![]() ![]() The prescient account of a journey in Silicon Valley: A defining memoir of our digital age. "A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to Uncanny Valley for clarity and consolation for many years to come." (Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion) ![]() One of Vogue 's 22 Books to Read this Winter, The Washington Post 's 10 Books to Read in January, Elle 's 12 Best Books to Read in 2020, The New York Times ' 12 Books to Read in January, Esquire 's 15 Best Winter Books, Paste 's 10 Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2020, and Entertainment Weekly' s 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2020. She is energetic, funny, and swift while telling the story of Anna Wiener's acculturation from book publishing in Manhattan to the dot-com boom in San Francisco." ( AudioFile Magazine)Ī New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a January 2020 IndieNext Pick. "Narrator Suehyla El-Attar has a strong voice for this memoir of a woman's journey into the mostly male world of tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. ![]()
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And between the 12th and the 15th centuries three more exceptional women - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, and Margaret of Anjou - discovered, as queens consort and dowager, how much was possible if the presumptions of male rule were not confronted so explicitly. Four hundred years before Edward’s death, Matilda, daughter of Henry I and granddaughter of William the Conquerer, came tantalisingly close to securing her hold on the power of the crown. But female rule in England also had a past. ![]() In 1553, England was about to experience the ‘monstrous regiment’ - the unnatural rule - of a woman. For the first time, all the contenders for the crown were female. When Edward VI - Henry VIII’s longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England. ![]() ![]() ![]() As news of their trip spreads they become stars of social media and television. ![]() yes, a bit, but not for long! Climbing aboard their bikes, the trio set off on a summer roadtrip to Paris, their goal: a garden party with the French president. One of the loveliest reading experiences I’ve had in years." - Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places and Holding up the UniverseĪ wickedly funny and life-affirming coming-of-age roadtrip story - winner of France's biggest prize for teen and YA fiction.Īwarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze trotters after a vote by their classmates on Facebook, Mireille, Astrid and Hakima are officially the three ugliest girls in their school, but does that mean they're going to sit around crying about it? "The story of Mireille, Astrid, and Hakima made me cheer, cry, and cartwheel across the floor. ![]() ![]() ![]() I know of a way to make it so that your blood will no longer be fertile to the vampires.” Gretchen apologized, and rested a hand on my shoulder. Just tell me.” They were always conversing with their looks. Gretchen looked at me sadly and nodded to Sylvia. She nodded and shared a look with Gretchen. No use fighting and dying when you had what you wanted. After Layla left, the vampires all around the country retreated into hiding. We were all in a circle in the living room and Kai leaned up against a wall in the background. ![]() We were at war, the world I knew was gone and I had just given fertility to a heroin junkie vampire queen. “It’ll be okay.” I heard gun shots and growls all around me. I turned next to me, Kai was rubbing his head.īut I wasn’t hearing him. Prudence threw black magic at Kai and me. Layla was panting on the ground, losing blood. ![]() “No!” I shouted and threw my hands out, stopping it and knocking Prudence over. ![]() ![]() ![]() I decided that the way to prevent people from dismissing me and what I’m doing is to do so much more of it that it’s impossible for them to get away with it. (That is a joke.) It did make me realize that there are still people out there who believe in me and my work. I was ready to pack up and move to Boston and Manhattan. I was very pleasantly surprised by the response of audiences everywhere I went. Hitting the road turned that around for me. ![]() It’s so contradictory to everything we’ve talked about and done in the past in regards to competition and divisiveness among women poets. I really don’t understand what that was about. (2) I still haven’t been able to resolve how I’m going to deal with Judy from this point. I saw a copy of Judy Grahn’s book and discovered I wasn’t a lesbian poet. I had returned from Europe feeling really down and egoless. The tour was probably one of the best things that could have happened to me. ![]() Did Frances go with you? I called her several times and never got an answer, so I thought maybe she decided to hit the road with you for a change. I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to see you while I was in New York, but I felt your vibes, honey. ![]() ![]() Tell, don’t showĬhristie isn’t bad at the “tell, don’t show” format, but she has done it better elsewhere – including on the book right before this one, “Nemesis.” Miss Marple simply talks to people about a cold-case murder until she sifts out the truth. Conveniently, a housemaid of the Ravenscrofts does know what happened, and is ultimately willing to confirm Poirot’s guess. Poirot gathers all these interviews – knowing that many are hearsay – and can see the truth within them. We aren’t allowed to follow his thought process.