Kate blackwell master of the game6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Yet there’s just so much that brings it down. It’s still a very readable book, and it’s still well ahead of The Other Side of Midnight. ![]() This one, released later in his life, feels a little less than his at his best. ![]() It’s the type of gilded trash melodrama I know very well after reading so many of his books. ![]() Sidney Sheldon’s The Stars Shine Down is the story of ruthless businesswoman Lara Cameron, her rise and fall as she builds a real estate empire and gets entangled with everyone from mob lawyers to piano players. Sheldon has written a lot better, so I don’t recommend this book. Sheldon’s writing style just isn’t suited for pure thrillers, and this exaggerated version of it was even worse.Īlso, the stakes seemed petty (with the wealth of its centerpiece character told more by telling than showing), and the plot was confused with a lot of loose threads and super-quick wrap ups. More importantly, the book tried to be an outright thriller at times instead of a “pop epic” chronicling a tawdry saga of wealth and romance. The prose seemed even more bare-bones than the norm for the author, going from a strength to a weakness. However, this takes things in different directions. Like every single other one of Sheldon’s books, it’s “gilded sleaze” with simple, easy prose. How so? First, the obvious needs to be stated. Sidney Sheldon’s Morning, Noon, and Night is one of his later books, beginning with a ruthless billionaire falling into the sea off of his yacht and dealing with the subsequent power struggle. ![]()
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Debbie macomber silver linings series6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And as she discovers the secret behind Mark’s decision to leave, she welcomes two visitors also seeking their own answers.īest friends Kellie Crenshaw and Katie Gilroy have returned to Cedar Cove for their ten-year high school reunion, looking to face down old hurts and find a sense of closure. Just when she is starting to open herself up again to love, she feels once more that she is losing the man she cares about. ![]() When Mark tells her that he’s moving out of town, Jo Marie is baffled. Jo Marie and Mark are good friends-and are becoming something more-yet he still won’t reveal anything about his past. Since opening the Rose Harbor Inn, Jo Marie Rose has grown close to her handyman, Mark Taylor. Set in Cedar Cove’s charming Rose Harbor Inn, Debbie Macomber’s captivating new novel follows innkeeper Jo Marie and two new guests as they seek healing and comfort, revealing that every cloud has a silver lining, even when it seems difficult to find. ![]() Barad meeting the universe halfway6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Apparatuses are 'material-discursive' in that they produce determinate meanings and material beings while simultaneously excluding the production of others. Rather, they are the condition of possibility of 'humans' and 'non-humans', not merely as ideational concepts, but in their materiality. Thus, apparatuses, which produce phenomena, are not assemblages of humans and nonhumans (as in actor-network theory). Intra-action, a neologism introduced by Barad, signals an important challenge to individualist metaphysics.įor Barad, phenomena or objects do not precede their interaction, rather, 'objects' emerge through particular intra-actions. Agential realism is a theory proposed by Karen Barad, in which the universe comprises phenomena which are "the ontological inseparability of intra-acting agencies". ![]() Thurman meditations of the heart6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() There is the pride, the arrogance that comes when I turn my eyes from the high level of my intent and look coldly at the lesser deeds of some who walk the way with me. There is the fatigue that burrows deep into the citadel of my sense of well-being, rendering me brittle, sharp in speech, and short in patience. There are duties demanded of me that irk and irritate, dulling the cutting edge of joy in labor. Teach me thy grace in the daily work by which I earn my keep and the keep of those depended upon me. ![]() ![]() ![]() Teach me thy Grace and all the little things of life. There are little deeds of unasked for kindness: a button sewed on, a shared personal delight, a gentle reminder of something that had slipped out of mind. There are many little tastes: bread, milk, tea, coffee, salt, sugar, meat, all blended to satisfy hunger and to meet bodily demand. There are the little words of every day: simple greetings, yes and no, commonplace expressions of courtesy, minor services of daily routine. My days are surrounded by myriad little things. Teach me Thy Grace in all the little things of life. The following meditation, “Teach Me Thy Grace,” is from Thurman’s Meditations of the Heart. ![]() Book beautiful blackbird6/28/2023 ![]() Those who were red, blue, yellow, orange, and pink envied Blackbird. ![]() It was clear that children were fascinated by Bryan’s tale of multi-colored birds who longed to have bits of black on them. “I saw a robin!” “When I woke up in the morning and looked out the window, two pigeons were talking.” “I saw a seagull.” “Gulls are the only big birds that might be around in winter,” asserted one child. ![]() Since spring arrived children had seen and heard birds when they were “getting off the bus in the morning and at home.” They shared their experiences. ![]() I started when I was very young, being a bird-watcher, fascinated by the bird colors.” ~ Ellsworth KellyĪshley Bryan’s book, Beautiful Blackbird, got PreK kids thinking about birds. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to stories of intrigue and warfare, Simon Singh also investigates other codes, the unravelling of genes and the rediscovery of ancient languages and most tantalisingly, the Beale ciphers, an unbroken code that could hold the key to a $20 million treasure. The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography. Codes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who make them and those who break them. Accessible, compelling, and timely, The Code Book is sure to make readers see the past-and the future-in a whole new way. As in Fermat’s Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man’s continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages of others. Synopsis: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions. The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking, by Simon Singh ![]() The dead zone 19796/28/2023 ![]() He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. ![]() King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. ![]() After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. ![]() Misstep by Deborah Dee Harper6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her children’s adventure series, Laramie on the Lam, was published in 2012 and will be re-released in four books soon. The second book, Faux Pas, will be available on January 10th of 2017. Humor Author Deborah Dee Harper A versatile authorthat’s Deborah Dee Harper, who writes humorous mystery and inspirational fiction for both children and adults. My first adult novel, Misstep, was published in August of 2015 and is the first book in my Road’s End series. I live in Murfreesboro, TN now after spending a year in Alaska. Blind Betrayal by Nancy Mehl (Defenders of Justice. Im Deborah Dee Harper, author of inspirational and humorous books for both children and adults.Plain Everyday Heros: An Amish Summer Collection b.Minding the Light by Suzanne Woods Fisher.And if that's not enough, the trio and the rest of the Road's End residents are soon mired in danger and intrigue when a group of gun-toting drug dealers arrive in town, bent on killing the church handyman, and conspiring to ruin the doggonedest record-breaking blizzard the town has ever seen. Hugh, Melanie, and Bristol (one of the few sane people in town) are faced with a crumbling church in desperate need of repair and renovation, a dwindling congregation of opinionated, ornery senior citizens, and a camel-yes, a camel. Road’s End is comprised entirely of senior citizens whose kids have grown and left for greener pastures. It’s December in Road’s End, Virginia, a tiny town long forgotten by anyone but its residents, where Colonel Hugh Foster and his wife, Melanie, have chosen to live-for better or worse. Pastor Hugh Foster: His heart was in the right place, even if, in hindsight, it appeared he’d clearly taken leave of his senses. ![]() Claiming Beauty by Skye Alder6/27/2023 ![]() Now that he's settled, he's looking for the missing piece of his life. He's got more money and power than most and he's used it to get to where he is today. ![]() With my head and my wolf at war, there’s no way this story has a happy ending. So, I kidnap her and lock her away in my castle until I can figure out what to do with her. He wants his mate but he has to know that she’s not suitable for us. She’s also human and the last person that I want for a mate.įor the first time in my life, I’m at war with my wolf. Just like her name, she’s a witch who has me under her spell. I’m all set to scare off this latest batch of girls brought in for the mating ceremony, until she walks in. I’ve ruled my pack just fine on my own for years. Too bad for me, he doesn’t seem to have one. So, I try to appeal to the King Koda’s compassionate side. I can’t be stuck in some weird castle for who knows how long. The problem is that I have a plane to catch. I just wanted to see the castle nestled deep in the woods. That’s what I keep telling everyone but no one will listen. ![]() Paths of glory by humphrey cobb6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() He draws excellent performances, too, right down the line. Stanley Kubrick in his taut direction catches the spirit of war with fine realism, and the futile advance of the French is exciting. When his men either are driven back by enemy fire or are unable to leave the trenches, an unjust charge of cowardice against the men is lodged by the general and Douglas is ordered to arrange for three men to be selected to stand courtmartial, as an object lesson to whole army. Knowing full well the impossibility of such an assault because of lack of manpower and impregnability of the position, the general nevertheless orders Kirk Douglas, colonel in command of the regiment, to make the suicidal attempt. ![]() Story nub revolves around decision of the General Staff for a military unit commanded by George Macready, a general of the old school, to take an objective held for two years by the Germans. ![]() |