![]() ![]() ![]() Each character takes her turn telling the story in alternating chapters, and the reader never mistakes one voice for another. Somehow, the new roommates must devise a plan to replace their kitchen, which has burned to a crisp. Mlynowski, following last year's Milkrun, delivers another fun piece of fluff about post-college 20-somethings trying to figure it all out as they struggle with fledgling careers, the opposite sex and financial woes. The question is: can this odd trio can live together in a Toronto apartment without driving one another crazy? The answer is probably not, but what they can do is build friendships none of them ever anticipated. Jodine is a responsible law student who makes efficiency an art form. ![]() Emma is a free-spirited fashion editor's assistant who parties with a vengeance. ![]() Allie is a perky 22-year old virgin with a hopeless crush. ![]()
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![]() After they returned to France in February 1832, Tocqueville and Beaumont submitted their report, Du système pénitentiaire aux États-Unis et de son application en France, in 1833. The two also briefly visited Canada, spending a few days in the summer of 1831 in what was then Lower Canada (modern-day Quebec) and Upper Canada (modern-day Ontario). They arrived in New York City in May of that year and spent nine months traveling the United States, studying the prisons, and collecting information on American society, including its religious, political, and economic character. ![]() In his later letters Tocqueville indicates that he and Beaumont used their official business as a pretext to study American society instead. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont were sent by the French government to study the American prison system. ![]() In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous seven hundred years. Its title translates as On Democracy in America, but English translations are usually simply entitled Democracy in America. ![]() De La Démocratie en Amérique, published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840 is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this wise, witty, and hilarious novel, we follow the Kettle sisters through their tumultuous thirty-third year as they deal with sibling rivalry and secrets, revelations and relationships, unfaithful husbands and unthinkable decisions, and the fabulous, frustrating life of forever being part of a trio. Lyn has organized her life into one big checklist, Cat has just learned a startling secret about her marriage, and Gemma, who bolts every time a relationship hits the six-month mark, holds out hope for lasting love. Together, laughter, drama, and mayhem follow them, but apart, each is dealing with her own share of ups and downs. The three sisters couldn’t be more different from each other but they have always been extremelly close. ![]() Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old triplets, seem to attract attention everywhere they go. Liane Moriarty’s debut novel Three Wishes follows the Kettle triplets- Cat, Lyn and Gemma. The funny, heartwarming, and completely charming first novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Nine Perfect Strangers and Big Little Lies. "Moriarty's first novel, written with wisdom, humor, and sincerity, is an honest look at sisters who have a bond stronger than anything life throws their way." - Booklist ![]() ![]() ![]() Under Bendis, Logan's weary, haggard voice is a welcome light in a bleak world, reminiscent of the Man With No Name in Sergio Leone's classic trilogy. Logan, believing this to be a portent of bad things to come, decides that he must find out what happened and, in order to do so, has to do the unthinkable: climb over the Shield, the wall that extends across Doomworld, separating many civilizations from the robotic, possessed and deceased hordes that ring around civilization. The small focus of a man wanting only to clean up a world he helped destroy is interrupted when an Ultron skull falls from the sky. Readers don't need to be well-versed in that story to enjoy this one the writer does a great job of delivering set pieces that show off Wolverine's status in this new world as well as his own view of his surroundings. ![]() It's violent and dark and may be the best "Secret Wars" remix to be released so far.īendis picks up the story shortly after Millar's tale, with a wandering Logan watching over the last grandson of Bruce Banner. "Old Man Logan" #1 expands the tone and scope of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's original story by embracing the character's Spaghetti Western and ronin influences through Brian Michael Bendis' engaging script and Andrea Sorrentino's career-defining art. ![]() ![]() Along with this fear is the crippling claustrophobia of being in a plane, and the utter impotence of not being able to help in any way should anything start to go wrong. He uses a situation most of us can sympathize with: wariness of air travel, as the basis for understanding the danger. Matheson starts this story off extremely well. Who will ultimately win this battle of wits? But, the creature's tampering is upping the stakes more with each minute. Wilson's calls for help make him seem, of course, all the more irrational. ![]() Not only that, this hunched, hairy creature is taunting him taking advantage of the apparent fact that only Wilson is aware of him. we get the sense that he is pretty harried no big fan of flight, irritable stomach issues, a general dissatisfaction with his life in general, Even his job comes with the fear of attack from looming youth gangs hence, Wilson has taken to carrying a gun with him for safety.