![]() ![]() When a series of events uncovers his whereabouts, the CIA recruits him, using a Presidential pardon for Reece and immunity for the friends who helped him in his mission of vengeance. The United States government has an asset who can turn the Iraqi against his masters: James Reece, the most-wanted domestic terrorist alive.Īfter avenging the deaths of his family and team members, Reece emerges deep in the wilds of Mozambique, protected by the family of his estranged best friend and former SEAL Team member. The attacks are being coordinated by a shadowy former Iraqi commando who has disappeared into Europe’s underground. When a string of horrific terrorist attacks plagues the Western world during the holiday season, the broader markets fall into a tailspin. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skill, cunning, and heroism put the US government back in his debt and set him on another path of revenge. “Jack Carr and his alter-ego protagonist, James Reece, continue to blow me away.” -Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mission Critical Get ready!” -Chris Pratt, star of the #1 Amazon Prime series The Terminal List “Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I felt the tears swelling up, because certain Disney songs will always make me think of my kids. Just this morning, I saw Angela Landsbury had passed away and the news played her song from the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast. Within his first few chapters, he mentioned that “I’m not one to keep tears back” and for those that know me on the personal side know that I’m not either. When I started the book, I noticed that I could instantly relate to him on the non-football side of his life. He falls in the category of the old guy that played a long time that I respect. As I just had finished a couple of fiction books, I checked out the non-fiction section and Coming Back Stronger, Unleashing the hidden power of Adversity, by Drew Brees jumped out at me for some reason. My goal has been to have a mix of fiction and nonfiction. ![]() ![]() I wandered into the library looking for a book to read. I just try and keep my body in shape so I can walk and move comfortably! While they maybe weren’t on my favorite team, I still had a healthy respect for what it takes to keep your body in shape at that age to play a game you love. ![]() As I approached my 40’s, I started following more an more athletes that were playing in the NFL til their late 30’s or early 40’s. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After his capture, Schrank was found with a letter he had written ‘To the people of the U.S.’ detailing his reasons for shooting Roosevelt. Unbeknownst to Teddy, he had been following him for three weeks, across eight states. The would-be assassin (John Schrank) was an unemployed saloon owner from New York. As he entered a vehicle just outside the Hotel Gilpatrick (around 8:00 p.m.) he was shot in the right side of his chest. On OctoTeddy was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. But the failed attempt to assassinate him – while on the campaign trail for his re-election – was not the cause of his death. After decades of robust physical exercise and constant outdoor activities, coupled with revolutionary political accomplishments and parenting six children, he died in his sleep from a heart attack. ![]() Were Franklin And Theodore Roosevelt Related?Ĭompared to his life, the death of Theodore Roosevelt was largely uneventful. ![]() ![]() He’s pictured here playing the jester in 1928 and the next year also re-wrote the basic script which remains largely intact today.īorn in San Francisco in 1902, Ansel Adams survived the devastating 1906 S.F. Ansel Adams: Photographer of the West Formative Years In addition to his photography, Ansel Adams played a key role in the early production of Bracebridge Dinner, the famous Christmas pageant held at The Ahwahnee hotel. Here, his work and burnished legacy come alive along the print-filled walls and display cases of the multi-tier, historic building that is equal parts studio, shrine and store. ![]() Yosemite Mariposa County visitors will feel his presence around every turn, and in particular at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Valley. Among his most revered works are Yosemite Valley, Thunderstorm, but there are literally hundreds more with equally powerful artistry and emotional impact. His images stand alone as icons of wild America. Visionary in his composition, Adams is considered to be one of the greatest landscape photographers of all time. However, there’s one photographer whose fluency with the Park’s epic angles and “ range of light” elevates these vistas into works of fine art.Īnsel Adams’ striking black & white photographs of the American West possess a timeless quality. ![]() ![]() Yosemite National Park is one of the most-photographed places on the planet. ![]() ![]() Contact her through her website: joannelevy. Joanne lives in rural Ontario, Canada with her husband and kids of the furred and feathered variety. In her spare time (ha!) Joanne stabs wool with special needles to make fun and weird creatures. In her non-writing hours she helps other authors with their administrative needs as a virtual author assistant. ![]() Since she left the corporate world in 2013, Joanne spends her days making up stuff. CRUSHING IT by Joanne Levy RELEASE DATE: Jan. Being the youngest and the only female among four children, she was often left to her own devices and could frequently be found sitting in a quiet corner with her nose in a book. ![]() Joanne Levy's love of books began at a very early age. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Marcus's key is gone, his imagination runs rampant with things that are gone or He hides his key in the tree and retrieves it everyday. Marcus is often home by himself and actually does not mind it. Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance ( 1986) Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island ( 1984) ![]() Karen Kepplewhite is the World's Best Kisser ( 1983) Strange Things Happen in the Woods ( 1978) Springboard to Summer ( 1975) (writing as A E Bunting) High Tide for Labrador ( 1975) (writing as A E Bunting) Stable of Fear ( 1974) (writing as Evelyn Bolton) Goodbye, Charlie ( 1974) (writing as Evelyn Bolton) In the final story, a hippopotamus escapes from the zoo and relaxes in the pond with Frog.ĭream Dancer ( 1974) (writing as Evelyn Bolton) Frog and his friends find a balloon that they think is a This is a beginning reader's book which contains three short stories. This list of works is from Fantastic Fiction, 2012.) Works with a * are works I read for this project. (Clicking on a title or year will open a new page connected to the Fantastic Fiction site. Because of this, this list may not include every piece of work ever written by Eve Bunting. ![]() ![]() Eve Bunting does not have her own website, because she is computer illiterate and her many publishers have mini-sites dedicated to her (Scholastic Inc., 2012). Eve is constantly writing and being published, so this list may not include new publications. ![]() ![]() Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again. When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list.hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she's facing at home. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. ![]() ![]() It's a list of novels that she's never heard of before. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.Īleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb. ![]() ![]() ![]() He lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy cat, and has not yet been eaten by gators. His story collection Conservation of Shadows was released by Prime Books in 2013. It won the Best First Novel Award in the Locus Awards and the Reddit Fantasy Award. Yoon Ha Lee’s novel Ninefox Gambit came out from Solaris in 2016 and quickly garnered massive critical acclaim and was short-listed for the Arthur C. And what’s worse, Jedao and Kujen are being hunted by an enemy who knows more about Jedao and his crimes than he does himself… NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. ![]() Kujen’s friendliness can’t hide the fact that he’s a tyrant. Like I have always believed that a properly guided bureaucracy is deadlier than any bomb. The Kel soldiers under his command may be compelled to obey him, but they hate him thanks to a massacre he can’t remember committing. 143 quotes from Yoon Ha Lee: The problem with authority is that if you leave it lying around, others will take it away from you., All communication is manipulation, Jedao said. Surely a knack for video games doesn’t qualify you to take charge of an army? Soon Jedao learns the situation is even worse. Hexarch Nirai Kujen orders Jedao to reconquer the fractured hexarchate on his behalf even though Jedao has no memory of ever being a soldier, let alone a general. His few memories tell him that he’s a seventeen-year-old cadet–but his body belongs to a man decades older. The shattering conclusion to the Hugo Award nominated Machineries of Empire series! When Shuos Jedao wakes up for the first time, several things go wrong. From New York Times best-selling author Yoon Ha Lee. ![]() ![]() Ambitious, clever, his sights set on a career in law, Tom is an acute observer, and a man who knows what he wants. Tom is handsome and enigmatic he is also an outsider. When Clarissa meets Tom Cuthbert, home from university and staying with his mother, the housekeeper. Deyning Park is in its heyday, the large country house filled with the laughter and excitement of privileged youth preparing for a weekend party. ![]() It is 1914, the beginning of a blissful, golden summer - and the end of an era. ![]() Clarissa is almost seventeen when the spell of her childhood is broken. THE LAST SUMMER is a sweepingly epic and gloriously intimate commercial debut - a beautiful and haunting story of lost innocence and a powerful, enduring love. ![]() THE LAST SUMMER - a sweeping debut, perfect for reading groups and fans of Kate Morton and Downton Abbey Num Pages: 464 pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Emika groups with her world championship Warcross team, the Phoenix Riders, to face the problems around her, soon discovering that Zero and the Blackcoats aren’t all what she’d initially thought. A bounty has been placed on her head and her chances of survival relies on Zero and his team, skilled hackers known as the Blackcoats who previously caused many problems for Hideo. After uncovering the secrets behind Hideo’s NeuroLink algorithm used to create the virtual reality images of Warcross, Emika, a teenage bounty hunter from New York, discovers an additional threat. Emika is on a mission to put a stop to the formidable plans of Hideo Tanaka, a young billionaire who created the sensational virtual reality game known as Warcross. ![]() In Marie Lu’s riveting sequel to Warcross, Emika Chen must choose a side as the destiny of free will hangs in the air. ![]() |