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Shadowhunters and
Downworlders
I definitely can mark a lot of these essays,
especially the one by Michelle Hodkin, as eye opening and awe-inspiring. These
authors have put a great deal of effort in considering, developing, and writing
these beautiful pieces of insight to the Mortal Instruments series. I had a lot
of the "I thought that too!" sort of moments when it came to observations of
characters. The writing was both formal and informal, each containing a sense of
either humor or reverence. I found a lot of great one liners about the
characters and some of the best ones were about Jace.
Serious Men
While the story is a satire of the social
conventions of India, the real appeal of the novel is in the characters. There
are two groups: Ayyan Mani and his family and the scientists at the
Institute of Theory and Research.
Though some of the scientists are stereotyped, they
are portrayed so amusingly that I didn't care. Seeing them go about their 'work'
was a hoot. The academic jealousy and fighting for funds showed that this is a
constant in academia the world over.
Shadowkiller
In Glenhaven Park, New York Allison and Mack
MacKenna feel as if the nightmares are over. She finally has moved passed her
encounter a decade ago with the Nightwatcher and him with being a potential
serial killer as a Sleepwalker. Instead they enjoy suburban Westchester County
while raising their children. In fact she muses her biggest issue is to finish
the novel before her book club meeting in three hours.
Shadow Ops: Fortress
Frontier
When Colonel Bookbinder manifests, he doesn't run
like Oscar Britton. He submits to testing and is shipped off to Forward
Operating Base Frontier in the Source. Even though he's a Colonel, due to his
lack of combat experience, Bookbinder is seen only as a logistics/supply officer
a rubber stamp for Frontier's commanding officer. Until Oscar Britton escapes,
that is. Frontier is cut off from the home plane and under attack. Supplies are
dwindling, the situation is dire, and Bookbinder is now in charge.
Shattered Souls
From the start I was enchanted. The little girl in
the kitchen waiting for her Mama to cast a spell to quiet the noises in her
head. I could feel that magic swirling around me as I read. I was sucked into
Cait's life. The drinking, the smoking hot ex-husband, the magic she refused to
acknowledge until forced to. I understood why she pulled away from that side of
her life and I cheered her on as she came to accept it.
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Peter Hoeg proves that serious literature can be
both entertaining and artful. On the surface, "Smilla's Sense of Snow" is genre
fiction. But dig a little deeper, and there is a character study of great
sensitivity, a setting with symbolic value and profound themes about loss.
Unlike other densely-plotted thrillers, this book rewards
re-reading
Star's Storm
Love her books!!! Star's Storm has tons of action,
romance and comedy. It is a All-in-One book! Who could ask for more! Susan is an
Outstanding writer. Keep them coming!!!
Tamburlaine Must Die
London, 1593. A city on edge. Under threat from
plague and war, strangers are unwelcome, suspicion is wholesale, severed heads
grin from the spikes on Tower Bridge. Playwright, poet and spy, Christopher
Marlowe walks the city's mean streets with just three days to find the murderous
Tamburlaine, a killer escaped from the pages of his most violent play.
Tamburlaine Must Die is the searing adventure of a man who dares to defy both
God and the state and whose murder remains a taunting mystery to the present
day.
That Night on Thistle
Lane
This is a nice sequel to the story of Dylan and
Olivia of Secrets of a Lost Summer. Olivia's friend Phoebe has found a cache of
vintage clothing in the attic of the Knights Bridge library where she is the
head librarian - just in time for the vintage clothing display at the library.
With Maggie and Olivia set on attending an upcoming masquerade ball in nearby
Boston, Phoebe offers them two of the dresses from the collection. She insists
she does not want to attend herself.
The Archived
The plot is a mix between paranormal and fantasy.
Think The Chronicles of Narnia meets The Mortal Instruments. That right there is
the makings of an amazing story line! The story tells us of where we go once we
die. That we do not leave this earth but we are archived as Histories, a shell
of who we were with our memories and and experiences kept intact. Our shell is a
journal of our lives, our histories, kept safe. The mix of action and adventure,
romance and deep emotional searching makes this story really intense and draws
you into it. I didn't want to stop reading and had a hard time finding a point
where I could put it down. It was intense. Schwab builds a world where you are
constantly checking your own reality, wondering if some day you will meet the
Keepers, the Crew, the Librarians and the Histories.
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The set up for this new series takes a good five or
six chapters. In essence Abigail is a governess who likes her charges but does
not like her employers. She and her younger sister were orphaned and she has not
seen her sister in years. She gets shocking news that her sister is in a brothel
and she manages to help her sister and two other ladies escape from the
establishment. All four try to live on their own but they are almost starving.
When Abigail's sister becomes ill she plans on burgling a house to pay for a
doctor. She climbs through a window to discover the woman living in the house is
bedridden, dirty and suffering from neglect. Abigail takes her new family of
sisters to Lady Bea's house and kicks out the worthless servants and provides
for the lady's comfort and finds a roof for her new family.
The Cole Trilogy: The Physician, Shaman,
and Matters of Choice
All three books were excellent, but I especially
liked The Physician. The authors writing style is very unique, and I liked the
excellent insight into historical settings, and the great detail he gave to
really help one appreciate that period in time, and giving one a sense of being
there.
The Debt
So now the local gangland bosses have come to you
for repayment. They aren’t taking 'no' for an answer, but they will take your
fingers one by one if you don’t get hold of the money. Very soon.
The Edge of Never
Andrew is the perfect hero! I have never said this
before, and probably never will again, but yeah, he really was perfect. He is a
genuinely nice guy with just the right amount of cockiness, but there are just
so many more layers than that to his character. You seriously can't help but
fall in love with him and everything about him!
The Elephant Keepers'
Children
Danish writer Peter Hoeg is best known for his
third novel "Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow", partly because it was made into
one of the more beautiful movie adaptations of modern fiction. While his latest
book, "The Elephant Keepers' Children" is unlikely to change that association,
it is a magical, story told through the eyes of the charmingly precocious
fourteen year old Peter, full of farcical events, zany chases and brilliantly
named characters. If you are looking for a gritty, realistic novel, this won't
fit the bill, but for all its madcap events, Hoeg continues his arch view of
events and has surprising depth in the form of philosophical consideration of
religions and faith.
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Firebird, is a beautifully written novel, where the
story just flows from the pages and is captivating from the first page to the
last. It is clear that Susanna Kearsley was passionate about her characters and
her story when she wrote this novel. You can tell that the historical
information in this novel, had been very well researched and it is quite
interesting.
The Last Four Things
In this follow up to his first work "The Left Hand
of God", Paul Hoffman settles into his voice in a spectacular fashion. When I
read the first book I was intrigued but a little put off by his hodgepodge of
historical references and geographic mishmash. In "The Last Four Things", rather
than move away from such gleeful plagiarism of the sordid history of man and
religion, Hoffman steps in waste deep and provides a never ending stream of
references. If you are reading carefully you will see knocks on Swiss
neutrality, copious (and sometimes artfully corrupted) quotes from the King
James Bible, references to historical battles and events, and a thinly veiled
Talleyrand moving political chess pieces on behalf of an inept sovereign. This
time, instead of being put off I was drawn in and completely
absorbed.
The Legend of Ellie
Quin
Welcome to a universe as you've never seen it
before - genetically engineered pocket pets, plant life with a crabby attitude,
soda pops that fight back...and revoltingly slimy junk food.
The World According to Ellie
Quin
Ellie Quin has escaped the tedium of life on her
father's farm to the domed main city of her home world – New Haven. A noisy,
colourful, over-crowded city filled with ditto-heads and limp-chiks, the dregs
of society watching day-time sopa-drams on the toob. A place where crime is rife
and a naive young woman can too easily become a victim and a statistic.
Beneath the Neon Sky
Ellie Quin has figured out an inventive way to make
money. A lot of money. Enough to buy some exorbitantly priced tickets off this
godforsaken world. And with her future foreseen by a creepy alien fortune
teller, it seems things are finally going Ellie's way.
