Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it.īut even as Kaz races to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident reveals that not everyone involved is quite who they were thought to be. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras “Kaz” Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Three astronauts in a tiny spaceship, a quarter million miles from home. An exceptional debut thriller and “exciting journey” into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race from New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield (Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary).ġ973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon.
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I told myself I had only pure intentions this time. I rationalized that I just wanted to confirm it was really her, to see her up close … make certain she was okay and that she had a safe ride home. Two of them were putting their hands on her. Her girlfriends appeared equally inebriated. Maybe that’s what made her so attractive? Or maybe I was just a masochist. More times than was probably healthy given the fact she was strictly off-limits. Yet she still displayed an enviable natural rhythm out on the dance floor-with that barely clothed, to-die-for body that I had found myself jerking off to in memory on more than one occasion over the past ten years. I nodded in acknowledgement, but my feet were rooted to the cement floor of the club, my eyes transfixed by the gyrating blonde, as I tried to determine if I was seeing things. In the desolate extremes of the Arctic, their resolve, their strength, and even their love is tested, pushed to the absolute limits as choices must be made: choices that pit the fate of the world against the love in their hearts, and the loves of their life.Īs the world crumbles around them, Jack and Ethan find themselves waging a war on two fronts-against an enemy they can see, and another, hiding within their ranks. Outnumbered, outmaneuvered, and outgunned, Jack, Ethan, Sergey, and the rest of the team struggle to put a stop to Madigan and his army. They piece together a desperate plan, hunting Madigan to the ends of the earth and the bitter frigidity of the Arctic, where Madigan’s world-shattering doomsday plan comes together. Reunited, Jack, Ethan, and deposed Russian president Sergey Puchkov, along with President Elizabeth Wall-the only person left in Washington DC who Jack trusts-must work together. While the world believes Jack was killed in the bombing, he embarks on a wild infiltration mission, smuggling himself into occupied Russia to rescue the love of his life: former Secret Service Agent and First Gentleman Ethan Reichenbach. President Jack Spiers fled Washington DC on the heels of a devastating attack on CIA headquarters, masterminded by one of America’s own, former General Porter Madigan. When everything falls apart, who do you trust? A traitorous general, intent on burning the world to the ground. First, the frequent unannounced visits from acquaintances. I'm a fan of the With Me In Seattle series, especially the first five, but this book was not good at all. Sure, he doesn't have time for a woman and barely sees the rest of his family, but it's a trade he's always been happy to make.Until Starla.Two lonely hearts could learn to beat again, if they're willing to dance together. Not just because he's a workaholic, but because he loves it. Closing off her heart opened a hundred new doors.Officer Levi Crawford, Seattle PD.For almost twenty years, Levi has been consumed by the law. Losing her fiancé was devastating, but she's channeled all of that into her music. Everyone knows her kick-ass, no-holds-barred style of singing, dancing, and living.No one knows that America's Sweetheart is still living with the wreckage of four years ago, when her world was torn apart. Not with that many Grammys on her mantel. Just Starla.She doesn't have a last name, and she doesn't need one. Dance With Me From New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes an all-new novel in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series, Dance With Me. Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Richelle Mead's breathtaking Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles, and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive. But with forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer, hiding the truth is harder than anyone thought. The students-children of the wealthy and powerful-carry on with their lives in blissful ignorance, while Sydney, Jill, Eddie, and Adrian must do everything in their power to keep their secret safe. Tough, brainy alchemist Sydney Sage and doe-eyed Moroi princess Jill Dragomir are in hiding at a human boarding school in the sunny, glamorous world of Palm Springs, California. The second thrilling installment in Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy spinoff series, Bloodlines “I saw truly that our Lord was never angry, nor ever shall be, for He is God. Janina follows the trail of the lost manuscript, travelling from Norwich to Cambrai in northern France to discover how the book survived and the brave women who championed it. It re-emerged in the 20th century as an iconic text for the women’s movement and was acknowledged as a literary masterpiece. Revelations of Divine Love dared to present an alternative vision of man’s relationship with God, a theology fundamentally at odds with the church of Julian’s time, and for 500 years the book was suppressed. Janina Ramirez tells the incredible story of a book hidden for centuries in the shadows of history, the first book ever written in English by a woman, Julian of Norwich, in 1373. Julian of Norwich – The Search for the Lost Manuscript – BBC Documentary After being secreted away and guarded by holy women for centuries, Julian’s book re-emerged in the 20th century as another voice that champions a God of love.