Back to Blog
Lately, he’s been running the register at the local video rental dive to scrape together the cash for his exorbitantly priced migraine medication. He’s a food scientist-according to his diploma, that is. Manna, the cheaply manufactured staple food, is now as ubiquitous as salt in the world’s cupboards, pantries and larders In 1960, a superfood was invented that made starvation a thing of the past. Are their combined talents enough to protect them from enemies both living and dead? But as they do, their past comes back to haunt them…and even Jacob worries they’ve tampered with forces they should have left alone. But what if his psychic talent isn’t quite enough? As the death toll rises, he and Jacob scramble to determine who’s in danger, and who’s a killer.Using all the resources at their disposal, they close in on their suspect. The last thing Vic wants to do is screw up in front of him. When fellow agents start turning up dead, Vic is expected to do more than just lay their ghosts to rest. But is he prepared to add a professional dimension to his romantic partnership with Jacob Marks?Jacob has already established his territory at the FPMP-he’s competent, he’s respected, and he’s pretty much fearless. As a fledgeling agent, he’s ready to smoke out a few ghosts and be home each night in time for dinner. Can he handle the FPMP?After years of frustration as a Ps圜op, Victor Bayne reports for duty at the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program. Victor Bayne is through with the Chicago PD.
0 Comments
Read More
Back to Blog
The invisible library book series6/12/2023 But to get their reward, they will have to form a team, including a dragon techie, a Fae thief, a gambler, a driver, and the muscle. He swears that he will give each of them an item from his collection if they bring him the painting within the week.Įveryone takes the deal. Nemo has an offer for everyone there: he wants them to steal a specific painting from a specific world. Nemo’s remote Caribbean island and are invited to dinner, which includes unlikely company. No copies of the book are available in the Library, so her only choice is to contact a mysterious Fae information broker and trader of rare objects: Mr. The world where she grew up is in danger of veering deep into chaos, and she needs to obtain a particular book to stop this from happening. A Librarian’s work is never done, and once Irene has a quick rest after their latest adventure, she is summoned to the Library.
Back to Blog
Falling simona ahrnstedt6/12/2023 But at home in Stockholm her rich and conservative family await. Alexandra’s dreams of an independent and free life begin to flourish. On the surface the young dreamy socialite Alexandra and the scarred and cynical Atle have nothing in common, but during the course of their journey they grow closer to one another and unthinkable feelings blossom. Together with Atle, her cheery maid Minna and the pious handmaiden Emmy, Alexandra will traverse through a Sweden that is rapidly changing. The one coming to collect Alexandra is Atle Falk, a man with a dark past. The women’s fight is in its early stages and within Alexandra a longing is growing for independence and the prospect of devoting herself to her passion: art. Now she’s finally allowed to return to Stockholm, where modern inventions such as the telephone and electricity are seeing the day of light, and where intelligence and money are beginning to be considered more important than fine ancestry. In the spring of 1884 the young society woman Alexandra Rosenkvist is living in the north of Sweden, exiled having caused a scandal that shocked the high society.
Back to Blog
Email Hoaxes by Theresa Heyd6/12/2023 In conclusion, a digital genre model is outlined that bridges both the old/new and the formal/functional gaps and may be applied to many other digital genre ecologies. Email hoaxes are deceptive messages that spread in digital social networks they are a fascinating object for discourse linguistics as they exemplify a major pragmatic tendency in CMC, namely deceptivity and a. Besides a structural and microlinguistic analysis, it identifies key issues such as pragmatic duality, narrativity and textual variation and change in email hoaxes. This book addresses the issue of genrefication by giving an in-depth analysis of email hoaxes as a candidate for digital genre status. This study examines formal and functional aspects of email hoaxes and provides ample evidence both from a systematized corpus and in situ data collected online. Email hoaxes are deceptive messages that spread in digital social networks they are a fascinating object for discourse linguistics as they exemplify a major pragmatic tendency in CMC, namely deceptivity and a lowering of sincerity standards. This book addresses the issue of genrefication by giving an in-depth analysis of email hoaxes as a candidate for digital genre status. How genres emerge and evolve on the Internet has become one of the central questions in studies of computer-mediated communication (CMC). As a Brazilian researcher living and working in Catalonia, whose grandmothers greatest dream was to learn how to read and write, I have felt moved by these.
Back to Blog
Those who wish to participate and have questions may send their questions to Rodman Public Library by sending an email to or by visiting the library. No registration is needed for this event. All who are unable to view the event live will be able to view a recording of the interview, available on the Library’s Facebook page during the month of October. To view the event using Facebook Live, users will do so by going to Rodman Public Library’s Facebook page. Those who participate via Zoom will need to download the Zoom software any time between now and the event on their computer by visiting /download, or by downloading the app onto their smartphone or tablet using the appropriate app store. In addition, it will also be available to view on Rodman Public Library’s Facebook page using Facebook Live. This event will take place on the evening of Thursday, October 1 at 7 p.m., and will be an opportunity to for readers to learn more about Kline and her New York Times best-selling novel Orphan Train.Ĭhelsea Shar, Media Arts Teacher at Alliance High School, will interview the author during this event, which will take place as a Zoom webinar. Alliance One Book One Community is pleased to announce that the 2020 program, featuring the novel Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, will conclude with a virtual visit with the author.