įitting with the theme, the two sleuths interview several people who have heard about that fateful day, or who knew the doomed Ravenscrofts. More accurately, Christie isn’t dialed in Poirot solves this one because the author says he does. Poirot does his thing here, but he’s not dialed in. ![]() When she goes to Poirot for help, oddly, the novel loses something. ![]() “Elephants” almost achieves playfulness at the beginning, with Oliver seeming to be the main sleuth, which is rare. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Accompanied by Lulu Delacre's vibrant art, this story of the Justice's life shows readers that the world is full of promise and possibility-all they need to do is turn the page.Praise for Turning Pages:* "A sincere and insightful autobiography that also demonstrates the power of the written word. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes diagnosis, to cope with her father's death, to uncover the secrets of the world, and to dream of a future for herself in which anything was possible.In Turning Pages, Justice Sotomayor shares that love of books with a new generation of readers, and inspires them to read and puzzle and dream for themselves. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells her own story for young readers for the very first time!As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. ![]() ![]() ![]() But not as much as Miss Louisa Harcourt, whose mother bluntly tells her that this is her last chance to escape the horrors of being an old maid. Lady Caroline Whitmore is already (unhappily) married the fact that she and her estranged husband have to pretend to be together just makes her dread the party all the more. Her cousin, Lady Isabelle Wilkshire, is directing Cinderella and has no interest in marriage. Lady Cressida, the duke's daughter, is too busy managing the entertainments-and besides, her own father has called her dowdy. not to mention scandals leading to the marriage licenses he hands out like confetti.īut not everyone welcomes a visit from Cupid. ![]() The Duke of Greystoke's Christmas Revelry is famous throughout the British Isles for its plays, dancing, magical grotto. From four beloved writers-Eloisa James, Christi Caldwell, Janna MacGregor, and Erica Ridley-come four original stories that tell a hilarious tale of a Christmas house party that serves up love and scandal in equal measure! ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a story that, if told, has the power to undo the legacy upon which his family is built. There, over many meetings, he will not only unearth the story that 87-year-old Seda so closely guards, but discover that Seda's past now threatens to unravel his future. Left with only Kemal's ancient sketchbook and intent on righting this injustice, Orhan boards a plane to Los Angeles. Her existence and secrecy about her past only deepen the mystery of why Orhan's grandfather would have willed their home in Turkey to an unknown woman rather than to his own son or grandson. Kemal has left the family estate to a stranger, thousands of miles away, an aging woman in an Armenian retirement home in Los Angeles. ![]() But his grandfather's will raises more questions than answers. When Orhan's brilliant and eccentric grandfather - a man who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs - is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business. ![]() ![]() All four books are standalone thrillers and can be read in any order. Where Loyalties Lie is Book 4 in the Aoife Walsh Thriller Series. But who is lying?Īoife’s relentless pursuit of answers will put her in jeopardy- leaving her life, and the truth, hanging in the balance. ![]() ![]() It’s no surprise that their stories aren’t lining up perfectly. As someone who’s had a relative accused of murder, Aoife can empathise with the Westons’ situation.Īoife’s investigation sees ex-lovers and innocents, busybodies and frenemies crawl out of the woodwork. Part time freelance reporter, Aoife Walsh, is coping with a dead-end office job and a lecherous boss when the Weston family hires her to help prove their son’s innocence. Why is a stranger accusing Ben Weston of murder when his friends are convinced they witnessed an accident? Why would Ben kill his childhood friend? Plagued by sensationalist tabloid stories, Ben’s wealthy family need to clear his name. The police accept the account of Oran’s friends, but the witness will not be silenced. ![]() |