7/6/2023 0 Comments Eric van lustbader the miko![]() While Linnear heads into the heart of a vast web of terror, half a world away his longtime friend, ex-NYPD detective Lew Croaker, is hunting the Kaisho's would-be assassins. ![]() Only when he faces the harrowing truth about himself and about Koei, the woman he loved as no other, will Nicholas find the inner strength to carry out the two missions that have now become one: destroy Floating City and honor his family's debt to the head of the Yakuza, the Kaisho. And at his command is the Torch - the tool of ultimate evil that only one man can destroy: Nicholas Linnear.īut to penetrate Floating City, Nicholas must first confront his own inner demons: the Yakuza, the Japanese criminal underworld he despises, and his own past. ![]() Ruthless and bloodthirsty, he rules like a god supreme over his legendary dominion. ![]() At its heart is Rock, an American Vietnam vet - a killing machine raised on war and rock and roll. Deep within the Vietnamese jungle lies Floating City, a secret empire run on riches and murder. ![]()
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7/6/2023 0 Comments William ritter books![]() ![]() ![]() Ritter deftly executes the all-too-timely theme of racist demagoguery-and profiting from it-in a way that is realistic yet hopeful. Meanwhile, though the townsfolk have lived alongside the Wild Wood for generations, a few people incite bigoted violence, and an outside industrialist drilling for oil and felling magical trees whips up the locals to battle with the magical creatures for his own profit. The “unready queen” of the title, Fable’s a magically gifted adolescent who’d rather shape-shift into a bear than train her magic, and she is a delightful friend to the boys as they confront the drama of everyday life: shortage of money, interest in girls, accidentally turning partway into a goblin in school. The boys still have a great time playing in the woods with their friend Fable, the daughter of the Queen of the Deep Dark. ![]() Though Cole’s not happy about Tinn’s goblin lessons and the new divide between the brothers, he’s supportive-all he wants is Tinn’s happiness. Tinn and Cole, inseparable white twins, are adjusting to this new world in which Tinn’s learned he’s a goblin changeling. The twins already saved the Wild Wood from a breakdown in magic in Changeling (2019) can they also save the humans and magical creatures from one another? ![]() ![]() And in the unforgettable title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. In "Hurricanes Anonymous"-First included in the Best American Short Stories anthology-a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. "Nirvana," which won the prestigious Sunday Times short story prize, portrays a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finding solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. "George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine" follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. ![]() ![]() In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. In Fortune Smiles-his first book since Orphan Master-he continues to give voice to characters rarely heard from, while offering something we all seek from fiction: a new way of looking at our world. ![]() "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed and bestselling novel The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson is one of America's most provocative and powerful authors. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Funny you ask book![]() She’s at times self-deprecating, but also brave. She’s both confident about her writing abilities, but at the same time, she questions her choices, including her chosen genre which seems inferior in comparison to the more literary writing her ex-husband, “The Novelist,” did. Suddenly everything is opened up for reflection: her career, her marriage, and her feelings for Gabe.Ĭhana is a complex character – she is both strong and weak, the way real people are. Then, a decade later, she is invited to do a follow-up interview with Gabe. The article goes viral – spurring unprecedented conversation: was the article great or awful? Did or didn’t she sleep with him? Only two people know the truth. A decade ago she was given unprecedented access to the actor, and she spends much of a weekend learning about the heart-throb who has been controversially cast as the next James Bond. ![]() Her successful career as an essayist and interviewer was launched by an interview with Hollywood movie star, Gabe Parker. ![]() ![]() Chana Horowitz is a busy writer in LA, in her thirties and newly divorced. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments The love and lies of rukhsana![]() Her parents are devastated and decide to whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh, where she is thrown headfirst into a world of arranged marriages and tradition. But when her parents catch her kissing her girlfriend Ariana, all of Rukhsana's plans fall apart. Luckily, only a few more months stand between her carefully monitored life in Seattle and her new life at Caltech. She rolls her eyes when they blatantly favor her brother and saves her crop tops and makeup for parties her parents don't know about. Language eng Summary Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali tries her hardest to live up to her conservative Muslim parents' expectations, but lately she's finding that impossible to do. Bangladesh - Social life and customs - Fiction.Label The love and lies of Rukhsana Ali Title The love and lies of Rukhsana Ali Statement of responsibility Sabina Khan Creator ![]() ![]() Can Ryn protect Naomi while still passing for a human?