Even more shattering, however, is the fact that Reed has never heard of Kate, never wrote the letters that charmed her soul. Instead she is greeted by the news that Reed Benton has been wounded during a raid on a Comanche village and has returned with a prisoner - a wild-looking boy who may be his long lost son. Kate arrives at the magnificent Lone Star Ranch eager to meet her new husband. Correspondence from the lonely Texas widower looking for a mail order bride sparks tempting dreams of a house, a family and a future in a land filled with possibilities. Daughter of a dockside harlot and raised in a bleak orphanage, she has no prospects in the unforgiving Maine village of her birth. "Rancher Seeking Wife" - for Kate Whittington, the modest words in a newspaper ad are the answer to her desperate prayers. The tender tale of a woman without choices who risks everything for one last chance at happiness.
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It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. "'The Road' is the profoundly moving story of a journey. They have nothing just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food - and each other. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. I'm usually grateful for this, but not always! It also made me appreciate fatherhood more." - Nicholas Carlson, editor-in-chief of INSIDERĪmazon synopsis: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. "This book gave me a real sense of my own mortality. Mitchell Waldrop BOOK The Gist: Inside Story Of The 'sugar-daddy Impresario' Of The Network Age. OL15835908W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 96.35 Pages 522 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:014200135X Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal, by M. Urn:lcp:dreammachinejcrl00wald:epub:e2100b90-3ba7-45bc-b7b6-bf8afbf0a738 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier dreammachinejcrl00wald Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5db8w854 Isbn 0670899763ĩ780670899760 Lccn 2001017985 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 00:09:55 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA132411 Boxid_2 CH121420 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0008 Curatenote shipped Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary External-identifier Mitchell Waldrop Narrated by: Jamie Renell Length: 27 hrs and 16 mins 4.8 (139 ratings) Try for 0. Licklider and the Revolution that Made Computing Personal Sloan technology series: Author: M. It is also the story of what heritage and history means, and that the past is never truly gone, but also that sometimes these things don’t have to matter as much as people think they do, and it’s important to enjoy life however you can. This is the story of two thieves who change and grow and develop through each of the six books, as readers become so attached to them that by the end they feel like family. His popularity and success grew to such a point that after the release of the fifth book in the series, Sullivan finally got that big publishing contract with Orbit Books, who released the series in three volumes late last year and early this year, with two books in each volume. The series slowly but surely gained momentum and a following, as more readers and fans were discovered, and the books received more ratings and reviews on the likes of Good Reads and Amazon, and Sullivan received more and more interview requests, including with yours truly. What was perhaps most unique about the Riyria Revelations was that Sullivan had all six books completely plotted and planned to serve as individual, stand-alone novels, but also linked together into a long series. It eventually turned into a six-book epic fantasy series that was published through an independent press. Sullivan began writing a fantasy for his daughter: a story that she would enjoy hearing, but also one that he would enjoy reading. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order 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. Set on the serene waters, in the creative studio, and beneath the hot lights of a bangin' Indian wedding, JUST FRIENDS is the perfect way to end your summer romance reading. "I'm not ashamed to say I'm halfway to loving you." A game of hard to get culminates with Rachel agreeing to one thing: being "just friends" with a man who has made his intentions clear. And no one amuses him more than Rachel, the beguiling woman he meets in a quiet coffee shop. Which is why he spends his whole day on his yacht when he's not pursuing his next artistic endeavor. Playboy Zack, third son of the affluent Feldman Steel empire, doesn't have a lot expected of him. Sometimes what an old, broken heart needs is a second chance at love. Too bad she's just made a vow of celibacy. Then hot, young, and artistically talented Zachary Feldman walks into her life. And her love life? Duds and heartbreakers. Her social life is confined to one friend working at the neighborhood coffee shop. Rachel Taylor's freelance business barely pays her own bills, let alone her mother's. Too bad that's what they desperately need. Covering some racier subjects with saltier