Breathless: Secrets tear a family apart. (Breathe Book 1)
He is still as demanding, obsessive and possessive as usual but we see a more vulnerable, human side to him that only Aria can bring out. I am without a doubt obsessed with this series. This book was EPIC and I am excited and so full of anticipation to read and experience what happens to Carter and Aria in Endless, the final book in this titillating series! I received an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. These books should be read in order: And it really, really does!! I couldn't put the book down!! Aria Talvery had foolishly thought she could save her family, by standing up to the man she loved Carter Cross.
Maybe she might have delayed the destiny of their demise, but at the cost of so much to herself. When her last name is Talvery and his last name is Cross, there never could be a good solution. Sometimes love just isn't enough. A war is raging all around them. No one is being left unscathed. Aria reads Tarot cards and tries to see the future. She has a heart of a lover and the temper of a fighter. It is the final book in the Carter and Aria's story. I can hardly wait certainly not patiently for it's release. Part three and I am so loving this series. Finishing this book made me feel Willow Winter's characters are so emotionally heartbreaking.
We all have choices to make in life, and Aria and Carter have so many to make I cannot even count them all. The beginning of this book held me in a grip so tight I couldn't breathe. Every page I turned, I absorbed each word as if my life depended on it. Each chapter brought me in deeper and deeper into Aria's and Carter's mind, heart, and so Part three and I am so loving this series. Each chapter brought me in deeper and deeper into Aria's and Carter's mind, heart, and soul. Winter's writing is so emotionally poignant. So few writers have the talent to make me want to avoid life altogether and stay inside the story, but Ms.
Trash needs to go out? Eh, lose a few pounds. This tale has so much, and now I understand why it is a series. The story would be too overwhelming to read all at once. A book hangover is a forgone conclusion. You have left me breathless with this story, and Endless cannot come soon enough! On a side note I love having more of Addison and Daniel too.
Such a tough spot those two are in. This story has definitely exceeded my wildest expectations. An engrossing story that had my emotions running high with heart-pounding suspense, spine-chilling action, life-threatening issues, tear-jerking moments, dynamic vivid scene descriptions, and intimate moments. The characters take on a life of their own as the story starts where Heartless left off. Aria has become more of force and Carter finds himself still giving orders for War; speculating where he and Aria will be in the end. Horrific danger waits in the dark to pounce and a mystery to be solved.
The author has done a fabulous job with the characters she has created. Thought-provoking scenes had me feeling pain for the characters as I teared up and sighed too. I know the next book is coming and I await to find out the conclusion of this spellbinding story.
Barely Breathing (Colorado High Country, #1) by Pamela Clare
I was brought on one hell of a roller coaster of a ride with Carter and Aria that was full of emotions plus also kept me on the edge of seat. A must read, I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy. Sep 06, Jennifer rated it it was amazing. Holy Jesus can Ms.
Winters just keeping me coming back for more and more every single time. Have you ever read her publications Seriously, everything she does is gold. You have to read this series. I am trying extremely hard to not give away the storyline but it is so hard. Have you ever read a book and started telling people about it be Holy Jesus can Ms. Have you ever read a book and started telling people about it before you are finished it?
Yep, that is what I've done. Follow Carter and Aria through so many twists and turns. Addicted to this terrific book and didn't put it down until the last page. I was incredibly fortunate to have requested an advanced reader's copy of Breathless and I sincerely hope that you devour this series as I have. I can't wait for book 3! Breathless Whisper Aria is Carter's oxygen. Without her he cannot breathe, cannot exist, cannot BE. They are both in a battle that will only end in bloodshed shattering any chance of them ever being together body and soul.
Carter's love for Aria will never die. The decisions he makes will ultimately make Aria hate him for doing so. Carter has opened the doors of Aria's heart she thought were forever closed. But the price is immense for loving this man. Aria is backed up against the wall and she l Breathless Whisper Aria is Carter's oxygen. Aria is backed up against the wall and she lets her ferocious strength come to the surface to try and stop Carter from destroying all that she holds dear to her.
