![]() ![]() When the fire finally passes, Anna emerges from her shelter to check on the fate of her companions. As the ravine explodes in flames propelled by the racing winds, the crew tries desperately to outrun the blaze, ultimately seeking refuge in their individual silver fire shelters wryly referred to as shake 'n' bakes. Driven on by the erratic thunderstorm of the front, wind shears in the steep canyon, creating the deadly weather conditions for a firestorm. When the National Weather Service predicts a cold front followed by snow, promising to all but extinguish the fire, the camp is demobilized, but a last-minute rescue of a firefighter with a broken leg detains Anna and the San Juan crew. ![]() As part of the army battling the Jackknife fire in northern California's Lassen Volcanic National Park, Anna, in her capacity as spike camp medic and security officer, tends the injuries and the frayed nerves of the firefighters. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Not the best of starts, but the man’s arrogance is almost as distracting as his blue eyes. When John Hartwell folds all six-feet-three of himself into a tiny chair and insists that whoever left the baby is a criminal, Molly begs to differ and asks what he’s doing about the Island’s real crime wave (if thefts of items from homes that have been left unlocked could be called that). So does the sheriff who comes to investigate the “abandonment”. But fate-in the form of a newborn left in the restroom-has other ideas. Now, as Little Bridge Island Public Library’s head of children’s services, Molly hopes the messiest thing in her life will be her sticky-note covered desk. ![]() ![]() Welcome to Little Bridge, one of the smallest, most beautiful islands in the Florida Keys, home to sandy white beaches, salt-rimmed margaritas, and stunning sunsets-a place where nothing goes under the radar and love has a way of sneaking up when least expected…Ī broken engagement only gave Molly Montgomery additional incentive to follow her dream job from the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Keys. The bestselling author Meg Cabot returns with a charming romance between a children’s librarian and the town sheriff in the second book in the Little Bridge Island series. No Offense (Little Bridge Island #2) by Meg Cabot – Free eBooks Download ![]() ![]() On the day of Sophie’s departure from Haiti, Tante Atie rides with her to the airport, where a violent protest is taking place. ![]() Sophie makes a Mother’s Day card with a little dried daffodil attached to the edge for Tante Atie-but even though she repeatedly tries to give it to her aunt, Tante Atie insists the card should be for Sophie’s real mother. While other people tell Sophie that a daughter belongs with her mother, Sophie feels more like Tante Atie’s child-and even has nightmares in which her mother, whose face she only knows from pictures around the house, tries to kidnap her or physically restrain her. ![]() Sophie is resentful of the fact that she has to leave Haiti-even as escalating violence threatens its urban and rural areas alike, and even as Tante Atie seems to struggle more and more each day with her unrequited love for Sophie’s schoolteacher, Monsieur Augustin. In Part One of the novel, Sophie Caco, who has spent the first 12 years of her life growing up in the Haitian village of Croix-des-Rosets under the care of her mother’s sister, Tante Atie, is suddenly summoned to New York to join her mother, Martine, in Brooklyn. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tim Ball, a climatologist, teacher, and writer from Canada, lay out what we need to know about peer review to think of other ways of empowering discovery in the modern world. We need a new and better process and paradigm because of the implications for the betterment of all of society. The peer review process is often antithetical to innovation and perpetuates prevailing knowledge. While peer review has mostly been thought of as the way ideas get their credibility, in fact, peer review has become an incestuous system that often invites corruption and territoriality so that most of the realm of new discoveries can’t make their way to the world. ![]() Like most ideas and methods, peer review has evolved from its original purpose in ways that academics never anticipated – for example, the scandals involving climate science and the perversion of scientific and academic method. Few people outside of academia know what peer review is or how it operates. ![]() ![]() Veronica and Stoker reluctantly agree to go undercover at Madame Aurore's high-class brothel, where a body soon turns up. Worse yet, London is being terrorized by what would become the most notorious and elusive serial killer in history, Jack the Ripper-and Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible. Lady Wellie would like Veronica and Stoker to retrieve it from the club before scandal can break. Prince Albert Victor is a regular visitor to the most exclusive private club in London, and the proprietress, Madame Aurore, has received an expensive gift that can be traced back to the prince. Veronica Speedwell and her colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to stop a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy. ![]() A royal scandal's connection to a brutal serial killer threatens London in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from New York Times bestselling and Edgar® Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So, imagine how thrilled I was to finally get the news of a sequel, I was practically grinning for ear to ear. After I finished reading Wondrous Strange last year, I