But the money may not be worth it when Pop finds himself fending off unwanted advances. When a wealthy couple from London go hunting for a country home in Kent, Pop Larkin knows just how much to overcharge them for an abandoned bungalow. The Larkins normally find joy in the little things in life, but they have never dealt with a vacation like this . . . But when the Larkins decide to take a holiday in France, they soon discover it is vastly different from Charley’s memories. Pop and Ma’s new son-in-law Charley regales them with stories of childhood vacations in Brittany, where the food and weather were delightful and everything was cheap. But his plans hit a snag when the eldest Larkin daughter takes a liking to him-and he to her. Cedric has come to inquire why the Larkins failed to file their income tax. All of that could change, however, when Cedric Charlton from Inland Revenue appears on their farm. An English junk dealer and his family get up to mischief and misadventure, in the first three novels of this “pulsing comedy of country manners” ( Time).īeneath the sunny skies of Kent, the Larkin family-Pop, Ma, and their six children-enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
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But what if there weren’t any prostitutes? Would guys wank themselves silly to porn? Harass their post-menopausal wives? Frequent bars trying their luck? Or hassle the secretary and risk being charged with sexual harassment? Would statistics for rape be on the increase? Is prostitution a necessary evil in our society? Don’t mindlessly believe and quote information spoon fed to you by friends, family or the media. Which came first the prostitute or the client? If there were no clients then obviously there would be no sex workers. But in this age of internet porn, buying pubic hair trimmings online and wife swapping parties it’s about time the veils of mystery were taken down.įor moralists, let’s visit the chicken and the egg scenario. It has to be to some extent or it wouldn’t survive. Scary, funny and bizarre stories recorded for your amusement, edification or simply for interesting dinner conversation. 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When larger-than-life rugby player "Little" John Sheldon convinces her to bid on him in his team's fundraising auction, she discovers how pleasurable heart palpitations can be. She's a calm, capable nurse saving lives in a busy London hospital, but healthy men give her heart palpitations. At six foot one, Gwen Chambers has felt like a giant her whole life. On December 27, 2009, Fallen reached number 3 on The New York Times Best Seller list. The novel has been translated into more than 30 languages and has more than 80 cover editions. The book revolves mostly around the concept of religion, fallen angels and reincarnation.įallen is the first in a series of six books, which have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide in more than 30 countries. At the reform school, she meets Daniel, a handsome boy whom she feels inexplicably drawn to, and believes that she has already met before. 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Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed-made obsolete-when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. A Best Book of 2022 by the New York Public Library - One of the Best SFF Books of 2022 (Gizmodo) - One of the Best SF Mysteries of 2022 (CrimeReads) - A GoodReads Choice Award finalist for Best Science Fiction! Titanic meets Event Horizon in this SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended. The narrative voice, written in Palahniuk's distinctively flat and declarative language, is a collective one. It is written with such deftness that it takes many pages before the reader realises what's going on. The book is told in the first person plural, but unobtrusively. The formal shape of the narrative is just as unusual. At least one of the stories can be seen as a stand-alone work (more on this later), but none the less this is a unitary novel of exceptional originality. Although superficially it might appear to be a fix-up (a collection of individual stories welded together in an attempt to make them seem like a novel), in fact the stories in this case are the novel. These are linked by short pieces of narrative. Haunted takes the form of 23 short stories, each introduced by a poem identifying the purported writer of the story that then follows. The Secret History portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the brilliant general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different-and dangerous-history to be published only once its author was safely in his grave. Slipcase is clean and sound.Ī trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Spots of faint toning to edges of text block. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative cloth over boards. (Trans.) Ziegler, Philip (Intro.) Procopius: The Secret History #3 on The Wall Street Journal fiction combined #3 on The Wall Street Journal hardcover fiction #1 on the Publisher’s Weekly top children’s frontlist fiction #1 on The New York Times children’s series Kingdom of the Feared (Kingdom of the Wicked) #1 New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco delivers sizzling romance, sexy secrets, and unexpected twists in this unforgettable conclusion to the Kingdom of the Wicked series! But have the true villains been much closer all along? Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked, nothing was as it seemed. Together, Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fueled game of deception to solve the murder and stop the unrest that’s brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters, and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared. Now, Emilia will do anything to get to the bottom of these accusations against the sister she thought she knew. When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, damning evidence somehow points to Vittoria as the murderer. She doesn’t just desire his body she wants his heart and soul-but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. All hail the king and queen of Hell.Įmilia is reeling from a shocking discovery about her sister, Vittoria. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.Īnd a love more powerful than fate. Getting necessary permits can take years, because most flood regulations are written to keep levees in place forever. But buying out and relocating landowners, whether farmers or homeowners, can be challenging. The idea is to take pressure off downstream levees by giving water somewhere to go farther upstream.įloodplain restorations also create much-need wildlife habitat. Levees are being removed and moved back, creating natural floodplains that are designed to fill with water when rivers run high. Now, a growing number of projects are trying to work with nature, instead of trying to contain it. With climate change making storms more intense, many levees will need to be raised or improved. Hundreds of homes were destroyed or damaged during the record-breaking winter, which tested the state's aging flood infrastructure.Ĭommunities are looking for ways to protect themselves from future floods, and some are using a novel solution: just giving rivers some space to flow.īuilding homes on the waterfront comes with a long-term arms race: levees must be built and maintained over time to hold back floodwaters. With much of California's massive snowpack yet to melt, downstream communities remain on high alert for flooding. |