6/28/2023 0 Comments The unbound victoria schwab![]() ![]() ![]() Can Mackenzie untangle the mystery before she herself unravels? Read more And unless Mac can track down the real culprit, she'll lose everything, not only her role as Keeper, but her memories, and even her life. She's sure the Archive knows more than they are letting on, but before she can prove it, she becomes the prime suspect. Meanwhile, people are vanishing without a trace, and the only thing they seem to have in common is Mackenzie. She knows the past is past, knows it cannot hurt her, but it feels so real, and when her nightmares begin to creep into her waking hours, she starts to wonder if she's really safe. But moving on isn't easy - not when her dreams are haunted by what happened. Now, as she starts her junior year at Hyde School, she's struggling to get her life back. Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one. ![]() The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.Įach body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. ![]()
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6/28/2023 0 Comments Quartered safe out here![]() ![]() He also had to deal with the problems of malaria, 15-inch long poisonous centipedes, “spiders the size of plates,” typhus, jungle sores on his wrists and ankles, dysentery, and leeches attaching themselves to his person when he waded through rivers.įraser undoubtedly correctly saw Burma as, along with the RAF’s Bomber Command, “the worst ticket you could draw in the lottery of active service” in the British Army in World War II. ![]() ![]() He was lying to his parents there was nothing safe about his time fighting in the Burmese jungles, and nor was this just because of the Japanese. He is most famous for his superb “Flashman” series of novels set in the Victorian Empire, but his wartime autobiography, Quartered Safe Out Here-the title taken from a telegram he sent his parents-is his masterpiece. George MacDonald Fraser fought in the 17 th (Black Cat) Indian Division of the 14 th Army during the siege of Meiktila and the battle of Pyawbwe in Burma during World War II. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Jenny odell how to do nothing![]() If I could understand the rhythms of those wayward hours-the deep sleep, the REM sleep, the stretches of enervating wakefulness-maybe I could improve the rest, and with that, my life overall. ![]() I’d been sleeping badly quantifying the badness, I thought, might be the first step toward fixing it. I got the “smart” version of one as a gift over the holidays, and I thought of it, at first, as a way to add some order to a stretch of time that felt out of control. ![]() And some of those times, I find myself wondering, as I stay in the chair, What exactly am I defying? Sometimes I find myself refusing to heed, in an act of petty rebellion. The screen sends the same reminder-cheery, vaguely judgy-several times a day. ![]() The tiny computer strapped around it lights up with a message, rendered in lilac-blue: I am sitting, the watch informs me. This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() HathawayBook 2: The Stable Master's Son by Mindy Burbidge StrunkBook 3: In Pursuit of the Painter by Ashtyn NewboldBook 4: An Agreeable Alliance by Kasey StocktonBook 5: The Highwayman's Letter by Martha Keyes. ![]() Although this working class romance is a stand-alone novel, the books are best enjoyed when read in order.Book 1: Carving for Miss Coventry by Deborah M. But what can Rebecca do when she finds herself falling in love with the man behind the letters, and he doesn't know it's her?Sons of Somerset: A Clean Regency Romance SeriesCan five working class men find love on the job?This is the fourth book in the clean Regency romance Sons of Somserset series. Looking for books by Kasey Stockton See all books authored by Kasey Stockton, including The Jewels of Halstead Manor, and An Agreeable Alliance: A Regency. Cooper's help, so when Alicia refuses to write back to the doctor, Rebecca takes matters into her own hands. Fortunately, her cousin Rebecca can help.Finding themselves each in need of something that the other person can procure, Rebecca and Jared strike a bargain: he agrees to tend to her ailing mother at no charge on the condition that Rebecca discreetly passes his letters to her mourning cousin. He's smitten, but she's in mourning and thus unavailable for a time. ![]() Jared Cooper was unsure he could ever love again until he laid eyes on Rebecca's cousin-the incomparable Miss Alicia. Rebecca Turner traveled to Bath on the faint hope of finding a cure for her ailing mother-but with very little money to pay for it. We're sorry this specific copy is no longer available. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments The midnight library author![]() She quit swimming although she had Olympic potential she quit her band right after they signed a record deal and she even called off her engagement two days before the wedding. Nora is a 35-year-old Brit who appears to be someone who never maximized her great potential, instead walking away from promising opportunities. Let’s begin with a quick Midnight Library summary: ![]() (This in no way affects the honesty of my reviews!) All commissions will be donated to the ALS Association. As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission, at no additional cost to you, from qualifying purchases. ![]() This post may contain Amazon Affiliate links. ![]() The Midnight Library is a life-affirming science fiction novel that follows Nora Seed as she lives a multitude of alternate lives while in her “root” life she hovers between life and death following a suicide attempt. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect for sharing at home or in the classroom. Resources in the back include an author's note and a bibliography listing additional sources for readers who want to find out more. Readers will be inspired by Mandela's triumph and his lifelong quest to create a more just world. Mandela believed in equality for all people, no matter the color of their skin. It is the story of a young boy's determination to change South Africa, and of the struggles of a man who eventually became the president of his country. 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This stunning picture book biography of Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson is a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor award. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments A letter to young poet![]() ![]() Three years after Rilke’s death, Kappus assembled and published the letters titled, Letters to a Young Poet ( Briefe an einen jungen Dichter) in 1929. ![]() Drawing on the contemporaneous theories of Sigmund Freud, his work often focuses on an individual’s yearning for communion with the innermost self, written at a time when mankind was plagued with nihilistic and chaotic interpretations of the world.Īnd thus, his correspondence with Kappus, one that lasted between 19, would crystallize Rilke’s aesthetic and philosophical sensibilities over the course of ten letters, with advice ranging from loneliness, sexuality, Nature and the need to trust one’s own inner judgement. Rilke (4th December 1875–29th December 1926) was one of the most significant poets in the German language. He decided to send them to an alumnus of the academy, the Austrian poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. “When a truly great and unique spirit speaks,ĪT THE TURN of the last century, a 19-year-old student at the Military Academy of Vienna, named Franz Xaver Kappus, wanted career advice on his impending secondment to the armed forces, as well as a literary critique on a handful of poems he had recently composed. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Rabbit is rich john updike![]() ![]() Refracted through the dictator’s fevered narration, the story that unfolds is a biting satire of the inescapable culture of the country Ellelloû both loves and loathes: “America, that fountainhead of obscenity and glut.” In 1978, Updike embarked on a surprising departure with The Coup, a riotous novel set in sub-Saharan Africa, “a lengthy monologue,” as an admiring Joyce Carol Oates observed, “that really is a coup of sorts.” In the landlocked nation of Kush, a former French colony suffering a punishing drought, the American-educated Colonel Hakim Félix Ellelloû deposes the country’s monarch and installs himself as leader. This third volume in Library of America’s five-volume edition of John Updike’s selected novels brings together one of his great masterpieces, Rabbit Is Rich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and two wickedly funny novels that capture the changed realms of sex, politics, and family in the aftermath of the 1960s. Save $75 when you purchase the five-volume set of John Updike’s novels. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Mitchell albala paintings![]() Explore this special type of compositional study, which identifies the underlying shapes and patterns of a composition. What are the three aspects of color contrast that guide a painting's strategy? Written by celebrated landscape artist, instructor, and author Mitchell Albala, this richly informative and beautifully illustrated volume leads you step by step through his approach to the genre, from establishing a composition using basic shapes to applying time-tested color strategies, with all-new lessons, practical exercises, and special topics, including: ![]() The Landscape Painter's Workbook is the definitive hands-on guide to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting. The Landscape Painter's Workbook takes a modern approach to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting, from accomplished artist, veteran art instructor, and established author Mitchell Albala. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Dating you hating you review![]() ![]() But that's not enough to keep Evie and Carter on good terms. She is clearly the more experienced one, but Brad continues focusing on her one failure, never mind that every agent has had failures, and treating her like more of an assistant than an actual agent. Now that she's in direct competition with a man for her job, it's even more glaring. Even worse, their horrid boss Brad tells them he won't ultimately be able to keep them both, so now they're basically pitted against each other in a fight to keep a job.īrad was with Evie's company before the merge so she's very familiar with his ways - his misogynistic, jerkbag ways. Then, without warning, their companies have merged and they are now coworkers. Nevertheless, they can't keep their eyes (and hands) off each other, so they go for it. One person like that in a relationship is bad enough, but both of them? They'd never see each other. They work constantly and are always at the beck and call of their clients. They both hesitate, because dating another agent is potentially horrible. ![]() Evie and Carter are Hollywood talent agents, who meet by chance at a party and are very attracted to each other. ![]() |