![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A voracious reader and listener, she was raised in Connecticut and Hawaii but now splits her time between California and New York. She has recorded over three hundred titles spanning many genres and holds a bachelor's degree in English literature. Hillary Huber is a multiple Audie Award finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice. A former company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for nineteen years, she received an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater. Amy’s work has been featured in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, AudioFile magazine, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal.Ĭaroline Shaffer is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. ![]() A voice actor and singer for over a decade, Amy has narrated many interactive children’s books and provided character voices for toys and video games. She has a degree in oral interpretation of literature and won state and national awards for poetry reading. Her books have been selected for AudioFile’s Best Romance of 2016 list Booklist’s Top 10 Romance, Top 10 Historical Fiction, Editor’s Choice Media and YALSA’s Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. Amy Rubinate has narrated over 250 audiobooks and won multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards. ![]()
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Space opera by catherynne valente![]() ![]() It is also absolutely the hook on which Valente has chosen to hang her narrative - a Space Opera, literally. But if I tell you that it's about Earth - and in particular one has-been Brit-pop glam-rock band called Decibel Jones and the Absolute Zeroes - having to compete for its collective life in an intergalactic version of the Eurovision Song Contest in order to prove that humans are, in fact, sentient and not just horrible sticky monsters which might (someday) constitute a threat to the greater universal neighborhood, you wouldn't believe me at all because that's just ridiculous. I can say that it's a wicked-fast read (if you can handle the whiplash and the pure, 12-gauge crazy-pants nonsense of it all) and enjoyable at speeds unsafe for upright mammals. Know why? Because she used them all in writing it. There are really no words to describe Space Opera, Catherynne Valente's new novel. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Space Opera Author Catherynne M. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The memory of love linda olsson![]() ![]() ![]() He then proceed to talk to this person and leave the mail there. Although nothing even prove someone is indeed in this appartment, something is telling him there’s someone on the other side of the door, listening. All her belongings remains in boxes apart from a kitchen, a table, and a bed.īut one day, a young guy named Elias found some mail that belongs to her – they are appartment neighbors that have the same last name, so he can clearly see in how the postman would’ve made this mistake. She never leaves it, not even to go buy food, and haven’t decorated anything. No one know who live there nor has seen her. A lady who decided to live in the darkness of her appartment. but I loved it nonetheless ! It’s not a love story, rather a message of hope. This book is nothing i’ve ever read so far. *read in french as “Au premier chant du Merle* ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Double Cross by Sam Giancana![]() ![]() "Mobster chief Sam Giancana was at the heart of one of America's most notorious criminal conspiracies and this book gives us fresh information on that. Double Cross is an eye-opening account of the interworking of the government and the mob and how this relationship has impacted American history. Chuck Giancana, Sam's brother, contributes a unique perspective of the mob's relationship with the Bay of Pigs and many other pivotal events of the 60's and beyond. The book includes Giancana's testimony about the truth of his involvement in the deaths of Monroe and others, among others. Written with suspense and conviction, we learn about how the CIA asked Giancana to assassinate Fidel Castro But the Kennedy brothers double-crossed him, waging full-out war on organized crime throughout the United States. When politician Joe Kennedy gave Giancana the chance to use mob muscle to get his son John elected, Giancana jumped at the task. He partied with major stars such as Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe and did business with agents ranging from the CIA to the Vatican to the shah of Iran. He was known as one of the best vehicle escape artists, a tenacious business man, and a ruthless killer. ![]() ![]() One of the most feared Chicago mobsters Sam Giancana clawed his way to the top of the Mafia hierarchy by starting as a hit man for Al Capone. ![]() ties seven United States presidents to the mob."-Larry King, CNN New York Times Bestseller! "Sam Giancana tells all. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Daniel keyes author![]() ![]() Keyes' publisher Tor wrote in a statement that " Flowers for Algernon was an key example of science fiction that tackled problems of depth and emotional consequence Keyes made a giant contribution to the discussion of science fiction as a serious art form." "Then Ill be abel to reed better and spell the werds good and know lots of things and be like other pepul." Charlie's IQ shoots to 185, but when Algernon starts behaving strangely, Charlie knows that he, too, will begin to deteriorate. "If the operashun werks good Ill show that mouse I can be as smart as he is even smarter," Charlie says. Charlie, who has an IQ of 68, undergoes an experimental procedure to increase his intelligence after the experiment is successfully performed on a mouse named Algernon. Keyes' short story "Flowers for Algernon," which he eventually turned