![]() ![]() Somebody? Anybody?"Īgain, there was no response. He could hardly wait to tell everyone that he'd done what they hadn't. She was the enemy he'd been chasing, as well as the chick who'd oh, so impolitely introduced his pancreas to the freaking hilt of her blade. Grinning, he shifted the unconscious female draped over his shoulder into a more comfortable position. Come in here and bask in my glory." His voice echoed through the foyer, expectant, eager. ![]() And damn if he wasn't ready to celebrate. After chasing his enemy cross-continent, bargaining away one of the four godly relics needed to find and destroy Pandora's box-and yeah, he was gonna get spanked hard for that-then, after being eaten alive by insects and at one point (cough) walking into a chick's knife (cough), he'd finally won. ![]() Strider, keeper of the demon of Defeat, burst through the towering front doors of the Budapest fortress he shared with a growing cast of friends-brothers and sisters by circumstance rather than blood, but all the closer for it-fighting a rush of undeniable pleasure. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() There are many maps of fictional places, “what if” scenarios, cartographic mistakes, comical creations or crazy ideas on how to remap the world.įor instance, an old map showing California as an island (a cartographic mistake that survived some hundred years on many maps), a map showing Europe if Germany had won World War I, a map of the borders of Europe based on a would-be fascist victory in World War II, and the map about Thomas Jefferson’s proposal to divide the Northwest territory into 10 new states. But don’t think that each map is just a curious or historical variation of a regular map. In his blog Strange Maps, Frank Jacobs publishes a selection of cartographical curiosities and trivia that you would not find in an ordinary atlas, and this book is a collection of his most relevant and interesting posts to that date. Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic CuriositiesĢ009, 256 pages, 9.5 x 11.1 x 0.7 inches, softcover Strange Maps – A collection of fun and peculiar maps that you won’t find in an ordinary atlas ![]() ![]() ![]() Strumming ex-convict (Elvis Presley) gets agent (Judy Tyler), turns rock 'n' roll star. 5:55 PM Movie Īn aspiring teenage rock journalist gets his big break when he follows an up-and-coming band. "Saturday Night Fever" disco dancer (John Travolta) tries for Broadway. 2:15 PM Movie Ī paint-store clerk dons a white suit and becomes king of the dance floor at his local disco. On Long Island in the summer of 1983, a group of young people wrestles with what the future holds. 10:40 AM Movie īuddies (Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage) fool around before joining Marines in 1942. People pester an old, dying gunfighter (John Wayne) rooming with a widow in 1901 Nevada. 7:30 AM Movie Īn Interpol agent must battle a ruthless crime boss in order to save his wife and daughter. ![]() A small-time thief (Milo Ventimiglia) finds that stealing $1 million is easier than keeping it. ![]() ![]() ![]() After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee's bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Compact Disc. I ended up being such a fan.Susan Ee surpassed my wildest expectation without even trying.” - Young Adult Hollywood on Angelfall “I came in without any expectation and went home with so much more than I gambled for. Seriously and completely addictive.” - Glamour UK on Angelfall She has created a fantastic world with instantly engaging and real characters.” -Sam Raimi, director/producer/writer “What an epic finale to this awesome sauce trilogy.” - Books a Blog And if you're already a fan, everything we've been waiting for and more.” - Starry-Eyed Revue “If you haven't started this series yet, you absolutely must. “Full of well-choreographed action, violence, and suspense, this volume brings the trilogy to a slam-bang conclusion, revealing new secrets about the main characters, their loved ones, and their angelic antagonists.” - Common Sense Media ![]() I am officially obsessed.” -Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures and author of Unbreakable “Dark, romantic, and compulsively readable-Penryn and the End of Days offer readers a new breed of angels to love and fear. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Days before their Offset ceremony where one of her mothers must be sentenced to death, she is brought back against her will following a run-in with the law. Has someone intervened to sabotage her life’s work? In the meantime, her daughter Miri, an anti-natalist, has run away from home. But things aren’t working out and there are discrepancies in the data. Professor Jac Boltanski is leading Project Salix, a ground-breaking new mission to save the world by replanting radioactive Greenland with genetically-modified willow trees. But in this world, survival demands sacrifice so for every birth, there must be a death. ![]() It is a rule that is simultaneously accepted, celebrated and abhorred. Who do you pick? In a dying world, the Offset ceremony has been introduced to counteract and discourage procreation. It is your eighteenth birthday and one of your parents must die. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s me against them, and only time will tell If I'll be the winner or be destroyed in these cruel and merciless Mafia Wars. ![]() But what disturbs me most is that I just might like it. They play a game for keeps, a game where the only rule is that there are no rules. The thing they don't realize is that I'm more than what I seem.