![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. "Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing's fastest attention grabber." - The New York Times "Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters." - Boston Herald The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life." - Los Angeles Times Book Review Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. "Few will escape the allure of the land and people describes. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people. ![]() As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska's story: its brutal origins the American acquisition the gold rush the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. Michener guides us through Alaska's fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. ![]() In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Raised by loving parents with an older sister who had Down syndrome, Gina McMurchy-Barber has crafted a moving, first-person memoir by a fictional character, Ruby Jean Sharp, who “growed up in Woodloods” with Down syndrome after her mother had taken her there one day-and never came back. East on E Royal will lead to the The Boiler House. Walking west on E Royal will lead to the former nurses residence. Once you have toured the memorial garden and seen the sculpture-The Window Too High-head down Ross Drive. There are parking spots around Woodlands Memorial Garden and other streets. The best place to park if one wants to tour on foot of what is left of the notorious school grounds is to turn into Victoria Hill community (which is off McBride on Memorial Drive). LOCATION: Woodlands Memorial Gardens, former site of Woodlands, on McBride Boulevard, near Blackberry Drive, New Westminster.ĭIRECTIONS: Proceed to McBride Boulevard in New Westminster. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ro and Julie are pregnant with their first child, arguing more than ever and worried about whether or not they will be good parents. Zara is a prickly wealthy woman who is suffering from a traumatic event that occurred over a decade ago, struggling to come to terms with her guilt and offending lots of other people along the way. ![]() We get to know each one of these hostages, as well as the bank robber, as the novel continues over one day. Unfortunately they dive into the wrong apartment, because this particular place is open for a real estate viewing. Meanwhile, the hostage-taker actually meant to rob a bank, but the bank they entered was a cashless bank, so realizing their mistake they ran into an apartment building across the street to hide. These particular police officers are father and son. Two police officers are investigating a hostage situation where all the captives were released safely, but the hostage-taker is nowhere to be found. ![]() I’m going to recommend it to everyone I know, and I can’t wait to tell you why you should read it too. Good books sell well because they are good! I finished reading the super popular Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People about 15 minutes ago, and I’m so buzzed to talk about it I know I’ll hammer out this review nice and quick. Is my reading palette less refined for loving a bestselling book? Should I be embarrassed that I easily jump on book bandwagons with the rest of the world? Maybe some fellow book critics see it that way, but I certainly don’t. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Published by Random House BFYR on August 6th 2013 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. She thought the evil lived outside the walls. The members of this isolated suburban development have thrived under Pioneer, the charismatic leader who saved them from their sad, damaged lives. Now seventeen, Lyla knows certain facts are not to be questioned: Lyla Hamilton and her parents moved here following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, looking to escape the evil in the world. Like Noah before him, Pioneer has been told of the imminent destruction of humanity. He says his chosen must arm themselves and prepare to fight off the unchosen people, who will surely seek refuge in the compound's underground fortress-the Silo. Lyla loves her family and friends, but given the choice, she prefers painting to target practice. ![]() ![]() ![]() When I tried to balance a puffer fish on my own blocky hand to feed the kitten, I pressed the wrong button, and kicked it instead. Suddenly, a kitten wobbled out from between her legs. “I spawned a lot of them, so they have multiplied,” she murmured. Four black cats trailed her, in place of her shadow. One minute I was alone, and the next she was there-all yellow and smooth, except for the thick black cubes of her hands and her large, impassive face. It is more accurate to say that she simply appeared while I was waiting in the atrium of the Communist Party court, under a spectacular red banner from which the faces of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin bore down on me. It would be wrong to claim that I first met the German artist Hito Steyerl on such-and-such day, in such-and-such city, where the weather was bright or blustery, and that she arrived suitably dressed for this season or the next. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, the data that Stephens-Davidowitz sifts through reveal a strongly racially motivated vote on the part of whites, speaking to “a nasty, scary and widespread rage that was waiting for a candidate to give voice to it,” even though those same people would profess publicly to being beyond issues of race and indeed “postracial,” in that quaint term of yore. Pollsters predicted a heavy turnout of African-American voters in favor of Hillary Clinton, but those voters didn’t show up. ![]() ![]() For instance, he writes, so-called undecided voters usually aren’t undecided at all if researching political issues using phrases such as “Trump Clinton taxes,” one’s vote will almost always go to the candidate named first. ![]() Trained as an economist and a philosopher, Stephens-Davidowitz, a former data scientist at Google, ventures into sociology and psychology with his look at the corpus of search terms run through that site, “a bizarre dataset” that often yields uncomfortable results, revealing hidden reservoirs of racism, sexual insecurity, hypocrisy, and outright dishonesty. If your pal swears to God that he’ll repay a loan, write it off: a tour of the many things that big data can tell us about ourselves. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now a senior, she’s lost everything: her best friend, the trust of her parents, driving privileges, Internet access. She just happens to make one terrible mistake her junior year in high school which costs her ten months in juvenile detention. I loved it!Ĭadence Miller is a good girl. ![]() Now add to the mix the fact that the heroine is a Christian from a church going, Bible thumping family and you have the recipe for a story that will leave no feather unruffled. They were attracted to each other, they fell in love and they acted on their feelings. I loved that the author wasn't afraid to explore such a controversial, unconventional topic.The taboo screams loud and clear and despite the fact that the relationship was legally acceptable in their state, it's up to every reader to decide if they can morally justify it because the facts are this: the heroine in a 17 year old student and the hero is her 28 year old math teacher. To give a little bit of background, Good is a New Adult student/teacher romance but there is nothing sugar-coated about it. ![]() ![]() The dedication at the beginning set the tone for the whole story: Good was a well-written, rebellious romance that defied rules and crossed lines. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Readers will applaud this elegantly designed, well-told story. ![]() *"Pham ( All the Things I Love About You) and Pace are entirely in sync in this sweetly goth 'how to' for vampirettes under the spell of something more powerful than anything the dark forces can muster: ballet." Readers will shout "Brava!" for this third gracefully ghoulish picture book by duo Anne Marie Pace and LeUyen Pham. ![]() Keeping her ballet lessons in mind, Vampirina demi-plié's on a surfboard, leaps for a volleyball, and finishes each competition with style, even if she doesn't always come out on top. With her signature poise, Vampirina and her clan gear up for a festive time at the beach. When the summer moon is full, a beach trip is an epic way to spend the night. ![]() ![]() ![]() I thought it kind of added to the idea of a book read from straight out of the jungle itself so I wasn't offended at all. The reading was good but patchy in technical quality. The characters are three-dimensional, by the way, and "real." How on earth did Tarzan end up in Wisconsin? 's true. Few men resemble Tarzan today, nor have his personal ethics, and I am not sure how many women resemble Jane today. to mix it all up and make it more complicated and interesting, I guess. The story portrays the very essence of male and female differences and relationships - and then we have culture. The author loved showing how Tarzan was not as barbaric as some of the civilized people in America. I did not know that Tarzan had taught himself to read English. The movies are good, but the novel is really rather better. It is quite an excellent story and I was surprised how affecting it was. I took up this download because the price was really good, and anyway why not? I haven't heard any pulp fiction, and I am waiting for my next subscription date to roll around, This is the "true" story of Tarzan - the original book before the movies got to it. ![]() ![]() ![]() After an ill-timed phone call, Jimmy agrees to meet his father without telling his mother. Jimmy is an awkward and cheerless character with an overbearing mother and a very limited social life. Jimmy Corrigan is a meek, lonely thirty-six-year-old man who meets his father for the first time in the fictional town of Waukosha, Michigan, over Thanksgiving weekend. The story was serialized in the alternative Chicago weekly newspaper Newcity and in Ware's comic book Acme Novelty Library in issues #5–6, 8–9, and 11–14) from 1995 to 2000. Pantheon Books released the book in 2000 following its serialization in the newspaper Newcity and Ware's Acme Novelty Library series. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Chris Ware. ![]() Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
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