![]() ![]() ![]() Matekoni's maid, Florence Peno, who not only does not keep his house clean but-unbeknownst to him-sleeps in his bed with her various male companions. But not all is so trouble-free in Mma Ramotswe's life. In the morning, he telephones Mma Ramotswe, and she confirms that, yes, she will marry him, and they have lunch together at the President Hotel to mark the occasion. He spends a sleepless night after the proposal fearing that she will change her mind. Matekoni, owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, proposes for a second time to Mma Ramotswe. This installment finds Mma Ramotswe investigating two cases, both of which unexpectedly dovetail with recent changes in her own personal life. ![]() 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, featuring the investigative exploits of unflappable Botswana private detective Mma Precious Ramotswe. Tears of the Giraffe (2000), a mystery novel by Zimbabwean-born Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith, is the second novel in The No. ![]()
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7/8/2023 0 Comments The only bob![]() ![]() ![]() Bob must confront his fears about his own cowardice when he is forced to make his way across the storm-damaged park back to his friends and family. ![]() One day while visiting Ivan at the sanctuary (known as simply “the park”), Bob is picked up by hurricane winds and blown away from Julia and her father, George. ![]() Bob also struggles with his new identity he wonders if he has become soft after a year of living in comfort and luxury, away from the hardship of the streets. Fortunately, Bob is rehomed nearby with the family of the head groundskeeper of the sanctuary.īob’s primary owner, Julia, struggles to train the cheeky and headstrong Bob, who resists fully trusting his new family, fearing that he will be abandoned again. Ivan and some of the other animals (including a young elephant called Ruby) are relocated to an animal sanctuary. He stumbles upon animal enclosures in a closed, dark mall and ends up befriending a kind and gentle gorilla called Ivan. The One and Only Bob tells the story of the lovable and roguish mutt Bob, who was abandoned as a puppy and spent the beginning of his life fending for himself as a stray. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Black dagger brotherhood 7![]() ![]() I should warn you that if you start the series, mainlining it is dangerous, and you won't get much done because they are frighteningly addictive. If you like paranormal romance that blends powerful and emotionally scarred heroes and a wide beaker full of bubbling crazysauce, behold your catnip. ![]() AND the price matching fairies were busy making the price valid at most retailers. And books 1 – 7 are on sale today only for $1.99 each. It is straight up, unfiltered, USDA organic, locally sourced READING CRACK. ![]() Look, this sale is kind of epic, but if you haven't read the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, be warned. So these books aren't on sale any longer - but by request, the entry remains because there are some archive review goodies linked within. Please note: the sale price was valid Saturday 30 March 2014 only. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Maggie stiefvater requiem![]() ![]() ![]() You won't be able to stop turning the pages of this book once its powerful spell takes hold." - Christopher Barzak, author of Wonders of the Invisible World "A magical exploration of queer and religious themes." - Kirkus Reviews "Fans of what might be called magic-magical realism will find this a compelling read." - Booklist "Part paranormal thriller, part introspective character study, this title challenges readers to accept themselves, build empathy, and stand strong in the power of personal beliefs. Arnold, Printz Honor-winning author of Damsel "The Fascinators is a fascinating exploration of the places where magic intersects with love and friendship, bringing some together while pulling others apart. "The Fascinators is a potent brew of magic, romance, betrayal, and the transformative power of friendship-bewitching!" - Elana K. ![]() ![]() ![]() Most important to the plot: teleportation has become the en vogue method of transportation, via a mechanism called the Punch Escrow. Yes, it’s almost always raining in the future-people try not to think about where it comes from. 3D printers now more closely resemble Star Trek replicators, and while climate change and air pollution haven’t necessarily been solved, they’re being addressed with carbon-fume eating mosquitoes who excrete water. Nanotechnology and genetic engineering have become mainstream medicine. The world is neither a utopia nor a dystopia-things have pretty much progressed at their current pace. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. In this conversation with Nexus Media, Klein shares his perspective on science, technology and the future of our species. The book has created a stir among sci-fi fans, and there are already plans to adapt it to the big screen. In Tal Klein’s new novel, The Punch Escrow, humans have successfully tackled disease and climate change, but powerful corporations control everything. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Agape cs lewis![]() Nothing so enriches an erotic love as the discovery that the Beloved can deeply, truly and spontaneously enter into Friendship with the Friends you already had to feel that not only are we two united by erotic love but we three or four or five are all travelers on the same quest, have all a common vision.” But you will have no jealousy at all about sharing the Friendship. If one who was first, in the deep and full sense, your Friend, is then gradually or suddenly revealed as also your lover you will certainly not want to share the Beloved’s erotic love with any third. But this, so far from obliterating the distinction between the two loves, puts it in a clearer light. And conversely, erotic love may lead to Friendship between the lovers. Indeed, unless they are physically repulsive to each other or unless one or both already loves elsewhere, it is almost certain to do so sooner or later. ![]() “When the two people who thus discover that they are on the same secret road are of different sexes, the friendship which arises between them will very easily pass – may pass in the first half hour – into erotic love. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments S doug dorst![]() “I thought, well, there’s no way I’ll get this gig, so why don’t I just go in the most ludicrous direction? What would be most fun for me? … They would say, take it as far as you possibly can.”ĭorst drew from his fascination of authorship controversies, such as William Shakespeare, B. “At the time, I was convinced that I was auditioning,” said Dorst, who also teaches creative writing at Texas State University. Even more so, the book features footnotes from an editor and remarks from a translator. Straka (a fictitious author, as Dorst didn’t want to piggyback the margins of an existing classic), but also the story of Jen and Eric, two bibliophiles who communicate to each other through handwritten notes in the book’s margins. S., published by Mulholland Books, is not only the Ship of Theseus mystery novel written by V. “All we did was find an incredibly talented writer and give him an idea for something, and then you took it and made it completely your own.” ![]() The director-producer first told the idea to Bad Robot features head Lindsey Weber, who then suggested Dorst as a top pick. 23 event, co-presented with literary nonprofit 826NYC. ![]() “To be a hundred percent clear, Doug is the author of the book,” he said at the Nov. Abrams kicked off the conversation by clarifying that, though his name is on the cover of S., he’s only responsible for the book-within-a-book concept. ![]() ![]() Tom Threadgill kept me reading for hours. “Threadgill plunges a detective from the San Antonio Property Crimes Division into a deep-laid plot involving murder, kidnapping, and myriad other crimes above her pay grade.” - Kirkus Review ![]() And she will do everything in her power to bring him home.Ī fresh voice in suspense, Tom Threadgill will have you questioning everything as you fly through the pages of this enthralling story. ![]() With time running out, Amara must convince others–and herself–that despite all evidence to the contrary, the boy lives. If she’s correct, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie. ![]() But a fresh clue leads San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez to the unlikely conclusion that one of the children may still be alive. Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on an unimaginable scale. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Sierra simone series![]() They range in tropes and content, ensuring there is something for everyone. If you enjoy a little spice in your life, these are the reads for you. And I am the worst one.”Summer is the best time to turn off your brain and sink into some satisfying literature. Quote: “She needs to know… there are no white knights here. But, let’s be honest, you’re not reading this type of book for the plot. The spice starts almost immediately, and features multiple love interests (and yes, there are threesomes!) The storyline also includes magic, intrigue and mystery but all of that is low in quality compared to the sex scenes. Fair warning, this one is not something you should not read on the bus. This is a dark retelling of the adventures of Peter Pan, and in this version, everyone is over 18 and really horny. So, if you’re looking for a book where the plot only exists as a framework for the spicy scenes, The Never King is the book for you. ![]() ![]() CrowĬontent warning: Rough sex, threesomes, knives, graphic violence If you want something you shouldn’t read in public, check out “The Never King” by Nikki St. ![]() ![]() ![]() Adam and Eve concealed their nakedness with leaves, remember? Leaves have always hidden our awkward secrets. Poet, pilot, naturalist, journalist, essayist, and explorer, Diane Ackerman weaves together scientific fact with lore, history, and voluptuous description. Walk down a lane overhung with trees in the never-never land of autumn, and you will forget about time and death, lost in the sheer delicious spill of color. A Natural History of the Senses is a vibrant celebration of our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. For children, leaf fall is just one of the odder figments of Nature, like hailstones or snowflakes. ![]() Fall is the time when leaves fall from the trees, just as spring is when flowers spring up, summer is when we simmer, and winter is when we whine from the cold.Ĭhildren love to play in piles of leaves, hurling them into the air like confetti, leaping into soft unruly mattresses of them. As we say the word, we’re reminded of that other Fall, in the garden of Eden, when fig leaves never withered and scales fell from our eyes. So the word and the idea are both extremely ancient, and haven’t really changed since the first of our kind needed a name for fall’s leafy abundance. Free Essay: Diane Ackerman, a writer intoxicated with the senses, writes about the sensory experience of smell in the first chapter of A Natural History of. We call the season “fall,” from the Old English feallan, to fall, which leads back through time to the Indo-European phol, which also means to fall. Though leaves lose their green life, they bloom with urgent colors, as the woods grow mummified day by day, and Nature becomes more carnal, mute, and radiant. Reflecting on leaves falling, Diane Ackerman writes: ![]() |