![]() ![]() The race is on for the truth in this gripping and complex tale of suspense, intrigue, and murder from USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Goddard. As the two dig deeper, it becomes clear that they, too, are being targeted-and that the answers to their questions are buried deep within the past Erin struggles to explain and longs to forget. Nathan Campbell's father was investigating such a case when he was shot, and now Nathan needs to enlist Erin's help to solve the case. At least she is able to produce her podcast, which focuses on solving missing persons cold cases. She leaves her job as a criminal psychologist to care for her mother in Montana. Criminal psychologist Erin Larson's dreams of a successful career come to a screeching halt when she nearly loses her own life in a boating accident on Puget Sound and then learns that her mother tried to commit suicide. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Baruch dies in combat with a group of angels loyal to the Magisterium and its leader, Regent Metatron. Will escapes the city using the subtle knife, an artifact so thin that it can slice through the fabric of space-time and open doors into other worlds. The angels work for the angel Lord Asriel, who hopes to destroy the Magisterium. Meanwhile, angels Baruch and Balthamos have imprisoned Will in a city called Cittagazze in a parallel reality. Lyra has a lucid dream in which she meets her dead friend, Roger, in the underworld and promises to save him. Coulter fears that the Magisterium will kill Lyra, having determined that she is implicated in a prophecy that states she will trigger the second fall of man. Coulter, her mother and a double agent for the Magisterium. At the beginning of the novel, Lyra is imprisoned by Mrs. The novel was named the Children’s Book of the Year by the British Book Awards in 2001 and was the first children’s book to be nominated as a contender for the Man Booker Prize. The story follows the series’ protagonists, Lyra and Will, who struggle to overthrow an authoritarian, fanatically religious government called the Magisterium as it tries to seize control over all of the parallel universes and their human and non-human inhabitants. The third book in the trilogy His Dark Materials, it takes place after The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife. The Amber Spyglass is a 2000 fantasy novel for young adults by English author Philip Pullman. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the time before Homer, the legendary Theseus, King of Athens (an actual historical figure), set sail on a journey that brought him into the land of tal Kyrte, the “free people,” a nation of proud female warriors whom the Greeks called “Amazons.” The Amazons, bound to each other as lovers as well as fighters, distrusted the Greeks, with their boastful talk of “civilization.” So when the great war queen Antiope fell in love with Theseus and fled with the Greeks, the mighty Amazon nation rose up in rage. ![]() In Last of the Amazons, Pressfield has surpassed himself, re-creating a vanished world in a brilliant novel that will delight his loyal readers and bring legions more to his singular and powerful restoration of the past. Steven Pressfield has gained a passionate worldwide following for his magnificent novels of ancient Greece, Gates of Fire and Tides of War. The author of the international bestsellers Gates of Fire and Tides of War delivers his most gripping and imaginative novel of the ancient world–a stunning epic of love and war that breathes life into the grand myth of the ferocious female warrior culture of the Amazons. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession. ![]() ![]() ![]() It will change you.” ―Hugo Award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal “Beautiful, all too real, and full of pain. “Astonishing!” ―World Fantasy Award-winning author Ellen Kushner ![]() “James Bond by way of Oscar Wilde.” ―Holly Black ![]() Everything is barreling towards an international revolt.and only the wiliest ones will be prepared for what comes next. When their fates collide, machinations are put into play, unexpected alliances are built, and long-held secrets are exposed. ―and Cordelia, a former cabaret stripper turned legendary revolutionary.Įach one harbors dangerous knowledge that can upturn a nation. Lillian, a reluctant diplomat serving a fascist nation,Īristide, an expatriate film director running from lost love and a criminal past, In a tropical country where shadowy political affairs lurk behind the scenes of its glamorous film industry, three people maneuver inside a high stakes game of statecraft and espionage: “A hefty novel full of fascinating characters exploring oversized topics such as sexuality, music, culture, fascism, nationalism, class wars, revolution and love.” ― Shelf Awareness ![]() Armistice returns to Donnelly’s ravishing 1930s Art Deco-tinged fantasy world of the Nebula and Lambda Award-nominated Amberlough with a decadent, tumultuous mixture of sex, politics, and spies ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “So this book is about finding some space to be honest with ourselves about the Bible and trusting God in the process. ![]() In The Bible Tells Me So, Enns presents his view of what the Bible is, and how it ought to be treated. And, to be completely honest, one of the reasons I wanted to review this book was because of the “controversialness” of some of Enns previous writing (from what I’ve heard–like I said, this is the first of Enns books that I have been exposed to). Actually, prior to this year I didn’t know much about him. This is the first book I’ve read by Peter Enns. Review by – Buy this book at Amazon or HarperCollins The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable To Read It b y Peter Enns – HarperOne, 2014 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Atmospheric and eerie with Agatha Christie vibes' Prima Praise for Ruth Ware's addictive thrillers. When an avalanche cuts the chalet off from help, and one board member goes missing in the snow, the group is forced to ask - would someone resort to murder, to get what they want? The clock is ticking on the offer, and with the group irrevocably split, tensions are running high. At stake is a billion-dollar dot com buyout that could make them all millionaires, or leave some of them out in the cold. Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company. **The unmissable new thriller from the queen of the modern-day murder mystery.** ![]() 'The sense of dread deepens as the snow falls in Ruth Ware's tensely plotted and deliciously cast alpine thriller' Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Our House From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller comes a brilliantly gripping thriller which finds a group of colleagues trapped by snow in their chalet in the French Alps, with deadly consequences. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gr 10 Up-Nerdy Scott and cheerleader Davey do not have much in common. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Armed with little more than school supplies and Scott’s trusty copy of The NEW Multiverse Theory, can these unlikely heroes put their differences aside and stop the total chaos? If they can’t, the end of the world may just be beginning. Now it’s up to two seniors from opposite sides of the social spectrum to defeat this scourge and save not only their high school but also the world. ![]() Demon versions of their teachers roam the halls, a cowboy sloth appears sporadically, and some students randomly burst into flames, while angry interdimensional counterparts of other students destroy everything in sight. ![]() Soon, the avowed loner and the mean-girl cheerleader realize that something is very wrong, and they’re the only two who are aware of what’s happening. "A fun, imaginative, you-never-know-what’s-going-to-happen-next high school adventure.” ― Kim Bongiorno, New York Times best-selling co-author, I Just Want To Pee AloneĬarson High School seniors Scott and Davey don’t have much common ground―that is, until all universes begin collapsing into their school. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I've stuck through for 16 books, and I firmly believe that gives me the right to explain just how she mind rapes (yes I went there) her readers. But even I can't defend the complete and utter tripe that LKH has created of the Anita Blake series. Not all of them have to be cerebrally stimulating. ![]() I stopped disdaining Manga and Romance novels and realized that everyone has different reasons for reading. I learned the joy of reading just for entertainment. I used to be a book snob (it needed awards and excellent writing, or historical accuracy for me to read it) but being a Manager in a large book chain store in Canada cured me of that. Hamilton pretty much pushed me over the edge into writer rage last night. How about a series of books? Do you ever sit back and shake your head, wanting to ask the author "How the hell do you put your name on this crap and sleep at night?" The Anita Blake Vampire Series by Laurell K. Have you ever read a book and been so angry you wanted to track down the author and smack them upside the head a few times? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1956, he published his seminal work, Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan, a history of the 1896 Katipunan-led revolt against Spanish rule and its leader, Andres Bonifacio. He earned his living as a linguistic assistant at the Institute of National Language and as an instructor at the Far Eastern University and the Manuel L. He was also an essayist and a poet.īorn in Lemery, Batangas, Agoncillio obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of the Philippines in 1934 and a master's degree in the arts from the same university the following year. ![]() He and his contemporary Renato Constantino were among the first Filipino historians who earned renown for promoting a distinctly nationalist point of view of Filipino history (nationalist historiography). Agoncillo (Novem– January 14, 1985) was one of the pre-eminent Filipino historians of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Get a mentor and partner on board, who will believe in you and complement your skills.If you’re young and don’t have much to lose, it’s best to go for broke.Here are 3 lessons from Phil Knight’s life about how he built Nike, the most valuable sports brand in the world: But as time progressed towards him stepping down as the company’s chairman (which he did in June 2016), he knew a memoir was in order. ![]() However, until now, much of the company’s history, many early decisions and a lot of Phil’s personal life hadn’t been well-covered publicly at all. At the time he founded Nike, back then called Blue Ribbon, in 1964, Phil had no idea what this crazy plan of his would turn into, how much it would change the world and that it’d make him the 15th-richest person on the planet. In fact, I don’t recall knowing who founded Nike until earlier this year, when debating the topic with my family and googling it. It’s very rare for a person like Phil Knight to elude the public spotlight for so long. ![]() |