With her resourceful friend Jez, a scruffy shuttle
pilot called Aaron and a genetically engineered pet called Harvey, between them
it looks like they're going to make a killing from their new commercial
venture.
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Em has been suffering her whole life from the
lonely. That, and the crippling OCD. Combine the two? Yea, her life has been a
mess of problems. She's off to college for the first time, hoping, praying, that
the lonely doesn't overtake her. She just wants to be normal. Her best friend is
there with her, helping her adjust, and pushing her towards overcoming her
issues.
The Lost Witness
In this story, Lena Gamble, L.A. detective is given
a case of a dismembered body found in a dumpster. Lena is disliked by her
superiors due to the way she handled a prior case in which a police officer was
involved. As a result, for the last six months, she has been doing
administrative work. Now she wonders if she is being set up.
The Mad Scientist's
Daughter
The character development was fantastic. I could
easily see that Finn's character was a robot by how he talked, but at the same
time, I found him so likeable, and I immediately was rooting for Cat and Finn as
a couple. It wasn't hard to see what Cat saw in him. I was impressed with how
his character changed and yet stayed the same after his programming was changed.
He spoke differently, but it was still obviously him.
The Orchid House
Julia, at first, is not the most likable
character she is too lost in her depression, the cause of which you do not
know for a while, to be too understandable, at least to someone lacking such an
experience. She is actually rather rude to her well meaning family members,
pushing away those that would help. But, as she becomes enthralled by the
glimpses into the past, she begins to open up, like an orchid perhaps, revealing
the bright spirit underneath.
The Sugar Girls
The authors did a great job about depicting life as
it was in that time. They brought the characters to life, with all the hardships
during and after WWII. I can't wait to read their next book.
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THE WINTER WITCH is billed as a romance, which is
not normally my genre. To me, however, THE WINTER WITCH is more of a combination
of romance, historical, and the supernatural genres, the supernatural being the
part I thought I might get into. Surprising, THE WINTER WITCH ended up being the
perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter's afternoon.
Threats
At this point I think it is a safe bet to simply
read everything that Gray writes. I adore her absurd short stories, but so often
wonderful absurd short story writers don't end up being able to work their
weirdness as well in a novel. Either it is less weird or its just downright
incoherent. Gray, however, handles the novel wonderfully. This novel is weird as
toe socks, but it still tells a great story. It is really amazing that Gray can
bring that off and is worth reading for that alone. The story is touching,
entertaining, and fascinating. And, incredibly weird. I really recommend taking
a look at this book. It delivers all that I have come to expect from
Gray.
Until the End of Time
I have been reading Danielle Steel's books all my
life, in the last few years I have learned to carefully pick and choose. Some of
her stories have become redundant after a while. I am very glad I choose the
right story this time. This novel is the reason I never give up on her and still
remain a big fan. This was an excellent, emotional, romantic, story of soulmates
in different times. The author's writing of this story was very reminiscent of
the old Danielle Steel, that I grew up with. She wrote one of my favorite and
most unforgetable story of all my time, "The Promise".
Wide Open
The plot line centers around Hallie Michaels, a
soldier in Afghanistan, who arrives in Rapid City on a ten day compassionate
leave to attend her sister's funeral. Hallie's sister, Dell, wrecked her car up
on a tree. There was no one else around. The local police called it a suicide,
but Hallie knows better. She's convinced that her sister would never have taken
her own life. Something else must have happened, and Hallie is determined to
find out what. And she only has 10 days to do that. Not only is her time
extremely limited, she's also haunted by ghosts - of her sister, of a fellow
soldier/friend from Afghanistan, and a local woman who disappeared without a
trace. Hallie soon learns that there's something disturbing going on in the
seemingly peaceful town of Rapid City, and she is the only one who can discover
the truth.
Ashes and Ice
Dark and Wicked. Those are the two words to
describe this book. In the beginning I was on the fence about how this book
would play out. It reads very choppy and unclear in the beginning, but as you
read on it levels out and you have a better understanding of the characters. I
am not a big fan on books that switch from character to character. For me it
takes away some of the bond that you would normally forge with the main
character. Rochelle makes it work with her story, instead of one bond you form
two. I liked that this was not your fairy tale romance with a happily ever
after. Throughout most of the book, both characters are in pain
emotionally.
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I fell in love with Incarnate. I wasn't sure what
to expect from that book and I got sucked in. I just remember some of the things
I was tweeting to the author, Jodi Meadows, who I didn't even know at the time,
while reading the book. That's the first time I've ever tweeted an author while
reading their book, with my reactions to things, it was entertaining. Especially
a specific part of the book... Now, going in to Asunder, I knew this world,
these characters and I couldn't wait to get more. I am satisfied. I am happy. I
am sad.
Beaglemania
BEAGLEMANIA introduces a new mystery series whose
heroine is the administrator of an animal shelter. When a man who mistreated
animals has a very public confrontation with Lauren Vancouver and is soon after
found dead on the shelter property, she's naturally suspected. For me, this
book's best feature was the background information on the working of a shelter,
which seemed quite authentic. The leading character didn't especially stand out
for me, and one or two plot points wouldn't bear close examination.
Big Girls Do It
Married
I am so in love with these books! I'm incredibly
glad I read them. I loved them as much as I loved fifty shades except the sex
scenes didn't get old like in fifty shades. These books take you to emotionally
deep places.they made me laugh, cry, cry out "nooooooooooooo!!!!" And they have
over all just taken me away. I highly suggest reading them. Miss wilder is an
excellent writer and should be far more popular. I will be spending a lot more
money on books by her, that is all I can say. Well done, and can't wait for
Chases story!
Big Girls Do It
Wetter
Chase went to New York...without me. It was only
one night, one delicious, sinful night, but it awakened something within me, and
now, with him gone, I have no one to satiate my sudden, ferocious hunger. Then I
woke up one day and looked at someone near and dear to me in a whole new light.
And my world was rocked once again.
Big Girls Do It
Wilder
I'm going. Going to New York City to be with
gorgeous, mysterious, rockstar Chase Delany seemed like a crazy dream, a fantasy
come true. The bright lights and music, and his tight, sexy leather pants called
to me...and I answered. Chase might want more and I just might give it to him,
if I could only forget what I started with Jeff back in Detroit.
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Modern day Apartheid mercenary s from South Africa
hell bent on establishing an independent Boer Nation will stop at nothing to
ignite their coup. Finding the Death Diamonds is the final piece of the puzzle
in their diabolical scheme. A small group of renegade Boer War soldiers
imprisoned in Bermuda in the early nineteen hundreds discovered the treasures of
Bermudez, but never revealed the location. Their descendants with the most evil
intentions have searched for the Death Diamonds of the lost city of Bermudez to
this day. Special FBI Agent Derrick Storm and Bermuda Inspector Ian Savage are
the only ones who have any chance of keeping these ruthless mercenaries from
fulfilling their diabolical scheme.
Deck Z: The Titanic: Unsinkable.
Undead
Well written and interesting twist on the Titanic
disaster. For folks that are interested in the Zombie craze this book will be a
fun read. It would make a great movie plot.
Ever After
I read this in one sitting. Carried it everywhere.
Skipped the gym and treadmill. Stood next to the microwave reading while dinner
cooked. Yes, it was that good. Why is it the books you wait the longest to come
out, go by so darn fast?! It's also one of the few books where the title has no
OBVIOUS Clint Eastwood inspired Western movie title. More on that later. It's
also the first book with a complete, totally un-obscured view of Rachel, albeit
in an 1980's pantsuit.
Eyes Wide Open
Eyes Wide Open by Ted Dekker introduces two
characters Christy Snow and her friend Austin. As in most of Ted's previous
works, you assume one thing is happening but see it unravel as something else.I
had the opportunity to read this book in four installments that are available as
e-books over the last few weeks. Identity, Mirrors. Unseen and
Seer.
