7/8/2023 0 Comments Sue grafton x novel![]() ![]() She’d often been asked what would happen when she reached the end of her and Kinsey’s Alphabet. Now that we know more about the author, and her trusty fictional sidekick, let’s dive headfirst into the list of Sue Grafton books in order.Īnd that - somewhat sadly - is it, folks, fans, and dedicated Alphabeteers! Though Sue Grafton was planning the final book in the series, Z Is for Zero, for publication in the fall 2019, she did not get to finish it. Many readers have also pointed out that it is fascinating to see how investigative work was done pre-Google and cell phones! Sue Grafton Books In Order The Anthony Award awarded by ‘Bouchercon’, the world mystery convention.The Lifetime Achievement Award from Malice Domestic.The Cartier Diamond Dagger Award awarded by Britain’s Crime Writers’ Association.A Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America.Sue Grafton’s critical and commercial success has been widely recognized by many rewards and honors: ![]() ![]() The books have been published in 26 languages in 28 countries. ![]() Sue Grafton’s fans number in the millions, and whether you’re a new reader looking for a list of all the Sue Grafton books in order, or whether you’re looking to reread the series, we are here for you. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Louveture's ascendency was short-lived, however. By 1801, he was general and governor of Saint-Domingue, and an international statesman who forged treaties with Britain, France, Spain, and the United States,empires that feared the effect his example would have on their slave regimes. In 1791, the unassuming Louverture masterminded the only successful slave revolt in history. He even purchased slaves of his own.In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard reveals the dramatic story of how Louverture transformed himself from lowly freedman to revolutionary hero. ![]() Yet he managed to secure his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. Born into bondage in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Mediocre ijeoma oluo![]() Oluo, a fearless columnist, wrote a prescient 2018 book, “ So You Want to Talk About Race.” But as “Mediocre” was being edited, she declined the opportunity to update it in reaction to the pandemic and protests. 3 on the New York Times Best Sellers list.īeyond those parallels, their paths and approaches to this particular moment, after mass protests over the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, couldn’t be more different. Acho’s debut, “ Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man,” was published earlier this month and debuted at No. Oluo’s book, “ Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America,” is out next week. Ijeoma Oluo and Emmanuel Acho are both children of Nigerian immigrants, and today both are guiding lights in America’s conversation about antiracism. ![]() If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Zucked up![]() First there is the author's dawning realization that the platform is being manipulated by some very bad actors. It's a story that begins with a series of rude awakenings. Zucked is McNamee's intimate reckoning with the catastrophic failure of the head of one of the world's most powerful companies to face up to the damage he is doing. ![]() Still a large shareholder in Facebook, he had every good reason to stay on the bright side. ![]() He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund's bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg. ![]() If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter. The New York Times bestseller about a noted tech venture capitalist, early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, and Facebook investor, who wakes up to the serious damage Facebook is doing to our society-and sets out to try to stop it. One of the Financial Times' Best Business Books of 2019 ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick![]() you will find yourself constantly googling these artworks on the internet. As Bundrick builds her story around these artworks. Vincent Van Gogh, in reality, put his heart and soul into his beautiful paintings. However, as much we hope that she can attain this, we know that their relationship is doomed from the start. ![]() All she wants is to marry him, take care of him and have a family. ![]() Even though everyone in Arles calls Van Gogh crazy, Rachel loves him. The author depicts Rachel as a devoted and loving companion to Vincent. The book about Vincent Van Gogh through the eyes of Rachel, a prostitute & his lover This provides Bundrick with some latitude to imagine who Rachel was and her relationship with the artist. In a bout of madness, Van Gogh gifted Rachel with the part of his ear lobe that he cut off.Īpart from this piece of information, not much else is known about Rachel. Interestingly, Bundrick chooses to tell the story of Van Gogh from the perspective of Rachel, the prostitute. The setting is the small village of Arles in Provence. The author, Sheramy Bundrick, who is also a professor in Art History, chooses to focus on the last two years of Van Gogh’s life. ![]() “Sunflowers” is loosely based historical fiction book about Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch post-impressionism painter. ![]() Home » Art Gifts » Historical Fiction » Sunflowers – A Beautiful Book About Vincent Van GoghĪ Must Read Book about Vincent Van Gogh Called Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments The elite selection series![]() The last two books follow the journey of Princess Eadlyn Schreave. As of April 10, 2020, the movie is in pre-production. Update: Netflix has a film adaptation of the selection in the works. ![]() On April 22, 2015, it was announced that Warner Brothers has purchased the film rights for The Selection. She is stuck between two worlds and realizes that life as one of the competitors is not what she expected. However, this means leaving her family and secret boyfriend Aspen behind. ![]() In America's case, she is chosen to be one of the thirty-five girls to compete for Prince Maxon's heart and to be the next princess of a future country called Illéa. She is a young girl who was selected to enter a competition called The Selection (referred to as The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor, minus the bloodsport) which is supposed to help the heir to the throne find their partner for life. It follows the journey of America Singer for the first three novels of this series. The Selection Series is a five-novel series of dystopian/romance young adult novels by author Kiera Cass. ![]() For other uses, see The Selection (disambiguation). ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments The Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre![]() ![]() I slide down one strap, then two, the silk bunching over my breasts, the fabric clinging to my nipples. I run my hands down my neck, grazing the top of my collarbone and dipping under the silk of my negligee. I comply, lifting my eyes and biting my bottom lip gently, my tongue darting out, and hear his gasp in response. Slowly.” The voice is foreign, English words dipped in culture and dialect. I keep my eyes down, subservient to him, and wait for the command. I exhale slow, trembling breaths as my hands travel near sensitive areas, the dip in my neckline, the lace over my breasts. ![]() I kneel on the bed and trail my fingers over my skin-light, teasing caresses designed to heighten my senses and stimulate my body. ![]() But if done correctly, stripping can be the ultimate foreplay, a sexual seduction that can wipe clear any rational thoughts and leave a man totally and utterly at your mercy. Most women do it mindlessly-automatic motions that accomplish an end result. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Love story erich![]() ![]() Signed and warmly inscribed by the author Erich Segal in 1970, the year of publication. Basis for Arthur Hiller's 1970 film of the same name, starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. Best regards, Erich." Two old folds, else Near Fine, housed in the original mailing envelope. No, I will not be in Paris in the near future. Scholarship is paramount, and Paramount is merely academic. ![]() In answer to your questions, what I'm doing now is leaving the pop world and returning totally to the land of footnotes. Glad to hear you had such success with the piece on me which I enjoyed as well. ![]() "Thanks for sending Shirlee Fonda's regards. Laid into this copy is a brief TLS to Detroit newspaper columnist Bill Noble, on Segal's Yale University stationary, dated April 12, 1971. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95), with mild wear to extremities Near Fine. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Elaine / Very Merry Christmas / Erich Segal / December 1970." Some trivial crinkling to spine ends, else Fine. Octavo (22cm) white and green two-tone cloth, with titles stamped in dark green on spine and in blind to lower front cover lime green topstain dustjacket ,131,pp. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Agency book william gibson![]() ![]() As the story develops we realise that this is a world where Hillary Clinton won the 2016 election, and Brexit didn’t happen, but things aren’t all roses: there’s a threat of imminent nuclear war over an incident in Turkey. She shields her conversations with Verity from the surveillance of the company that owns her, amasses a fortune by playing on the internet, and has soon organised a network of agents who know her only as Verity’s PA. The device consists of a headset and glasses: when she puts them on, she is immediately in contact with an entity who identifies herself as Eunice, who sees through the glasses, has a great line of patter and a vast store of knowledge whose origin she herself doesn’t know. Verity Jane, our hero, has just come out of a period of hiding away from the tabloids after breaking up with a celebrity tech billionaire, and has got a job testing a cool new device. The book starts in San Francisco, in roughly our time. It’s more than a decade since I’ve read any William Gibson. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Deep by james nestor![]() “Our bodies are equipped with reflexes that allow us to withstand the incredible pressures of a deep dive – our bodies completely transform. The accompanying website,, was awarded in Time Magazine’s Top 50 Websites of 2009 and receives about 200,000 hits per month. Nestor’s first book, Get High Now (without drugs) humorously explores the worlds of neurology, biology, and physiology through meditations, illusions, household herbs, and some bizarre anthropological discoveries. James has written for Outside Magazine, Dwell Magazine, National Public Radio,The New York Times, Men’s Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, and more. ![]() James is the author of Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves which is ranked as one of Amazon’s best non-fiction books of 2014. The book follows clans of extreme athletes, adventurers, and scientists as they plumb the limits of the ocean’s depths and uncover weird and wondrous new discoveries that, in many cases, redefine our understanding of the ocean and ourselves. Join us this week as we follow author James Nestor on an amazing journey to the depths of the ocean. In fact, we know more about other planets and stars lightyears away than we do about our oceans, which cover more than 2/3 of our planet. ![]() James Nestor – The ocean is the final, unseen, untouched, and undiscovered wilderness. ‘Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves’ by: James Nestor ![]() |