īut are these boogeymen real or in his head? The true test comes when, during the storm-tossed plane's flight, Wilson is sure he sees something, something very much like a man, tampering with one of the plane's engines. ![]() ![]() Our protagonist, Wilson, is traveling coast to coast on a business trip. It is about fears, phobias, and frustrations. ![]() The fact is that Nightmare at 20,000 is more than a story of what may or may not be an actual monster tampering with the works of an airplane. But how many of us have actually read the story that serves as the basis for this tale? And what exactly makes this yarn so enduring? ![]() ![]() Clair lands a gig working at Heywood Hill she cant get on the plane fast enough. With war imminent, Nancy finds respite by taking a job at the Heywood Hill Bookshop in Mayfair, hoping to make ends meet, and discovers a new life.Present Day:When book curator Lucy St. ![]() But Nancy Mitfords seemingly dazzling life was really one of turmoil: with a perpetually unfaithful and broke husband, two Nazi sympathizer sisters, and her hopes of motherhood dashed forever. One of Hasty Booklist's Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novels!USA Todaybestselling author Eliza Knight brings together a brilliant dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitfordone of 1930s Londons hottest socialites, authors, and a member of the scandalous Mitford Sistersand a modern American desperate for change, connected through time by a little London bookshop.An absolute must-read!Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author The Last Bookshop in London1938: She was one of the six sparkling Mitford sisters, known for her stinging quips, stylish dress, and bright green eyes. ![]() ![]() It won the RAI Book of the Year 2013, and has been shortlisted for the Sakura Medal (English High) 2014. ![]() It is the first book to have won both categories. Kiernan’s fourth novel, Into the Grey (aka Taken Away) – a YA ghost story set in 1970′s Ireland – won the 2012 CBI Book of the Year (formerly The Bisto award) and the CBI Children’s Choice Award. First published in Kiernan’s native Ireland in 2008, the trilogy has since been published in 15 different territories, and translated into 10 different languages. She is best known for The Moorehawke Trilogy, a dark, complex trilogy of fantasy YA books set in an alternative renaissance Europe. Her critically acclaimed work combines fantasy elements with the exploration of political, humanitarian and philosophical themes. ![]() Celine Kiernan is an award-winning author of fantasy novels for young adults. ![]() ![]() ![]() The two adversaries sealed their pact with a sacrifice: each would exchange his infant son to be raised on his enemy's world. To break the stalemate, the Highfather struck a deal with Darkseid, the ruler of Apokolips. But heavenly New Genesis was at war with hellish Apokolips, and the two immortal worlds were trapped in a neverending cycle of violence. ![]() Scott Free, a child of New Genesis, was destined to one day reign alongside the Highfather in the golden city of the New Gods. ![]() With MISTER MIRACLE, Kirby unleashes the breakout star of the Fourth World. In honor of this extraordinary talent's centennial, DC Comics is proud to re-present the groundbreaking work of the King of Comics in a brand-new series of trade paperback editions collecting his classic DC titles in all their four-color glory: MISTER MIRACLE BY JACK KIRBY (New Edition)! Jack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World -a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul Goble has received wide acclaim for his magnificent books, including Buffalo Woman, Dream Wolf, Her Seven Brothers, and the winner of the 1979 Caldecott Medal, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Commenting on his work in Beyond the Ridge, Horn Book Magazine said, "striking elements synthesize the graphics with the narrative and spiritual aspects of the text." The New York Times Book Review noted that his technique is "a marriage of authentic design and contemporary artistry, and it succeeds beautifully." Paul Goble's most recent book for Bradbury Press, I Sing for the Animals, was called "a lovely, small book that movingly conveys profound belief in the goodness of creation" by Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal said it "fits as easily in the hand as Goble's meditations about the natural world do in the heart." ![]() ![]() ![]() Puritan talk of founding the "New Jerusalem" and the Calvinist emphasis on Old Testament teachings owe much lo the Pilgrims' sojourn in the Netherlands. It is intriguing to speculate on how Netherlander attitudes influenced our Puritan forebears during their stay in the Low Countries. ![]() The sea, quite understandably, was viewed as an enemy and, in a particularly evocative section, the author discourses at length on the identification the Dutch felt with the Children of Israel, especially the Jews of Exodus and their flight through the Red Sea. Focusing his attention on the Netherlands during the 17th century, Schama investigates the linkage that the citizens who wrested their lands from the sea felt with the waters lapping their shores. Specialized, but likely to instruct and, more importantly, entertain the general reader. Scholarly, exhaustively researched, packed with highly esoteric information, this massive study is less daunting than it might seem at first glance, thanks to Schama's lively writing style and his eye for the colorful and thought-provoking detail. ![]() |