Mirrors (Eyes Wide Open, Book
2)
Caused me to take A challenging look at how we
perceive life and what affects our perceptions. The Story keeps you engaged as
you are wondering what is just a perception and what is reality.
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Strange things are happening all over in the grave
yards. More unusual then normal. Camille, Menolly, and Delilah are on the case.
Someone powerful is behind the strange happenings as the sisters barely survived
with their lives. They learn exactly who they are dealing with. It is Gulakah,
Lord of Ghosts. As if the Lord of Ghosts is not enough, they also come face to
face with Bran, son of the Raven Mother and Black Unicorn. In order to stop the
Lord of Ghosts, Camille and her youkai-kitsune husband, Morio participate in a
dangerous ritual that will bring them close as well as thrust them into the
world of the dead.
HeatSeeker
A former sergeant in the Marine special forces,
Kaden Marks dreams of one day having a family. But he’s haunted by the deeds of
his past and won’t let anyone get close. Then a new mission comes his way. A
fellow operative has had her cover blown and it’s up to Kaden’s team to bring
her out safely. What he doesn’t realize is that the beautiful but stubborn
Rachel Gannon has no intention of letting herself be rescued…
Hounds Abound (A Pet Rescue
Mystery)
I've been lucky enough to read all of the Pet
Rescue Mysteries and I have to say this was totally delightful! It pulled me in
immediately and was even better than the first book. I totally recommend this to
all readers!
If Snow Hadn't Fallen
This is a novella-sized story which falls between
the first and second books in the Lacey Flint series. Unusually for this author
the plot is fairly cliched however, the quality of Bolton's writing always
lifts her stories above the average. Here she gives us a hint of the creepiness
and unease that she used to such great effect in the next full-length book in
the series, Dead Scared, which for me was one of the best crime thrillers of
2012.
Into the Dark: A Novel of
Suspense
I love this series. The suspense is built from the
prologue to the epilogue and on every page in between, and yet it's not over the
top. Brenna, who remembers everything, is an unforgettable character. She's a
flawed human being who makes decisions that are not always smart, but are true
to herself. I'm looking forward to the next book.
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It is amazing that this book was even written. The
author was five when the Khmer Rouge overran Cambodia. (Which is the story, of
course.) While a million or more died, including many of her relatives, she
survived. She made it to America at eleven, not knowing English. But she
graduated summa cum laude from Cornell. Amazing, indeed, that a mind of this
quality survived to bear witness to the horror.
I Hear the Sirens in the Street: A
Detective Sean Duffy Novel
Adrian McKinty nails it again in "I Hear Sirens in
the Street," the second in the "Troubles" trilogy set in civil war-ravaged
Northern Ireland in the early 1980s. Sean Duffy, a detective inspector in
Belfast suburb Carrickfergus, makes the grisly discovery of a man's torso
squeezed into a suitcase. With only a partial tattoo as forensic evidence, Duffy
and his detective squad spin some old-fashioned gumshoe police work and secure
an identity of the corpse. But from this fast initial progress, the case slows,
overshadowed by the continuing "troubles" that are tearing the struggling
country at the seams. But the investigation is also thwarted by the faintest
hints of conspiracy suggesting that this murder may be just a cog in a much more
sinister machine.
Killing Hour
A jaw-dropping thriller from the co-author of five
No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and
the hit thrillers The Blue Zone and Reckless. A young man's suicide. An elderly
woman's murder. A conspiracy stretching back decades. Dr. Jay Erlich's life is
perfect: a wife and children he loves a successful career. But a call
comes that changes everything. His troubled nephew, Evan, has killed himself and
Jay's brother is in despair.
Love Songs
In these two classic novels from America’s beloved
storyteller, Barbara Delinsky captures those special romantic moments that make
the heart sing…
Mariana
I had read The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley last
year and I loved it so much that I did not think I could enjoy another book by
this author as much. This book certainly came close to being just as enjoyable
as The Winter Sea for me. I loved everything about this book from the very
beginning. Julia is a wonderful main character to read about and all of the
townspeople that she meets and who become her friends make the story so much
fun. The flashbacks are fascinating and I had a hard time putting the book down
because I could not wait to see what happened to Mariana, her story is very
intriguing.
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Nowhere Is A Place by Bernice L. McFadden is about
the interesting yet tragic family tree of Clemantine "Dumpling" Jackson
(Lessing). Dumpling and her middle daughter Sherry have always been distant.
Dumpling is surprised when Sherry wants to drive with her back to Sanderville,
GA for their family reunion. But Sherry has an ulterior motive for driving to
Georgia from the West Coast. She wants to know about her family tree and why
Dumpling slapped her on that long ago afternoon.
No Way Out
This is an intriguing look at racial and sexual
politics in the USA, using the device of inter-racial rape and a criminal trial.
Although not quite as "literary" as To Kill a Mockingbird, it is more literary
than your average run-of-the-mill legal thriller - without ever losing sight of
the fact that it IS a thriller. Interspersed with the stunning pre-trial
discoveries and equally explosive courtroom revelations, are the author's
hard-hitting observations about the evolution in America's racial and sexual
attitudes.
One Good Earl Deserves a
Lover
Lady Phillipa Marbury knows about everything
written in a book. She is brilliant and a little life savvy but love has her
befuddled but she knows where to go to get the answers. The mysterious Cross, is
the rumored master of seduction and a magnificent businessman so he could
provide her answers with complicated questions. What Pippa wants from Cross is
to teach her how to be a well-seasoned lover before her upcoming
wedding.
Proof of Guilt: An Inspector Ian Rutledge
Mystery
Rutledge soon learns that one French brother died
in the war, and according to their sister, the corpse in the morgue is NOT her
other brother. Meanwhile, other brother and his car go missing and Traynor, the
cousin and third partner who runs the Madeira end of the business, heads for
England and then he too goes missing. And still no one has a clue who the dead
guy is.
River's Run
Yes! A female lead who isn't a bar maid, clerk,
broke, in desperate need of emotional reassurance, from a broken home, whatever.
Someone who you want to vicariously live through. Too often these PNRs are just
about fantasizing about a hot male. Well in this book you read about this
incredible female lead who, with her fellow circus acrobat pals, is able to more
than hold her own in combat. She doesn't take any crap from the male lead and I
love that!
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From the doctor whose "extraordinary practice is at
the vanguard of a revolutionary way to deliver medical care" (O, The Oprah
Magazine), an easy program to restore energy and health. • DO YOU FEEL
UNUSUALLY EXHAUSTED? • DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING? • DOES YOUR DIGESTION
BOTHER YOU? • DO YOU HAVE ACHING MUSCLES AND JOINTS? • DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU ARE AGING TOO QUICKLY? • DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING ON
EMPTY? Fatigue, unexplained back and joint pain, distractibility,
irritability, insomnia, and digestive problems leave many of us feeling spent --
and there is no pill that reverses the effects. Many Americans are plagued by
this new epidemic, and doctors are unable to diagnose any single cause. But
Dr. Frank Lipman knows that this profound feeling of general unwellness is not
part of the normal aging process. In this revolutionary book, Dr. Lipman is the
first to connect the dots in a constellation of symptoms, offering a proven
solution to combat the pervasive syndrome he calls Spent. When someone is Spent,
the body is doing everything it can to indicate that it is time to slow down,
rest, detoxify, repair, replenish, and restore. Dr. Lipman has helped thousands
of patients who suffer from Spent to revive their bodies -- and, in most cases,
feel more energized and healthier than they ever have before. In Spent, Dr.
Lipman first identifies the things in modern life that lead to energy depletion,
such as stress, light deprivation, an erratic sleep schedule, and a diet high in
sugar and processed foods. Next, he creates "Daily Beats," a series of simple
actions -- such as sleep, diet, exercise, nutrition, meditation, and relaxation
-- that readers can take to repair their stressed systems and nourish their
bodies and minds. As with Dr. Lipman's patients, anyone following his
day-by-day program will feel energized, vibrant, and younger. With a nutrition
plan of tasty recipes photographs of research-based exercises and stretches, and
wisdom from Dr. Lipman's thirty years of medical practice, Spent puts readers
back in touch with their bodies' natural rhythms and introduces them to a
lifetime of good health.
