![]() ![]() It has me crying in the first few chapters, laughing in the next and on the edge of my seat constantly and for me that’s the marker of an incredible read.”Īp– Finished 100% “I adored this book. And now her best friend’s life depends on it …Īp– page 189 59.06% “I have been in a reading slump for weeks and within the first few pages of picking this up I knew it was cured. If there’s one thing Alaska has taught Maddie, it’s how to survive. You might know this, if you ever replied to my letters.Īfter Maddie’s Secret Service dad takes a bullet for the president, he takes Maddie somewhere he thinks they’ll be safe – far away from the White House and the president’s son, Logan.īut when Logan comes to Alaska, so does the danger. You may think you can use just any kind of mud for mud masks, but trust me, you CAN’T! In a pinch, nothing starts a fire like nail polish remover. I bet you don’t know that a hair pin can make an excellent fishing hook. Someday I’m going to write a book: How Not to Die in Alaska – A Girl’s Guide to Fashionable Survival. ![]() ![]() Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Adventure ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() A companion to the groundbreaking PBS documentary series, this volume is a unique and timeless celebration of the blues, from writers and artists as esteemed and revered as the music that moved them.Įssays by David Halberstam, Hilton Als, Suzan-Lori Parks, Elmore Leonard, Luc Sante, John Edgar Wideman, and many others Timeless archival pieces by writers such as Stanley Booth, Paul Oliver, and Mack McCormick Evocative color illustrations and rare vintage photography Illuminating and in-depth conversations and portraits of musicians, ranging from Robert Johnson and Bessie Smith to John Lee Hooker and Eric Clapton Lyrics of legendary blues compositions Personal essays by the series directors Martin Scorsese, Charles Burnett, Richard Pearce, Wim Wenders, Marc Levin, Mike Figgis, and Clint Eastwood Excerpts from literary masters James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Eudora Welty, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and William FaulknerTracing the art form's path from juke joints, house parties, and recording studios to musicians such as Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles, Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues proves, in the words of Willie Dixon, "The blues are the roots every-thing else is the fruits. Last Train to Memphis takes us deep inside Elvis life, exploring his lifelong passion for music of every sort (from blues and gospel to Bing Crosby and Mario. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gould’s purpose is to debunk biological determinism, and most especially, to discredit the idea that intelligence can be represented as a single entity, a number, which can be used to rank individuals and groups. ![]() The potential misuse of Gould’s arguments ironically emphasizes one of his major themes, which is the appropriation of allegedly scientific ideas to meet the requirements of a particular political climate and to reinforce fashionable dogma. At a time when the National Education Association and Ralph Nader, among others, are allied in a campaign to ban standardized tests, a history which portrays the racism of the forefathers of testing offers a useful weapon in the ideological battle. Since mental tests of all varieties have been under attack for more than a decade, it is scarcely surprising that Stephen Jay Gould’s The Mismeasure of Man has been received in some quarters as a devastating critique of testing. ![]() ![]() Written as a fictional memoir (including a fictional “translator’s note” at the beginning), the book tells the extraordinary story of one woman’s life as a geisha.Ĭhiyo, a pretty grey-eyed child, is born into an impoverished fishing family living in a village on the coast of the Sea of Japan. For some inexplicable reason, both have passed me by. ![]() It has even been turned into a Hollywood film. ![]() Remember that project I set myself at the start of the year, the one in which I read at least a dozen books from my TBR that are listed in Peter Boxall’s 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die? Well, this is book four (I’m woefully behind) - and what a mixed bag it turned out to be.Īrthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha seems to be one of those novels that everyone has read. Fiction – paperback Vintage 497 pages 2005. ![]() ![]() Here they are 17 years later and Ford still wants Tara with a strong passion. They decided that they weren’t prepared for a child and that they needed to provide the child with the best upbringing they could which meant they would give her up for adoption. Tara and Ford had a summer relationship when they were just 17 which resulted in a baby. Take one uptight, controlling woman and put her into the hands of a laid-back, go with the flow sailor and what do you have? Sparks that fly right off the page. If she’s lucky, she might just find that everything her heart desires is right here in Lucky Harbor. Now Tara must confront her past and discover what she really wants. And when her ex wants Tara back, three is a crowd she can’t control-especially when her deepest secret reappears out of the blue. As Tara helps her two sisters get their newly renovated inn up and running, she finally has a chance to get things under control and come up with a new plan for her life.