Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, has little choice but to go along, daring to hope this new land promises her family a better future. In a wild, remote corner of Alaska, the Allbrights find a fiercely independent community of ...
City of Girls is a book that is brimming with wisdom. It is a book that takes you on a philosophical journey and makes you question life as you see it. Despite its subject matter, however, the book maintains a fun frivolous theme throughout its long run time. The storytelling is real ...
I don’t know if this is because I have improved the way I pick the books or if I have gotten better at giving up on things that don’t appeal to me faster. Of course there are also a handful in here that are completely forgettable and I am glad that I made notes throughout the...
“I know a ___13 not far from here,” says the Soul to the Fisherman. “There is a beautiful girl there. This girl can ___14 very well. She dances in her bare feet and with a veil (面纱) on her face. She is a wonderful dancer. This city is a ___15 journey from here.”...
This is a less well-known story to English readers than the battlefields of France and Belgium, and the focus on the war from the point of view of the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires makes for very interesting reading. Russia lost more than 2.3 million soldiers in the war; the Austro...
Who knows cookbooks better than the owners of specialist cookbook stores? They stock and sell thousands of cookbooks and because their stores are focused on food and drink books, they are true experts. They read the books, cook from them and then share their knowledge with their customers. Whe...
Amazon has quietly begun rolling out an updated version of its web browser that brings much better support for modern websites. It does a better job loading images and other graphics and scores higher in HTML5 performance tests. Ebook Pirate Site Z-library’s down again ...
Michelle Obama’s memoir BECOMING is a deeply personal account from a woman who has steadily defied expectations and who now shares her extraordinary and inspiring story.
…“There is no deadline for them to make a decision,” Gratz said, but it “probably won’t happen until early fall” at the earliest. After that, whichever side loses will have an opportunity to appeal the case, which has already stretched on for four years, to the Supreme Court. ...
remarriage to a French pilot, these two stayed in touch. The novel spans Consuelo’s life, from shortly before her first wedding through the end of WWII. It’s astounding all that can happen in our lifetimes, and Consuelo utilized everything she had to try to make the world a better ...