Chil Rajchman, a Polish Jew, was arrested with his
younger sister in 1942 and sent to Treblinka, a death camp where more than
750,000 were murdered before it was abandoned by German soldiers. His sister was
sent to the gas chambers, but Rajchman escaped execution, working for ten months
under incessant threats and beatings as a barber, a clothes-sorter, a
corpse-carrier, a puller of teeth from those same bodies. In August 1943, there
was an uprising at the camp, and Rajchman was among the handful of men who
managed to escape. In 1945, he set down this account, a plain, unembellished and
exact record of the raw horror he endured every day. This unique testimony,
which has remained in the sole possession of his family ever since, has never
before been published in English. For its description of unspeakably cruelty,
Treblinka is a memoir that will not be superseded. In addition to Rajchman's
account, this volume will include the complete text of Vasily Grossman's 'The
Hell of Treblinka', one of the first descriptions of a Nazi extermination camp;
a powerful and harrowing piece of journalism written only weeks after the camp
was dissolved. Introduction by Samuel Moyn, Professor of History at Columbia
University and author of A Holocaust Controversy: The Treblinka Affair in
Postwar France.
This definitive best-of collection of one of the
web's best young writers is packed with provocations and entertainments,
guaranteed to make you think and smile. You'll learn to find passion, think
free, manage time, pay attention and more. Fast paced, inspiring and memorable,
you'll find new ideas and inspirations on every page.
Essays include famous missives such
as:
- How to be a free thinker - The Cult of
busy - Why smart people defend bad ideas - Street smarts vs. Book
smarts - Hating vs. loving - Why the world is a mess - How to make a
difference - How to be passionate - The secret motivation of death -
Creative Thinking Hacks - How to detect BS - Why you must lead or
follow
. . .and nearly 20 more provocations that will get
you motivated to create, think and enjoy your life.
Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in
baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life
general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball
enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the single most influential
baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, Slate) but also what "may be the best book ever
written on business" (Weekly Standard).
"I wrote this book because I fell in love with a
story. The story concerned a small group of undervalued professional baseball
players and executives, many of whom had been rejected as unfit for the big
leagues, who had turned themselves into one of the most successful franchises in
Major League Baseball. But the idea for the book came well before I had good
reason to write it—before I had a story to fall in love with. It began, really,
with an innocent question: how did one of the poorest teams in baseball, the
Oakland Athletics, win so many games?"
With these words Michael Lewis launches us into the
funniest, smartest, and most contrarian book since, well, since Liar's Poker.
Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that
money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical
places to look would be the front offices of major league teams, and the
dugouts, perhaps even in the minds of the players themselves. Lewis mines all
these possibilities—his intimate and original portraits of big league
ballplayers are alone worth the price of admission—but the real jackpot is a
cache of numbers—numbers!—collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of
amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street
analysts, lawyers and physics professors.
What these geek numbers show—no, prove—is that the
traditional yardsticks of success for players and teams are fatally flawed. Even
the box score misleads us by ignoring the crucial importance of the humble
base-on-balls. This information has been around for years, and nobody inside
Major League Baseball paid it any mind. And then came Billy Beane, General
Manager of the Oakland Athletics.
Billy paid attention to those numbers —with the
second lowest payroll in baseball at his disposal he had to—and this book
records his astonishing experiment in finding and fielding a team that nobody
else wanted. Moneyball is a roller coaster ride: before the 2002 season opens,
Oakland must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players, is
written off by just about everyone, and then comes roaring back to challenge the
American League record for consecutive wins.
In a narrative full of fabulous characters and
brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis shows us how and why the
new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale:
Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win...how can we not cheer for
David?
Lance Armstrong is one of the most talked about-
and inspirational-sports figures of all time. He was Sports Illustrated 's 2002
Sportsman of the Year-and now, after his record-shattering string of Tour de
France victories, some are proclaiming him the greatest athlete of all
time.
This is the book in which he shares his journey
through triumph, tragedy, transformation, and transcendence. It is the story of
a world-famous cyclist and his fight against cancer.
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Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned
the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year,
they’d only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or
learn to live without it. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal,
Vegetable, Miracle is an enthralling narrative that will open your eyes in a
hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.
Med School Confidential: A Complete Guide
to the Medical School Experience: By Students, for
Students
Med School Confidential uses the same chronological
format and mentor-based system that have made Law School Confidential and
Business School Confidential such treasured and popular guides. It takes the
reader step-by-step through the entire med school process--from thinking about,
applying to, and choosing a medical school and program, through the four-year
curriculum, internships, residencies, and fellowships, to choosing a speciality
and finding the perfect job.
With a foreword by Chair of the Admissions
Committee at Dartmouth Medical School Harold M. Friedman, M.D., Med School
Confidential provides what no other book currently does: a comprehensive,
chronological account of the full medical school experience.
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the
Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
A stirring account of the most influential battle
in history.
For millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at
Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. It was the battle that
countless armies tried to imitate, most notably in World Wars I and II, the
battle that obsessed legendary military minds. Yet no general ever matched
Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and brutal military victory—the
costliest day of combat for any army in history. Robert L. O’Connell, one of the
most admired names in military history, now tells the whole story of Cannae for
the first time, giving us a stirring account of this apocalyptic battle of the
Second Punic War, and its causes and consequences.
O’Connell shows how a restive Rome amassed a giant
army to punish Carthage’s masterful commander, who had dealt them deadly blows
at Trebia and Lake Trasimene, and how Hannibal outwitted enemies that
outnumbered him. O’Connell describes Hannibal’s strategy of blinding his
opponents with sun and dust, enveloping them in a deadly embrace and sealing
their escape, before launching a massive knife fight that would kill 48,000 men
in close contact. The Ghosts of Cannae then brilliantly conveys how this
disastrous pivot point in Rome’s history ultimately led to the republic’s
resurgence and the creation of its empire.
Piecing together decayed shreds of ancient
reportage, the author paints powerful portraits of the leading players:
Hannibal, resolutely sane and uncannily strategic; Varro, Rome’s co-consul who
was so scapegoated for the loss; and Scipio Africanus, the surviving (and
self-promoting) Roman military tribune who would one day pay back Hannibal at
Zama in North Africa. Finally, O’Connell reveals how Cannae’s legend has
inspired and haunted military leaders ever since, and the lessons it teaches for
our own wars.
Superbly researched and written with wit and
erudition, The Ghosts of Cannae is the definitive account of a battle whose
history continues to resonate.
Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners
for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? Why will sighted
people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their
sight? Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of
getting what they really want? Why do patients remember long medical procedures
as being less painful than short ones? Why do home sellers demand prices they
wouldn’t dream of paying if they were home buyers? Why are shoppers happier when
they can’t get refunds? Why do pigeons seem to have such excellent aim; why
can’t we remember one song while listening to another; and why does the line at
the grocery store always slow down the moment we join it?
In this brilliant, witty, and accessible book,
renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of
imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our
tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions. Vividly bringing to life the latest
scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and
behavioral economics, Gilbert reveals what scientists have discovered about the
uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict
how much we will like it when we get there. With penetrating insight and
sparkling prose, Gilbert explains why we seem to know so little about the hearts
and minds of the people we are about to become.
How to Win Every Argument: The Use and
Abuse of Logic
This is the book your friends will wish you hadn't
read, a witty and infectious guide to arguing successfully. Each entry deals
with one fallacy, explaining what the fallacy is, giving and analysing an
example, outlining when/where/why the particular fallacy tends to occur and
finally showing how you can perpetrate the fallacy on other people in order to
win an argument. Originally published to great acclaim in 1985 as "The Book of
Fallacy", this is a classic brought up-to-date for a whole new
generation.
