![]() But she found that she wished she could embellish, add thunder and lightning where there had been only a gentle rain, and that is why she writes fiction.Ī few years ago, Toews was walking around Toronto, where she lives, turning the idea for a novel over in her mind. In her twenties, when she went to journalism school to learn how to make radio documentaries, she loved spending hours with audiotape, a razor blade, and chalk, seamlessly stitching together the voices she had gathered, trying to keep her own voice out of the mix. When she is working on a book, she exists in a state of heightened suggestibility, as if everything she sees and hears were hers for the taking. Something about the body in motion limbers up the mind and suggests that it should get moving, too. ![]() ![]() Before Miriam Toews can sit down to write, she needs to walk. ![]()
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![]() It brings back memories of rolling all over those soft sheets in that hotel room. “How old do you think I am?” he says mock flirtatiously, leaning in close enough that I catch his scent of sandalwood. This is the third book in the Close Proximity series, but it can be read as a standalone. The only problem is that Felix is equally determined that he doesn’t.įrom bestselling author, Lily Morton comes a story of missed opportunities, second chances, and two very stubborn men. When an accident lands him in Felix’s less than tender care, Max is determined to grab this opportunity. He’s spent their time apart regretting his actions and hoping for a second chance. Which, of course, is when Max has to come bursting back into his life.įelix Jackson will always be the one who got away to Max. His job is going well, he has good friends, and he doesn’t lack for male company. However, two and a half years later, he’s over all of that. It was just his luck that he then had to develop a terrible case of feelings and got his heart broken. ![]() When Felix met handsome journalist Max Travers, it was lust at first sight. Sometimes the best love stories come in two parts. ![]() Narrated by Joel Leslie Close Proximity, Book 3 ![]() ![]() ![]() She provides enough exposition in this installment to make him feel much more real and three-dimensional, and includes plenty of searing chemistry between him and his sweet heroine. ![]() Evans certainly delivers when it comes to creating a brooding, enigmatic alpha-hero. “Evans’ legion of fans will no doubt rejoice at this second Manwhore story, featuring all the taut emotion, explosive passion, and dangerous need that made the series opener so memorable. How can I prove to the man who trusts no one that I’m worthy of becoming his permanent plus one? But they say all good things come to an end. But my head was overtaken by my heart, and I fell for him-hard.įor a time, this wicked playboy was mine. ![]() ![]() Getting this close to Chicagos hottest player can get a girl. I intended to reveal him-to learn his thoughts, his secrets, his lifestyle-then complete my assignment and walk away. Book 2 in the sexy new Manwhore series from the New York Times bestselling author of REAL. Getting this close to Chicago’s hottest player can get a girl burned. Any journalist would kill for access to this beautiful, difficult man, but I was the one sent to uncover Chicago’s hottest entrepreneur. by Katy Evans series The Manwhore Series Audiobook 0.00 Free with Trial eBook 7.99 Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis Book 2 in the sexy new Manwhore series from the New York Times bestselling author of REAL. Book #2 in the sexy new Manwhore series from the New York Times bestselling author of REAL. ![]() ![]() How can the same pathway create and destroy? What might our study of the Krebs cycle teach us about the mysteries of aging and the hardest problem of all, consciousness? Yet this same cycle, spinning in reverse, also created the chemical building blocks that enabled the emergence of life on our planet. Lane reveals the beautiful, violent world within our cells, where hydrogen atoms are stripped from the carbon skeletons of food and fed to the ravenous beast of oxygen. ![]() Transformer is Lane’s voyage, as a biochemist, to find the inner meaning of the Krebs cycle―and its reverse―why it is still spinning at the heart of life and death today. Lane is among the vanguard of researchers asking why the Krebs cycle, the “perfect circle” at the heart of metabolism, remains so elusive more than eighty years after its discovery. ![]() In Transformer, biochemist Nick Lane reveals a scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight ―how the same simple chemistry gives rise to life and causes our demise. ![]() Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to generation, right back to the origin of life. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end?įor decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. “Transformer : The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death” ![]() Nick Lane, in conversation with Logan McCarty ![]() ![]() ![]() What other book(s) did you most enjoy this year? (Published this year or previously. Which of Mark’s books have you read so far and what did you like about them?Ģ. To participate simply comment below this post and answer any (or all three) of the following three questions:ġ. With many thanks to HarperVoyager UK, I have two Advance Reading Copies of Mark Lawrence’s upcoming novel, THE GIRL AND THE STARS, to offer to random winners of this give-away. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() : 154 : 410 Méthode de Nomenclature Chimique ![]() Aside from being one of the first chemistry textbooks, the book was one of the first to state the Law of conservation of mass, define a chemical element, and contain a list of known elements. Traité Élémentaire de Chimie, 1789, available in English as Elementary Treatise of Chemistryĭescription: This book was intended as an introduction to new theories in chemistry and as such, was one of the first Chemistry textbooks.Traité Élémentaire de Chimie (Elementary Treatise of Chemistry) - Antoine Lavoisier.He is seen as the father of chemistry, and this is his most celebrated book, with continued relevance to the present day. He also expounded on a rudimentary atomic theory and the existence of chemical elements beyond the classic earth, fire, air, and water. Boyle, in this book, became the first to argue that experiment should form the basis of all theory, a common practice in chemistry today. The Sceptical Chymist - Robert Boyle 1661ĭescription: Boyle, in the form of a dialogue, argued that chemical theories should be firmly grounded in experiment before their acceptance, and for the foundation of chemistry as a science separate from medicine and alchemy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If we shield our children from the everyday stressors of life, they are not equipped with real life when they become adults. First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argue cogently with facts and figures how three terrible ideas have increasingly been woven into American childhood and education: What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker always trust your feelings and life is a battle between good people and evil people.Īs I read the book, I couldn’t help but ponder how our public-school system, especially Special Education, under the guise of “education” is harming our children. The authors take an astute look into how this happened and the forces that perpetuate this toxic mindset. In case you haven’t noticed, we now have a generation of young “adults” still living with their parents, playing endless video games and complaining that “society” owes them free health care, student loan forgiveness, a high paying job even if you demonstrate very few marketable skills, and of course a “safe space” in case their fragile little egos are bruised by a harmless joke or slight. ![]() ![]() The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting up a Generation for Failure By Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt ***Post written by Michael Crane, Treasurer for WSPA*** ![]() ![]() ![]() Caruso is outstanding with female voices of all ages. There were three favorites: Rose, the 13-year-old heroine Aunt Plenty, Rose's sixty-something great-aunt, and Pokey, a four-year-old little girl. Which character – as performed by Barbara Caruso – was your favorite? For readers who enjoy stories rooted in family life, the Campbell clan offers a joyful vision of the many pleasures of being a treasured member of a close-knit, extended family. He is extremely kind, generous, nurturing, and attentive to his sickly, heartbroken, 13-year-old, orphaned niece, Rose, the heroine of this novel. He would be very much at home in the company of holistic physicians of the modern world and is a perfect model of a "liberated," feminist male. The ideas on health and healing, education, and women's role in society expressed by Dr. It is well performed, and it is a book so beautifully written with such appealing content, it stands up very well to being read aloud-which lesser books do not. ![]() ![]() What made the experience of listening to Eight Cousins the most enjoyable? Terrific rendition of a beloved children's classic ![]() ![]() Juan keeps her shut away in the apartment, where she cleans, cooks, and exists for his pleasure. In New York, Ana pines for her family in Santo Domingo. ![]() Ana doesn’t want to marry him but does so out of duty and for the opportunity to become American. Suitable for young and adult readers, Dominicana identifies the immigrant experience in a historical context with themes that ring true to contemporary readers.Īna Canción is a teenager when she marries Juan, an older man who whisks her out of their home country of the Dominican Republic to a new life in New York City. The novel is structured in six parts in which Ana’s first person point of view depicts her loneliness, disenfranchisement, and hopes. Inspired by her mother’s move to America, Cruz wrote her novel as an homage to the strong women who left their home countries for the promise of a better future in the United States. The success of the novel inspired the organization “Dominicanas NYC,” a digital archive of Dominican American life in the 1950s-1990s. ![]() ![]() ![]() Published in 2019, Dominicana was selected as Good Morning America’s Cover to Cover, shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Awards for Excellence in Fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, an anniversary edition, published on April 1, aims to enlighten a new generation with its accounts of gnome biology (they weigh 300 grams and live an average of 400 years), gnome customs (they greet each other by rubbing noses and maintain friendly relations with rabbits), and gnome sex (which always results in twins, who live at home until age 100)." " sold more than a million copies and spent 56 weeks on the hardcover list before the little creatures crawled back under our collective Pet Rock. Praise for Gnomes Deluxe Collector's Edition: This revised collector's edition of Gnomes features a new introduction, eight removable prints in a back cover envelope, and an all-new signature of never-before-published gnome sketches by artist Rien Poortvliet on distinctive sketchbook paper. ![]() Thirty-five years later, this beautifully illustrated book continues to bring joy to readers of all ages. Based on Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygen's scientific observation of the local gnome population in Holland, Gnomes covers all areas of gnome culture: architecture, education, courtship, medicine, industry, and relationships with other mythical creatures. ![]() The beloved Gnomes was first published in 1976 and the world became enchanted with the simple and diligent ways of these special creatures. The delightful classic Gnomes has been repackaged in this exceptional collector's edition to celebrate the 35th anniversary of this magical book. ![]() |