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![]() ![]() She and her orphaned companion Pepita were returning from praying for the daughter at a nearby shrine. Marquesa de Montemayor was a mother mourning the damaged relationship with her daughter. ![]() He spent years investigating - to learn about the five victims. "Some say that we shall never know and that to the gods we are like the flies that the boys kill on a summer day, and some say, on the contrary, that the very sparrows do not lose a feather that has not been brushed away by the finger of God." Was there something about them that destined them for this tragic end? Was their death random chance or part of a divine plan? Why was I spared? In 18th century Peru, Brother Juniper was out for a walk when he witnessed the bridge collapse, sending 5 people plunging to their death in chasm below. ![]()
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Unsolved james patterson series5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() The wheelchair guy straightens up with some difficulty. The man in beige calls out, "How 'bout I give you a hand with that, mister?" It always has been and always will be so. Any student of history, of science, knows the opposite is true. Only moralists or lemmings think that weakness requires compassion and mercy. He also works the joystick on the arm of his wheelchair, but in vain-the motorized chair fails to respond to the command. He bends over at the waist, reaches down to the pavement, and struggles to pick up several items that have spilled out of a plastic grocery bag. ![]() There is one other vehicle in the lot, a Dodge Caravan the color of rust that's parked nose in about eight spaces away.Ī man in a wheelchair is in the middle of the lot. The convenience store, displaying ads for cigarettes, beer, two-for-a-dollar hot dogs, Powerball tickets, is the only thing open. The laundromat at the end is dark the catering service is shuttered, a metal grate across the window. ![]() The setting summer sun casts a dim glow over the strip mall, nearly empty. He steps out of the car, straightens his jacket, and lightly brushes his hand against the bulge at his side, the concealed handgun. The man in the beige jacket pulls his SUV into the strip-mall parking lot and kills the engine. I do what I do for one, and only one, reason. I am not uneducated, I am not poor, and I am not the product of an abusive upbringing. ![]()
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You should see me in crown book5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Let’s be real, if someone had told me a few years ago about a story in which two girls vying for prom queen fall in love, I would have immediately bawled my eyes out and requested the fanfiction writer to give me all the feels and destroy me. I’m smiling what I’m sure is a cheesy, self-satisfied smile, and the tightness that usually takes up residence in my chest slowly fades.” “For the first time in, well, maybe ever, I’m feeling something better than being cool- I feel like I fit. You’ve ever found yourself going down the rabbit hole that is watching infinite promposals on YouTube.You ever wanted the prom queen to ditch her king in favour of a princess. ![]()
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Sedaris happy go lucky5/22/2023 ![]() Newly orphaned, he considers what it means, in his seventh decade, no longer to be someone’s son. His offer to fix a stranger’s teeth rebuffed, he straightens his own, and ventures into the world with new confidence. He vacuums his apartment twice a day, fails to hoard anything, and contemplates how sex workers and acupuncturists might be getting by during quarantine.Īs the world gradually settles into a new reality, Sedaris too finds himself changed. To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes.īut then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he’s stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. ![]() David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” ( Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask-or not-was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. ![]()
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The Body by Bill Bryson5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'īill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. 'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.' - The Daily Telegraph 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson.an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE Bryson at his very best, it is a must-read owner's manual for everybody. ![]() #1 Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback, this head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body is as compulsively readable as it is comprehensive. ![]()
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Blackbringer by Laini Taylor5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() I could easily picture what type of person they were and all that jazz. She had a strong personality that just bled through the page. It has a few downsides like a chosen one arc and prophecy but it's even done better then most and I really didn't mind it. It sounded so authentic and the banter was very enjoyable. I loved how all the characters has such clear and defined voices and dialects. It was super fun well paced and the villain was great. Around page 70 is when I decided that this could actually be a great read, and it was. ![]() This book took me a bit to really get into it. I really enjoyed this book and am quite sad the the sequel can only be found used, and is selling for nearly $200. I'm not a huge fairy person, nor did I like but I still wanted to see if I could jump aboard the Laini Taylor Hype Train when I found this for less than a dollar at a second hand shop. ![]()