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Temple Grandin meets Stephen Pinker in this
engaging and informative look at what goes on inside the minds of dogs—from a
cognitive scientist with a background at The New Yorker.
With more than 52 million pet dogs in America
today, it’s clear we are a nation of unabashed dog-lovers. Yet the relationship
between dogs and humans remains a fascinating mystery, as no one really knows
what goes on in the canine mind. Now, in Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz
fuses her perspectives as both scientist and dog-owner to deliver a fresh look
at the world of dogs—as seen from the animal’s point of view. Inspired by her
years of living with her own dog, Pumpernickel, who was a constant source of
delight and mystery, Horowitz’s mind became filled with questions and ideas. In
crisp, clear prose, she draws on her research in the field of dog cognition to
give readers a sense of a dog’s perceptual and cognitive abilities—and paints a
picture of what the canine experience is like. Horowitz’s own scientific
journey, and the insights she uncovered, allowed her to understand her dog
better and appreciate her more.
Containing up-to-the minute research and providing
many moments of dog-behavior recognition, this lively and absorbing book helps
dog owners to see their best friend’s behavior in a different, and revealing
light, allowing them to understand their pets and enjoy their company even
more.
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential
Detective Story
In this astonishing and profound work, an
irreverent sleuth traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world to
modern times.
Whether framed philosophically as “Why is there a
world rather than nothing at all?” or more colloquially as “But, Mommy, who made
God?” the metaphysical mystery about how we came into existence remains the most
fractious and fascinating question of all time. Following in the footsteps of
Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose, and even Stephen Hawking, Jim Holt emerges
with an engrossing narrative that traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins
of the universe. As he takes on the role of cosmological detective, the
brilliant yet slyly humorous Holt contends that we might have been too narrow in
limiting our suspects to God vs. the Big Bang. Whether interviewing a cranky
Oxford philosopher, a Physics Nobel Laureate, or a French Buddhist monk, Holt
pursues unexplored and often bizarre angles to this cosmic puzzle. The result is
a brilliant synthesis of cosmology, mathematics, and physics—one that propels
his own work to the level of philosophy itself.
No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress,
High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days
Chris Baty, motivator extraordinaire and instigator
of a wildly successful writing revolution, spells out the secrets of writingand
finishinga novel. Every fall, thousands of people sign up for National Novel
Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which Baty founded, determined to (a) write that
novel or (b) finish that novel inkid you not30 days. Now Baty puts pen to paper
himself to share the secrets of success. With week-specific overviews, pep
"talks," and essential survival tips for today's word warriors, this
results-oriented, quick-fix strategy is perfect for people who want to nurture
their inner artist and then hit print! Anecdotes and success stories from
NaNoWriMo winners will inspire writers from the heralding you-can-do-it trumpet
blasts of day one to the champagne toasts of day thirty. Whether it's a resource
for those taking part in the official NaNo WriMo event, or a stand-alone
handbook for writing to come, No Plot? No Problem! is the ultimate guide for
would-be writers (or those with writer's block) to cultivate their creative
selves.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The
Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of
Medieval Europe
The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in
the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in
maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe.
Every year millions of Americans celebrate St.
Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick
was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring
Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that
would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints
and scholars" -- and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being
overrun by barbarians.
In this entertaining and compelling narrative,
Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of
Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken
place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western
civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and
Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost --
they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task.
As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the
liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the
seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland
that they were germinated.
In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant
Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about
but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it
conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of
the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning
of Things
What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper
that’s ever come into his home? What compulsions drive a woman like Irene, whose
hoarding cost her her marriage? Or Ralph, whose imagined uses for castoff items
like leaky old buckets almost lost him his house? Or Jerry and Alvin, wealthy
twin bachelors who filled up matching luxury apartments with countless pieces of
fine art, not even leaving themselves room to sleep?
Randy Frost and Gail Steketee were the first to
study hoarding when they began their work a decade ago; they expected to find a
few sufferers but ended up treating hundreds of patients and fielding thousands
of calls from the families of others. Now they explore the compulsion through a
series of compelling case studies in the vein of Oliver Sacks.With vivid
portraits that show us the traits by which you can identify a hoarder—piles on
sofas and beds that make the furniture useless, houses that can be navigated
only by following small paths called goat trails, vast piles of paper that the
hoarders “churn” but never discard, even collections of animals and
garbage—Frost and Steketee explain the causes and outline the often ineffective
treatments for the disorder.They also illuminate the pull that possessions exert
on all of us. Whether we’re savers, collectors, or compulsive cleaners, none of
us is free of the impulses that drive hoarders to the extremes in which they
live.
For the six million sufferers, their relatives and
friends, and all the rest of us with complicated relationships to our things,
Stuff answers the question of what happens when our stuff starts to own
us.
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In his first book, Tony Hsieh - the hip,
iconoclastic, and widely-admired CEO of Zappos, the online shoe retailer
explains how he created a corporate culture with a commitment to service that
aims to improve the lives of its employees, customers, vendors, and backers.
Using anecdotes and stories from his own life experiences, and from other
companies, Hsieh provides concrete ways that companies can achieve unprecedented
success. He details many of the unique practices at Zappos, such as their
philosophy of allocating marketing money into the customer experience, the
importance of Zappos's Core Values ("Deliver WOW through Service"), and the
reason why Zappos's number one priority is company culture and his belief that
once you get the culture right, everything else - great customer service,
long-term branding - will happen on its own. Finally, Delivering Happiness
explains how Zappos employees actually apply the Core Values to improving their
lives outside of work, proving that creating happiness and record results go
hand-in-hand.
Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published
three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an
obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game
consoles, playing titles such as Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, and Oblivion
for, literally, days. If you are reading this flap copy, the same thing can
probably be said of you, or of someone you know.
Until recently, Bissell was somewhat reluctant to
admit to his passion for games. In this, he is not alone. Millions of adults
spend hours every week playing video games, and the industry itself now reliably
outearns Hollywood. But the wider culture seems to regard video games as, at
best, well designed if mindless entertainment.
Extra Lives is an impassioned defense of this
assailed and misunderstood art form. Bissell argues that we are in a golden age
of gaming—but he also believes games could be even better. He offers a
fascinating and often hilarious critique of the ways video games dazzle and,
just as often, frustrate. Along the way, we get firsthand portraits of some of
the best minds (Jonathan Blow, Clint Hocking, Cliff Bleszinski, Peter Molyneux)
at work in video game design today, as well as a shattering and deeply moving
final chapter that describes, in searing detail, Bissell’s descent into the
world of Grand Theft Auto IV, a game whose themes mirror his own increasingly
self-destructive compulsions.
Blending memoir, criticism, and first-rate
reportage, Extra Lives is like no other book on the subject ever published.
Whether you love video games, loathe video games, or are merely curious about
why they are becoming the dominant popular art form of our time, Extra Lives is
required reading.
If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be
you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative new book, the
renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious
brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to the
brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do you hear
your name being mentioned in a conversation that you didn’t think you were
listening to? What do Ulysses and the credit crunch have in common? Why did
Thomas Edison electrocute an elephant in 1916? Why are people whose names begin
with J more likely to marry other people whose names begin with J? Why is it so
difficult to keep a secret? And how is it possible to get angry at yourself—who,
exactly, is mad at whom?
Taking in brain damage, plane spotting, dating,
drugs, beauty, infidelity, synesthesia, criminal law, artificial intelligence,
and visual illusions, Incognito is a thrilling subsurface exploration of the
mind and all its contradictions.
The Food Matters Cookbook: 500
Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living
From the award-winning champion of conscious eating
and author of the bestselling Food Matters comes The Food Matters Cookbook,
offering the most comprehensive and straightforward ideas yet for cooking easy,
delicious foods that are as good for you as they are for the
planet.
The Food Matters Cookbook is the essential
encyclopedia and guidebook to responsible eating, with more than 500 recipes
that capture Bittman’s typically relaxed approach to everything in the kitchen.
