![]() ![]() "This haunting tale of prophecy and redemption sweeps up into an opulent world of glamour, myth, tragedy and unforgettable humanity."-C.W. "A master story teller at the height of her game.weaves history and magic into a riveting page-turner."-Robin Maxwell, bestselling author of Signora da Vinci and The Seceret Diary of Anne Boleyn A breathtaking journey across Iran where war and superstition, jealousy and betrayal, and passion and loyalty rage behind the impenetrable walls of mansions. Bursting to life with the rich and glorious marvels of Imperial Russia, The Last Romanov is a magical tale of second chances and royal blood. ![]() If only she can find the heir, maybe she can put together the broken pieces of her own past-maybe she can hold on to the love she found. Last Romanov Dora Levy Mossanen Sourcebooks, Inc., 2012 - Fiction - 368 pages 7 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified IN A. Is she responsible for those murderous events that changed everything? Yet, decades later, her time spent in the embrace of the Romanovs haunts her still. She was an orphan, ushered into the royal palace on the prayers of her majestry. ![]() IN A TIME OF RASPUTIN'S MAGIC AND ROMANOV MYSTERY, A YOUNG GIRL FINDS HERSELF AT THE HEART OF THE ROYAL FAMILY ![]()
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![]() Swipe to the bottom and tap Forget This Device, tap it again to confirm.Tap your AirPods at the top (skip to step 6 if they aren’t showing up).Open the lid, and on iPhone or iPad launch the Settings app.Close the lid and wait at least 30 seconds.If they’re not already, pop both AirPods in the charging case.How to factory reset AirPods and AirPods Pro Let’s look at what to do for both scenarios. ![]() Old and dying AirPods: 7 options for replacing, selling, and recycling.We’ve also got a guide on what to do with old AirPods if they’re not worth selling or giving away: Interestingly, one of the security features of AirPods gen 3 and AirPods Pro (AirPods Max too) can also cause a problem for refurbished or used AirPods since the standard factory reset process does not remove the associated AirPods Apple ID. However, if they’re not behaving normally or not charging, taking the time to reset AirPods can fix that. ![]() ![]() Part of the magic of Apple’s AirPods is a super seamless experience setting up the headphones, automatic pairing, and more. ![]() ![]() Sarah Scoles, Science Contributor: I listened to the audiobook version of The Martian while driving from California to North Carolina in 2015. But is Weir’s vision of future lunar life-particularly as it concerns Jazz and other minorities-really a better place to live? And according to Stephen Hawking, humanity should probably relocate to the Moon to escape Earth’s impending doom. For his follow-up, which came out on November 14, Weir wanted to try something different: Artemis follows Jazz Bashara, a 20-something woman of color who lives on the first (and only) city on the Moon, where she, well, moonlights as a smuggler.Įssentially, Artemis is a lunar sci-fi thriller, and it arrives at a high point in cultural moon lunacy-entrepreneurs like Elon Musk are infatuated with the idea of settlements there, and startups like Moon Express see Luna as a base for further spaceward travel. For his first novel, the 2011 blog-turned-book-turned-movie The Martian, Andy Weir chose a main character who was pretty similar to himself: a white guy who loves science. ![]() ![]() The book felt too short for my liking and the ending left me with so many questions, but any other ending would have not done Cammie justice. I’m trying really hard not to spoil the novel for those who have not read the Gallagher Girls series, but know that I was blown away by this book. We were able to see all of our favorite characters and we even found out information that we didn’t know we wanted until the moment Ally Carter put that little seed of information in our head. I was blown away by how well everything was tied together so neatly. United We Spy is exactly what I wanted in the last book of this amazing series. It was a very wise decision on my part because I had forgotten a lot of key details of the series (I read the first book in 2008). ![]() I reread the first 4 books in the series and skimmed the fifth one in order to get ready for the final book in the Gallagher Girls series. Now the spy girls and Zach must track down the Circle’s elite members to stop them before they implement a master plan that will change Cammie-and her country-forever. ![]() Cammie and her friends finally know why the terrorist organization called the Circle of Cavan has been hunting her. Edition: US Barnes & Nobles Exclusive Edition 2013Ĭammie Morgan has lost her father and her memory, but in the heart-pounding conclusion to the best-selling Gallagher Girls series, she finds her greatest mission yet. ![]() ![]() At times like this, all the money in the world isn't enough. She's also meant to be babysitting a teenage boy, and dealing with the fact that her boyfriend Morelli's house may or may not be built on top of millions of stolen dollars. ![]() But that means working with Ranger, her too-hot mentor, AKA trouble in a Navy Seals cap. Stephanie's desperate enough for a bit of extra cash that she's agreed to help run security for Brenda, the most successful - and most unpleasant - country star of her day. Raves for Evanovich's bestselling series: 'A laugh a minute against a background of dastardly crime with a ditzy heroine and two - yes TWO - of the hottest heroes ever created' (Woman's Weekly) 'A laugh-out-loud page-turner' (Heat). Fearless Fourteen is not to be missed by fans of Harlan Coben and JD Robb. ![]() ![]() Stephanie Plum is as fearless as ever in the fourteenth hilarious novel in Janet Evanovich's bestselling Stephanie Plum series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here is the crucible of an unprecedented form of power marked by extreme concentrations of knowledge and free from democratic oversight. Vast wealth and power are accumulated in ominous new "behavioral futures markets," where predictions about our behavior are bought and sold, and the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new "means of behavioral modification." The threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture: a "Big Other" operating in the interests of surveillance capital. Zuboff vividly brings to life the consequences as surveillance capitalism advances from Silicon Valley into every economic sector. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in the twenty-first century just as industrial capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentieth. ![]() In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. ![]() The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Modern writers draw inspiration from a legion of storytellers that came before, sometimes adapting their works, characters, and settings into beautiful modern retellings, and sometimes utilizing storytelling techniques and conventions that were first seen within the pages of their works. It is easy to forget, however, that our stories were not always delivered on the silver screen. As film enthusiasts, we are treated to an almost limitless buffet of content that can help us laugh, cry, think, and escape for a few hours at a time. Talented filmmakers work tirelessly to deliver entertainment that is exciting, relevant, and valuable to all kinds of audiences. ![]() In modern times, that takes the form of movies and television, with talented actors and actresses portraying the characters in all forms of fiction, from big budget blockbusters to bizarre and artistic offerings that can make audiences think for weeks on end. Great stories have always thrilled and fascinated humankind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nervous and awkward, she struggles to connect with the peopleĪn ambitious detective in the New Haven PD, Turner acts as liaison between Researcher, a fabulous cook, and the person who keeps Lethe running Pamela Dawes A grad student forever at work on her dissertation, Dawes is a champion Veil and he resents Alex’s natural gifts. He is obsessed with magic and the world beyond the The organization charged with overseeing Yale’s magical secret societies.Īlex’s mentor at Lethe, he is smart, sophisticated, and a bit of a snob. Scholarship, and there are most definitely strings attached: in return forĪ ginned-up transcript and a free ride to one of the most prestigiousĬolleges in the world, Alex will have to become a deputy of Lethe House, Unique ability to see ghosts, called Grays. At her hospital bed, she is offered a chance to attend Yale on a full scholarship because of her Need a Ninth House refresher before you read Hell Bent? The SetupĪlex “Galaxy” Stern is a high school dropout, a low-level drug dealer, and the sole survivor of a horrific multiple homicide. ![]() ![]() ![]() I probably forgot to tell you that there's another small problem aside from Miss Sweet Sixteen, and that is that the love of my life has absolutely no idea that I even exist. I don't know how I'm going to stand the wait. But it's going to take me two more enormous weeks. ![]() I'm definitely nowhere, sitting around being only fourteen, but it's absolutely hopeless - I mean, there's nothing I can do about it until I'm fifteen. Especially seeing as how the person I happen to be madly in love with is seventeen. And for the plans I'm making I absolutely have to be fifteen practically instantly. Except for times like Christmas vacation and summer, it seems like the years take forever to drag by. At least that's the way they treat us.Īnother drawback is how long it takes. One day you're the biggest big shot in the entire middle school (among the girls anyway) and the next you're little Miss Nobody, which is exactly what everyone else in the whole high school seems to think about freshmen. There are so many horrendous things about being fourteen that I'd have a fit if I had to name half of them. Yes sir, thirteen was definitely first-rate. ![]() You're in the graduating class, and even if it's only the top of a bunch of little kids, it still makes you feel really special. When I think about all the time I wasted last year moaning about how gross it was to be thirteen, I could kick myself. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He meets a homeless philosopher-poet, who encourages him to ask important questions and find his own voice amongst the many.Īnd he meets his very own Book-a talking thing-who narrates Benny's life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter. There, Benny discovers a strange new world, where "things happen." He falls in love with a mesmerizing street artist with a smug pet ferret, who uses the library as her performance space. When his mother, Annabelle, develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous.Īt first, Benny tries to ignore them, but soon the voices follow him outside the house, onto the street and at school, driving him at last to seek refuge in the silence of a large public library, where objects are well-behaved and know to speak in whispers. ![]() Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. The voices belong to the things in his house-a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. A brilliantly inventive new novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things, by the Booker Prize-finalist author of A Tale for the Time BeingĪfter the tragic death of his beloved musician father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. ![]() |