![]() A team of six DARPA scientists working on a small campus near San Diego appears to have created a working teleportation device dubbed “The Albuquerque Door,” and Reggie asks Mike to see if it’s bogus or not. Mike is intrigued by an offer from his childhood friend Reggie Magnus, who's now the head honcho for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. “I’ve got.complete, instantaneous recall of anything I’ve ever seen or heard,” he explains. Not only is he a certified genius, but he also got a bonus: an eidetic memory. We soon learn that Mike is one of those gifted people who's chosen to walk away from his talents, but his gifts are particularly thorny. Our hero is Leland “Mike” Erikson, whom we meet quietly teaching the last day of a high school English class in Maine. ![]() ![]() There’s a great big bait and switch in the middle of this sci-fi thriller by Clines (Ex-Purgatory, 2014, etc.), but it’s unlikely to deter readers intrigued by its full-on Michael Crichton–esque premise. A schoolteacher with unusual gifts is recruited by the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects division to investigate a troubled project. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The image that stood out the most was the image of the lion itself as it looks extremely realistic and beautiful, especially during the scenes where the lion was holding the small mouse in its paws and has an angry look on its face. Jerry Pinkney’s illustrations are beautiful and realistic looking as the reader can tell that the setting of the book is set in Africa since there are dozens of wild animals around and drawings of high yellowish grass. Jerry Pinkney’s illustrations alone retell the story of a popular Aesop fable, since there are no words in this book to tell the readers the story. ![]() “The Lion and the Mouse” is a brilliant retelling of the classic Aesop fable that children will read over and over again. ![]() “The Lion and the Mouse” is a Caldecott Medal award winning book by the wonderful Jerry Pinkney that is about how a bold lion realizes that the smallest creature can be a big help when he is trapped in a predicament that he cannot get out of. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, an MP, a priest, the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral – and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne gives readers a window into the little known myriad lives the poet John Donne lived. ![]() ![]() The announcement was streamed to readers around the world via the Baillie Gifford Prize social media channels. The winner was announced by Chair of Judges, Caroline Sanderson, at a ceremony hosted at the Science Museum and generously supported by The Blavatnik Family Foundation. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell is tonight, Thursday 17 November, named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022. ![]() ![]() ![]() Obviously, everything goes wrong and she ends up in deep shit, and just as obviously, her common sense, practicality, and basic decency helps her to save the day. All she has to go is visit Mexico City as a tourist for a week, then buy a book in a particular shop (using proper code words) and bring it home. Of course, due to a mixup, an administrator actually meets her, is intrigued by her story, and just so happens to have a perfect job for her. So she slips out of her home in New Brunswick, NJ and takes a train to CIA headquarters in Langley to volunteer. Polifax is an elderly widow so bored with her life of volunteering and middle class charity work that she’s on the verge of suicide, until she decides to revive her childhood dream of becoming a spy. I’m honestly torn about this one, because there are so many good things but the negatives are colossal. ![]() ![]() Lengthy discussions of scientific equipment, aircraft, landing zones and, later, infectious diseases, while fascinating on their own, feel somewhat superfluous and ill-placed. The book originated as an article in National Geographic and it may have been a better story if kept restrained to magazine size. Preston unspools the history of the White City, the expedition and the journey itself in detail - sometimes in too much detail. ![]() Their intent was to map the city as well as explore and protect its rumored riches. They brought along a new piece of NASA-owned laser technology known as LIDAR or Light Detection and Ranging, which confirmed a sprawling metropolis inhabited around the same time as the Mayan civilization in modern-day Mexico. They faced floods, mountains, jaguars, deadly snakes, disease-carrying insects and other inherent challenges. ![]() In 2012, Preston joined a group of scientists, archaeologists, photographers and film producers who traveled to La Mosquitia, an unexplored and dangerous region of Central American jungle. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Bradley visits the small town where he grew up, he finds Sarah running a ranch for rescue horses.and he finally finds his inspiration again, writing new music from the heart. Their promise? To always be there for one another. When he was thirteen years old, he and his childhood friend, Sarah Standor, held a makeshift wedding ceremony in his barn. There's just one thing: he's forgotten he's already married. Language eng Summary Country music star Bradley Suttons is all set to marry his Hollywood actress girlfriend. ![]() Title: (ebook) A Country Wedding Author: Leigh Duncan. Label A country wedding Title A country wedding Statement of responsibility Leigh Duncan Creator (ebook) A Country Wedding (9781947892200) from Dymocks online store. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “ The Waking Land is all about rising to challenges, and it succeeds wonderfully.” -Charlaine Harris “A heartbreaking, enchanting, edge-of-the-seat read that held me captive from start to finish!” -Tamora Pierce ![]() “Callie Bates has written an exciting and involving first book, and she is clearly a writer of real talent.” -Terry Brooks Trapped between divided loyalties, she must summon the courage to confront a destiny that could tear her apart. Now Elanna has no choice but to lead a rebellion against the kingdom to which she once gave her allegiance. Feeling a strange, deep connection to the natural world, she also must face the truth about the forces she has always denied or disdained as superstition-powers that suddenly stir within her.īut an all-too-human threat is drawing near, determined to exact vengeance. Returning to the homeland of magical legends she has forsaken, Elanna is forced to reckon with her despised, estranged father, branded a traitor long ago. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Elanna is accused of his murder-and must flee for her life. Lady Elanna is fiercely devoted to the king who raised her like a daughter. In the lush and magical tradition of Naomi Novik’s award-winning Uprooted comes this riveting debut from brilliant young writer Callie Bates-whose boundless imagination places her among the finest authors of fantasy fiction, including Sarah J. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rina spends her private days in a peaceful town in North Africa daydreaming about the next plot idea or laughing like an evil mastermind when those ideas come together. Her books are sprinkled with a touch of mystery, a healthy dose of angst, a pinch of violence, and lots of intense passion. Her heroes are anti-heroes and villains because she was always the weirdo who fell in love with the guys no one roots for. However, she likes to think she’s a romantic at heart in some way, so don’t kill her hopes just yet. ![]() Rina Kent is an international bestselling author of everything enemies to lovers romance.ĭarkness is her playground, suspense is her best friend, and twists are her brain’s food. ![]() ![]() Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Zara Hampton-Brown, Jason Clarke, & Shane East Jeremy Volkov might appear charming, but a true predator lurks inside.īut I have no plans to stick around in his blood-soaked world.ĭownload today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited He stalked me from the shadows and stole me from the life I know. God of Wrath: A Dark Enemies to Lovers Romance (Legacy of Gods) Paperback Novemby Rina Kent (Author) 5,741 ratings Book 3 of 4: Legacy of Gods See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles 5.99 to buy Audiobook 0. In my defense, I didn’t mean to get involved with a mafia prince.īut he barged through my defenses anyway. What started as an innocent mistake turned into actual hell. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even the addition of the fifth teen, convicted murderer Gabriel, can't dull her happiness.īut then she starts to realise that something is wrong at the Institute, perhaps not everyone is as trustworthy as she'd like them to be, and in the wrong hands, the teens' powers could be a terrible weapon. After meeting charismatic healer Rob, psychokinetic Lewis, and Anna, who can talk to the animals, she already feels at home. So, when she's given the opportunity to go away to an Institute where she, and four other teens with other powers, will be trained to control their abilities, she jumps at the chance. Worse, they scare people, as do her weird eyes. ![]() She's able to draw things that haven't happened yet - although the drawings are never specific enough to be of any use. Kaitlyn Fairchild has always known she was different. Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Books Summary: Superb teen supernatural fiction with vividly drawn characters and enough romance and action to enthrall anyone. ![]() ![]() Paris, 1939: A young Odile Souchet has what seems to be a pretty nice life. ![]() Learning about this was fascinating for me, and may well be for you too! Synopsis of The Paris Library This was in part a learning experience for me, as I didn’t know anything about The American Library in Paris, or what role its librarians played during WWII. The Paris Library is based on the true story of the heroic librarians at The American Library in Paris during WWII. I don’t know….I might have just had too many other important books waiting for me every time I had access to this book. So, a combination of both words, as in “The Paris Library” means this was an automatic read for me. ![]() Because, well….Paris!Īnd beyond that? The word library gets me every time! What attracted me to this book first was the word Paris in the title. ![]() Why did I decide to read The Paris Library? ![]() |