![]() ![]() "A riveting, read-through-the-night thriller." -Liv Constantine So why is no one listening to her?ĭespite the bitter truth that the two haven't spoken in two years, torn apart by Desiree's partying and by their father, Mel, a wealthy and influential hip-hop mogul, Lena becomes determined to find justice for her sister, even if it means untangling her family's darkest secrets - or ending up dead herself. And Desiree would never travel above 125th Street. ![]() ![]() A graduate student at Columbia, Lena has spent the past decade forging her own path far from the spotlight, but some facts about Desiree just couldn't have changed since their childhood. It's a tragedy, certainly, but not a crime.īut Desiree's half-sister Lena Scott knows that can't be the case. When the body of disgraced reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found on a playground in the Bronx the morning after her 25th birthday party, the police and the media are quick to declare her death an overdose. In this "tense, twisting mystery" and "absolutely can't-put-it-down read" (Megan Miranda), no one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star is found dead in the Bronx - except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a dangerous search for the truth. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Ryan is a former Marine and a brilliant CIA analyst, but this time he's in enemy territory with a professional assassin on his tail. It's a job Deputy Director James Greer can only trust to one man - Jack Ryan. With the East German secret police closing in, someone will have to go to behind the Berlin Wall to investigate the potential defector. In East Berlin, a mysterious figure contacts the CIA with an incredible offer: invaluable details of his government's espionage plans in return for asylum. ![]() The Nighthawk is the most advanced fighting machine in the world and the Soviets will do anything to get their hands on its secrets. Download Tom Clancy Red Winter by : Marc Cameron Book in PDF, Epub and Kindleīook excerpt: 1985: For Jack Ryan, the Cold War is burning hot A top secret F117 aircraft crashes into the Nevada desert. ![]() ![]() Amelia Nagoski is a Doctor of Musical Arts, conductor, former professor, and best-selling author. Luckily, Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski provides the science behind how women can handle these stressors to avoid burnout and thrive.Īmelia and Emily Nagoski are twin sisters who share a passion for wellness and helping women succeed. The result? Physical, mental, and emotional burnout. ![]() And failure to meet these expectations equates to feeling like they aren’t “enough”-humble enough, generous enough, pretty enough, strong enough, and so on. Our patriarchal society has a million expectations for how they should act, look, feel, and speak in any situation. Read below for a brief overview of Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Their book exposes the patriarchal standards that cause female stress, explores how the body responds to this stress, and explains how you can handle stress before it leads to burnout. In Burnout, Amelia and Emily Nagoski explain how women can handle stressors to avoid burnout. What is Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski about? What are the main takeaways of the book? Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. ![]() ![]() Shortform has the world's best summaries and analyses of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform book guide to "Burnout" by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The World According to Fannie Davis brilliantly highlights her wit, boundless generosity, and admirable resilience, while simultaneously chronicling Detroit’s highs and lows and carving out their family’s place in the sociopolitical context. Starting in the 1950s, Davis’s mother built up her family’s lives thanks to her work in the numbers, and the author writes a heartfelt tribute to this strong woman. I talked about her less and less because of that guilt, and that saddened me, as I knew that my mother’s work had transformed our family’s lives, kept us going.īefore lotteries were legal and state-run, playing the numbers was a form of gambling that was not only popular but imbued with deep cultural significance. Even before she understood exactly what that was and meant, Davis understood she had to keep what her mother did a secret. Davis’s mother Fannie was a number runner. Book review: The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers, by Bridgett M. ![]() ![]() Couric to report on our particular neck of the woods. We didn’t make a lot of money reporting on the news in our local areas, but many of the journalists nationwide, like me, were as well-qualified as Ms. When Yahoo hired Katie for a pretty penny, they fired the staff of veteran journalists around the country, of which I was one. A direct quote from Lesley Stahl to the Hollywood Reporter is, “I just wanted to be a survivor.”