Īnother copy of the documentary is located here: Julian’s book was suppressed for 500 years because it presented God as a God who patiently loved everyone, unconditionally, which was dangerously at odds with the teachings of the church of Julian’s time. Inspired by a near-death experience, Julian’s book, which is acknowledged today as a literary masterpiece, was the first book written in English by a woman. In 1373, Julian of Norwich wrote a book called Revelations of Divine Love. In the simmering summer where everything changes, Charlie learns why the truth of things is so hard to know and even harder to hold in his heart. The film is directed by Arrernte woman Rachel Perkins, who founded Blackfella Films in 1992 and has since been heading the initiative to include more Indigenous representation on screen. With his secret like a brick in his belly, Charlie is pushed and pulled by a town closing in on itself in fear and suspicion as he locks horns with his tempestuous mother, falls nervously in love and battles to keep a lid on his zealous best friend, Jeffrey Lu.Īnd in vainly attempting to restore the parts that have been shaken loose, Charlie learns to discern the truth from the myth, and why white lies creep like a curse. 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Slight wear & tear, otherwise excellent condition Refusing to simply position politics in opposition to consumerism, this collection teases out the relationships between material cultures and political subjectivities, arguing that activism may itself be transforming into a branded commodity. Exploring the complexities embedded in contemporary political activism, Commodity Activism reveals the workings of power and resistance as well as citizenship and subjectivity in the neoliberal era. Drawing from television, film, consumer activist campaigns, and cultures of celebrity and corporate patronage, the essays take up examples such as the Dove Real Beauty campaign, sex positive retail activism, ABCs Extreme Home Makeover, and Angelina Jolie as multinational celebrity missionary. Roopali Mukherjee and Sarah Banet-Weiser have gathered an exemplary group of scholars to explore this new landscape through a series of case studies of commodity activism. All these commonplace activities point to a central feature of contemporary culture: the most common way we participate in social activism is by buying something. Driving a Toyota Prius to fight global warming. Drinking a Caring Cup of coffee at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf to support fair trade. Book Synopsis Buying (RED) products-from Gap T-shirts to Apple-to fight AIDS. Later, Pamuk studied architecture, but his heart wasn’t in it. The author himself took to drawing as a child, painting the landscape and eventually graduating to portraits, among them one of a beautiful girl he would fall in love with. Pamuk discusses the many Western artists, like Antoine-Ignace Melling, who painted the Bosphorus. His memoir also delves into literature and art, discussing how outsiders like Flaubert have seen Istanbul and considering the ways in which Western configurations of the city have shaped its self-understanding. Young Orhan wanted the city to westernize, yet he wanted everything to remain the same. Even Pamuk’s family was finally claimed by “the cloud of gloom and loss that the fall of the Ottoman Empire had spread over Istanbul.” His father continually flirted with bankruptcy and would sometimes vanish for days at a time. The ancient Turkish regime had collapsed, but westernization had not quite rushed in to fill the void people were mournful and confused, betwixt and between. The cast of characters included his beautiful mother, his two-timing father and his grandmother, who looked like a “relaxed matron from a Renoir painting.” They inhabited a culture in transition. An eerie, subtle evocation of childhood and a melancholic, loving ode to home.Īward-winning novelist Pamuk ( Snow, 2004, etc.) grew up in an elite household his childhood was both charmed and fraught. Once, the people of Northrek blamed me when the Veil fell. They have orders to resurrect Mistfell’s shimmering barrier, but, once again, there’s a greater cost than what has been revealed. The Mist Guard have been sworn to keep us from crossing into Alfheimr and from treading Faerie soil, even if innocents must pay with their lives. Now, another secret crouches, poised to change everything. With the Wild Hunt as our guard, he points us back to where it all began: the village of Mistfell and the boundary where the Veil once shimmered in the wind. His intentions are a mystery, his desires impure, and he seeks to shackle me to his side for all eternity. The legend we only speak of with hushed words, in shuttered rooms, for fear of drawing his wrath once again. Then, I discovered the truth of who he is.Ĭaldris is whispered in the Nothrek wind. But Caelum’s true identity is terrifying enough to bring me to my knees. He consumed my mind and my body, then finally claimed my heart for himself. He enraptured me with his smooth temptation, leaving no corner of my being untouched. Once, I fell in love with a man who deceived me.įor weeks, he stood by my side, twisting his words into pretty half-truths. |