6/7/2023 0 Comments Double Cross by Ben MacintyreThe whole idea of spying in its purest sense (in other words, individuals scampering around rather than radio interception and the rest) just does not work very well. Very rapidly they were all imprisoned or executed having achieved nothing, all their training rendered completely irrelevant. As ever, it was the little things that gave them away – such as, in some cases, not being able to speak English. The two dozen or so secret agents infiltrated into Britain early in the war by the Nazis, loaded up with radios and micro-dots, may have dreamed of careers filled with tension, glamour and crème de Cacao-based drinks, but it was not to be. The actual experience turned out sadly different. No imagination was complete without visions of a foolishly lust-stricken enemy officer being filled with Brandy Alexanders and having his ear nibbled, before he blurts out the technical specifications for a new magnetic rocket gun. Fed on a diet of such stuff, MI5 and the Abwehr panted to get at each other. T he spy novel was one of the great genre successes of the 1930s, its plots crammed with secret blueprints, psychotic enforcers, brilliant disguises and sudden betrayal.
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6/7/2023 0 Comments Wonder woman warbringerEven worse, Alia Keralis is no ordinary girl and with this single brave act, Diana may have doomed the world.Īlia just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law-risking exile-to save a mere mortal. And her fight is just beginning.ĭiana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. She will become one of the world's greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. "You’ll enjoy this book whether you’re a fan of Wonder Woman comics, the Wonder Woman movie, Leigh Bardugo, or just YA lit in general." - Hypable The award-winning DC Icons story of the world's greatest super hero: WONDER WOMAN by the # 1 New York Times bestselling author LEIGH BARDUGO. They explore a relationship in an exceptionally short amount of time, six days. She opens her heart to someone who needs her, while in return he heals the anguish of her failed marriage. Here, she finds herself in an unexpected whirlwind of events. As she is looking for a break from everyday, she housesits an inn on the shores of Rodanthe, North Carolina. Nights is so fluid that you can feel the sand under your feet while the protagonist, Adrienne, is walking on the beach.Īdrienne is a single mother of 3, with too much on her hands. This story is brilliantly written, with a flow of words that seem to put you in the story. It is a story of heartbreak, of learning to love after losing, and most of all, a story about enjoying those around you. If you have ever really enjoyed one of those page-turning stories about someone's trials and tribulations in life, this book, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks, definitely tops that list. 6/7/2023 0 Comments Mud sweat and tears bookWith each episode leading to one more exciting than the last, Grylls’s account will hook adventuresome readers as well as those whose idea of adventure is reading an exciting book. He is all about careful preparation for his adventures. He comes across as a regular person who figured out a long time ago that he was a risk-taker, but not a stupid one. Grylls writes in a straightforward manner using short sentences and chapters to show his strong, engaging personality. As one of the youngest ever to accomplish that feat, he enjoyed a certain celebrity that led to commercial deals and, ultimately, his TV show. He spends several chapters talking about surviving the grueling selection process for the British Army’s Special Air Services, which gave him the skills, confidence, and stamina to join an expedition to scale Mount Everest. He details the beginnings of his life in the wild when he and his father, a Royal Marine, went on high adventures together. He grew up in a loving and supportive family with hardy and adventuresome role models, including his great-grandfather who was a British officer in World War I. He also wrote the Mission Survival series of childrens adventure survival books and Scouting for All. The author is known to many through his television series Man vs. His other books include Facing the Frozen Ocean, Born Survivor: Bear Grylls, Bear Grylls Outdoor Adventures, Ghost Flight, Mud, Sweat and Tears: The Autobiography, A Survival Guide for Life, and True Grit. Adult/High School–Grylls’s love of nature and adventure to the max comes out full-force in this autobiography. This entry was posted in Main Page and tagged statistics by Diane Coyle. But when the data points (aka humans) realise what’s happening, they won’t necessarily like it. The technology looks like it can make the utilitarian project of measuring the costs and benefits of everthing a reality, extracting information from every click, every move, every choice. There’s particular progress on constructing price indices using big data, as in this Vo圎U column or the Billion Prices Project.