language, Hannah Jewell collects "100 unknown women who built cities, sparked revolutions and massively crushed it" in her collection She Caused a Riot (Sourcebooks, $22.99). Similarly broad ranging and a good choice for teens and/or comics fans is Brazen (First Second, $17.99), written and illustrated by Penelope Bagieu, with vignettes covering subjects from Angolan queen Nzinga to astronaut Mae Jemison. Sandra Lawrence's Anthology of Amazing Women (Little Bee Books, $17.99) introduces younger readers to notable women, ranging from Egypt's longest-reigning female pharaoh, Hatshepsut (born 1507 BCE), to contemporary singer Beyonce and girls' education advocate (and Nobel Laureate) Malala Yousafzai. This month-long challenge is easier than it sounds with the help of these four collections of bite-size biographies. During Women's History month I'm learning about three amazing women each day. Throughout the series Sarah Jane uses her trademark honest and entertaining writing style to share insights into her thoughts, reflections and the changes in her personal life and circumstances as she moves forward in her career. Each book in the series takes you on a journey through medical specialisms and environments that formed part of Sarah Jane's nursing career. 'Ooh Matron ' is the first book in The Nomadic Nurse Series. Find out how Sarah Jane deals with births, deaths and everything in between with laughter, tears and humility in this touching, sometimes heartrending, superbly written memoir. Then everything changed, as she embarked on a journey which would help to map out her future by offering opportunities in a variety of places and healthcare settings. Her vision was to leave school, find a job in a local store, get married and eventually have children. She had planned a traditional, some would say old fashioned, future. *****Award Winning Nurse Memoir***** I am not sure what Florence Nightingale would have made of Sarah Jane The story starts with a sixteen-year-old country girl who, for no apparent reason at the time, suddenly decided that she wanted to be a nurse.Sarah Jane was entering adulthood with no obvious career path in sight. Despite the characters’ ignorance of the past, the invention and widespread adoption of the Internet is one historical event that looms large in Anderson’s novel. The Seattle Police Department uses tear gas and stun grenades to attack the protesters, injuring hundreds. The WTO riots, for example, took place in 1999, when the World Trade Organization held a meeting in Seattle to discuss globalization, and more than 40,000 people showed up to protest what they saw as the hypocrisy and inherent dangers of a globalized economy. Anderson highlights his characters’ ignorance of the past by showing them eagerly buying “Stonewall Clogs” and “WTO riot Windbreakers”-merchandise whose branding refers to some of the most famously violent protests and riots in American history. Part 1: The Moon is in the House of Boringįeed alludes to relatively few historical events-indeed, one of the main points the book makes is that the characters have little to no knowledge of history. Through an exchange of letters, the two boys develop a strong bond of friendship that becomes a lifeline during dark times - until Moritz reveals that he holds the key to their shared, sinister past and has been keeping it from Ollie all along. If they did meet, Ollie would seize, but turning off the pacemaker would kill Moritz. Contact with electricity sends Ollie into debilitating seizures while Moritz has a heart defect and is kept alive by an electronic pacemaker. Each of both boys has a physical condition which limits their communication with conventional society. Each of them lives with a life-affecting illness. Because You’ll Never Fulfill Me by Leah Thomas is a young person modern-day book and also informs of the pen relationship in between 2 separated boys, Moritz from Germany along with Ollie that remains in the United States. Ollie and Moritz are two teenagers who will never meet. Get this audiobook for free when you try Audible: A man of dubious reputation and infuriating manners, he is described as being handsome “in a hard, angular way that made the men around him seen somewhat effeminate”. He is her link to the world of the Dark Days Club, where Reclaimers must fight against the demonic creatures that prey on unsuspecting men and women. Lord Carlston represents all that Lady Helen fears. Our ideal actress would be great at playing fiery heroines, with awesome fighting skills an additional bonus! It’s hard to think of a better fit than… Caught between two worlds - the glittering ballrooms of her first London Season, and a shadowy underworld of demonic creatures and deadly power - she faces an agonising choice between two destinies. We’d love to know who you’d pick.Įighteen-year-old Lady Helen is the book’s quick-witted and independent-minded protagonist. It turns out there are just too many talented British actors! See below for the winners of our office vote. There’s been lots of debate and discussion here at Walker HQ over who we’d pick to star in a film of The Dark Days Club. |
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