jumped online to find out if there would be a sequel and I had to bite my nails because I didn’t have an answer. Livingston follows up Wondrous Strange with a perfect combination of suspense, action, and romance in Darklight. With breathtakingly high stakes, the talented Lesley Livingston delivers soaring romance and vividly magical characters in darklight, the second novel in the trilogy that began with wondrous strange. Caught in a web of Faerie deception and shifting allegiances, Kelley and Sonny must tread carefully, for each next step could topple a kingdom. ![]() An ancient, hidden magick is stirring, and a dangerous new enemy is willing to risk everything to claim that power. When a terrifying encounter sends Kelley tumbling into the Otherworld, her reunion with Sonny is joyful but destined to be cut short. Now Kelley is stuck in New York City, rehearsing Romeo and Juliet and missing Sonny more with every stage kiss, while Sonny has been forced back to the Otherworld and into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the remaining Hunters and Queen Mabh herself. Much has changed since autumn, when Kelley Winslow learned she was a Faerie princess, fell in love with changeling guard Sonny Flannery, and saved the mortal realm from the ravages of the Wild Hunt. ![]() ![]() ![]() This long awaited version does not mean that you don't need to read the book. They should release it separately on a CD. I enjoyed the way the movie turns from B&W to color and opposite. Of course, it could have always been better but Russian films never have the same budget as an average Hollywood flick. ![]() The actors are great, digital photography and the special effects aren't so bad either. To be honest, there is a lot of really bad movies made in Russia, and most of them are so dreadful that it should be made illegal to pocess them! "Master and Margareth" is a pleasant and distinguished exemption from the endless flood of utterly horrible junk which is called Russian film-making. And, finally, there is a movie which is as close to the original as possible. It is one of the most unusual and mysterious books ever written in the 20th century. I have read a lot of books, and none of them had captivated and haunted me in such a way that I would read it again and again and again. "Master and Margareth" has always been my favorite book. ![]() ![]() A traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with designs on ensuring a certain former Navy SEAL sniper is put in the ground. Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets-a man intent on killing her. ![]() In this third high-octane thriller in the “seriously good” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Past Tense) Terminal List series, former Navy SEAL James Reece must infiltrate the Russian mafia and turn the hunters into the hunted. You can read this before Savage Son (James Reece #3) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Savage Son (James Reece #3) written by Jack Carr which was published in. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Savage Son (James Reece #3) by Jack Carr ![]() ![]() ![]() She set out to build systems and change policies that allowed him education and meaningful friends. ![]() ![]() She was determined to prove doctors expectations wrong. Writer Cami McGovern’s oldest son, Ethan, was diagnosed with autism as a small child. But what if we are not the parents we thought we’d be, or our kids are not the kids we thought we’d have? I’m Kate bowler and this is everything happens. And the journey to love them will teach us something reasonably easy about ourselves. So often parenthood is about a mythical child who will be perfect in a way we haven’t quite put our finger on. Kate Bowler: Or maybe they’re a professional athlete, because did you see the way he winds up to kick a sister? Just joking, joking. Ivy League, for any kid because of all that baby Einstein I gave them. Until, of course, you realize you have just become your mother and our kids will follow the path we’ve carefully laid out for them. We will be the kind of parent who never bribes their kid because of course they will be tiny little angels and always less than the first time, and we will do everything exactly opposite of how our parents raised us because we know better now. Kate Bowler: We often have very romantic expectations about parenthood. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beautiful Creatures has been published in 50 countries and translated into 39 languages. Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels. But can they find acceptance for the darkest parts of themselves? Or maybe even love? It will take a great amount of trust and courage to overcome the wounds of their pasts. Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven brings readers the romantic meetup we've been waiting for! When their paths converge in Nashville, Raven and Gar can't help but feel a connection, despite the secrets they both try to hide. Teen Titans: Beast Boy is about a boy learning to dig deep and face the truth about himself-and the people who truly matter-before his life spirals out of control. Teen Titans: Raven is a riveting tale of finding the strength to face who you are and learning to trust others-and yourself. From #1 New York Times bestselling author KAMI GARCIA ( Beautiful Creatures) and artist GABRIEL PICOLO, the creative duo behind the New York Times bestselling graphic novel Teen Titans: Raven, comes the collection we've all been waiting for- Teen Titans: Raven, Teen Titans: Beast Boy, and Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven collected together in a box set! ![]() |