![]() ![]() With her latest book, Chung has taken on the last Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi (also spelled Tzu Hsi), a woman that most present day Chinese have been schooled to revile as a cruel and pleasure-loving woman. Not surprisingly, Jung's books are today banned in China. ![]() Wild Swans was followed by the minutely-researched Mao: The Unknown Story (2005) a damning tome that tears to shreds the many myths about the "Great Leader," showing how Mao misused power for his own selfish ends. It opened my own eyes to the revolution that had taken place there, a revolution we in the West knew little about at the time. But rather than simply publishing revealing documents outright, she does painstaking research to compile the full story about her subjects.Ĭhang's book, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (1992), was a compelling bestseller that described her family's experience (she was born in Sichuan Province in 1952) living under the Communist regime in China. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China, by Jung Chang (Random House, 415 pages, $35 hardcover, $16.99 Kobo/Kindle) - British writer Jung Chang is a myth-buster, perhaps like a scholar's version of WikiLeaks. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Connections between the dead cops, the cases they were working on and the FBI profile of a pedophile whom readers know as William Gladden occur at breakneck speed, as Jack and the team race to stay ahead of the media. As his information reopens cases in Chicago, Baltimore, Dallas, New Mexico and Florida, Jack joins up with a team from the FBI's Behavioral Science Section, which includes sharp, attractive agent Rachel Walling. ![]() ![]() Jack's investigation uncovers a series of cop suicides across the country, all of which have in common both the cops' deep concerns over recent cases and their last messages, which have been taken, he quickly determines, from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Jack's twin brother, Sean, a Denver homicide detective obsessed with the mutilation murder of a young woman, is discovered in his car, dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot, with a cryptic note written on the windshield. In a departure from his crime novels featuring LAPD's Harry Bosch, Connelly (The Last Coyote) sets Denver journalist Jack McEvoy on an intricate case where age-old evils come to flower within Internet technology. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassandra Clare, author of The Mortal Instruments series Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review Listen to the White Cat Playlist!įans of the author will revel in the sophisticated and slightly-more-realistic-than-usual approach…fascinating and carefully developed characters, and lush setting descriptions. White Cat was on the Massachusetts Book Award Must-Read List and the Best Hero category of the Indigo Teen Read Awards in 2010, and Texas’s Tayshas Reading List for 2012. In 2011 White Cat was nominated for the Andre Norton Award and for a Locus Award. But Cassel has other ideas-and a plan to con the conmen. In his search for answers, he discovers a wicked plot for power that seems certain to succeed. His granddad has been driven to drink, his mother is in prison and his brothers detest him as the only one of their family who can’t do magic.īut there is a secret at the center of Cassel’s family and he’s about to inherit it. And while people still need their touch, their curses, their magical killings, their transformations, times have been hard. Ever since magic was prohibited in 1929 magic workers have been driven underground and into crime. No-one at home is ever going to forget that he isn’t a magic worker.Ĭassel’s family are one of the big five crime families in America. No-one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. ![]() Cursed by the memory of the fourteen year old girl he murdered. ![]() Home » The Curse Workers » White Cat (The Curse Workers 1)Ĭassel is cursed. ![]() ![]() ![]() It really has a story for every mood - funny, sweet, suspenseful, spooky, romantic, mysterious. I'm really enjoying this collection of short stories. Rick from In Sunshine or In Shadow surprised quite a few laughs out of me, it was delightful to listen to the narrator's (Adam Chase, i think) take on this character. Who was the most memorable character of In Sunshine or in Shadow and why? Also, Angelo Faust's butler from Critic's Choice. This is such a sweet little story and he's such a sweet guy. One of my favorite characters is Ford from Heart Trouble. I also liked the fact that the narrators alternate so that each story has a new voice, and I like the short story format - i can fit these stories between daily tasks and it's relaxing and satisfying to hear a story from beginning to end. The stories - i love these stories! I've read and reread them and now i can also listen to them which is lovely. What made the experience of listening to In Sunshine or in Shadow the most enjoyable? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If Cam’s not careful, his stay may be over before his vacation has even started. Cam has a hunch his father is somehow connected to this magical place, and may even be lost within its hidden halls.Įvery journey has its risks, and The Hotel Between is full of dangerous secrets. ![]() With doors that open to countries all over the world, magical trollies, charmed corridors that can be altered on a whim, stone elephants that turn to life, sweets made from rocks everything is possible in The Hotel. With the help of a magical key, Cam searches for his missing friend-who just might be the Hotels newest enemy-in this thrilling sequel to The Hotel Between. He wants to prove her wrong he must.Ĭam’s wish is soon granted in the form of a glistening, golden sign with elaborate flourishes that reads: The Hotel Between. They’ve been told their mother died, and Cass is certain their father abandoned them. Twins Cam and Cass have never known their parents. ![]() A magical hotel, a mysterious tree, and a cryptic story about their missing father leads twins Cam and Cass on a worldly adventure in this enchanting debut novel that’s perfect for fans of Escape from Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. She and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn't become scientists, she decided she would.ĭriven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book's author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his codiscovery of the structure of DNA. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. ![]() When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a \"compelling\" (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. ![]() Title: CODE BREAKER : Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 15. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Between 15 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. Scholars believe that he died on his fifty-second birthday, coinciding with St George’s Day.Īt the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jane Wallace, is on a collision course with the murderer. Someone is killing the rich and famous residents of Telluride, Colorado, and the medical investigator, Dr. ![]() If he succeeds, he’ll become heir to a fortune that could save his school.ĭying For Revenge (The Lady Doc Murders Book 1) by Dr. He just has to solve a series of seven riddles to find the treasure before the other students. With the arrival of a letter, seventh grader Kameron Boyd learns that he and several others have been selected as potential heirs to a fortune. Will he ever be free from his shady past and the ex-girlfriend who refuses to stay there? But he’s made a mess of his life and ruined his chances for earning the love and trust of a woman like her. But with God.Įmily’s the kind of girl Dan’s always dreamed of–sweet, smart, and sincere. ![]() But she could lose her chance at real love. Their place is within walking distance (cough, stalking distance) of Dylan, her latest musician crush. Hiding her Catholic past,Julia must pretend to be “born again” for her Christian housemates–EMT Mark and his church-lady mom. Click on a book’s picture for complete details, including price & Kindle availability: ![]() ![]() ![]() Confused and scared, Felix decides to follow them when they head off to the forest with Gabriek. Nazis? But they are speaking Polish and are not wearing uniforms and there is a lady wearing a red scarf with them. On the night of his 13th birthday, Felix hears Gabriek talking to some men with guns. The hidey hole is right under the hooves of Gabriek's horse Dom. ![]() ![]() ![]() After returns to the war, where it is 1945 and Felix has been hiding for two years in a hidey hole in Gabriek's barn, emerging once a night to eat and excercise. What happened to Felix in the last two years of the war? Where and how did Felix spend them? Well, we know that he spent time helping partisans with his friend Gabriek. But wait, Now ended in the middle of the war. But this is the story of 80 year old Felix and his granddaughter Zelda, 10. When I finished reading that second book, I still wanted to know more and so along came book three, called Now. And so, Morris Gleitzman gave us Then, which did indeed continue the story of Felix and Zelda. After the Nazis took my parents I was scaredĪfter they killed my best friend I was angryĪfter they ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determinedĪfter I finished reading Once, the first story about Felix, 10, a young Jewish boy on the run from the Nazis, I wanted to know more about this brave boy and Zelda, the six year old who became his friend. ![]() ![]() ![]() Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery and due to various reasons, the delivery may take longer than the original estimated timeframe.
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