There is no finger-wagging here, just a no-nonsense and highly flexible case for
eating more plants while cutting back on animal products, processed food, and of
course junk. But for Bittman, flipping the ratio of your diet to something more
virtuous and better for your body doesn’t involve avoiding any foods—indeed,
there is no sacrifice here. Since his own health prompted him to change his
diet, Bittman has perfected cooking tasty, creative, and forward-thinking dishes
based on vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Meat and other animal products
are often included—but no longer as the centerpiece. In fact the majority of
these recipes include fish, poultry, meat, eggs, or dairy, using them for their
flavor, texture, and satisfying nature without depending on them for bulk.
Roasted Pork Shoulder with Potatoes, Apples, and Onions and Linguine with Cherry
Tomatoes and Clams are perfect examples. Many sound downright decadent: Pasta
with Asparagus, Bacon, and Egg; Stuffed Pizza with Broccoli, White Beans, and
Sausage; or Roasted Butternut Chowder with Apples and Bacon, for
example.
There are vegetarian recipes, too, and they have
flair without being complicated—recipes like Beet Tartare, Lentil "Caviar" with
All the Trimmings, Radish-Walnut Tea Sandwiches, and Succotash Salad. Bittman is
a firm believer in snacking, but in the right way. Instead of packaged cookies
or greasy chips, Bittman suggests Seasoned Popcorn with Grated Parmesan or Fruit
and Cereal Bites. Nor does he skimp on desserts; rather, he focuses on fruit,
good-quality chocolate, nuts, and whole-grain flours, using minimal amounts of
eggs, butter, and other fats. That allows for a whole chapter devoted to sweets,
including Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies, Apricot Polenta Cake, Brownie Cake,
and Coconut Tart with Chocolate Smear.
True to the fuss-free style that has made him
famous, Bittman offers plenty of variations and substitutions that let you take
advantage of foods that are in season—or those that just happen to be in the
fridge. A quick-but-complete rundown on ingredients tells you how to find
sustainable and flavorful meat and shop for dairy products, grains, and
vegetables without wasting money on fancy organic labels. He indicates which
recipes you can make ahead, those that are sure to become pantry staples, and
which ones can be put together in a flash. And because Bittman is always
comprehensive, he makes sure to include the building-block recipes for the
basics of home cooking: from fast stocks, roasted garlic, pizza dough, and
granola to pots of cooked rice and beans and whole-grain quick
breads.
With a tone that is easygoing and non-doctrinaire,
Bittman demonstrates the satisfaction and pleasure in mindful eating. The result
is not just better health for you, but for the world we all share.
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live
Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering
the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University
guest lecturer, he might answer:
“I race motorcycles in Europe.” “I ski in the
Andes.” “I scuba dive in Panama.” “I dance tango in Buenos
Aires.”
He has spent more than five years learning the
secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the
“deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies—time and
mobility—to create luxury lifestyles in the here and now.
Whether you are an overworked employee or an
entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new
and revolutionary world. Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:
- How to outsource your life to overseas virtual
assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want - How blue-chip escape
artists travel the world without quitting their jobs - How to eliminate 50%
of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian
economist - How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent
"mini-retirements" - What the crucial difference is between absolute and
relative income - How to train your boss to value performance over presence,
or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair - What automated
cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks - How to
cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet -
What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are - How to get free
housing worldwide and airfare at 50–80% off - How to fill the void and create
a meaningful life after removing work and the office
You can have it all—really.
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The history of the birth of Australia which came
out of the suffereing and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation
system. With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps.
The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to
Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success
ISBN: 1582979952 | 2010 | EPUB | 208 pages | 1
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Take Control of Your Writing Life!
The creative process can be treacherous, even for
the most experienced writer. Facing the blank page, staying inspired, sustaining
momentum, managing competing priorities and coping with rejection are just a few
of the challenges writers face regularly.
The Productive Writer is your guide to learning the
systems, strategies and psychology that can help you transform possibilities
into probabilities in your writing life. You'll sharpen your productivity pencil
by learning how to:
Set clear goals—and achieve them Create a
writing schedule that really works Discover what keeps you writing, revising,
and submitting Carve out writing time amidst the demands of work and
family Weed out habits and attitudes that are not serving you Organize
your thinking, workspace, papers and files Increase your odds of publication
and prosperity Use social media to build an author platform Get
comfortable going public and promoting your writing Create a sustainable
writing rhythm and lifestyle Accomplish what matters most to you
Create the writing life you most desire. The
Productive Writer will help take you there.
On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror
Writers Association
The masters of horror have united to teach you the
secrets of success in the scariest genre of all!
In On Writing Horror, Second Edition, Stephen King,
Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum, and many others
tell you everything you need to know to successfully write and publish horror
novels and short stories.
Edited by the Horror Writers Association (HWA), a
worldwide organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to
promoting dark literature, On Writing Horror includes exclusive information and
guidance from 58 of the biggest names in horror writing to give you the
inspiration you need to start scaring and exciting readers and editors. You'll
discover comprehensive instruction such as:
The art of crafting visceral violence, from Jack
Ketchum Why horror classics like Dracula, The Exorcist, and Hell House are as
scary as ever, from Robert Weinberg Tips for avoiding one of the biggest
death knells in horror writing—predicable cliches—from Ramsey Campbell How to
use character and setting to stretch the limits of credibility, from Mort
Castle
With On Writing Horror, you can unlock the mystery
surrounding classic horror traditions, revel in the art and craft of writing
horror, and find out exactly where the genre is going next. Learn from the best,
and you could be the next best-selling author keeping readers up all night
long.
The Urban Hen: A Practical Guide to Keeping
Poultry in a Town or City
ISBN: 190586227X | 2009 | EPUB | 163 pages | 2
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Thousands of backyard poultry keepers are signing
up all over the country, experiencing afresh the joys of their first hen, their
first egg, their happy chuckle in the morning garden. Keeping poultry in the
city brings with it not only joys but responsibilities. "The Urban Hen" is the
perfect companion for the city poultry keeper and shows you how to maintain a
happy, healthy garden or backyard flock in towns and cities everywhere. In this
book you'll discover how to: find the best poultry for the small garden - and
how to house them properly; feed your birds, tune in to their daily needs and
enjoy your own eggs; avoid annoying the neighbours by showing that it is
possible to keep poultry without attracting unwelcome pests; recognise healthy
happy birds and learn their daily routine; recognise poorly hens; treat them or
get help; and, incubate and care for fertilised eggs and raise
chicks.
Michel Thomas survived French concentration and
slave labour camps, endured interrogation and torture and after the war became a
Nazi-hunter, capturing important war criminals. It was through these remarkable
and terrifying experiences that Thomas came to develop his revolutionary
language learning system - a system that is currently taking the world by storm.
This is his remarkable story, told by his friend and biographer Chrsistopher
Robbins.
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The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment
and the Quest to Climb Annapurna - the World's Deadliest
Peak
ISBN: 0307720438 | 2011 | EPUB | 304 pages | 2
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As a high school student, Ed Viesturs read and was
captivated by the French climber Maurice Herzog's famous and grisly account of
the first ascent of Annapurna in 1950. When he began his own campaign to climb
the world's 14 highest peaks in the late 1980s, Viesturs looked forward with
trepidation to undertaking Annapurna himself. Two failures to summit in 2000 and
2002 made Annapurna his nemesis. His successful 2005 ascent was the triumphant
capstone of his climbing quest.
In The Will to Climb Viesturs and co-author David
Roberts bring the extraordinary challenges of Annapurna to vivid life through
edge-of-your-seat accounts of the greatest climbs in the mountain’s history, and
of his own failed attempts and eventual success. In the process Viesturs ponders
what Annapurna reveals about some of our most fundamental moral and spiritual
questions--questions, he believes, that we need to answer to lead our lives
well.
The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest
Classical Recordings: The Must-Have CDs and DVDs
ISBN: 0241955947 | 2011 | EPUB | 464 pages | 2
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This completely new edition of The Penguin Guide to
the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings reviews the best classical albums issued
and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalog
because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More
comprehensive than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, DVD, and
enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. If you want the finest
available version of any major classical album, you will find it listed and
assessed in these pages.
