Perfection abbi glines5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Read my review of the whole series here! Spoiler Free! But Woods isn't about to let that happen. ![]() With their hearts on the line, Della thinks the safest bet is to walk away. Neither is truly free, and a relationship could destroy both of them. When a twist of fate brings Della back to Woods, all signs point to trouble if they don't keep their distance. A one-night stand should have been enough, but months later, Woods can't get the irresistible Della out of his head. ![]() Woods's family wants him to settle down with a wealthy woman in pearls, but he can't resist this carefree girl in cutoffs who's passing through town. But the trip is nearly cut short in the little beach town of Rosemary when she realizes she can't even pump her own gas-until Woods Kerrington shows up, more than willing to help out a pretty girl in need. Yearning to break free of her dark and sheltered past and the memories of the illness that claimed her mother, Della plans a solo road trip to experience real life on her own terms. This limited special edition is signed by the author. ![]()
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Ruth lewin sime5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Her career was shattered when she fled Germany, and her scientific reputation was damaged when Hahn took full credit-and the 1944 Nobel Prize-for the work they had done together on nuclear fission. Of Jewish origin, Meitner fled Nazi Germany for Stockholm in 1938 and later moved to Cambridge, England. Braving the sexism of the scientific world, she joined the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and became a prominent member of the international physics community. 32 photos.īook Synopsis Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. ![]() science and history with seamless ease" (Marcia Bartusiak, "Washington Post Book World"). This "riveting and masterful account of a scientist's devotion to physics. About the Book Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and codiscoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. ![]() Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() They form a tenuous alliance with McKee and Crawford and are confronted with an ancient vampire queen, a sort of partner to Polidori, bent on England's annihilation. Meanwhile, Polidori's presence in the Rossetti siblings' lives enhances their talents and keeps them from illness, but his murderous jealousy of those they love leads them to conclude that he must be stopped for good. McKee, who now deals in songbirds, informs Crawford that their daughter is alive, but is being targeted by Polidori. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.Īfter a prelude in which a young Christina Rossetti inadvertently welcomes in the vampiric ghost of her uncle, Dr John Polidori (who was at one time Lord Byron's physician), 'Graves' begins in 1862 London, with veterinarian John Crawford learning that his encounter with Adelaide McKee, then a prostitute, produced a daughter. ![]() The plains of passage jean m auel5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Together they learn that the vast and unknown world can be difficult and treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful and enlightening as well. In the course of their cross-continental odyssey, Ayla and Jondalar encounter both savage enemies and brave friends. The tall, yellow-haired man who rides by her side is also held in awe, not only for the magnificent stallion he commands, but also for his skill as a crafter of stone tools, and for the new weapon he devises, the spear-thrower. The mystery surrounding the woman, who speaks with a strange accent and talks to animals with their own sounds, is heightened by her uncanny control of a large, powerful wolf. ![]() To the hunter-gatherers of their world-who have never seen tame animals-Ayla and Jondalar appear enigmatic and frightening. Now, in The Plains of Passage, Ayla’s story continues.Īyla and Jondalar set out on horseback across the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe. ![]() Ayla, the heroine first introduced in The Clan of the Cave Bear, is known and loved by millions of readers. ![]() Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day5/29/2023 ![]() She’s ready to shed her fear and return to the living, even if it means facing her paralyzing phobia of the dark. So when she finds paperwork in her husband’s effects indicating that he reserved a week at a dark sky park, she goes. Everyone, including her family, has grown weary of her grief. ![]() She doesn’t work, has given up on her love of photography, and is so plagued by night terrors that she can’t sleep without the lights on. ![]() Since her husband died, Eden Wallace’s life has diminished down to a tiny pinprick, like a far-off star in the night sky. “Fans of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None will be riveted by Rader-Day’s latest psychological thriller, which makes you question who you really know and trust and whether you should be afraid of the dark.”- Library Journal,Starred Review “ A brilliant concept, brilliantly told!” –Jeffery Deaver, New York Times Bestselling Author Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (August 7, 2018). ![]() Buichi terasawa manga5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The anime series was licensed in the Northern American region by Nozomi Entertainment. Urban Vision and Discotek Media released it for home video market, while Madman Entertainment acquired it for the Australasian region's release. The feature film was licensed by Tara for its release in American theaters and by Manga Entertainment in British theaters in 1995. In the United States, portions of the manga were published by Viz Media in 1990 and the complete series was published in Kindle format by Creek & River in 2015. The Cobra manga spawned various sequel manga series, one-shots, a 1982 feature-length anime film, two anime television series (a 31-episode series in 1982, and a 13-episode series in 2010), two original video animations (OVAs) in 2008–2009, audio albums, video games, and other merchandise. Later, Shueisha collected the chapters and published them in 18 tankōbon volumes. The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 1978 to November 1984. Terasawa devised it as a mix of Spaghetti Western and samurai stories, and aspects of films, varying from James Bond to Disney. Eventually, he regains his memories and reunites with his former partner Lady Armaroid. Cobra surgically alters his face and erases his own memory to hide from his foes and have a normal life. Set in the far future, the series tells the story of Cobra, who lives an adventurous life until his enemies begin to hunt him down. ![]() Cobra ( Japanese: コブラ, Hepburn: Kobura) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa. ![]() ![]() ![]() deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. ![]() His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. ![]() VHS by Cesar Bravo5/28/2023 ![]() Once again, the exhibition has illustrated the strength and vision of the here and now of contemporary art in our city.” “Through nearly 300 hundred studio visits, Myriam, Lauren, and Ike have assembled a group of artists who delve into fascinating and often overlooked histories, subcultures, and communities of LA. can be,” said Hammer Museum Director Ann Philbin. “I continue to marvel at how different and eye-opening each iteration of Made in L.A. ![]() Taking advantage of the city’s sprawling geography, the curators chose to stage the exhibition in two mirrored parts, presenting works by all the artists in both museums in addition to select locales in between. The biennial’s two venues create a cross-town conversation from west to east. The presenting sponsor for the exhibition is Bank of America. ![]() 2020: a version" will be presented at both the Hammer and The Huntington from June 7 through Aug. Cocurated by Paris-based curator Myriam Ben Salah and LA–based curator Lauren Mackler, with the Hammer's Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi as assistant curator of performance, "Made in L.A. 2020: a version," the fifth iteration of the Hammer's biennial exhibition highlighting the practices of artists working throughout the greater Los Angeles area. ![]() ![]() The Hammer Museum and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the 30 artists participating in "Made in L.A. On View at the Hammer Museum and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens ![]() Letter to my daughter by maya angelou5/28/2023 ![]() Two years later, in 2008, Angelou would revisit the theme of home and belonging in her breathtaking letters to the daughter she never had. You’ll make a practice of going home so she can liberate you again - one of the greatest gifts, along with nurturing your courage, that she will give you. Your mother will pamper you and feed you your favorite meal of red beans and rice. But only for two or three weeks at a time. ![]() You will go home again when the world knocks you down - or when you fall down in full view of the world. In every relationship you make, you’ll have to show readiness to adjust and make adaptations. When you walk out of my door, don’t let anybody raise you - you’ve been raised. You’re going to leave your mother’s big comfortable house and she won’t stop you, because she knows you too well. ![]() You don’t want anybody telling you what time you have to be in at night or how to raise your baby. ![]() The theme of home and belonging is central to Angelou’s work - to her spirit - and is also at the heart of her beautiful contribution to Ellyn Spragins’s 2006 anthology What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self ( public library), which also gave us Naomi Wolf’s spectacular no-bullshit letter to her younger self. “You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all,” the late and great Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928–May 28, 2014) told Bill Moyers in their extraordinary 1973 conversation. ![]() Nomadland book cover5/28/2023 ![]() To sustain their living, many become migrant workers doing seasonal work and hard labour in Amazon warehouses to earn minimal wages.īruder’s book is rich in data and testimonials. Linda May and Swankie are two of these nomads in their 60s and 70s. But it was after the 2008 economic catastrophe that he saw the traffic to his site ‘exploded’. ![]() Many of the nomads were once middle-class Americans who had lost their jobs, homes, investments and retirement savings during the economic crisis.īob Wells, who started the website in 2005, is the guru of nomadic living. Bruder’s three-year research resulted in the non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twentieth-first Century (2017), an eye-opening account of a fringe population growing in large numbers after the 2008 financial meltdown. ![]() ![]() Her plan was to get acquainted with a group of modern-day nomads living in RV’s, vans, and car campers. It first started with journalist Jessica Bruder camping in a tent then later in a van for three winters in the desert around Quartzsite, Arizona. ![]() |