An Untamed State by Roxane Gay7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Before her first rape, she describes her impression of the man: “He rubbed his hands together. We are witnesses to her intimate thoughts during the 13 days she is held captive, when her body proves “breakable but unbroken.” Her recollection of every sensory detail captures the horror of her abuse by the Commander and the men under his command. Mireille is visiting her parents’ estate in Port-au-Prince with her husband and baby when she gets abducted. ![]() She frames it as a fairy tale: “Once upon a time, in a far-off land, I was kidnapped by a gang of fearless yet terrified young men with so much impossible hope beating inside their bodies it burned their very skin and strengthened their will right through their bones.” ![]() From the first sentence, we know Mireille has found a way to craft her story to make it bearable. ![]()
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Prelude by Madeleine L'Engle7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() That preference for individuality sprung from her English boarding school's convention for labeling its students with numbers instead of names. Sameness is depicted as a hellish slog, and heroes often win out because of their unique characteristics. One main theme of A Wrinkle in Time and L'Engle's other works is the danger of vast conformity. ![]() Her dedication to individualism came from her time at boarding school. “I’ve been a writer ever since I could hold a pencil,” she told the National Endowment for the Humanities. ![]() They gave her the space to read, write, play music, draw, and otherwise inhabit an internal dream world. ![]() Madeleine L'Engle was the only child of a pianist mother and a writer father who embraced creativity. On what would have been her 100th birthday, here are 10 facts about Madeleine L'Engle-a woman who will forever be in the pantheon of YA royalty. But her particular skill was in conjuring responses to her adventures from readers of all ages. Maybe it happened when we were kids, or maybe we came to her books when we were older. But, through her writing, she also made us members of those families. Madeleine L'Engle was a novelist, an essayist, and a poet, but she will always be best remembered for A Wrinkle in Time, in which she folded reality so that we could cross vast distances in a pinch.Īs a stellar creator of families born from both her own experiences and her broad imagination, L'Engle gave us The Austins, The Murrys, and The O’Keefes. ![]() Savage son james reece 37/8/2023 ![]() ![]() In his most visceral and heart-pounding thriller yet, Jack Carr explores the darkest instincts of humanity through the eyes of a man who has seen both the best and the worst of it. Unbeknownst to them, the Russian mafia has set their sights on Reece in a deadly game of cat and mouse. ![]() Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings. ![]() A traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with designs on ensuring a certain former Navy SEAL sniper is put in the ground. Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets-a man intent on killing her. In this third high-octane thriller in the “seriously good” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Past Tense) Terminal List series, former Navy SEAL James Reece must infiltrate the Russian mafia and turn the hunters into the hunted. You can read this before Savage Son (James Reece #3) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Savage Son (James Reece #3) written by Jack Carr which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Savage Son (James Reece #3) by Jack Carr ![]() Novel red dragon7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mass Market Paperbound (May 2nd, 1990): $7.99.Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled The best popular novel to be published in America since The Godfather.“Easily the crime novel of the year.”- Newsday Product Details ![]() ![]() “The scariest book of the season.”- The Washington Post Book World “Irresistible.A shattering thriller.Readers should buckle themselves in for a long night’s read because from the first pages.Harris grabs hold.”- Publishers Weekly “Want to faint with fright? Want to have your hair stand on end? Want to read an unforgettable thriller with equal parts of horror and suspense? Harris was obviously only warming up with his best seller Black Sunday.”- New York Daily News “A gruesome, graphic, gripping thriller.Extraordinarily harrowing.”- The Cleveland Plain Dealer Thomas Harris’s sophomore novel Red Dragon (1981) introduced the world to iconic serial killer and cultured cannibal Dr. “ Red Dragon is an engine designed for one purpose-to make the pulse pound, the heart palpitate, the fear glands secrete.”- The New York Times Book Review “The best popular novel to be published in America since The Godfather.”-Stephen King Harris took criminology classes to prepare for the novel, while working closely with FBI Behavioral Science agents. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this charming, compelling, and ultimately joyful book, Oxenhandler records a journey that is at once comic and poignant, light and dark, earthy and spiritual. Thus began her initiation into the art of wishing brazenly. Still, she suspended her doubts and went for it a new love, a healed soul, and the 2RBD/1.5 BA of her dreams. A skeptic at heart, and a practicing Buddhist as well, Oxenhandler had grown up with a strong aversion to mixing spiritual and earthly matters. With little left to lose, she launched a year’s experiment in desire, forcing herself to take the plunge and try the path of Putting It Out There. One New Year’s Day, Noelle Oxenhandler took stock of her life and found that she was alone after a long marriage, seemingly doomed to perpetual house rental and separated from the spiritual community that once had sustained her. