![]() ![]() It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), and The Wish (2021) as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 105 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 75 million copies in the United States alone. ![]() Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Richard Montgomery (1738-1775), a Revolutionary War hero who led the army into Canada, capturing the city of Montreal he died while attempting to capture Quebec. Michio Kaku, bestselling science author and one of the worlds most acclaimed physicists, looks at the technologies of the future and. Kansas Counties Montgomery County, Kansas Date Established: Physics of the Impossible shows how our most far-fetched ideas today - from Star Treks phasers and teleportation to time travel as envisioned by Back to the Future - are destined to become tomorrows reality. ![]() ![]() ![]() I tend to hide away at home to write, usually at my kitchen table with a cat or 2 (or 4) keeping me company. I find that I'm easily distracted, so write when the rest of the family is either asleep or at work/school - and though I wish I was, I'm not one of those authors who can work at the local coffee shop. ![]() I don't have much in the way of routines, as I tend to write when I feel moved to write and don't force myself to meet a certain word count each day, or to write for a set amount of time. I'm so happy you enjoyed them! I'm an early bird, so I love getting up around 5am to write, when the house is quiet and my husband and children are still asleep. I'm so happy you enjoyed them! I'm an early bird, so I love getting up around 5am to write, when …more Thank you for reading The Good Girl and Pretty Baby. ![]() Mary Kubica Thank you for reading The Good Girl and Pretty Baby. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her friend group helps to support her, and running- by herself, in the very early morning!- keeps her sane. Blinded completely at the age of seven in a car accident that killed her mother, her aunt, uncle, and cousins have now moved into her house after her father’s death via accidental overdose. ![]() ![]() Sixteen year-old Parker Grant’s life probably isn’t what she pictured it would be when she was little. That’s definitely something I found in Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom (Poppy, 2015), which I found as a suggestion for the PopSugar 2020 Reading Challenge prompt for a book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision, something I definitely do NOT have). It’s fun to meet characters who are just like me, but I prefer it when they’re different from me in some major way and I can see the world anew. My favorite part of reading is getting to live in another person’s head for a while, to experience life from their perspective and see how it differs from my own. ![]() ![]() ![]() Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of life-energy. But if work is interpreted to be a definite performance in a specified time according to a rigid rule, then I may be the worst of idlers. I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labor, for I have devoted to it almost all of my waking hours. Speaking for myself, I have already had more than my full measure of this exquisite enjoyment, so much that for many years my life was little short of continuous rapture. But he finds ample compensation in the pleasing exercises of his powers and in the knowledge of being one of that exceptionally privileged class without whom the race would have long ago perished in the bitter struggle against pitiless elements. This is the difficult task of the inventor who is often misunderstood and unrewarded. Its ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of the forces of nature to human needs. It is the most important product of his creative brain. The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission except for brief quotations for review purposes only. ![]() My Inventions The Autobiography of Nikola Bill Stone ServicesĪll rights reserved. ![]() ![]() On leaving Parliament, Marilyn earned a PhD in Political Economy and her academic research has been influential in establishing the field of feminist economics. She pushed to have marital rape criminalised and threatened to cross the floor to vote with Labour on a nuclear-free New Zealand, precipitating the 1984 snap election. She was just 23 when she entered the debating chamber and, between 19, she was the only woman in the National caucus. ![]() Marilyn was one of the youngest New Zealanders ever elected to Parliament, serving as a National MP between 19. She is also a prominent spokesperson for gay and lesbian rights and a strong advocate for same-sex marriages. Dr Marilyn Waring is a prominent New Zealand economist and feminist, and a leading activist for women’s human rights. ![]() ![]() Indeed, Philip Larkin was a man ambling through life with a ponderous glare, capturing the foibles of modern life through a discerning lens and an overwhelming sense that one’s senses were diminishing. This was a post-war Britain that had lost its Empire, so Larkin’s The Less Deceived almost reflected a sense of living in an isolated motherland. Belonging to a (then) new generation of Angry Young Man writers, Larkin established his own unique voice-cynical yet lyrical, pessimistic yet profound-with an almost effortlessly ingenious ability to reflect the times he was living in. ![]() ![]() For this reason, it’s a good time to dig out an old poetry collection and re-read the work of Philip Larkin-widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest poets-who had a fond relationship with the city, regarding it as his adopted home as he held the position of University Librarian at the University of Hull.Īrguably Larkin’s most seminal poetic work, The Less Deceived was a collection of 29 poems released in 1955 which marked a sea change in his evolution towards becoming the literary colossus he is regarded today. With the New Year well underway, the city of Hull has wasted no time in kick-starting a year-long series of events to celebrate its reign as 2017’s City of Culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() And Zafir can’t help enjoying Brennan’s company and the growing bond between Brennan and his son. But when sex is explicitly out of the mix, he finds himself drawn to Zafir for the qualities and interests they share. Brennan’s never dated a man, and Zafir’s never met anyone who’s game for a Muslim single father with a smart mouth and a GED.īrennan’s always thought of himself as straight. But even if he’s right and Brennan really is asexual, that doesn’t mean Zafir has a chance. ![]() ![]() He also can’t stop thinking about Brennan. In fact, he doesn’t think Brennan is heterosexual. Zafir Hamady, a sales clerk at Red Hot Bluewater, has an unusual theory: he doesn’t think Brennan is a bad lover. Desperate and humiliated, he goes to the professionals at the local sex shop for advice. Three cheating girlfriends in a row have given skateboarder Brennan Cross the same excuse: he wasn’t meeting their needs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Heaven is a nonstop hootenanny "where all that is not silence is music". At one point, this devil even goes so far as to complain that the music in Heaven is getting on his nerves - even though he can't hear it, the very thought that they're making music at all hours bothers him (he'd prefer some nice ugly noise instead). ![]() Screwtape has practically No Sense of Humor himself, and comes across as a sort of cranky cosmic killjoy. Intending the book as a fairly humorous work, Lewis's goals included both reflections on the nature of evil and an effort to create a different portrayal of the Devil than the sort normally seen in pop culture. Lewis in which a more experienced devil named Screwtape writes a series of letters to a younger devil named Wormwood on how to successfully tempt a man, referred to only as "The Patient". ![]() ![]() ![]() The hero is a scientist, and you all know how crazy I am about scientist heroes. ![]() The book entertains, but it also tackles tough issues. There is gorgeous world building, and some deeply moving content. Although this book is more slowly paced than some of her other books, this means that there is time for the story and the relationship to truly develop. It has action and adventure but also many quiet scenes between characters. I love so many things about the Iron Seas and this book did not disappoint. Meljean Brooks' new novel, Riveted, is a steampunk romance that is also part of the Iron Seas series. Publication Info: Berkley Trade September 4, 2012 ![]() |