5/13/2023 0 Comments Marie colvin book in extremis![]() Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her age. Like her hero, the legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn, she sought to bear witness to the horrifying truths of war, to write 'the first draft of history' and crucially to shine a light on the suffering of ordinary people. In Sri Lanka in 2001, Marie was hit by a grenade and lost the sight in her left eye - resulting in her trademark eye patch - and in 2012 she was killed in Syria. ![]() With fierce compassion and honesty, she reported from the most dangerous places in the world, fractured by conflict and genocide, going in further and staying longer than anyone else. ** BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ** 'It has always seemed to me that what I write about is humanity in extremis, pushed to the unendurable, and that it is important to tell people what really happens in wars.' Marie Colvin, 2001 Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. ![]() ![]() Print In Extremis - The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Squad book maggie![]() ![]() As their pack begins to buckle under the pressure, their moral high ground gets muddier and muddier-and Becca realizes that she might have feelings for one of her new best friends. Eager to be accepted, Becca allows her friends to turn her into a werewolf, and finally, for the first time in her life, she feels like she truly belongs.īut then things get complicated. Their prey? Slimy boys who take advantage of unsuspecting girls. But at a party under a full moon, Becca learns that they also have a big secret.īecca’s new friends are werewolves. At first glance, Marley, Arianna, and Mandy are perfect. To her surprise, she’s immediately adopted by the most popular girls in school. When Becca transfers to a high school in an elite San Francisco suburb, she’s worried she’s not going to fit in. When the new girl is invited to join her high school’s most popular clique, she can’t believe her luck-and she can’t believe their secret, either. Pretty Little Liars meets Teen Wolf in this sharply funny, and patriarchy-smashing graphic novel from author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and artist Lisa Sterle. ![]() ![]() Track star Kiara Michaels didn't expect to find two lifelong friends at her sorority membership interview. Title: K-RHO: The Sweet Taste of SisterhoodAuthor: LaToya HankinsPublisher: Resolute, LLCReviewed By: Arlena DeanRating: 5Review"K-RHO: The Sweet Taste of SisterhoodBook Description: "K-Rho: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood chronicles the strength of sorority life for three Copper Road University sophomores. ![]() Her motto, borrowed from Hurston, is “I do not weep at the world, I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.” Read more Her literary influences and loves include Zora Neale Hurston, Walter Mosley, Anne Rice, and Pearl Cleage. Presently employed with the State of North Carolina, she divides her time between being a proud pet parent of an 8-year-old terrier named Neo and volunteering in the community.Ĭurrently serving as the co-chair of Shades of Pride, organizer of the annual Triangle Black Pride, Hankins is an active supporter of LGBT issues and addressing health disparities that affect her community. During her college career, she became a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and later served as second vice president for one of the largest graduate chapters in North Carolina.Īfter working as a regional reporter and features editor in the Charlotte metro area for seven years, she entered the world of banking. ![]() ![]() A graduate of East Carolina University, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in journalism with a minor in political science. La Toya Hankins is a native of North Carolina and currently resides in Raleigh, NC. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve ‘eard Alice whistling the tunes aboard the Kestrel, proud as a peacock I were, to know I been such a good influence.īy the light of a candle I happened to spy Since she was a nipper, used to perch on me knee and I’d sing her a ditty or two, didn’t I? Not that dull patriotic rubbish, mind you, proper songs like ‘Ere’s to the Grog and Lily White Thighs. Damfino why, I am more quiet than a nun what took vows of silence, ‘onest Guv, you’ll find me jaws are locked tighter than the creamy thighs of a…… Yes, quite, so you can tell us something about Miss Kittyhawk? How long have you known her? Alice asked me to come, said I’d be better at it cause I never shut me sauce-box. No offense, but I was expecting one Miss Alice Kittyhawk… erm… Mister…?Ĭap’n Fitzsimmons Noakes, at your service. We were actually hoping to interview Miss Alice Kittyhawk about her adventures, but she had pressing obligations in London and sent Captain Noakes in her stead.Ĭaptain Noakes has a peculiar way of speaking which might sound a bit odd to modern ears, and we suspect that this particular interview is NSFW. ![]() Dear readers, tonight with me is Fitzsimmons Noakes, the modest captain of the airship ‘The Centennial Kestrel’, the fastest Channel-Runner in business I am told. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments London Spy by Tom Rob Smith![]() ![]() While the series is completely original and has a fresh take on espionage and love, there are a number of other films and series similar to London Spy that will complement your desire for mystery, intrigue, and darkness. ![]() The series was created by Tom Rob Smith, a novelist who undoubtedly has a vivid imagination. His most recent novel, The Farm, was a Number One international bestseller. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Prize and won the CWA Steel Dagger Award. Child 44 itself was a global publishing sensation, selling over two million copies. I feel like spies are really good at keeping this kind of thing out of the press. Tom Rob Smith is the author of the acclaimed Child 44 trilogy. It might not be much of a shock, but London Spy is not based on a true story - that we know of. Sound intriguing? Sound real? You might be wondering if such a twisted and dark story like London Spy could be based on a true story. After learning that Alex was a spy, Danny sets out to reveal the truth behind his mysterious lover. Before they're able to explore their relationship, Alex is found dead in a way that Danny feels was staged. According to the show's synopsis, BBC America's London Spy tells the story about Danny and Alex, two men who could not be more different, yet upon meeting realize they're soulmates. All is fair in love and war, and Danny is about to learn that on London Spy. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Forever My Duke by Olivia Drake![]() The woman is American Natalie Fanshawe, and her adopted son, Leo, is the pirate-obsessed boy who disrupts Hadrian’s intentions. His valet, Chumley, disapproves the reason for his master’s having journeyed so far from home – the pursuit of liquor – but then a small boy and his mother appear, and Hadrian’s plans go rather sideways. ![]() Yet he is determined to capture this “perfect bride”. He has not seen his intended, his seventeen-year-old (yikes!) second cousin Lady Ellen, since they were adolescents, and his lateness does not provide a positive impression. Hadrian Ames, Eighth Duke of Clayton, is on his way to dinner with his family and his prospective bride when he’s waylaid at a taproom by an ice storm. ![]() Forever My Duke is one of those ‘just okay’ romances, one that has its sweet points but whose joints creek alarmingly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He draws on the extensive Wright family papers to profile not only the brothers but their sister, Katharine, without whom things might well have gone differently for them. Nothing did, not even the self-evident reality that every time they took off, they risked being killed.In this "enjoyable, fast-paced tale" ( The Economist ), master historian David McCullough "shows as never before how two Ohio boys from a remarkable family taught the world to fly" ( The Washington Post) and "captures the marvel of what the Wrights accomplished" ( The Wall Street Journal ). That they had no more than a public high school education and little money never stopped them in their mission to take to the air. ![]() Orville had such mechanical ingenuity as few had ever seen. When they worked together, no problem seemed to be insurmountable. But it would take the world some time to believe that the age of flight had begun, with the first powered machine carrying a pilot.Orville and Wilbur Wright were men of exceptional courage and determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers-bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio-changed history. The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize-the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly-Wilbur and Orville Wright. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Made in japan by akio morita![]() ![]() OL2841772W Page_number_confidence 94.11 Pages 338 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20200206110849 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 518 Scandate 20200205210641 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 0525244654 Tts_version 3. Akio Morita was the co-founder of Sony and one of the most influential Japanese business people of the 20th century. 5 1989 by Akio Morita (Author) 84 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 582.07 2 Used from 108. ![]() Urn:lcp:madeinjapanakiom0000mori:epub:74bd5f3e-48e9-4719-bbbb-1f2973513910 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier madeinjapanakiom0000mori Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4km7rv0b Invoice 1652 Isbn 0525244654ĩ780525244653 Lccn 86011479 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA17093 Openlibrary_edition Akio Morita Made In Japan Mass Market Paperback Jan. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:01:54 Associated-names Reingold, Edwin M Shimomura, Mitsuko, 1938- Boxid IA1772423 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Captivating stasi eldredge![]() ![]() ![]() He offers to come now, as the Hero of your story-to rescue your heart and release you to live as a fully alive and feminine woman. Throughout this study guide, you The desires you had as a little girl and the longings you still feel are telling you of the life God created you to live. Staci Eldredge wrote Captivating to share that your heart matters more than anything else in all creation. They are the secret to the feminine heart. Those desires are far more than child's play. She longs to be swept up into a romance, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, to be the beauty of the story. ![]() And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious dreams. Sadly, too many messages for Christian women do nothing but add to the "Do these ten things, and you will be a godly woman." The effect has not been good on the feminine soul. Do you feel like you have to settle for a life of duty? Many women feel pressure to strive to be the women they "ought" to be, often living with the sense that they’ve failed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maddison's exploration of the novelist's critical reception is situated within recent discussions of the ’middlebrow’ and establishes von Arnim as a serious author among her intellectual milieu, countering the misinformed belief that the author of such novels as Elizabeth and Her German Garden, The Caravaners, The Pastor's Wife and Vera wrote light-hearted fiction removed from gritty reality. Wells, Bertrand Russell and her cousin Katherine Mansfield - whose early modernist prose is seen as indebted to von Arnim's earlier literary influence. Organised chronologically and thematically, Maddison's book is informed by unpublished material from the British and Huntington Libraries, including correspondence between von Arnim, her publishers and prominent contemporaries such as H.G. In the first book-length treatment of Elizabeth von Arnim's fiction, Isobel Maddison examines her work in its historical and intellectual contexts, demonstrating that von Arnim's fine comic writing and complex and compelling narrative style reward close analysis. ![]() |