Ĭouric’s stint as the global news anchor of Yahoo News sounds the least productive, among those jobs where she was employed by a large organization. Oprah Winfrey came and went in a nano-second on “Sixty Minutes.” You can sort of figure out why when you hear about the lack of a warm, collegial feeling amongst the staff. She was not welcomed with open arms and the deal for her to do pieces on “Sixty Minutes” was especially problematic. The NBC “Today” show years with co-anchor Matt Lauer come off as her “best” times, and the move to CBS to become the first solo female anchor of an evening newscast seems to have been a mistake. I had read that she “burned a lot of bridges” but now, at 64, maybe that doesn’t matter to her. I just finished reading Katie Couric’s autobiography, “Going There.” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The start of a sensational romantic fantasy trilogy by the bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever. Feyre’s story The trilogy focuses on the tale of Feyre, as she is brought into the faerie lands of Prythian, after murdering a faerie. ĭragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest.įeyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. A Court of Thorns and Roses Books in Order The chronological order and the publication order are the same. and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. ![]() But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price. A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015) A Court of Mist and Fury (2016) A Court of Wings and Ruin (2017) A Court of Frost and Starligh (2018) A Court of Silver. A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 3) by Maas, Sarah J. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill - the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. ![]() ![]() “Jack” is the name he goes by in the country, while “ Ernest” is his alias in the city. 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Ernest Worthing (Jack).Īlgernon greets his friend, who has been in the country. ![]() Surprisingly, Lane announces the arrival of Algernon’s friend Mr. The play opens as Algernon Moncrief plays the piano in his fashionable London flat, while his butler Lane prepares a tea service for Algernon’s Aunt Augusta, ( Lady Bracknell), and her daughter, Gwendolen Fairfax, whom Algernon expects to arrive shortly. ![]() ![]() ![]() When The Narrator walks into the farmhouse he hears a woman's monotonous voice complaining nonstop. On a trip back to Starkfield with Ethan, a terrible snowstorm causes Ethan to give The Narrator a night's shelter at his farmhouse. The Narrator acts on a suggestion made by Gow and employs Ethan as a driver. The Narrator had been using Denis Eady's horses to get to Corbury Flats to catch the train to the Junction, but all of Eady's horses suddenly become ill. Upon inquiry among the townspeople, he learns that Ethan is the victim of a "smash-up." His curiosity whetted, The Narrator questions his landlady and Harmon Gow about Ethan's character and his accident, but they do not satisfy The Narrator's desire to know more about Ethan. The Narrator notices Ethan Frome at the post office and is struck by the spectacle of a strong man crippled by physical and mental pain and despair. A strike delays his work, giving him an opportunity to observe the citizens of Starkfield, and Ethan Frome in particular. An engineer on temporary assignment for a power company in Corbury Junction, he's staying at Mrs. The Narrator relates the prologue from his point of view. ![]() ![]() In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned-from the layout of the winding roads to the colors of the houses to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. ![]() ![]() books like Little Fires Everywhere don't come along often." -John Greenįrom the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. It moved me to tears." -Reese Witherspoon It's a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. "To say I love this book is an understatement. "I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting." -Jodi Picoult ![]() Now a Hulu original series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. ![]() ![]() She is also the recipient of the Holt Medallion Award in honor of literary excellence in romance writing. ![]() Her second novel, Surrender the Wind, won “the Catherine” and “the Marlene,” the respective Romance Writer’s Awards of Toronto and Washington, DC. Michel is the award-winning and bestselling author of The Winds of Fate. ![]() The business world dawned, and then marriage and motherhood, all building blocks for a storyteller to emerge as a novelist.Įlizabeth St. His surrender to Elizabeth was total, says Graham Jenkins. From the fleeting glimpse of childhood came adulthood with a variety of careers. Marrying and divorcing twice, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton rocked the culture and. Blessed with a vivid imagination as a child, she constantly spun stories for her young friends, who listened, spellbound, for hours, earning her the title of “storyteller”. ![]() My First (Surrender Series) : Book 1 MM Romance. Born and raised in Western New York, award winning author Elizabeth St Michel cultivated her love of books during the long winters and wonderful summers of her childhood, making the region's deep blue lakes and towering mountain ranges her playground. My First (Surrender Series) by Sky McCoy, 9798502244626, available at Book. ![]() |