![]() ![]() ![]() But when Parker’s ex decides he wants her back, Ben is shocked by a fierce stab of possessiveness. The sex is mind-blowing, and their friendship remains as solid as ever, without any of the usual messy romantic entanglements. The trouble is, even with Ben as her wingman, Parker can’t seem to get the hang of casual sex-until she tries it with him. But when Parker’s boyfriend dumps her out of the blue, she starts to wonder about Ben’s no-strings-attached approach to dating. Six years later, they’re still best friends, sharing an apartment in Portland’s trendy Northwest District as they happily settle into adult life. When Parker Blanton meets Ben Olsen during her freshman year of college, the connection is immediate-and platonic. In a novel that’s perfect for fans of Alice Clayton and Emma Chase, Lauren Layne delivers a sexy take on the timeless question: Can a guy and a girl really be “just friends”?. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() To the contrary: they were proud and eloquent egalitarians. The Declaration’s authors, she contends, were far from being libertarians in the modern sense. Instead, she contends, “Equality is the bedrock of freedom.” Her evidence? The Declaration of Independence, read line by line as a masterpiece of plain-language philosophy. ![]() Safra Center for Ethics, writes that in the past century, equality has been pushed to the side-by philosophers, politicians, and laypeople-in favor of its sibling, liberty: “I routinely hear from students that the ideals of freedom and equality contradict each other.” She rejects this notion that liberty and equality are on a seesaw, that one can rise only at the expense of the other. The title, appealing boldly to a spirit of national wholeness, is so prominent that it’s easy to overlook the argumentative note in its smaller subtitle: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality.Īllen, a recently appointed professor of government and director of Harvard’s Edmond J. At the moment, no book is more visible or abundant at the gift shop of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., where more than a million visitors a year come to view the earliest copies of America’s founding documents, than Our Declaration-the most recent work by Danielle Allen, Ph.D. ![]() ![]() It may not be duplicated or distributed without permission of the author. This excerpt is copyright (c) 1986 by Walter Jon Williams. ![]() A shorter version of this excerpt was published in Omni magazine. This is an excerpt from my novel “Hardwired”, published in 1986 by Tor Books. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the author. Reading the book is like taking a jet ride across a futuristic America, with acceleration forcing you back in your seat all the way.” Tom Von MalderText copyright (c) 1997 by Walter Jon Williams. “Williams’ use of language is as explosive and as techno tinged as the world he describes. ![]() I wish I’d written this one.” - Roger Zelazny. It has all my favorite things- blood, love, fire, hate, and a high ideal or two. ![]() “Hardwired”® is a tough, sleek juggernaut of a story, punctuated by strobe-light movements, coursing to the wail of jets and the twang of steel guitars- glittering, nasty, and noble- and told in a style perfectly suiting its content. ![]() ![]() The first forty percent was a bit slow, especially when Nita gets captured and is sitting in a cage, but then something would happen and I was scared. ![]() Which is fine, until she finds herself being sold on the black market by none other than her mother. Yet when her mother brings home a living boy to dissect, Nita’s morals come into play and she frees him. ![]() Nita knows there’s something inherently wrong with her, but she doesn’t think about that. Nita and her mother sell the body parts of Unnatural’s on the black market. But I then dismissed it, because this book was good. ![]() You ever read a book that makes you question yourself in a way that scares you? I’ll admit, I’ve read some messed up things, but it still worried me how okay I was with the events happening in this story. Human Trafficking, Body Mutilation, Cannibalism, Dissection, Gore, Murder, Torture, Mentions of Suicide, Blood, Mutilation ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The next One Day/Me Before You' - Veronica Henry Like her mother, a stunning but petulant beauty widowed at a tragically early age, her younger brother Inigo, currently incapable of concentrating on anything that isn't Elvis Presley, a vast but crumbling ancestral home, a severe shortage of cash, and her best friend Charlotte's sardonic cousin Harry. Penelope longs to be grown-up and to fall in love, but various rather inconvenient things keep getting in her way. Set in the 1950s, in an England still recovering from the Second World War, this is the enchanting story of Penelope Wallace and her eccentric family at the start of the rock'n'roll era. Hailed as a 'modern vintage classic', The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets was a Richard and Judy Book Club Choice and is in development as a major new TV series. The classic bestseller adored by thousands of readers from the author of THIS COULD BE EVERYTHING. ![]() ![]() Warmly dedicated to the Lykae lovers of the Immortals After Dark community. On the cusp of the full moon, can he conquer his worst nightmare to save Chloe. But once he takes her to his bed, his