![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But this time the woman goes over the edge to her death. When Amanda Cameron, the wife of Gabe’s former boss, shows up near the cliff, Gabe goes out to work his magic. So far seven people have come to the spot to die, and charismatic and caring Gabe has been able to talk them all out of jumping. In the year since Gabe and Pippa Gerard, the couple at the center of this twisty psychological thriller from bestseller Hepworth ( The Younger Wife), moved to a beautiful cliffside house in Portsea, a sleepy coastal town a couple of hours outside of Melbourne, Australia, they have become aware that the breathtaking view from the cliff behind their house attracts not only lovers of spectacular sunsets but also the suicidal. ![]()
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No-one disputes that the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist, is a notorious anti-Semitic caricature, but Dickens was just as dismissive of blacks, whom he referred to as “primitives” or “savages”, and highly suspicious of the Chinese. ![]() ![]() One wonders what Charles Dickens would have made of Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of The Personal History of David Copperfield? Despite his reputation as a champion of the poor and downtrodden, the famous novelist shared all the popular racial prejudices of his time. ![]() ![]() Vivid memories are returned to him bit by bit when strange and ancient visitors suddenly interrupt his life-one desperate for his help, others desperate for revenge. Jim Hawkins, still unable to remember his former adventures among the Nephites, is nevertheless haunted by fleeting images he can't seem to connect with any particular source. ![]() Chris Heimerdinger, LDS master of high adventure, reunites the compelling characters from his best-selling novel, Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites, in an explosive saga that transports you from the familiar settings of Utah and the American West to the deep and shadowy jungles of southern Mexico. Digitally mastered approximately 6 hours on 5 CDS. ![]() ![]() A novel on CD by Covenant Audio in original factory shrink-wrap. ![]() ![]() ![]() In her insightful introduction, Rebecca Mead, New Yorker writer and author of My Year in Middlemarch, explores Eliot’s “meliorism”-her belief that individuals can improve society in small, everyday ways. Lydgate, and the spirited, striving Dorothea Brooke.Ī novel of marriage, Eliot’s “study of Provincial Life” is also a strikingly fresh commentary on scientific and technological change, cultural and class divides, and the upheavals of a rural community experiencing global transformation. Centuries removed from the world of the landed gentry in 1830s England, the characters of Middlemarch remain as exquisitely drawn and deeply alive as any in literature: the pedantic, obsessive Reverend Casaubon, the idealistic Dr. Long regarded as one of the greatest of the great English-language novels, Middlemarch by George Eliot has endured as the archetypal Victorian novel and an eternally resonant exploration of society and the individual. ![]() ![]() I mean, there are still some people we want to interview. Plus, going back and talking to everybody seemed like a very daunting project. McNeil: Well, because it is so big and we didn’t think people would talk to us. You said you were hesitant to work on this book. McNeil and McCain spoke with Rolling Stone about the lonely process of reporting on creepy subject matter, why the “Helter Skelter” theory is (mostly) bullshit, and how if you give someone enough acid you can make them believe anything you want. Since then, that interpretation of events has been credibly questioned. The story was detailed in Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi’s Helter Skelter, the best-selling true crime book of all time. The theory that Manson had orchestrated the murders to incite a race war based off hidden messages in the Beatles’ White Album became the prevailing narrative. They’re almost done, they swear.įifty years ago, followers of hippie cult leader Charles Manson shot, bludgeoned and stabbed to death five people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate, in a seemingly random home invasion in the Hollywood Hills. ![]() For more than 20 years, the duo has been working on 69, the follow-up to Please Kill Me, their 1996 definitive history of the New York punk scene. “It’s people making bad decisions in real time,” McNeil says. That’s why Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain wanted to publish an oral history of the Manson Family murders and the late Sixties. There’s nothing like the impact of hearing an outrageous story from someone who experienced it firsthand. ![]() ![]() SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Īccording to the International Tennis Federation, the tennis ball must be yellow or white, between 2.5 and 2.8 inches in diameter and between 1.975 and 2.095 ounces in weight.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! ![]() Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Tall, gorgeous, and the way he fills out his leathers? Wow.īut discovering Dathrow's original match was Poppy, and worse, finding evidence he's still in love with her threatens everything. ![]() Why not join up? In the bridal program and matched with Dathrow, Pixie can't believe her luck. This book is the perfect romance mix of Steamy and paranormal. Leora has created a captivating story with a lot of detail and character development. ![]() And her sister Poppy is living in marital bliss with her space husband in a galaxy far far away. Bridal Pact is the first book of the Warriors of Phaeton series by Leora Gonzales. Pixie has the perfect life on Earth-until everything falls apart. Discovering he not only has a match, but one almost identical to his original bride, Dathrow counts himself lucky. When his first match falls for one of his warrior brothers, Dathrow's anxious to find her replacement. Warrior Dathrow has been waiting for a human bride for eons. Can be read as a standalone although reading the series gives more understanding of the characters. Contains characters introduced in Bridal Pact and Bridal Bonds. ![]() ![]() When Jared is found dead in his car outside of Lambspun, Barbara becomes a prime suspect, much to the shock of the knitting community. Jared went to jail for his crime, but after being released for good behavior, he’s back to ruin more lives. ![]() Years ago Jared Rizzoli, a former financial advisor, operated a Ponzi scheme that defrauded countless Fort Connor residents-including Barbara, one of the shop’s knitters. Her knitting shop has outgrown itself and she is looking to turn an old storage building into a classroom space for her shop’s spinners and weavers.īut when an old familiar face shows up in town, nerves quickly become frayed. Kelly’s good friend, the owner of the House of Lambspun, has something exciting up her sleeve. ![]() Everyone-including the House of Lambspun knitters-is up in arms, and once again it’s up to Kelly Flynn to untangle the threads of a complicated crime. ![]() Springtime in Fort Connor, Colorado, is a breeze until a veteran con man shows up in town. Review: Close Knit Killer (A Knitting Mystery), by Maggie SeftonĪlso in this series: Cast On, Kill Off, Yarn Over Murder, Purl Up and Die, Knit to Be Tied, Only Skein DeepĪlso by this author: Cast On, Kill Off, Yarn Over Murder, Purl Up and Die, Knit to Be Tied, Only Skein Deep ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a reckoning of another kind, perhaps, and one that becomes a possibility only through the arrogance and certainty that so easily accompanies a well-planned and well-tended life. And if, after a time, we can glimpse the spectacle of the corner and manage nothing beyond loathing and contempt, then we've arrived at last at that naked place where a man finally sees the sense in stretching razor wire and building barracks and directing cattle cars into the compound. Pale-skinned hillbillies and hard-faced yos, toothless white trash and gold-front gangsters-when we can glide on and feel only fear, we're well on the way. Parasites, criminals, dope fiends, dope peddlers, whores-when we can ride past them at Fayette and Monroe, car doors locked, our field of vision cautiously restricted to the road ahead, then the long journey into darkness is underway. ![]() “That's the myth of it, the required lie that allows us to render our judgments. ![]() ![]() ![]() Translated from original Polish by David French Read Excerpt Leo Bonhart, the man who chased, wounded, and tortured Ciri, is still on her trail. She knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher and his companions-and also to conquer her worst nightmare. ![]() She is trapped.īut this is the child of prophecy, and she will not be defeated. Time does not seem to exist and there are no obvious borders or portals to cross back into her home world. Trapped in a world ruled by the Elves, separated from Geralt and her destiny, Ciri will need all her training as a fighter and sorceress to survive in the fifth novel of the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games - in hardcover for the first time!Īfter walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows and narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world. ![]() |