īut a certain tanned, green-eyed sailor has his own ideas, such as keeping Tara hot, bothered. Yet with her life doing a major crash-and-burn, anywhere away from her unfulfilled dreams and sexy ex-husband will do. Tara has a thousand good reasons not to return to the little coastal town of Lucky Harbor, Washington. Tracy’s review of The Sweetest Thing (Lucky Harbor #2) by Jill Shalvis. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was a lively hostess and put on great parties at the White House. Later, he became the Secretary of State for his friend Thomas Jefferson. During that time he helped the Bill of Rights get passed into law, protecting the basic rights of citizens. ![]() Madison served four terms in the United States Congress. These papers described the benefits of a strong and united federal government. James Madison wrote many essays called the Federalist Papers to help convince states to ratify the Constitution and join the United States. ![]() The idea of a federal government was new to some states and many people were unsure if they wanted to join the United States. Although the original intent of the convention was to update the Articles of Confederation, Madison led the charge to develop a full constitution and create the US federal government. Here he became an influential member and worked hard to keep the states united against the British.Īfter the Revolutionary War was over, Madison took a lead role at the Philadelphia Convention. In 1780, Madison became a member of the Continental Congress. ![]() ![]() Once the company burned through its fundraising capital and slowed down on marketing, sales began falling in 2014 and continued to drop. ![]() In Nasty Gal’s case, the inability to hold on to customers led to what’s called “a leaky bucket” situation, analysts said. “If you spend $50 on marketing to get a customer to buy something and they only buy once from you, you are probably not making money.” “You end up spending money via marketing online like banner ads (or paying) influencers,” said Ari Bloom, chief executive of Avametric, a fashion software company in San Francisco, and an investor in fashion startups. ![]() It’s a strategy that only pays off in the long-run if one-time buyers become loyal shoppers. ![]() (In a stark example of appearance versus reality, Forbes magazine predicted that its 2015 sales would top $300 million).Īnalysts said that Nasty Gal’s rapid growth was fueled by heavy spending in advertising and marketing. ![]() But it wasn’t long before sales started dropping - to $85 million in 2014, and then $77 million in 2015, according to bankruptcy documents. ![]() ![]() ![]() I write blogs and articles for websites, I have clients for whom I write and edit in places as different as Vietnam and Australia and I finally have the chance to write book length fiction and non-fiction. My wife (who, unlike my father, has always supported my desire to write) and I have been able to spend several years travelling the world and living and working in some delightful places including Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Italy before settling in Spain.Īnd now, finally, I can develop the career I always wanted - as a writer. My two children have finished University and are becoming frighteningly grown-up. ![]() ![]() I was lucky - I was able to find writing jobs with magazines at first and later with web-sites and they kept me happy when most of my proper jobs simply made me tired. But all the time, I secretly still wanted to be a writer. Or several of them, because I never did find a career that fully engaged my attention. You'll be needing a proper job.'Īnd he was of course entirely right. He thought for a moment before replying: 'Don't be an idiot, boy. When I was around twelve years old, I decided to share some important information with my father: I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. ![]() ![]() Then, Ella makes a dramatic discovery - she and Holden were best friends as children. When she catches Holden listening to her rehearse for the school play, she is drawn to him. A cheerleader and star of the high-school drama production, her life seems perfect. ![]() Every day he is bullied at school by kids who only see that he is very different.Įlla Reynolds is part of the in-crowd. ![]() But Holden is an 18-year-old with autism. ![]() Best-selling author Karen Kingsbury reminds us that before you take a stand, you’ve got to take a chance.ĭespite his quiet ways and quirky behaviors, Holden is very happy and socially engaged - on the inside, in a private world all his own. ![]() ![]() ![]() There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. ![]() In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. "Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are."īeloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. ![]() |