Villain: A Hero Novella
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The sexy and emotional companion novella to the New York Times bestselling romance HERO Nadia...
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Great Houses, Modern Aristocrats
Jonathan Becker and James Reginato
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The history of England is inextricably linked with the stories of its leading aristocratic dynasties...
Never Had it So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles
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In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire and paved the way for...
Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image
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On September 25, 1890, the fourth Mormon prophet, Wilford Woodruff, publicly instructed his...
A Clean Break: My Story
Christophe Bassons, BenoIt Hopquin and Peter Cossins
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Christophe Bassons is a former professional cyclist. His career was a successful one albeit never in...
Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Why it Has to Change
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This is a comprehensively updated account of where China stands today, covering the generational...
The Housekeeper: A Novel
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"[The Housekeeper] will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page." -Buzzfeed "I am...
Ice Beneath Her
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NO ORDINARY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER - THIS WILL KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT 'Scandi-noir at its powerful...
Ali A (82 KP) rated Firekeeper's Daughter in Books
Mar 23, 2021
As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold to care for her fragile mother.
The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, certain details don’t add up and she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into the heart of a criminal investigation.
Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, but secretly pursues her own investigation, tracking down the criminals with her knowledge of chemistry and traditional medicine. But the deceptions—and deaths—keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home.
Now, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go to protect her community, even if it tears apart the only world she’s ever known.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Citizen Kane (1941) in Movies
May 23, 2020
Trying to ascertain the extent of Citizen Kane's influence on the movies is a bit like trying to map the coastline of the USA without leaving Kansas: the film is packed with so many narrative and technical innovations it's impossible to conceive of the impact it had on the industry. Terrific performances and a clever, serious script about the dangers of choosing the love of power over the power of love, and many moments and images of throwaway genius. You might have expected Welles to make more of the possibilities for unreliable narration in the movie, plus some of his technical virtuosity seems more geared towards showing off than thought-through storytelling, but this is still a genuine classic. One wonders what else Welles might have achieved, had he been allowed to continue to make films with all the resources of Hollywood behind him - but it wasn't to be. Still, this film alone guarantees him immortality.
