![]() ![]() Worse than if Adam merely lost out to his wolf. I figured I’d be-cold water dripped on my cheek-right as rain in just a minute, but judging by Adam’s expression, it might not be soon enough to prevent an explosion. Though my brain still wasn’t tracking quite right, it didn’t take much thought to make a connection between the splendid headache that seemed to be centered around my temple and my position on the ground. I reached up with a hand that didn’t want to obey and closed my fist on the collar of his shirt. ![]() well, I couldn’t remember exactly, but it had definitely not been lying on the wet ground, icy rain-or possibly very wet snow-sluicing down on my face as I stared up into Adam’s wild eyes. Someone stifled a laugh, but it wasn’t Adam. I should pay attention to the dangerous gold in his eyes. The gold was worrisome, I thought muzzily, wiping my cheek with a clumsy hand. Icy rain dripped from his forehead onto my face, causing me to blink. Only a few bits of darkness lingered in the bright depths, like bitter chocolate melting in butter. Soul Taken, Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must face her greatest fears in this chilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. ![]()
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![]() Sea People is an emotionally intense and reflective read beginning with the author’s own family history and stories of her Maori husband’s ancestors. These diverse sources provide partial and sometimes contradictory accounts with profound political consequences that Thompson marshals with extraordinary skill and sensitivity. ![]() It draws on a variety of sources that have been written and narrated from Western and Polynesian perspectives and asks us to question how we know what we know and what impact that has on present lives. The book questions Western approaches to history writing and knowledge. ![]() The details of their extraordinary feat remained the focus of heated debate among experts and observers across the world for centuries. ![]() Sea People is a beautifully written book revealing the complex and compelling story of how the Polynesian Islands, stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand and Easter Island, were settled by a group of ambitious voyagers willing to travel for many miles across the Pacific ocean in rudimentary canoes without maps or navigational equipment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |a United States |x History |y Civil War, 1861-1865 |v Fiction. ![]() The novel is the final volume in a trilogy, begun by the author's father with The Killer Angels. |a The last year of the Civil War as seen by the two commanding generals, Grant and Lee. |a The sequel to Michael Shaara's The killer angels. ![]() |a New York : |b Ballantine Books, |c 1998. |a The last full measure / |c Jeff Shaara. ![]() ![]() ![]() Raw and seductive at once, we see how Lindbergh’s trademark monochrome pictures also redefined standards of beauty by emphasizing spirit and personality as much as looks, celebrating the elegance and sensuality of older women, and privileging natural and authentic beauty in an era of pervasive retouching. Whether in striking single portraits or dramatic situations of figure and setting, we trace the photographer’s cinematic inflections and his provocative play with female archetypes as subjects adopt the guise of dancers, actresses, heroines, and femmes fatales. The image didn’t just bring revered faces together for the first time, it marked the beginning of a new fashion era and a new understanding of female beauty.Ĭoinciding with his major retrospective at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, Netherlands, this book gathers more than 400 images from four decades of Lindbergh’s photography to celebrate his unique and game-changing storytelling and the new romantic and narrative vision it brought to art and fashion. When German photographer Peter Lindbergh took pictures of five young models in downtown New York City in 1989, he produced not only the iconic British Vogue January 1990 cover but also the birth certificate of the supermodels. ![]() ![]() ![]() And if the bodies aren't there yet, that means that four deaths can still be stopped. ![]() ![]() But unlike the best laid plans, Abby's talent rarely leads her astray. With a furious developer and dubious FBI agents on her back, Abby is losing credibility fast. When Abby is sent to Los Angeles to help train FBI officers to use their intuition, she encounters a case that only she can solve: a series of bank robberies in which the thieves made off with loads of cash but left no clues. It introduces a thirty-something year-old psychic intuitive, Abigail Cooper living in Royal Oak suburb, Detroit who finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation when one of her recent clients. A site search turns up some bones and pottery from an American Indian tribe, but that's still enough to delay construction for years. In Victoria Laurie's latest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby Cooper learns that following the money often leads to murder. Here are 2 of the best Victoria Laurie’s books from The Psychic Eye series: Abby Cooper: Psychic Eye : This is the first book in this series. But instead of finding clues to the cash, Abby gets a vision of four buried bodies. Her first challenge: a series of bank robberies in which the thieves made off with loads of cash but left no clues.