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Sensitive, funny, wonderful, immensely touching Nigella Lawson When one of them starts to spill the truth after suffering concussion, things start to unravel in hilarious ways Good Housekeeping Marian Keyes is back with a witty and dramatic story about the Caseys, a family who seem perfect on the surface but hold some big secrets between them. Marian's glorious, warm-hearted wit is always guaranteed to make me laugh on the very first page Liane Moriarty Keyes writes about women who are absolutely themselves, even when society tries to insist they are something else Irish TimesĮverything this woman touches turns to comic gold Cosmopolitan She really is unparalleled when it comes to making serious points with the lightest of touches The Poolīrutal yet endearing honesty, wonderful humour and astonishing acumen Ruth Hogan The ultimate choice for a binge read Stylist There is no finer writer than Marian Keyes Rowan Coleman Keyes writes extremely well about modern women. When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own Daily Express The queen of intelligent women's fiction Sunday Mirror Wildly funny, romantic and nearly impossible to put down Daily Mailįull of darkness and light, this is Keyes at her classic and most brilliant best RedĬlassic Marian Keyes: a blizzard of wit and wisecracks The Timesįull of brilliantly funny characters, genuine emotion and heaps of charm Heatįabulously entertaining. Book Synopsis Grant Morrison's wildly innovative X-Men saga returns! The X-Men, re-imagined with a new look and a new mission, must face weird new threats including evil twins, organ harvesters, sentient bacteria, rebellious mutant youth, power-enhancing street drugs and living weapons! Joined by wicked telepath Emma Frost and mysterious powerhouse Xorn, the X-Men go public - expanding Xavier's school to train a new generation of mutants including the insect-like Angel, the bird-boy Beak, the living sandstorm Dust and eerie telepathic quintuplets the Stepford Cuckoos. She chronicles it all, including her relationship with one of Baldwin’s closest friends, Sam Floyd, in My Soul Looks Back. Harris had a front-row view to the ascension of James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Nina Simone, and other elite Black folks in their orbit. New York City has always been a remarkable place, but in the 1970s, the city served as mecca and muse for Black creatives. If Black women’s history is your thing, Beyond Respectability should definitely be on your June reading list.Ģ. Beyond Respectability is the second book in that trilogy, and it focuses on Black female intellectuals-including Anna Julia Cooper, Mary Church Terrell, Pauli Murray, and Toni Cade Bambara-from the 1800s through the 1970s. She’s so brilliant, in fact, that she’s releasing three books in the course of one year. Brittney Cooper, a women’s studies professor at Rutgers University and cofounder of the Crunk Feminist Collective, is one of academia’s brightest scholars. Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women by Brittney Cooperĭr. Want more seasonal reads? Make sure to sign up for our email list and we’ll send you a new BitchReads list, every quarter, in partnership with Powell’s Books!ġ. Whether you’re reading on vacation, in the park, or on the beach, the warmer weather makes reading a pleasant activity. Summer is an ideal time to read a good, engrossing book. As fate has it, she faces problems like every other teenage girl yet ends up finding imprudent ways to get out of it. She loves Willow every inch, broken or intact. That is why she finds herself stuck in a complete chaos when she finds that providing the best care for Willow might mean suing her Obstetrician, who happens to be Charlotte’s only best friend.Īmelia O’Keefe, a caring big sister, fights her own battles. She is beautiful, smart, loveable and has OI (Osteogenesis Imperfectia). Willow is the most adorable 5 year old I’ve come across, even if she happens to be fictional.Ĭharlotte O’Keefe, who manages every crisis that hits her daughter with all her courage, wants only the best for her daughter. Willow is perfect, except for her brittle bones which breaks on nothing more than a sneeze. Willow O’Keefe, a tiny little girl whose precious life brightened all the people around her becomes the centre of a debate to determine if one’s life is really worth living. ‘Handle with Care’ -when you pick this book you are in for an ultimate experience in life. Sometimes when you pick a good book which connects with you, you wish for it to never end. Everyone babied Feyre when she was suffering through all her trauma from her time Under the Mountain, yet Nesta isn’t gifted the same courtesy. According to the last book, Rhysand is super rich, so why was that the catalyst to make them act? Their decided method of helping Nesta is to tear down the rundown apartment building she’s living in….but what about the other tenants? Do they have to find somewhere else to live now, or are they homeless because their High Lord demolished their home to punish his mate’s sister?