![]() “Vampires only get the ever after–without the happily,” muses Sophia, and it’s got to be hard, trying to live in the modern world, go to a modern high school, and enjoy modern dances, while all the time knowing you’re going to live forever. The story of a girl who tries to finds herself when she thought it was all lost Read more ![]() The excitement of this story wraps mortals, vampires, witches, and shape shifters all into a romantic tale of young love, friendship, the meaning of family. This is Sophia’s story, a story of a girl who finds herself, love and everlasting friendship. ![]() Will Sophia be able to resist the sweet scent of her beloved’s blood? That is until something tragic happens and blood is spilled. This is where Sophia finds her soul mate Nathanial and life as she knows it is about to change.Īs a vampire, Sophia has always kept to herself, but as a high school student will she learn to step out of her comfort zone a little? Sophia has found a best friend in a powerful witch and a love to call her own. ![]() Her and her siblings have been ordered to protect their little sister, and must return to High school. ![]() That is until her family decided to move to Wenham, Massachusetts. Sophia Pierce has suffered since her brother left, and is unsure if she will ever get over it. Immortal EmbraceBook One of the Embrace Series ![]()
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![]() ![]() Her debut, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920 and introduced Inspector Hercule Poirot, a character who would go on to feature in half of her novels, in addition to fifty short stories and two plays.Ī few years before she passed away in 1976 at the age of 85, Christie shared a list of her own top 10 works. ![]() By age 18, she was crafting short stories, and during World War I, she started writing detective novels. Now considered "the queen of mystery," Christie was born into a well-off middle class family in south west England, and taught herself to read by age five. Many of her novels went on to be adapted into TV shows and films-with the most recent being Death on the Nile, directed by Kenneth Branagh. ![]() Agatha Christie was a prolific writer, putting out 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections over the course of her illustrious career. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() He is also a true blue friend and a man of uncommon honesty and integrity.Īs square as Minton is, trouble always finds him. He has little formal education, but has great intuition and insight into persons and situations. He will not run from a fight, will take on bullies gladly, but will not pick a fight just to show how tough he is. “Scared if I do,…and scared if I don’t.”įearless Jones, on the other hand, is a heroic man, not afraid of anything or anyone. Indeed, he is an admitted coward who would rather run than fight. Paris Minton, owns the Florence Avenue Used Book Shop, and is a bookworm, more comfortable in the classroom and library than the streets. Minton and Jones are as different as different can be. There was no court of appeals that would hear my cries of innocence."įear of the Dark is the third installment of Walter Mosley’s series about his odd couple characters, Paris Minton and Fearless Jones, and their dealing with the reality of being Black men in Los Angeles of the 1950’s. There was no jury that would exonerate me. The minute I came upon that white boy’s body I knew that I would be seen as guilty in the eyes of American justice. "All three of us were living according to black peoples’ laws. ( Jump down to read a review of Fearless Jones)ĭown to see list of more Walter Mosley books reviewed) ![]() ![]() To cope with the separation from her husband during his solo sailing adventure, Sheila, a strong believer in positive thinking and prayer, had little cards printed out with the prayer attributed to Drake and gave them to friends and family. ![]() Sheila Chichester’s story made me think of the similarities between two great seafarers who each wrote a chapter of sailing history: Francis Drake and Francis Chichester. So often, beside every great man there’s a great woman. While looking for the third annex to the Italian edition in which he detailed the Gipsy Moth IV’s sail plan, I stumbled upon a chapter written by his wife Sheila Chichester. ![]() In 1967, Chichester was the first to circumnavigate the globe solo via the three great capes, stopping only once it took him nine months and one day. In my “sea library” I found Sir Francis Chichester’s “Gipsy Moth Circles the World”. ![]() When I found out about the Global Solo Challenge (GSC) and its innovative format that favours the use of existing boats and no specific class, I went in search of the designs of the vessels used by the pioneers of single-handed sailing around the globe. Pasaje Drake ©Instituto Nacional del Agua, INA ![]() ![]() ![]() On the way to discovering the end to the mystery highlighted in the title (despite the misleading mistake that Heuvelmans never said the Sargon II sighting was anything more than the first Sea Serpent sighting, not the first cryptozoology sighting), this is a great essay. This, so far as I know, is the first mention in history of a particular sighting of the subject of this book.” This information is of particular interest, as it is generally assumed that the history of the sea-serpent starts with Olaus Magnus‘ 1539 reference to such an animal on the Norwegian coast in his “Carta Marina.