Ībby's sixth sense leads her team to a tract of land recently cleared for development. ![]() Professional psychics learn to deal with skeptics, but Abby has to prepare herself for one steep uphill battle when she's sent to San Diego to help train FBI officers to use their intuition. In Victoria Laurie's new Psychic Eye mystery, Abby Cooper learns that following the money often leads to murder. ![]() ![]() ![]() The 10 Worst Vehicle Recalls: Past and Present.The Most Popular Car the Year You Were Born.Got a need for speed? Check out these auto stories from Popular Mechanics: Mint-condition models are another story among the most expensive muscle cars ever sold are a 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible, 1971 Hemi Cuda Convertible 4-Speed, a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88 2-Door Coupe, and a 1962 Shelby Cobra CSX2000 which sold for $3.2 million, $3.5 million, $3.85 million, and a whopping $13.75 million, respectively.Įmissions and other regulations would tame muscle cars in the 1980s, but these aging beasts of the road still come with some surprising stories as well as some surprising horsepower-and, as always, total badassery. ![]() Today, some muscle cars can be found for relatively affordable prices-although they’ll likely need a lot of TLC (like this ’66 Barracuda for $5,500). This era of power created some of the rarest and most iconic muscle cars packing giant torque-rich V8s the world has ever seen. The 1960s and 1970s birthed the American muscle car scene, a beloved American pastime for those who enjoy learning about the different car specs and a hobby for collectors who can afford it. ![]() ![]() This has good character growth as both Carrie and River find the courage to slowly transform, forgive themselves and heal each other from the dark days of their pasts. and it won’t be my last either - because over and over again her characters, her plots and her stories have ensnared, entwined and entertained me. It’s not my first romance rodeo with Samantha Towle. and their rocky road to happiness will have cracks, bumps, dead ends and some uncharted terrain to overcome if they want to see the bright lights of a HEA. Although the chemistry is there between them, initially it’s intense verbal volleyball for a while. however, loner River is rude, swears, doesn’t speak much and doesn’t like anybody. Carrie doesn’t swear, she’s happy, friendly and tries to make the best of her situation. ![]() Carrie and River are opposites in every way. which is where she first meets her droolworthy but annoying neighbor River. Destiny takes Annie (.now a redheaded Carrie) to Canyon Lake Texas. ![]() When Annie finds out that she’s pregnant, she needs to run, to escape her abusive violent cop husband because she is fearful of what he might do to punish her or the baby. Your heart also breaks for Annie and what she was forced to endure throughout her 7 year abusive marriage to Neil. ![]() and for what tragedy follows in his life. This book really does have so many feels and, right from the start in the Prologue, your heart breaks for eight year old River. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then comes the day that Leelo sees a young outsider on the verge of drowning in the lake. But as much as Leelo cares for her community, she struggles with the knowledge that her brother will be exiled and forced to live with the outsiders unless he gains enchantment powers before his next birthday. Leelo has spent her whole life on Endla, coexisting with the bloodthirsty forest and respecting the poisonous lake that protects her island from outsiders who seek to destroy it. ![]() Is everything the elders taught her of outsiders true, or is there something more sinister surrounding their island than its poisonous waters? ![]() The Grace Year meets The Devouring Gray in Mara Rutherford’s atmospheric new fantasy The Poison Season, which follows a girl who unintentionally draws a stranger to her island with her magic, leaving her with a choice-rescue him from the lake, or risk betraying her insulated community’s safety and customs. ![]() ![]() Katie McManus brings to Joan a white-knuckle determination to succeed, showing glimpses of the smart businesswoman’s fear of being labeled a failure because the bar is set higher for her than for her male colleagues. ![]() The entire cast is genuinely funny, but no one rests on their comedic laurels. ![]() “What is yoga?” Dipika Guha’s Yoga Play, now at Keegan through April 23, attempts to answer this recurring question through a heady mix of corporate satire, farce, and yogic teachings, complete with a love story and comeback victory.ĭirector Susan Marie Rhea (Keegan’s artistic director) and her cast keep the play running at an impressive clip, balancing the play’s physical humor with several delicate moments of authentic emotional depth. The genuinely funny cast balances the play’s humor with emotional depth ![]() ![]() Picoult works hard to keep her characters from being straw men and women. She complicates already complicated dilemmas in her plots. ![]() Picoult is known for her ability to shed light on the issues affecting domestic life in America: divorce, overprotective parenting, childhood depression, families struggling with medical crises - what the New York Times once called “the literature of children in peril.” She picks an issue - in the case of her new novel, same-sex couples and the emotional and legal issues surrounding fertility procedures - and explores it from several perspectives, including legal, medical, religious, political. Her new novel, which takes on issues of fertility, same-sex marriage, the legal ownership of embryos, love, gender, insurance, alcoholism, faith, adultery and sibling rivalry, is already flying off the shelves. “Sing You Home” is Picoult’s 18th novel the last six have each sold more than 5 million copies around the world. They are gobbled up quickly and the readers want more. ![]() Jodi Picoult’s novels do not gather dust on the bedside table. ![]() |