Lands of lost borders kate harris6/10/2023 ![]() The farther she traveled, the closer she came to a world as wild as she felt within. ![]() Forget charting maps, naming peaks: what she yearned for was the feeling of soaring completely out of bounds. Pedaling mile upon mile in some of the remotest places on earth, she realized that an explorer, in any day and age, is the kind of person who refuses to live between the lines. In between studying at Oxford and MIT, Harris set off by bicycle down the fabled Silk Road with her childhood friend Mel. Looking beyond this planet, she decided to become a scientist and go to Mars. From what she could tell of the world from small-town Ontario, the likes of Marco Polo and Magellan had mapped the whole earth there was nothing left to be discovered. ![]() It’s a modern classic."-Pico IyerĪ brilliant, fierce writer, and winner of the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize, makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along the Silk Road-an illuminating and thought-provoking fusion of The Places in Between, Lab Girl, and Wild that dares us to challenge the limits we place on ourselves and the natural world.Īs a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she craved-to be an explorer, equal parts swashbuckler and metaphysician-had gone extinct. " Lands of Lost Borders carried me up into a state of openness and excitement I haven’t felt for years. ![]()
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Bailey by Ella Frank6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() But Henri knows he can never outrun his past and knows he isn’t good enough for the man whose life is dedicated to upholding the law. One more chance meeting gives the men another opportunity and the men quickly become wrapped up in each other. However, that night doesn’t go as planned and it leaves both men craving the other. Bailey doesn’t do one-night stands, but he cannot pass up the sinfully tempting Henri. Officer Craig Bailey could barely take his eyes off of the mysterious Henri when they first met. Except now, the hot cop is the one that Henri cannot keep his mind off of and that is one complication Henri isn’t sure he’s ready to take on. He’s never been caught and has never been charged with anything, and while he is trying to forge a new path, law enforcement has never been his friend. ![]() But he wasn’t given a choice as he is the son of a criminal. If given a choice, Henri Boudreaux would most likely have stayed on the right side of the law. ![]() This series and this book definitely work best being read in order. Henri is the fifth book in the Confessions series by Ella Frank and Henri’s character is introduced in the earlier books. ![]() The underdogs by melissa fay greene6/9/2023 ![]() A cast of remarkable characters-scientists and felons, dog trainers and parents, children with disabilities and the great dogs themselves-together address questions about our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love. ![]() The frontiers of the human/dog bond are explored here with insight, compassion, humor, and joy. ![]() It turns out that dogs really are doing the astounding things they appear to do, and they’re doing them for people they love. Into these modern wonder tales, she weaves the latest scientific discoveries about the inner lives of dogs. Melissa Fay Greene tells the stories of isolated children, struggling parents, and the marvelous dogs who gallop into their lives. ![]() ![]() “How many people are stranded like I was,” she wondered, “who could lead productive lives with a service dog?”Ī thousand dogs later, Karen Shirk’s service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. THE UNDERDOGS tells the story of Karen Shirk: felled at age 24 by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as an immobile, deeply isolated and depressed, ventilator-dependent patient, she was rejected by every service dog agency in the country as “too disabled.” Her nurse encouraged her to raise her own service dog, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. ![]() The vampire book j gordon melton6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() From Transylvania to plague-infested Europe to Nostradamus and from modern literature to movies and TV series, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays to quench your thirst for facts, biographies, definitions, and more. Gordon Melton (president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula) bites even deeper into vampire lore, myths, reported realities, and legends that come from all around the world. ![]() In the first fully revised and updated edition in a decade, Dr. ![]() previous 1 2 3 4 next sort by previous 1 2 3 4 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Gordon Melton Average rating 3.90 3,856 ratings 112 reviews shelved 9,239 times Showing 30 distinct works. This vast reference is an alphabetical tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the soul-sucking undead. Gordon Melton (Author of The Vampire Book) Books by J. The historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular aspects of one of the world's most mesmerizing paranormal subject. The allure of the vampire is eternal, and The Vampire Book explores it all. Digging deep into the lore, myths, pop culture, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead exposes everything about the blood thirsty predator.ĭeath and immortality, sexual prowess and surrender, intimacy and alienation, rebellion and temptation. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a vast, alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fictionįrom Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. ![]() ![]() ![]() Joe ends up venting his hatred of the Nazis on anyone who looks even vaguely German, regardless of whether they support Hitler. ![]() It also spun off into a short lived Anthology Comic, The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist, in which numerous creators including Chabon himself recounted The Escapist's exploits in as many styles. Vaughan's The Escapists, as well as two ultra-short stories that recount events cut from the novel, and a faux-interview with Rosa Saks in 1988. Many events in the novel are based on the lives of actual comic-book creators, and the book as a whole is generally an homage to the comics of the Golden Age. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a Pulitzer Prize-winning 2000 novel by Michael Chabon about The Golden Age of Comic Books, focusing on two Jewish cousins, American writer Sam Clay (born Klayman) and Czech artist Josef Kavalier, who together create a popular superhero comic called the Escapist, inspired in equal measure by Harry Houdini and Superman. ![]() Fifteen Weekends by Christy Pastore6/9/2023 ![]() Perfectly Scripted is the dramatic conclusion to Ronan and Holliday’s steamy love story that began in unScripted. That same explosive combination perfectly conspired to tear us apart. But, when reminders from the past come flooding back, new secrets are revealed, shattering the trust we worked so hard to achieve. We were done overcoming jealous exes and lingering scars. Back in the real world, Ronan and I had settled into our new life together as a couple. There was no turning back, and I was left with only one realization – that he was the one for me. ![]() We’d spent a week secluded inside the four walls of the posh York Hotel Penthouse sharing our deepest secrets and engaging in our most primal desires. And even though it could have been my emotional undoing, there was nothing I could do to stop the whirlwind of excitement and thrilling days that followed. ![]() "With each passing day I was falling deeper into his world." I’d never believed in fate until the moment I kissed Ronan Connolly. ![]() Amy lea books6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() You can go from being in the mountains and rolling hills, to the Mediterranean coast within 7 hours. I love how diverse the and utterly scenic the landscape is. Italy – I went there on my honeymoon and again this past year. Your favorite travel destination and why? What are your three favorite things right now? Working at my day job, cuddling with my goldendoodles, binge watching trashy reality TV. Books by Amy Lea Wholesome Coloring Book for Adults Mandala Unicorns & Magical Ladies: Adult Coloring Book The Christmas Coloring Book for Families. Keep writing! When you’re not reading or writing, what are you doing? If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?ĭon’t give up. As a bookstagrammer, I know how subjective the reading experience is. ![]() Of course, the gushing reviews are such an encouraging force to keep writing more books! For the negative, I try not to take reviews too personally because no book or author is for everyone. ![]() I read my early reviews up until the book is officially published. Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones? How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?įour. Does writing energize or exhaust you?ĭrafting exhausts me, but editing tends to energize me. Where do you get most of your writing and editing done? What literary pilgrimages have you gone on? What was an early experience where you learned that language had power? ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of denying Rikker three times, I denied him every fricking day.” “Not to be dramatic, but I kept thinking about Peter’s denial of Jesus. I’m like, sorry what’s the timeline of this story? The 9o’s? Gawd, I was rolling my eyes all over Graham’s bitchin’ towards being caught. First, Graham (the one in the closet) was irritating as hell and his paranoia doesn’t even make sense. ![]() The thing is, I never liked both MCs that much. I’m not a big fan of sports-themed stories but when the storytelling is really good, I don’t mind hearing all about the sports involved in it as long as it’s accompanied by great plot lines and characters. Only this time, one of them is out and the other one is so deep in the closet he has already developed pussy. The story is about two twenty-one year old boys who fell in love as teens and because of a hate crime, each took their separate ways until their reunion at college where they end up playing at the same hockey team. I bought this title because I was so impressed with “Him” co-authored by Miss Bowen with Elle Kennedy and how wrong I was in thinking that this book will be at par with Him because it totally failed in everything that the latter managed to accomplish. ![]() Sir conan doyle the lost world6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Urged by Malone, however, Challenger, well, challenges his doubtful colleagues to return with him to Amazon to see the plateau for himself, and then see if they can call him a fraud. Challenger claims to know of a lost plateau in the Amazonian rain forest where dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals still roam, although his evidence is flimsy. Seeking a dangerous assignment from his editor, he is sent to interview the infamous, hot-tempered Professor Challenger. Gladys however won't marry Malone unless he does something brave and heroic. Nevertheless I believe in being thorough.Įd Malone is a London reporter who pines for the wealthy Gladys Hungerton. What Doyle is slightly less known for however is his seminal lost world adventure novel called, well, 'The Lost World.' The story is so familiar that to recap it is almost an exercise in futility. But you know that already, don't you? I may as well tell you water is wet. ![]() ![]() Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is primarily known for the character of Sherlock Holmes. Bring on the mammoths! Bring on the mastodons!ĭisclaimer: Despite the review title, and despite that line (or one similar) appearing in the book, no mammoths or mastodons actually appear, just dinosaurs and ape men. ![]() John, Dear by Laura Lannes6/8/2023 ![]() Certain pages are so deeply inked that faces vanish and reappear depending upon the lighting one reads them in. But it is literal as well, and Lannes wields it like no one else in comics. It is figurative, in that it is about the mortification of intimate relationships and the implacable advance of control one person can exert over another. ![]() This is, above all, a story about darkness. Ryan Carey, in The Comics Journal's Best Comics of 2018 She’s channeling something held so deeply inside here that I honestly don’t know how she got through the making of it without having a complete nervous breakdown - certainly reading it will bring you right up to the threshold of one yourself. ![]() ![]() without question the most soul-shattering release of 2018, its ingenious marriage of physical, psychological, emotional, and sexual abuse with established tropes of the “body horror” genre carving you out (…) and don’t even get me started on the sheer power of Lannes’ gorgeously-dark graphite illustrations. ![]() |