5/28/2023 0 Comments Discovery by Kaitlyn O'Connor![]() ![]() ![]() I will admit that I laughed out loud in a couple of places as the men try to figure her out. In this one she is a human woman who crashes on a planet filled with male cyborgs who have never seen a woman. This like most that I've read from KO'C is a menage book. … ( more)Īnother good sci fi romance from Kaitlyn O'Connor. How is she going to convince them to help her get home when all they have in mind is. Finding herself in the midst of several hundred romance-minded cyborgs, all male, seems like a recipe for disaster. Danielle's pretty sure she couldn't have landed in a worse situation if she'd crashed in the middle of the enemy camp-the Nubiens. ![]() The problem is, they have no idea how to get from point A to Z. The moment they set eyes on her, though, their biological instincts for procreation kick in and they know exactly what's missing-a mate. but they definitely like what they see! Long forgotten by the Danu who sent them out to terra-form for colonization, the cyborgs created by Manuta are well aware of the great chasm of emptiness in their lives but have no idea how to fill it until the human woman, Captain Danielle Dubois, crashes in their midst. The cyborgs that people the world of Danu have never seen a female. When Captain Danielle Dubois crash lands on the world terra-formed by the Danu she isn't the only one shocked. ![]()
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5/28/2023 0 Comments The drowning empire series![]() ![]() With enemies on all sides, Empress Lin must decide if she should follow in the destructive steps of her forebears to save the Empire’s citizens and bring peace.ĪRC provided by the publisher Orbit Books US through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. While Jovis and Lin find allies in unlikely places, other Alanga begin to choose sides–and many are none too happy with the current regime or with the commoners. ![]() Now that fewer people are undergoing the Tithing Festival, the Alanga are returning, and not all of them are peaceful. And this new world does not need or want an Emperor.īut this is not the only thing to threaten the fragile peace. The leader of the Shardless Few has debts to pay and a world to make over. With the help of the Shardless Few, Jovis and Lin have defeated the construct army and the treacherous Ragan. 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Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. ![]() " clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller." - Peopleįrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… “Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” - Vogue ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments The stranger and the plague![]() ![]() Like Sartre, Camus wrote and published political commentary on the conflict throughout its duration. ![]() ![]() Camus would later be associated with the French anarchist movement.Īt the beginning of World War II, Camus joined the French Resistance in order to help liberate Paris from the Nazi occupation he met Jean-Paul Sartre during his period of military service. As a champion of individual rights, he opposed French colonization and argued for the empowerment of Algerians in politics and labor. Political EngagementĬamus became political during his student years, joining first the Communist Party and then the Algerian People's Party. By 1936, he had obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in philosophy. ![]() He quit the team following a bout of tuberculosis in 1930, thereafter focusing on academic study. Camus' father died in combat during World War I, after which Camus lived with his mother, who was partially deaf, in a low-income section of Algiers.Ĭamus did well in school and was admitted to the University of Algiers, where he studied philosophy and played goalie for the soccer team. Early LifeĬamus was born on November 7, 1913, in Mondavi, French Algeria. Camus won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 and died on January 4, 1960, in Burgundy, France. His best-known works, including The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947), are exemplars of absurdism. Albert Camus became known for his political journalism, novels and essays during the 1940s. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. * To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. ![]() ![]() Inside Front Cover Is Prior Owners Book Plate, And Opposite Page Is Date Stamp And Seller`s Price Written In Small Black Letters. 192 Numbered Pages Clean And Tight To The Spine, Printed On 0ff~White Paper, In As New/ Condition, Which Appear To Be Lightly Viewed. 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Alan Dershowitz is known as a defender of notorious newsmakers, including O.J. ![]() ![]() ![]() O'Hara's untimely death in 1966 at the age of forty was, in the words of fellow poet John Ashbery, 'the biggest secret loss to American poetry since John Wheelwright was killed.' ![]() Frank O'Hara was one of the great poets of the twentieth century and, along with such widely acclaimed writers as Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley and Gary Snyder, a crucial contributor to what Donald Allen termed the New American Poetry, 'which, by its vitality alone, became the dominant force in the American poetic tradition.'įrank O'Hara was born in Baltimore in 1926 and grew up in New England from 1951 he lived and worked in New York, both for Art News and for the Museum of Modern Art, where he was an associate curator. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Battle royal by lucy parker![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Full of whimsical 8-bit illustrations, The Geek’s Guide to Dating will teach fanboys everywhere to love long and prosper. Geeks of all ages will find answers to the ultimate questions of life, the universe, and everything romantic, from First Contact to The Fellowship of the Ring and beyond. It sets a high bar for the batch of Great British Bake Off-inspired. This hilarious primer is jam-packed with cheat codes, walkthroughs, and power-ups for navigating the perils and pitfalls of your love life with ease. Romantic, funny, charming, emotional, Lucy Parker hits all the right notes in Battle Royal. What’s a geek to do? Take some tips from The Geek’s Guide to Dating. You’re hooked on Elder Scrolls and Metal Gear, but now you’ve discovered an even bigger obsession: the new girl who just moved in down the hall. Your closets are full of officially licensed Star Wars merchandise. You keep your action figures in their original packaging. 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The iconic codename M in the James Bond novels refers to the head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). ![]() London: Jonathan Cape, 1953.įirst edition, first impression: a remarkable presentation copy inscribed by the author “ To M, these pages from my memoirs! Ian ”. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments The saxon tales![]() ![]() We do our best to ensure all of our customers enjoy a happy shopping experience with however occasionally you may need to return an item. For two kings claim the empty throne, and a new kingdom cannot be born without bloodshed. ![]() Though he has won the battle for his ancestral home, rebellion looms in Mercia and invading Norsemen appear at every turn.Ī violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northumbrian fortress to London and plunge into the eye of the storm. Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg knows that peace is far from reach. 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