![]() ![]() ![]() "The Worst Best Man is rom-com perfection. ![]() ![]() Still, this star-crossed couple can never be more than temporary playmates because Lina isn't interested in falling in love and Max refuses to play runner-up to his brother ever again. Soon Lina and Max discover animosity may not be the only emotion creating sparks between them. Except Max has been public enemy number one ever since he encouraged his brother to jilt the bride, and Lina's ready to dish out a little payback of her own. If they can nail their presentation without killing each other, they'll both come out ahead. Then he learns he'll be working with his brother's whip-smart, stunning-absolutely off-limits-ex-fiancée. Marketing expert Max Hartley is determined to make his mark with a coveted hotel client looking to expand its brand. she has to collaborate with the best (make that worst) man from her own failed nuptials. But despite that embarrassing blip from her past, Lina's offered an opportunity that could change her life. Mia Sosa delivers a sassy, steamy #ownvoices enemies-to-lovers novel, perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Helen Hoang, and Sally Thorne!Ī wedding planner left at the altar? Yeah, the irony isn't lost on Carolina Santos, either. Named one of the Best Romances of 2020 by EW, Cosmo, OprahMag, Buzzfeed, Insider, and NPR! "A romantic comedy that's fun and flirty, young and fresh." – PopSugar ![]()
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![]() The assassination, dubbed Operation Anthropoid, was the brainchild of Beneš, head of the Czech government-in-exile in London. This monster was Himmler’s deputy in the SS (the goofy title refers to the belief that he was also Himmler’s brain) and the principal architect of the Final Solution. He convincingly profiles Heydrich, aka the Blond Beast and the Hangman of Prague. He excoriates the spinelessness of the British and French governments in acceding to Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia. Yet in fact he does a good job of putting the assassination in a geopolitical context. He retracts some of his assertions he regrets his inadequacy as a historian. ![]() “I’ve been talking rubbish,” he exclaims. Like all amateurs, he makes mistakes disarmingly, he admits them. Binet’s alter ego narrator is a zealous amateur historian. “Two men have to kill a third man.” Simple, no? But the narration is not. His projected assassination is Binet’s story, and Heydrich’s would-be assassins (Gabcík the Slovak and Kubiš the Czech) are Binet’s heroes. This is Heydrich in Prague in 1942: the Nazi Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, supremely powerful, supremely vulnerable. He is feared and loathed by passersby, yet he has no bodyguard. ![]() Picture a man being driven to work in an open-top car, taking the same route every day. ![]() The evergreen allure of Nazis as the embodiment of evil is what drives this French author’s soul-stirring work: a hybrid of fact and meta-fiction that won the Prix Goncourt in 2010. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many of them have written the books we read, the works of art we admire, the companies we buy from, and the causes we give our time and resources to. Those that have read it and have applied even partially what it communicates (including many who get the principles, but have never read the book), really get it. Those that have read it or have enough wisdom to fill in the blanks on the title, sorta get it. The book? “The ONE Thing - The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results” Now more than ever I needed to sit down with Gary Keller - virtually. As I contemplated what reading to take on our trip, I realized I needed to take one book whose title alone had already profoundly influenced me. Thankfully, I was due for an out of town getaway with my beloved the next day. ![]() Then WHAM, like predicted by Pressfield in Do the Work, wave upon wave of resistance started hitting. Admittedly though, I was beginning to get a little cocky. I’d been going strong for months on a new endeavor. I was frazzled, scattered, and felt like I was coming unglued - again! ![]() ![]() ![]() Because on Embassy Row, the countries of the world stand like dominoes, and one wrong move can make them all fall down.ĭon’t miss this never-before-read scene from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter’s brand-new series, Embassy Row. and if she doesn't stop it, Grace isn't the only one who will get hurt. But they can't control Grace - no more than Grace can control what she knows or what she needs to do. ![]() Not Alexei, the Russian boy next door, who is keeping his eye on Grace for reasons she neither likes nor understands.Įverybody wants Grace to put on a pretty dress and a pretty smile, blocking out all her unpretty thoughts. Not her new friends, who all live on Embassy Row. ![]() Not her grandfather, a powerful ambassador. Before the Fall: Departure Ally Carter 4.09 234 ratings19 reviews Genres Young Adult Mystery Short Stories Contemporary Adventure 12 pages, ebook First published JanuBook details & editions About the author Ally Carter 52 books15.3k followers Ally Carter writes books about sneaky people and movies about Christmas. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay.Īs certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her - so there's no one she can completely trust. Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things:ģ. Embassy Row Book 1, All Fall Down, is available now! ![]() Step into Grace’s world with this exclusive bonus scene from Embassy Row, New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter’s new series of global proportions. Inside every secret, there’s a world of trouble. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 66Ĭelebrated, iconic, and indispensable, Joan Didion's first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a watershed moment in American writing. Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly pg. ![]() Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.54" W x 8.22" (0.50 lbs) 256 pagesįeatures: Price on Product, Table of Contents It focuses on such subjects as John Wayne and Howard Hughes, growing up a girl in California, ruminating on the nature of good and evil in a Death Valley motel room, and, especially, the essence of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, the heart of the counterculture.Ĭlick for more in this series: FSG Classics WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem "remains, forty years after its first publication, the essential portrait of America- particularly California-in the sixties. ![]() ![]() In The Plot, a dark and enticing opportunity presents itself to struggling creative writing professor Jacob Finch Bonner. Part of what makes Ware’s characters so compelling is just how flawed they are, which is why we think both The Plot and The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz will be satisfying reads for Ware fans. ![]() For fans of Ware, we can’t recommend Michaelides highly enough. In Michaelides’ second novel, The Maidens, the author’s clever twists and meticulously crafted characters are once again on full display as troubled therapist Mariana Andros spirals into obsession trying to prove that a well-loved and charismatic professor is also a murderer. ![]() Alicia’s silence adds to the mystery of her crime as a criminal psychotherapist works desperately to break through and unravel the truth. Alicia Berenson had a lovely life and a perfect marriage - or so it seemed until she shot her husband five times in the face and then stopped speaking altogether. ![]() In The Silent Patient, Michaelides’ blockbuster debut, he pulls off an impressive feat: The central character doesn’t speak. Like Ware, he makes effective use of complex characters to craft smart, compelling plots. Internationally bestselling author Alex Michaelides writes captivating psychological thrillers with propulsive pacing and surprising revelations. ![]() ![]() ![]() He’d clearly been devastated by his breakup with Clem, and yet he can’t stay away from her when she pops back into his life. Even though Clem didn’t remember Fran, the love was clearly still there, buried deep.Īnd Ed.sigh. The scenes with Clem and her sister Fran reconnecting were pretty fabulous, too. (Old Clem sounded like a bit of a pill, but hey, no one’s perfect.) Now she’s an edgier, more laid back (because she’s actually lived through worse than whatever minor inconvenience is happening at any given time) version of her old self. She could no longer be the pastel-colors-loving, high-strung, high-maintenance girl she was before the attack. ![]() She had to figure out everything-likes, dislikes, feelings, past skills-through this new lens of a survivor. The way she thought about herself as a “before” and “after” person (she was one person before the attack, she’s a completely different person after the attack) was fascinating to me, and it felt realistic. She might not remember the attack that robbed her of her memory, but it changed her nonetheless. I was sure she’d pull it off, and she did.įirst of all, I love Clem. I didn’t hesitate to buy it, even knowing that I hate the amnesia trope. ![]() But because Kylie Scott is magic, apparently, I loved this book. I think my days of watching soap operas back in the 80s and 90s ran that one into the ground for me. ![]() ![]() He never imagined that the biggest story in the country would fall into his lap, or that he would be pulled into the investigation, when Marie decides that he is the only one she will confess to. Michael Jensen, son of the local sheriff, yearns to become a journalist and escape his small-town. She is covered in blood from head to toe, and at first she’s mistaken for a survivor. September 19- the Carlson family is slaughtered in their Minnesota farmhouse, and the case gets its first lead: 15-year-old Marie Catherine Hale is found at the scene. The victims are found in their cars and in their homes-even in their beds-their bodies drained, but with no blood anywhere. Summer 1958-a string of murders plagues the Midwest. ![]() ![]() Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]() They examine the crossroads of Maori culture, tradition and family life in the 1960s in New Zealand. The New Zealand book is actually a series of short stories that explore what it is like to be a New Zealander, but from a Maori perspective. Dive a layer deeper and read Pounamu Pounamu, which is considered a literary classic. Written by one of New Zealand’s most famous Maori authors, Witi Ihimaera is best known internationally for his novel Whale Rider that was also turned into a film. These New Zealand books will let your imagination run wild, then when you visit you can compare your thoughts and ideas with reality while exploring the north and south islands. 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The Shining wasn't the first time his films had flirted with horror (with the earlier 2001: A Space Odyssey featuring one of cinema's most chilling villains in the robotic HAL), but it did become his first real foray into the genre. The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick, who is typically held up as one of the best directors of the 20th century. ![]() |