The novel is set in the 17th Century gem trade. Wise's second book, The French Blue, an historical novel published in 2010 was the winner of a 2011 International Book Award in Historical Fiction. Extensively revised and rewritten, the 2nd edition has added 127 pages, 11 new chapters, 5 new introductory essays, and 161 additional photographs. The book was serialized in two magazines and became a critically acclaimed best seller. The author's first book, Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur’s Guide to Precious Gemstones was originally published in 2001. Publishers Weekly raves: "Fans of suspense fiction with a social conscience will be pleased." Midwest Book Review describes Redlined as "An original and simply riveting novel." Redlined was nominated for the National Book Award and the Benjamin Franklin Award in fiction. His latest novel, Redlined: A Novel of Boston, is a mystery thriller set in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Richard Wise is the author of three books. This event will be recorded and posted here. The other tells the true, inspiring story of a community organizer, a dedicated researcher, and a group of local people who took on Boston's banking establishment and won. One is a product of my imagination, but could have happened. Part mystery, part thriller with a touch of romance, Redlined contains two interlocking plots. Pre-registration required: bit.ly/richardreading
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The trip is full of peril, and Swift encounters forest fires, hunters, highways, and hunger before he finds his new home. His journey takes him a remarkable one thousand miles across the Pacific Northwest. Then a rival pack attacks, and Swift and his family scatter.Īlone and scared, Swift must flee and find a new home. Swift, a young wolf cub, lives with his pack in the mountains learning to hunt, competing with his brothers and sisters for hierarchy, and watching over a new litter of cubs. This irresistible tale by award-winning author Rosanne Parry is for fans of Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan. This gripping novel about survival and family is based on the real story of one wolf's incredible journey to find a safe place to call home. A New York Times bestseller! "Don't miss this dazzling tour de force."-Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only Ivan Once upon a time, Jonah met Ben and they were very happy together. I don’t want to divulge too much, but I will say that Jonah appears as one of the villains of the work, so right off the bat it’s interesting to see him as the main character in a movie. Jonah Pastern played a supporting role in Flight of Magpies, the third book on the Charm of Magpies. Reading the first three books in the series isn’t a strict requirement, but readers will benefit from a better understanding of the larger plot. Jonah Pastern is a magician, a liar, a windwalker, a professional thief.and for six months, he was the love of police constable Ben Spensers life. Jackdaw takes place in Charles’s Charm of Magpies universe, a series of quaint Victorian paranormal romance novels. Jackdaw Kj Charles (Author) FORMAT Paperback 9.99 Available add to cart add to wishlist Description If you stop running, you fall. Ben is entangled again in Jonah’s chaotic existence, and they are running together – from the police, the judiciary, and some dangerous people with a deadly grudge against them. He can’t seem to forget what they once shared, and Jonah turns him down. His betrayal leaves Ben imprisoned, ruined, lonely, and seeking revenge.īen is determined to make Jonah pay. For six months, he was the love of policeman Ben Spenser’s life. Jonah Pastern is a magician, a liar, a windbreaker, and a professional thief. Jackdaw is a love book by author KJ Charles. This concept I am sharing with you now draws from my book Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. Distractions can easily take over your life, but below I outline 4 simple tactics to take back your control and become indistractable. Some of his past investments include: Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Worklife (acquired by Cisco), Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Kahoot!, Byte Foods, Anchor.fm, and Symphony CommerceNir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University. How to Overcome Distraction and Become Indistractable. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.In addition to blogging at, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today.Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. With Catherine Curtin, Andy Karl, Jon Lovitz, Eric Close. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.”Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Five years after publishing Hooked, Eyal reveals distractions Achilles heel in his groundbreaking new book. My Utmost for His Highest is broken down into 366 sections for each day of the year, meant to be read daily for inspiration. My Utmost for His Highest has been officially translated into over 39 languages and has never been out of print. The book is considered to be one of the most popular religious books ever written, inspiring several people such as columnist and author Cal Thomas and President George W. The title is taken from one of Chambers's sermons, where he says "Shut out every consideration and keep yourself before God for this one thing only - My Utmost for His Highest". It relies on the New King James Version of the Bible, and has become a series of Christian devotional journals, calendars, and children's books. The "Updated Edition in Today's Language," edited by James Reimann, has appeared in a variety of formats since 1992. The copyright was renewed in 1963 by the Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. The book was first published in America by Dodd, Mead, & Co., in 1935. Chambers' widow self-published the book with Alden in Oxford circa 1924 (Lukabyo, "From a Ministry for Youth to a Ministry of Youth", 2020, p. 154). My Utmost for His Highest is a daily Christian devotional by Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) that compiles his preaching to students and soldiers. And it is the story of Mike, the supercomputer whose sentience is known only to this inner circle, and who for reasons of his own is committed to the revolution's ultimate success. It is the tale of the disparate people - a computer technician, a vigorous young female agitator, and an elderly academic - who become the rebel movement's leaders. It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of the former Lunar penal colony against the Lunar Authority that controls it from Earth. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress was the last of these Hugo-winning novels, and it is widely considered his finest work. Delany notes, "modern critics attempting to wrestle with that influence feel themselves dealing with an object rather like the sky or an ocean." He won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, a record that still stands. Heinlein was the most influential science fiction writer of his era, an influence so large that, as Samuel R. TANSTAAFL! There ain't no such thing as a free lunch! Robert A. The conspirators' plans go along beautifully.for a while. Every aspect of life is overseen by the Federated Nations "Lunar Authority" until one day when a self-aware Super-Computer, a Jack of all Trades Technician, an Anarchist Professor, and a beautiful Blonde Revolutionary decide to change their world. It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized - as a giant, open, prison. Chewbacca the Wookiee, shifty Lando Calrissian, and the vile Jabba the Hutt. merciless Darth Vader, wise Obi-Wan Kenobi, loyal droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, and the inscrutable Yoda. Luke Skywalker, proud Princess Leia, and headstrong Han Solo. and found himself catapulted into the adventure of a lifetime. Then Luke intercepted a cryptic message from a beautiful, captive princess. Luke Skywalker lived and worked on his uncle’s farm on the remote planet of Tatooine, but he yearned to travel beyond the farthest reaches of the universe to distant, alien worlds. Read the story of the movies–all three in one trade paperback volume–and rediscover the wonder of the legend that begins:Ī long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Together, the three original Star Wars movies– A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi–told one epic: a heroic tale of innocence lost and wisdom gained, of downfall and redemption, of the never-ending fight between the forces of good and evil. More than twenty-five years after the groundbreaking movie Star Wars: A New Hope first hit the silver screen, Star Wars remains one of the most beloved sagas ever told. She enjoys playing video games and watching true-crime documentaries so she can pretend to be a detective. She graduated from the University of Nottingham, where she studied literary linguistics and creative writing, with a master’s degree in English. Holly Jackson started writing stories at a young age, completing her first (poor) attempt at a novel when she was fifteen. Because maybe someone has been watching her all along… When Pip starts to find connections between her possible stalker and a local serial killer, Pip knows that there is only one choice: find the person threatening her town including herself–or be as good as dead. A USB stick with footage recording her and the same anonymous source always asking her: who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears? It could be a harmless fan, but her gut is telling her danger is lurking. After solving two murder cases and garnering internet fame from her crime podcast, she’s seen a lot.īut she’s still blindsided when it starts to feel like someone is watching her. Pip’s good girl days are long behind her. By the end, you’ll never think the same of good girls again. The highly anticipated, edge-of-your-seat conclusion to the addictive A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. The Eternal Champion is a fictional character created by British author Michael Moorcock and is a recurrent feature in many of his speculative fiction works. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) JSTOR ( February 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. After this period, the remaining two centuries are dealt with in just 50 pages. There are some fascinating characters in the form of Cosimo the Elder, Lorenzo the Magnificent, the fanatical priest Savonarola who held power for a few years after a French invasion, and the two Medici popes, Giovanni (Leo X) and Giulio (Clement VII, the Pope who declined to agree Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon). The course of this book is very unbalanced in terms of chronological coverage, with the first of the three centuries of Medici dominance covering five sixths of the narrative but this is mostly justified in terms of the wider importance and sheer drama of the events involved. Rising from the merchant class they came to dominate the republic's government and become effectively a hereditary monarchy, though for a long time Florence continued to preserve a republican constitution, in which people from the merchant class were chosen by lot to form the city government, the Signoria. This is a fairly detailed political and personal history of the famous and colourful Medici family, who dominated the history of Florence and central Italy, and indeed more widely, for most of a 300 year period between the early 15th and early 18th centuries. |