![]() ![]() Can she ever find her father and make it back to the present to heal her sister? And when the time comes to leave, will she want to? Bestselling author Jody Hedlund is your guide down the twisting waters of time to a volatile era of superstition, revolts, and chivalry in this suspenseful story. The longer Marian stays in the past, the more she cares about William. ![]() Bestselling author Jody Hedlund is your guide down the twisting waters of time to a volatile era of superstition, revolts, and chivalry in this suspenseful story. Until Marian tests his theories and finds herself in the Middle Ages during a dangerous peasant uprising.William Durham, a valiant knight comes to Marian's rescue and offers her protection. Hes left behind tantalizing clues that suggest hes crossed back in time. He's left behind tantalizing clues that suggest he's crossed back in time. But when her father falls into a coma after drinking a vial of holy water believed to contain traces of residue from the Tree of Life, Marian must question all of her assumptions. The ultimate cure that could heal any disease Crazy.Thats exac. ![]() The ultimate cure that could heal any disease? Crazy.That's exactly what research scientist Marian Creighton has always believed about her father's quest, even if it does stem from a desire to save her sister Ellen from the genetic disease that stole their mother from them. Read 578 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. ![]()
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![]() At that time the planet’s relationship to its sun will also change, reverting Tiamat to its “Summer” ecology. The Snow Queen has been ruling Tiamat for the Winter clan for 150 years, but everything on Tiamat is about to change because the planet’s unusual orbit is nearing the phase where the black hole will become unstable, closing the planet to outside influence. ![]() The “Winter” clan who governs Tiamat craves the technology that will make their life more comfortable, but the Hegemony, the real rulers of several worlds, keeps Tiamat (and, therefore, the Water of Life) in their control by restricting technological development. This youth-preserving substance is made by killing a marine species found only on Tiamat and is available to rich travelers who are willing to leave their money or their technology behind. Tiamat is a convenient rest stop for interstellar travelers and they often go down to the planet for respite or trade, but Tiamat also has its own special commodity: the Water of Life. In Vinge’s version, Anderson’s love story takes place on the planet Tiamat which is located near a black hole. ![]() The Snow Queen, published in 1980, is Joan Vinge’s science fiction adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale of the same name. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And as he learns more about Raine’s own tragedy, Coltrane can’t deny his growing desire for the courageous widow, or the urge to protect her from the threat that draws near. But once he meets the hotel’s fiery-haired proprietor, Coltrane finds himself assuming the role of the shootist’s accomplice and agrees to protect Bitter Springs. ![]() After a chance encounter on a train, Kellen Coltrane travels to the Pennyroyal to carry out a dying man’s last wish. But her handsome new employee is more than a hired hand he’s a man who keeps his guns close and his secrets closer. With all of the good men dying at the hands of a local rancher and his three sons, Raine hires a shootist to be the town’s protector. A stunning western historical romance from USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, one of today's “premier western romance writers.”* As the owner of the Pennyroyal Saloon and Hotel, Lorraine Berry is privy to almost everything that goes on in Bitter Springs, Wyoming-including the bloodshed plaguing its citizens. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rita Ora emerges with husband Taika Waititi after partying the night away at Met Gala - as she shares video of her nursing hangover in bed Pamela Anderson continues showing off her iconic beach body in skimpy swimsuits for upcoming Frankies Bikinis collaboration ![]() The Environmental Protection Agency has now been called on to manage the spillage from some diesel trucks at the scene. Police now believe they have transported everyone off of the interstate although first responders were doing a secondary search as of Monday afternoon.īut crews on the scene were having difficulty reaching some of the injured, Starrick said, because some of the vehicles were still on fire when first responders arrived. 'It sounds like due to the low visibility, the high winds, everything just came together unfortunately.' My heart goes out to anybody that found themselves involved in this particular situation,' he continued. 'The cause of the crash is due to excessive winds blowing dirt from farm fields across the highway, leading to zero visibility,' he said. Starrick said the initial crashes happened late morning in the northbound lanes with additional crashes reported later in the southbound lane. High winds blew freshly ploughed soil from nearby farms onto the road, creating the dust bowl and leading to dangerously low visibility.Īuthorities say the storm came on quickly, creating conditions similar to that of a snowstorm whiteout. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Free-spirited Sam helps Niki get in touch with her passionate and creative side, and with her Indian roots. When Niki and Sam join Diya, her husband and their friends on a group honeymoon, their connection grows deeper. At the wedding, the champagne flows and their flirtatious banter makes it clear that the attraction is mutual. Maybe it's the splendor of Mumbai or the magic of the holiday season, but Niki is immediately drawn to Sam. Niki arrives in India just in time to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, where she meets London musician Sameer Mukherji. So for the first time ever, she throws caution to the wind and books a last-minute flight for her friend Diya's wedding. ![]() ![]() When she's laid off, Niki realizes that practical hasn't exactly paid off for her. And she's always dated guys that seem good on paper, rather than the ones who give her butterflies. She's always stuck close to home, in case her family needed her. Despite her love for music and art, she became an analyst for the stability. Twenty-nine-year-old Niki Randhawa has always made practical decisions. One type-A data analyst discovers her free-spirited side on an impulsive journey from bustling Mumbai to the gorgeous beaches of Goa and finds love waiting for her on Christmas morning. ![]() ![]() It’s got something for everyone, a crowd-pleaser with the kind of plotline that might scare of a handful of audience members (too bad for them, really). culture, and a refreshing new spin on the sex comedy to boot. “Am I OK?” might be the only comedy at this year’s Sundance Film Festival about a pair of pals upended - sort of - by the admission that one of them is gay, but it’s also a generous examination of female friendship, a dead funny skewering of L.A. It’s the sort of experience anyone who has a best friend is likely familiar with, though the details of how and why Lucy (Johnson) and Jane (Mizuno) are arguing are very specific, the result is immediately recognizable, understandable, and heartbreaking. ![]() ![]() The expletives fly fast, the needling remarks about sensitive subjects come quick, and absolutely no one leaves the fight happy. ![]() Mid-way through Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s warm-hearted feature directorial debut “ Am I OK?,” stars Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno, playing long-time BFFs in the middle of a crisis, take part in the kind of knockdown, drag-out argument that only people who really love each other could have. ![]() ![]() ![]() Facing up to the story Moss narrates is invaluable if we are to have any informed debate about what we eat. This is a tough book to read if you are a marketer to be frank, it's a tough book to read if you eat anything other than food grown in your back garden. The two questions for marketers are how much are we to blame, and what are we going to do about it? In that context alone Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss is not to be missed. ![]() ![]() Obesity here, like there, is on the rampage. The days of Brits looking askance at the rest of the world as XXXL are long gone. Our host for the evening, I soon learned, had once shared the same cruel and unusual predilection. I thought this was just our student humour, until many years later at a house party I came across a similar photo montage of one skinny Brit standing next to a galaxy of supersized, unaware Americans. One of our favourite pastimes as we toured that great nation was unobtrusively sneaking up on the fattest people we came across, and surreptitiously having our picture taken with them. ![]() Many years ago, when I was a callow, insensitive youth, my brother and I went on a month-long tour of the US. ![]() ![]() ![]() The invocation of race, class, and setting in McMillian's case is unmissable - particularly since he was from Monroeville, Alabama, home of Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird, and residents seemed to be living out a remake of her novel with zero lessons learned. It tells the true story of Stevenson's efforts to free a poor black man in Alabama, Walter McMillian, who spent six years on death row for a murder he plainly did not commit, imprisoned on flimsy evidence brought forward by a white sheriff and district attorney. Just Mercy, the attorney Bryan Stevenson's 2014 bestseller, has already become a touchstone of criminal justice writing for helping change the conversation around capital punishment in America. ![]() Jordan) defends wrongly condemned Walter McMillan (Jamie Foxx) in Destin Daniel Cretton's film. ![]() ![]() ![]() But in the end, is the choice actually hers to make? Caught between history and her heart, she must decide whether she’s willing to let go of the life she knew for a love she never thought she’d find. Mistaken for the boy’s long-missing mother, Anne adopts her identity, convinced the woman’s disappearance is connected to her own.Īs tensions rise, Thomas joins the struggle for Ireland’s independence and Anne is drawn into the conflict beside him. ![]() Thomas Smith, guardian to a young boy who is oddly familiar. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of Dr. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everything…Īnne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon 5 of 5 starsĪn Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. ![]() ![]() I know, too, that I really ought to have pruned, pared and extirpated the text, but I regret that I am the sort of person who cannot resist using 100 words where one would do – a habit that can make me look like a terribly smug know-all. I shall try not to refer back to my previous autobiography, but if at times I digress back to those years I shall append a superscribed obelus to the text, so you know you are free to skip that section. ![]() We shall both have to make do with me as I am. ![]() ![]() I really wish I could stop myself saying sorry, but I have such a pitiful need to be liked – a trait I hate in myself every bit as much as I am sure you do too – that I can't. ![]() |