![]() Why? Again, the heroine never explains anything to him. Jessica was a virgin but Never explains this to Nikolas. Still unsure why he couldn't just leave her money. Her first husband wanted to protect her when he died. NOTHING about why she married the older man! How it was not a sexual relationship but one made from a grandfather and granddaughter type of love. Jessica NEVER once explained ANYTHING to Nikolas. This is all because she married a man about 50 years older than her and some newspaper articles. That she is basically a slut and a whore. He called her names and told her over and over she is not worthy of him. Really? Oh, but he did end up raping her on their wedding night. he blamed her for making him wild with lust. That is what this book did!! He practically raped her all through the book and stopped when she cried. I don't ever want to read a book that glorifies spousal abusive. I was abused when I was younger, but I learned from it. The hero abused the heroine so much and she blamed herself every single time. ![]() The hero (Nikolas) and the wimpy pathetic heroine (Jessica). ![]() What character would you cut from All That Glitters? NOTHING!! It glorifies domestic violence. ![]() What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? ![]()
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![]() I would hope for people to think about how the corporations in the story decide who gets to be human and who doesn’t, and how their society got to that point, and realize how that happens here in our world.” “The original idea that I started with in All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) was about an enslaved security person,” the author said at Tor.com, “and a sentient AI fit the best with what I wanted to do. Her New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards. Wells has written many fantasy novels, including The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite, the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction. “I love Murderbot!”- New York Times bestselling author Ann Leckie. The series stars a human-like android who keeps getting sucked back into adventure after adventure, though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk. ![]() The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells concerns a violent, self-hacking cyborg searching for the meaning of life. “The original idea that I started with in All Systems Red was about an enslaved security person.” ![]() ![]() Profusely illustrated with more than 800 rare and unique images from around the world-including book and magazine covers, interior illustrations, movie posters, comic books, promotional items, tie-ins, and previously unpublished artwork commissioned especially for this book-this handsome volume charts the history of escapist horror and the individuals who created it. Many respected authors and artists worked for the pulp and paperback markets, while films made for the low budget or youth markets are now rightly regarded as classics as they continue to inspire the movies and television we watch today. ![]() So often associated with cheapness and low quality, pulp fiction and filmmaking have influenced the way we live for more than a century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her energy is off the charts and her curiosity about anything and everything is never satisfied. Yotsuba is an adventurous, green-haired and wide-eyed five-year-old girl moving into a new town with her father. DUN DUN DUN! The ranch is an amazing place to run around (and fall into some sheep), get head-butted by a sheep, punch the sheep, MILK THE COWS, pet the dogs and cats, and ride the pony. Then the book skips to next week, when Yotsuba, Jumbo, Koiwai, and of course. ![]() The cake turns out HILARIOUS! It looks like a pile of whipped cream with Pocky, sliced strawberries, and last, but certainly NEVER least, who could forget the EGG ON TOP! I love Yotsuba's expression when she plops the egg on top of the cake, she just looks like "BAM! TAKE THAT CAKE!" with a little gleam in her eye. The next day, she goes over to the Fuuka, Ena, and Asagi's house, where Fuuka and Miss Stake are baking a strawberry shortcake. Then, on the day of the trip to the ranch, Yotsuba gets a fever and stays inside instead. However, she doesn't have enough money, so rather than going back and getting an eraser instead, SHE PUTS HER DAD'S RAMEN BACK! This made me laugh SO HARD I thought I was going to die. In this absolutely, enthrallingly ADORABLE book, Yotsuba, Ena, and Miura-chan make paper-cup phones, Yotsuba goes to the store with money for two ramens and an eraser, but she gets candy instead of the eraser. ![]() ![]() Thaddeus Marshall, a street vendor, sold vegetables from a red wheelbarrow on the streets of Rutherford, New Jersey. ![]() Lisa holds a BA in English Literature from William & Mary, an MA in English from Boston College, and an MLS from Southern Connecticut State University.Ī former newspaper reporter and editor, Lisa grew up on the New Jersey shore, lives outside Boston, and has run the Boston Marathon four times. was inspired by Lisa's stubborn but lovable hound.ĭISCOVER HER ART: WOMEN ARTISTS AND THEIR MASTERPIECES considers the art and lives of 24 women artists (Chicago Review Press).