![]() ![]() The action is seamless, clear, and riveting. “Coben stands on the accelerator and never lets up. Because the most powerful surprises are yet to come. ![]() As a violent mystery unwinds around him, Will knows he must press his search all the way to the end. And this is just the first in a series of stunning revelations as Will is forced to confront startling truths about his brother-and himself. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. His older brother Ken had always been his Role Model, but matters change when Ken is accused of rape and murder against Wills formal girlfriend, and neighbor. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman-a girl Will had once loved-was found brutally murdered in her family’s basement. As subtle as a shotgun, and just as effective.”-San Francisco ChronicleĪs a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. ![]() ![]() Coben has crafted a taut thriller with a slew of compelling characters.
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![]() ![]() I took the book in my hand and couldn’t put it down. There are many things I liked about this story. Two gulps of vodka later, my eyes are watering and my throat automatically grumbles “Ahhhhh” to get rid of the burning. Until there’s no mystery, until there are no more secrets, until there is nothing left to do. Would it have made any difference at all? I still wonder if the ending would have been different if Vera did something. Also it gives us some good lessons about being human, about making mistakes, about trying to change what’s wrong, about what-if ‘s, about being too late, about deciding to do something while you still can… Because we can learn from their errors, we could be so much better, we could do so much more. ![]() “Please Ignore Vera Dietz” is a story that deals with some complex subjects. If we’re supposed to ignore everything that’s wrong with our lives, then I can’t see how we’ll make things right What do you do when the secret is not yours to tell? What you do when you know someone else’s secret? To ignore the kids that were mean, her mother than never cared, her father that was unhappy, the screams from the next door, the bruise on the boy’s skin.Īnd all she wanted was to be ignored as well. Like one hand clappingĪll her life Vera’s been thought to ‘ignore’. “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” Until there was no longer a boy and a girl. They’ve been friends since forever, they cared for each other, they played and went to school together, they were inseparable. Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Traveling, ghost hunting, and all things dark are her passions (when she is not coming up with romantic subplots). Theresa Braun has a Master’s degree in English literature and lives in South Florida where she has been teaching literature and writing for over 20 years. Everything is connected-from the bricks in the walls to the hearts beating in their chests, all the secrets of Fountain Dead are finally unearthed. As romantic entanglements intensify, the paranormal activity escalates. Of course, Mark keeps his ghostly encounters to himself, all the while sinking deeper into the house’s dark, alluring, and ultimately terrifying history. Busy with the relocation and fitting in, Mark’s parents don’t see what’s unfolding around them-the way rooms and left behind objects seem alive with a haunted past. Mark is uprooted from his home and high school in the Twin Cities and forced to move with his family into a Victorian in Nowhere-ville. Genre: Mature YA/ Paranormal/ Ghost Story ![]() There is now an audio edition of Fountain Dead by Theresa Braun, and like the gorgeous new cover, the story will give you chills! Fountain Dead Publication Date: April 4th, 2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() While it can be a bit of a risk to bring an unproven talent to a new title, here it’s an absolute genius call. Thus, Miles Morales: Spider-Man was born.įor his fourth(?!) solo series, Marvel brought in Hugo Award-winning writer Saladin Ahmed and Javier Garron. When Into the Spider-Verse dropped, Marvel thought it might be a good idea to give Miles a fresh look with a new ongoing title and a new creative team. He made his way over to the “main” Marvel continuity in 2015 after a “Crisis on Infinite Earths”-type situation that destroyed - then drastically reconfigured - the multiverse, and since then he’s been a key figure of the emerging ‘young superhero’ community. He was a controversial figure during his debut, but has won over fans with amazing stories. It’s been an eventful eight years for Miles. ![]() Created by Brian Michael Bendis in 2011, Miles became the second Spider-Man of an alternate Marvel universe after a cataclysm took the life of that reality’s Peter Parker. ![]() The runaway success of last year’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse raised the profile of Miles Morales in a big way. ![]() ![]() In order for these things to happen, he would have to give up control and dominance. He would have to ask for what he wanted and be open to rejection. ![]() If you are in an emotionally abusive relationship, your partner does not see you as an equal because to do so, he would experience your equality as his own inferiority. Control and dominance give the abuser a sense of power, security, and identity. All emotional abusers have a strong desire for Power Over. Evans describes “two kinds of power: one kills the spirit and one nourishes the spirit.” The first is Power Over. In the book, The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans Ms. ![]() ![]() Regardless of the tactic, the goal of emotional abuse is to control the other partner. It can be anything from verbal abuse to constant criticism to more subtle methods such as intimidation, manipulation, and being impossible to please. Emotional abuse is any abuse that is not physical in nature. You might not even realize that your partner has been chipping away-word by word-your self-esteem, your happiness, and your identity.