Įvery character’s hypocrisy made me want to fist-fight them all. They let her stew in her PTSD for a whole year before finally deciding to do something about it-only after she gambled 500 gold pieces on drinking and gambling. The way her family and ‘friends’ treat her is appalling. Before, she seemed so needlessly cruel, but now that I understand her better, it’s incredibly easy to relate and empathize with her. I feel so bad for Nesta throughout the entirety of this novel. Not even because she’s a good person or did anything extraordinary everyone else SUCKS. I used to have mixed feelings about her, but now she’s my favorite character. The first thing I want to talk about is Nesta. This book made me like actually viscerally mad. Hundreds of influential leaders in business, politics, and popular culture were introduced to Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi at the 2011 memorial service of Steve Jobs, by express wish of the late business visionary and founder of Apple Computer, who passed away on October 5, 2011. The various editions of Autobiography of a Yogi available exclusively from Self-Realization Fellowship, the organization founded by the author, are the only ones that incorporate all of his wishes for the final text including extensive material he added after the original 1946 edition and a final chapter on the closing years of his life. With soul-satisfying wisdom and endearing wit, he illuminates the deepest secrets of life and the universe - opening our hearts and minds to the joy, beauty, and unlimited spiritual potentials that exist in the lives of every human being. Named one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, Paramahansa Yogananda’s remarkable life story takes you on an unforgettable exploration of the world of saints and yogis, science and miracles, death and resurrection. More than 100 photos, including sepia duotone and a 16-page special color photo section depicting many of the sacred places associated with Paramahansaji’s life and legacyĪ book to last a lifetime - makes an excellent gift idea for the holidays, or anytime! In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Autobiography of a Yogi, we are happy to announce the publication of a special deluxe edition of this classic of spiritual literature. Many of Wittman’s anecdotes and lessons were drawn from his 2010 memoir, “Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures. Each of the pieces had been smuggled out, at the rate of about one piece a day, by a Philadelphia Historical Society employee. Priceless How I Went Undercover to Rescue the Worlds Stolen Treasures by Bob Wittman available in Hardcover on, also read synopsis and reviews. Their investigation led them to a man who had not three but nearly 200 individual artifacts. In one instance, Wittman and his team were looking for three Civil War-era swords that had gone missing from the Philadelphia Historical Society. Wittman, the author of a best-selling memoir about his years as the FBIs senior art crimes investigator, will be in Central Florida May 10 to share the. Martinez even created fake certifications of authenticity.įrequently, it was the audacity of the thieves in Wittman’s stories that was the most incredible. Rising from humble roots as the son of an antiques dealer, Wittman built a twenty-year career that was nothing short of extraordinary. In the 1980s, a man named Alfredo Martinez forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings on a massive scale. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his career for the first time. The armor currently sits in a museum unaccompanied by any information, Wittman added, to dramatize the permanent effects of looting.įorgery is misrepresenting the origins or creator of an artifact. At one point during his career, Wittman investigated and uncovered a 2,000 year-old piece of Peruvian armor stolen from a tomb. Unfortunately, at the time of the series release, our entertainment outlets were still woefully light on providing strong female characters. I genuinely believe that virtually all women have strength, brilliance, and a deep profound beauty inside of them. Where did you get your inspiration for the character Ellie? One of the things I like in these books is the abundance of strong female characters. Back in 2012, you self-published the ‘Freewill’ trilogy. I caught up with her in the midst of her busy life.ġ……. In 2013, she came back with another short story, 'Lay Me Down' (featured in 'The Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror 2016’). In 2011, she self-published her haunting trilogy, 'Freewill' (1/ Freewill, 2/ Consequences, 3/ Vindication). Thirteen years ago, the world was exposed for the first time to Elyse Draper's writing talent with 'I Am Morte’ (featured in 'The Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror 2008’). Inspired by the classic hair of the dog, Bloody Domino’s is a, spiced tomato drink that is perfectly balanced and packed with flavour.Īvailable to pre-order now, a bottle of Bloody Domino’s combines tomato juice with pickle juice, and a kick thanks to a spicy blend of turmeric, cayenne pepper, fresh horseradish, and black pepper. According to those polled, the top methods to aid sore heads after a few bevvies include taking a cold shower, drinking a Bloody Mary, staying in bed all day, and even going to the gym or for a swim.Īs a festive treat to the nation, Domino’s is giving away a limited-edition tomato drink – named Bloody Domino’s. Three quarters swear by a tried and tested hangover ‘cure’ the morning after that works for them. All this celebrating means that on average, we’ll endure four hangovers this month - with each one lasting 10 hours on average – or even 24 hours for an unlucky 8% of us. From catching up with friends, attending Christmas parties, not to forget a global football tournament to watch, it’s no surprise more than two thirds of workers are bracing themselves to be hungover over during the coming weeks.ĭomino’s polled 2,000 office workers to discover they’re set to attend a whopping 16 social shindigs on average over the festive period – with the highly-anticipated, office Christmas party falling on Thursday, December 15, for most revellers this year. This December, booze-drinking Brits are set to be extremely merry, but not so bright, with a frenzy of social plans in the diary. |