![]() What kind of descriptor is that to try to sell this place to the public? They need some help with their marketing materials, I can tell you that.” With one finger, Mark pushed his glasses up onto the bridge of his nose, from where they’d slid down. “Primitive or improved? I hate to even ask, because I doubt I’ll like the answer, but what’s the difference? And more importantly, which one are we going to?” Logan Hunt grinned back at him from the other side of the desk. ![]() “FISH OUT OF WATER” BY CAT JOHNSON EXCERPT “Stillwater, Oklahoma’s Lake McMurtry offers both primitive and improved campsites.” Mark Ross read the description from the computer screen, and then glanced up. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When George Clooney Tanuwijaya's father (who is obsessed with American celebrities) fears he no longer understands how to get through to his son, he decides to take matters into his own hands. ![]() "A delightful, hilarious, captivating love letter to Indonesia, and coming of age in a large meddlesome family, and the thrill of finding your person where you least expect it!"-Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love HypothesisĪ laugh-out-loud YA rom-com about a girl who's whisked from LA to her mother's native Indonesia to get back to her roots and finds herself fake-dating the son of one of the wealthiest families there, from the bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties and The ObsessionĪfter Sharlot Citra's mother catches her in a compromising position, she finds herself whisked away from LA to her mother’s native Indonesia. ![]() ![]() ![]() Part 4 gets more into dealing with modern treatments of diabetes: How Not to Treat Type 2 Diabetes. Part 3 is on Sugar and the Rise of Type 2 Diabetes. He further develops the problem in Part 2: Hyperinsulinemia and Insulin Resistance. He starts by laying out the problem in part 1: The Epidemic. The Diabetes Code is broken into 5 sections. The real benefit of this book is the compilation of information around the topic of diabetes. Fung’s blog, there are not any new ideas in The Diabetes Code. ![]() Since I have read The Obesity Code and the Complete Guide to Fasting and also follow Dr. The Diabetes Code is no exception to this, although it is not really new information. Fung’s research and ideas have changed my life for the better. ![]() Jason Fung and I have loved every single one of them. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90-95% of all the cases of diabetes and is affecting younger and younger people. We are in the midst of an epidemic of a reversible and preventable chronic disease (Type 2 only). Diabetes affects the whole body and is a leading cause of death. In the USA, 52.3% of the adult populations are not affected. (Full Disclosure: I did receive a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.)ĭid you know that the prevalence of diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980. ![]() ![]() ![]() And to top it off, it had probably my least favorite trope ever (insta-love), and I still loved it. You can read more on my disclosures page.ĭo you ever just read a book that makes you happy? This doesn’t happen to me too often, and it is almost always with romance books. When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him.īut after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation-and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out-Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume-her sweet, filthy fling-to France for the summer and…play. ![]() ![]() One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. ![]() ![]() ![]() They’re emotion-filled, smart, funny, and incredibly fun to read. Rowell’s books are steeped in the lessons of fanfiction: embrace tropes, but also break them apart have adventures, but also center interpersonal relationships and romances do not underestimate how fun it can be to get two characters to kiss. It’s original fantasy inspired by fanfiction written within a best-selling contemporary YA novel, and if that sentence fills you with delight, you’re ready to become a Rainbow Rowell fan. It’s a sequel to her 2015 smash hit Carry On, itself inspired by 2013’s Fangirl : In Fangirl, the main character writes fanfiction for the Harry Potter-esque fantasy series Simon Snow, while in Carry On and Wayward Son, Rowell puts her own spin on the Simon Snow universe. ![]() This fall, YA superstar Rainbow Rowell will publish Wayward Son, one of the most anticipated books of the season. ![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Ilene CooperĬopyright © American Library Association. Pair with Robie Harris' Happy Birth Day (1996). ![]() ![]() Adults will certainly read this aloud to help children understand the feelings surrounding their arrival, but perhaps parents themselves are the book's most natural audience it articulates so much that they are feeling but not quite able to say. But in some pictures there's a shimmer of stardust or the glow of rainbows that captures how transcendent the arrival of a new baby really is. Summary: Illustrations and text welcome a new baby to some of lifes delights. Collier's watercolors (accented with collage) are sturdy this baby's family seems very real. Welcome