Author: Nicole D'Settēmi ISBN: Pages: 325 Description: Disclaimer: This book was given to me by the author for free in exchange for an honest review, in no way my opinion about the book was affected by this. I judge the books only not the authors. Triggers: self harm, rape, mental illnesses (although not stated explicitly) If you have not read this book yet just pick it and do it right now. This is the best Weiterlesen…
Author: Susan M. Boyer ISBN: Pages: 408 Description: Private Investigator Liz Talbot is a modern Southern belle: she blesses hearts and takes names. She carries her Sig 9 in her Kate Spade handbag, and her golden retriever, Rhett, rides shotgun in her hybrid Escape. When her grandmother is murdered, Liz high-tails it back to her South Carolina island home to find the killer. She’s fit to be tied when her police-chief brother shuts her out Weiterlesen…
Author: Brian Celio ISBN: 9781439228029 Pages: 600 Description: “Catapult Soul” is a remarkable work of heart and soul. The protagonist is Vincent “V” Vallano, a sarcastic but lovable outcast. The story begins with V giving a short historical account of Pittsburgh and the steel industry, humorously detailing how a poor Pittsburgher invented the steel-making process but because of bankruptcy was bought out by a wealthy Englishman. Then it jumps to V’s home life. His mother Weiterlesen…
Author: Geffrey Kane ISBN: Pages: 236 Description: It has been three days since Father Jack McKenna killed himself; The world as Daniel knows it is about to change forever… As Father Daniel Whelan struggles to accept the untimely death of his friend and mentor he turns to the one person in his life he loves more than the old priest for comfort; Saoirse. But, the woman he can never give himself to has many dark Weiterlesen…
Author: Rick Riordan ISBN: Pages: 441 Description: Tänk om de gamla grekiska gudarna skulle vara levande och promenera runt på gatorna som du och jag? Tänk om de fortfarande träffade och blev förälskade i vanliga dödliga människor och dessutom fick barn med dem? Tänk om du var ett av de barnen? Och att din dyslexi visade sig bero på att din hjärna är inställd på att läsa det grekiska alfabetet? Och att din mattelärare bokstavligen Weiterlesen…
Author: Diane Ackerman ISBN: 9780393061727 Pages: 368 Description: When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city’s zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen “guests” hid inside the Zabinskis’ villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and Weiterlesen…
El tiempo de la Elección. Otros elementos arquitectónicos que ayudarán al balance neto cero en energía son muros ultra-eficientes , iluminación de muy bajo consumo y gran eficiencia, equipamientos en la cocina de bajo consumo energético, jardín e invernadero para cultivar verduras y hortalizas , sistema geotérmico para climatización. Especialmente, proponemos emplear fachadas de doble piel en las viviendas sociales para proteger a los ciudadanos con menos recursos”, enfatizan los autores del estudio. Apocalipsis 22:3 Weiterlesen…
Author: Syrie James ISBN: 9780062027894 Pages: 410 Description: When Claire Brennan begins to get psychic visions and mysterious warnings that she’s in danger at the start of her junior year, she isn’t sure what to think. But the truth is stranger than anything she could have imagined. Alec MacKenzie has fled his duties as a Watcher angel and come to L.A. in search of normalcy. He never dreamed he would find a half-angel at his Weiterlesen…
Author: Gabrielle Zevin ISBN: 9781401359966 Pages: 293 Description: Barnes & Noble Discover Great New WritersReaders who enjoyed exploring the power and limitations of love in The Time Traveler’s Wife and The Confessions of Max Tivoli will find a similarly magical set of circumstances at work in Zevin’s tenderhearted novel. The narrator of this tale, simply known as “N.,” is a teaching assistant who falls in love with one of his students, Margaret Towne. Though his Weiterlesen…
Author: Ann Brashares ISBN: 9780553375930 Pages: 338 Description: “A fun and poignant coming-of-age story,” declared Entertainment Weekly of the third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares, author of The Here and Now. It’s the summer before the sisterhood departs for college . . . their last real summer together before they head off to start their grown-up lives. It’s the time when Lena, Tibby, Bridget, Weiterlesen…