5/30/2023 0 Comments Wallace the brave by will henry![]() Wallace displayed intellectual curiosity about a wide array of subjects, including statistics and economics, and explored various religious and spiritual movements, including Theosophy. ![]() He also founded the Hi-Bred Corn Company, a hybrid corn company that became extremely successful. After graduating from Iowa State University in 1910, he worked as a writer and editor for his family's farm journal, Wallaces' Farmer. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. He was the nominee of the new Progressive Party in the 1948 presidential election. Secretary of Agriculture and the 10th U.S. Henry Agard Wallace (Octo– November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, under President Franklin D. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Hummingbird salamander review![]() The threats come from all around, and time is running out-for Jane and possibly for the world. Profiteering wildlife smugglers an amoral energy company an extremist’s apocalyptic vision. She was, Jane learns, a reputed ecoterrorist. ![]() The author of the mysterious note-Jane’s only real lead-is already dead. She is being followed, her home surveilled, her family in peril. Jane has set in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control. The key leads her to a pair of taxidermied animals, a hummingbird and a salamander, which turn out to be two of the most endangered creatures on earth. ![]() “Jane Smith”-not her real name-receives an envelope that contains a note from a woman she doesn’t know and a key to an anonymous storage unit. From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the possible end of all things. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Chatter by Ethan Kross![]() ![]() It allows us to function in the world, achieve goals, create, connect, and define who we are in wonderful ways. So is our inner voice an asset or a liability? Inner voice is far from a curse of our evolution. Your mood is defined not by what you did but by what you thought about. You’re in a situation in which you should be happy (spending time with friends, say, or celebrating an accomplishment), but a ruminative thought swallows your mind. What people are thinking about turns out to be a better predictor of their happiness than what they are actually doing. The scientists found that inner experiences consistently dwarf outer ones. Kindle | Hardcover | Audiobook Why We Talk to Ourselves ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Dirty pleasures by meghan march![]() ![]() So, they're having problems isn't really that much of a surprise, and there's a part of me that's actually glad that they're having these challenges in their marriage, because then, it feels more real and not the other usual fairy tale-like stories. The fact is, these two don't know each other all that well, and they end up making assumptions and seriously need to work on their communication skills outside of the bedroom. Country singer and songwriter Holly Wix hasn't been married to billionaire Creighton Karas that long, but they're already having issues, though more on Holly's part than Creighton's, if I'm being honest here. ![]() Dirty Pleasures is the second book in bestselling author Meghan March's erotic romance series entitled Dirty Billionaire and picks up right after the events of the first book that shares the same title as the series. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The war of two queens release![]() Not if she has any hope of building a future where both kingdoms can reside in peace. With the strength of the Primal of Life’s guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince the Atlantian generals to make war her way-because there can be no retreat this time. Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable. ![]() Armentroutīuy on Amazon*, Buy on B&N, Buy on Book DepositoryĬasteel Da’Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could’ve prepared for the staggering revelations. ![]() This is book four in the Blood and Ash series and I couldn’t be more excited about this read. ![]() Today I’m super excited to share the Release Blitz of ‘The War of Two Queens’ by Jennifer L. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dickens had read in the newspapers about the infamous Yorkshire schools. The novel was born, however, from Dickens’s journalistic instinct. The two novels that followed,The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, are characterized by critics as having the quality of stories stitched together, as literary rather than journalistic ‘‘sketches.’’ Nicholas Nickleby would change that pattern. (He was only twenty-six when Nicholas Nickleby was published in 1838.) A collection of his journalistic pieces from London newspapers, Sketches by Boz, had been published to enormous acclaim two years earlier. This latter point is important because Nicholas Nickleby marked an important turning point for Dickens, the definitive fork in the road at which he became a writer of fiction rather than journalism, and thereby changed the face of literature forever.ĭickens had been a successful journalist in his so far rather short writing career. Nicholas Nickleby was Charles Dickens’s third novel, after The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, and it is considered his first classic romantic novel. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The darling buds of may novel![]() ![]() ![]() I must admit at first I still found the over-use of "perfick" incredibly annoying and the way Pop rode rough-shod over other people's feelings and opinions and his disregard for the law, difficult to take, but the more I read I did start to warm to the characters. But as this novel is considered a classic, I put prejudices aside and set about reading it. I was very pleased to receive my first book to review for the Viking Book Club, however I was a little disappointed as I had never taken to the original TV series finding the characters irritating and difficult to identify with, so had not watched it. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Witchshadow![]() ![]() "A richly imagined magical world, ruthless politics, steamy romance, and characters who grab you and won't let go."-Cinda Williams Chima, New York Times bestselling author, on Truthwitch “A world you'll want to inhabit forever!”-Alexandra Bracken on Windwitch It’s so good it’s intimidating."-Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Red Queen Iseult could embrace this power and heal the land, but first she must choose on which side of the shadows her destiny will lie. ![]() And Vivia-rightful queen of Nubrevna-finds herself without a crown or home.Īs villains from legend reawaken across the Witchlands, only the mythical Cahr Awen can stop the gathering war. Meanwhile, the Bloodwitch Aeduan is beset by forces he cannot understand. ![]() And though Iseult has plans to save her friend, they will require her to summon magic more dangerous than anything she has ever faced before. For Iseult to stay alive, she must flee Cartorra while Safi remains. Iseult has found her heartsister Safi at last, but their reunion is brief. ![]() Susan Dennard's New York Times bestselling, young adult epic fantasy Witchlands series continues with Witchshadow, the story of the Threadwitch Iseult. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Backlash a thriller brad thor![]() ![]() They are highly prized intelligence agents, military operatives, and assassins. Today, men like these still strike from the shadows. ![]() They were fearless men of honor who have been known throughout history by different names: Spartan, Viking, Samurai. And once crossed, there was no crossing back. Their loyalty was to their families, their friends, and their kings. These men were considered part angel, part demon. "Raw emotion, nonstop action, and relentless pacing makes Backlash another one-night read from Brad Thor." - The Real Book Spy #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor is back with his most gripping thriller yet! In ancient texts, there are stories about men who struck from the shadows, seemingly beyond the reach of death itself. ![]() DVDs and Cds have been resurfaced and are guaranteed to play. All Books are in good readable condition. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Roberto & Me by Dan Gutman![]() Regardless, every lover of baseball should know about him.Īs a full disclosure, I was tempted to give this book a near-perfect rating because it was about Roberto Clemente. I wonder if part of the reason I knew about Clemente already (I like baseball but I don't know much about statistics or the history) was due to my Latina heritage? Clemente is a huge inspiration to many Latino baseball players and I'm pretty sure the whole Latino community adores him. ![]() He knew a little, but not about his great humanitarian works or how he died. Thus, I was surprised that the main character of this book didn't know much about Clemente. He is all around amazing and every time I read about his plane crash, my heart breaks. ![]() ![]() I love the way his playing style is described (graceful, royal, etc.), I love his humility, I love that he broke down barriers for Latino players and most of all I love how much of a humanitarian he was. I've never watched him play and yet I love him. ![]() |