![]() ![]() ![]() He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic. And now what happened long ago is happening again. Now, Nate and Maddie Graves are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver. ![]() Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn't have-and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. "-Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Public Library, Library Journal Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father-and has never told his family what happened there. NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A family returns to their hometown-and to the dark past that haunts them still-in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers LOCUS AWARD FINALIST * "The dread, the scope, the pacing, the turns-I haven't felt all this so intensely since The Shining. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I cannot comment on just how 'enhanced' the audio is but the original seemed fine to me. NB This review is from the original 20th October release which was withdrawn by Audible in favour of a newer version with enhanced audio. Ingenious, immersive and page-turning, The Rooster Bar is a John Grisham legal thriller bar none. But to do so, they have to leave law school, pretend they are qualified and go into battle with a billionaire and the FBI. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specialising in student loans, the three realise they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. ![]() ![]() They all borrowed heavily to attend a law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. As third-year students, they realise they have been duped. But these days these three disillusioned friends spend a lot of time hanging out in The Rooster Bar, the place where Todd serves drinks. John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist.Law students Mark, Todd and Zola wanted to change the world - to make it a better place. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unhappy and depressed people suddenly became joyful. She listened in such a way that anxious and indecisive people suddenly knew what they wanted. And when they finally stumbled upon an idea that they had never even dreamt of before, they felt like it had come from deep within them. She merely sat and listened with the utmost attention and sympathy, fixing her large, dark eyes on them. She didn’t ask or say anything in particular that would bring them to these thoughts. Momo listened in a way that made slow people suddenly have the cleverest ideas. Very few people can really listen, and the way Momo practiced the art of listening was unique. ![]() Now, many readers might say that being able to listen is nothing special-anyone can do it-but they would be altogether mistaken. The thing that Momo could do better than anyone else was listen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This group of educated members of the Romanian society set out “to conquer” the “peasantness” through descriptions and through texts that would facilitate understanding. As in the case of national identity, the images of the Romanian peasant are constructed and conveyed by the intellectual, administrative and political elite. My main intention is not to present when and how peasants became Romanian, but to analyses the ways in which they served to define what being Romanian meant, and the ways in which Romanian culture defined what being a peasant meant. Relying on different types of sources, such as ethnographic writings, literature, historical works and newspapers, my research is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach which includes cultural studies and cultural history. This chapter intends to analyze the construction of the Romanian peasant in Transylvania during the period from 1848 to 1918, as part of the process of national identity-building which took place in the nineteenth century. ![]() Almost any representation of the Romanian national identity is related to the peasant and its folklore and relies on images constructed and released mainly in the second part of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never wavered. But he waited with the inconceivable patience and persistency of his race besides, he was certain. For days the weather had been very bitter, and all the feebler wild things which were his prey by inheritance, the born serfs to his family, had kept, for the most part, in their burrows and nests, and the Cat's long hunt had availed him nothing. The Cat was very hungry-almost famished, in fact. He was quite free except for his own desires, which tyrannized over him when unsatisfied as now. Nowhere in the world was any voice calling him on no hearth was there a waiting dish. Then, too, he was under no constraint of human will, for he was living alone that winter. It was night-but that made no difference-all times were as one to the Cat when he was in wait for prey. He sat crouched, ready for the death-spring, as he had sat for hours. ![]() The snow was falling, and the Cat's fur was stiffly pointed with it, but he was imperturbable. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'I got the book and read it, in one day, when it came out. ![]() 'I think that The Color Purple was the first book that made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the South' Every single time I read this book, I walk away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it up' ' The Color Purple is my go-to comfort novel. I love that The Color Purple doesn't try to soften its blows but is also courageous enough to hold on to a wonderfully affirming faith in possibility, in forgiveness and kindness and hope' 'A lush celebration of all that it means to be a black female. ONE OF THE BBC '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The New York Times Book Review An agonizing, sweet story about the power and the pain of love. Chicago Tribune Murakami has an unmatched gift for turning psychological metaphors into uncanny narratives. Los Angeles Magazine Murakami is a genius. never written anything more openly emotional. Review Quotes Grabs you from its opening lines. Subtle and haunting, Sputnik Sweetheart is a profound meditation on human longing. When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, K is solicited to join the search party-and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn. K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. Book Synopsis Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. ![]() But her devotion to an untidy writerly life precludes any personal commitments. ![]() In an urbane Japan of jazz bars, Jack Kerouac, and the Beatles, a college student, falls in love with Summire. About the Book Combining the seductions of Norwegian Wood with the complex mysteries of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, here is Murakami at his most intriguing, mystifying, and satisfying. ![]() ![]() Various documents link the phone number (305) 822-6778 to different owners - Marjorie R Edwards, Dolores C Cachon, Marliese Janir Simpkins. Overcoming Evil in the Last Days is the radical Christians handbook for uncovering and defeating the evil that pervades our culture. ![]() The phone numbers associated with Rick: (305) 915-0518 (New Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC), (305) 822-6778 (BellSouth Telecommunications, LLCNew Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC). Wayne O Little, Aaron L Hunt, Tyechia J Cook are two of fourteen people who may know Rick due to residence history. Five cities where Rick has lived also include Tallahassee, FL and Miami, FL. ![]() Rick’s previous addresses include 15411 NW 32nd Ave, Opa-locka, FL 33054. Bernard Edwards, Christina Janay Edwards, and five other persons are also associated with this address. We are only aware of Pynk Sugar LLC that is registered at this address. ![]() 17303 Northwest 63rd Crt, Hialeah, FL 33015 is where Rick resides. Rick A Simpkins, Richard A Simpkins, Rick Royser, Rick Simpkins, Rick Angelo Simpkind, Rick Royster, Richard Simpkins can be used as one of the alternative name for Rick. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Simple, easy to follow, and an inspiring call to action which will leave you feeling physically and spiritually lighter.įor me, this is the ultimate book on minimalism by an ordinary guy who decided he’d had enough of the chaotic, messy, and unhappy life he was living and changed his life through minimalism. The beautiful book that introduced me to minimalism. Books which have changed my life, and which have stuck in my mind for some reason or other. So, without further ado, here are some of my absolute favourites. I’ve also read a few gripping fiction books by some less-known indie authors on Kindle. Now I’m 34, and I’ve lost count of the number of self-help books, minimalism books, and other topics I’ve devoured over the years. ![]() Oh, and don’t even think about interrupting me in the middle of a sentence…Īs a child I absolutely loved horror books, especially the Goosebumps series. I was that kid at school who loved being ‘punished’ by being forced to pull out my reading book in silence, and was annoyed when I had to put it away. It’s World Book Day so grab a cuppa, curl up in your favourite chair and lose yourself in a great book.Įven if it’s ‘just for five minutes’, I implore you, sit down with a good book and realise that a whole hour has flown by. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, some feel that the contents might be uninteresting to an audience with prior knowledge of history or the sciences. The book received generally favourable reviews, with reviewers citing the book as informative, well written and highly entertaining. A few editions in Audiobook form are also available, including an abridged version read by the author, and at least three unabridged versions. An illustrated edition of the book was released in November 2005. The book does, however, contain a number of factual errors and inaccuracies. Bryson also speaks about modern scientific views on human effects on the Earth’s climate and livelihood of other species, and the magnitude of natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and the mass extinctions caused by some of these events. He also focuses on some of the most recent destructive disasters of volcanic origin in the history of our planet, including Krakatoa and Yellowstone National Park.Ī large part of the book is devoted to relating humorous stories about the scientists behind the research and discoveries and their sometimes eccentric behaviours. Furthermore, he discusses the possibility of the Earth’s being struck by a meteor, and reflects on human capabilities of spotting a meteor before it impacts the Earth, and the extensive damage that such an event would cause. ![]() |