![]() Soon, it is not one, not hundreds, but thousands of dying rats bursting from the city’s bowels, lurching across the streets and sidewalks, and collapsing next to the bloated and bleeding bodies of their dead brethren. From Rieux’s first encounter with a dead rat - a bloated corpse bleeding in a place it had no business to be - the horror mounts. ![]() But once he reached the street, it occurred to him that the rat didn’t belong there.”īarely a half-dozen pages into Albert Camus’s novel The Plague, the stage set of everyday life begins to falter and fall into pieces. In the moment, he pushed the creature aside without much thought and continued down the stairs. “ON THE MORNING of April 16, Doctor Bernard Rieux left his office and stumbled upon a dead rat in the middle of the landing. ![]()
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In some ways A Philosophy of Loneliness is a bit of a departure from Svendsen’s other monographs. ![]() Indeed, each book might easily make a chapter in a lengthier study of the early 21st Century. Future historians will be able to glean much about the zeitgeist of the new millennium simply by perusing some of the titles of Norwegian philosopher Lars Svendsen’s books: A Philosophy of Evil, A Philosophy of Fear, A Philosophy of Boredom, and his latest to be translated into English, A Philosophy of Loneliness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() See more » The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2015.Sue Taylor Grafton (Ap– December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. Kinsey Millhone is a fictional character who was created by American author Sue Grafton (1940–2017) for her "alphabet mysteries" series of best-selling novels which debuted in 1982 and feature 25 volumes. 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The New York Times The Washington Post The Boston Globe The Wall Street Journal NPR Financial Times Kirkus Reviews NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature ![]() ![]() They show up at the estate, shocking his family. He doesn’t want to marry this girl (she’s very young) hence the plot to thwart the engagement by showing up already married. I think the parents had arranged the betrothal. Also the hero is betrothed or is almost betrothed to a young woman on a neighboring estate. ![]() The hero marries the heroine and they immediately go to the family estate in the country. She and her older brother have gone to London to earn money to send home to the other siblings. I recall that she is the oldest or second oldest of a large family that is orphaned. I think he had a falling out with his father (who is a duke?). ![]() He decides she’s the one that will really annoy his family. ![]() He is really looking for a wife and is using the ad to find somebody inappropriate to his family. In reality the hero had placed the ad under false pretenses. The heroine answers an ad for a position (can’t recall what it was for, maybe a governess?). I’m looking for a historical romance I read a few years ago. This HaBO request is Susan, who wants to track down this historical romance: Scroll down to see the solution for this HaBO - and many thanks! ![]() You did it! We figured this one out! 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Sloane isn’t expecting to fall in love with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida-especially not a group of friends so intense, so layered with private tragedies and secret codes, so all-consuming. Filled with intense and important friendships, a wonderful warts-and-all family, shiveringly good romance, and sharp, witty dialogue, this story from Emma Mills ( First & Then) is about finding the people you never knew you needed. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Kenny and Slayde are thrown together one fateful night, they are shaken by their undeniable attraction, and the closer they get, the more they start to believe in second chances.īut Slayde's past threatens to destroy their dreams, and Kenny must choose between rebuilding her walls or taking a chance on forgiveness. ![]() Broken and perfect rolled into one." -Love Between the Sheets Reviews*Ī broken young boxer, whose championship dreams were cut short by a tragic accident.Ī beautiful young widow, whose defenses against love are as strong as his left hook. 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In Life 3.0, Max Tegmark explores various AI-related concepts, controversies and questions that humanity must confront now if we wish to create a positive future. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most controversial yet fascinating topics of the 21st century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nadine Brandes is an award wining author and since I received the book for review on Net Galley, I don’t have much information from the publishers. Read my disclaimer for further information. As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. I was lucky enough to be granted access to a copy and I must say that it is one that I couldn’t put down till the end. So when I read the description of Romanov by Nadine Brandes on NetGalley, I really had to put in a request to read it. Russia gave me a taste of the mystery that surrounded the demise of the royal family. That is why Romanov by Nadine Brandes intrigued me. 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