![]() ![]() That gut-punch of an opener jumps to a twisty tale of trauma and grief and revenge, with extraordinary empathy for everyone involved.” Better yet, trust Jennifer Hillier, a rising star in crime fiction whose work is like no one else’s. If that sounds like tough stuff, trust me, you want to keep reading. “Little Secrets starts with every parent’s nightmare―the disappearance of a child in a crowded store. ―Chevy Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of Never Let You Go "Suspenseful and compelling―Hillier is a masterful storyteller." ―Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl and The Other Mrs. ![]() ![]() You don't just read this book you inhale it." "Little Secrets will leave readers completely floored. "A fast-paced, gorgeously written novel with genuine heart and a lot of emotion." ―CrimeReads "This book belongs at the top of your must-read list." " diabolically plotted psychological thriller of lust, obsession, greed, and betrayal.a captivating double helix of duplicity." ![]()
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![]() ![]() But once he gets his hands on the beautiful young woman, he soon learns that not everything is as it seems.Īubree has lived a nightmare married to Michael Culling. In order to make Michael feel the pain and desolation that he is forced to live with, Nick kidnaps his wife, Aubree. Key on his list is Michael Culling, Mayor of Detroit and the ruler and enabler of all of the bad things happening in the city – including the torture and murder of Nick’s family. He survived the ordeal and has been left an emotionally shattered man, a desperate vigilante thriving on hatred and driven only to wreak vengeance upon the men that took everything from him. Three years ago he was left for dead with a bullet to the head after watching his wife and son being brutally and viciously murdered. ![]() To defeat a monster, I had to become one. They stormed through the fucking door and stole away everything we loved. It’s the story of one man’s mission for retribution, and a woman’s desperate need to escape, and I loved it. Set in a dark and grungy Detroit, Keri Lake paints a dangerous and bleak picture of a city seemingly lost to violence and crime and ruled by corruption. ![]() Holy hell, that was intense! But wow, what a story!ĭark, intense, sexy and romantic this is a story of vengeance and redemption that absolutely captivated me. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation-the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments-that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day. In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation-that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Religion also plays a fairly strong role this time around, as characters find themselves questioning their own personal beliefs as well as their trust and faith in each other, which is totally understandable give their state of affairs. Yancey piles on plenty of gross throughout, including a pit of freshly killed and rotting dead bodies that gets visited and revisited on multiple occasions as well as a very, very scary crazy cat lady that will have readers recoiling in horror and disgust-only Yancey could have imagined it. Similar to the first two titles in the trilogy ( The 5th Wave, 2013, and The Infinite Sea, 2014), this action-packed conclusion starts with a ghastly, ominous tableau then unfolds through the voices of its various heroines, heroes, and villains. The story takes place over the final four days before 5th Wave soldiers are unleashed to destroy every city in the world. On the heels of their mind-boggling discovery of the origin of the “others”-humans who they were tricked into thinking were aliens-Yancey’s cast of child soldiers and assassins plots to stop the planet’s takeover, led by the evil Vosch, who’s responsible for the mass murder of billions of innocent humans. Cassie, Ringer, Ben (aka Zombie), and company fight the final frontier to save the last vestiges of human life on Earth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Harari is the author of Sapiens and Homo Deus. Kindred is important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity,” said the review. From her pages emerge new Neanderthals that are very different from the cartoon figures of old. The author “has done a remarkable job synthesizing thousands of academic studies into a single accessible narrative. PDF On Jan 26, 2021, Megan Stueve published Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art, by Rebecca Wragg Sykes Find, read and cite all the research. ![]() They thrived in hot climates as well as in ice age tundra,” said Harari. ![]() “They ranged from the shores of the Atlantic to the steppes of Central Asia. British Paleo-Archaeologist Rebecca Wragg Sykes’s compelling book combines hard science, tantalizingly reasonable postulations, and poetry. “Kindred is an ambitious book that takes in the full sweep of 150 years of scientific discovery and covers virtually every facet of their biology and culture,” said a review in Īuthor Rebecca Wragg Sykes explains that Neanderthals “were sophisticated and competent human beings who adapted to diverse habitats and climates,” Yuval Noah