![]() ![]() If you have a taste for epic revenge and adventure stories, then this is for you. The book itself? It's a classic for a reason. It's an absolute joy to listen to him narrate the work with such talent for voices and accents, and it's really easy to follow along with what's happening since the voices are so distinct. Listen to the sample all the way until the end, and you'll hear that he expertly crafts a UNIQUE voice for EVERY character, and gives each character a vibrant portrayal. Now listen to THIS recording instead, by Bill Homewood. I assure you that nearly 50 hours of the same monotone voice, where every character blends together, is not the best way to experience the book. Most of the time you can't even hear the difference between him narrating the story or speaking a character's lines. ![]() Listen to the audio sample of that version, and you'll be treated to a monotone reading where -every-single-character-sounds-exactly-the-same. Now, at first glance, the John Lee version seems more energetic and might seem superior, but that's absolutely wrong. * This one by Naxos Audiobooks, released in 2011, narrated by Bill Homewood, and * Blackstone Audio's version, released in 2008, narrated by John Lee. ![]() ![]() There are two fantastic Unabridged recordings of this book on Audible. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When her family moves to California, her family life deteriorates with her father becoming more prone to depressive episodes and her mother busy pursuing professional goals. In her adolescence she showed an interest in science and medicine which later switched to psychology. Her father was creative and charismatic and her mother kind and yet resourceful. She recalls having a very happy childhood, and a supportive family. Jamison describes her childhood and early life as part of a military family and the effects that had on her life, including a very conservative upbringing and the need to make new friends after every relocation. in New York and reprinted by Vintage Books in paperback in 1997. The book was originally published in hardcover by Alfred A. Narrated in the first person, the book shows the effect of manic-depressive illness in family and romantic relationships, professional life, and self-awareness, and highlights both the detrimental effects of the illness and the few positive ones. The book details Jamison's experience with bipolar disorder and how it affected her in various areas of her life from childhood up until the writing of the book. 1995 memoir by Kay Redfield Jamison An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madnessĪn Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness is a memoir written by American clinical psychologist and bipolar disorder researcher Kay Redfield Jamison and published in 1995. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even if it will mean letting the demon inside him rise and wreak the havoc it was created to make. ![]() He won’t allow anyone to take her from him. He’ll have her, and he’ll keep her safe from the threat that looms over her. The next sizzling paranormal romance in Suzanne Wrights globally bestselling The Dark in You series Falling in love can be a nightmare. Shes an imp, so getting under peoples skin is basically her job description, but Khloe makes him - and his body - respond in ways hes never known. Knox is used to getting what he wants, and he wants Harper. Since Keenans traumatic childhood hes made sure hes always in control. Unpredictable, elusive, and complex, she draws Knox and his inner demon like nothing ever has. ![]() Harper does neither, which unexpectedly amuses him. He’s also used to people fearing and obeying him. And when an unknown danger starts closing in on Harper, it seems that Knox is the only one who can keep her safe.Īs Prime of his Las Vegas lair and a successful businessman, Knox Thorne is used to being in control. No one seems to know what breed of demon Knox is, only that he’s more dangerous than anything she’s ever before encountered. She’s not so sure she wants either of those things. The billionaire also wants Harper in his bed. Compelling, full of secrets and armed with raw sexuality, Knox Thorne is determined to claim her as his anchor, creating a psychic bond that will prevent their inner demons from ever turning rogue. That changes overnight when she discovers that her psychic mate, or ‘anchor’, is a guy who’s rumored to be the most powerful demon in existence. ![]() Part of a small demon lair in North Las Vegas, tattooist Harper Wallis lives a pretty simple life. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Duty & Devotion by Tere Michaels![]() ![]() ![]() Jealous and uncomfortable with imagining their brief affair, Evan struggles to come to terms with what being in a committed relationship with a man means, and the implications about his love for his deceased wife, the impact on his children, and how other people will view him. The continued friendship between Matt and Jim is a thorn in Evan's side. ![]() Trying to juggle his evolving relationship with Evan and his children, Matt turns to his friend, former Seattle Homicide Detective Jim Shea. As life settles down into a routine, Matt finds happiness in his role as the ideal househusband of Queens, New York, but he worries about Evan's continued workaholic-and emotionally avoidant-ways. Faith, Love, & Devotion: Book Three A year after deciding to share their lives, Matt and Evan are working on their happily ever after-which isn't as easy as it looks. ![]() ![]() ![]() But now, I at least had the mediocre confidence of having an internship under my belt, of being hired on part time as the team’s Public Relations Assistant Coordinator. ![]() This time last year, I had been an anxious mess - not that I didn’t still shake like a leaf any time I tried to order a six-foot-three football player around. Fall was whispering on the cool breeze, the faint scent of apples and fresh turf promising another exciting year for the NBU Rebels. The summer sun was high and bright in the sky, warm on my skin as I bounced across the North Boston University football field with my iPad in tow, checking off the list of players I needed to pull over for interviews after the first day of fall camp. It was on the most beautiful day that I fell victim to Clay Johnson’s post-breakup meltdown. Blind Side is now live and in Kindle Unlimited. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Safran tree![]() The book has a broad appeal: to both literary audiences, intrigued by Safran Foer's new way of writing and to design and art audiences who will revel in the book's remarkable and unique visual experience. Jonathan Safran Foers Tree of Codes features an unconventional way of storytelling by way of die-cutting an existing story. As one character's life is chased to extinction, Safran Foer multi-layers the story with immense, anxious, at times disorientating imagery, crossing both a sense of time and place, making the story of one person's last day everyone's story. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Tree of Codes is the story of 'an enormous last day of life'. Jacob Safran Historical records and family trees related to Jacob Safran. Inspired to exhume a new story from an existing text, Jonathan Safran Foer has taken his favourite book, The Street of Crocodiles by Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz and used it as a canvas, cutting into and out of the pages, to arrive at an original new story told in Safran Foer's own acclaimed voice. ![]() The villa has its own pool and charming gardens. Initially deemed impossible to make, the book is a first - as much a sculptural object as it is a work of masterful storytelling. A recently refurbished 5-bedroom detached villa located along the Kalamar Road. With a different die-cut on every page, Tree of Codes explores previously unchartered literary territory. ![]() Tree of Codes, is a haunting new story by best-selling American writer, Jonathan Safran Foer. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Artist glenn brown![]() ![]() ![]() I think the way I paint is quite different now. GB: The sensation I often get when looking at earlier work is that I don’t think that I could paint like that now. MG: When looking at an early work like Decline and Fall, how has it changed over time for you? Does it seem different from your work now? What emerges is a representation of the artist’s personality in keeping with the spirit of the exhibition. The artist generally prefers written interviews but graciously agreed to this informal conversation in which he discusses his work ‘Decline and Fall’. Its always one of the most exciting things when looking at the painting to try and animate the way the artist made them and the way their hand was moving whilst doing it.”Ī conversation between Glenn Brown and Mardee Goff, one of the curators of ‘Portrait of the Artist As…’ recorded at Brown’s studio in East London on 7 June 2012. 1995 “I will spend ages in front of an original and study they way the brush marks are made. Decline and Fall, Oil & canvas on board, 58.4 x 54.6 cm. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The radetzky march book![]() Michael Hofmann's dazzling translations have secured a place for Roth, that peerless celebrant and satirist of the dying Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the affections of an army of Anglophone readers - Boyd Tonkin * Independent *Ī heartfelt evocation of an Empire in which he discernedvirtues that outweighed all the burdens of a mindless officialdom. Roth weds epic sweep and scope to irony, pathos and keen wit, sustained across glorious set-pieces. If you have yet to experience Roth, begin here, and then read everything * Irish Times * The Radetzky March is a dark, disturbing novel of eccentric beauty. I re-read this book every two or three years, captivated anew by its low-key melancholia and its wry take on the human predicament - William Boyd * Mail on Sunday * ![]() I can't recommend it highly enough - Jeremy Paxman Timeless, humane, tragic - Philippe Sandsįor sheer, epic sweep, I love reading The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, set in imperial Vienna. One of the greatest novels ever written, Joseph Roth tells us who we are, and what we might yet become. ![]() ![]() She is now working on a biography of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. ![]() Her last historical biography, Elizabeth of York, was Britain's second best-selling historical biography in 2013. Four of them have been chosen as Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. Her books have sold more than 2.7 million copies worldwide. ![]() Alison has also written five historical novels, the latest of which, The Marriage Game, was published in 2014. She has since written fifteen other history books, including The Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Princes in the Tower, Lancaster and York, Children of England, Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry VIII: King and Court, Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley, Katherine Swynford and The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn. She had a career in the Civil Service before her first book, Britain`s Royal Families, came out in 1989. Alison Weir is the best-selling female historian in the United Kingdom since records began in 1997. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright![]() He graduated from Columbia College in Chicago. Kibblesmith, 33, works in New York as a staff writer for “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” He is also an author of “How To Win At Everything: Even Things You Can’t or Shouldn’t Try to Win At.” His next book, “Santa’s Husband,” is to be published in October. Her mother, who worked in Houston, retired as a vice president of ExxonMobil. The bride’s father retired as a vice chairman of BMO Capital Markets in Chicago. She is the daughter of Kathleen Wright and Thomas C. (2017) ISBN 10: 1627797467 ISBN 13: 9781627797467 New Hardcover Quantity: 1 Seller: Wizard Books (Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. ![]() She is also the author of “Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them,” and “It Ended Badly: 13 of the Worst Breakups In History.” She graduated from St. Get Well Soon: Historys Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them Wright, Jennifer Published by Henry Holt and Co. ![]() Wright, 31, is an author whose coming book, “Killer Fashion: Poisonous Petticoats, Strangulating Scarves, and Other Deadly Garments,” is to be published in November by Andrews McMeel Publishing. Christopher Shelley, a minister of the Universal Brotherhood Movement, officiated. ![]() 26 at Gallow Green, a rooftop lounge at the McKittrick Hotel in New York. ![]() Jennifer Ashley Wright and Daniel Jordan Kibblesmith were married Aug. ![]() |