![]() ![]() This novel is the full package though, it is compelling, articulate and the struggle of Milo to balance his difficult, secretive, work with the important part of his life, his family, really comes across. The plot centers around loyalties being tested in a world where you can trust no one, and no one trusts you. This aspect makes the story, albeit fictional, more realistic and we come to see the characters as flawed humans doing their best to stay afloat, save their marriage and family.Įven though there is action in this book, it’s not a shoot’em up, kiss-kiss-bang-bang type of story. Keeping secrets from his wife and daughter does not bode well with them and we are privy to their private conversations, and even the therapy sessions between husband and wife. ![]() The job of an undercover agent takes a toll not only on Milo Weaver, but on his family as well. ![]() ![]() It is fast, well written with twists galore. I always enjoy a good espionage book and The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer is no exception. The novel involves the fictional “tourism” department of the CIA and it is the first book in the Milo Weaver series. The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer is an espionage novel set in the early 2000s. ![]()
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![]() Although she hates her job and the toll it takes on her physically and spiritually, she feels it’s the best way to earn the kind of money she needs with no strings attached while staying hidden from her ex. Marie-Terese turns tricks to support her son as a single mother while paying off huge debts accrued trying to rescue him from her criminal ex-husband. ![]() I guess it wouldn’t be too spoilerish (even though she gets no mention in the blurb) to say that the heroine of Covet is Marie-Terese Boudreau, the head prostitute from ZeroSum (Rehvenge’s club in the BDB series), now working at the Iron Mask. ![]() Having fought his way to obscene wealth, it’s obvious which sin Vin is most guilty of, and Jim believes that part of his mission is to get him to warm up to his girlfriend and pop the question. Vin diPietro is Covet’s romantic hero and the first of the souls Jim must save. ![]() Jim Heron accidentally dies and is blackmailed by the angels into saving the seven souls (one for each of Dante’s deadly sins) who will tip the balance between good and evil for all time. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series, which means that before this book was even released a part of me already resented the angels for taking Ward’s time away from the Brothers and leaving me with only one Black Dagger Brotherhood book a year instead of two.īOOK GIVEAWAY: Read on for a chance to win a copy of Covet. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Hatem Aly's ink-wash and watercolour illustrations perfectly complement the lyricism of Muhammed and Ali's moving text. The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family Review Source. * "This excellent story about identity, visibility, and confidence, touches on rites of passage, bonds between sisters, and bullying and is unapologetic in tackling misconceptions and demanding equality."- School Library Journal, starred review This story, as both window and mirror, inevitably educates, but more important, it encourages pride in and respect for hijab through a tale of two sisters, their bond strengthened by faith."- Booklist, starred review * "Aly's ink-wash-and-pencil illustrations settle and soar along with the language. * "A lovely blend of emotional lyricism and closely observed everyday life."- Publishers Weekly, starred review Triumphant and true."- Kirkus Reviews, starred review The lovely, playful illustrations by Aly capture the spirit of imagination and sisterly solidarity in the face of bullying."- New York Times Book Review ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is argued that the similar interpretation of EQL observation in the Crimean and Peloponnesian legends were caused by similar natural and economic living conditions of the Greek population in the both regions in the Middle Ages. George Monastery near the Cape Fiolent, Crimea and the Panagia Tripiti Church in Aigion, Peloponnese. We study a stereotype of EQL interpretation in the legends of the Greek Orthodoxy exemplified by the legends about the foundation of two shrines: St. Subjective perception and interpretation of EQL depend on religious and cultural traditions. EQL may cause a mystical experience probably due to the influence of their electromagnetic fields on the brain. ![]() They may look like diffuse airglow, flashes, fiery pillars, and luminous balls. Earthquake lights (EQL) can occur in the atmosphere over earthquake epicenter areas and adjacent faults before and during quakes. Local legends may contain information about real geological events of the past. ![]() ![]() Somewhere between mythology, modernity, and magic, the Last Unicorn has found herself on the road less traveled by.until now. She is forewarned by a forlorn dragon and befuddled by a chatty butterfly her unfamiliar traveling companion will be an exiled demon with a split personality and a penchant for philosophy. The Last Unicorn, The Lost Journey by PETER S. Along the way you will meet magical creatures such as harpies and enchanted bulls. ![]() And she sets out to discover what fate has befallen the other unicorns. In this wonderfully strange adventure, a brave unicorn leaves her solitary life behind, determined to discover if she is the last of her kind. ABOUT THE BOOK (from Wikipedia): The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by. In this story, a unicorn discovers she is the last in the world. Here you will discover the eighty-five page genesis of Beagle's masterpiece, his own wry musings upon his early career, charming original illustrations, and tributes from modern fantasy legends Patrick Rothfuss and Carrie Vaughn. Now the Last