Back to Blog
The lost man novel6/11/2023 A powerful and brutal story of suspense set against a formidable landscape, The Lost Man confirms Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature, is one of the best new voices in writing today. Because if someone forced Cameron to his death, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects. While they grieve Cameron's loss, suspicion starts to take hold, and Nathan is forced to examine secrets the family would rather leave in the past. Nathan, Bub and Nathan's son return to Cameron's ranch and to those left behind by his passing: his wife, his daughters, and his mother, as well as their long-time employee and two recently hired seasonal workers. But something made him head out alone under the unrelenting sun. Cameron was the middle child, the one who ran the family homestead. In an isolated belt of Australia, their homes a three-hour drive apart, the brothers were one another's nearest neighbors. Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone novel from Jane Harper Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.
Back to Blog
Queen of Bad Dreams Vol. 1 by Danny Lore6/11/2023 Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Combined with the dynamic talents of Jordi P rez (inks) and Dearbhla Kelly (colors), and with Kim McLean as letterer, this book will take you into the dark underworld of the mind, corporate oppression, and love. Danny Lore brings exceptional world-building and story creation around how we achieve agency in our own lives. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community. After an especially powerful figment escapes the dreams of an even more powerful politician's son, Daher is pulled headlong into an investigation that traces all the way back to the incident that sent dreams, even nightmares, spilling into our reality. Queen of Bad Dreams Paperback Decemby Danny Lore (Author), Jordi Prez (Illustrator), Dearbhla Kelly (Colorist), 8 ratings 3.6 on Goodreads 64 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 17.99 9 Used from 4.88 14 New from 10.00 1 Collectible from 11.99 Sometimes dreamscalled figmentsescape the dreamer's mind. The best site for downloading FREE public domain Golden Age comic books. What if dreams broke through into reality? When a dream entity known as a figment emerges from a dreamer's mind, it's Daher's job as an Inspector Judge to track them down and make the call: reinsert the figment, or grant them agency in our world.
Back to Blog
City of thieves novel6/11/2023 In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt to find the impossible. Instead of the standard bullet in the back of the head, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful colonel to use in his daughter's wedding cake. He shares his cell with the charismatic and grandiose Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested on desertion charges. When a dead German paratrooper lands in his street, Lev is caught looting the body and dragged to jail, fearing for his life. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds.Lev Beniov considers himself “built for deprivation.” He's small, smart, and insecure, a Jewish virgin too young for the army, who spends his nights working as a volunteer firefighter with friends from his building. His grandmother won't talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. As wise and funny as it is thrilling and original— the story of two young men on an impossible adventureA writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad.
Back to Blog
Beautiful world sally rooney6/11/2023 The subsequent BBC adaptation has been streamed more than 62 million times and made overnight household names of its two newcomer stars, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal, who naturally adore her. “Salinger for the Snapchat generation” is how she was introduced to the world (“I remember thinking at the time,” Rooney guiltily recalls, “what is Snapchat?”), and expectations for her follow-up were reaching fever pitch.įast-forward to 2021 and that second novel, Normal People, a will-they-won’t-they tale for the millennial era about two students, Marianne and Connell, has to date sold more than three million copies worldwide, been praised by everyone from Barack Obama to Taylor Swift, and translated into 46 languages. Her debut, Conversations with Friends – a story of two best friends, and the adulterous relationship one of them has with an older married man – had been out for a year, and already Rooney was haloed by a cult status: a literary novelist who had broken the mainstream. Three years ago, on an early summer’s afternoon in leafy Bloomsbury, a 27-year-old Sally Rooney and I were sitting in the grand offices of her British publisher, Faber, discussing her forthcoming second novel.
Back to Blog
Jennifer sey book6/10/2023 talk about Jennifer Sey's "Levi's Unbuttoned" book and her other films.ĭiscussing Freedom and Liberty with Jennifer Sey and Shawn & Janet Needham R. On this clip of 339 of Health Solutions, Shawn & Janet Needham, R. National Gymnastics champion whose lifelong dream was to compete in the Olympics, until anorexia, injuries, and coaching abuses nearly destroyed her Fanciful dreams of gold medals and Nadia Comaneci led Jennifer Sey to become a gymnast at the age of six. "It does cover the last 2 years of my time at Levi's but that doesn't really come in until the second half." Show more Brand new: Lowest price All listings for this product About this product Best-selling in Books Save on Books You may also like Additional site navigation. |