into a novel, is narrated by a mentally disabled adult named Charlie Gordon. Daniel Keyes, the author of the high-school staple "Flowers for Algernon," died on Sunday, according to his publisher. ![]() The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Flowers For Algernon Author Daniel Keyes ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments All of my rage![]() ![]() Sabaa Tahir held no punches with this book and I had to sit down a few times while reading this book. As their future inches closer, Noor and Salahudin have to make life-changing decisions and face past mistakes for better or worse. Meanwhile, her uncle is determined to keep her right where she is-working odd hours at his convenience store while he aspires to greatness. But what once was a promising dream becoming more unlikely as her grades decline due her lost friendship with Salahudin along with her safe haven of spending time with his mother, Misbah. Noor, on the other hand, has only one goal: go to college. Desperate, he turns to drug dealing to pay the piling bills. With Sal’s mother having a steep decline in health and his father’s alcoholism, his family’s business-and overall future-is on the line. ![]() However, after Noor confesses romantic feelings to him, their bond swiftly falls apart and sends them down vastly different paths. Taking place in Juniper, California, Salahudin and Noor were best friends growing up. This month, we’re heading into the harsh reality of the “American Dream” in All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir. Last month, we rounded out Hot Love Summer with The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow. Hello again, audacious readers! We’re starting of year two of the Audacity Book Club with an emotional bang. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Where the wild things are picture![]() Max calls for a “wild rumpus” he and the wild things dance in the moonlight, hang from the trees and have a fantastic (if rather unruly) time until Max realises that he misses home. ![]() Not frightened of anything, Max tames the wild things, who agree that he is the wildest of them all, and make him their king. When a boat appears, Max sails to the land of the wild things, where he finds huge, multicoloured monsters with big claws and teeth. ![]() His mother calls him a “wild thing,” and, when he is cheeky to her, she sends him to bed without his dinner.ĭressed in pyjamas that make him look rather like a wolf, Max feels very cross up in his room and either dreams or imagines that his bedroom turns into a jungle. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments If i break portia moore series![]() Join Portia's Reader group on Facebook: for the most recent up to date information. When that’s not possible, she loves drinking wine, cooking (also with wine) and spending time with her little family of one human child and two furbabies, one that barks and one that meows. ![]() Located in the chilly Midwest, her favorite vacations are anywhere that’s hot and sunny with a beach, reading the same kind of heart-pounding, twisty, edge-of-your seat romantic thrillers that she loves to write. ![]() Portia Moore is an Amazon and iBooks bestselling author of romantic suspense, including the popular If I Break series, the Her series, and the Collided series, which combined have sold over one million copies across all platforms. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments David boring comic![]() ![]() The pages were printed in a relatively large 10 + 1⁄ 2-×- 7 + 1⁄ 2-inch (27 × 19 cm) format. Pantheon Books published a hardcover collected version later in 2000 and followed with a softcover version in 2002. ![]() Trying to imagine what a one-sentence sales pitch for David Boring would sound like, Clowes told an interviewer "It's like Fassbinder meets half-baked Nabokov on Gilligan's Island." Publication ĭavid Boring 's three chapters (which Clowes called "acts") first appeared from May 1998 to February 2000 in issues #19–21 of Clowes's comic book Eightball, published by Fantagraphics Books. ![]() All this occurs in a nameless American city, against the background of a looming conflict involving germ warfare. ![]() The book depicts the misadventures of its eponymous character, whose main interests are finding the "perfect woman" and learning more about his father, an obscure comic artist whom he has never met. It was serialized in issues #19–21 of Clowes's comic book Eightball and appeared in collected form from Pantheon Books in 2000. Cover of the original hardback edition of David Boringĭavid Boring is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Daniel Clowes. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Where the Action Is by Glen Chase![]() ![]() However, “as more details emerged, from the accounts of police and a taxi driver who was briefly involved, the facts began to diverge from (the Sussexes’) account,” the New York Times said. ![]() This statement indicates that police don’t believe anyone - including the paparazzi or members of the royal couple’s security team - broke any laws.Īs the New York Times said in a report on Friday, early reports about the May 16 incident repeated claims from the couple’s publicist and other allies that the chase was “relentless,” “near fatal” and supposedly involved the couple’s SUV being followed by other SUVS with black-out windows and driving at speeds of up to 80 mph. The NYPD has concluded that the incident warrants “no further investigation,” the New York Times has reported. ![]() Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won’t be able to count on an investigation by the New York City Police Department to back up their claims that they endured a “near-catastrophic,” two-hour car chase at the hands of “highly aggressive” paparazzi who caused “multiple near collisions” with other drivers, pedestrians and two police officers. ![]() |