Unicorn's fantastical origins are recaptured in this lovely commemorative hardcover. Beagle first imagined his beloved heroine when he was twenty-three, half a decade before she sprang into the world. Special Commemorative Edition celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Last Unicorn ![]() ![]() Despite this betrayal, Rooster later advocates for Mattie by forcing LaBoeuf to let her accompany them on the journey. ![]() Because of his merciless reputation, Mattie hires him to capture Chaney, but Rooster decides to team up with LaBoeuf because he wants to share the Ranger’s reward money. ![]() Now, Rooster works for the federal government, venturing into Indian Territory to track down outlaws. marshal known for his “grit.” Rooster fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, though Mattie learns that he was part of Quantrill’s Raiders, a group of guerilla soldiers who used ruthless tactics to fight the Union and devolved into gangs of outlaws that included Frank and Jesse James. ![]() ![]() ![]() Julia Walton delivers a brutally honest novel about sex, social media, and the courage to pursue truth when misinformation is rife. With her anonymity on the line, is it all worth the fight? The former beauty queen labels Phoebe’s work an “assault on morality,” riling up her supporters and calling on Pom to reveal her identity. That is, until Pom goes viral, courtesy of mayoral candidate Lydia Brookhurst. As long as Phoebe stays undercover, she’s sure she’ll fly through junior year unnoticed. Her unconventional hobby is just a research obsession. But what no one knows is that Phoebe is also Pom-the anonymous teen who’s rewriting sex education on her blog and social media. She’s an A student who writes for her small-town school newspaper. A girl rewrites sex education, one viral post at a time, in this fiercely honest and delightfully awkward novel by the award-winning author of Words on Bathroom Walls. ![]() ![]() ![]() Set in france, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. Serpent & Dove, By Shelby Mahurin Ī witch hunter and a witch in hiding, thrust together in an unlikely union in this fantasy. This paranormal fantasy is full of rebellion and fast paced. But when Poppy meets Hawke, her guard, she begins to question her situation, and demons come out of the dark. Waiting for Ascension, the day she will meet the Gods, she hopes she will come to peace with a life that was not her choice. One foot out of line, and the punishment is severe. She is not to have friends, or interact with anyone. She is not to be looked upon, spoken to, touched. If you like dark fantasy books, with betrayal, romance and action, check these out:įrom Blood and Ash, by Jennifer L. ![]() It’s been five years since I read it, and it can often feel like nothing can compare, but fear not, I’ve got five books you’re going to love. Now, what you do you? You look for similar books! A Court of Thorns and Roses is one of the most popular series out there, and one of my favourties. You’ve finished your dream book, it had everything you ever wanted. ![]() ![]() ![]() Andrei Linde, a cosmologist at Stanford, told the New York Times in 2001. "These are very close to religious questions," Dr. Or it may be that space and time had some other forms altogether before the Big Bang-forms too alien for us to imagine-and that the Big Bang represents some sort of transition phase, where the universe went from a form we can't understand to one we almost can. It may be that our universe is merely part of many larger universes, some in different dimensions, and that Big Bangs are going on all the time all over the place. It seems impossible that you could get something from nothing, but the fact that once there was nothing and now there is a universe is evident proof that you can. Others attribute the Big Bang to what they call "a false vacuum" or "a scalar field" or "vacuum energy"-some quality or thing, at any rate, that introduced a measure of instability into the nothingness that was. One notion is that perhaps the singularity was the relic of an earlier, collapsed universe-that we're just one of an eternal cycle of expanding and collapsing universes, like the bladder on an oxygen machine. ![]() It was, rather, a vast, sudden expansion on a whopping scale. ![]() ![]() Although everyone calls it the Big Bang, many books caution us not to think of it as an explosion in the conventional sense. ![]() ![]() “For my generation, was an iconic decision. When planning the 2023 lecture, it was clear that Mahmoud encapsulates the values and principles of the lecture series, both in his experience as a Black Muslim and as an activist who stood up for his beliefs in the face of great resistance. Our lectures every year have represented, in some ways, the cutting edge of thinking and research around the African American Muslim experience and its connection to social justice.” “We’ve specifically wanted to hear from thinkers, artists, activists, organizers, academics, writers, and doers who are coming from the Black Muslim experience… and from the BIPOC Muslim experience more broadly. ![]() national anthem during the 1995-96 NBA season in protest of American racism and imperialism.Ībdul-Rehman Malik, MLL’s Founder and Program Director, explained how the lecture series celebrates and continues the work of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, and recognizes how their work was shaped by their identities as both Muslims and Black Americans. ![]() ![]() With support from the Yale Chaplain’s Office and Yale Divinity School, MLL hosted Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, an activist and former professional basketball player often called the “Kaepernick before Kaepernick” for his decision to not stand for the U.S. Betty Shabazz & Malcolm X El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Lecture on March 6, 2023. Dwight Hall’s Muslim Leadership Lab (MLL) held its fifth annual Dr. ![]() |