![]() ![]() “Perennial bestseller Baldacci unveils an offbeat hero with an unusual skill set and tragic past who takes on the evil mastermind behind a devastating school shooting. Reading how Decker journeys from hitting rock bottom to finding ultimate redemption is nothing short of rewarding.”- Associated Press Pick up THE FIX, and you won’t put it down until you reach the end. “Crackling with tension…Reads at a breakneck pace…Bestselling author David Baldacci delivers a thrill ride, as always. “Decker is one of the most unusual detectives any novelist has dreamed up…a master class on the bestseller….Highly entertaining.”- Washington Post “A compelling puzzler…Baldacci is a truly gifted storyteller, and this novel is a perfect “fix” for the thriller aficionado.”- Associated Press on The Fix It’s a theme he has explored before, but it still has potency and relevance.”- Associated Press on The Fallen He demonstrates why these small towns are worth saving. “Baldacci is a wonderful storyteller, and he incorporates wonderful characters into baffling conspiracies….He takes on small-town America, capturing both good and bad elements. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When you buy something, on the other hand, no bond is created the checkout person never thinks of me again. Gifts are, Hyde says, an important way to create ties between strangers: a gifted cigarette, cookies for the new neighbors. Hyde’s book is a study of gift-giving and the relationship between an artist and the recipient of the artwork (a reader, in my case). ![]() Masie Cochran, an editor at Tin House, called my agent and said she wanted to buy it, “as long as she reworks the scene where the sleepwalking sister kills all the chickens.”Īnd then, finally, only then, perhaps to celebrate, I bought and read The Gift. I was one of the lucky ones, and my first book, Rabbit Cake, was bought, eventually, following a healthy amount of rejection. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Stephen r covey the 7 habits![]() ![]() Download our latest guide to learn 7 ways to be more proactive - powered by The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®. Taking initiative in small, specific ways can help you reach your goals-for your team, your career, and your life. Covey Watch: Circle of Influence, from FranklinCovey’s All Access Pass®.Ĭurious to know what a 7 Habits implementation would look like in your organization? Contact us today to discuss the process and desired results. "The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it." - Dr. Gaining an awareness of the areas in which we expend our energies is a giant step in becoming proactive. New York :Simon & Schuster, Chicago Covey, Stephen R. The 7 habits of highly effective people : powerful lessons in personal change. ![]() Reactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern-things over which they have little or no control: the national debt, terrorism, or the weather. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. It means we are responsible for our own lives. Habit 1: Be Proactive means more than taking initiative. They work on the things they can do something about: health, children, or problems at work. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® » Habit 1: Be Proactive® Habit 1: Be Proactive® The Habit of personal responsibility. Proactive people focus their efforts on their Circle of Influence. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I guess there will always be the undertone of my voice in it as I speak, but it depends what I am reading at the time. It is always developing and always growing. And it occurred to me, what happens to the soul when a vampire is turned? And that was it, I decided to explore that question and my Series of books was born.įiona: Do you have a specific writing style? I was out at work having a smoke break and I was reading. Probably the same time I considered myself aliveįiona: What inspired you to write your first book?Ī smoke break haha. I was five the first time I was published □įiona: When did you first consider yourself a writer?įorever I think. I didn’t have a great childhood so reading and writing were my escape. I could visit places with snow queens and talking lions (Narnia was a favourite). I discovered that I could make all these places up and I could do what I wanted in them. I have so much to write that I really need more hours in the day, or a way to wire something to my head to write as I do other things.įiona: When and why did you begin writing? And I am just about to make my next release, Cade. Well my son just got married to his high school sweetheart □ I passed my second year of university. I have two grandchildren who I love to spoil. I also have a son who has moved up and married now. ![]() Well I live with my other half, my daughter and step-son. Where are you from Lancashire in the UK □Ī little about your self `ie your education Family life etc ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Heartsick book![]() ![]() ![]() ‘ Heartsick is the story of the inner lives of three real people living out their emotional journeys of attachment, pain and healing,’ said Macmillan publisher Lucy Hale. ‘By writing this book, she hopes to remove the stigma attached to relationship breakups and heartbreak, a brand of grief Stephens argues we don’t take seriously enough despite its universality,’ said Pan Macmillan. Based on extensive interviews, it is ‘the book Stephens scoured shelves in search of but couldn’t find among the “101 tips to cure a broken heart” guidebooks’. Heartsick, a work of narrative nonfiction that debuted at number three on the Australian nonfiction bestseller charts, weaves together ‘three stories of the ways that love can bruise, break and build us’. US rights were sold to Henry Holt in a deal negotiated by Dan Lazar at Writers House and UK rights were sold to Macmillan UK, which is also representing translation rights. Pan Macmillan Australia has sold US and UK rights to debut nonfiction title Heartsick (Jessie Stephens) after ‘a highly contested auction’. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Ante Up by Kim Fielding![]()
7/4/2023 0 Comments Arsene lupin herlock sholmes![]() ![]() Jewels and valuable papers are stolen, and suspicion falls on Lupin. Will Lupin fall into the trap, and unwittingly lead the police to his associates? Classic Tales presents The Arsène Lupin podcast.Īnd now, Chapter 3 of 9 – The Escape of Arsène Lupin, by Maurice Leblanc Classic Tales presents the Arsène Lupin Podcast.Īnd now, Chapter 2 of 9 – Arsène Lupin in Prison, by Maurice Leblanc Why is Lupin threatening to steal the treasures in the gallery of a castle? I mean, he is in prison, after all. Designed to make classic literature less intimidating, and praised by listenersĪnd critics alike, The Classic Tales Podcast is sure to bring home the bacon.Īnd now, Chapter 1 of 9 – The Arrest of Arsène Lupin, by Maurice Leblancįor more Arsène Lupin audiobooks, click here:įollow this link to become a monthly supporter:įollow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: ![]() Plunder with pirates, solve a crime with Hercule Poirot, or visit the Hundred Acre ![]() With an outrageous array of accents and character voices, you can If you’ve been hankering forĮvery week, BJ Harrison performs the greatest stories ever put to paper on The Classic What if it was produced by an award-winningĪudiobook narrator? Now that would really be something. You know what we need? A weekly podcast that showcases great classic literature. Burglar. Classic Tales presents The Arsène Lupin Podcast. ![]() ![]() The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship-like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor-April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green -cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow -spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. ![]() ![]() ![]() But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” -San Francisco Chronicle “Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. ![]() 7/3/2023 0 Comments The diamond eye a novel![]() ![]() ![]() When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper-a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son-but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. The bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. ![]() 7/3/2023 0 Comments Falconer ian![]() ![]() Ever), managed to pull from him a full bouquet of inspirations. Harris, without asking what Ian's inspirations were (Worst. If any of you would like to hear the full story, I consider this the definitive sit down with Falconer: His conversation with Jessica Harris on NPR's "From Scratch." All I knew was that I couldn't bear to give Olivia up, he said. By now, his nervous energy was off the charts. The agent proposed that Falconer turn his drawings over to a professional author who would pen a new story. ![]() She's not Eloise" (twice in case he didn't hear her the first time). ![]() It was a tribute to his new niece with the little pug nose and the determined spirit.Ī few years later, when a jittery Falconer presented his drawings to a children's literary agent on Madison Avenue, she nodded and said, "I like them. He was only 63.įalconer created Olivia in his tiny West Village studio apartment back in the late 1990s. My insides dropped a thousand feet when I heard that Ian Falconer, the set designer and father of Olivia the pig, died on March 7. ![]() |