![]() ![]() “A farm doesn’t really seem like your thing.” The perfect place to get the hell out of town and not bump into anyone I knew. ![]() The client was a small family farm focused on sustainable agriculture. I’d just volunteered to take over a new account that involved a few days of travel, a lot of research, and not much money. “Are you sure you want to take this on right now?” Jaime reached across my desk and handed me the client file, her expression doubtful. I’d already met the love of my life I’d known her since we were kids. Every goddamn time I took another breath meant I was moving on.Īnd as for getting over her, it would never happen, so he could parade an endless supply of hot women in front of me, but it would just be a waste of time. Every morning I got out of bed meant I was moving on. Not trying to move on? Every fucking day I got through meant I was moving on. “Fuck you, Brad,” I’d replied, taking off with long, fast strides that left him in the dust. “Come on, man,” he’d said again last week as we jogged together down one of the dirt roads that bordered our forty-six acre farm. ![]()
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![]() Mental illness and religious fanaticism percolated through Maud’s maternal lines back to an ancestor accused of being a witch in Puritan-era Massachusetts. Her mother’s grandfather killed a man with a hay hook and died in an institution. Her mother’s father, who came of age in Texas during the Great Depression, was said to have married thirteen times and been shot by one of his wives. Maud Newton’s ancestors have vexed and fascinated her since she was a girl. ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022- Oprah Daily, Time, Esquire, The Millions, The Week, Thrillist, She Reads, Lit Hub, BookPage ![]() “A roadmap for all of us who long to understand, at the deepest level, where we come from.”-Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance ![]() An acclaimed writer goes searching for the truth about her wildly unconventional Southern family-and finds that our obsession with ancestors opens up new ways of seeing ourselves. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a very short story which is set before the beginning of Stormdancer and I have to say it's actually a great little read. I am intrigued and will begin the actual trilogy now. I may or may not have skimmed over the battles between the two brothers.because who's who and why are they fighting and who sided with which Lotus Guild? Maybe this was meant to be written after book one instead of as an introduction to the trilogy. "Sure, things are a bit bleak but behold.a new hope." ![]() I'm getting a Star Wars vibe with this one. If this is what the novella is like and it's better and more engaging than many full-length novels out there, I'm looking forward to the actual trilogies.Ģ) There's a beauty/lyricism to the writing cadence and I'd say it works particularly well with high fantasy stories.ģ) This did perfectly what a good prequel does: provide backstory and emotional context for what's to come. ![]() I didn't know anything about this book or even this series before beginning, so I was pleasantly surprised by the unique world building that Jay Kristoff established through the second person perspective of Koh, the cursory span of the war, the characters, and the overall tone.ġ) This didn't read like a 125-page novella to me. Well, that was a bit sad and hopeful and Star Wars-ey. ![]() ![]() They had brought two friars - the best they could do for Kublai Khan's request - but upon getting a taste of difficult travel life, the friars turned back. The party sailed south from Venice across the Mediterranean to the Holy Land. This time, they took 17-year-old Marco with them. Though the pope did not grant their request, the Polo brothers decided to return to Asia. When Marco was 15, his father and uncle returned home. ![]() In turn, Khan was able to take advantage of the knowledge of these foreigners in enormous projects such as efforts in water management and hydraulic engineering and warfare and siege engineering and other endeavors." The Polos were one family that Khan trusted and learned from. Khan himself was an expert in Chinese poetry. ![]() He patronized scholars, scientists, astronomers, doctors, artists and poets. ![]() "He opened up the Mongol and Chinese empires to travelers and traders. "Khan was an exceptional ruler for many reasons," said Abernethy. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book provides an overview of the financial crisis of 2007–08 from the beginning of 2008 to the decision to create the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The book was adapted in 2011 for the HBO television movie Too Big to Fail. It won the 2010 Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book, and was shortlisted for the 2010 Samuel Johnson Prize and the 2010 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. The book was released on October 20, 2009, by Viking Press. Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System-and Themselves, also known as Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street, is a non-fiction book by Andrew Ross Sorkin chronicling the events of the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers from the point of view of Wall Street CEOs and US government regulators. ![]() ![]() ![]() Back in their mid-twenties and tired of the competitive hit-or-miss dating scene of San Francisco, Steph and Linden made a pact to marry each other if neither one of them were in a serious relationship by the time they hit thirty. But some relationships can’t be boxed, can’t be classified, can’t be tamed. Beautiful, funny and an ambitious businesswoman (with one hell of an ass), Stephanie Robson is one of Linden McGregor’s best friends and has fit into that box for as long as he’s known her. He’s also one of Stephanie Robson’s best friends and has fit into that box for as long as she’s known him. ![]() It began with a pinky swear… Linden McGregor is tall, rugged, and gunslinger handsome a helicopter pilot with a Scottish brogue and charm to spare. Karina Halle Synopsis: The Pact is a standalone novel by Karina Halle. If You Like Karina Hall Books, You’ll Love… ![]() ![]() The Forbidden Man is also known as The Younger Man. Rocked Up is co-authored by Scott Mackenzie. Omnibuses may contain books by other authors. Meet the Eternal Bad Boys also contains stories by Katie Ashley, Sophie Jackson and Monica Murphy. Lilley, Corinne Michaels, Aurora Rose Reynolds and Tijan. Notes: Tease also contains stories by Beth Flynn, Whitney G., R.K. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As his amanuensis, he chooses Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler, a young New York City journalist, and together they explore both Burr's past and the continuing political intrigues of the still young United States. And he is determined to tell his own story. Burr retains much of his political influence if not the respect of all. In 1833, Burr is newly married, an aging statesman considered a monster by many. A hero of the American Revolution, Aaron Burr (1756-1836) served as vice president under Thomas Jefferson, took the life of Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804, and was later tried for treason. ![]() In 1807, he was arrested, tried, and acquitted of treason. Gore Vidal (19252012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In 1804, while serving as vice president, Aaron Burr fought a duel with his political nemesis, Alexander Hamilton, and killed him. Burr is a portrait of perhaps the most complex and misunderstood of the Founding Fathers. With their broad canvas and large cast of fictional and historical characters, the novels in this series present a panorama of the American political and imperial experience as interpreted by one of its most worldly, knowing, and ironic observers. Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. For readers who cant get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Gore Vidals stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a dueland who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation. No writing in margins or on covers, no tears or folded pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() When they get home and discover their mistake, their parents are shocked and angry, asking the boys if they realize who wears those things. ![]() They get so absorbed in the fun that they lose track of time and mix up their gifts: Daniel picks up Ismail's keffiyeh and Ismail takes Daniel's tallit. Taking their gifts out for a spin, they meet by chance on a soccer field, and they soon begin to play together and show off the tricks they can do. They live in the same city and have the same birthday, and this year they get the same presents: a traditional scarf-for Daniel a tallit and for Ismail a keffiyeh-and a soccer ball. ![]() A one-of-a-kind, uplifting picture book about a Jewish boy and a Palestinian boy who bond on the soccer field-translated into English, Hebrew, and Arabic.ĭaniel and Ismail, one Jewish and the other Palestinian, don’t know each other yet, but they have more in common than they know. ![]() ![]() ![]() 3 Anesthesiologists began focusing their efforts on reducing anesthesia-related adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes, including airway-associated morbidity and mortality. In the mid-twentieth century, general anesthesia for cesarean delivery gave rise to airway complications, including failed tracheal intubations, maternal aspiration, and Mendelsohn syndrome (aspiration pneumonitis). 2 In the early twentieth century, “twilight sleep,” a combination of morphine and scopolamine, became common, but was ultimately abandoned due to its depressant effects on the neonate. ![]() 2 Ultimately, the clinical use of ether and chloroform for labor analgesia was not driven by the scientific community, but by a shift in the social attitudes of patients who demanded it, persuaded by public rhetoric from feminist advocates. Women’s rights to request and receive labor pain relief was controversial-religious mores of the nineteenth century viewed pain, including labor pain, as divine punishment, and interference was considered sinful. ![]() The medical community expressed concerns about safety and toxicity. ![]() 1 While Simpson publicized this intervention as effective and innovative, he expressed reservations about its unknown effects on labor and the fetus. The “birth” of obstetric anesthesia began with the introduction of ether labor analgesia by obstetrician James Young Simpson in 1847. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fortunately, the audiobook is bolstered by Carolyn Morris’ well-delivered performance making this a title which may just be worth a listen if you’re looking for something different.Įliza Fielding is one of four writing girls who report gossip-worthy scandalous stories for The London Weekly. Desperately looking for a story to make her writing career, Eliza decides to seek a job at the Wycliff house. In her housemaid disguise, she quickly obtains her goal by earning the Duke of Wycliff’s confidence and intimate attentions. The third book in The Writing Girls series, but with a storyline that is discrete enough to be read as a stand-alone, The Tattooed Duke is long on drama but very light on passion (in fact, if it were not for the last twenty minutes, I would say that there were virtually no passionate interactions between the hero and heroine other than a few stolen kisses). It is the love story of a relatively penniless, some would say uncivilized, hedonistic, world traveling duke and a reporter disguised as a housemaid. The Tattooed Dukeis a British historical romance with a rather unique plot. ![]() |