![]() ![]() ![]() Loyalty to his club and his brothers has been Damage’s life and route to wealth, but what happens when business becomes serious and brother starts killing brother?įrom being in a gang to becoming a gangster, Heavy Duty People is the book that invented Biker Noir. “…a fantastic anti-hero…positively Shakespearian in his moral complexity…If I could only recommend one book this year, it would be Heavy Duty People” – Vulpes Librisĭamage’s club has had an offer it can’t refuse, to patch over to join The Brethren MC.īut as the bikes rumble and roar across the wild Northern fells, what does this mean for Damage and his brothers? What choices will they have to make as they ride through the wind? What bloody oil stained history might it reawaken? And why are The Brethren making this offer? Tour organised by: Rachel’s Random Resources Series/Standalone: Standalone First Book in a Seriesįormats available: Paperback and eBook. Last but not least today I’m on the blog tour for Heavy Duty People and am delighted to bring you a Q&A with author Iain Parke, and another giveaway! Enjoy and good luck! ![]()
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![]() ![]() Yet once Dylan steps into Avery’s world, he realizes there’s more to Avery than his prickly exterior, and that unexpected vulnerability calls to Dylan’s protective instincts. But when Avery gets into trouble with a shady loan shark, Dylan can’t stand by and let him be hurt-whether he wants the brat or not. ![]() He doesn’t need a mate, especially not some snotty hedgehog who sneers at his custom motorcycle shop and calls him a grease monkey. No werewolf likes to be looked down upon, least of all Dylan Green. He doesn’t want to be mated to some blue-collar werewolf anyway. His attitude is why he and his fated mate are estranged. He’s a hedgehog shifter from an old-money Louisiana family with a penchant for expensive shoes and a reputation for being a judgmental snob. Some people might call Avery Babineaux a prick. PRICKLY BUSINESS is a fun shifter romance between fated mates of different species…a wolf shifter and a hedgehog! Omigosh, the book was sweet and sassy and funny and daring. ![]() Hi there! Today I’m sharing a review for a recently released paranormal M/M mystery romance from Piper Vaughn and Kenzie Cade. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think the most important aspect of this book is that it draws on materials that have not been available to historians and researchers until very recently. Roberts presents evidence and arguments that have led me to re-evaluate not just Churchill’s actions during World War II and the Cold War, but also the roles of Britain, the Commonwealth, and other nations. The fact that my reading this book coincided with the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of many of the closing acts of World War II in Europe also delayed my writing this review. It took me a while to come to terms with some of these long-held opinions and evaluate them against the new evidence that Roberts provides. Churchill-Walking with Destiny challenged many of the notions I have had of Churchill since I was a young student of history. There are a few reasons why it has taken me so long. It has taken me quite a while to sit down and write this review of Andrew Roberts’ remarkable biography of Winston Churchill. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, he was removed from his position by President Harry Truman after the two men disagreed over strategy, specifically whether to wage war against Communist China. MacArthur was placed back in command of American and United Nations soldiers after Communist forces from North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. MacArthur ultimately accepted Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, and spent the next six years overseeing Japanese reconstruction. He spent the remainder of the war successfully commanding forces in the Pacific against the Japanese. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions.īy 1942, MacArthur was appointed supreme commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific. After the Japanese attacked the Philippines, MacArthur organized the island’s defenses before being ordered by President Roosevelt to leave the Philippines for Australia. In 1941, shortly before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, MacArthur was named commander of all U.S. It was during World War II that MacArthur distinguished himself further. ![]() Roosevelt to create a defense force in the Philippines, an American commonwealth at the time. After World War I, he went on to become the chief of staff of the Army and was later asked by President Franklin D. A veteran of World War I, he led the 42nd Infantry Division into many of America’s most intense battles of the war. General Douglas MacArthur’s life is one of complete service to America. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All morning, I was reminded of ‘amber mole.’ I’m almost certain that this was down to the cider I’d drunk the night before. Though I brushed my teeth a number of times, I couldn’t lose the taste of brass. Three Hamlets: Schomberg, New Tecumseth, Marsville His debut, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.ģ. André Alexis' novel Fifteen Dogs, won the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. The following is from André Alexis' novel Days by Moonlight, in which Alfred and his dead parents' friend Professor Morgan Bruno take a surreal trip through southern Ontario/the Underworld to find a mysterious and/or dead poet. ![]() ![]() Lee gave his son shortly before the child died - is in the hands of a preacher in Queens, who is apparently unaware of his value. ("Toy collecting is a small world," he boasts, "and in that world I am Pete Rose, Henry Aaron, and the Babe, all rolled into one.") He can barely contain his excitement when he learns that the train set in question - a bespoke toy that Robert E. The first story in the collection, "The Under Graham Railroad Box Car Set," centers on a monomaniacal vintage toy salesman with a knack for getting what he wants. And every one of them is brash, daring and defiantly original. Some are straightforward some are gleefully surreal. The book begins with a story about a coveted toy train set, and ends with one about a zoo full of animals who can communicate with one another. It's fitting, then, that McBride's wonderful debut short story collection, Five-Carat Soul, covers so much ground. ![]() Between books, he's busied himself with screenwriting, songwriting, and playing his beloved tenor saxophone. The journalist and writer took the literary world by storm in 1995 with his memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, then followed it up with three well-received historical novels, the most recent of which, The Good Lord Bird, won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction. ![]() There are a lot of things to admire about James McBride: chiefly, his refusal to be pinned down. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Five-Carat Soul Author James McBride ![]() ![]() ![]() But before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act and vanishes. At first Emma seems to be exhibiting signs of postpartum depression. ![]() Apollo’s old dreams return and Emma begins acting odd. Now Apollo is a father himself-and as he and his wife, Emma, settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. When Apollo Kagwa’s father disappeared, he left his son a box of books and strange recurring dreams. Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, an International Dublin Literary Award, a Mythopoeic Award for Literature.Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME.IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”-Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogy ![]() ![]() So, we called in another buddy of ours to do security tonight.” In his defense, I don’t think he gave me his real number. “I felt like we should have someone here as backup, so I did text Jamie Foxx because he and I were voices in Soul together,” she said of the actor, who was onstage with Chappelle during the incident. I don’t feel like anybody is going to try that shit.”īut just in case they did, Fey called in some favors. We were a little worried about that, but I feel like the vibe in here feels good. “We saw what happened to Chappelle, and I don’t care what anyone says, I didn’t like it. “We are not stand-ups, so if you came here tonight to tackle a stand-up, find someone from Netflix and get your money back,” she continued. (The suspect, Isaiah Lee, 23, was arrested and charged with four misdemeanors.) As a result, security was a hot topic, and even Fey made note of it from the stage. ![]() The person seated next to The Hollywood Reporter spent the bulk of the preshow talking not about Jane Campion’s Western but instead recapping the events leading up to Saturday, specifically the night Dave Chappelle was assaulted at the Hollywood Bowl when an audience member rushed the stage. ![]() Writers Guild Targets Executive Pay in Letters to Netflix, Comcast Shareholders ![]() ![]() ![]() Peter quickly signed up his second and third books, and his career as an author and illustrator of children’s books was under way. ![]() He was working on animated TV shows when he signed a book deal to write and illustrate his first picture book, Flight of the Dodo. While studying illustration at Art Center College of Design, Peter’s love of both words and pictures led him to take several courses on children’s books, and before long he knew he’d found his calling.Īfter graduating from Art Center Peter moved to New York City to be closer to the publishing industry. Then, as a teenager, he fell in love with writing, and told his tales with words. Growing up in New Jersey, he told stories by drawing whimsical characters and scenes from his imagination. Peter Brown is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's picture books. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. ![]() ![]() Almost four years to the day she picked up and read her first full-length novel, with some convincing from friends and family, she decided to write her very own novel, Breathe into Me. (Technically, its two dogs and a cat, but if it was up to her husband those numbers would be dramatically bigger.)Ī late bloomer, Amanda, never discovered her love for reading until late 2008 and couldn’t stop reading anything and everything she could get her hands on after that. When Amanda is not writing, or reading, she is a mom to two wild little kidlets, a wife to her junior high/high school sweetheart and keeper of a house full of animals. She loves being from, and living in, this beautiful state so much that she decided to move to a small little town that is-no pun intended-called, Lovely. ![]() ![]() Amanda Stone was born and raised in the foothills of eastern Kentucky. ![]() |