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I know it’s wrong to check out my best friend’s twin brother. When opposites attract, falling in love can feel like a Wild Goose Chase. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A woman's body has been found floating in the Thames, with a bracelet locked onto her wrist, and a cameo locket attached to it. Martin's Publishing Group, Fiction - 272 pages 7 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes. So when Major Ramsey turns up unannounced with another job, she can't say no. The Key to Deceit: An Electra McDonnell Novel Ashley Weaver St. It's clear this woman was involved in espionage, but whose side was she on? Who was she reporting to? And who wanted her dead? ![]() So when Major Ramsey turns up unannounced with another job, she can't say no. What she does miss is the challenge of unlocking an impossible code and the adrenaline rush that comes from being somewhere she shouldn't. It's true that the straight-laced Major Ramsey didn't give them much choice, but still, Ellie must admit she doesn't miss breaking and entering as much as she might have thought. Electra 'Ellie' McDonnell is trying to find her way in a drastically changing world: a war that may be reaching the shores of England and a woman trying to find honest work that would usually be done by men. After years of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor-well, to themselves, anyway-Ellie McDonnell and her family have turned over a new leaf as they help the government's war effort. The second in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, The Key to Deceit, is a delightful World War II mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and wit. ![]() ![]() If he can figure out the cause of this surge in intelligent IQs, the ramifications to humankind could be staggering.˃˃˃ This is Book Three in the medical and personal adventures of Dr. He soon discovers that it's not just his patient's cranial anatomy that's remarkable, but his superlative mental capabilities as well.˃˃˃ What's at the root of his patients' mysterious soaring IQs?As more and more patients surface with similar mystifying profiles, Danny searches for answers. ![]() Danny Tilson's interest as he performs a routine surgery on Varg Dagmar's brain. 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More grand mosaic than linear account, Bergman’s vignettes trace his life from a rural Swedish childhood through his work in theater to Hollywood’s golden age, and a tumultuous romantic history that includes five wives and more than a few mistresses. ![]() At the editing table, when I run the strip of film through, frame by frame, I still feel that dizzy sense of magic of my childhood.” Bergman, who has conveyed this heady sense of wonder and vision to moviegoers for decades, traces his lifelong love affair with film in his breathtakingly visual autobiography, The Magic Lantern. “When a film is not a document, it is a dream. ![]() ![]() ![]() ) When the book travelled to more sexually conservative England and, in short order, became marketed to children, the sexual overtones were buried deeper into subtext (with the assistance of the Grimm version of the story). (In the original version, the wolf has Little Red remove her clothing and climb into bed with him. The original story is, without a doubt, a parable about the dangers of young women indulging in sexual relations with certain “wolfish” men (Orenstein 2002, 23). Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé was a book of stories for adults-and not just any adults, but the courtiers at the notoriously sexually scandalous court of Louis XIV of France. The book was on its eleventh edition by the end of the 18 th century, and “individual stories were quickly pirated for chapbook versions” (Daniels 2002, 8). The book was first translated into English in 1729, where it became colloquially known as “Mother Goose’s Tales” (in French, “mother goose tales” simply refers to folk tales, but thanks to Perrault’s popularity in England, the English turn of phrase became synonymous with that particular volume of stories) (Daniels 2002, 6). While folk roots of the Little Red Riding Hood story reach back many centuries and across cultures, the first codified record of the story is in Charles Perrault’s 1697 book Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé under the name "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" (Zipes 1983, 2). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Knight Cole is everyone’s favorite football hero. Underneath the meek, tomboy exterior everyone loves (yet pities) is a girl who knows exactly what, and who, she wants-namely, the boy from the treehouse who taught her how to curse in sign language. Luna Rexroth is everyone’s favorite wallflower. Ours had torn chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending. Not all love stories are written the same way. ![]() But I think I am most thrilled because I know about the steamy, tortured contents that are sure to be a part of this story and it makes the cover all the better! So please enjoy and sign up (info below) for release day updates! □ I am so excited to present the cover for LJ Shen's latest and greatest All Saints High novel, Broken Knight! Isn't it just.I LOVE IT. ![]() ![]() But Emika soon learns that Zero isn't all that he seems - and his protection comes at a price.Ĭaught in a web of betrayal, with the future of free will at risk, just how far will Emika go to take down the man she loves? Someone's put a bounty on Emika's head, and her sole chance for survival lies with Zero and the Blackcoats, his ruthless crew. Now that she knows the truth behind Hideo's new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust the one person she's always looked up to, who she once thought was on her side.ĭetermined to put a stop to Hideo's grim plans, Emika and the Phoenix Riders band together, only to find a new threat lurking on the neon-lit streets of Tokyo. Return to the immersive, action-packed world of Warcross in this thrilling sequel from number-one New York Times best-selling author Marie LuĮmika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. ![]() ![]() ![]() The man, who names himself Richard Farris, who invites her to palaver. One day, when she reaches the top, she is approached by a man dressed all in black. Every day, she runs up and down the Suicide Stairs at a cliff side. At age twelve, during the summer before she is due to start Middle School, Gwendy starts exercising in an attempt to lose some weight, wanting to get rid of her nickname “Goodyear” (after the Goodyear Blimp). The story is set in Castle Rock, Maine, and focusses on a girl named Gwendy Peterson. It is the 70th book by Stephen King, and his 56th novel, the 49th under his own name. ![]() ![]() It was released on hardcover on May 16, 2017, and on paperback on October 31, 2017. It was first announced by Entertainment Weekly on February 28, 2017. Gwendy's Button Box is a novella written by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. ![]() |