The question remains, will this only drive them further apart. There is still so much story left to tell about Aria and Carter and I look forward to finding out how their story ends.
Once again, Willow has me barely breathing with my heart breaking that still beats within my chest. I dove right in, needing to know what happened and I was NOT disappointed! The story picks up right where Heartless left off. From the first page, my heart was pounding and the suspense was bordering on overwhelming! If I wasn't on the edge of my seat with anticipation, I was being tied into knots with all the angst. Carter, dear Lord that man, in such a conflicted place emotionally.
I enjoyed seeing the "softer" side WOW!! I enjoyed seeing the "softer" side to him, even though it's not blatantly obvious. Aria, my heart ached for her. She has to overcome the impossible. With all the turmoil surrounding her, her unfailing love for Carter shines through. I really enjoyed this book! From the moment I opened it until I turned the last page I was on the edge of my seat or wringing my hands!
This series gets better with each book and I cannot wait to read the final book! Carter and Aria both battle the darkness within them. Yet it seems that Aria's darkness is coming to light more often than Carter would like. Aria is facing certain truths about her life and her choices she's made in the process. Carter doesn't like what he's seeing from Aria but willing to accept it anyway. Can they fight the darkness together? Will the darkness tear them apart? Your answers await you in Breathless. I tried my best to leave this review as spoiler free as possible. I hope I succe Carter and Aria both battle the darkness within them.
I hope I succeeded. These characters are so complicated and complex that it would be easy to spoil the plot without even trying. I'm definitely looking forward to the conclusion of this highly explosive series. This series is a story, that keeps on giving. Carter and Aria's relationship is so complicated and delicious. I love them and their dynamic. To be engrossed in these two life, you have to start from the beginning, from Merciless.
Breathless starts from where it was left off from Heartless. The anticipation of wanting to know what happens with them and see the outcome of the situation is painful. This book is the ultimate high. It gives everything you're looking for. Willow is Very Breathless Willow is a word goddess.
She keeps feeding us her wonderful work and we gladly eat it up and starve for more. I can't wait until the next installment, to see how where happens next. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This book couldn't have a more appropriate title. That is exactly how it left me. I have a hard time understanding why people enjoyed this book.
The quality of the writing was very poor. It got a bit better later on, but especially in the sample and the first few chapters of the book, it was just really juvenile and seemed like it had never been edited. I have read so many non-published stories that were of much higher quality and it was a bit of a struggle to connect fully with the characters and what was happening because the writing style itself was so distracting. Aside fr I have a hard time understanding why people enjoyed this book.
Aside from the writing quality, the plot and development of both the characters and story was also lacking. There just didn't seem to be much direction, and the story was kind of all over the place. Emma was being abused, and from there, there wasn't much other direction. The relationship between Evan and Emma is cute and is probably the only reason I stuck with the story, but that was pretty much all the story had going for it.
I think the rave about this story is covers the topic of abuse, which is a touchy, emotional, and relatively still unexplored theme. I can agree with this line of reasoning to some extent: But the execution of it could have been so much better and I just feel like the story itself was hyped up merely because of the topic it addresses rather than the actual quality of the writing and the story itself. My other problem with the story is that a lot of it just didn't make sense. There wasn't much motive behind Carol's abuse.
There seemed to be way too much hatred between the two of them just for the inconvenience of having another mouth to feed. Things would have made a lot more sense if say Emma turned out to be George's illegitimate child, so Carol hates her. I tried to like this story but I couldn't. I'm actually not sure why I bothered reading the entirety of it but I think it was because I was just in the mood for not an exceptionally great story.
View all 26 comments. It was heart wrenching, gripping and I absolutely could not put it down! I'd been waiting to read this book for what felt like forever. This was actually one of the first series I heard about when I first started reading contemporary romance. Everyone kept telling me how amazing they were and I had a feeling I'd love them but I also knew 4. Everyone kept telling me how amazing they were and I had a feeling I'd love them but I also knew about the brutal cliffhangers so I decided to tough it out and wait 'til I could read all three books back-to-back.