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tied with Me By Kristen Proby A man whose lifestyle is so different from her own.… Nic Dalton’s cupcake bakery is thriving.Kevin Welling and Gray McDermitt are firefighters and best… Bailey Whitworth is a charity event organizer and a woman exploring her sexuality. New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby brings you BURN WITH ME, a With Me In Seattle Novella. Free delivery worldwide on over 19 million titles. He’sĭiscover Book Depository’s huge selection of Kristen-Proby books online. So when he turns his charms on his sister’s sexy rocker-chick friend Meg, he’s not only turned down, but met with open hostility, piquing his curiosity and libido. He’s not used to being told no, and certainly doesn’t take no for an answer. Will Montgomery is a successful professional football player and seemingly has it all. The beloved Montgomery Family, from New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby’s With Me In Seattle series, is big, and it just keeps growing! I dress in a loose, floaty black tank dress and head into the kitchen, open my laptop on the countertop.įrom New York Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Proby, comes the latest in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series, Love With Me. I dress in a loose, floaty black tank dress and head into the kitchen, open my laptop on the countertop. ![]() Love Can't Conquer by Kim Fielding7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() She has migrated back and forth across the western two-thirds of the United States and currently lives in California, where she long ago ran out of bookshelf space. ![]() ![]() Her books have won Rainbow Awards and span a variety of genres. Now they need to decide whether love is truly a powerful thing or if, despite the old adage, love can't conquer all.Ībout the Author Kim Fielding is very pleased every time someone calls her eclectic. A former addict who struggles with anxiety and depression, Qay doesn't know which of his secrets to reveal to Jeremy-or how to react when Jeremy wants to save him from himself.ĭespite the pasts that continue to haunt them, Jeremy and Qay find passion, friendship, and a tentative hope for the future. Qayin Hill has almost nothing but skeletons in his closet and demons in his head. As if dealing with Donny's issues doesn't cause enough turmoil, Jeremy meets a fascinating but enigmatic man who carries more than his fair share of problems. His ex-boyfriend, Donny-lost to drinking and drugs six years earlier-appears on his doorstep and inadvertently drags Jeremy into danger. Now in his forties, he's an urban park ranger who does his best to rescue runaways and other street people. Now they need to decide whether love is truly powerful or if, despite the old adage, love can't conquer all.īullied as a child in small-town Kansas, Jeremy Cox ultimately escaped to Portland, Oregon. About the Book Despite pasts that haunt them, Jeremy and Qay find a tentative hope for the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is also conscious of a blazing awareness between them, one that unnerves the beauty and ultimately leads her to push him away violently, accidentally injuring him in the process. Daniel sees through "Violet" right away but is impressed by her ability to read people and her ingenuity in setting up the props that accompany the impromptu séance. ![]() When Daniel bests a pompous lout in a game of poker and the man tries to pay some of his debt with a late-night visit to a tenant with extraordinary skills, Daniel is surprised when the woman is not a prostitute but a celebrated psychic. And, of course, he has the staunch support and affection of his uncles, some of the most powerful, resourceful and impressive men in England. After Daniel Mackenzie meets Violet, a charlatan clairvoyant who first intrigues and then nearly kills him, he can’t shake the memory of her beauty, her intelligence or her visible fear, so of course he has to track her down and get to the bottom of his inexplicable attraction and protectiveness.Īs the eldest child of the next generation of infamous Mackenzies, Daniel has garnered his own reputation as a devil-may-care rake, but with his good looks, talent and affability, women love him, and most reasonable gentlemen don’t mind his company. ![]() Fifty shades of grey audio book7/7/2023 ![]() "The experience of listening to an audiobook is something extremely rewarding and entertaining. For those that want to see the continuation of the film, they may do so in an entertaining way by listening to the audiobooks 'Fifty Shades Darker' and 'Fifty Shades Freed,'" says Arquimedes Rivero, Founder of FonoLibro. ![]() "For women in love with the story of '50 Shades of Grey,' FonoLibro offers full, uncensored versions of the book with scenes and details not seen in the film. Universal Pictures just released the film adaptation of the first book "Fifty Shades of Grey," starring by Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, which has broken all worldwide sales records for a February release and in its third week has gathered more than 500 million dollars worldwide, making the movie the Universal Pictures' highest-grossing R-rated international release in history. ![]() ![]() Audiolibro Cincuenta Sombras de Grey de FonoLibro ![]() Heavy american memoir7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Heavy received rave reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, NPR, The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, San Francisco Chronicle, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, and Library Journal. In 2019, the book won the Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times Book Prize, among other awards and nominations. ![]() ![]() Heavy: An American Memoir is a memoir by Kiese Laymon, published Octoby Scribner. ![]() |