), 2016 The Case of Dr Dude (Michaela McPherson #1), 2016Ģ. Toxic New Year (Alex Destephano #4), 2015ġ. Viral Intent (Alex Destephano #3), 2014Ĥ. The Imposter (Alex Destephano #2), 2013ģ. Chaos at Crescent City Medical Center (Alex Destephano #1), 2013Ģ. Here are the Judith Lucci books in order for her two series in order of publication and reading.ġ. I haven’t yet started on the PI series, but I have all the books in the author’s medical thriller series and I hope she will continue to write more books with Alex. The Alex Destephano series includes currently four books with the latest, Toxic New Year, released in 2015. She has also recently started a new series titled Michaela McPherson, focusing on a PI who retired from homicide but can’t let the job go all the way. Judith Lucci is the author of the Alex Destephano medical thriller series. ![]() ![]() She herself is a product of the Upper East Side world where “Gossip Girl” is set: Though she grew up on the Upper West Side, she went to school there and had the “funny little experiences of being able to walk around the corner from school and go to my friend’s house,” she recalled. If that behavior sounds maniacally self-centered, it’s the kind of character that von Ziegesar, the author of the best-selling young adult series “Gossip Girl,” specializes in - and defends when necessary. ![]() 10, except that instead of a mother of two having a meltdown, it is Stuart Little, a has-been rock star whose wife, Mandy, it is soon revealed, has faked multiple sclerosis so that she can stay in bed and shirk her parental duties of school drop-offs and paying taxes. “I heard that if you put mayonnaise on your head and wrapped it in Saran Wrap, that would drown them, so I was doing that to my hair every day.”Ī similar lice encounter kicks off her book, “Cobble Hill,” which Atria publishes on Nov. ![]() “I would go down to the nurse and be like, ‘Can you check my head?’ I was combing my kids’ hair every single night,” von Ziegesar said in an interview. The inspiration for Cecily von Ziegesar’s latest novel? Lice.Ībout eight years ago, when her two children were in elementary school in Brooklyn, she couldn’t shake the idea that their hair, and her own, were infested with the bloodsucking insects. ![]() ![]() ![]() She feels most at home when creating art, performing her poetry onstage, and spending time with family and friends. ![]() Rupi’s work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. Milk and Honey 11.69 Rupi Kaur Boxed SetRupi Kaur Rupi Kaur Boxed Set 24.49 Rupi Kaur Trilogy Boxed SetRupi Kaur. Intertwined with visuals, music, comedy, and anecdotes, Rupi performs her classic poems and unpublished pieces, tailoring each show to the city she visits. ![]() Rupi Kaur has also graced the stage across the globe on world tours, performing her poetry across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the UK, Europe, and more. Canadian poet Rupi Kaur will publish her fourth book this fall, publisher Andrews McMeel announced in a news release. As she has done from the very beginning, Rupi self- produced Rupi Kaur Live, the first poetry special of its kind, which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2021. Next came its artistic siblings 'the sun and her flowers' and ‘home body’, both debuting at 1 on bestseller lists across the world. Her latest poetry collection, 'home body', debuted #1 on bestseller lists across the world. A breakout literary phenomenon and 1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, 'milk and honey' in 2014. These collections have sold more than 10 million copies and have been translated into over 40 languages. Next came its artistic sibling, 'the sun and her flowers' in 2017. A breakout literary phenomenon and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, 'milk and honey' in 2014. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over many years of research and fieldwork, Marzluff and student assistants have closely followed the lives of thousands of tagged birds seeking food, mates, and shelter in cities and surrounding areas. In this fascinating and optimistic book, John Marzluff reveals how our own actions affect the birds and animals that live in our cities and towns, and he provides ten specific strategies everyone can use to make human environments friendlier for our natural neighbors. Populations and communities of a great variety of birds, as well as other creatures, are adapting to the conditions of our increasingly developed world. Welcome to Subirdia presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many large cities support incredible biological diversity. Even as growing cities and towns pave acres of landscape, some bird species have adapted and thrived. ![]() ![]() Mildred Wirt Benson is credited with writing 23 of the first 30 novels in the series. ![]() ![]() The Nancy Drew Diaries was launched in its place in 2013, and has received mixed reviews. Launched in 2004, the series was panned in comparisons to its predecessor, and ended in 2012. In 2003, Simon & Schuster announced that Nancy Drew Mystery Stories would end and be replaced by a new, more contemporary series titled Nancy Drew: Girl Detective. There are 175 novels - plus 34 revised stories - that were published between 19 under the banner Grosset & Dunlap published the first 56, and 34 revised stories, while Simon & Schuster published the series beginning with volume 57.Ī spinoff, the Nancy Drew Files, ran concurrently from 1986 to 1997. The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories is the long-running "main" series of the Nancy Drew franchise, which was published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.
![]() But as the four women settle in, they are forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide. A bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs, laughter, tears, friends, men. ![]() Suddenly, four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success and their own lives come together to share one New York brownstone, to support each other, and to pick up the pieces while one of them struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. But before the holiday is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly changed. One Fourth of July weekend, the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their familys annual gathering. In New York, oldest sister Sabrina, thirty-four, is an ambitious young lawyer, while Annie, at twenty-six, is an American in Florence, living for her art. ![]() ![]() Her sister Tammy, twenty-nine, has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV. Twenty-one-year-old Candy is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashions latest international supermodel. Описание: Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of Danielle Steels new novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy-and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof. ![]() |