So, the moment the final book was released, I was all over it. I'd been warned to read this book with tissues and Xanax. I knew to expect painful. I knew to expect intense. But wow, the sheer cruelty in this book was just gut wrenching. From the very beginning, you can feel how trapped Emma is. With her parents no longer in the picture, she was sent to live with her aunt, uncle and two little cousins. Her aunt was cold-hearted and brutally abusive in every way - physically, verbally, and emotionally. Emma's main goal was just to keep her head down, stay invisible, and get good marks in school while she counted down the days 'til she could escape to college - away from the hurt, abuse and brutality.
She was smart, kind-hearted, and hard working. You couldn't help but desperately with she could escape. Confident, gorgeous and new at school - something about him managed to unravel her He had this way about him that was hard to ignore, he saw into her, was direct about his thoughts, and utterly determined to get to know her better. And, despite her better judgment, she carefully decided to let him in despite knowing the repercussions if they were ever found out. What was with this guy? First I didn't notice him for almost a week, and now I could avoid him Why wasn't I invisible to him like I was to everyone else?
I need to stress how much of a monster her aunt was. She might actually be one of the most purely evil characters I have ever read. The horrible things she said and the horrific things she did just appalled and sickened me. And her uncle just stood by and willfully ignored it despite knowing what was going on. Between the two of them, they personified "the bully and the bystander". Equally bad, equally hurtful, equally cruel.. I think the worst part was how her aunt's cruelty was directed solely at her. She was a good mother to her own children and while Emma knew that all she had to do to end her suffering was make one phone call, or walk into the school's psych department and utter one sentence, she also knew it would rip apart that family and take away her little cousins' mother and she was too good of a person to do that so she bore the pain, cruelty and abuse and lived in hell so that they could continue a normal life.
I don't want to let her get to me. I'm not okay with this," I said pointing to my head, "but what choice do I have? I'll deal with it. So please don't cry. It was literally just random acts of cruelty for no other reason that one woman's hatred of another human being. I think every person is different. I'm not sure I personally agreed with Emma's rationalization for why she stayed but at the same time I certainly could understand and sympathize with it.
The truth is what she did was incredibly brave and selfless. Too brave, too selfless perhaps But please don't think this book is all pain and sadness. Evan was just this wonderful ray of light in her life. There was no insta-love here, but rather a quiet, slow-building love that had me smiling despite how horrible her situation was. Evan was just perfect. A gorgeous, kind hearted, endearing guy who so clearly thought the world of Emma. I couldn't help but hope that they could find a way to be together.
He knew I existed. He was determined to pull me out of the shadows, and I couldn't get away from him. He wasn't deterred by my one word answers or abrupt responses. He wasn't supposed to be paying attention to me, and I was trying, without success, to ignore him. But he was getting to me, and I think he knew it. Emma was terrified to start anything with him because of her need to keep her home life a secret but he was just so completely into her and willing to not push her to reveal more than she was willing to.
He was patient, persistent, charming and into her enough to let her set the pace and rules for their relationship - almost as if he could sense that there was a reason for the distance she kept placing between them. But I'll respect that for now. My heart was so happy for the little moments of joy they found but at the same time it was filled with dread because I knew that it would inevitably get worse before it got better. We were friends walking a ledge, a very thin ledge - and I was too caught up in my heightened awareness of his existence to realize how close the ledge was to crumbling beneath my feet.
Why could she let him in but not Evan? I mean, I understood - she didn't care about him in the same way so it didn't matter but it still hurt. I hated him on principle and I hated seeing his name on the page. And when that whole issues was resolved, I just breathed this huge sigh of relief and was so happy to see how they actually talked through their issues so functionally. It definitely made me forgive and forget the heartache. I just really loved him. I do have to tell you that I can't ever sit in a hospital waiting room again. Without you or Sara telling me, I know.
So, even if you can't tell me the truth, don't lie. Don't defend them like it's okay. I won't let them do that to you again. My heart was in my throat!!! And I am so beyond grateful that I have the next two book sitting here ready to go because there is absolutely no way I'm stopping now.
