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The american agent a maisie dobbs novel5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The American Agent opens with Maisie and her best friend, the wealthy and flamboyant Priscilla Partridge, returning to the same duty they performed in the last war: driving an ambulance. She researches each novel so carefully that the series could almost serve as a history of the United Kingdom in the first half of the 20th century. ![]() Winspear, who is British but has lived in the United States for almost 30 years, has said that the idea for the books grew out of hearing stories of her grandfather's experiences in World War I. Based on fan contributions to a Facebook group, it's a collection of quotes called What Would Maisie Do? Inspiration From the Pages of Maisie Dobbs. Maisie's gentle, thoughtful nature is such a hallmark, though, that another book is being published in tandem with The American Agent. ![]() Reading a Maisie Dobbs book is a little like spending time with an old friend you don't see often enough, if your old friend's gig is tracking down and capturing criminals. Through it all she has solved sometimes harrowing cases with a mixture of intelligence, intuition, determination and compassion that makes her - and it's an odd compliment, I know - one of the most soothing characters in crime fiction. ![]()
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How to Steal a Car by Pete Hautman5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() After working at several jobs for which he calls himself "ill-suited", Hautman's first novel, Drawing Dead, was published in 1993. Louis Park High School and attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Minnesota during the next seven years without receiving a degree from either institution. Louis Park, Minnesota at the age of five. ![]() Hautman was born in Berkeley, California on Septem and moved to St. The National Book Foundation summary is, "A teenage boy decides to invent a new religion with a new god." One of them, Godless, won the 2004 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Peter Murray Hautman (born September 29, 1952) is an American author best known for his novels for young adults. JSTOR ( April 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. ![]()
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Midnight rainbow by linda howard5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() They share their home and their lives with their pets too, as they have two golden retrievers. Howard resides in Gadsden, Alabama and lives there with her awesome husband, Gary. In the year 2005, she received their Career Achievement Award. She is a member of the writing group, the Romance Writers of America. The novel was pretty successful and the first book she ever wrote came out in 1982, published by Silhouette. She considered writing for an audience and decided to write and submit a novel that was published. Howard has since channeled that original enjoyment of romance into her romance novels and sold many copies as a result. She always loved the sweeping romantic classic novel Gone with the Wind. Her novel Loving Evangeline of the American Heroes series was adapted into a movie for television that came out in 1999. Howington and she writes under the pseudonym of Linda Howard. ![]() Linda Howard is an American author of fiction. ![]()
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Written in Red by Anne Bishop5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Mala Bhattacharjee, editor, RT Book Reviews “If you pick up one new urban fantasy book this year, make it Anne Bishop’s Written in Red.” This novel is one of the best reads of the year!” This description applies to everything in Anne Bishop’s newest book. Which Awarded Written in Red Its Seal of Excellence I marvel how she comes up with these ideas and makes it so real. I cannot say enough about this book, as well as Anne Bishop. “Fast-paced action, well-defined characters, and an imaginative story line make for a fine paranormal read.” “A gripping novel from start until finish. Aspiring fantasy authors could do no better than to follow her lead, and study her work to learn how to build a compelling story set in a seamlessly crafted universe.” ![]() “Bishop has a way of making your heart wrench with joy and pain within a breath.” “A stunningly original yarn, deeply imagined, beautifully articulated, and set forth in clean, limpid, sensual prose.” Written in Red isn’t just the best urban fantasy of the year-it may be one of the best ever.” ![]()
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False gods graham mcneill5/24/2023 ![]() Issue 16: Faith & Fire by James Swallow (76) Issue 14: Helsreach by Aaron Dembski-Bowden (41) Issue 13: Storm of Iron by Graham McNeill (64) Issue 12: Architect of Fate – Sarah Cawkwell, Darius Hinks, Ben Counter & John French (61) Issue 11: Mechanicum by Graham McNeill (53) Issue 9: Angels of Darkness by Gav Thorpe (30) ![]() Issue 8: First and Only by Dan Abnett (45) Issue 7: Blood of Asaheim by Chris Wraight (24) Issue 6: Crossfire by Matthew Farrer (78) Issue 4: Fifteen Hours by Mitchel Scanlon (49) Issue 3: Warriors of Ultramar by Graham McNeill(10) Issue 1: The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden (01) ![]() So without further ado, here’s the list…it’s going to be long! If there’s anything else to add, I’ll either add it here or provide links out. There’s a list below of which book corresponds to which issue of the collection, along with that book’s spine number – strangely enough the spines don’t use the same order, so for instance while issue 1 has 01 on the spine, issue 2 actually has 69. I’ll keep posting about the new titles as much as I can, but I also wanted to have a single place where I can link out to individual posts and also keep track of which books have been released as part of the series. ![]() On this very blog I’ve posted a few times (so far) about the collection, looking at the standard of production and the choice of titles – I’ve even run a competition which gave one lucky fan the chance to win a full subscription to the collection. ![]()
