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Butterflies' scales are inspiring researchers to create new life-saving medical technology. Other species have learned how to fool ants into taking care of them. Monarch butterflies migrate thousands of miles each year from Canada to Mexico. Yet, what has drawn us to these creatures in the first place? And what are their lives really like? In this "entertaining look at 'the world's favorite insect'" ( Booklist, starred review), New York Times bestselling author and science journalist Wendy Williams reveals the inner lives of these delicate creatures, who are far more intelligent and tougher than we give them credit for. From butterfly gardens to zoo exhibits, these "flying flowers" are one of the few insects we've encouraged to infiltrate our lives. " glorious and exuberant celebration of these biological flying machines.Williams takes us on a humorous and beautifully crafted journey" ( The Washington Post). In this "deeply personal and lyrical book" ( Publishers Weekly) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams explores the lives of one of the world's most resilient creatures-the butterfly-shedding light on the role that they play in our ecosystem and in our human lives.
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Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange6/29/2023 (Let’s face it, the whole bloodsucking thing is not a metaphor for playing whist, know what we mean?) There is plenty of romance and a few dangerously tender moments between the newlyweds. Why did she surprise a look of pure torment on Darcy’s face only a few hours after their wedding? Why does he not consummate their marriage, despite the obvious passion that they share? And why is Elizabeth dreaming of events that occurred over a hundred years previously–and of a mysterious, compelling gentleman who is not her husband? The mystery builds to a thrilling, chilling climax and a completely satisfying ending. Darcy takes advantage of the Peace of Amiens to show his wife continental Europe, should be a time of unalloyed happiness for Elizabeth Darcy–after all, if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad–but her joy in her marriage and her love for her husband are dimmed by worry. The beginning of the newlywed Darcys’ life together, in which Mr. Darcy comes from an ancient family…well, she isn’t just being a snob. When Lady Catherine de Bourgh tells Elizabeth Bennet that Mr.
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Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto6/29/2023 I pray you are able to pass through the flames. Each must decide how far they’re willing to go-and what they’re willing to lose in the process. An empire in ruin.Īs tensions reach a boiling point, the characters all find themselves drawn together into a fight that will shape the course of the empire-and determine the future of the Phoenix Riders. And Veronyka’s sister, Val, is determined to regain the empire she lost-even if it means inciting the war herself. Sev has been sent to spy on the empire, but maintaining his cover may force him to fight on the wrong side of the war. Tristan has been promoted to Master Rider, but he has very different ideas about the best way to protect their people than his father, the commander. Veronyka finally got her wish to join the Riders, but while she’s supposed to be in training, all she really wants to do is fly out to defend the villages of Pyra from the advancing empire. Like Nefyra before you, your life will be a trial by fire. The world is balanced on the edge of a knife, and war is almost certain between the empire and the Phoenix Riders. If you liked Crown of Feathers, you have to read Heart of Flames. It is a stunning sequel about the raging fire of obsession, the simmering flames of duty, and full of precious characters.
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Fox creek krueger6/29/2023 Meanwhile, in Aurora, Cork works feverishly to identify the hunters and the reason for their relentless pursuit, but he has little to go on. On the last journey he may ever take into this beloved land, Meloux must do his best to outwit the deadly mercenaries who follow. Meloux guides this stranger and his great niece, Cork O’Connor’s wife, to safety deep into the Boundary Waters, his home for more than a century. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. The latest in the New York Times bestselling Cork O’Connor Mystery Series from the “master storyteller” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author) follows Cork in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries. Download Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger Novel: Book Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger is available to download free in pdf epub format.
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He’s reinvented himself from the world’s greatest bodybuilder to the world’s highest-paid movie star, to the leader of (what was then) the world’s sixth largest economy. There’s no escaping the relentless, five-decades-and-counting global cultural onslaught of Arnie-ness. It’s a threat that Schwarzenegger has undoubtedly made good on. He’s chucked it into numerous movies and innumerable political speeches, flogged it on caps and T-shirts, preserved it in cement on Hollywood Boulevard and even recently, and rather glibly, scrawled the phrase in the Auschwitz Museum guestbook. and he’s barely stopped uttering it since. It was back in 1984 when Arnold Schwarzenegger first uttered that immortal phrase “I’ll be back” in The Terminator.