“ Bernard Heuvelmans, in his In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents, writes: “Thus we learn that Sargon II, who reigned in Assyria from 722 to 705 B.C., saw a sea-serpent in the Mediterranean when sailing to Cyprus. ![]() The Assyrian King Sargon had the first ever sighting of a sea serpent. Magin gives the essence of his pursuit in his opening: ![]() I’ve always enjoyed Magin’s high-quality bibliographical and original source research, and this article does not disappoint. ![]() In the hot-off-the-press issue of The Anomalist 13, historical cryptozoologist Ulrich Magin examines, as he concisely says in the title of his article, “Sargon II’s Sea Serpent Sighting: The First Sighting in Cryptozoology?” ![]() ![]() ![]() Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, sans the first-person narrative. Truth be told, I am a bit shaken by this. It's ugly, it's disturbing, it's disgusting, but all too real. The image he portrayed in this short novel is as graphic as it can get. Mac Arthur is an unflinching depiction of life in the Philippine urban underworld, and the characters that move within it. In his first books, Bob Ong always spoke with his trademark wit and humor, but here, he takesa very serious tone. While this is not his first work of fiction, Alamat ng Gubat being his debut piece on the genre, Mac Arthur presents a totally different aspect of Bob Ong's writing. I suppose a lot of his avid fans would be surprised with this. What can I say? It's not like any of his previous books. It’s not a touching story but it is very heartbreaking. It takes up a really serious story about four friends and how life sucks because they don’t have enough money. This is, so far, the best Bob Ong book, for me.It’s not funny nor is it scary. I have bought a copy of Bob Ong's latest work, Mac Arthur last Tuesday, I finished it off in around four hours. ![]() ![]() Fearing she was the intended victim, it’s up to Tempest to solve this seemingly impossible crime. When Tempest visits her dad’s latest renovation project, her former stage double is discovered dead inside a wall that’s supposedly been sealed for more than a century. ![]() ![]() Secret Staircase Construction specializes in bringing the magic of childhood to all by transforming clients’ homes with sliding bookcases, intricate locks, backyard treehouses, and hidden reading nooks. Though she resists, every day brings her closer to the inevitable: working for her father’s company. After a disastrous accident derails Tempest Raj’s career, and life, she heads back to her childhood home in California to comfort herself with her grandfather’s Indian home-cooked meals. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries that will leave readers enchanted. ![]() "Wildly entertaining." - The New York Times Book Review A Lefty Nominee for Best Mystery Novel Known for her wonderfully addictive characters, multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian introduces her newest heroine in this heartfelt series debut. ![]() ![]() LTCM was a hedge fund that was founded in 1994 by trader John Meriwether. LTCM had an important role to play in both. The 1997 Asian financial crisis and the 1998 Russian default are two events that are probably much more familiar to you, as they brought the financial world to the brink of collapse. Big Idea #1: Long-Term Capital Management was an enormous hedge fund that made its money through arbitrage. In these key points you’ll discover why we’re not rational when making decisions also academics might not be good at giving advice about money because they don’t have enough real world experience. ![]() The key points of this passage will provide you with an important reminder that no company or person should think they are better than everyone else because it’s impossible for them to beat the market on their own. Like Icarus, they were very successful but then went too far and crashed due to their own hubris. ![]() This fable can be used as a metaphor for Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), which dominated financial markets in the 1990s. In this famous story, Icarus flies too close to the sun and his wings melt. Icarus fell into the sea below and drowned. He flew with those wings until he got too close to the sun and the wax holding them together melted. Icarus was given a pair of wings made by his father, Daedalus. ![]() 1-Page Summary of When Genius Failed Overview ![]() ![]() ![]() We were sitting in a parlor, the type that only exists in houses with more rooms than anyone knows what to do with. She let her hands fall apart and then folded them together again. I insist,” she said with emphasis on the insist part. ![]() Considering her wealth, designer clothes, and the best face and body modern medicine could offer, it was the one thing I had going for me. She didn’t appreciate the reminder of our age gap. ![]() “I’m pleased to offer you a new experience, ma’am,” I said, matching her saccharine tone. Whoever had the money had the power, and she had loads of it. There was only one reason for me to take this job: money. If I’d been born naturally brave, I wouldn’t have wasted the virtue on protecting the rich and famous. The brave comment was to remind me who held the power in this relationship. ![]() She thought I looked like an uncultured bumpkin, and she wasn’t pleased about it. Wondering whether I’d read between the lines. You must be so brave to put your life on the line for perfect strangers.”īlue eyes assessed me. She used those lips to smile sweetly at me and clasped her hands in her lap. Her hair was the color of Snow White’s poisoned apple, her lips painted to match. ![]() |