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Pandeymonium5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Xavier's School, Jaipur and obtained his master's from St. Born in Jaipur, India, Pandey did his schooling from St. Piyush Pandey, sixty, is the executive Chairman and Creative Director for Ogilvy & Mather India and South Asia and the winner of over 600 awards for advertising from all over the world. ![]() Lucid, inspiring and unputdownable, this memoir gives you an inside peek into the mind and creative genius of the man who defines advertising in India In Pandeymonium, Piyush talks about his influences, right from his childhood in Jaipur and being a Ranji cricketer, to his philosophy, failures and lessons in advertising in particular and life in general. That ability combined with his love, passion and understanding of advertising and of consumers make him the master storyteller that he is. What makes Piyush different is the perspective from which he views the same things you've seen, his ability to store all that he sees into some recesses of his brain and then retrieve them at short notice when he needs to. You've seen cobblers, carpenters, cricketers, trains, villages, towns and cities. You've seen most of the things that Piyush Pandey has seen in his life. ![]()
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House to House by David Bellavia5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() He observed an enemy insurgent preparing to launch a rocket-propelled grenade at his platoon. Staff Sergeant Bellavia then re-entered the house and again came under intense enemy fire. A Bradley Fighting Vehicle was brought forward to suppress the enemy however, due to high walls surrounding the house, it could not fire directly at the enemy position. With enemy rounds impacting around him, Staff Sergeant Bellavia fired at the enemy position at a cyclic rate, providing covering fire that allowed the squad to break contact and exit the house. Recognizing the immediate severity of the situation, and with disregard for his own safety, Staff Sergeant Bellavia retrieved an automatic weapon and entered the doorway of the house to engage the insurgents. ![]() ![]() While clearing a house, a squad from Staff Sergeant Bellavia’s platoon became trapped within a room by intense enemy fire coming from a fortified position under the stairs leading to the second floor. ![]() Bellavia distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on November 10, 2004, while serving as squad leader in support of Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah, Iraq. ![]()
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Kingkiller chronicles doors of stone5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() This issue came to my attention this week through a great video on the Captured in Words YouTube channel, which you can watch above. Where is the new The Doors of Stone chapter that Patrick Rothfuss promised? For instance, a while back Patrick Rothfuss promised his readers a brand new chapter from The Doors of Stone as a way to incentivize them to support his charity Worldbuilders…and more than a year later, he still hasn’t delivered it or updated fans in months as to why, even after the fundraising goals were met. That said, there are questions that remain open. Moreover, Rothfuss has been pretty open about how mental health and certain events in his life have affected his writing process. I firmly believe that authors should take as long they need to write a book that satisfies them. The Doors of Stone does not yet have a release date, and for my money that’s fine. Martin’s sixth A Song of Ice and Firenovel The Winds of Winter, few other books have inspired such a lasting sense of anticipation over the years. Over a decade later, and we’re still waiting on The Doors of Stone, the third and purportedly final book in the series. The second book in the author’s enormously popular Kingkiller Chronicleseries came out way back in 2011. ![]() Fans of Patrick Rothfuss are accustomed to waiting by now. ![]()
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Hawkeye omnibus vol 15/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two books sold: "The Last of the Independents," published in 2003 by AiT/Planet Lar, and "Casanova," published in 2006 by Image Comics.įraction traveled extensively on commercial shoots. "My mother was not happy about that," he said.īut that gig led Fraction and his co-workers to split off and launch MK12, a boutique graphic design and production firm in Kansas City that created the opening credits for the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace."īig break: While writing and directing live-action shoots at MK12, Fraction spent his spare time writing comics and pitching his books each year to publishers at Comic-Con. He stopped half a semester short of an art degree at Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998 to take a job as a Web designer and managing editor of a magazine about Internet culture. "I've always been story-driven, telling stories with pictures and words," he said.Įducation and first job: Fraction never graduated from college. invasion of Grenada and created his own newspaper to explain the event. "How he got started in comics: In 1983, when Fraction was 7 years old and growing up in Kansas City, Mo., he became fascinated by the U.S. ![]()
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Lilac reid5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Lilac is a contemporary reverse harem and standalone suitable for 18+. Somehow, I must resist the temptation of Houston Morrow, Loren James, and Jericho Noble.It seemed easy enough when I boarded their tour bus, but it only took one city for the lines we'd drawn to blur. But the biggest threat of all isn't a meticulous frontman, a narcissistic bassist, and a drummer with too many secrets. ![]() To succeed I have to survive a world tour, public scrutiny, and idols turned enemies. ![]() The label wants a new image, Bound wants me gone, but I've got my own agenda. It's no secret I wasn't their first choice. Jaded, gorgeous, and ridiculously talented-they're determined to turn my dream into a nightmare. From dive bars to the big stage, my instant claim to fame is nothing short of a fairytale. When Bound loses its lead guitarist, yours truly is chosen to fill his shoes. Or so the world keeps telling me.Every so often, gods walk the earth. I, Braxton Fawn, am the luckiest girl alive. ![]() |