īut, as the Libération article underlines, the utopianism of ‘datacratie’ can tip into a dystopian extreme. The Turing Institute has just been funded by HSBC to look at economic data (although the release says nothing about the work or the researchers involved, so this looks like very early stages). Here in the UK, the ONS is launching a data science campus. There is huge interest in using big data techniques to construct better economic statistics (including on my part!). It doesn’t mention Francis Spufford’s Red Plenty, which makes exactly this point (and is a cracking read too): «La planification soviétique et l’ultralibéralisme se rejoignent ainsi pour asservir le droit à ses calculs d’utilité.» It cites some excellent books, such as Eden Medina’s brilliant Cybernetic Revolutionaries about Project Cybersyn in Allende’s Chile, and Alain Desrosières’ classic The Politics of Large Numbers. Libération has a very interesting article about the politics and ethics of big data. These and other masters of horror, mystery, fantasy and science fiction spin dark tales within a terrifyingly surreal universe. Bright, Barbara Hambly, Steve Perry, and Caitlin R. Lovecraft.Ĭontributors include Neil Gaiman, Brian Stableford, Poppy Z. In this collection of original tales, twenty of today’s cutting-edge writers provide answers to that burning question.įeaturing 18 stories by popular authors exploring the premise of Sherlock Holmes investigating dark happenings in the worlds of H. What would happen if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s peerless detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his allies were to find themselves faced with Lovecraftian mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but beyond sanity itself. 446 clean, slightly off white pages of English text, no inscriptions. DJ over very good condition red/grey boards with red title lettering to spine. Intact clean condition pictorial dust jacket covers with slight creasing to edges and slight signs of handling. Publication Number-line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Īpprox. Published by Del Rey/Ballantine Books, NY, USA. Near Fine condition used Oct 2003 First Print Edition Hardback. Shadows over Baker Street Condition and Description: 6/6/2023 0 Comments Dust by charles pellegrinoOf note is Pellegrino’s history as both a writer and scientist, working in both the paleobiology and astronomy fields before developing an additional professional interest in archaeology. As dust mites begin to evolve into flesh-eating insects, Sinclair and a group of survivors must race against time to try to stop this deadly phenomenon before the entire world is destroyed. According to Deadline, the studio has optioned the story to be brought to the big screen with writers Dan Berk and Robert Olsen being tapped to pen the screenplay.įirst published in 1998, the novel follows a palaeobiologist named Richard Sinclair who begins to suspect that Mother Nature is fighting back against human interference with the planet’s ecosystem. Dust, a horror novel by prolific bestselling author Charles Pellegrino, is in line for a film adaptation via Village Roadshow Pictures. 6/6/2023 0 Comments Hat Trick by Eden FinleyPretend to be Matt Jackson’s boyfriend, my best friend said. If only my fake boyfriend wasn’t Noah Huntington III-the most arrogant, entitled rich guy in the world. I’ll do anything to play for the NFL again, even pretend to have a steady boyfriend. He wants me to become the poster boy for gay football players. Want to know the fastest way to get screwed out of a football career? Get photographed in a compromising position in a gay bar. Trick Play ( Fake Boyfriend #2) by Eden Finley Wait … why is the straight guy kissing me? Forty-eight hours with my sister’s best friend in exchange for a meeting with a possible client. It’s because of guys like him people don’t believe me when I tell them I’m gay.Īfter an injury that cost me my baseball career, I’m trying to leave my playing days behind and focus on being the best sports agent I can be. When my sister asks me to pretend to be some straight guy’s boyfriend, my automatic response is to say no. Meeting the guy I’m bribing to be my boyfriend for the weekend makes me question everything about myself. And I have to bring my boyfriend-the boyfriend who doesn’t exist because I’m straight.Īt least, I think I am. Now, five years later and after a drunken encounter, I find myself invited to her wedding. When the pressure to marry my childhood sweetheart became too much, I told her I was gay and then fled to New York like my ass was on fire. The reason I rarely go home is three simple words: I’m a liar. Fake Out ( Fake Boyfriend #1) by Eden Finley They are cold, ruthless and will stop at nothing to achieve their twisted ends. Then an old terror appears from Levi's past - a serial killer everyone had believed was dead. The whole thing is like a bad dream - and Piper knows all about them since she's a Nightmare, a demon with the ability to trap people in their worst memories forever. Neither Piper nor Levi are used to needing anyone, the crackling attraction between them is making both their demons crazy and to make matters worse, Piper's narcissistic stepsister is Levi's ex - and she's not ok with this situation. But it's not until her psyche brushes his in an unguarded moment that they both realise: they are anchors. With his broad, muscular frame and gunmetal grey gaze he makes a statement without saying a word. He's the kind of man who it's impossible to ignore. The next sizzling paranormal romance in Suzanne Wright's globally bestselling The Dark in You series Falling in love can be a nightmare. 6/5/2023 0 Comments Jack of kinrowanIt is available here for the first time in any format.ĭan Cutler lives with his wife Mason in the foothills of the Hierro Madera Mountains near the ruins of Showdown Ranch, his father's old amusement park. Sheriff Poole & The Mech Gang is set near de Lint's fictional desert town of Santo del Vado Viejo, where his novels The Mystery of Grace and The Painted Boy take place, and where some of his recent short fiction has been set. |