Beyond the Coral Sea: Travels in the Old
Empires of the South-West Pacific
East of Java, west of Tahiti and north of the Cape
York peninsula of Australia lie the unknown paradise islands of the Coral,
Solomon and Bismarck Seas. They were perhaps the last inhabited place on earth
to be explored by Europeans, and even today many remain largely unspoilt,
despite the former presence of German, British and even Australian colonial
rulers. Michael Moran, a veteran traveller, begins his journey on the island of
Samarai, historic gateway to the old British Protectorate, as the guest of the
benign grandson of a cannibal.
He explores the former capitals of German New
Guinea and headquarters of the disastrous New Guinea Compagnie, its
administrators decimated by malaria and murder. He travels along the
inaccessible Rai Coast through the Archipelago of Contented Men, following in
the footsteps of the great Russian explorer 'Baron' Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay. The
historic anthropological work of Bronislaw Malinowski guides him through the
seductive labyrinth of the Trobriand 'Islands of Love' and the erotic dances of
the yam festival. Darkly humorous characters, both historical and contemporary,
spring vividly to life as the author steers the reader through the richly
fascinating cultures of Melanesia. 'Beyond the Coral Sea' is a captivating
voyage of unusual brilliance and a memorable evocation of a region which has
been little written about during the past century.
Who I Am: A Memoir
ISBN: 0062127241 | 2012 | EPUB | 544 pages | 2
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From the voice of a generation: The most highly
anticipated autobiography of the year, and the story of a man who... is a
Londoner and a Mod.... wanted The Who to be called The Hair.... loved The Everly
Brothers, but not that "drawling dope" Elvis.... wanted to be a sculptor, a
journalist, a dancer and a graphic designer.... became a musician, composer,
librettist, fiction writer, literary editor, sailor.... smashed his first guitar
onstage, in 1964, by accident.... heard the voice of God on a vibrating bed in
rural Illinois.... invented the Marshall stack, feedback and the concept
album.... once speared Abbie Hoffman in the neck with the head of his guitar....
inspired Jimi Hendrix's pyrotechnical stagecraft.... is partially deaf in his
left ear.... stole his windmill guitar playing from Keith Richards.... followed
Keith Moon off a hotel balcony into a pool and nearly died.... did too much
cocaine and nearly died.... drank too much and nearly died.... detached from his
body in an airplane, on LSD, and nearly died.... helped rescue Eric Clapton from
heroin.... is banned for life from Holiday Inns.... was embroiled in a tabloid
scandal that has dogged him ever since.... has some explaining to do.... is the
most literary and literate musician of the last 50 years.... planned to write
his memoir when he was 21.... published this book at 67.
In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not
a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher
Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite
reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is
a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our
origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a
more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by
the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning
bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.
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The Krays: gangsters, extortionists, murderers,
celebrities. John Pearson's "The Profession of Violence", the groundbreaking and
bestselling official biography of the Kray twins, was penned more than forty
years ago and sparked off in the author and the country at large an obsession
with the notorious pair. Ron died in 1995. Reg followed him five years later,
and both of their funerals drew crowds on a scale unknown for film stars, let
alone for two departed murderers. Since then public fascination with the twins
has never flagged and people still refer to them like popular celebrities. Why?
This is the question Pearson asked himself, and over the past three years he has
been re-examining their history, unearthing much previously unknown material
which sheds new light on the deadly duo. "Notorious" re-examines their tortured
and utterly unique relationship as identical twins, reveals a new and
unsuspected murders and sheds fresh light on the killings of George Cornell and
Jack 'the Hat' McVitie. And most riveting of all are the revelations of how Ron
Kray caused a major sex scandal in which a prime minister condoned the most
outrageous establishment cover-up in British politics since the war. "Notorious"
contains many more surprises and confirms the Kray twins' status as Britain's
most notorious criminals.
Murder in the Vatican: The CIA and the
Bolshevik Pontiff
ISBN: 1449023053 | 2010 | EPUB | 416 pages | 2
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"A monumental work of twentieth century capitalism
as it was jointly embraced by the Vatican and the United States and those caught
up in it. Top-shelf CIA-Vatican intrigue." T. Francis Elliott, London
Times._____ Driven by Paul VI's edicts 'Populorum Progressio' and 'Liberation
Theology,' there were two fronts on which the CIA was confronted by communism as
a democratic society-Italy and Central America. If Italy fell to communism, all
of Europe would surely follow. If Central America fell to communism, all of
Latin America would surely follow. It was in these parts of the world communism
was raising its head as the will of the people that was so dangerous to the
United States and its capitalistic allies. Henry Kissinger sounded the alarm,
"Domination by Moscow is not the issue. Communist control of Italy and Central
America is the issue. It would have terrible consequences for the United States
and it is the number one threat to its national security." On the afternoon of
March 13, 1978, fifteen men sat around a table in a sidewalk cafe in a remote
mountain village in northern Italy. In casual clothes, they went unnoticed,
though one was the reigning Pontiff, and another Aldo Moro, and the others
ranking cardinals of poverty stricken countries who comprised the leadership of
the Marxist movement in the Church and the western world. They left at four
o'clock. Aldo reserved the table "for this time next year." On March 13, 1979,
Cardinals Benelli and Felici decided not to travel to Vittorio Veneto that day.
After all, all the others were dead. They, themselves, unaware of their
impending doom, were, too, as good as dead. _____ "One beautiful life...explodes
into a trail of death and destruction in the Roman Catholic Church." Howard
Jason Smith, Boston Globe.
Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies
of the World's Most Successful Businesses
For thirty years, Gary Shapiro has observed the
world's most innovative businesses from his front-row seat as leader of the
Consumer Electronics Association. Now he reveals the ten secrets of "ninja
innovators" like Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and many others.
What does it take to succeed? Discipline.
Mission-oriented strategy. Adaptability. Decisiveness. And a will for victory.
In short, today's most successful businesses are "ninja innovators." Drawn from
Gary Shapiro's three decades of experience leading the consumer electronics
industry, Ninja Innovation takes readers behind the scenes of today's top
enterprises, uncovering their ten essential strategies for success.
As head of the Consumer Electronics Association and
its influential annual trade show, the International CES, Shapiro has worked
with the most innovative companies in history—Intel, IBM, and Samsung, to name a
few—focusing on creating policies and events that produce revolutionary products
year after year. He has learned the key strategies that have guided these
businesses to record-breaking profits, as well as the traps that have led so
many others to crushing failure.
In order to stay in front of the pace of
innovation, Shapiro observes, top companies must operate as an elite strike
force—just like the legendary medieval warriors known as ninjas. Ninjas weren't
called upon to do the ordinary; they had to perform truly extraordinary tasks,
while risking everything. As a highly trained martial-arts black belt himself,
Shapiro mines the valuable insights of these centuries-old warriors to spotlight
the secrets of agility, creativity, decisiveness, and reinvention that are
essential for twenty-first-century leaders seeking breakthrough
success.
Taking readers inside the most cutting-edge
businesses, Ninja Innovation is the ultimate guide to achieving victory in
today's innovate-or-die economy.
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the
Missing Agents of WWII
ISBN: 0307487476 | 2005 | EPUB | 496 pages | 1
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From an award-winning journalist comes this
real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premiere secret
agents during World War II.
As the head of the French Section of the British
Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored
special operatives whose job was to organize and arm the resistance in
Nazi-occupied France. After the war, Atkins courageously committed herself to a
dangerous search for twelve of her most cherished women spies who had gone
missing in action. Drawing on previously unavailable sources, Sarah Helm
chronicles Atkins’s extraordinary life and her singular journey through the
chaos of post-war Europe. Brimming with intrigue, heroics, honor, and the
horrors of war, A Life in Secrets is the story of a grand, elusive woman and a
tour de force of investigative journalism.
