5/23/2023 0 Comments Way station clifford simak![]() ![]() ![]() Heinlein that “to read science-fiction is to read Simak.” A cautionary tale that is at once ingenious, evocative, and compassionately human, it brilliantly supports the contention of the late, great Robert A. Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Way Station is a magnificent example of the fine art of science fiction as practiced by a revered Grand Master. though the cure could ultimately prove more terrible than the disease. Still, one final hope remains for the human race . . . But the gifts of knowledge and immortality that his intergalactic guests have bestowed upon him are proving to be a nightmarish burden, for they have opened Enoch’s eyes to humanity’s impending destruction. ![]() ![]() The truth is, Enoch is the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War and, for close to a century, he has operated a secret way station for aliens passing through on journeys to other stars. Living a secluded life in the backwoods of Wisconsin, he carries a nineteenth-century rifle and never seems to age-a fact that has recently caught the attention of prying government eyes. Įnoch Wallace is not like other humans. Hugo Award Winner: In backwoods Wisconsin, an ageless hermit welcomes alien visitors-and foresees the end of humanity. ![]()
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Goetaborg in Stockholm, asking him to confirm his findings. ![]() After Oliver identifies some etchings on the rock as those of Saknussemm, an Icelandic scientist who years earlier descended into the interior of the earth, never to return, he sends a dispatch to his colleague, Prof. When his prize pupil, Alec McEwen, presents him with a lava paperweight to commemorate the occasion, Oliver discovers that encased within the Italian lava is a rock from Iceland, halfway across the world from the volcano. In Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1880, Professor Oliver Lindenbrook is knighted to the acclaim of his colleagues and students. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Eastern horizons by levison wood![]() Along the way he meets some people who showed great hospitality, while others would rather have murdered him. ![]() A fascination with the deeds of the early explorers, a history degree in the bag, an army career already planned and a shoestring budget of £750 - including for the flight home - he was determined to find out more about the countries of the Caucasus and beyond - and meet the people who lived and worked there.EASTERN HORIZONS is a true traveller's tale in the tradition of the best of the genre, populated by a cast of eccentric characters from mujahideen fighters to the Russian mafia. ![]() Levison Wood was only 22 when he decided to hitch-hike from England to India through Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but he wasn't the conventional follower of the hippy trail. Eastern Horizons: Shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Award: .uk: Wood, Levison: 9781473676268: Books Sports, Hobbies & Games Fishing, Birdwatching & Other Outdoor Pursuits Hiking & Camping Buy new: 13.1413.14 RRP: 20.00 Details Save: 6.86 (34) & FREE Returns FREE delivery Wednesday, November 2. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Today tonight tomorrow book buy![]() After Rowan overhears classmates bashing her and Neil and vowing to finally beat this dynamic duo at something, Rowan realizes she must team up with her enemy in order to win the game. Realizing that this will be her last opportunity to outdo Neil once and for all, she sets her sights on winning Howl, a riddle and scavenger hunt game where high school seniors are sent around Seattle with clues to decipher, and the winner receives a monetary prize. The two have sparred at everything - from essay contests to collecting the most cans for the environmental club - but when Neil is named the class valedictorian, relegating Rowan to salutatorian, she is shocked. Rowan Roth aims to be the star of her high school, and with only a day left until official graduation she’s feeling nervous she’s focused on trying to outdo her frenemy, Neil McNair, who has been her rival since freshman year. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Book tiny habits![]() ![]() |i Online version: |a Fogg, BJ, |t Tiny habits |d Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. |a "The world's leading expert on habit formation shows how you can have a happier, healthier life: by starting small"- |c Provided by publisher. The elements of behavior - Motivation : focus on matching - Ability : easy does it - Prompts : the power of after - Emotions create habits - Growing your habits from tiny to transformative - Untangling bad habits : a systematic solution - How we change together - Conclusion : the small changes that change everything. ![]() |a Introduction : change can be easy (and fun). |a Boston : |b Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, |c 2020. ![]() |a Tiny habits : |b the small changes that change everything / |c BJ Fogg, PhD. ![]() |a DAD |b eng |e rda |c DAD |d OCLCO |d TXSCH |d IEP |d IK2 |d WHP |d NB |d EL North Stonington/Wheeler Adult Nonfiction Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Non-Fiction ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Rednotice book![]() ![]() Red Notice begins by telling the fascinating story of how Browder, the grandson of a former American Communist Party leader, chose to chase a capitalist dream beginning as a Stanford Business School graduate, continuing into his early business career in London and Poland, and eventually leading to his co-founding of a lucrative hedge fund investing in post-Soviet Russia. The bestselling 2015 book by financier and Hermitage Capital co-founder Bill Browder serves as something of a prequel to the current Crisis in Ukraine, providing an opportunity for a better understanding of the history behind the tools available to the United States and Western countries in sanctioning Russia, its leaders, and oligarchs. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its impact on the global economy, and the horrifying images on the evening news of violence against ordinary citizens in Ukraine led to this month’s selection of “Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man’s Fight for Justice” for the Sales Tax Institute Book Club. ![]() ![]() Sales Tax Institute Book Club: Red Notice by Bill Browder ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce![]() This shared experience makes the action packed plot easy to follow (assuming you’re familiar with the recurring characters of course!) Whatever Daine learns or experiences, the reader discovers at the same time. ![]() ![]() The reader and Daine go on a journey together. The good news is that, like with the previous novels, The Emperor Mage is told from the point of view of protagonist Daine. I would definitely recommend reading the first two books in the series before starting on this one in order to avoid getting confused. The Emperor Mage packs a lot into its plot and honestly it is not a book new readers can quickly jump into. However things get complicated when Daine’s patron the Badger God, accompanied by the mysterious Graveyard Hag, decides to use Daine as a vessel to punish Carthak and its Emperor. ![]() While the adults try to forge a peace treaty between the kingdoms of Tortall and Carthak, teenager Daine has been asked to heal the birds in the Emperor’s menagerie with her wild magic. Book Three of Tamora Pierce’s Immortals Quartet sees Daine, Numair, Alanna, the dragonet Skysong and members of the King’s Court sail to the nearby land of Carthak to meet with the Emperor Ozorne. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Everything i never told you review![]() ![]() ![]() Lydia, the whitest-looking child of Marilyn and James, a White and Chinese American couple, is also the favorite of both parents, who dote on her at the expense of their other children, Nath and Hannah. The narrative opens on the morning that 16-year-old Lydia Lee does not come down to the family breakfast table. Chapters alternate between the narrative of events after Lydia Lee’s death in May 1977 and a narrative that describes Lee family’s history, beginning with Lydia’s parents James and Marilyn. 2014.)Įverything I Never Told You has a bitemporal structure. “ The Leftovers.” The New York Times Book Review, 15 Aug. Chee concludes that even “if we know this story, we haven’t seen it yet in American fiction, not until now.” (Chee, Alexander. However, when neither Lydia nor Jack nor the investigation into Lydia’s death prove to be what readers expect, Ng succeeds in creating an original narrative with an important message on how the White hegemony limits opportunities for minorities. In his New York Times review, Alexander Chee judges that the book is a “literary thriller” with a “doubled heart.” Its mission is to be as exciting as a thriller while commenting on the integration of Chinese Americans in the 20th century, by telling “a story bigger than whatever is behind the crime.” Chee describes how Ng dangles two stock protagonists of the crime genre before the reader: the missing ingenue, Lydia Lee, and the local bad boy, Jack Wolff. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Seventeenth summer by maureen daly![]() ![]() ![]() Jack falls in love with Angie, but Angie never says that she loves him back, so the question is, does she? Although Jack spontaneously proposes to Angie at an end-of-summer party, they both know they are too young. They fall in love, knowing that Angie has to leave for college in Chicago in the fall and Jack is moving with his family to Oklahoma to help his uncle with the bakery business. Angie gets asked out on her first date by local high school basketball star Jack Duluth. It takes place in the early 1940s in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Seventeenth Summer is a book about a 17-year-old girl named Angeline "Angie" Morrow. It is considered Daly's debut novel, and is considered one of the earliest entries of young adult fiction. ![]() Seventeenth Summer is a young adult novel written by Maureen Daly and published in 1942. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even though she had hardships through her escape, as her masters had sent out a wanted poster for her. Between 10 years, she had made 19 trips from the south to north, and the railroad network was called the underground railroad. Traveling north and becoming a famous conductor and making her way back to south after a year and half and slowly freeing the slaves using the means of railroad. She left everything she knew and had in search for freedom in 1849. Tubman dedicated her life to compassion and equality, from freeing enslaved people to advocating for women’s suffrage to caring for the elderly. She faced more persecution as she was fighting for her freedom and running away from the slave owners without their permission. Tubman had suffered from epilepsy for the rest of her life. She has suffered a traumatic injury that almost killed her. She faced many physical violence on a daily basis as she was trying to work as her masters had required her to. ![]() Even though there were many separations, she still managed to spend time with her family. Her father was separated from the family, her siblings were sold into slavery. She faced many hardships as she was growing up. Even though no one is sure when exactly she is born, it is concluded that she is born around 1822. Tubman was born into Slavery in Maryland and was in a pursuit of finding freedom. ![]() |