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Now this cultural blockbuster comes to trade paperback with exclusive extras- including a new preface, five Freakonomics columns from The New York Times Magazine, an exclusive author Q & A and a sneak preview of Superfreakonomics. Among the questions it answers: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? If drug dealers make so much money, why do they still live with their mothers? What makes a perfect parent? And, of course: What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? (Answer: they both cheat.) The Freakonomics book summary will give you access to a synopsis of key ideas, a short story, and an audio summary. Through forceful storytelling and sharp insight, it reminds us all that economics is, at its root, the study of incentives-how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. Gain a complete understanding of Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Dubner then collaborated on Freakonomics, a book that gives full play to Levitt’s most compelling ideas. Instead, he studied the riddles of everyday life-from cheating to crime to child-rearing-and his conclusions turned the conventional wisdom on its head. Levitt was not remotely interested in the things that interest most economists. Levitt, a heralded young economist at the University of Chicago. Dubner, an author and journalist, to write a profile of Steven D. In the summer of 2003, The New York Times Magazine sent Stephen J.
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Sarina bowen boyfriend6/29/2023 Love Lessons is the next installment in the Brooklyn Bruisers series and focuses on Ian, who has found himself in some hot water lately. Bec then I would have to find another for my hockey love. I really hope this wasn't the end of the series. Its a sad fact violence (I call it a self refree game) is part of the long culture & still a big draw. Until those women can get paid enough money that they can fight it won't draw the crowds the men's do. Bec women's hockey is tougher then men's hockey. I wish that the WNHL would be able to pay them a fair wage. When puberty hits I found out the hard way BIOLOGY ALWAYS WINS! Even us girls raised by Marine dad's that told us we can be & do anything if we give 110%. Playing with boys as a pre teen & early teen is quite equal. The WNHL is not only safer for us women, but it is also just as cool as the NHL. I love the fact this series didn't go off the grid & put a female in the NHL. Especially if O'Doul's books was enjoyed by the reader. I cried toward the end there it was really intense. **SPOILER ALERT** I cried when O'Doul left. Honestly until the last 2 Trevy & O'Doul's was my favorite. They never get old to listen over & over.
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Isabel allende a long petal of the sea6/28/2023 As a child in Santiago, Chile, Allende lived with her maternal grandparents, who would later serve as models for Esteban and Clara Trueba, the patriarch and matriarch of the family whose history Allende chronicled in her first and best-known novel, The House of the Spirits (La casa de losespíritus) (1982). Although Allende's contact with her father ceased following her parents' divorce, she remained close to his family-particularly Salvador Allende, her godfather and her father's cousin, who served as president of Chile from 1970 to 1973. Growing Up in Turbulent Times Allende was born in Lima, Peru, where her father served as a diplomatic representative of Chile. Not that she is the first contemporary female writer from Latin America … but she is the first woman to approach on the same scale as the others the tormented patriarchal world of traditional Hispanic society.” Works in Biographical and Historical Context As Alexander Coleman has asserted, “Allende is the first woman to join what has heretofore been an exclusive male club of Latin American novelists. Some scholars have even placed her among the ranks of those South American writers-Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, among others-who rose to prominence during the 1960s surge of interest in Latin American literature. Chilean writer Isabel Allende is valued not only as a commentator on the turbulent nature of Latin American society but also as an author of powerful, humanistic fiction.
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A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey6/28/2023 To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. Josephine Tey is one of the best-known and best-loved of all crime writers. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact of life. Josephine Tey is one of the most brilliant and original of all British crime writers. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. Buy a cheap copy of A Shilling for Candles book by Josephine Tey. Read A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey with a free trial. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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Author of the road to wigan pier6/28/2023 The second part is an extended essay on Orwell’s political thinking at the time, and the hindrances to Socialism’s rise in England (notably, Socialists themselves in many cases) – a particularly pressing topic at the time of publication as Orwell cites Socialism as the solution to the rising Fascism in Europe. The first part describes Orwell’s nomadic experiences as a bourgeois writer (in his own words, part of the lower-upper-middle-class) slumming around working class areas in the North of England, where he records the crushing poverty he observes. The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) – a book commissioned by the Left Book Club – is, perhaps, the perfect encapsulation of Orwell’s early approach to political writing, and is one of the most often cited books when 1930s unemployment in Britain is discussed. |