![]() ![]() ![]() Four years later the pair are reunited and while Michael's secret feelings are unchanged, Francesca is on the hunt for a new husband and somehow just realized Michael is a man and is making her feel things she only ever expected to feel with her first husband. He's loved her too long and now he has to replace John in so many ways, the idea of taking his place at Francesca's side is just too much. She tried to lean on Michael for support in her grief but Michael, who is to become the Earl in John's stead, just cannot handle being her rock. Francesca Bridgerton Stirling was living her best life until the untimely death of her husband, John. Michael Stirling was living his own person hell, since he friend-zoned himself by falling in love with his cousin's wife. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She and the other slaves follow the man’s buggy home through the night. The man pinches Ajarry’s breasts to check if she is going through puberty. ![]() She stands naked on the auction block, and eventually a man wearing a pristine white suit purchases her for $226. These fantasies comfort her, enabling her to endure the brutal reality of her life. For the rest of her life, she imagines them working for kind masters and eventually living free up north. Published in 2016 by award-winning American author, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad is a gripping account of a runaway slave, Cora, as she makes her way through a fictionalized American landscape. The remaining members of Ajarry’s family have been sent to Bermuda. ![]() Conditions on the ship are hellish six weeks into the journey, Ajarry is gang-raped, and she attempts suicide twice. Ajarry is sold multiple times on the journey to Port Ouidah, before being forced onto a ship with people speaking a mix of languages (so as to avoid rebellion). Ajarry was kidnapped from Africa as a child along with her father (Cora’s great grandfather), who was beheaded by slave traders. When Caesar first asks Cora to flee to the north, she says no this refusal is related to the experiences of Cora’s grandmother, Ajarry. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not so much the details of the shattered technical base, the genetic manipulation, the monsters and human responses to same. A lot of that has to do with worldbuilding. Outside of that, the book holds together very well. Given Enoch has been presented as being “bad at emotions”, then the reader has a reasonable expectation that we should get to see him struggling with them – especially when he’s deciding to turn his back on someone who’s apparently been helping him, to help someone who might be lying to him. But we never get to see him make that decision. Granted, he’s leaving the side of some pretty bad guys, and he has seen some of the horrible things they do. But there’s a critical point in the story in which the major character, Enoch, has fallen in with one side, and then a few pages later switches to the other. It has interesting settings, characters, and good characterization… most of the time. Etherwalker, by Cameron Dayton Etherwalker on Amazon ![]() ![]() ![]() This audiobook includes an author's note read by Christina Lauren. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they'll risk their lives, and their hearts, on the adventure of a lifetime. But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn't a gimmick after all. Unfortunately, Lily is all business: it's never going to happen. ![]() ![]() We wrote Something Wilder to be a fun, steamy, swoony adventure and escape from the. Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Hello hello We turned in Fizzy’s book last night and flew to DC this afternoon and are officially on tour for Something Wilder You guys, this is our 28th published book and I swear I have no idea how that happened. Frankly, she'd like to take him out into the wilderness-and leave him there. When the man she once loved walks back into her life with a motley crew of friends, ready to hit the trails, Lily can't believe her eyes. Lily has never forgotten the man that got away.but she certainly hasn't forgiven him either!Īs the daughter of a notorious treasure hunter, Lily makes ends meet using her father's coveted hand-drawn maps, guiding tourists on fake treasure hunts through the canyons of Utah. The New York Times best-selling authors of The Unhoneymooners present a charming, laugh-out-loud novel filled with adventure, treasure, and, of course, love. Like He wondered if, looking down, the stars ever felt like falling, lovesick, onto the planets. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The factor varies from country to country, but the pattern remains essentially the same. But when Pareto studied the numbers more closely, he discovered that they dwindled in a very special way toward the wealthy end of the curve: Each time you double the amount of wealth, the number of people falls by a constant factor. You would find, as Pareto did, many individuals at the lowest end of the scale and fewer and fewer as you progress along the graph toward higher levels of wealth. Then you count the number of people at many other levels of wealth, both large and small, and you plot the results on a graph. Suppose that in the United States or Cuba or Thailandor any other country for that matteryou count the number of people worth, say, $10,000. But in 1897, an Italian engineer-turned-economist named Vilfredo Pareto discovered a pattern in the distribution of wealth that appears to be every bit as universal as the laws of thermodynamics or chemistry. And their peoples have different backgrounds, skills, and levels of education. Some rely on agriculture, others on heavy industry, still others on high technology. ![]() Different nations, after all, have different resources and produce different kinds of products. You might expect the balance between the rich and the poor to vary widely from country to country. ![]() One of the most controversial is the distribution of wealth. The economic world is full of patterns, many of which exert a profound influence over society and business. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is definitely trial by social media, with many of the posts making serious accusations without anything material with which to back up those accusations. Mum Sharon, and Dad Barry, each have secrets they'd rather keep hidden from the outside world, while 10 year old Leo, (Daisy's brother) is reluctant to share what he knows with the police - and he clearly knows something.Īs is the case today, thoughts and feelings about the family are displayed for the whole world to read on the big wide web. ![]() Suspicion naturally falls on those closest to her, and investigations reveal that this 'normal' everyday family is actually very dysfunctional. But the one thing all police officers hate more than anything else, is a case involving a child, and DI Adam Fawley and his team will leave no stone unturned in their search for Daisy. The literary world already has a huge number of successful Detective series, but I believe DI Adam Fawley will find his place amongst those successes with this excellent debut novel from Cara Hunter, as 'Close to Home' has all the makings of a great series.Ĩ year old Daisy Mason has disappeared from her parents summer barbecue in Oxford there were lots of guests - neighbours, school friends, their parents, but nobody saw a thing and were therefore unable to help with police enquiries. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike the men, the women have a strong and growing friendship. Kim’s fiancée Phoebe and Will’s best friend Maisie have their own tale as Maisie, with Phoebe’s solid support, tries to establish herself with the fashion design set. Trust, the lack thereof that is, continues to center the emotional dynamics here. If Slippery Creatures was something of a romp, The Sugared Game is tougher, occasionally meaner, taking a deeper look at the gents as the taut plots winds into something more twisty and and dangerous for them both. Kim, who initially is as unreliable, and irresistible, makes use of Will’s connection, turning the bookseller’s finally neatened world into one more secretive, criminal, and underhanded. While at the club Will meets a one-time military compatriot. It becomes the focus of the plot and the continuously fractured romance between Will and Kim. The club is glamorous but seedy, clearly a haven for nefarious doings of all sorts. ![]() The story opens with Will taking best friend Maisie to the High-Low Club for an evening on the town. With the four key characters-Will Darling, Kim Secretan, Maisie Jones, and Phoebe Stephens-Prince-firmly established Charles is able to expand the action both in terms of romance and adventure. Although a standalone story it is decidedly a sequel and needs the previous book to set the context. The Sugared Game takes up a few months after the events of Slippery Creatures. ![]() ![]() ![]() He sat down and wrote his first novel Absolute Power, which was published in 1996. It was then that he decided to try his hand at novels. While living in Alexandria, Baldacci continued to write, penning short stories and screenplays, without much success. He then went to Washington, D.C., where he practiced trial and corporate law for nine years. He then graduated from the University of Virginia with a law degree. He later attended college at Virginia Commonwealth University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science. ![]() He would write stories as a child but later went into law, graduating from Henrico High School. David Baldacci was born and grew up in Richmond, Virginia in 1960. He is also a contributing editor for Parade Magazine. In addition to being a bestseller, Baldacci entered into the International Crime Writing Hall of Fame in 2011. Baldacci’s novels deal with scandals and compromising situations, cover ups and pursuits, romance and the search for the truth. His books have been translated into over forty-five languages and his books are sold worldwide in eighty-eight countries. ![]() He has sold over a 100 million copies worldwide in print of his novels and over 3 million ebooks. David Baldacci is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author and popular writer of twenty-six novels as well as three children’s books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Properties (including mass, age and metallicity) of broad-line host galaxies Properties and the host galaxies' dynamical properties. ![]() Understand the AGN-galaxy coevolution through the stellar population ofīroad-line region host galaxies and the relation between broad lines' Galactic Nuclei (AGN) from their line ratios. Most of the broad line galaxies are classified as Active $\lambda$5007 lines, (2) 101 galaxies with broad $H\alpha$ lines but noīroad $\lambda$5007 lines, and (3) 49 galaxies with double-peaked narrowĮmission lines. These galaxies can be classified into (1) 38 galaxies with broad $H\alpha$ and We identify 188 galaxiesįor which the emission lines cannot be described by single Gaussian components. Galaxies in final data release of the MaNGA survey. Download a PDF of the paper titled A complete catalogue of broad-line AGNs and double-peaked emission lines from MaNGA integral-field spectroscopy of 10K galaxies: stellar population of AGNs, supermassive black holes, and dual AGNs, by Youquan Fu and 5 other authors Download PDF Abstract: We analyse the integral-field spectroscopy data for the $\approx10,000$ ![]() ![]() ![]() All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. To email me, please use the below 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. ![]() ![]() If you're interested in reviewing a book of mine before release date, please contact the appropriate publisher. Hey Guys! Please note: I don't send out ARCs for review. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.įorsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. ![]() And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. ![]() |