Ī dahlia has always bloomed best in the light, and even though everything about this place and these men is shrouded in darkness, I’m determined to thrive…to win. Where Lucian, Raphael, and Gabriel Rossi now think they own me. New York City, the powerful head of the Cosa Nostra, is my new home. We aren't Butchers in name only, and surely the Rossi family can’t be as bad as the devil that’s been destroying me since I was eight years old. I should know all about how to survive monsters though, I come from a family of them. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. For although Lucien seems determined to teach her about pleasure, she has a few lessons to teach him about love! The sinfully attractive earl hired her to teach his young cousin, but his seductive whispers and toe-curling kisses suggest he has something far less respectable in mind. ![]() If it weren't for that unfortunate incident at her last position, Alexandra Gallant wouldn't now be forced into the employ of Lucien Balfour. She must never, ever fall in love with someone above her station (especially a rake-no matter how devastating his kisses may be). She never questions her employer's commands (even when he's tempting her to forsake respectability for desire?). ![]() From bestselling author Suzanne Enoch-a governess is tempted by the forbidden passion of a seductive earl in this blistering romance in the With This Ring seriesĪ governess must never be alone with a man (her reputation mustn't have even a hint of scandal). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrator’s gruffer voice for male voice and higher one for the other women is a bit startling at first, but even when handling the different accents the narration is clear and easy to listen to and never distracting. Listening to the “you” makes this a bit startling at first to listen to, but it really makes it easier to identify with the villain, too. The novel’s format is that of a long letter from the abducted sixteen year old, Gemma, to her captor, Ty. The audio version is narrated by one woman, who has a pleasant voice to listen to. ![]() At first the slowness of listening frustrated me as Christopher’s novel is certainly a gripping story! But as I grew accustomed to letting my ears paint the pictures, I started really looking forward to those quieter moments when I could listen to it. This marks the first fictional audiobook that I have ever listened to! And it is quite an enjoyable experience! Although I probably would have read this book in one evening, listening to it for the last few weeks has really brightened those slow hours at work. ![]() ![]() But between Jackson’s secretive past and London’s struggle with her sisters, London must question where she really stands – not just with Jackson, but with the Spark House, too. It isn’t until their professional entanglements are finally over, that London and Jackson are finally ready to take the next step in their relationship. Not only that, but he also happens to be the same guy she turned down at the bar a few months ago.Īs they begin to spend more time together, their working relationship blossoms into something more. Just when she thinks she has nailed her presentation, the company’s CEO, Jackson Holt, walks in and inserts himself into the meeting. As the business administrator for their family’s event hotel, the Spark House, London has more important things to worry about, like bringing in new clientele.Īs luck would have it, a multi-million-dollar company calls a few months later asking for a meeting to discuss a potential partnership, and London is eager to prove to her sisters, and herself, that she can land this deal. So when a very attractive man pays for their drinks and then slips her his number, she passes it right back to him with a ‘thanks, but no thanks’. ![]() ![]() ![]() Especially not when she’s out celebrating her single status with her sisters. Having just broken up with her boyfriend, London Spark is not in the mood to be hit on. Charming, hilarious, and emotional, Starry-Eyed Love is Helena Hunting at her very best! ![]() ![]() She would become the first female head writer at the show in 1999. Tina was initially hired as a writer, with her first show being an episode Sylvester Stallone hosted in 1997. The highlight of both Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's careers at the show was hosting Weekend Update together, though it would take a few years before they joined forces. We have arrived at 30 Rock, the historic building in New York City that is home to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and of course, SNL. The world was gifted their comedic abilities when they landed Saturday Night Live, where they not only proved themselves as some of the best to walk through the halls of Studio 8H, but as the perfect example of best friends working together. ![]() “We traveled by van to all kinds of destinations, from upstate New York to St. It changed the way I look at the world,” Fey detailed in her book, Bossypants. It set me on a career path toward Saturday Night Live. ![]() Studying improvisation literally changed my life. “The rules of improvisation appealed to me not only as a way of creating comedy, but as a worldview. For both Fey and Poehler, studying and performing improv was massively impactful personally and professionally. ![]() ![]() Following their tenure at Improv Olympic, Fey and Poehler both auditioned for and got into The Second City, a legendary improv spot for up-and-coming comedians with alumni that includes John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Chris Farley, Amy Sedaris, and Stephen Colbert. ![]() |