sensual mate becomes something more than human, evoking his savage past and testing his sanity. With enemies circling, MacRieve spirits Chloe away to the isolated Highland keep of his youth. Until she’s claimed by him-a tormented immortal with heartbreaking eyes, whose touch sets her blood on fire. When offered up to creatures of the dark, she fears she won’t last the night. Seized for the auction block, Chloe Todd is forced to enter a terrifying new world of monsters and lore as a bound slave. Until he finds her-a young human so full of spirit and courage that she pulls him back from the brink. ![]() But when a brutal torture revives those ancient agonies and destroys his Lykae instinct, the proud Scot craves the oblivion of death. ![]() ![]() Uilleam MacRieve believed he’d laid to rest the ghosts of his boyhood. In this pulse-pounding Immortals After Dark tale, #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole delves into the darkest mysteries and deepest passions of Clan MacRieve. ![]() ![]() But when she finds out the plans for the future colony, she realizes that to save what is left of humanity, she might have to do something that risks what remains of her own. When a man suddenly dies in the real world, she realizes that at the same time in the game, she killed a character who bears a striking resemblance to the dead man-a man she discovers was one of those responsible for the death of millions on Earth.ĭisturbed, but thinking it must be a coincidence, Dee continues the hunt for information. When she is approached by a designer who asks her to play test his new game, she hopes it will be what she needs-but it isn’t like any mersive she’s played before. She’s trying to find those responsible, but she’s not getting very far alone.Ī dedicated gamer, Dee is endeavoring to discover a mersive good enough to enable her to escape her trauma. ![]() ![]() Six months after she left, Dee is struggling to manage her rage toward the people who ordered the nuclear strike that destroyed Earth. ![]() Hugo Award winner Emma Newman returns to the captivating Planetfall universe with a novel about vengeance and the lengths to which one will go to save the future of humanity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Supporting material to enhance your understanding of the original workĪbout The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston:ĭouglas Preston’s The Lost City of the Monkey God is a gripping account of the search for a civilization lost in the impenetrable jungles of Central America.įor centuries, legends of the White City-the City of the Monkey God-have infused Central American culture and fired the imaginations of explorers and adventurers worldwide.This short summary and analysis of The Lost City of the Monkey God includes: So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Lost City of the Monkey God tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Douglas Preston’s book.Ĭrafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is part of the "Prey" series but Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers share the billing - "Ocean Prey." Librarian's note: as of 2021, there are 13 volumes in the author's Virgil Flowers series. It’s true what they say - high school can be murder. In the process, one thing becomes increasingly clear to him. ![]() So, wrapping his coat a little tighter, Virgil begins to dig into decades of traumas, feuds, and bad blood. ![]() There’s a possibility that it might be connected to a high school class of twenty-five years ago. A few years back, he investigated the corrupt-and as it turned out, homicidal-local school board, and now the town’s back in his view with more alarming news: a woman has been found dead, frozen in a block of ice. Virgil knows the town of Trippton, Minnesota a little too well. Class reunions: a time for memories-good, bad, and, as Virgil Flowers is about to find out, sometimes deadly-in this "New York Times" bestselling thriller from John Sandford. ![]() ![]() This time, to make it interesting, Ewan’s wife came along for the ride and completely threw out the dynamic of the best pals. Good for them.Ī few years later, they did it again on 1200 GSs when they rode from London to Cape Town for Long Way Down. They were criticized for not facing the same challenges as regular bike travellers, thanks to their support crew and generous budget, but they single-handedly made the big GS into BMW’s best-selling motorcycle. Like most of us, I loved the first journey they made together back in 2004 for Long Way Round, when they rode BMW 1150 GS adventure tourers from London to New York via Siberia. I just bought myself a new iPhone that came complete with a year’s free subscription to the streaming service, which is why I caught up with them now. They completed the journey in late 2019 and the series was released last fall on Apple TV. And to make it interesting, they’re riding electric Harley-Davidson Livewires. For this trip, they’re riding from Ushuaia at the tip of South America to Los Angeles, some 20,000 kilometres. ![]() Watch the first two-thirds because it’s good entertainment with stunning scenery, as actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman reunite for the third time to ride motorcycles across the globe. Save yourself 11 hours of your life.Īctually, scratch that. ![]() Have you seen Long Way Up yet? If not, take my advice and don’t bother. ![]() |