I need to know what happens next! You should also know that while some of the scenes are definitely not easy to read but you should know that they not overly graphic. It's not that kind of book. I love Rebecca Donovan's writing style. The descriptions and flow of the story just suck you right in. Despite the book being over pages, I read it in one sitting and was unable to put it down. Tammara Webber's quote on the cover couldn't have said it better: Reason to Breathe is the first installment of the acclaimed Breathing Series.
View all 54 comments. Oct 25, Dd rated it it was ok. I swear I felt like killing her throughout the novel. Lord I have rarely seen such a weak,lily-livered person. A swift kick would have done the job. I loved Sara ,that is how best friends are supposed to be.
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I also admired Emily's spirit of survival. View all 14 comments. Sep 25, Danielle rated it did not like it Shelves: The premise itself I had no problem with — a girl struggling with abuse and falling in love — but everyone was so one-dimensional! The entire book focuses on her waffling around about 1-whether or not she should pursue the love interest Rating: The entire book focuses on her waffling around about 1-whether or not she should pursue the love interest and 2-if she should report her abusive family.
Oh, and apparently all the guys love her for some reasons unexplained to me. The best friend likes boys and dressing up the main character in pink sweaters, and gets marginally upset about the abuse once in a while. The story itself was too long and drawn out, especially for the pathetic non-ending, and honestly just started to bore me to death. The only reason I kept reading was to see if she could eventually overcome the abuse and hopefully get her life in order. Everybody is rich and fabulous, the best friend has a three-story house and I apparently needed to know the amount of spiral staircases or whatever.
View all 18 comments. I seriously felt like I took a punch in the gut. I was so emotionally absorbed in this story; I barely had enough time to catch my breath when it just abruptly ended. I knew going into this, that this was not going to end well, but I decided to pick it up anyway. However, I did purposely wait for Barely Breathing Book 2 to come out before reading this. This put me and my fragile emotions through the wringer. I love stories that evoke all your feelings. This story had my heart aching, had me crying and even had me feeling like I was on cloud nine.
Everything that makes us feel alive, this had it. Does that make any sense? You are one brave girl. Everything that happened to you in this story, I felt it. I felt the fear, the anxiety, the pain, and the heartache. You deserved everything good that came your way. You deserved having an awesome best friend in Sara, and you definitely deserve your happiness with the very sweet, loving, and extremely persistent, Evan. Evan has now become one of my favorite book boyfriends. I freaking LOVE him.
Even after Emma consistently tells him she just wants to be friends, he never gave up just being there for her. Ultimately, he wins the girl. It seemed like it took forever, but man, it made it a hundred times sweeter. Fair warning to those considering reading this: This book deals with abuse and the author does not hold back any punches. The story was achingly good and extremely well written. Highly recommend for those looking for an emotional read.
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May 07, Emily rated it did not like it Shelves: This book sat in my recommendations for a long time, so I was looking forward to starting it. Emma, the main character, is obviously in a very abusive situation at home with her aunt. I don't have Emma's experience exactly, and I would never assume anything about anyone else, but I can't imagine letting an aunt that didn't raise me and I don't care about beat on me for no reason over and over again and just taking it, as a 17 This book sat in my recommendations for a long time, so I was looking forward to starting it.
I don't have Emma's experience exactly, and I would never assume anything about anyone else, but I can't imagine letting an aunt that didn't raise me and I don't care about beat on me for no reason over and over again and just taking it, as a 17 year old. I couldn't get past the fact that Emma never fights back. According to some of the other reviews I've read, I guess this is out of some effort to protect her cousins? You are not protecting anyone by allowing them to live with a crazy person. Also, as many reviewers have noted, her rich, daughter-of-a-judge best friend never tells her parents?
That's another part that doesn't make any sense to me. I try to think about my best friend revealing this to me as a junior in high school and what I would do I couldn't get past that those things, and I don't like to read sad books just for the sake of being sad, so I had to put it down. View all 8 comments. Nov 02, PhobicPrerogative rated it it was ok Shelves: Nevertheless, even with the tragic abuse theme in the story, I found Reason to Breathe completely ridiculous and a bit unrealistic.
