![]() ![]() As parents, many of us are new to the digital world, while our children are naturals. Gold's realistic approach to navigating the cyber-culture is invaluable-she gives easy-to-follow and commonsensical advice. This book is a 'must read' for all parents who want to protect their children while still giving them access to all of the benefits technology has to offer. "No one understands the digital landscape and its complex presence in our children's lives better than Jodi Gold. Jodi Gold has provided the milestone book that will give important insight to every parent."-From the Foreword by Tory Burch, CEO, designer, and mother of three "Just as our mothers and fathers worried about too much TV, today's parents worry about their children getting lost in cyberspace.With "Screen-Smart Parenting," Dr. ![]()
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5/10/2023 0 Comments MARVEL'S VOICES by John Ridley![]() "The deep dives, a look at the history of the DC universe, and imbuing that with real history things that really happened. " all the things that attracted me to doing this story?" Ridley says. ![]() The characters, all heroes of color, are some of Ridley's favorites in the DC superhero community. John Stewart (Green Lantern), the first Black superhero in the DC Universe, shows up too. Ridley has actually written for DC periodically since 2004 - including "The American Way" comic book series and the animated movie "Justice League: Starcrossed." Now, however, he's brought his signature skill for envisioning situations from a different vantage point to "The Other History of the DC Universe," a five-issue series focused on some of DC's lesser-known characters: Jefferson Pierce (Black Lightning), Mal Duncan and Karen Beecher-Duncan (Bumblebee), Renee Montoya (The Question), Katana and Anissa Pierce (Thunder). Specifically, the perspective of John Ridley, the Oscar-winning writer and TV creator whose "12 Years a Slave" took the point-of-view of a freed Black man made to live as a slave. Most may not equate "12 Years a Slave" or FX's "American Crime" - two seriously dramatic projects - with DC Comics, but it's all a matter of perspective. His new DC comic series "The Other History of the DC Universe" was just released. ![]() ![]() Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley in 2017, just before the release of his documentary "Let It Fall," about the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris![]() ![]() Harper can find dead people, but now it's clear someone wants her dead. ![]() With all this going on Harper realises life is getting a little complicated, but she doesn't expect those complications to include Tolliver getting shot, or watching a cop die taking a bullet for her. A college class gets more than it bargained for when Harper gives a demonstration of her uncanny talent. ![]() Her books have inspired HBO’s True Blood, NBC’s Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Then Tolliver's dad arrives on the scene, seeking forgiveness for the sins of their youth, and the police get a tip-off that after all these years, Cameron's been spotted in a mall. Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris - Audiobook Scribd Listen to Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris with a free trial.nListen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Charlaine Harris is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. That creeps some people out, but though they grew up together, and got each other through the real bad times - their parents' drug-use, the abuse, the disappearance of Harper's elder sister Cameron - they're not blood relatives. It's taken a while, but at last Harper's pretty happy with her life: she's making a living, using her unique talent to help people, and she's got a lover - her stepbrother Tolliver. ![]() When she was 15, Harper Connelly was struck by a bolt of lightning, which left her with a spiderweb of red over her body, headaches, and episodes of weakness. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Iain gately drink![]() ![]() Filling a crucial gap in culinary history, O'Meara dismantles the long-standing patriarchal traditions at the heart of these very drinking cultures, in the hope that listeners everywhere can look to each celebrated woman in this book-and proudly have what she's having. With whip-smart insight and boundless curiosity, Girly Drinks unveils an entire untold history of the female distillers, drinkers and brewers who have played a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol, from ancient Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi to iconic 1920s bartender Ada Coleman. ![]() But when exactly did drinking become a gendered act? And why have bars long been considered "places for men" when, without women, they might not even exist? These are the cocktails that come in sleek-stemmed glasses, bright colors and fruity flavors-these are the Girly Drinks.įrom the earliest days of civilization, alcohol has been at the center of social rituals and cultures worldwide. Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol, by Iain Gately February 2010 DOI: 10.1080/15332560903408854 Authors: Douglas C Smith Southern Illinois University Carbondale Request full-text Discover. From Los Angeles Times bestselling author Mallory O'Meara comes a lively and engrossing feminist history of women drinking through the ages ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The Archer by Abigail Roux![]() ![]() We’ve got a traditional “odd couple” pairing in FBI agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett – or so it seems at first. Harding) who I’ve listened to once before, and he does a decent job overall, in spite of some pacing issues and pretty poor female voices (luckily, there aren’t too many women in the book so it’s not too great a problem.) The whole series is available in audio with several different narrators here it’s Sawyer Allerde (the others are Sean Crisden and J.F. Cut & Run was originally published in 2008 (with the audio following in 2010) and I suspect it was a bit of a trailblazer in the genre – it certainly seems that way from reading reviews and seeing how many people loved the series and the central characters. There are nine books in all – the first four co-written by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux, and the last five by Abigail Roux solo when Ms. I’m on a bit of an m/m romantic suspense kick at the moment, so this first book in the Cut & Run series seemed like a good fit. ![]() A Vintage Review – audiobook released in 2010, review from 2018 ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons![]() Which, much to her chagrin, means she needs the help of a psychic (although she's sure they are all charlatans) and must rid herself of the pesky ghost hunter who's interested in exploiting her new abilities.