to rain-swept earth and spiced cider on the wind." There are more down-to-earth pleasures as well: "the sticky joy of peanut butter," "the squeaky surprise of a yellow ducky." Most important, the newborn is loved by parents and family. An African American family has a new baby and wonders await: "Welcome to the silk of grass, / the satin of rose petals, / and the squish of sand between your toes. The miracle of birth is lovingly and eloquently on display in this joyous picture book. ![]() ![]() So many drug references and descriptions were included though, to the author's credit, were not described in a positive light. I think part of what the author had in mind was to nurture wonder and an appreciation for stories and lovely, different things, which is a noble purpose, but everything ended up coming across with a bent toward sorcery and witchcraft.Ī character in the story acts seductively to get what she wants, attempts to teach a young girl to do the same, and runs a drug den. ![]() This had well-developed vocabulary and was well-written, but was so heavy on the idea that magic is what keeps our world alive and without it we'd all die. However, there was major emphasis on magic, charms, spells, and summoning magical things and people from a set of 4 magical books. ![]() This second installment was also mysterious, fast-paced, and intriguing. ![]() The first book in the series was eccentric, mysterious, somewhat gruesome, and a tad violent. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The palace of the Saggese family, once the great landowner of those parts. ![]() Facing the square is the Palazzo Marchesale, The style of medieval villages, the town is organized around a large central square. Roseto Valfortore lies one hundred miles southeast of Rome in the Apennine foothills of the Italian province of Foggia. THAT'S IT."ġ: something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related bodyĢ: a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of the sample ![]() Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.īrilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate. His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"-the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Blink and The Bomber Mafia and host of the podcast Revisionist History, explores what sets high achievers apart-f rom Bill Gates to the Beatles- in this seminal work from "a singular talent" ( New York Times Book Review). ![]() ![]() ![]() “When I found myself plunged in the heat and confusion of combat I didn’t think of those 25 as people. “It wasn’t a statistic that filled me with pride but nor did it leave me ashamed,” he writes. Recalling his time as a helicopter pilot in the British army, the Duke of Sussex describes killing 25 people in Afghanistan across six missions, according to the BBC. Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan while serving in the military The encounter took place in a field behind a busy pub and Harry recalls that someone must have seen them because a bodyguard was instructed by Prince Charles to follow up on press office reports that Harry was taking drugs, the Daily Mail added. He writes that the woman in question “liked macho horses” and treated him “like a young stallion.” When the encounter ended, he reportedly writes, she “spanked my ass and sent me away.” One of the lighter stories Harry recalls in Spare is the “humiliating episode” where he lost his virginity to an older woman, according to the Daily Mail, which also obtained a copy of the book. Harry notes he tried cocaine as a teenager and has “done a few more” lines since. He believed a bathroom bin was staring at him as it grew a head and shortly after he saw a talking toilet and left the room laughing, the Telegraph reported. ![]() Harry also recalled a January 2016 trip to California where he got drunk on tequila and took magic mushrooms. ![]() ![]() I felt like if I touched it, the entire castle might crumble. My feet dragged me forward.Īt the grand wooden door, I raised a fist to knock.īut I stopped. My legs, unused to such steady footing while in the sight of the lord’s castle, twitched in anticipation of a fall that never came. I reached the black, towering fortress that had for so long shaken and screamed at the power of my glance.įor the first time in this lifetime, I stared up at it, and nothing moved. Glowing pools would never again tempt me. Only, it’s not much of a secret anymore, is it? The one that pointed to the secret cavern. ![]() I headed down the familiar dirt path beneath the lattice of trees overhead, pausing beside the bush with a partially snapped stem that jutted outward like a broken limb. I wanted to hope, even if I wasn’t sure I was allowed. What did I hope to find? Did I truly believe I could hear him call me-that he’d want to call me? Yes, I did. But goddess or not, powerless or powerful, my feet were taking me someplace I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. When I discovered there was so much more to my life than love and hate, that those around me were just pawns in a game whose rules I’d unwittingly put in place, I discovered I was a long-forgotten goddess. ![]() When I thought I understood real friendship, I was a long-lost queen. ![]() |