Here you have a girl who is 'invisible' and wants to blend in, and perhaps I'm turning her into a stereotype but she's too "well-rounded" for an abusee. If Emma really was a loner, she shouldn't even have a best bud. The reaction people have to Emma whenever she speaks up or attends a friggin' party made me roll my eyes because I did not see any 'special' thing about this girl. Schoolmates gasped, gossiped and gaped when she did something as a-m-a-z-i-n-g as look up from her books I wouldn't have been surprised if they had given her a tiara for breaking wind in public.
Emma was also one of the most frustrating and annoying characters I've ever encountered. An abused girl whose only reason for taking abuse is to protect her abuser's image with her kids? I found that utterly stupid and shady considering the only child old enough to remember what the hell happened to Mommy is not completely clueless about what Mommy does to his cousin. Plus, her abuser almost beat her to death on a regular basis. And for Emma's best friend to not report to the authorities, even when she proclaimed how much she cared about her friend to the point of shedding tears on her behalf?
As her BFF, wouldn't you rather she hated you for getting her out of an abusive home rather than "supported" her claims of "I'm fine" when she harbored bruises almost daily? Emma, had she gone forward sooner with her story, would have had options. One of her friends' father was a judge or something along those lines, and her best friend's parents liked her very much - I'm sure she wouldn't have been dropped off at a group home if she'd spoken up.
At some point, I was convinced that the abuse factor in the book was for exaggerated dramatic effect, for entertainment purposes, rather than to get a message across that domestic abuse is a problem. If this book was meant to give a real-life abusee hope of getting out of an abusive relationship, the book missed that thoroughly, abuse being tackled poorly and shittily by the author. I'm sorry for her but damn! I couldn't conjure up an image of this girl, or even create a personality for her Everyone else around her seemed to have some attributes but her? She was just vacant. Was it that the abuse had turned her into an empty shell of a person, so much so that I couldn't warm to her no matter how hard I tried?
I couldn't even understand why Evan was bothering so much with her when she was so snarky and mean all the time. I was just too unsympathetic to her cause, I suppose. I ended up skipping over the last half of the book, landing on the last page only to discover that Reason to Breathe is part of a series. View all 7 comments. I AM This book was emotionally draining me. There was moments I wanted to throw my Kindle away, smiled, cried and I am lost for words.
Emma Thomas is a girl who is broken and struggling from evil heartless aunt, she wants to invisible and her only mate is Sara. She tops in her studies and sports. Evan Matthews comes along and she sees her thru! I love him so much and he is so close to my heart! He is so caring and adorable. I was so touched by his actions ; Finally, when he kissed her, I was grinning! That was one sweet moments. Us" "Are you having a hard time liking me? I think it's because I love the girl in that picture" I so wanted to claw her heartless aunt Nobody deserves to be treated in that manner especially when they are in helpless situation.
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This book ends in cliffhanger View all 19 comments. YA- Romance - 'In the balance of Love and loss, it was love that made me struggle to I found myself breathless at certain points in this book finding my own feelings jumbled in a mass of pain held in my chest. Reason to Breathe is about a young girl named Emily Emma. She is a good student at Weslyn High earning straight A's,she is the editor for the Weslyn school paper and plays soccer,basketball and runs track for her school as well.
Emma excels at soccer which she hopes to get a scholarship for. Her father is deceased and her mother gave her up because she is ill from the sickness we know as alcoholism. Emma has been living with her Uncle his wife and their 2 young kids for 4 yrs. She is counting down the day til she leaves knowing they are too.
Emma's Best friend is Sara a tall pretty red head. In school Emma keeps to herself and only talks to Sara, but a new boy Evan Matthews comes to school and in just one day everything changes. I do not want to give away the book so i advise you to read it. The only thing i will say is that Emma's home life is bad it is filled with hate. We should never have to understand it Hate is just wrong.
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Before there was Santa Claus, there was a young boy who believed in the impossible. Then one day his father goes missing, and Nikolas must travel to the North Pole to save him. Along the way, Nikolas befriends a surly reindeer, bests a troublesome troll, and discovers a hidden world of enchantment in the frozen village of Elfhelm. But the elves of Elfhelm have troubles of their own: Destined to become a Christmas and anytime-before-or-after-Christmas classic!
