![]() ![]() With Matt’s life in clear danger, Brigid sets out to find him. ![]() Matt’s research had gained the attention of Chinese competitors, an unscrupulous billionaire, and the Department of Defense, among others. When foul play is feared, there is no shortage of suspects. Then, in the midst of another seizure, Matt disappears. And perhaps even for humanity as a whole. That, it turns out, is not quite Matt has been prodding the mysteries of the quantum universe, with terrible repercussions for his health. Matt doesn’t think these fits could be related to his research, which he has always described as benign and esoteric. Quantum physicist Matt Bronik is suffering from strange, violent seizures that medical science seems powerless to explain―much to the consternation of his wife, Brigid. Michael Crichton fans won’t want to miss this one.” ― Publishers Weekly (starred review) From international bestselling author Brad Parks comes an emotional, heart-pounding thriller that explores the scientific unknown―and one woman’s efforts to save her husband from its consequences. “Readers will fully engage with the well-drawn characters as Parks convincingly reveals the science that buttresses the suspenseful plot. ![]()
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![]() Zoo City (2010) is the second novel written by Lauren Beukes and has been described as a combination of crime and magic, an urban thriller presenting a dark and dystopic view of Johannesburg in 2011. The narrative recounts the conflict between preservation and extinction, in a context of conflict between Western developers of tourism destinations and golf estates, land claims by indigenous communities, and violence between radical ecologists and traditional healers as well as international traffickers of animal body parts. Deon Meyer's Blood Safari (2009) is an eco- thriller, set in the world-famous Kruger National Park. ![]() Witchcraft and political corruption have as much impact on the environment as aposymbiosis and urban decay. While no easy solution for an endangered ecosystem is offered by either of the two texts, the bold ideas mooted contribute to the manifold dimensions of the ecological discourse. ![]() ![]() At the same time a wide range of environmental issues informs the narratives. In two recent South African novels, universal questions on the relationship between humans and nature are discussed by foregrounding the regional angle. ![]() ![]() ![]() After that night, he went MIA, and suddenly, I'm very concerned for both our safety.When he finally shows up, a week later, he's acting different, walking different, and even looks a little different, but I'm so relieved that he's okay that I barely register those things. He'd been my first boyfriend, and I trusted him, so when he asked me how I ended up bartending for one of the most feared crime bosses, I told him everything. I hadn't seen him in ten years, but it felt like no time had passed between us. Roselyn Vega - When Gabriel De Luca waltzed into the nightclub where I was bartending, looking like he'd just stepped out of the pages of GQ Magazine: Wall Street Edition, it felt like fate. ![]() From New York Times best-seller Claire Contreras comes a new, sexy stand-alone mafia romance novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() Owens argues, has a dark side and can take away motivation and independence. Black success means less power for the Democrats.She shares how she overcame obstacles and setbacks to beat the Democrat system designed to keep her down as a "victim." Government assistance, Ms. If you want the truth or are a Republican or Independent, then this book and Candace Owen's book are must-reads- so you can support conservative Blacks for 2020 and throughout life.The Democrat efforts are aimed to prevent Blacks from conquering the challenges of poverty. Your party has historically exploited and constrained Blacks. If you are a Democrat, don't read this book because you will learn many characteristics about your party that are embarrassingly despicable. It is not the original book, nor intended to replace it. ![]() WARNING!: This is a Best Seller Summary and Analysis of BLACKOUT by Candace Owens. ![]() ![]() He investigates the killing of a dog and in doing so has an adventure of self-discovery. The play ends with him passing the exam and the realisation that he can do anything he puts his mind to. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time tells the story of a gifted boy called Christopher Boone. ![]() Christopher has difficulty settling into his new life in London and returns to Swindon to take his A-level Maths exam. The Broadway transfer of hit London play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has recouped its 4. He can no longer live with him and so he bravely travels to London to find his mother. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher Boone, a brilliant teenage boy with Autism, sets out to solve the murder of his neighbor’s dog.Written by Mark Haddon and published in 2003, the book has become a prize-winning bestseller translated into three-dozen languages. He also discovers that it was his father who killed the dog.Ĭhristopher feels that his father is a murderer, who he cannot trust. In doing so he discovers that his mother is not dead as his father had told him, but alive and well, living in London. ![]() Despite his father, Ed, warning Christopher not to get involved, Christopher decides to investigate the death of the dog. ![]() The play opens with Christopher discovering a dead dog in his neighbour, Mrs Shears', garden. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time follows the story of Christopher Boone, a 15 year old, who is exceptional at Maths but finds people confusing. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play)- Plot summary ![]() ![]() ![]() He returns to his own story in the final chapter, and fantasises about museums and monuments in China to political movements: “How will our children and grandchildren find a place to live in a country crowded with so many monuments?” The corpse walker) while under constant harrassment, before fleeing to Berlin in 2011. He himself spent four years in prison after 1989, going on to document these first-hand accounts (cf. Ross Perlin, 2020).Īfter Ian Johnson’s lucid introduction, reflecting on the “failed revolution”, Liao Yiwu ( provides a useful Prologue. Liao Yiwu, Bullets and opium : real-life stories of China after the Tiananmen Square massacre (German edition 2012 new English edition translated by David Cowhig and Jessie Cowhig, ed. ![]() this list, with perceptive reflections by Jeff Wasserstrom) is A valuable recent addition to the extensive literature published abroad (see e.g. Within China, as for the whole of the Maoist era, public memory of the righteous student protests of 1989 in China continues to be repressed. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Too bad neither has any idea that a rip current is about to drag both their hearts out to sea. But with their upcoming futures sending them to opposite ends of the country, the two decide to maintain only a casual summer fling. Heart Bones piqued my interest with the topic of two people finding themselves i. ![]() I completely understood how shes won the title of everyones favourite romance author, so I quickly made a purchase of a second book. Yet, the connection between them is too intense to ignore. Colleen Hoover had my heart after reading Ugly Love earlier this year. ![]() But two months before she’s finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows.ĭevastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the wealthy, brooding guy next door. Moving, passionate, and unforgettable, this novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover follows two young adults from completely different backgrounds embarking on a tentative romance, unaware of what the future holds.Īfter a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. ![]() ![]() ![]() Other pieces were able to freeze the very heart of a person turning them cold and unloving. Some of the pieces were so small that they could lodge themselves into a person’s eyes changing the way they saw the world. But before it could be taken there the mirror shook itself loose and plummeted to the earth below where it shattered into billions of pieces. The mirror’s work was so thorough that the only place left untouched was Heaven itself. The mirror was taken to every corner of the globe until no place was left undistorted. Our story begins with a mirror, a mirror that was crafted by the devil himself and imbued with the power to make everything good and pure look small and worthless and everything petty and evil seem overwhelmingly important. It was adapted directly from the unabridged version of the tale and, I hope, still holds the spirit of the story Andersen told. For those of you who have seen Frozen but don’t know much about the Snow Queen here is much shorter version re-penned by me. Out of all the authors I have read I think that Hans Christian Andersen may be my favorite due to the sheer number of much loved stories he has written from the Tinder Box to the Steadfast Tin Soldier to the Little Mermaid and last but not least the Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories’ written in 1845. I am a collector of Fairy tales and legends: I have read hundreds of them over the years. ![]() ![]() I’ve included a collection of ‘Business Lessons’ extracted from this truly exceptional tome. ![]() While they say history doesn’t repeat, it does rhyme, and despite two centuries passing since Vanderbilt first plied his trade ferrying cargo on New York’s harbour, the lessons in his business success remain as relevant today as they were then. The book’s most useful learnings might relate to the insights into Vanderbilt’s business acumen. Nicknamed ‘ The Commodore’, Vanderbilt’s endeavours fighting brutal short-squeezes, double-crossing business partners, a race to provide passage across the Panama, personally saving the US stock market and the gifting of his largest ship to the Union Navy to fight the Civil War are relayed in vivid detail. ![]() ![]() The ‘ First Tycoon - The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt’ tells the fascinating story of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the business magnate who built an empire in shipping and then, at the ripe old age of seventy, in US railroads. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even so, he wishes he could return to war where he at least earned a measure of recognition for his service, or at least to the safety of the VA hospital. Tayo begins to hurt from racial pain he has endured at the hands of white men as well as from his war memories. ![]() Having spent some time in a Veteran's hospital, Tayo has recovered some of his shattered wits, but he sinks into alcoholism with worthless friends once he returns home to his family. He also bears the scars of killing many men, one of whom looked just like his uncle Josiah who died while Tayo was away at war. He left several years before with his best friend and cousin Rocky, who died before Tayo's eyes. Tayo is a young Pueblo Indian who returns to the reservation of his birth after serving in World War II. Tayo returns to his village from WWII a traumatized man and seeks release through the traditional rituals of his people. ![]() |