5/29/2023 0 Comments The last policeman trilogyThe novel's sequel, Countdown City, followed in 2013. The town is rife with suicides, one of many responses to the news that Asteroid 2011GV, or Maia, as it's been named, will smash into the planet near Indonesia in four months' time. Hank investigates an apparent suicide that he suspects may be murder, over the objections of his fellow cops who think he is wasting his time. The Last Policeman, released in 2012 by Quirk Books, tells the story of Hank Palace, newly promoted detective with the Concord, New Hampshire, police force. The best-selling author has just released World of Trouble, the final book in his critically-acclaimed Last Policeman trilogy, which documents a young detective's final days before a giant world-destroying asteroid hits Earth.
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They don't even seem to mind that I accidentally shift into everyone I meet.But can my chameleon powers save Jewels Cafe? Can I juggle these two hot shifters and my childhood crush? And what happens when a spell threatens to tear us apart? A sexy bunny shifter offers me his carrot. The sweetest bear shifter is drawn to me like honey. I take one sip and I"m thrown for another loop. Because if no one in Silver Springs realizes that we've got this hidden gem soon, we might go out of business!So what do we do? Create a signature drink with hints of pumpkin spice just in time for fall.Surprise, surprise. but now I have to juggle hiding my crush for him and putting our cafe on the map. but opening Jewels Cafe in a supernatural town like Silver Springs? Maybe not the best idea.I thought I could work side by side with my best guy friend. But one sip of a spelled pumpkin spice latte, and two shifters are calling me their mate.It's hard enough being a chameleon shifter with wonky powers. The irony was almost too perfect: Detroit, having done more than any other city to promote the sprawl and suburbanization that had so despoiled the past century, could now become a model green city for the new century, with bike paths and urban farms and grass-roots sustainability nudging aside planned obsolescence. They'd come to see the place as a blank slate, so debased and forgotten it could be remade. For the most idealistic of these pioneers, which is how many of the newcomers self-identified, Detroit might very well be the city of tomorrow, but of a wholly different sort than described above. And so they came, too, along with the Scandinavian academics, the neopastoralian agriculturalists, the deep-pocketed philanthropical organizations and the free-market ideologues and the fringe-left utopianiststhey all came. Land speculators made the scene, too, as the new mayor, former Detroit Pistons basketball star Dave Bing, began to publicly acknowledge the need for the city to both shrink and radically reinvent itself, a pledge that urban-theorists, who had long regarded Detroit as the unsolvable math problem of their field, found tantalizing. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Kintu jennifer makumbiStill, in rural areas where large extended families are constantly in touch, grandparents indulge the young in folklore. Western children’s books are popular, primarily to improve English language skills. They speak Luganda, which belongs to the Bantu group of languages.īecause of books, a lot of children, especially those of the middle-class, are no longer immersed in folklore at the family level. They belong to Buganda Kingdom in Central Uganda along the shores of L. The Ganda, my tribe, call themselves Baganda (plural) or Muganda (singular). There are other forms of oral traditions like poetry, sayings and proverbs other forms. Folklore is a part of oral traditions that include myths, legends, oral histories, and the folktale. The Ganda are one of the 45 ethnic groups of Uganda. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Splendid in the vile“It would be still more foolish to lose heart and courage.” Winston Churchill, "The Splendid and the Vile" “It would be foolish to disguise the gravity of the hour,” he said. He was also known for his sickly and frail appearance, to which Churchill alludes, but that didn’t stop him in his political prowess, making him even a potential candidate for the presidency at one point. The US Secretary of Commerce, he was a trusted man of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and played a great role in uniting the leaders against Nazi Germany. Harry Hopkins was an impactful figure during the World War II. With these words, Churchill describes Harry Hopkins. “His was a soul that flamed out of a frail and failing body.” Winston Churchill, "The Splendid and the Vile" The impactful metaphoric language really hones into the idea of less being more, and the importance of the content instead of length. He implores efficiency and doesn’t want them to waste time. "It is slothful not to compress your thoughts." Winston Churchill, "The Splendid and the Vile"Ĭhurchill warns his staff to make their memos short and concise, not more than one page. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Fly away kristin hannah summaryAs Michael prepares to defend a PTSD-afflicted veteran charged with Murder I for killing his wife during a dissociative blackout, he begins to understand what Jolene is facing and to revisit his true feelings for her. The daughter of alcoholics who left her orphaned at 17, Jolene “Jo” Zarkades found her first stable family in the military: She’s served over two decades, first in the army, later with the National Guard. A helicopter pilot stationed near Seattle, Jo copes as competently at home, raising two daughters, Betsy and Lulu, while trying to dismiss her husband Michael’s increasing emotional distance. Jo’s mettle is sorely tested when Michael informs her flatly that he no longer loves her. Four-year-old Lulu clamors for attention while preteen Betsy, mean-girl-in-training, dismisses as dweeby her former best friend, Seth, son of Jo’s confidante and fellow pilot, Tami. Amid these challenges comes the ultimate one: Jo and Tami are deployed to Iraq. Michael, with the help of his mother, has to take over the household duties, and he rapidly learns that parenting is much harder than his wife made it look. The traumatic homecoming of a wounded warrior. 5/28/2023 0 Comments A book called verityBut as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already-grieving father. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. The TikTok sensation from the author of It Ends With Us. Are you ready to stay up all night? Rebecca meets Gone Girl in this shocking, unpredictable thriller with a twist that will leave you reeling. 5/28/2023 0 Comments Holy fire by bruce sterlingwiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Holy_Fire_(novel).yago:WikicatAmericanScienceFictionNovels.dbr:British_Science_Fiction_Association_Award Holy Fire concerns itself with the topics of pleasure, creativity, possibility, self-fulfillment, beauty and joie de vivre.wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Holy_Fire_(novel).jpg?width=300.Il romanzo, appartenente al filone fantascientifico biopunk, narra la storia di Mia, una novantaquattrenne che dopo un innovativo e drastico trattamento medico si trova a vivere da ventenne nel suo corpo ringiovanito. Fuoco sacro (Holy Fire) è un romanzo fantascientifico dello scrittore statunitense Bruce Sterling pubblicato nel 1996.Le Feu sacré (titre original : Holy Fire) est un roman de science-fiction de l'écrivain américain Bruce Sterling publié en 1996.Novel tersebut dinominasikan untuk ada 1996, dan untuk Penghargaan Hugo dan pada 1997.
5/28/2023 0 Comments That Boy by Jillian DoddThe boy who rescues me, the boy who can read my mind, the boy who is always there for me, the boy who tries to keep me out of trouble, the boy who irritatingly keeps getting hotter, and whose strong arms always seem to find their way around me. He’s the boy I talk to every night before I go to sleep. Phillip has dark hair, a perfect smile, brown eyes, and the sexiest voice I have ever heard. Adorable, sweet Phillip, who I have known since birth. He’s pretty much irresistible.Įqually crush worthy is Phillip. He has a bright, contagious smile and abs to die for. Being with Danny is like being on an adventure. The boy I get into trouble with, the boy I fight with, the hot quarterback no girl can resist, not even me. He has dreamy blue eyes and blonde hair that always looks perfect, even when it’s windblown or been stuck under a football helmet. 5/28/2023 0 Comments Infamous suzanne brockmannmust face the intense attraction that threatens to consume them-and survive the danger that threatens their very lives. And when Alison is targeted by ruthless criminals, suddenly she and A. But when he confronts Alison, sparks fly. came to put an end to the false legend that has tarnished the reputation of his family. Unable to ignore ghosts from the past that refuse to stay buried, A. Gallagher didn’t crash the set in dusty Arizona to rub elbows with Hollywood’s elite. From New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann comes a thrilling tale of. Nor did she expect that a tall stranger in a cowboy hat would turn the movie-and her world-completely upside down.Ī. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it. When history professor Alison Carter became a consultant to the film version of the Wild West legend she’d dedicated her career to researching, she couldn’t possibly have known that she would not only get a front-row seat to a full-blown Hollywood circus but would innocently witness something that would put her life in peril. Ballantine Books, 2010 - Arizona - 433 pages. In her first paperback original in more than six years, New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann delivers an unforgettable novel of contemporary romance and thrilling suspense. |