![]() ![]() From the moment we meet, something sparks between us. ![]() I have rules, but Lennix Hunter is the exception to every one of them. At odds with my father, I’m determined to build my own empire. My path takes me far from home and paints me as the black sheep. In a world of haves and have nots, my family has it all, and I want nothing to do with it. Raised to rule, bred to lead and weaned on a diet of ruthless ambition. Kennedy Ryan delivers the epic first installment of the All the King’s Men Duet. Shen, USA Today bestselling author The Kingmaker, the first in the all-new powerful and emotional All The King’s Men Duet, from RITA ® Award-winning author Kennedy Ryan, is available now!Įnter the $50 Gift Card Release Giveaway: ![]() “A dazzling, thought-provoking, layered romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is well-known for her use of experimental form and her stark, direct voice. Rankine is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and professor of English at Pomona College and that two-decade long feeling of urgency she mentioned has seen her produce poetry that’s been short-listed for the National Book Award, and taken in subjects as unlikely as Zinedine Zidane’s infamous head-butt in the 2006 World Cup final and the portrayal of Serena Williams by the mainstream media. “There’s something very moving about having so many people step into a subject that I have been consumed with for so long, and suddenly understand the urgency that I have been feeling for 20 years,” she said. Now her work, which had started as a re-telling of personal experiences of racism, as well as a general view of the country and race, had inadvertently become a companion to one of the most volatile moments in recent US history. ![]() ![]() In addition to writing for television and film, McLaughlin and Kraus travel around the country speaking to young women about feminism and gender issues in American corporate culture.īelow, Nicola dishes on the core elements of working with a co-author, and also answers the question everyone wants to know: why is this the last book for her and Emma? They have appeared numerous times on CNN, MSNBC, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, and The View. ![]() McLaughlin and Kraus are also the authors of three other New York Times bestsellers― Citizen Girl, Dedication and Nanny Returns-and just released their last novel, So Close (SparkPress, June 7). Newsweek declared The Nanny Diaries a “phenomenon.” It is the longest-running hardcover bestseller of 2002, and in 2007 it was released as a major motion picture starring Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, and Alicia Keys. ![]() Is a great rags-to-riches story with a sincere, determined protagonist.”Įmma and Nicola have written 10 books together, with the best known probably being the #1 New York Times bestseller The Nanny Diaries. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Adjustment Day arrives, it fearlessly makes real the logical conclusion of every separatist fantasy, alternative fact, and conspiracy theory lurking in the American psyche. ![]() The weak want you to forgo your destiny just as they’ve shirked theirs. There is only your son and his son and his son and the world you leave for them. Adjustment Day is a really good book from Palahniuk, and its a must-read if you need a dark humor look at where we could head as a country if we dont pay attention to people trying to. ![]() Into this dyspeptic time a blue-black book is launched carrying such wisdom as: ![]() Smug, geriatric politicians bring the nation to the brink of a third world war in an effort to control the burgeoning population of young males working-class men dream of burying the elites and professors propound theories that offer students only the bleakest future. They are ready for the reckoning.Īdjustment Day, the author’s first novel in four years, is an ingeniously comic work in which Chuck Palahniuk does what he does best: skewer the absurdities in our society. They’ve been reading a mysterious book and memorizing its directives. People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. The author of Fight Club takes America beyond our darkest dreams in this timely satire. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is interesting what you can come up with using a little imagination and a lunchroom full of women of various ages. I also discovered that the more I write, the more I pay attention to my surroundings and find bits and pieces that I can use. ![]() When I am writing, a number of my characters, plots, and dialogue come from my experiences. When asked to submit a post about writing and its process, the first thing I thought of was coming up with the story. GUEST POST: THE WRITING PROCESS, by LACHELLE REDD One Sentence Description: When an ancient evil grows bored and slips topside all hell breaks loose. ![]() What happens when these two meet? Find out When Angels Fall. A young exec with a company in turmoil and millions at stake is on the edge of losing it all. When an ancient evil grows bored and slips topside all hell breaks loose. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It may be humor but Miss Reid is more vinegary than funny. ![]() There's no phony love interest dragged in, for example.He has changed one of the scientists to a woman but hardly for glamour reasons, Kate Reid not being the glamorous type. Producer-director Robert Wise has wisely not tampered overmuch with the book. THE FILM is based on Michael Crichton's recent best-seller. There's nothing wrong with formula when it works and it works with no strain in this movie. The story sounds as if it could happen.īasically "Andromeda Strain" is good melodrama - a mysterious crisis followed by several minor problems topped by an exciting if contrived climax. The result has less hoked up horror than most offerings and more realism. "Andromeda Strain" puts the emphasis on science in this tale of micro-organism picked up by a satellite which wipes out an entire town after the satellite's return to earth. Tony Mastroianni Review Collection "The Andromeda Strain" is superior science-fiction Cleveland Press May 15, 1971Ĭreatures from outer space are still the basic stuff of science-fiction thrillers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whereas in the past, future changes in use or programme over the lifespan of buildings and whole areas were actively anticipated, now the very continuation of existing projects is at risk. In other words, is there potential for the design in the unstable and changing societal and urban context? And if so, what attitude should a designer adopt? Likewise, how can administrators, planners and policymakers integrate this dynamism in their development and management plans? OASE 85 answers these questions by means of theoretical reflections and inspiring practical examples. This is why OASE finds it imperative to pose the question of how the designer can put this uncertainty to productive use. ![]() The economic crisis of the last few years has had an impact on the domain of spatial planning and architectural practice. ![]() ![]() ![]() Evernight is the first in a series, and thank goodness: we can't wait to join Lara's next adventure. Evernight 'The Reign of Darkness' is a strategy game that pits you against other players in a quest to conquer the world of Midia. The characters are richly drawn, too, whether you're urging Lara on or cowering from the terrifying Shadow Jack.Įvernight's themes of courage, standing up for what's right and questioning accepted narratives are welcome, but never come at the expense of a fantastic story: by the end, you'll be racing through the pages to discover what happens.Ī triumphant novel that will pick you up and not let you go. ![]() Ross MacKenzie's writing is utterly beautiful, and the world-building is astonishing: it's easy to feel surrounded by the poorhouses and castles of King's Haven. In King's Haven, the emotionless White Witches are in control of magic, while the Hags have been expelled - and toshers like Lara roam the sewers, hunting for objects they can sell to survive.īut when Lara discovers a mysterious wooden box, she's thrown into an adventure she never could have imagined.įull of magic, wonder and deliciously dark moments, Evernight is a rollicking yarn that is impossible to resist. ![]() ![]() ![]() The people realized the tree had many uses: Its fruit for eating, its wood for building and burning, the oil from its fruit for cooking, and for bathing, and the pits of the olives could be planted, therefore bringing up more olive trees. Unfortunately, the water turned out to be too salty, and therefore useless. ![]() Poseidon stuck his trident into the ground, and created a spring, from which the townspeople could use the water. Both agreed that they would bestow a gift onto the town, and whichever gift was deemed more useful, that giver would have the town named after him or her. The two choices were Athena and Poseidon, Percy's father. ![]() The citizens of the city were arguing over which god, after whom to name the city. The story she tells, is the Greek myth about how the capital city Athens got its name. When in the Parthenon Museum, Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) begins telling Percy (Logan Lerman) a story about her mother, Athena. ![]() ![]() ![]() They say don’t judge a book by its cover-a practice I’ve religiously adhered to for my most of my adult life-but in this case the cover is a pretty good indication of what the reader is in for. But as I filed toward one of those infuriating self-check-out aisles I spotted The Thirteenth Tale and felt myself drawn to it in much the same way that Richard Dreyfus finds himself compelled to visit Devil’s Tower in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. For me, buying books usually requires a premeditated trip to the bookstore, during which time I spend a solid couple of hours in search of The Final Purchase. ![]() ![]() Ordinarily I am not the sort of person who buys books at the same time that I purchase Bisquick and summer squash. I suppose what I found a bit startling was the fact that I had remained entirely oblivious to the book’s existence up until about a week ago, when I happened to spot it on display at my local supermarket. That the book would receive a great deal of attention seems perfectly predictable, based on the type of story it is and the quality of the writing. I just finished reading Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale and was surprised to discover that the book has been the subject of a lot of hype over the past couple of years. ![]() |