Ībuse is any behavior that is designed to control and dominate another person through the use of fear, humiliation, verbal, or physical assault. You may be in a relationship or marriage that is draining something from you. ![]() Many women assume that if they are not being physically abused by their partners, then they are not being abused. ![]() ![]() A woolly-bear caterpillar hurries across a ledge, going late to some tremendous transformation, but about this he knows as little as I. The seeds remain very quiet and some slip off into the crevices of the rock. We, the seeds and I, climb another wall together and sit down to rest, while I consider the best way to search for the secret of life. After all, who am I to contend against such ingenuity? It is obvious that nature, or some part of it in the shape of these seeds, has intentions beyond this field and has made plans to travel with me. A bit further I reach an unkempt field full of brown stalks and emptied seed pods.īy the time I get to the wood I am carrying all manner of seeds hooked in my coat or piercing my socks or sticking by ingenious devices to my shoestrings. I go carefully down the apartment steps and climb, instead of jump, over the wall. On some day when the leaves are red, or fallen, and just after the birds are gone, I put on my hat and an old jacket, and over the protests of my wife that I will catch cold, I start my search. ![]() ![]() I am middle-aged now, but in the autumn I always seek for it again hopefully. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Aimed at the 8+ market, these books have gone off the charts as national best-sellers, resulting in 14 books total and more on the way. Weird Do is an illustrated series starring Weir (1st name), Do (2nd name), a kid with a very unfortunate name. Anh has since turned his attention to children’s book writing. The book became an instant hit and has won numerous awards including Australian Book of the Year. Anh’s first book, The Happiest Refugee, is his enormously popular memoir recounting his perilous childhood journey in a tiny boat from war-torn Vietnam to Australia. ![]() Anh Do is a comedian, artist and also one of the highest selling Australian authors of all time, with total book sales approaching 3 million. ![]() ![]() Nearly 10 years later, tension is reaching breaking point in Jerusalem. Hunted down, they go into hiding, and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins. Could this possibly be true? Somebody believes that this is a secret that needs covering up, because Chet and the girl are attacked. The group's interests include arms manufacture, and what Chet and the young woman overhear seems to imply that it is bribing the Prime Minister to take his country into an illegal war. He catches a young woman, a peace campaigner, eavesdropping on a meeting the group is holding with the British Prime Minister. ![]() Invalided out of the SAS, Chet Freeman makes his living in high-end security, on a temporary contract for an American corporation called the Grosvenor Group. Former SAS legend Chris Ryan brings you his 16th novel, and it is full of all his trademark action, thrills and inside knowledge.Ģ003. ![]() ![]() From the author of the best-selling Danny Black series and hit TV show Strikeback. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Сборник, включающий « Milwaukee By Night», « Ashes to Ashes» и « Blood Bond»ĭierd're Brooks, Richard E. Сборник, включающий « Chicago By Night (2nd Edition)» и « Under a Blood Red Moon»ĭustin Browder, Ken Cliffe, Stewart Wieck Steven Brown, Steve Crow, Andrew Greenberg Hagenīill Bridges, Steve Crow, Graeme Davis, Nigel Findley, Andrew Greenberg, Mark Rein. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll go behind the scenes at SNL (where he’s written some of the most memorable sketches and characters of the past fifteen years) and Weekend Update. You’ll also discover things about Jost that will surprise and confuse you, like how Jimmy Buffett saved his life, how Czech teenagers attacked him with potato salad, how an insect laid eggs inside his legs, and how he competed in a twenty-five-man match at WrestleMania (and almost won). If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch-metaphorically and, occasionally, physically.įrom growing up in a family of firefighters on Staten Island to commuting three hours a day to high school and “seeing the sights” (like watching a Russian woman throw a stroller off the back of a ferry), to attending Harvard while Facebook was created, Jost shares how he has navigated the world like a slightly smarter Forrest Gump. ![]() In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating. ![]() |