![]() The series continues with Spider Lake, winner of the Midwest Book Awards, Independent Publisher Book Awards, and Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and Bough Cutter.Ĭ. Figure Eight, the first book in the series, was a winner of the Midwest Book Awards. Danger awaits-along with the truth behind his uncle’s death.Īward-winning author Jeff Nania draws upon careers in law enforcement, conservation, and a passion for our natural resources in his best-selling Northern Lakes Mystery series that keeps listeners wondering who is on the right side of the law in the small town of Musky Falls. ![]() ![]() As former police officer John Cabrelli struggles in the wake of a career-ending event, he retreats to his late uncle’s lakeside cabin in Wisconsin…but it’s far from the peaceful refuge he expects. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Her brazen independence is enough to drive Rio crazy…with desire. New York Timesbestselling author Francis Ray turns up the heat in All That I Desire, a sizzling Grayson Friends novel about a womans life. But when a mysterious stranger enters the picture-and puts Skylar’s life in danger-Rio attempts to protect her…only to be told, in no uncertain terms, that Skylar is capable of taking care of herself. Though he’s not blind to Skylar’s beauty, Rio is nothing if not professional-and he refuses to make a move. ![]() When Skylar starts planning a huge charity auction at the resort, it’s Rio’s job to keep an eye on the prized art she collects from donors. He’s the sexiest, most striking man she’s ever met. It’s all that Skylar’s ever desired-until she sees Rio Sanchez, the resort’s head of security and Blade Navarone’s own personal bodyguard. Defying her family and leaving law school, she’s landed her dream job as an event director at the prestigious Navarone Resorts and Spas in Arizona. Nothing can stop a woman like Skylar Dupree once she makes up her mind. New York Times bestselling author Francis Ray turns up the heat in this sizzling Grayson Friends novel about a woman’s life, liberty…and pursuit of passion. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Diana was very concerned about her safety. Morton told Insider that these events did happen, however, they were more dramatic in real life. After she died in 1997, Morton released a revised version of the book, "Diana: Her True Story - In Her Own Words," and for the first time admitted that the biography had been created with full cooperation from the princess.Įlizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in "The Crown." Netflix/The Crown Morton wrote the 1992 biography, "Diana: Her True Story," which shared details of the princess' unhappy marriage to Charles, his affair with Camilla, as well as Diana's struggles with her mental health.ĭiana was secretly involved with the creation of the book, and in 1991 she sent audio tapes to Morton that had intimate details about her life for him to use. Princess Diana's biographer, Andrew Morton, said the events that inspired the fifth season of "The Crown" were far more dramatic in real life. ![]() Morton told Insider that the experience was more dramatic in real life. ![]() Morton and Diana worked together on her biography in secret through audio tape recordings. ![]() Princess Diana's biographer, Andrew Morton, is featured in the fifth season of "The Crown." Netflix/The Crown, Tim Graham Photo Library/Getty Images Elizabeth Debicki wearing a red balloon sweater in "The Crown," left, and Princess Diana in 1988, right. ![]() ![]() Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper, C. A very good copy in good, unclipped jacket. Extremities very lightly rubbed, endpapers browned, contents clean dust jacket toned, a couple of short closed tears to front panel, a few marks to rear panel, tiny chips to extremities. A Grief Observed is about her death and Lewis's loss. Davidman died of cancer four years after their marriage, leaving Lewis completely bereft. With dust jacket.Ĭontemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Lewis (Novem November 22, 1963) married American writer Joy Davidman, the lately-discovered love of his life. It talks of the beauty of when you love someone deeply, you will grieve them. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Lewiss story of loving and grieving the death of his wife, Joy. After his death in 1963, Faber and Faber reprinted the book under Lewis's own name. ![]() when it came out, Lewis does not seem to have sent copies to friends, and never alluded to it" (Green & Hooper, p. The whole experience is told with almost unbearable poignancy in A Grief Observed, a collection of almost daily thoughts and attempts at self-analysis jotted down during the first few months after her death. "With whatever thoughts Lewis had entered into marriage with Joy Davidman, her loss, however much expected, when it came was shattering. ![]() ![]() ![]() First edition, first impression, of the author's reflections on the death of his wife Joy Davidman, which he chose to publish under a pseudonym. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vance breaks down Musk’s process of creating Zip2, X.com (later known as PayPal), SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Published in 2015, this biography will interest anyone who wants to learn about Musk, his entrepreneurial mindsets, or industries with the potential to change the future. Despite facing challenges and public doubt, Musk changed three major industries and became a billionaire in the process.Īfter spending almost 50 hours interviewing Musk, Vance presents unique insight into the life of one of this generation’s most innovative entrepreneurs, as well as the difficult process of building multiple successful companies. ![]() ![]() He describes an entrepreneur who is driven by big goals and personal interests, not trends or get-rich-quick schemes. In Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance, technology journalist Ashlee Vance describes the life and career of entrepreneur, innovator, and billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla. In Musk’s biography, author Ashlee Vance discusses the personal life, business ventures, and management styles of the billionaire.Ĭontinue reading to learn more about Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance. What is Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance about? What aspects of Musk’s life does Vance cover?Įlon Musk went from a bullied schoolboy in South Africa, to an entrepreneur during the dot com bubble, to the richest man on Earth. Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries and analyses of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform book guide to "Elon Musk" by Ashlee Vance. ![]() ![]() ![]() See-Saw is also busy in prep on another major Apple TV project - period drama The Essex Serpent, production on which has been slightly delayed following Keira Knightley’s departure from the project. Dead Lions was the second in a run of six it won the Crime Writers' Association 2013 Gold Dagger award when it was published in 2013. Slow Horses was published in 2010, and was the start of a spy series by Herron called Slough House, about M15 agents exiled from the mainstream. See-Saw Films is making the drama, which has been adapted as 12 x 60 episodes by Will Smith the series is based on Herron's books Slow Horses and Dead Lions. Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, a brilliant but exiled intelligence officer who ends up in M15's 'dumping ground' department, due to career-ending mistakes. There they are set such tedious, mind-numbing tasks it’s hoped they will be fed-up enough to quit. Slough House is where the spook screw-ups from MI5 who, for some reason or other, can’t be sacked, are sent. ![]() Slow Horses, a hefty new drama for Apple adapted from the books by Mick Herron, begins filming in London this week starring Gary Oldman. Dead Lions is the second novel in the Slough House series by British author, Mick Herron. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a time of major upheaval over apartheid, and he had been invited by the National Union of African Students.īobby Kennedy took to the podium at the University of Capetown and delivered what many historians say is one of his greatest speeches:Įach time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. (Dick Strobel/AP File) This article is more than 6 years old.įifty years ago, then-Sen. A moment later he turned into a hotel kitchen corridor and was critically wounded. Kennedy speaking at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, following his victory in the California primary election. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I grew up hearing “True Grit” read aloud to me by my mother and my grandmother and even my great-grandmother. I’m often asked how I came to record another author’s book most simply, the answer is voice. ![]() I’ve loved his work all my life - “The Dog of the South” is a family favorite, as is “Masters of Atlantis” - though the work closest to me is “True Grit,” which I recorded as an audiobook a number of years ago. And yet almost everything out of his mouth was dry, new and pungently funny. His puzzlement at the 21st-century world in which he found himself was deep and unfeigned. He was blunt and unpretentious, wholly without conceit. The surprise, if anything, was how closely his personality tallied with his work. It is likely no surprise to readers who love the novels of Charles Portis that everything delightful about his books was delightful about him as a person. ![]() ![]() ![]() But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know.Įxotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing - not even a smear of blood - to show that a boy has died. When 15-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder - much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. You can see a variety of the international covers for the books here. ![]() ![]() Discover this first installment of the internationally best-selling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” ( Entertainment Weekly). The Mortal Instruments Archives - Cassandra Clare Cassandra Clare New York Times Bestselling Author of The Mortal Instruments The Mortal Instruments The Mortal Instruments series has been translated into over 34 languages. ![]() Don’t miss The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, now a major motion picture. ![]() ![]() etina (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) Español (es).
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