6/10/2023 0 Comments The Homecoming by JoAnn Ross![]() ![]() ![]() But starting over is difficult when he unearths a long- buried secret that reunites him with a past he's never forgotten. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. First in a heartwarming new series from the New York Times bestselling author Former Navy SEAL Sax Douchett returns to his home town and is hailed as a local hero. Ross continues her homage to the brave men and women in the armed services in a romantic and sexy thriller spotlighting the difficulties that members of the military face when they return to civilian life. ![]() As feelings between Kara and Sax heat up, so does the crime rate, unveiling long-ago secrets. Kara hopes to provide a safe haven for her son, Trey, after losing his courageous father, and leaving behind her dangerous police work in California. Kara Conway is also back, taking over her father’s job as sheriff after he was killed. Sax is not the only one who has returned. A member of Romance Writers of Americas Honor Roll of bestselling authors, JoAnn lives with her husband and three rescued dogs who pretty much rule the house in the Pacific Northwest. The former bad boy is home to stay, intent on rebuilding his parent’s Cajun restaurant, even though his homecoming is bittersweet as he is haunted by the ghosts of his former patrol. Now doing his duty seems easier than participating in a parade in his honor in Shelter Bay, Oregon. The former SEAL served his country and survived when many did not. ![]()
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6/10/2023 0 Comments Dreamcatcher duddits![]() ![]() The five have literally dreamed Richie dead. Later, in a communal dream, the four boys and Duddits find Richie beheaded in a ditch, a horror revealed piecemeal over several hundred pages that turns out to be real. The four lads-Gary "Jonesy" Jones, Joe "Beaver" Clarendon, Henry Devlin, and Pete Moore-rescue retarded Douglas "Duddits" Cavell from gross bullying by big Richie Grenadeau. ĭreamcatcher may at first seem a falling off, as the opening pages crank up the plot and four lads in Derry (see It and Insomnia) exchange vulgarities, but by the halfway point an immense fluff of seeming irrelevancies coalesce into a tight storyline and King has well and truly roped readers for the big ride. ![]() King's first novel since Bag of Bones (1998) builds on the stylistic improvement begun with his splendidly well-written The Green Mile (1996). ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Song of myself full poem![]() I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags. I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow'd wilds, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. Song of Myself, 52: The spotted hawk swoops by Read the full text of “The spotted hawk swoops by” below:. ![]() In this brief ending to an otherwise verbose poem, Whitman fleetingly speaks about his incomprehensible or “untranslatable” self while also encouraging the reader to understand him. This section of Whitman’s poem, in its entirety, is about the drama of identity that unfolds as the poet explores his limits. “Song of Myself, 52,” also referred to as “The spotted hawk swoops by,” form the concluding sixteen lines of Walt Whitman’s most remarkable poem of all times. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Tick tick boom and rent![]() Unfortunately, Larson didn’t get to see his own success, as he passed away from an aortic aneurysm the same day Rent opened on Broadway, at the young age of 35. His next musical was Tick Tick Boom, followed by Rent, which exploded into popularity, tackling issues such as homophobia, artistic gentrification, the AIDs pandemic, and grief accompanied by the healing power of love. ![]() Although his workshop of Superbia, the musical he spent 8 years working on, didn’t go anywhere past that, Larson’s agent gave him vital advice to any artist: write about what you know. Top that off with his girlfriend Susan-a fictional take on his previous real-life girlfriend-wishing to move away for a job and wanting him to follow, and his strained relationship with his best friend Michael as he climbs the ranks in an advertising company. The film follows Jonathon Larson, a musical writer in the 80’s struggling to get his science-fiction musical to take off while working at a diner. ![]() With the release of Lin Manuel Miranda’s first film as director, this eccentric take on Jonathon Larson’s autobiographical musical Tick Tick Boom, there has come a revival of interest in his Larson’s other successful musical, Rent. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Daring Greatly by Brené Brown![]() ![]() In 2010 Brené allowed herself to be vulnerable when she gave a talk at TEDx in Houston, an offshoot of the famous TED conference (it stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design). ![]() Since Brené can back up everything she says with research, I believe her when she writes that vulnerability-which she defines as being brave enough to "show up and let ourselves be seen"-is the catalyst for human connection. But when you read her books, it's obvious she's interested in helping people live their best lives. I'm tempted to say, "Girl, what took you so long?" Brené is a research professor at the University of Houston who spends her days poring over data. When I first meet Brené Brown at Harpo Studios, where she's come to tape an episode of "Super Soul Sunday," I feel as if I'm reuniting with a long-lost friend. Now this brainy, sassy Texan talks to Oprah about shame, courage, faith, her unlikely Internet stardom, and why daring to "show up and be seen" is the key to everything we want in life. ![]() A professor of social work, Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, studied vulnerability for more than a decade-which led to a witty, soul-baring TED Talk (viewed by more than eight million people) and a best-selling book. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Book the river by peter heller![]() ![]() The guys are different in many ways, size, background, ways of seeing life, ways of approaching situations, but those differences seem to work. They are taking a semester off college so they can take their time enjoying the Canadian wilderness. Jack and Wynn met their first days of college and have been best friends and constant companions since then. The River by Peter Heller, Mark Deakins (Narrator) Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman? But: The next day a man appears on the river, paddling alone. ![]() When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. ![]() When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. The story of two college friends on a wilderness canoe trip-of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence ![]() ![]() Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. ![]() Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. More than seventy detective novels of British writer Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie include The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and And Then There Were None (1939) she also wrote plays, including The Mousetrap (1952). Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan. ![]() ![]() Book length: approximately 100,000 words. ![]() This inspirational read is a mix of contemporary and historical and is a standalone novel. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress comes the inspirational story of two women whose lives have been destroyed by disaster but find healing in a special house. Yet no matter how much she longs to love again, she is hindered by a secret she can never share. ![]() When she runs into old high school friend Don Callahan, she begins to yearn for change. Decades earlier, widow Everleigh Applegate lives a steady, uneventful life with her widowed mother after a tornado ripped through Waco, Texas, and destroyed her new, young married life. Matters of the heart only become more complicated when she runs into handsome Bruno Endicott, a driven sports agent who fondly recalls the connection they shared as teenagers. Meanwhile a mysterious letter arrives informing her she's inherited a house along Florida's northern coast, and what she discovers there will change her life forever. ![]() Eighteen years later, she's a tough New York City cop burdened with a damaging secret, suspended for misconduct, and struggling to get her life in order. When Beck Holiday lost her father in the North Tower on 9/11, she also lost her memories of him. ![]() In this sweet romance, the power of love and the miracle of faith promise hope and healing in the beautiful Victorian known affectionately as The Memory House. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Lady edgware poirot![]() ![]() ![]() Red herrings and suspicious acts abound in this stunning example of Agatha Christie at her finest. Among the most prominent people are his daughter Geraldine, who hated him his nephew Ronald, who Lord Edgware cut off from his inheritance the talented mimic Carlotta Adams, who is shown to have an interest in the Edgware fortune and Bryan Martin, a lover-turned-hater of Jane Wilkinson. While it initially appears to be a cut-and-dry case, Jane is revealed to have an airtight alibi – she was attending a dinner party that same evening, leading the search for suspects to branch out for people who not only wanted Lord Edgware dead, but Lady Edgware hanged too.Īs Poirot sets out to prove Jane Wilkinson’s innocence, it becomes immediately clear that suspects abound, considering that everyone who knew Lord Edgware despised him. ![]() ![]() Things come to a head when Lord Edgware is found murdered shortly thereafter and all signs point to his estranged wife. Mysteriously, when Poirot confronts Lord Edgware, he remarks that he has already agreed to the divorce, arousing Poirot’s suspicions regarding the true nature of the request. The real reason, though, is relatively innocent: divorce from Janees eccentric husband, Lord Edgware. When beautiful actress Jane Wilkinson asks the great detective Hercule Poirot for advice, a reader may expect the usual Agatha Christie repertoire – blackmail, threats, perhaps multiple near-death encounters. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Adult stories in punjabi![]() ![]() Though set off Indian shores, this novel is as 21 st century South-Asian as microwaved daal in the issues it addresses peripherally (colourism, consent) and intentionally (the policing of women’s bodies and sexualities, honour or izzat, female desire and community loyalty). As the story progresses, other more sinister secrets are revealed, which shine a light on some of the issues facing the British-Indian community in the London suburb of Southall. Nikki goes along with it, keeping the true nature of the classes a secret from her boss. She soon finds out that her new students,whom she perceives as drab and wholly sexless, have a naughty side to them – they’re more interested in inventing and sharing sex stories than in learning their ABC’s. Nikki is written as a rebellious, feminist, ‘modern’ British-Indian woman who defies the expectations of her more conservative family. The stage is set when Nikki, our young protagonist, is hired by an enigmatic, abrasive local gurudwara community director Kulwinder Kaur, to teach an English-language adult literacy class to some Punjabi widows. The novel straddles (pun very much intended) three distinct genres – literary novel, erotica and mystery/thriller – and is peopled with surprising, tender characters that serve an action-packed plot. Much like any good erotic encounter, Balli Kaur Jaswals’ 2017 novel, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, is a delightful romp that comes to a satisfying, sweet climax and an urge to fall back on the pillows. ![]() This article was originally published here. ![]() |