Harari said in a review for The New York Times. The book sheds new light on where Neanderthals lived, what they ate, and the increasingly complex Neanderthal culture that researchers have discovered. ![]() ![]() ![]() These sounds (and many others) are now like my own personal time machines, emotionally evocative with a specific power no other music could ever have for me. I turned thirteen in 1979, so for me it was Talking Heads, The Cars, The Clash, Elvis Costello, the B-52s, The Pretenders, Madness. Absorbing it until it becomes not only a part of us, but the soundtrack of that pivotal chapter in our lives. Time to sit around and listen to a new album, taking in each song, track by track, lick by lick, lyric by lyric, over and over. We have lots of time for it-at least I did. At that age music is more than just music, it’s a statement about who we are. But there’s something about the music we listen to when we’re in our teens that sets it apart, it seems to me. When I was a teenager music was a big part of my life. ![]() Mark joins us to talk about the impact music has had on his life and his books and gives us food for thought about the role it plays in all of our lives too. ![]() ![]() Today we welcome Mark Peter Hughes author of the novels I am the Wallpaper, A Crack in the Sky, Lemonade Mouth, which was made into a very successful Disney movie, and the recently released Lemonade Mouth Puckers Up. ![]() ![]() This was a weird field of energy, where light was swallowed up by it, but it retained its gray color instead of being displayed as black.
![]() ![]() In her first graphic novel, #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller Marissa Meyer follows Iko, the beloved android from the Lunar Chronicles, on a dangerous and romantic new adventure - with a little help from Cinder and the Lunar team. Related Posts: Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1), Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2),, Glitches (The Lunar Chronicles #0.5), The Queen's Army (The Lunar Chronicles #1.5), Carswell's Guide to Being Lucky (Lunar Chronicles #3.1), Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1), Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2), Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3), Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4), Stars Above (A Lunar Chronicles Collection), Heartless, Renegades (Renegades #1) Genres: Young Adult, Graphic Novel, Science Fictionįind it on the web: Buy from Amazon // Goodreads Date Completed: January 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() Title: Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 (Wires and Nerve #1) ![]() ![]() In Centennial, traders, ranchers, homesteaders, hunters, trappers and gold seekers are all brought together in some dramatic conflicts which actually shape the destiny of the West, and actually the entire country. The story is about Levi Zendt who flee along with his child bride and then Jim Lloyd, a cowboy who falls in love with a cultured woman, Charlotte. ![]() ![]() Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. It is a place that is manifested through its own people. Michener 4.25 42,046 ratings1,006 reviews Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener about the West is actually an exciting celebration of the frontier. The book is written to commemorate the Bicentennial that happened in the year 1976. It was so frustrating at times that he even struggled to pronounce Arkansas which apparently is not too difficult to try verbally. ![]() He was having difficulty with correctly pronouncing some names of the places. He probably didn’t managed to live up to the expectations of the audience as the performance was quite below average. ![]() Larry McKeever is the narrator of this audiobook. ![]() ![]() Highly recommended to fans of Mouse Guard. I didn't even think about how he drew those interiors when I read the comics. There are lots of insights, especially when he talked about research and how he build those miniature sets. Often, they are accompanied by pencil layouts so that you can compare the two.ĭavid Peterson provides first hand account on the storytelling and drawing process. Some panels are reproduced from the comic books but they serve to let you view the art at a much larger size. ![]() You can go through them slowly and admire the strokes, the details and how well each panels are carefully composed. It's really interesting because there aren't a lot of comics that give you this sort of perspective. I feel small like a mouse because the comic was drawn at mouse eye view. When I first read the comics, I was transported to another world. This book gives you a detailed behind-the-scenes look at the making this series from 2005 to 2015. ![]() The book has 368 pages and it's packed with artworks such as sketches, pen and ink illustrations, painted art, photographs of David Peterson at comic con and photos of miniature sets of interiors and buildings that were used as reference. This hardcover measures almost 30cm by 30cm.įans of the Mouse Guard comic series are going to enjoy this a lot. ![]() When I first saw it, it reminded me of the 3-volume Complete Calvin and Hobbes because of the sheer size. ![]() |