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The Troop by Nick Cutter5/22/2023 ![]() It doesn’t take long for the situation to descend into complete and utter chaos. ![]() The setup is simple: while spending a weekend hiking and camping on a remote island in Canada, a group of five archetypal teens (the fat nerd, the confident athlete, the best friends, and the loner) and their scoutmaster unexpectedly encounter a hideously sick man who has been infected by viral, parasitic tapeworms. THE TROOP is also about highly contagious, genetically modified, parasitic tapeworms that eat humans from the inside out. This knowledge creates a feeling of dread that eats at one from the inside out. At its core, THE TROOP is about disillusionment - the terrifying realization that adults do not have the answers or solutions to our lives toughest situations and quite often, cause them. ![]() Now, realize that 50% of all people are dumber than that person.” Coming to this understanding, in my opinion, is a rite of passage in ones childhood. ![]() George Carlin said something to the effect of, “think about how stupid an average person is. Simpson, like so many adults, are full of shit. It was in this moment that it dawned on me that Mrs. ![]() My first grade teacher told me that negative numbers were not real. “The universe can be a stone-cold asshole sometimes.” - Nick Cutterĭo you remember how old you were when you realized that adults, in general, don’t really know much about…anything? I was 7. THE TROOP Review, by The Horror Hypothesis. Horror Hypothesis Book Review- THE TROOP by Nick Cutter ![]()
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The lemonade war5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() The story is highly readable and engaging, filled with real-life problems that relate to math, getting along with siblings and friends, dealing with pride, and determining right from wrong. Awards: 2009 Rhode Island Children's Book Award, 2007 New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, North Carolina Children's Book Award 2011, 2011 Nutmeg Award (Connecticut) Check out for more information on The Lemonade War Series, including sequels The Lemonade Crime, The Bell Bandit, and The Candy Smash. Brimming with savvy marketing tips for making money at any business, definitions of business terms, charts, diagrams, and even math problems, this fresh, funny, emotionally charged novel subtly explores how arguments can escalate beyond anyone's intent. So when the siblings' lemonade stand war begins, there really is no telling who will win-or even if their fight will ever end. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand, is math-smart, but not especially good with people. He's good at talking with people, even grownups. ![]() Fourth-grader Evan Treski is people-smart. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied his fourth pitcher of the day. ![]()
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![]() ![]() White House Central Name File, Box 290, Bradbury. Archivists found the telegram in a search for Bradbury-related documents in 2014. He was a member of the National Committee of Arts, Letters & Sciences for Kennedy for President (alongside writers like Rachel Carson, John Cheever, and one of Bradbury’s own literary favorites: Katherine Anne Porter), and later sent JFK a telegram urging collaboration with the United Nations. Wells.” On the anniversary of Bradbury’s birth, we’re sharing those books and other fascinating finds that made their way through the White House and into our archives.īy the time Bradbury sent his books to the President, he’d already had a few interactions with the Kennedy campaign and White House. ![]() delivered the books to JFK along with a note describing Bradbury as “the most interesting writer about the future since H.G. Presidential Adviser Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. By Stacey Flores Chandler, Reference ArchivistĪlmost ten years after Ray Bradbury published his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, a slew of his books arrived at the White House – a gift from Bradbury for President John F. ![]()
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Colleen hoover slammed series order5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() His parents were killed a few years before in an auto accident, and Will has been taking care of his brother since. ![]() He is twenty-one, and graduating from college early. While Layken pushes ahead with their relationship, Will tries to hold it off. Will and Layken hit it off immediately -only later to discover that Will is Layken's teacher. Kel at once befriends Caulder, who lives with his older brother, Will, across the street. Julia, Layken's mother, and Kel, Layken's younger brother, move to Julia's hometown in Michigan since they can no longer afford to live in Texas, and so Julia can take a better job. When the novel begins, Layken's father has been dead for six months, having died of a heart attack. Slammed is a young adult novel written by Colleen Hoover, and is about the struggle of eighteen year-old Layken Cohen to deal with her mother's terminal cancer, and her love for Will Cooper, her English teacher and neighbor. ![]() |