įor readers who enjoy Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House and Clay McLeod Chapman's Ghost Eaters. Raely and her friend must learn why this demonic spirit is haunting Raely and how she can stop him before he destroys her life-and her soul. He might even be the partner Raely needs to fight the evil spirit hell-bent on destroying her. Lyons - 9780744302790 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. For a ghostly tag-along, Casper's not so bad. Lyons, 9780744302790, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. ![]() While faced with the intense grief of losing her best friend, she realizes that someone is following her-and has been following her all her life. My debut novel Ghost Tamer will be published by CamCat Books in Fall of 2023. ![]() Death is one thing, it's what you do afterward that matters.Īspiring-comedian Raely is the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. ![]() ![]() ![]() Source & Format: Public Library–eBook & Audiobook Publication Dates: February 2013 – October 2016 Heat Rating: Smokin’ (Kink: mild, BSDM: light in Book #2) Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Erotica, Drama This series crosses over with the Wild Seasons Series in book 4, Beautiful Secret. Originally only available online as The Office by tby789-and garnering over two million reads on fan fiction sites-Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release All over the office.Īs their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they’re willing to lose in order to win each other. But Chloe’s so tempting he’s willing to bend the rules-or outright smash them-if it means he can have her. Despite the rumors, he’s never been one for a workplace hookup. ![]() He never expected that the assistant who’d been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative-completely infuriating-creature he now has to see every day. A Beautiful Bastard.īennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family’s massive media business. He’s exacting, blunt, inconsiderate-and completely irresistible. Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. Synopsis for Beautiful Bastard (from Goodreads): Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: ![]() ![]() He was the character that everybody asked me about the most. “I enjoyed writing to him, and in every scene, he was in, it felt like he became a star on the page. ![]() Although she said that she has nothing against Starr, as she’s a close second. Her choice of favorite surprised everyone as everyone believes it will be Starr Carter, the protagonist of the book. Maverick was her favorite character in The Hate U Give.Īngie Thomas said in one of her interviews that her favorite character in ‘ The Hate U Give‘ is Maverick. According to her, if she hadn’t gotten it, especially at the time she got it, she may not have written ‘The Hate U Give.’ ![]() She mentioned that winning the Walter Grant became a starting point of her career. She said her old laptop died the week after she won a writing grant and could then afford a replacement computer. While she was still working on the novel as an aspiring author, she had a barely-functional laptop whose screen was held together with tape and the keyboard fully nonfunctional. ![]() The famous book, ‘ The Hate U Give‘ may not have been written if the author Angie Thomas didn’t win a grant just in time. The Hate U Give may not have happened because her old laptop died before she could finish the book ![]() Here are the 10 best facts about Angie Thomas. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Alan turing biography book![]() ![]() The complete book is on sale as a 30-hour audio from .uk.The Turing Centenary editions which appeared in 2012 are still available.Order from Amazon: UK edition | US edition. Order from Amazon: the UK paperback edition | UK Kindle edition | US paperback edition | US Kindle edition. ![]() The cover picture relates to a (non-documentary) American-produced film which appeared in 2014. The new British edition is from Vintage, Random House, London, and the new American edition is from Princeton University Press.These new editions are virtually identical with a new 2014 Preface, and a Foreword by Douglas Hofstadter.The main text and notes are the same as in previous editions, but, mercifully, re-set in a larger typeface which makes it much easier to read than the earlier paperback editions. The 20 editions New editions of Alan Turing: The Enigma, both British and American, appeared in 2014. Alan Turing: The Enigma Notes by the author, Andrew Hodges Home Page | Site Map | Contact and FAQ ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Amour en cage by Danny Tyran![]() I began to write my first novel, "Esclave à l'entraînement", a long time ago, before I lived a BDSM relationship. I also love to read about scientific and technological discoveries, particularly about neurology, quantum, parallel universes. And that's also why I love thrillers, science-fiction (no star wars, please!) and even some horror stories (no werewolves, vampires or gifted people, please"). That's why I like BDSM stories, mines and others' (no hard non-con, please). lolll But they always got through it and they learned about themselves and what is important in life through their ordeal. ![]() Even very young, I imagined stories that could be call BDSM because my MCs were always in deep sh*t and/or in pain. I have always been a reader and a guy full of imagination. I learned lately to speak English so it's very possible that I forget mistakes in my reviews and other writings as this one. As you surely guess, my native language is French. ![]() I am French Canadian living in a picturesque hamlet in Quebec Province. ![]() |