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![]() ![]() ![]() No longer able to get around Manhattan independently, he abruptly abandons his work at the American Museum of Natural History and retreats to his childhood summer home on Fox Island in Maine. Ignoring his doctor’s warnings to quit drinking and smoking, Jim Carroway winds up having a leg amputated in the winter of 1973. ![]() A visit from a wartime companion’s daughter stirs up unwelcome memories for an embittered ornithologist in this follow-up to Greenway’s Los Angeles Times Book Award–winning debut White Ghost Girls (2006). ![]() ![]() ![]() Low-effort book requests will be removed. Book requests must be specific and request something that cannot be found with a simple search of the sub. ![]() “What was that book called” posts are exempt from this rule, as they are unlikely to show up in future searchesīook requests must be specific and contain detail.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for.Inflammatory titles like Does Anyone Else, Unpopular Opinion, or similar are not allowed. ![]() Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable.
![]() ![]() Today, Hetty Green ranks near the top of America's list of greatest financiers, in company with Microsoft founder Bill Gates and billionaire-investor Warren Buffett. ![]() Rockefeller, and some of the nation's biggest banks. ![]() A full century before Martha Stewart, Oprah, and Madonna became icons, generations before women swept through Wall Street, and decades before they even had the right to vote, there was Hetty Green, America's richest woman, who stood alone among the roguish giants of the Gilded Age as the first lady of capitalism and is remembered as the Witch of Wall Street.Īt the time of her death in 1916, Hetty Green's personal fortune was estimated at $100 million ($1.6 billion today), and the financial empire she built on real estate and railroads rivaled that of Andrew Carnegie, Jay Gould, J. ![]() ![]() ![]() The vast difference between the two women’s social statuses, however, may be an obstacle not easily overcome. As they bond, Elena begins to realize that the person possessing all the qualities she most desires might just be the woman who has been in front of her the entire time. Popcorn Love Audible Audiobook Unabridged KL Hughes (Author), Kira Riley (Narrator), & 1 more 418 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. ![]() Her love life, however, is lacking, as those closest to her keep pointing out.Īt the persistent urging of her closest friend, Elena reluctantly agrees to a string of blind dates if she can find a suitable babysitter for Lucas.Įnter Allison Sawyer, a free-spirited senior at New York University.Įlena is intrigued by Allison’s ability to push her out of her element, and the young woman’s instant and easy connection with a normally shy Lucas quickly earns Allison the job.Īfter each blind date, Elena returns home to complain to Allison about her lacking suitors. A prominent figure amongst New York City’s fashion elite, Elena Vega is a successful businesswoman and single mother to an adorable three-year-old son, Lucas. ![]() ![]() ![]() The repercussions of one horrific night has affected the lives of everyone involved. Why did her mother leave her all those years ago? What really happened the night Emma's father died? Were her memories of being happy just a dream? The scandalous secrets of Emma's abuse are revealed, but she still has so much to learn out about her past. Why did her mother leave her all those years ago? The scandalous secrets of Emma's past life have been revealed, but she still has so much to learn. Why did her mother leave her all those years ago? What really happened the night Emma's father died? Were her memo. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Can Sumiko and Emi maintain their friendship when one of them is forced into a confinement camp, and the other is allowed to remain free? It's the storytellers who preserve a nation's history. When an arbitrary dividing line is drawn through Phoenix, the girls find themselves on opposite sides. Suddenly the girls are faced with anti-Japanese sentiment from classmates and neighbors. ![]() But everything changes after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, and the United States enters World War II. In spite of her first-day jitters, she finds a friendly face in Emi Kuno. Can Sumiko and Emi maintain their friendship when one of them is imprisoned and the other remains free? It's August 1941 when Sumiko Adachi starts at a new school in Phoenix, Arizona. When an arbitrary dividing line is drawn through Phoenix, Sumiko finds herself forced into a confinement camp. Sumiko Adachi's life changes after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was in 1891 that "A Scandal in Bohemia," the first of the long series of short stories, appeared in The Strand Magazine. ![]() ![]() As a matter of cold fact, Holmes made his debut in A Study in Scarlet and in The Sign of Four, two small booklets which appeared between 18. One is not anxious to have one’s personal dates handled so unkindly. His career has been a long one - though it is possible to exaggerate it decrepit gentlemen who approach me and declare that his adventures formed the reading of their boyhood do not meet the response from me which they seem to expect. Perhaps in some humble corner of such a Valhalla, Sherlock and his Watson may for a time find a place, while some more astute sleuth with some even less astute comrade may fill the stage which they have vacated. One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination, some strange, impossible place where the beaux of Fielding may still make love to the belles of Richardson, where Scott’s heroes still may strut, Dickens‘s delightful Cockneys still raise a laugh, and Thackeray’s worldlings continue to carry on their reprehensible careers. This must cease and he must go the way of all flesh, material or imaginary. Sherlock Holmes may become like one of those popular tenors who, having outlived their time, are still tempted to make repeated farewell bows to their indulgent audiences. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nelson, the new prison governor, thought that writing might be more cathartic than prison labour. Contact had lapsed between Douglas and Wilde and the latter had suffered from his close supervision, physical labour, and emotional isolation. ![]() The letter began "Dear Bosie" and ended "Your Affectionate Friend".Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897, close to the end of his imprisonment. In the second half, Wilde charts his spiritual development in prison and identification with Jesus Christ, whom he characterises as a romantic, individualist artist. He indicts both Lord Alfred's vanity and his own weakness in acceding to those wishes. ![]() De Profundis is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie" (Lord Alfred Douglas).In its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventually led to Wilde's conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency. ![]() ![]() And Chang E, the Chinese moon goddess, spins off into outer space – the ultimate metaphor for diaspora.Įnjoy this journey into magical new worlds of the imagination. An earth spirit becomes entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord. ![]() A mischievous matriarch returns from the dead to disrupt her own funeral rites, pitting granddaughter against granddaughter. Then a teenage vampire struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people. A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. Not because her lover was an invisible jungle spirit, but because she was Muslim and he was not. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho’s Crawford Award winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again. We’ll meet an elderly ex-member of parliament, who recalls her youthful romance with an orang bunian. ![]() These nineteen sparkling stories are full of joy, humour and tenderness. Taking us from the mundane to the magical, this award-winning collection will entertain and delight.ĭrawing inspiration from Asian myth and folklore, Zen Cho guides the reader through enchanted realms inhabited by dragons, vampires and incorrigible grandmothers. ![]() |