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This heartwarming story about the effects of the Christmas spirit will grow even the coldest and smallest of hearts. Like mistletoe, candy canes, and caroling, the Grinch is a mainstay of the holidays, and his story is the perfect gift for young and old. And don't forget to celebrate Grinch-mas this Christmas season, the annual holiday tradition inspired by How the Grinch Stole Christmas that encourages readers to grow their hearts three sizes by doing good deeds!
Grow your heart three sizes with Illumination presents Dr. Seuss' The Grinch--the new Grinch movie in theaters November 9, ! Seuss' The Grinch, a new animated movie, is based on the Dr. Seuss classic about a grumpy Grinch who tries to steal Christmas! This hardcover edition is the complete retelling of the whole wonderful holiday story, featuring eight pages of full-color scenes and a full-color poster, and is great for boys and girls ages 8 and up.
True family connection is possible--and this essential guide shows us how. Popular parenting blogger Rebecca Eanes believes that parenting advice should be about more than just getting kids to behave. Struggling to maintain a meaningful connection with her two little ones and frustrated by the lack of emotionally aware books for parents, she began to share her own insights with readers online. Her following has grown into a thriving community--hundreds of thousands strong. In this eagerly anticipated guide, Eanes shares her hard-won wisdom for overcoming limiting thought patterns and recognizing emotional triggers, as well as advice for connecting with kids at each stage, from infancy to adolescence.
This heartfelt, insightful advice comes not from an "expert," but from a learning, evolving parent. Filled with practical, solution-oriented advice, this is an empowering guide for any parent who longs to end the yelling, power struggles, and downward spiral of acting out, punishment, resentment, and shame--and instead foster an emotional connection that helps kids learn self-discipline, feel confident, and create lasting, loving bonds. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with Wehrmacht and SS brutality, they wreaked havoc—tanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction.
Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred; more than seven million fled westward from the fury of the Red Army. It was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known. Antony Beevor, renowned author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem, has reconstructed the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse. The Fall of Berlin is a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanaticism, revenge, and savagery, yet it is also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice, and survival against all odds. Happy to escape the demands of her life, she looks forward to her Friday Night Knitting Club, where she and her friends—Anita, Peri, Darwin, Lucie, and KC—exchange knitting tips, jokes, and their deepest secrets.
A Novel Marian Keyes July 7, 2. A funny new novel from international bestselling author Marian Keyes about Irish beautician Stella Sweeney who falls ill, falls in love, then falls into a glamorous new life in New York City. When her dream life is threatened, will she rally to reclaim love and happiness?
Until one day she is struck by a serious illness, landing her in the hospital for months. After recovering, Stella finds out that her neurologist, Dr. Mannix Taylor, has compiled and self-published a memoir about her illness. As her relationship with Dr. Taylor gets more complicated, Stella struggles to figure out who she was before her illness, who she is now, and who she wants to be while relocating to New York City to pursue a career as a newly minted self-help memoirist. The victim is Perdita Master, an artist with a terminally ill mother and a husband who threatened violence when she demanded a divorce.
The husband is the natural suspect, but as Thanet and his partner, the dogged Sgt. Mike Lineham, dig into the case, they will discover a tantalizing connection to a powerful local barrister—and a secret that many people might have killed for. Charming, stylish, and endlessly absorbing, the CWA Silver Dagger—winning Luke Thanet mysteries are some of the best English police procedurals ever written. Doomed to Die is the 10th book in the Inspector Thanet Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Lieutenant Pat Montague spent the war dreaming of a return to his beloved: Huntley Cairns, and he has nothing to return to at all. Huntley was rumored to be involved in the black market, and Miss Withers soon discovers his killer was far more sinister than a soldier with a grudge.
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On an ill-fated art expedition into the southern Shan state of Burma, eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas-morning tour and disappear. Through twists of fate, curses, and just plain human error, they find themselves deep in the jungle, where they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of the leader and the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages and destruction of the Myanmar military regime. A pious man explained to his followers: Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives.
