5/24/2023 0 Comments Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinCode Name Verity is an outstanding novel that will stick with you long after the last page. Harrowing and beautifully written, Elizabeth Wein creates a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy? On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage and failure and her desperate hope to make it home. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.Īs she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun. One of the girls has a chance at survival. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. 11th, 1943 - A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France.
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5/24/2023 0 Comments I Heart Hollywood by Lindsey KelkOL15182284W Page_number_confidence 91.29 Pages 358 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200903105043 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 622 Scandate 20200901041936 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780007341160 Tts_version 4. I Heart Hollywood: The I Heart Series, book 2 Lindsey Kelk on. The books chronicle the exploits of a British girl who gets her heart broken and runs off to the United States. Urn:lcp:ihearthollywood0000kelk_g0c6:epub:d78dc279-9ff9-4734-8d22-88eaad4bcd3d Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ihearthollywood0000kelk_g0c6 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9n391b9v Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780007288403Ġ007345038 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA19058 Openlibrary_edition I Heart is a series of contemporary romance novels written by Lindsey Kelk. Hello Select your address Books Hello, Sign in. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:00:54 Boxid IA1923914 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier I Heart Hollywood by Kelk, Lindsey (2010) Paperback: Books - Amazon.ca. 5/24/2023 0 Comments The diamond eye book reviewsHow did you feel about the ending of the book?ġ0. What did you think of the author’s handling of the book’s historical background and setting?ĩ. How do you see Mila’s decision to join the army and become a sniper? If you were in her place, would you have made the same decision?Ĩ. How did her struggle to juggle both sides affect your opinion of her character?ħ. We know that Mila is a soldier as well as a mother. How did you feel about the book’s gruesome content, particularly the war scenes and Mila’s killings?Ħ. Why do you believe Mila’s narrative is significant, and what effect do you think she had on history?ĥ. What did you think of Mila and Eleanor Roosevelt’s friendship?Ĥ. What did you think of Mila’s personality and her development from a bookish student to a deadly sniper?ģ. What was your favorite part of the book and why?Ģ. It is held at the Costa Rica Hilton in Nounas, which is 164 stories tall. The conference is set to focus on the world's overpopulation crisis and ways of dealing with it. Ijon Tichy is sent to the Eighth World Futurological Congress in Costa Rica by professor Tarantoga. The main part of the book follows Ijon's adventures in the future world - a world where everyone takes hallucinogenic drugs, and hallucinations have replaced reality. Finally, he believes that he falls asleep and wakes up many years later. Ijon and a few others escape to the safety of a sewer beneath the Hilton where the congress was being held, and in the sewer he goes through a series of hallucinations and false awakenings, which cause him to be confused about whether or not what's happening around him is real. A riot breaks out, and the hero, Ijon Tichy, is hit by various psychoactive drugs that were put into the drinking water supply lines by the government to pacify the riots. The book opens at the eponymous congress. The book is Lem's take on the science fictional trope of an apparently Utopian future that turns out to be an illusion. It details the exploits of the hero of a number of his stories, Ijon Tichy, as he visits the Eighth World Futurological Congress at a Hilton Hotel in Costa Rica. The Futurological Congress ( Polish: Kongres futurologiczny) is a 1971 black humour science fiction novel by Polish author Stanisław Lem. It was an era when a united effort established the public protections that remain in force today, even if entrenched climate deniers now hinder significant progress in meeting the challenges. The narrative captures an extended moment when the federal government implemented a host of laws, rules and regulations to protect rivers, seashores, oceans, parks, the air and wildlife. Rather than take readers on a path to a Hieronymus Bosch landscape, Brinkley’s book recounts a decade-plus in which liberal action tackled some of the forerunners to our current environmental crises. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres recently declared that the Earth was on “a highway to climate hell.” In “ Silent Spring Revolution,” a panoramic history of environmental politics from 1960 to 1973, Douglas Brinkley describes a more hopeful age when awareness of ecological degradation was rising and government and activists were recognizing the need to act together to save the nation’s natural resources and defend the public’s health. Illuminatus! has been adapted for the stage, as an audio book and has influenced several modern writers, artists, musicians, and games-makers. The authors went on to write several works, both fiction and nonfiction, that dealt further with the themes of the trilogy, but they did not write any direct sequels. In 1986 the trilogy won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, designed to honor libertarian science fiction. In 1984 they were published as an omnibus edition and are now more commonly reprinted in the latter form. The parts were first published as three separate volumes starting in September 1975. The trilogy comprises three parts which contain five books and appendices: The Eye in the Pyramid (first two books), The Golden Apple (third and part of fourth book), Leviathan (part of fourth and all of fifth book, and the appendices). It is thematically dense, covering topics like counterculture, numerology, and Discordianism. The narrative often switches between third- and first-person perspectives in a nonlinear narrative. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story a drug-, sex-, and magic-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both historical and imaginary, related to the authors' version of the Illuminati. The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels by American writers Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, first published in 1975. 5/24/2023 0 Comments A Dark Collection by Emma V. LeechOrder may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. And now, Matilda & Montagu, the Story so Far! Happy Reading! NOTE: While this book and To Hunt a Hunter CAN be read as a standalone, many of the characters would be unknown to the first time reader and reading the Girls Who Dare series is highly recommended. That said, this is a wonderful prequel for Matilda's upcoming story, To Hunt the Hunter and really highlights how their relationship began and how it has progressed over time. Who will dare to risk it all?This book is not a new story, but a compilation of all the instances throughout the Girls Who Dare series where Matilda Hunt and Lucian Barrington, Marquess of Montagu interacted and/or corresponded, as well as bits where Matilda, Lucian or Phoebe, Montagu's niece, may have been thought of or talked about. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen. ***** This is NOT a new story, but compiled at the request of my readers! ***** Girls who dare - Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Days of Love by Elisa RolleFor example, did you know that Sir Isaac Newton, who laid the foundation for modern physics, may have had a relationship with a Swiss mathematician, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier? That the British author of 2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Days of Love is also a great source of LGBT trivia and stories that have all-too-often been written out of history. Many of the contemporary couples share their stories on how they met and fell in love, as well as photos from when they married or of the families they have started together. Packed full of beautiful photos and illustrations it lovingly features the personal stories of LGBT couples from the dawn of history to the present day. Days of Love, created and Edited by Elisa Rolle, makes inspiring reading and lays to rest the myth that LGBT couples are not capable of sustaining life-long relationships. A new book chronicling 2,000 years of same-sex love stories, from Alexander the Great to the latest Literary Award winner, makes the perfect Valentine’s Day gift. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Where There's Smoke by Nico JayeHe tells his single father Oliver (Vince Vaughn) that he wants to become a pro skater while going to college, but Oliver is very much opposed to that idea instead he wants Michael to concentrate on college or go to work with him in construction. Unfortunately he doesn’t have a very firm grasp about how to make skateboarding a career. He seemingly has the skills to compete on the professional circuit. Michael’s greatest love in life is skateboarding, and what he really wants to do is become a professional skater. North Hollywood is a coming of age story about recent high school graduate Michael (Ryder McLaughlin), who is trying to figure out what his future will be, but is having a lot of trouble deciding what to do. Michael wants to become a professional skateboarder but is unsure of his future. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Subtle Is the Lord by Abraham PaisThis definitive account of the life and work of the 20th century's most famous scientist draws on a wealth of previously unpublished papers and personal recollections. Dimensions: 9.26in - 6.32in - 1.18in - 1. Abraham Pais and Albert Einstein were friends and correspondents for the last nine years of Einstein's life. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA In commemoration of this landmark anniversary, Oxford University Press brings Abraham Pais major work on Einsteins life and work to a whole new generation.Written with Pais' intimate and incomparable knowledge of Einstein, Subtle is the Lord will delight and inspire anyone fascinated by the man whose revolutionary ideas have defined modern physics. Throughout the preparation of this book, Pais has had complete access to the Einstein Archives and the invaluable guidance of the late Helen Dukas-formerly Einstein's private secretary Since the death of Albert Einstein in 1955 there have been many books and articles written about the man and a number of attempts to "explain" relativity. In commemoration of this landmark anniversary, Oxford University Press brings Abraham Pais' major work on Einstein's life and work to a whole new generation of readers. 2005 has been designated "World Year of Physics" to celebrate the publication of Einstein's Theory of Relativity one hundred years ago. |