![]() Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn't take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn't going to cut it. Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes. ![]() If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he's all for it. Brief Summary of The Deal by Elle Kennedy eBook. She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy.Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. If she wants to get her crush's attention, she'll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice, even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.Īll Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he's worked so hard for. ![]() ![]() But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy. ![]()
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![]() I could have done with a bit more action, and perhaps some more mild peril, in some of the chapters and I found myself being sceptical towards the end. It’s also about facing your fears, friendship and believing in yourself told with lots of humour and lovely dialogue. This book was an incredibly sweet, well-written story about a mouse girl who finds a way to stand up to bullies and weird boys with glasses and get muddy at the same time. Maybe I should just start reading synopses and stop throwing myself into books like.um, a literary bull in a library. I seem to say this a lot but this book was not what I was expecting. "It’s easier to believe in things after dark." ![]() ![]() Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Moby-Duck The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanograp hers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in. ![]() In the grand tradition of Tony Horwitz and David Quammen, Moby-Duck is a compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity. Read reviews and buy Moby-Duck - by Donovan Hohn (Paperback) at Target. With each new discovery, Hohn learns of another loose thread, and with each successive chase, he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from and where it goes. Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable. Hohn's accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy world of Chinese toy factories. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable. ![]() Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth. ![]() ![]() ![]() I can only say that when I sat down to begin to write about the things in the book, they sort of floated up in my imagination in various images and fragments. Lowry: Oh, that’s an interesting question. But she dares not join them, and she isn’t invited to. In one particularly affecting recollection, Lowry describes herself as a young girl, watching through a fence as Japanese children play. Then, she turns to her own life, and the guilt she felt as a child living in Tokyo in the aftermath of the war. ![]() ![]() With vignettes about those who lost their lives-from sailors aboard the USS Arizona to civilians in Hiroshima-Lowry asks young readers to empathize with people on all sides of the conflict. The book-in-verse, with illustrations by Kenard Pak, draws from historical research and Lowry’s own memories of growing up in Honolulu and Japan while her father was an officer in the U.S. On April 7, Lowry will publish her latest book, On the Horizon, a collection of reflections on World War II. The Giver, her dystopian YA novel published in 1993, is a staple of both middle school curricula and banned book lists-the perennially relevant story is about a 12-year-old boy who learns that the government of his seemingly utopian society uses euthanasia to keep its citizens in check. The two-time Newbery Medalist has written some 40 books for kids and young adults, including classics like Number the Stars and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. during the past four decades without being exposed to the work of Lois Lowry. It’s hard to imagine coming of age in the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. ![]() It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. O ne of The Year's Best Books ( People, EW, Lithub, Vox, Washington Post, and more) We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us. Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. ![]() A young boy is haunted by a voice in his head in this acclaimed, bestselling epic of literary horror from the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. ![]() ![]() His major career breakthrough came in 1983, when he was hired by DC Comics, the most prominent American comic company, to reinvent The Saga of the Swamp Thing, an old, unpopular comic strip. He became known as a quick and creative writer with a strong visual sense, and all in all, he wrote more than 50 stories for 2000AD. Moore worked as a freelance comic strip writer, often writing stories for other people’s characters. In 1980, he finally succeeded in selling an idea for a comic strip in 2000AD. ![]() It was Moore’s dream to write for 2000AD, the most prestigious comic magazine in Britain at the time. It was during this period that Moore married his wife, Phyllis, and had a child, Leah. For the next five years, Moore earned less than 50 pounds a week. He didn’t begin writing and illustrating comic books full-time until 1978, when he sent his first cartoons to the music magazine NME. ![]() Following his expulsion, Moore worked a number of odd jobs, including toilet cleaning and tanning. It was also around this time that Moore began experimenting with drugs like LSD, and in 1970 he was expelled from his college (the English counterpart to American high school) for drug use. As a teenager, he began sending in poems and essays to local newspapers. ![]() He was a voracious reader as a child, and showed a talent for drawing and writing. ![]() Alan Moore was raised in an impoverished part of the United Kingdom. ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. And one hysterically funny girl is savoring Gideon's every thought. It's all incredibly confusing and intoxicating. On the other hand, Gideon actually likes Molly. Hooking up with Molly might be possible, but winning Pilar would be legendary. Gideon is torn-he wants to prove himself, but he also wants Pilar Benitez-Jones, the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. They terrorize Gideon as they initiate him with a bet over Gid's borderline virginity, and the feisty, sexy Molly McGarry. Gideon's more than a little out of his league at Midvale, especially compared to Cullen and Nicholas, his charming but morally ambiguous roommates. The narrator of Sarah Miller's Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn can, and she tells us the story of her beloved Gid, an adorably clueless boy who flukes his way into one of the fanciest New England prep schools. ![]() ![]() What if you could get inside the head of the boy you love? Hear his every thought.? Know his every dream.? Listen in on his every fantasy.? ![]() ![]() What is Abrahamic House?Ībrahamic House is a multi-faith co-living and co-creating space to learn, share, pray, celebrate, connect, and serve. Abrahamic House fellows hail from Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Baha’i faiths, with a diversity of cultural and religious practices. The board of Abrahamic House is comprised of diverse leaders in the faith, peace, justice, and entrepreneurship fields. Mohammed remains committed to the exchange and education of core values that define our religious traditions and hopes to advance this work through Abrahamic House. The work that Mohammed began in Yemen is far from finished. Mohammed’s journey ultimately saved his life, when, in 2015, four American strangers–Jewish, Christian, and Muslim–helped rescue him from militant groups in Yemen. A critical powerful encounter with a teacher challenged him to learn about the Bible and Judaism, rerouting him from a path of likely violence toward global interfaith activism. ![]() Mohammed’s personal journey, from war-torn Yemen to the United States, led him from harboring a deep suspicion of other faiths to becoming a world-renowned peace advocate. Abrahamic House A 501(c)(3) organization is the brainchild of Mohammed Al Samawi, author of The Fox Hunt, his autobiography. ![]() ![]() In December of that year, Theo and Kathryn went to leave together. The next day, Theo broke up with Marianne. That night, Theo and Kathryn slept together. In a pub, Theo Faber met his wife, Kathryn Faber, when he was dating Marianne. Upon being confronted with this, Theo is relieved. He believes smoking is an “unresolved addiction-one that any decent therapist should have worked through and overcome.”īy the end of The Silent Patient, Chief Inspector Steven Allen found out that Theo had murdered Gabriel Berenson. Theo smokes tobacco and marijuana, but he does so secretly. After that, he began to do therapy with Ruth, a psychotherapist. AdulthoodĪs an adult, Theo Faber had internalized his father’s abuse, so Theo believed he was “worthless, shameful, a failure.” At the age of eighteen, because of his troubled childhood, he decided to leave his home to study psychology at a university.ĭuring the first semester of his degree in psychology, he tried to kill himself. Theo was born in Surrey, England, to a mentally ill mother and an abusive father.Īs a forty-two-year-old forensic psychotherapist who worked for the Grove, Theo lived in London with his wife, Kathryn Faber. ![]() ![]() ![]() Both books were written by Alex Michaelides. Theo Faber is one of the protagonists in The Silent Patient and one of the characters in The Maidens. ![]() |