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin
American Journey
The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly
entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller.
This new, expanded edition features exclusive, unpublished photos taken by the
23-year-old Ernesto on his journey across a continent, and a tender preface by
Aleida Guevara, offering an insightful perspective on the man and the
icon.
“A journey, a number of journeys. Ernesto Guevara
in search of adventure, Ernesto Guevara in search of America, Ernesto Guevara in
search of Che. On this journey of journeys, solitude found solidarity, ‘I’
turned into ‘we’.” —Eduardo Galeano
“When I read these notes for the first time, I was
quite young myself and I immediately identified with this man who narrated his
adventures in such a spontaneous manner… To tell you the truth, the more I read,
the more I was in love with the boy my father had been…” —Aleida
Guevara
“Our film is about a young man, Che, falling in
love with a continent and finding his place in it.” —Walter Salles, director of
“The Motorcycle Diaries.”
“As his journey progresses, Guevara’s voice seems
to deepen, to darken, colored by what he witnesses in his travels. He is still
poetic, but now he comments on what he sees, though still poetically, with a new
awareness of the social and political ramifications of what’s going on around
him.”—January Magazine
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Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile
Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
English | 2006-04-11 | ISBN: 0060846739, 0061185159
| 336 pages | PDF | 4 MB
In this follow-up to her bestselling Sex with
Kings, Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what goes on behind the closed
door of a queen's boudoir. Impeccably researched, filled with page-turning
romance, passion, and scandal, Sex with the Queen explores the scintillating
sexual lives of some of our most beloved and infamous female
rulers.
She was the queen, living in an opulent palace,
wearing lavish gowns and dazzling jewels. She was envied, admired, and revered.
She was also miserable, having been forced to marry a foreign prince sight
unseen, a royal ogre who was sadistic, foaming at the mouth, physically
repulsive, mentally incompetent, or sexually impotent—and in some cases all of
the above.
How did queens find happiness? In courts bristling
with testosterone—swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile
cardinals—many royal women had love affairs.
-Anne Boleyn flirted with courtiers; Catherine
Howard slept with one. Henry VIII had both of them beheaded.
-Catherine the Great had her idiot husband
murdered, and ruled the Russian empire with a long list of sexy young
favorites.
-Marie Antoinette fell in love with the handsome
Swedish count Axel Fersen, who tried valiantly to rescue her from the
guillotine.
-Empress Alexandra of Russia found emotional solace
in the mad monk Rasputin. Her behavior was the spark that set off the firestorm
of the Russian revolution.
-Princess Diana gave up her palace bodyguard to
enjoy countless love affairs, which tragically led to her early
death.
When a queen became sick to death of her husband
and took a lover, anything could happen—from disgrace and death to political
victory. Some kings imprisoned erring wives for life; other monarchs obligingly
named the queen's lover prime minister.
The crucial factor deciding the fate of an
unfaithful queen was the love affair's implications in terms of power, money,
and factional rivalry. At European courts, it was the politics—not the sex—that
caused a royal woman's tragedy—or her ultimate triumph.
I Can Do That! Woodworking Projects: 17
quality furniture projects that require minimal tools and
experience
I Can Do That! Woodworking Projects shows the
absolute beginner how to create twenty quality furniture projects with a modest
kit of tools in less than two days of shop time while using only materials that
are available at any home center. The enclosed tool manual explains all the
tools and shows the reader how to perform the basic operations in a step-by-step
format. By replacing much of the complicated joinery common in woodworking with
mechanical fasteners (biscuits and pocket screws) the learning curve is greatly
reduced, but the quality and appearance of the project remains intact. Projects
include storage benches, shelving, chairs, coffee and end tables and
more.
The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value
in America
English | ISBN: 0520270177, 0520270185 | edition
2012 | PDF | 322 pages | 4.1 MB
Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather
Paxson's beautifully written anthropological study of American artisanal
cheesemaking tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of
cultural and economic value for producers as well as consumers. Dairy farmers
and artisans inhabit a world in which their colleagues and collaborators are a
wild cast of characters, including plants, animals, microorganisms, family
members, employees, and customers. As "unfinished" commodities, living products
whose qualities are not fully settled, handmade cheeses embody a mix of new and
old ideas about taste and value. By exploring the life of cheese, Paxson helps
rethink the politics of food, land, and labor today.
Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible
Crops
Growing food sustainably is becoming more and more important in the light
of our changing climate. Forest gardening is a way of working with nature that
is not only productive and requires minimal maintenance, but also has great
environmental benefits. A forest garden is a managed ecosystem modelled on the
stucture of young natural woodland, with a diversity of crops grown in different
vertical layers. Unlike in a conventional garden, nature does most of the work
for you.
Creating a Forest Garden tells you everything you need to know - whether
you want to plant a small area in your back garden or develop a larger plot. It
includes advice on planning, design (using permaculture principles), planting
and maintenance, and a comprehensive directory of over 450 trees, shrubs,
herbaceous perennials, herbs, annuals, root crops and climbers - almost all of
them edible and many very unusual.
As well as more conventional plants you can grow your own Nepalese
raspberries, chokeberries, goji berries, almonds and hops-while creating a
beautiful environment that benefits both you and the ecosystem. Forest gardens
offer one solution for a long-term, sustainable way of growing food without
compromising soil quality, food quality or biodiversity.
Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery’s life,
and has put together a comprehensive and penetrating picture of this Canadian
literary icon, all set in rich social context. Extensive interviews with people
who knew Montgomery – her son, maids, friends, relatives, all now deceased – are
only part of the material gathered in a journey to understand Montgomery that
took Rubio to Poland and the highlands of Scotland.
From Montgomery’s apparently idyllic childhood in Prince Edward Island to
her passion-filled adolescence and young adulthood, to her legal fights as
world-famous author, to her shattering experiences with motherhood and as wife
to a deeply troubled man, this fascinating, intimate narrative of her life will
engage and delight.
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Bold. Majestic. Storied. Texas. The Lone Star State has many traditions,
among them its homegrown cuisine, which Texans have always been justly proud of,
and which has been gaining followers--and respect--all over the country. The
Reata restaurants have an honored place in this emerging culinary story. Reata:
Legendary Texas Cuisine tells the tale of one American family that, against the
breathtaking backdrop of Texas, took risks, worked hard, and dreamed big.
Today the pride of the Micallef family are its two Reata restaurants, the
original location in the tiny West Texas town of Alpine, and its much larger
sibling in Fort Worth. Reata pays homage to America’s cowboys and the values
they have come to symbolize by promoting the traditional ideals of integrity,
generosity, and hospitality with an easy ambience, exciting dishes, and
exceptional service.
The Reata menus combine familiar Texas fare with fresh culinary trends,
including signature favorites, like the pepper-crusted tenderloin, the golden
chicken-fried steaks, and the tenderloin tamales. Adventurous cooks will want to
try the buffalo rib eye and the smoked quail, as well as some of the more
surprising pairings, such as the boar ribs with a Thai-inspired spicy peanut
dipping sauce. And no Reata cookbook would be complete without the fiery
jalapeno cheese grits or the unrivaled “Giant” onion rings.
So if you can’t drop by one of the restaurants and set a spell, Reata:
Legendary Texas Cuisine will give you a taste of Reata that’s as big and bold as
the state of Texas itself.
The prevalence of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity among millions of
adults and children has created the need for gluten-free recipes that are as
nutritious and tasty as their traditional counterparts. Popular food blogger
Elana Amsterdam offers ninety-nine family-friendly classics--from Pancakes to
Eggplant Parmesan to Chocolate Cake--that feature her gluten-free ingredient of
choice, almond flour. Because these recipes are low glycemic, low in cholesterol
and dairy, and high in protein and fiber, they are also ideal for people with
diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol.
So whether you’re looking for a quick breakfast treat, a comfort food
entrée, or a showstopping dessert, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook proves
that gluten-free cooking can mean healthy eating for everyone.
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