![]() His family ruined, his mother driven to an early grave, Henry vowed never to trust a medium again, and set his mind to devising a machine that would enable the dead to contact the living without the need for a human intermediary. Young, handsome and charming, Isaac Woodsend wormed his way into the household and stole everything he could lay his hands on – including Henry’s sixteen-year-old innocence and heart. The novels chart the development of a romantic relationship between a most unlikely couple as they battle malevolent ghosts and evil spirits and in this opening instalment scientist Henry Strauss and medium Vincent Night are pitted against each other in a contest of modern scientific ideas versus traditional myth and mediumship.Īfter his father’s death a decade earlier, Henry Strauss and his grieving mother were duped by a medium who promised them he could communicate with the late Mr. Hawk’s Spirits trilogy set in New York at the end of the nineteenth century. Restless Spirits is the first book in Jordan L. ![]()
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![]() Mad Man is a scorchingly hot, intense, enemies to lovers, psychopath romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. He has one week to prove to Felix that he’s the exception to his rule. Felix belongs to no man, but Avi is determined. But they’re trapped together and there’s only one bed, and it’s so hard to hate Avi in the dark when he’s whispering how Felix belongs to him. Ever.Įxcept, Avi’s being sent to help take down a dangerous crime ring and he’s ordered Felix to come along. It was still hate sex, and it would never happen again. He’s also sexy, brilliant, and twice as lethal as Felix. ![]() He’s cocky, condescending, overbearing, and inappropriate. But all good things come with a cost and, for Felix, that’s enduring Avi Mulvaney each day, which inevitably leads to thinking about him every night.įelix doesn’t like Avi. While he’s not happy that his big brother married a Mulvaney, the union has its perks. History proves Avi and Asa don’t do well apart, but their father has decided to test that theory.įelix Navarro knows exactly who he is. Together, he and his brother, Asa, make one brutally efficient monster, ridding the world of predators who victimize the innocent. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Zoey has a few other little problems. ![]() On the run and holed up in Tulsa's Prohibition-era tunnels, Zoey and her gang must discover a way to deal with something that might bring them all down. A past life holds the key to breaking his rapidly spreading influence, but what if this past life shows Zoey secrets she doesn't want to hear and truths she can't face? Kalona looks gorgeous, and he has the House of Night under his spell. Neferet guards her powerful new consort, Kalona, and no one at the House of Night seems to understand the threat he poses. What if the hottest guy in the world was hiding a nameless evil and all he wanted was you?Īt the start of this heart-pounding new installment of the bestselling House of Night series, Zoey's friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren't Neferet's secrets any longer. ![]() ![]() ![]() James Patterson has an amazing ability to write books for adults that they can't put down, and he has now mastered that ability with kids as well. ![]() As you can imagine, more fun mishaps ensue! Stricker threatens to send him to the pound unless he goes to obedience school. ![]() It even uses dog friendly language such as the "food room" and "moving people boxes on wheels" which adds to the feel of the story being told by a dog.įollow along on Junior's humorous journey of being rescued by Rafe and their adventures together such as avoiding the terrifying monster - the vacuum! Junior gets into some trouble and Mrs. Thanks to the network for the review copy of this book - all opinions are my ownįrom the very first page the reader is immediately drawn into the book through the excitement of the narrator - Junior an enthusiastic dog! "OOOH! You opened the book! You actually opened the book!" Junior speaks to the readers in a conversational tone which creates a fun and engaging vibe. ![]() ![]() “For as he told the story of a simple Judean slave girl. And that journey led him into actually finding God. It was interesting how he wanted to prove Hadassah right but wrong at the same time. There was just something about seeing his journey from beginning to end. I’m not going to deny it, but Marcus was my favorite character out of the whole series. All the character struggles were personal yet interconnected at the same time. I mean, Hadassah got thrown into the lion’s den, Marcus actually got mad and abandoned his sister, Julia was corrupted by her so-called “friends” and made Hadassah go into the arena, and Atretes was just mad at the world in general. This rich and unforgettable work achieves even greater impact through Richard Ferrone’s dramatic narration.Īfter last book’s ending, I was super invested in how this one would go. The political intrigue of the imperial city provides a dramatic backdrop for Marcus’ spiritual quest. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now he is on his way to Jerusalem to find out more about Hadassah’s god, unaware that a miracle awaits him back in Rome. When Marcus’ sister sends Hadassah to almost certain death in the games, Marcus feels that his life has been ripped apart. But Hadassah, a slave in his family’s household, has enchanted him with her quiet beauty and her staunch faith in Christ. An Echo in the Darkness by Francine RiversĪ prosperous trader, Marcus Lucianus Valerian has made a fortune providing sand and slaves for the Roman games. ![]() ![]() In order to survive, she must keep her mind open and accept the changes her body is undergoing soon enough, those who she initially thinks are murderers become her trainers, whose help she must enlist if she ever hopes to return home-and soon enough, a romantic bond begins to bloom. The place Evangeline now finds herself in is called Terra Nova, a world wherein vampires rule supreme, with no traces of humanity left to speak of. ![]() In the delirium of her deteriorating health, a door to a parallel world opens before her however, once she steps through it, the portal closes, and she is unable to return to Earth. ![]() She is then diagnosed with a rare, genetic blood disorder that causes her body’s white blood cells to kill the red ones. ![]() After passing out in the middle of a party, life as she knows it spirals beyond her grasp. Evangeline is living the life of a normal teenager until mysterious, severe symptoms begin appearing. ![]() ![]() The book describes different approaches how do you live in such environment. For example, how do minimize loses when your single node database goes down? Or what happens if the same node just can't handle the user load? Once you introduce additional nodes for replication and partitioning, you find yourself in a distributed environment and you face the problem of consistency. ![]() Part 2 describes the problems which appear in distributed systems. Mind map for a chapter on Data Models and Query Languages(by Ilya Zonov) ![]() For example, it is important to distinguish encoding, marshalling(serialization) and encryption. ![]() He also briefly touches how do computers actually encode and transfer the information. Kleppmann starts with the basics of information systems in Part I: what does it mean to be reliable, or what do we mean by maintainable. His main focus is distributed systems, and the book under review is all about the foundation you need to know to efficiently build distributed systems to be reliable, scalable and maintainable. He is a famous lecturer, book author, and open source projects contributor. Martin Kleppmann is a professor of University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and Technology. ![]() ![]() The way of δόξα is the way that unknowledgeable humans (εἰδότες οὐδέν) generally proceed, which they forge for themselves (πλάττοναι), their heads at once here and at once there (δίκρανοι) (DK 28 B6 4-6). The goddess then reveals to Parmenides the perils of a Third Way, the way of δόξα. ![]() The Second Way, the goddess warns, that which could not possibly be, ὡς χρεών ἐστι μὴ εἶναι – non-Being, is impassable to humans. ![]() In Parmenides’ poem, the goddess Ἀληθεία initially alludes to two ways of inquiry (ὁδοὶ διζήσιος). Charles Kahn (1969: 702) once asked, “what problems did Parmenides inherit from his predecessors to which his own doctrine of “Being” might be a response?” We might ask, though, to what extent was Parmenides responding not to the established problems of his predecessors but to the emerging problem of his successors, the Sophists? Where the Milesians, particularly Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, enquired into the γένεσις and φθορά/ὄλεθρος (the emerging and perishing) of τὰ ἐόντα (what-is), Parmenides brought τὸ ἐόν (Being) into the region of the ἕν (One) συνεχές (cohering), ἀγένητον (without emerging), and ἀνώλεθρον (without perishing). Parmenides represents a significant rupture in the development of early Greek thought. ![]() “Parmenides and the Sophists Online Workshop” 3rd-4th Novemberĭaniel W. ![]() ![]() ![]() (She missed Beijing 2008 due to a broken leg.) She was the United States’ leading scorer in the 20 Women’s World Cup tournaments and the 20 Olympics. Soccer Olympic gold medalist, FIFA World Cup champion and long-time captain of the U.S. ![]() Hailing from Rochester, NY, Abby Wambach is an iconic striker, two-time U.S. Abby is interviewed by Tony’s right arm, creative partner and former ESPN writer, Mary Buckheit, who has covered Abby’s career through the decades. In this episode, Abby discusses her new book, WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game, in which she outlines the eight new rules of leadership. She had to learn how to recreate her wolfpack and feel that sense of belonging once again. of American soccer struggled with retirement. Yes – even the illustrious and internationally renowned G.O.A.T. ![]() ![]() It’s no wonder so many athletes feel lost and alone after retirement.Ībby Wambach certainly did. You experience the highs of winning and the lows of failures together. The support that our “wolfpack” provides is invaluable, and sports are the ultimate pack: You train together. What do you do when it’s time to leave everything you’ve ever known? How do you retire from something that has been your identity for decades? These are questions that every athlete must eventually face – and many struggle with depression and anxiety after retirement. Turning failure into fuel Soccer icon Abby Wambach on leadership, failure and forging your own path ![]() ![]() ![]() Carmen has decided that if she doesn’t get her dragon this Christmas she’s not going to go for a third attempt, even if that means she can’t marry Mattie when she grows up.Īlso, this week I wanted to share a spot of exciting news. The testing is difficult and charms make her sick. That is something Carmen doesn’t want to have to go through. ![]() If not, she has to start all over, relying on different magical charms to fight the curse for her. If she passes her test, she gets her dragon. But that can’t stop her from taking her final test to become a Dragon Keeper. The second was that she was going to marry her best friend, Mattie.Īs Christmas approaches, the magical charms Carmen has to use to fight off her curse are taking a toll on her health. One, she was going to be the strongest Dragon Keeper there ever was. Since she was seven years old, she understood two things. Here is the blurb:Ĭarmen is eleven years old and wants to get her dragon. Amanda Vargas, who did an excellent job of bringing Carmen to life, narrates the story. It’s a short story with a listening time of 1-hour and 13-minutes. ![]() As some of you may have seen, my latest audiobook, A Dragon for Christmas, is out and ready for you all to listen to and enjoy. ![]() |