I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes. The Fall of Japan: New York Times Bestseller: By midsummer , Japan had long since lost the war in the Pacific. The people were not told the truth, and neither was the emperor.
Japanese generals, admirals, and statesmen knew, but only a handful of leaders were willing to accept defeat. Most were bent on fighting the Allies until the last Japanese soldier died and the last city burned to the ground. Exhaustively researched and vividly told, The Fall of Japan masterfully chronicles the dramatic events that brought an end to the Pacific War and forced a once-mighty military nation to surrender unconditionally.
From the ferocious fighting on Okinawa to the all-but-impossible mission to drop the 2nd atom bomb, and from Franklin D. The Fall of Japan brings to life both celebrated and lesser-known historical figures, including Admiral Takijiro Onishi, the brash commander who drew up the Yamamoto plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor and inspired the death cult of kamikaze pilots. A Novel Ken Follett February 3, 2. And the Mossad, the KGB, the Egyptians, and Fedayeen terrorists will play out the final, violent moves in this devastating game where the price of failure is a nuclear holocaust.
In a world where magic is tightly controlled, the most powerful man in the world must choose between his kingdom and his son in the first book in the Lightbringer series, the blockbuster epic fantasy from NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks. Guile is the Prism. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live. When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.
If you loved the action and adventure of the Night Angel trilogy, you will devour this incredible epic fantasy series by Brent Weeks. Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! Rowling Book 3 May 9, 1. All profits from the sale of this eBook will go to Lumos, a charity founded by J. Rowling to end the institutionalisation of children worldwide. Translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, they include fascinating additional notes from Professor Albus Dumbledore, with intriguing glimpses into his life at Hogwarts, as well as illustrations from J.
For wizarding and Muggle readers alike, this is a must-have edition, featuring fate-seeking witches, a hairy-hearted warlock and the tale of the three brothers who tried to cheat Death. From 1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails?
You may have heard of me. So begins a tale told from his own point of view—a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Praise for The Kingkiller Chronicle: There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description. A Novel Dan Brown October 3, 2. Facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced to flee. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch. In this "perfect 'fix' for the thriller aficionado" Associated Press 1 New York Times bestseller, maverick FBI detective Amos Decker must forge an uneasy alliance with the Defense Intelligence Agency to prevent an international incident that could spell the end of the United States as we know it.
Amos Decker witnesses a murder just outside FBI headquarters. A man shoots a woman execution-style on a crowded sidewalk, then turns the gun on himself. Even with Decker's extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, the killing is baffling. Decker and his team can find absolutely no connection between the shooter--a family man with a successful consulting business--and his victim, a schoolteacher.
Nor is there a hint of any possible motive for the attack. An agent of the Defense Intelligence Agency, she orders Decker to back off the case. The murder is part of an open DIA investigation, one so classified that Decker and his team aren't cleared for it. But they learn that the DIA believes solving the murder is now a matter of urgent national security. Critical information may have been leaked to a hostile government--or worse, an international terrorist group--and an attack may be imminent.
Decker's never been one to follow the rules, especially with the stakes so high. Forced into an uneasy alliance with Agent Brown, Decker remains laser focused on only one goal: In book two of the Broken Empire trilogy, the boy who would be king has gained the throne—but the crown is a heavy weight to bear At age nine, Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath vowed to avenge his slaughtered mother and brother—and to punish his father for not doing so.
At fifteen, he began to fulfill that vow. Now, at eighteen, he must fight for what he has taken by torture and treachery. Haunted by the pain of his past, and plagued by nightmares of the atrocities he has committed, King Jorg is filled with rage. And even as his need for revenge continues to consume him, an overwhelming enemy force marches on his castle. Jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight. But he has found a long-hidden cache of ancient artifacts. Some might call them magic.
Jorg is not certain—all he knows is that their secrets can be put to terrible use in the coming battle The Vagrant is his name. He has no other. Friendless and alone he walks across a desolate, war-torn landscape. But the Shining City is far away and the world is a very dangerous place. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay J. Rowling November 18, 2. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone The Dark Tower I: He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil.