One startling success leads to another, as she finds herself taking on ever challenging races from the Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley, USA, to the 6633 Arctic Ultra all building up to her biggest challenge yet: attempting to gain the Guinness World Record time for a female running 840 miles from John o’Groats to Land’s End. With a renewed sense of purpose, she decides to take the sport that saved her life to the next level, training hard and throwing herself in at the deep end by entering the epic Marathon des Sables in the Sahara desert, despite still being a novice runner. After coming to terms with the anorexia that had impacted her life from a young age, Mimi begins to reassess her relationship with food and finds a new resolve in running. When Mimi first started jogging on a treadmill as an unfit 36 year old mother of three, she never imagined she would go on to become a world record breaking ultrarunner. This incredible story of how an ordinary mum ran her way into the record books will inspire beginner runners and die hard marathon devotees alike, proving that, no matter where life takes you, it’s never too late to achieve your dreams and do the impossible. The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse doesnt quite reach the summit of great nonfiction, but its still an absorbing story with a factually respectable basis.
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He sees his massacre of the X-Men as a fun science experiment. A cabal of every single Marvel Universe villain comes together to brainwash Deadpool so that, while he sees himself goofing off with friends, he's actually slaughtering them. Unlike the first time Deadpool did that though, this series has Deadpool being tricked into his rampage. Despite this, the Merc with a Mouth has felled Earth's Mightiest Heroes on more than a few occasions, and the most brutal takedown involved Deadpool donning the husk of longtime Avengers villains Ultron.Īs its name suggests, 2017's Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Againfrom writer Cullen Bunn and artist Dalibor Talajic is the story of how Deadpool single-handedly kills every single hero and villain of the Marvel universe. Though Deadpoolis a fearsome fighter, he shouldn't be a major threat to a team like the Avengers. 5/12/2023 0 Comments By Darkness Hid by Jill WilliamsonToward a destination that is by darkness hid. All the voices strive to learn Achan and Vrell's true identities-and a different kind of voice is calling them both. While Achan learns to use his new ability, Vrell struggles to shut hers down. But Vrell feels called to help a young squire who recently discovered his bloodvoicing gift, even if doing so requires her to work with those who could destroy her. She masquerades as a boy to avoid capture by the powerful forces that seek to exploit her. But his new skills with the sword do not prepare him for the battle raging between the voices in his head. When an enigmatic knight offers to train Achan for the Kingsguard, he readily accepts. He is consigned to the kitchens of a lord and forced to swallow a foul potion every day. One of the newly "gifted" wish it had never come.Īchan had been a slave all his life. On the side that still sees the sun, two young people struggle to understand the mind-communication abilities thrust upon them. Darkness divides the land.Half of ErRets is locked beneath an impenetrable shroud. Half of Er'Rets is locked beneath an impenetrable shroud. 5/12/2023 0 Comments Sue grafton x bookThere are three primary story lines in this novel, not the usual focus or style for Grafton: (1) Henry and Kinsey’s personal problems with their new neighbors, (2) Kinsey’s friendship with the wife of a late deceased colleague (who we learned a lot about in W is for Wasted) where peculiar people and letters start showing up, and (3) a mystery investigation Kinsey’s actually hired to solve by a real client. In the second to last installment, X, Kinsey and the series become a bit more relaxed, but it also reminded me there’s only 1 book left as the final one (Z, 26) won’t be completed by a ghost writer. After a ~4 year hiatus from reading the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series, I got back to focusing on it late last year just before the author, Sue Grafton, passed away. 5/12/2023 0 Comments Plated prisoner box setGLOW was nothing short of devastatingly emotional, powerfully evocative and exquisitely filthy. I don't think I have the right words to convey the magnitude of the emotional suffering and joy this book had caused me and I wouldn't have had it in any other way. Thank you Raven Kennedy and The Nerd Fam for gifting me with an eARC of GLOWĭisclaimer: this review may contain minor spoilers but nothing major that would spoil the book. Please note: This is an adult fantasy series with dark elements that may be triggering, including past emotional and physical trauma, violence, adult language, and explicit romance. So I will fight for him and he will kill for me, and if we need to become the villains, then so be it.īecause so long as I live in this world, I won't be used again. Good thing I have a different king in my corner.īut even with the dark threat of Slade Ravinger, the other monarchs are coming for me. That's the thing when you turn against a king-everyone else turns against you. Because my wings may have been clipped, but I am not in a cage, and I'm finally free to fly from the frozen kingdoms I've been kept in. Like a phoenix caught fire, I will need to rise from the ashes and learn to wield my own power. A means to get to where he wanted to go, and I paved that path in gold." 5/12/2023 0 Comments The code breaker doudnaHe lost his employment and was sentenced to three years in jail. The declaration of genetically altered children was met with awfulness and shock, especially in mainstream researchers. Their introduction to the world probably would have gone undetected outside of the family aside from one factor: They were the world's first genetically altered infants.Ī Chinese researcher, He Jiankui, altered their genes apparently with an end goal to shield them from being tainted with the HIV infection, utilizing a gene editing tool called CRISPR. Toward the beginning of November 2018, twin girls - Humdinger and Nana - were born by caesarian section in a Chinese emergency clinic. This blockbuster book sees Nobel-winning organic chemist Jennifer Doudna through a wonderful magnifying lens. DiGriz has developed an almost perfect cover: a four-member rock band that has a way of giving its audiences what they want to hear.īut while the days tick away and diGriz's life expectancy lowers, the mission evolves from finding an artifact to liberating a planet. Now the Stainless Steel Rat is on his way to a world that is hurtling backward down the evolutionary scale - a land of fanatic, goat-herding Fundamentaloids, murderous Machmen, and a rusty guru named Iron John. To ensure the utterly untrustworthy diGriz's cooperation, the League has given him a slow-acting poison, allowing him thirty days in which to succeed. Another is a little matter of life and death. One is Liokukae itself - a dumping ground for the League's misfits, murderers, maniacs, and the incurably obnoxious. Threatened with a horrific death, Slippery Jim is allowed to cut a deal with the Galactic League: voyage to the planet Liokukae and bring back a missing artifact - the only known evidence of alien life-forms found in 32,000 years of galactic exploration.įor diGriz there are a few catches. Slippery Jim diGriz is in the process of robbing the new Mint on Paskonjak when the heist goes terribly wrong. 5/11/2023 0 Comments Thief of time by terry pratchett'She has told me everything,' Wen went on. There was a glow in his eyes and, when he moved, there were strange silvery-blue lights in the air, like reflections from liquid mirrors. There was something new about his master. We have a great deal to do.' Clodpool hesitated. 'In the cup of the hand there is no past, no future. 'Dear stupid Clodpool, I have learned everything,' said Wen. Was yesterday real? Or is it only the memory that is real? Truly, yesterday I was not born.' Clodpool's face became a mask of agonized incomprehension. 'Remember? We came up here and I cooked a meal, and had the rind off your sklang because you didn't want it.' 'I remember yesterday,' said Wen thoughtfully. I think there was, master,' said Clodpool, struggling to his feet. 'Remember? It was there yesterday.' 'There was no yesterday.' 'Er. it's a tree, master,' said Clodpool, still not quite awake. Now I understand.' Then he stopped, and looked at the thing next to Clodpool. He prodded with a sandal the dozing form of Clodpool the apprentice, and said: 'I have seen. He stared at the rising sun for some time, because he had never seen it before. Thief of Time By Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0385601883 According to the First Scroll of Wen the Eternally Surprised, Wen stepped out of the cave where he had received enlightenment and into the dawning light of the first day of the rest of his life. 5/11/2023 0 Comments A Man's Heart by Debbie MacomberDebuting in 2013, Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove was a ratings favorite for three seasons. Macomber is also the author of the bestselling Cedar Cove Series which the Hallmark Channel chose as the basis for its first dramatic scripted television series. In addition to fiction, Macomber has also published three bestselling cookbooks, three adult coloring books, numerous inspirational and nonfiction works, and two acclaimed children’s books.Ĭelebrated as “the official storyteller of Christmas”, Macomber’s annual Christmas books are beloved and six have been crafted into original Hallmark Channel movies. In 2023, Macomber’s all-new hardcover publication includes Must Love Flowers (July). Fifteen of these novels hit the number one spot. Macomber’s novels have spent over 1,000 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. In her novels, Macomber brings to life compelling relationships that embrace family and enduring friendships, uplifting her readers with stories of connection and hope. Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of today’s most popular writers with more than 200 million copies of her books in print worldwide. 5/11/2023 0 Comments Eric legrand bookHaz tu selección entre imágenes premium de Eric Legrand de la más alta calidad. It will lift the hearts of every reader, not least of all those who were affected by quarterback Tim Tebow’s bestselling memoir, Through My Eyes. Encuentra fotos de stock de Eric Legrand e imágenes editoriales de noticias en Getty Images. A remarkable true account of a courageous young athlete whose unshakable faith, spirit, positive outlook, and rousing motto, “BELIEVE!” would serve as inspiration to legions of fans-and as motivation in his own quest to walk again-Eric’s story has received national attention, heavily covered by ESPN and Sports Illustrated. About the Book Believe is the profoundly moving story of Eric LeGrand, the former defensive tackle for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights football team, who suffered a severe spinal cord injury and was left paralyzed by a crushing on-field tackle during a heated game with Army. |