![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it.īut even as Kaz races to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident reveals that not everyone involved is quite who they were thought to be. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Three astronauts in a tiny spaceship, a quarter million miles from home. An exceptional debut thriller and “exciting journey” into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race from New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield (Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary).ġ973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. ![]()
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![]() ![]() 3 Value Bombsġ) The antidote to impulsiveness is forethought. – Order your own copy of Nir’s next book today: Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life! Nir blogs at: .Īpple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Resources His next book, Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, reveals the Achilles’ heel of distraction and provides a guidebook for getting the best of technology without letting it get the best of us. ![]() Nir Eyal lectured at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and his first book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, is an international bestseller and taught Silicon Valley how to design behavior. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL’s in these archive episodes are still relevant. From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. ![]() ![]() ![]() I can’t help thinking, though, that there were perhaps three faults of the book that caused me to lose my way. Perhaps Weatherford provided so much information and perspective new to me that my circuits overloaded, and I just couldn’t hold my own as a reader. The fault, I acknowledge, may lie with myself. So why do I come away from the book dissatisfied? He examines the seemingly endless ways in which the Mongols, in their empire-building, had an impact on every corner of Asia and Europe. Weatherford’s 2004 book is filled with insights into the culture of the Mongols and their methods of war-making. Actually, I should say “empires” since the unified domain that Temujin created in the 13th century on his way to becoming Genghis Khan (which means “strong, wolf-like leader”) was quickly fragmented among four branches of his family. It is a detailed, well-documented, well-researched look at the rise of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. I know that I should like Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. ![]() ![]() ![]() It even felt strange to call myself an author - something I write about a bit in the book. ![]() Like a lot of women, I downplayed my success and career - for a while I called myself a blogger, even though I was writing for major publications in addition to blogging. It actually took me a long time to call myself a writer. I’m so grateful that my parents were such big readers when I was a kid - reading books was a huge part of my childhood, and I think that’s part of the reason that I’m a writer today. I loved Corduroythe bear! That and Where the Wild Things Are were my constant go-tos. Objectification is something that women live in, whether we like it or not. It’s my story, and everyone experiences sexism and misogyny in distinct ways - but I do think that there will be a lot that resonates with other women. It’s a look at the way that sexism impacts women - not just on an everyday basis, but on an existential, psychological level as well. All of my writing about feminism and politics has been personal, of course, but this book feels like the piece of work it’s all been leading up to. Sex Objectis definitely my most personal work to date. ![]() ![]() ![]() Timothy Barnes has lived most of his life in the Asia Pacific region, developing his passion for the world in both his professional capacity and personal life. ![]() Instead, this book looks at the naked facts, the history of free trade, how specific industries and companies will be impacted, and includes commentary from representatives covering all view points, to allow the reader to objectively review the subject matter and make their own conclusion. The word 'naked' is used, as a method to remove the costumes, make-up and other accessories that are typically utilized by politicians, stakeholders and interested parties to dress up an argument to sell their personal views. ![]() The 'A Naked View of the Trans-Pacific Partnership' was written by Timothy Barnes, President of Asia Pacific Consulting, as a way to provide an unbiased, fact based, easy to read commentary on the largest trade deal the US has ever signed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wells while humorously illustrating a point, calls to mind the narrator of the Series of Unfortunate Events. The omniscient narrator is clearly of our time, occasionally inserting anachronistic commentary about roller coasters, cardiovascular fitness, lottery winners and the future writing of The Invisible Man by H.G. ![]() Wood sets her series of books squarely in the time period of Jane Eyre, with fifteen year old orphan and graduate of a girl's school who applies for the position of governess at the grand manor, Ashton Place. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1: The Mysterious Howling, which has been compared to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events also owes a nod to Joan Aiken's classic, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. ![]() ![]() ![]() I traded my freedom for something infinitely more precious, but I didn’t realize he was holding an unbeatable hand. Then Jericho Forge took my life by storm. My poker face has always been one of my greatest assets, along with my grit and determination. more New York Times bestselling author Meghan March continues the story of ruthless, calculating billionaire Jericho Forge in Luck of the Devil. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Meghan March continues the story of ruthless, calculating billionaire Jericho Forge in Luck of the Devil. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read more detective story, this is the intriguing story of Peter Hopkirk's quest for Kim and a host of other shadowy figures. For much of this Great Game classic was inspired by actual people and places, thus blurring the line between the real and the imaginary. To attempt this with a fictional hero would normally be pointless. Reginald Teague-Jones, Peter Hopkirk (Introduction) 3. The Spy Who Disappeared: Diary of a Secret Mission to Russian Central Asia in 1918. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy's recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here retraces Kim's footsteps across Kipling's India to see how much of it remains. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. 'A fascinating, brilliantly written book' Times Literary Supplement Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp black and white. Description for Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game Paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() So she moves from The Leftovers (her friends) in Boise, Idaho with her mom to New Hampshire. Basically all the usual teenager questions that haunt society. She wants to know why her Dad decided now was the perfect time, what love really is, what she wants, what she needs, who she is. Okay so Marcie wants "to fall cranium over Converse in dizzy daydream-worthy love" Doesn't everybody? All she has are a bunch of questions. “I want another person to notice me, to say that I matter, to say that they care about me.” Okay I have to go search her name real quick. Isn't it weird that his is the only name I can remember? He WAS my favorite character. Her parents are recently divorced because, after 17 years, decided to come out of the closet and announce to his wife and daughter that he is, in fact, gay, and has fallen in love with a 27 year old bartender: Danny. At all.Īnd you get toppled, do you hate yourself?” ![]() Let's just start this rant with the fact that the main character, who writes poems, knows nothing about love. Its basically a tale of being an idiot, discovering who you are and what you expect of people and, well, discovering LOVE. ![]() |