5/26/2023 0 Comments Kiss My Giraffe by Erin Nicholas![]() ![]() (Yeah, she actually has a couple of those.) ![]() If he doesn’t want her-and her unbelievable past and that-can’t-be-real future-then she doesn’t want him either. And that he never dates women he sees every day. The one that also says he only wants a long-distance fling with her. And sweet, protective, supportive things. Nope, the one that kisses her like she’s everything he’s ever wanted and says very dirty things in her ear. Not the one that’s almost always set in a grim line and says things like, “you got a permit for that?” Still, as hard as she tries, it’s impossible to stop thinking about the small town grump’s long hair and tattoos and that mouth. He’s actively working to send her and her “ridiculous menagerie” (rude) right back out of town. For a guy who wanted to keep things simple this is anything but.įiona knew Knox would be mad when she moved in next door.Īnd not because she brought a collection of wild animals with her. ![]() Enemies to friends to almost lovers…then back to kind-of enemies…to lovers. ![]()
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5/26/2023 0 Comments Old man logan mark millar![]() ![]() But there's never any escape for the man who was once Wolverine. In a lonely corner of Canada, the quiet town of Killhorn Falls seems like the perfect place for Old Man Logan to retreat to and make peace with his new life in the present-day Marvel Universe. "Bordertown!" Collects Old Man Logan (2016 Marvel) #5-8. ![]() "Berserker!" Collects Old Man Logan (2016 Marvel) #1-4 and Wolverine: Giant-Size Old Man Logan (2009). So when Old Man Logan wakes up in the present to discover a world not yet gone to hell, he's determined to kill whomever it takes to ensure the Wasteland he knew never comes to pass! Old Man Logan's hit list includes the Hulk - but in this reality, he's All-Different and Totally Awesome! Will Logan find aid from his pal Clint Barton, or only end up in the archer's sights? And when his one-man mission of murder attracts the former Captain America's attention, who wins the battle between Old Man Logan and Old Man Rogers? Cover by Andrea Sorrentino.ĭecades from now, the man who was Wolverine endured the deaths of his fellow heroes, the slaughter of his family by the hillbilly Hulk gang, and the murder of his closest friend, Hawkeye. Art by Andrea Sorrentino and Steve McNiven. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Game changer alphazero![]() ![]() ![]() Game Changer also presents a collection of lucidly explained chess games of astonishing quality. Sadler and Regan reveal its thinking process and tell the story of the human motivation and the techniques that created AlphaZero. They also had unparalleled access to its team of developers at DeepMind and were offered a unique look under the bonnet to grasp the depth and breadth of AlphaZeros search. The selection of ten games published in December 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play in such a brilliant and risky style and not lose a single game against an opponent of superhuman strength? For Game Changer, Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan investigated more than two thousand previously unpublished games by AlphaZero. ![]() The artificial intelligence system AlphaZero had been fed nothing but the rules of the Royal Game when it beat the worlds strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Doctor sleep and the shining![]() ![]() So Flannagan decided to rebuild the original movie by recasting every principal role, recreating Kubrick’s set for the eerie, haunted Overlook Hotel, and committing to a massive process of cinematic reenactment. Alongside the fact that the book wasn’t exactly King’s most beloved or necessary work, Flannagan was also attempting to rebuild a bridge between King’s original novel version of The Shining and Stanley Kubrick’s classic film version, which King has spent decades denouncing. ![]() ![]() When director Mike Flannagan set out to adapt Stephen King’s novel Doctor Sleep into a movie, he took on a nearly impossible task. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Lord jim book![]() ![]() It is at once an exotic adventure story of the Eastern seas in the popular tradition of Kipling and Stevenson and a complexly wrought 'art novel' in the tradition of Flaubert and James. One long evening, over cigars and brandy, the seasoned sea captain, Marlow, recalls the life of a handsome young first mate who loses his ship and his honor, but becomes a god. Moser, "the rare distinction of being a masterpiece in two separate genres. First published in 1899, his haunting novel Lord Jim is both a riveting sea adventure and a fascinating portrait of a unique outcast from civilization. The novel, written by Conrad for magazine serialization during an intense and chaotic ten months in 18, has, in the words of Thomas C. Download cover art Download CD case insert Lord JimĪ classic of early literary modernism, Lord Jim tells the story of a young "simple and sensitive character" who loses his honor in a display of cowardice at sea - and of his expiation of that sin against his own "shadowy ideal of conduct" on the remote island of Patusan. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Crooked Tree Ranch by R.J. Scott![]() ![]() This was the third supplier in the last week that had implied Crooked Tree was falling behind in paying. I wasn’t going to bother you with this, but the account is still overdue and I kinda felt I owed you an explanation since your order we got yesterday isn’t going to be filled.” He said he was going to make good on the outstanding balance when we explained that the account was in arrears. Hell, Nate hated that people outside Crooked Tree might think they were struggling. Nate had gone to school with him, and this was humiliating for Sam to be telling him this. Marcus was the one who looked after the accounts and they’d never had problems before. “It’s probably an oversight,” Nate explained. If it was just up to me then I’d let the feed delivery happen, but Dad is getting pissy with it being five months outstanding.” The voice on the other end of the phone kept going, the tone a mixture of apology and demand. When he woke up to an absolutely perfect Montana morning, he’d never expected his day to turn sour so damn fast. ![]() Nate Todd pinched the bridge of his nose and attempted to quell the combination of anger and fear that churned inside him. ![]() ![]() ![]() I first read this novel as a teenager myself, and it haunted me for years. Jessop’s book is a study in the resilience of the human spirit, and a psychologically acute chronicle of cult brainwashing and deprogramming. ![]() Jessop fled the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints-she was, in fact, the first woman to successfully escape the cult and keep her children, too. ![]() An epic unafraid to tackle race, class, and gender all at once. In a dystopian future, a young woman of color is inspired to create her own religion, urging humanity to find its future among the stars. It’s no exaggeration to say my book would not exist without Ms. ![]() THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, by Octavia Butler I remain fascinated by Jessop’s journey and awed by her resilience. In fact, it was Carolyn Jessop’s amazing memoir, ESCAPE, that first planted the seed of this story in my mind. While writing, I sought fiction that featured spiritual seekers and religious revolutionaries, as well as memoirs written by women who escaped real-life cults. Every book is part of a lineage, a tradition, and AGNES AT THE END OF THE WORLD is no exception. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments The traitor by vs alexander![]() She willingly enters the White Rose's circle, where every hushed conversation, every small act of dissent could mean imprisonment or death at the hands of an infuriated Gestapo. Natalya Petrovich, a student, knows who is behind the leaflets-a secret group called the White Rose, led by siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and their friends.Īs a volunteer nurse on the Russian front, Natalya witnessed the horrors of war first-hand. The leaflets are hidden in public places, or mailed to addresses selected at random from the phone book. ![]() In the summer of 1942, as war rages across Europe, a series of anonymous leaflets appears around the University of Munich, speaking out against escalating Nazi atrocities. ![]() Drawing on the true story of the White Rose-the resistance movement of young Germans against the Nazi regime- The Traitor tells of one woman who offers her life in the ultimate battle against tyranny, during one of history's darkest hours. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Henry cloud integrity book summary![]() ![]() Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? ![]() The findings will surprise many readers and, quite frankly, upset others.īuilt to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning.īut what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?įor years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. ![]() To find the keys to greatness, Collins's 21-person research team read and coded 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcripts and created 384 megabytes of computer data in a five-year project. ![]() 5/25/2023 0 Comments Justina ireland![]() Taking place a few months after the disaster of The Republic Fair, Ireland’s new book has the Jedi taking the threat of the monstrous Nihil a lot more seriously. Ireland also has Vernestra meet a new character, the often unimpressed Sylvestri Yarrow. ![]() Rwoh crosses paths with Reath Silas and Cohmac Vitus, both introduced in Gray’s novel Into the Dark. Though Vernestra was seen in both of those previous books, she comes to the forefront of Ireland’s new YA novel, Out of the Shadows. Now, Ireland is back to close out Wave 2, which has so far featured extreme tumult as well as Jedi randiness thanks to Cavan Scott and The Rising Storm, as well as Race to Crashpoint Tower by Older. In Wave 1 of the initiative, she introduced readers to Jedi prodigy Vernestra Rwoh (and the highly empathic Padawan Imri Cantaros) in the middle-grade book A Test of Courage. Justina Ireland is one of the five “Project Luminous” authors, a group that also includes Claudia Gray, Daniel José Older, Charlies Soule, and Cavan Scott. The multiple books (adult, YA, and middle grade) and comics all intertwine together, with five authors working in harmony to craft a massive, sprawling history. The stories that fall under the banner of Star Wars: The High Republic aren’t only unique because they take place hundreds of years before the Skywalker Saga. ![]() |