įorthcoming are BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE (Random House Kids/Anne Schwartz Books) WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND 'WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (Astra/Calkins Creek) and RONALD REAGAN, A Little Golden Book Biography (Random House Kids). HOUND WON’T GO, illustrated by Meg Ishihara (Albert Whitman). Her debut picture book, 16 WORDS: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AND “THE RED WHEELBARROW,” (Random House/Schwartz & Wade), was featured in The New York Times, received 2 starred reviews & won the Julia Ward Howe Award from the Boston Authors Club & the Susan P. ![]() ![]() Lisa Rogers was inspired to write for children through her career as an elementary school librarian. ![]() ![]() What happens when male attackers also know martial arts? See the news story on Rachael Ostovich-Berdon. Role model Nia Sanchez (2014 Miss USA), profiled in BBB, is a fourth-degree Black Belt. Because a judo flip, karate chop, or wrestling chokehold can't deflect a bullet, I complied with the mugger's order and handed over my wallet. The mugger held me up at gunpoint (guns: the great equalizer) and didn't even bother to get out of his car. skills that were absolutely useless when I was mugged several years later. While in college I took a class in self-defense. But, it is no guarantee against being victimized. ![]() Case 2: a woman friend who was brutally battered and bloodied by a psychotic member of her own sex (for being overweight) - that case was also in the national news. Case 1: the recent shooting of Marshae Jones in Alabama. I would have been more receptive to BBB had the producers been equitable and also reported on women-on-women violence. Not all physical attacks on women are by men. ![]() The male narrator alone deserves a good, swift kick in the cojones for his annoying, belittling tone. ![]() Its presentation, to me, was offensive, simplistic, and ridiculing. As a man, I found the documentary to be yet another tiresome misandrist manifesto (pardon me, womanifesto) declaring Men as The Enemy and Women as Eternal Victims (of Men). ![]() As a mother's son and sisters' brother, I understand the point of "Beauty Bites Beast": the world is a scary place for women, who need to learn to defend themselves. ![]() ![]() James went to an all-girls school in Buckinghamshire, before going on to study History at the University of Kent. She has written under the pen name Snowqueen’s Icedragon.ĮL James, or Erika Mitchell, was born in London in March 1963 to a Chilean mother and a Scottish father, however she was raised in the south of England. James has written the “Fifty Shades” trilogy and “Grey”. They met while she was a studio manager’s assistant and now have two sons together.Į. Her husband is an author too and has written for television. Her husband, Niall Leonard, helped her edit the novels. By August of 2013, her work put her at the top of Forbes’ list of the highest earning authors. She had only written the books as a way to entertain herself and some of her friends online. When she sat down to write the books, she had never written any fiction before. She then wrote a story called “Master of the Universe” that was “Twilight” fan fiction and would serve as the basis for the “ Fifty Shades” novels. One night, she saw the movie “ Twilight” and then read the books many times over a period of a couple of days. ![]() She has two kids and used to be a television executive. Mitchell is the daughter of a Chilean mother and a Scottish father that worked as a cameraman for BBC. ![]() ![]() As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchases.Įrika Mitchell (who is better known by her pen name, E. Description /Buy link takes you to Amazon. ![]() ![]() ![]() He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.ĭiana Sudyka received a master of fine arts degree from Northwestern University. Trenton Lee Stewart is the author of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Mysterious Benedict Society series as well as Flood Summer, a novel for adults. ![]() Benedict, the gifted foursome faces their greatest challenge of all-a challenge that will reinforce the reasons they were brought together in the first place and will require them to fight for the very namesake that united them. With only one week to find a captured Mr. It seems that while he was preparing the kids’ adventure, he stepped right into a trap orchestrated by his evil twin Mr. After reuniting for a celebratory scavenger hunt, Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance are forced to go on an unexpected search-a search to find Mr. The Mysterious Benedict Society is up against a new mission, significantly closer to home. ![]() ![]() He started to design a car with rooms with full-size beds called berths. The founder George Pullman began the company after having to sleep in the train chair on an overnight trip to visit relatives. The crew members were called Sleeping Car Porters. The Pullman Company also contracted out the crew to run the car. The Pullman Company manufactured luxury train cars for overnight travel. ![]() The first point of business is explaining the Pullman Company. In addition to all the historical accomplishments of the union, the porter provides vital insight into the black experience. The porter is known primarily for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which marked the first black labor union to sign a contract with a large company. His real job was to create the black middle class and forge countless organizations. ![]() His official job description was to assist the passengers on the luxurious Pullman Sleeping Car. The Pullman Porter had a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. ![]() ![]() ![]() Also, the interim pastor who took over while Curtis was on a book tour is threatening blackmail. Charlotte has forbidden her husband to have anything to do with them, but the trouble is, Curtis's newfound conscience is leading him to have uncomfortable thoughts of responsibility. First, Curtis's former mistress shows up with their newborn baby daughter-named Curtina-and insists that Curtis be a part of their lives. But the sins of the past have strange ways of coming to light. Or so he's promised his long-suffering wife, Charlotte. Back in the heart of his congregation and his family, he will no longer stray from the beaten path. A man who once thrived on wickedness and counted on forgiveness, Curtis Black has changed his ways. ![]() |