Winslow the cartel5/12/2023 ![]() This exhaustively researched novel elucidates not just the situation in Mexico but the consequences of our own disastrous 40-year “war on drugs.” Author tour 50,000–copy first printing. Along the way, Keller falls in love with Marisol Cisneros, a beautiful doctor who heads a small but committed group of journalists and artists dedicated to resisting the violence. ![]() As a war between Barrera’s cartel and several different competing factions ensues, violence overwhelms the city of Ciudad Juárez. Keller agrees to return to duty and spearheads several attempts to capture Barrera, who remains elusive and seemingly protected by the Mexican police and government. DEA agent Art Keller has withdrawn from the world, tending bees for a New Mexico monastery, when he receives word that his old nemesis, Adán Barrera, leader of the Sinaloan cartel El Federación, has escaped from prison and is intent on reestablishing control of his empire. Set in 2004, Winslow’s masterly sequel to The Power of the Dog (2005) continues his epic story of the Mexican drug wars. ![]()
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Ruth chou simons when strivings cease5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Until she came to truly understand the one thing that changes everything: the extravagant, undeserved gift of grace from a merciful God. ![]() As a Taiwanese immigrant growing up between two cultures, Ruth was always on a mission to prove her worth. Ruth Chou Simons knows something of feeling measured by achievement, performance, and the approval of others. And we end up constantly feeling behind, lacking, and like we're failing-at home, at work, with friends, with God. Despite all the affirming memes and self-reflections that dominate social media feeds, approval and worth often seem assigned to what we do rather than who we are. In this hustling, image-forward age of opportunity, women are more anxious than ever. This is not a call to get busy it’s a call to get discerning. ![]() Genres: Non-Fiction, Christian Life, Memoir, Theology Published by Thomas Nelson on October 12, 2021 When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace by Ruth Chou Simons ![]() Apple and knife intan paramaditha5/12/2023 ![]() Intan Paramaditha is a feminist fiction writer and scholar whose work explores where gender, sexuality, culture, and politics meet. The following is the fourth installment in our series. Chudori‘s novel Home about Indonesian political exiles after 1965, and fiction by Abidah El Khalieqy about a Muslim woman writer taking on the patriarchy of conservative Islam. Read an interview with literary translator and co-founder of the Lontar Foundation John McGlynn, an excerpt from Leila S. Our occasional series, spread out over six months, is designed to showcase some of Indonesia’s most gifted writers and to give readers a taste of an expansive literary tradition that weaves together cultures, histories, religions, languages, and myths. Inspired by Frankfurt, AAWW decided it was a perfect occasion to introduce a series on Indonesian literature in The Margins. ![]() ![]() Indonesia’s slogan for this event, “17,000 Islands of Imagination,” evoked the commonplace of Indonesia as “an imagined nation,” and perhaps indicated that even the national organizing committee didn’t know what keeps this country together. This fall, Indonesia was the guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the first time a Southeast Asian nation has been chosen to showcase its literary culture at the world’s largest and most important publishing event. ![]() Misguided angel by melissa de la cruz5/12/2023 ![]() Sounds like it’s going to be another winner and I cannot frickin’ wait to get my hands on this book! With Schuyler and Jack on a journey together (for once) and Oliver heartbroken and alone, I’m dying to know what happens. ![]() Now the two of them must embark on the mission Schuyler was destined to complete: to find and protect the seven gates that guard earth from Lucifer, lord of the Silverbloods.Īs the Blue Blood enclave weakens yet further, fate leads Schuyler closer to a terrifying crossroads–and a choice that will determine the destiny of all vampires. The book is titled, Misguided Angel.Īfter inheriting the dark Van Alen Legacy, Schuyler fled to Florence–with her forbidden love, Jack. ![]() Another book that I’m pretty anxious to get my hands on is the fifth book in the Blue Bloods series by Melissa De La Cruz. ![]() Nightmare and dreamscapes book5/12/2023 ![]() But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you. Fair warning: You will lose a good deal of sleep. Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume I Audible Audiobook Unabridged Stephen King (Author, Narrator), Tim Curry (Narrator), & 3 more 1,925 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. In story after story, several published here for the first time, he will take you to places you've never been before, places that are both dark and vividly illuminated. offers a spine-tingling journey to the nightmare world created by a master of sheer. There's something here for readers of every stripe and predilection-classic tales of the macabre and the monstrous, cutting-edge explorations of the borderlands between good and evil, brilliant pastiches of Chandler and Conan Doyle, even a teleplay and a non-fiction bonus, a heartfelt piece of Little League baseball that first appeared in The New Yorker. The long reach of Stephen King's imagination and the no-holds-barred force of his storytelling have never been so richly demonstrated. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? First there was Night Shift (1978), then Skeleton Crew (1985), and now Stephen King is back with a third collection of stories-a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume, with passages leading every which way to hell. ![]() Rainy Season: A married couple choose to stay on vacation in. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile the legend of Castle Rock returns. The story was originally published in a collection of Romero homages called The Book of the Dead. Flies settle and die on an old pair of sneakers in New York, and the Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. ![]() Daughter of the moon goddess duology5/11/2023 ![]() Lush, evocative and heartfelt, this sweeping debut is a mythological love story and coming-of-age story inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to train in the Crown Prince’s service, learning to master archery and magic, despite the passion which flames between her and the emperor’s son. But when her magic flares and her existence is discovered, Xingyin is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.Īlone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the powerful Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. *THE INSTANT TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* The bestselling debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess.Ī young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm, setting her on a dangerous path where those she loves are not the only ones at risk… ![]() Thank you Harper Voyager UK for my gifted proof copy of this mesmerising debut. ![]() Genre: Fantasty Fiction, Fairy Tale, High Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy Series ![]() ![]() ![]() There are secrets buried in Crescent Cove, and the more Luke digs, the more he fears they might change the town forever. ![]() If he wants to prove his innocence and leave this town once and for all, Luke will have to use all his skills as a journalist to investigate the colorful locals while coming to terms with his own painful past. To make matters worse, the officer leading the investigation is a handsome Mountie with a chip on his shoulder who seems convinced that Luke is the culprit. The next morning, though, Luke discovers that the stranger has returned, and now he’s lying dead in the back garden. When a stranger starts making wild claims about Luke’s aunt, Luke sends him packing. Luke plans to sell everything and head back to Toronto as soon as he can…but Crescent Cove isn’t done with him just yet. Parenting One Day at a TimeAlex Packer, Back to the Garden, The Marriage. ![]() Now, following his aunt’s sudden death, he’s inherited her entire estate, including her seaside cottage and the antiques shop she ran for forty years in Crescent Cove. The adventures of Huckleberry FinnMr Mark Twain, Unlikely GhostsNot Stated. He used to spend summers here, until his family learned that he was gay and rejected him. In this queer cozy series debut perfect for fans of Ellen Byron and Ellery Adams, Luke Tremblay is about to discover that Crescent Cove has more than its fair share of secrets…and some might be deadlier than others.Ĭrescent Cove, a small hamlet on Vancouver Island, is the last place out-of-work investigative journalist Luke Tremblay ever wanted to see again. ![]() The arranged murder5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() When the housemate’s inquiries are back on, Prerna’s mother tells that Prerna has another sister. The next day when the police comes to take Prerna’s uncle, they find him killed. Their suspicion goes completely on Prerna’s uncle as Prerna’s ring is found. And they first start with Prerna’s uncle Aditya. In the house of Prerna, one of her sisters comes from America who has gone to Kathmandu for tracking, whose name is Anjali. ![]() ![]() Now from here, both of them also start investigating the case. Inspector Singh says that Rana has now become ACP Rana.ĪCP Rana says in this case to take Singh’s help to Keshav and Saurabh and says that both of them look stupid but these people will help you in solving such high profile case. Keshav tells Inspector Singh that you ask Inspector Rana about us, we have solved the Zara lone case with him. The inspectors who are on here are Inspector Singh. Only Saurabh is present in the spot, so the police take Saurabh and interrogate him, while Saurabh also calls Keshav there. Phantom of the opera leroux5/11/2023 ![]() A ghost is rumoured to haunt the Opera House. Did I like his story though? Hmmm, well, it started off promising but went downhill quickly.īasically, it was written as a supernatural thriller. So it was very interesting to read about the charismatic French author in the foreword. To be honest, if anyone had asked me who wrote Phantom of the Opera, I would have guessed Andrew Lloyd Webber. I'd never come across the original version, or Gaston Leroux, until I picked this up at a second hand shop. ![]() It's a famous French story set mostly within the walls of the Paris Opera House. This is my choice for a classic in translation, in the 2017 Back to the Classics Challenge. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. ![]() After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. ![]() The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. ![]() The woman in black by susan hill5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yorkshire-born writer Susan Hill’s writing career has been as wide-ranging as it has been phenomenally successful, encompassing literary fiction, crime novels, plays, ghost stories, children’s books and memoirs.Īs well as being one of the world’s bestselling novelists, her work has attracted extensive critical acclaim having won the Whitbread, Somerset Maugham and John Llewelyn Rhys awards, as well as having been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose. ![]() Every time her ghost is seen, a child dies. Read or Download ePub/pdf The Woman in Black Kindle Unlimited by Susan Hill (Author) PDF is a great book. The woman in black is the ghost of a woman named Jennet Humphreye who haunts the village of Crythin Gifford. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house's sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. The Woman in Black Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. The Woman in Black, Susan Hill's story-within-a-story, follows English lawyer Arthur Kipps as he confronts a paranormal experience from his younger days. ![]() |