5/30/2023 0 Comments Makers doctorow![]() Mainly this is a book of social commentary. They are joined by Suzanne Church, a journalist turned blogger who reports on what they are doing, and by a few other supporting cast members. It’s the story of Perry and Lester, two guys with lots of imagination but not much business sense. It seems to be catching on, which in turn, catches the attention of a nervous Disney executive concerned about declining attendance at the Disney World attraction he oversees in Orlando.Īnd that’s pretty much the plot. They shake themselves off, and build an ever-changing amusement ride in south Florida. ![]() This places them in the vanguard of the New Work movement, and they ride that wave until it busts in obvious parallel to the bursting of the dot-com bubble. In an economically struggling America, two good friends, Perry and Lester, invent and sell novelty items made of junk. ![]() Genre: Science Fiction, (Near Future, Culture) ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Live Free or Die by John Ringo![]() ) So I'm no stranger to the MANY various "out there things" that get discussed in VERY Well-Researched Detail when it comes to Mr. We even seem to have the same eclectic tastes in music and movies and books, not to mention I own a largish Mountain Top Ranch in SC that gets pretty much "Landed On" in one of his other Series of Books when the Posleen land and attack Northeast Ga, Northwestern SC, NC, etc. We share a strikingly similar past (He was at Bragg, I was at Benning), and seem to even still tromp over the same ground while vacationing (passed him once in the Caribbean, and I think my last trip to Europe, from London to Rome and back, via Gibraltar and various Ports along the way, saw me get home about the time I heard Mr. ![]() Ringo and many other Fans of his work, as well as a few "Sci-Fi personalities" that stopped by to join in from time to time. ![]() Ringo many times, and been involved in "Extensive Pool-Side Conversations" at Dragon-Con and other such events with Mr. Which is fine by me, but if you're looking for Space Ships and Far-Futuristic Science Tech, "No so much". ![]() I guess there IS Science involved, and Fiction, but it's mostly "Near Current Times, Hard Corp Military Fiction". I've always been a huge fan of Ringo's books, and was glad to see Audible getting a lot more of his works on the site! (Thanks Audible!) I'm not sure though how this series is really, well, "Sci-Fi". ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Cremains of the Day by Misty Simon![]() Granted the deliveryman is handsome, but seriously, that’s enough to cast a pall over anyone’s day. ![]() This unpleasant shock seems to be part of a web of weird experiences: Her friend’s shop is broken into, her ex is stun-gunned where it hurts the most, and now she’s receiving flowers from the dead woman. She discovers one of her employers lying in a closet with a knife sticking out of her chest. As humbling as it is to tidy the mansions of the snobby socialites she used to call friends, at least she doesn't have to be around dead bodies. ![]() But when her marriage falls apart and Tallie is left with next to nothing, she turns to cleaning houses to make ends meet. “You’ll be cheering as the clues pile up in this creative cozy mystery.” -Lynn Cahoon, New York Times bestselling author of Murder in Waitingįor Tallulah Graver, marrying wealthy Waldo Phillips seemed like the best way out of the family business, the Graver Funeral Home. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. 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. ![]() ![]() Born to actor parents who came with their own share of drama (Eddie Fisher allegedly fainted when Carrie was being delivered, guaranteeing, as she wrote in Wishful Drinking, that when she was born, she was “virtually unattended”), Fisher launched to stardom first with the release of 1975’s Shampoo and then solidified her permanent place in popular culture with 1977’s Star Wars. ![]() 27 at the age of 60, was given an unusually heavy load. ![]() ![]() But it’s also fitting because for all of her privilege - born into a movie-star family and instant celebrity, not to mention beauty, talent and wit - Carrie Frances Fisher, who died Dec. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier![]() ![]() Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Anthea Bell is the foremost translator of German. Ruby Red - Ebook written by Kerstin Gier. This stunning conclusion to the trilogy reaches new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate. Kerstin Gier is the bestselling author of the Ruby Red trilogy, as well as several popular novels for adults. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. Between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross ), she's been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean. Anthea Bell is the foremost translator of German literature in the world. Henry Holt and Company, LLC Publishers since 1866 175 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10010. Kerstin Gier is the bestselling author of the Ruby Red trilogy, as well as several popular novels for adults. Gwen's life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue, Emerald Green Kerstin Gier. A bestseller in Germany, the first in the beloved YA trilogy. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers her family's time-travel gene when she mysteriously lands in the last century. The perfect gift for all the Ruby Red fans. ![]() ![]() The Ruby Red international bestselling trilogy by Kerstin Gier took the world by storm is now available as a beautiful boxed set. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can read an excerpt from The Push below. " The Push is a gripping and psychologically probing exploration of the bonds of family, the complexity and loneliness of motherhood and the devastating nature of grief," Penguin Canada's publisher Nicole Winstanley said in a press statement when the book was acquired. The Push is about a woman who is experiencing motherhood for the first time, but it's not like anything she expected - in fact, it's everything she was terrified it would be. ![]() Audrain currently lives in Toronto, where she is raising her two young children.ġ4 Canadian mysteries and thrillers to check out It was picked up in Canada by Viking Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada, where Audrain previously worked in the publicity department. The book's manuscript sold in several countries around the world, including the United Kingdom and the United States, earning Audrain more than $1 million. The Push is Canadian author Ashley Audrain's first book, but the domestic thriller is already expected to be one of the biggest books of 2021. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Kingbird highway by kenn kaufman![]() ![]() So I initially hesitated when one of my contacts at Houghton Mifflin informed me that Kenn Kaufman's famous "coming of age" book, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder (NYC: Houghton Mifflin, 1997), had recently been republished as a paperback, and would I like to review it? After reminding myself that I was probably the last person in North America who has not yet read this book, that the book was free to me and that, if I didn't like it, I could pretend it got lost in the mail, I agreed Okay, I'll read it.Ĭhoosing to read this book was a good decision, a truly fabulous decision, because I thoroughly enjoyed Kingbird Highway from the first sentence to the very last. The authors of those books always struck me as being pathetic self-involved crybabies with no purpose in life beyond whining about "being misunderstood" by the world because the people around them wisely refused to indulge their every desire - most of which were utterly ridiculous anyway. ![]() Did you read "coming of age" books when you were in high school? If so, what did you really think of them? Like most people, I read these books but I was unique among my peers because I never liked them, even when I was "coming of age". ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Richard siken poetry book![]() ![]() In the world of American poetry, Siken's voice is striking. His poetry is confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism. Siken writes with ferocity, and his reader hurtles unstoppably with him. ![]() Richard Siken’s Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful collection of poems driven by obsession and love. ![]() "Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency that makes this one of the best books of contemporary poetry."-Victoria Chang, Huffington Post The 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets competition: a powerful, confessional, erotic collectionįinalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry ![]() ![]() But wooing her will take more than a seasoned seducers skill. Hes enchanted by her fierce determination, her unusual beauty, and her quiet, unfailing strength. Bowen seizes his enemys keep, unprepared for the brooding and reclusive woman who captures his heart. ![]() But Bowens rugged sensuality stirs something deep inside her that longs to be awakened by his patient, gentle caresssomething warm, wicked, and tempting. Unable to bear the shame of returning to a family that believes her dead or to abandon others at the keep to an imposing new laird, Genevieve opts for the peaceful life of an abbess. Still, her path toward freedom remains uncertain. Yet when Bowen Montgomery storms the gates on a mission of clan warfare, Genevieve finds that her spirit is bent but not broken. ![]() Genevieve McInnis is locked behind the fortified walls of McHugh Keep, captive of a cruel laird who takes great pleasure in ruining her for any other man. In Highlander Most Wanted, a reclusive woman content to live in the shadows shows a Highland warrior the true meaning of love. S BESTSELLERMaya Banks, the bestselling author of romance and romantic suspense has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish historical novels, perfect for fans of Julie Garwood. ![]() Highlander Most Wanted: The Montgomerys and Armstrongs: 2 Book Information: ![]() |