Īs I mentioned before, this is a darker, grittier book. She soon finds herself connecting with Naomi the daughter of a Senator whose life is in danger. ![]() They put her in a group home and make her go to school when all she wants to do is eat the hearts of monsters. When she is found by the US Army, her small statue and young appearance gets her mistaken for a teenager. ![]() Ryn has existed since before humans came up with the concept of time. Ryn is a monster/goddess/deva (I have to look up this deva term and see if it has any mythology to it, I never heard of the name before) and her job is to eat other monsters (the human or paranormal kind). The fact this book is free with Kindle Unlimited, makes this read seem like an absolute steal. I actually got this book as my free Kindle Unlimited book of the month, which I get from my Prime membership. This book does deal with some tough subjects that might be hard for younger readers. And while I consider this YA, I think this is more of a book for adults. ![]() ![]() This is actually one of my favorite YA books I have read this year. This was a gritty, YA urban fantasy/paranormal book, and I loved it. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Karuho shiina![]() ![]() This is a series that will make you smile…and sometimes it will have your heart shattering into a million pieces from emotion. I have learned that the Kimi ni Todoke series has a heartwarming story about first love and friendships and knowing about what you want. ![]() ![]() I don’t know how many times my eyes watered, but I do know that they watered a lot–from both sadness and happiness. But when Kazehaya, the most popular boy in class, befriends her, she’s sure to make more than just that-she’s about to make some enemies too! Shy and pure of heart, she just wants to make friends. Unbeknownst to but a few, behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. With her jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor, she’s often mistaken for Sadako, the haunting movie character. ![]() And the source of all this tattle? Sadako herself! Will Sadako retreat to her former life as a loner because of a simple misunderstanding?! Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine…for a horror movie. Sadako’s chance to become friends with Yano and Yoshida is about to go down the drain when rumors start flying that Yano’s been around the block and Yoshida’s a former gang member. Synopsis: Will the curse of Sadako leave her friendless for life? R to L (Japanese Style). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is referred to as a person’s primary love language.Īccording to Chapman, people are more satisfied in their relationships when both partners match when it comes to their primary love language. (5) words of affirmation (such as expressing your admiration, or complimenting your partner).Ĭhapman suggests that people typically use all love languages, but that most people tend to rely on one love language most of the time. (4) gifts (giving your partner a present that communicates thoughtfulness, effort, and/or expense) (3) quality time (spending time together and giving each other undivided attention) (2) physical touch (demonstrating physical affection, such as giving your partner a hug or kiss) (1) acts of service (doing something that helps a partner, such as running an errand) And so, he began running seminars for husbands and wives, and the popularity of his seminars grew. He believed love languages were an intuitive and simple way to teach couples about how to tune into each other’s ways of expressing love. It was through his observations of couples that the idea of love languages was born. In his role as a Baptist pastor, Chapman had been counselling couples for years. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ever intrepid, Molly sets off to find them, navigating the unfamiliar city and language with her usual plucky courage.Īlong the way, she lands in the midst of the burgeoning Parisian art scene. Secondly, when she arrives at the rented apartment of her friends Sid and Gus, she discovers them missing. Firstly, she’s escaping the Cosa Nostra gang, who are presumably the culprits behind the house fire that killed her nanny and almost cost Molly her life. Now married to police Captain Daniel Sullivan and mother to baby Liam, she winds up traveling to Paris, but it’s not as glamorous as she’d expected. She’s become a private detective, facing all manners of dangerous criminals. ![]() She escaped from Ireland and is wanted by the law in New York City. Molly Sullivan, nee Molly Murphy, is a fighter. City of Darkness and Light by Rhys Bowen, the thirteenth novel in the Molly Murphy historical series, follows the young mother to Paris in 1905, where she loses track of friends and stumbles onto a murder (available March 4, 2014). ![]() ![]() ![]() With this decrees, a field that was not a subject of law before can be regulated initially. The presidential decrees do not have to be based on the law. ![]() Unlike the other regulations of the executive, the presidential decrees are the type of primary regulation. ![]() In the new government system, all the powers and duties related to the executive field are gathered in the person of the President and the executive branch are equipped with autonomous regulatory power by means of presidential decrees. The tendency, which started with the constitutional amendments of 1971-1973 in Turkish constitutional system, to strengthen the executive and to expand the regulatory power of executive, reached its peak with the constitutional amendments of 2017. The constitutional amendments of 2017 include significant innovations in the field of the executive function and the regulatory authority of the executive, as well as the radical change in the field of government system. ![]() |