![]() ![]() To make things worse, Erin’s daughter brings Cassie to breakfast the next morning. In her defense, she hadn’t known Cassie was a student when they'd met. But then the next morning rolls around and her friend drags her along to meet her mom-the hot, older woman Cassie slept with.Įrin Bennett came to Family Weekend to get closer to her daughter, not have a one-night stand with a college senior. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. ![]() When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school’s Family Weekend, she isn’t looking for a hookup-it just happens. From the critically acclaimed author of Something To Talk About comes a sharp and sexy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend’s mom. ![]()
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Conspiracy book ryan holiday5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Drawing on a wide range of history’s greatest thinkers, from Confucius to Seneca, Marcus Aurelius to Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stuart Mill to Nietzsche, he argues that stillness is not mere inactivity, but the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus. In this book, he outlines a path for achieving this ancient, but urgently necessary way of living. Ryan Holiday calls it stillness–to be steady while the world spins around you. To achieve happiness and do the right thing. To avoid distraction and discover great insights. It enables them to conquer their tempers. In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist philosophy to show why slowing down is the secret weapon for those charging ahead.Īll great leaders, thinkers, artists, athletes, and visionaries share one indelible quality. In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. ![]() You can get a personalized, signed copy of all books at BookPeople-simply order via their website! Stillness is the Key ![]() ![]() ![]() The main character, Roya, is a high school student in Tehran who spends most of her afternoons at Mr. Readers discover an emotional journey that resonates with love, loss, time, and memory. Reckoning with a traumatic past, Kamali has written a thoughtful novel that doubles as a multi-generational love story and a realistic depiction of Iranian-American immigrant experience the work is a welcome addition to the canon of literature written by Iranian diaspora authors. ![]() Marjan Kamali's The Stationery Shop swept me completely into the alluring but dangerous world of Tehran, Iran, circa 1953, the year the nation's democracy underwent a violent U.S.-backed coup d'état. My favorite literature creates worlds that I cannot visit in person. Set against the political turmoil of 1950s Iran, this breathtaking sophomore novel centers on a forbidden romance with long-lasting consequences. ![]() Nightshade novel5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() After she adopts a burly, squint-eyed feral tomcat and takes up with a moustachioed Puerto Rican artist, her five grown kids plot an intervention. ![]() For Jessalyn, his adored wife of nearly 40 years, Whitey’s loss signals the end of her life. Without its “linchpin”, the McClaren family soon careens out of control. The 67-year-old good samaritan saves a life but is kicked to the ground and Tasered at close range, suffering a stroke. “Whitey” McClaren is the well-liked former mayor of a modest city in upstate New York, but his local standing counts for nothing when, spotting two cops viciously assaulting a “dark-skinned young man” on the hard shoulder, he pulls over to intervene. ![]() Savor the moment by nora roberts5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She didn’t hear the music, used it more to fill the airthan as entertainment while she painstakingly pieced the completedpanel onto the second tier of four. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īlone, with Norah Jones whispering through the iPod,Laurel transformed a panel of fondant into a swatch of elegant,edible lace. When Laurel's quicksilver moods get the better of her-leading to an angry, hot, all-together mind-blowing kiss with Del-she'll have to quiet the doubts in her mind to turn a moment of passion into forever.ĭon't miss the other books in the Bride Quartet Plus, Del is too protective of Laurel to ever cross the line with her-or so she thinks. What she does appreciate is a strong, intelligent man, a man just like Parker's older brother Delaney, on whom she's had a mega-crush since childhood.īut some infatuations last longer than others, and Laurel is convinced that the Ivy League lawyer is still out of her reach. But she's too low-key to appreciate all the luxuries that their clients seem to long for. Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. New Love takes the cake in the third novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts's Bride Quartet-in a stunning French flap edition ![]() John paul the great his five loves5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() During his short visit John Paul II spoke to the patients and asked for their prayers. ![]() “ Although I am young and strong, although I fly in airplanes, climb mountains, ski, I still turn to the weakest, so that by the riches of their suffering they may bring down the strength and power of the Holy Spirit and the blessing of God upon my work in the Archdiocese” ( Making Of The Pope Of The Millennium: Kalendarium of the Life of Karol Wojtyla)Īfter being elected pope, John Paul II’s first trip outside the Vatican was to visit one of his good friends at the Gemelli hospital recovering from a massive stroke. Vincent de Paul in Kraków, Archbishop Wojtyła visited those in the infirmary where he said to them: After celebrating Mass at the chapel of the Daughters of Charity of St. He saw being present to those who were suffering as a central part of his ministry and believed that their prayers and sacrifices gave him vitality. John Paul II, who throughout his life emphasized the habit of “visiting the sick.” He is an inspiration to me and challenges us all to renew our own efforts in performing this work of mercy.Īs the Archbishop of Kraków, Karol Wojtyła often visited the sick and aging throughout his diocese. While preparing an article for the next corporal work of mercy (visiting the sick), I immediately thought of one pope who highlighted this practice during his pontificate. ![]() Ray bradbury book dandelion wine5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() What can I tell you, Friend, but that the reading experience was wondrous-as it always is-and over much too fast. Knew I had to sit upon it, too, when cracking the cover of Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, the book I’ve faithfully returned to at the start of every summer since the end of my seventh grade year. It was time to make winter leave.Īnd in my effort to welcome the new season, I knew I had to have that lawn furniture in place. ![]() (Don’t even get me started with wing nut L.) The point is, it wasn’t easy, but it was necessary. That lawn furniture resisted my advances, played dumb as I tried to fit washer M into socket C. is not the ideal time for much of anything, certainly not turning bolts and screws into place. I woke up at dawn this morning to assemble the lawn furniture after a long winter, I was desperate to let summer begin. ![]() Bloodline jess lourey true story5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() I approached this story with excitement because I enjoyed Lourey's Unspeakable Things so very much. The Stepford Wives and Rosemary's Baby get mixed in with Leave to Beaver channeling The Twilight Zone. Then again, she might have moved to the deadliest small town on earth. Her fiancé tells her she’s being paranoid. He might be right. And unless Joan is imagining things, a frighteningly familiar figure from her past is on watch in the shadows. So does the sinister secret of a little boy who vanished decades ago. An archaic organization still seems to hold the town in thrall. Joan can’t shake the feeling that every move she makes is being tracked. And yet, something is off in the picture-perfect village. ![]() Lilydale’s motto, “Come Home Forever,” couldn’t be more inviting. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of news-rich city life, she’s eager to settle down. It’s enough to drive some women mad… In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. An ITW Thriller Award and Anthony Award winner. ![]() ![]() Similarly, how much of the math that we know is rather young, as in 20th century or second half of the 20th century. From studying math in school and college it feels like we have most of it figured out, but I like how often Matt points to corners of the math world that don’t look, but probably are, too complex and they are not know or resolved at all. Something that surprised me when reading this book is how much we don’t know. Mind you, this was bed-time reading for me, so, I didn’t put a huge effort into it. ![]() Some parts I couldn’t understand a lot and I just skipped them. ![]() I’m glad things were not dumbed down too much for us plebes. Some parts of the book were not easy at all. I was expecting a funny read of math curiosities and indeed there was plenty of humor and curiosities in this book in the style of Matt Parker (Google him and watch his videos, he’s great) but this book had much more than that. ![]() ![]() ![]() Built in 1907 and originally called Posingford Bridge, it is considered to be the bridge on which Milne and his son first played the game. ![]() Milne first played the game at a bridge located in Ashdown Forest, close to the village of Upper Hartfield, East Sussex, England. As first depicted, protagonist Pooh accidentally drops a pine cone into a river from a bridge and, after observing how it appeared on the other side of the bridge, devises the rules for Poohsticks, later playing the game with the other characters, Christopher Robin, Tigger, and Eeyore. The game first came to prominence upon Milne's description in his 1928 book The House at Pooh Corner, as well as the 1983 Disney animated featurette Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore. ![]() Milne for his son Christopher Robin Milne. Poohsticks was invented by English author A.A. The annual World Poohsticks Championships have been held at Day's Lock on the River Thames in the UK since 1984. It is a simple game which may be played on any bridge over running water each player drops a stick on the upstream side of a bridge and the one whose stick first appears on the downstream side is the winner. Poohsticks is a game first mentioned in The House at Pooh Corner, a Winnie-the-Pooh book by A.A. ![]() |