![]() ![]() Each page has a simple rule, sometimes with a short explanation, sometimes without, that promotes Pollan's back-to-the-basics-of-food (and-food-enjoyment) philosophy." - The Los Angeles Times ![]() "In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than the 64 principles outlined in a slender, easy-to-digest new book called Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, by Michael Pollan." -Jane Brody, The New York Times Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat buffet, this is the perfect guide for anyone who ever wondered, “What should I eat?” It’s an easy-to-use guide that draws from a variety of traditions, suggesting how different cultures through the ages have arrived at the same enduring wisdom about food. Written with clarity, concision, and wit that has become bestselling author Michael Pollan’s trademark, this indispensable handbook lays out a set of straightforward, memorable rules for eating wisely, one per page, accompanied by a concise explanation. In this age of ever-more elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food. ![]() "A useful and funny purse-sized manual that could easily replace all the diet books on your bookshelf." -Tara Parker-Pope, The New York TimesĮating doesn’t have to be so complicated. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “This book will trace Plath’s literary and intellectual development rather than her undoing.” “Previous biographies have focused on the trajectory of Plath’s suicide, as if her every act, from childhood on, was predetermined to bring her closer to a fate she deserved for flying too close to the sun,” writes Clark. Early on Clark establishes that her biography will avoid the sensationalism and cultural politics that have driven so many other works on Plath. In Clark’s attentive hands, Plath’s life is laid out in its full complexity. But my skepticism was misplaced: Clark’s Red Comet is absolutely necessary. The mid-century poet has been the subject of at least 12 prior biographies and numerous critical works as well as feature film starring Gwenyth Paltrow. ![]() Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark (Knopf)īefore reading Heather Clark’s Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath I wondered if readers need yet another Sylvia Plath biography. ![]() ![]() 'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - KARIN SLAUGHTER 'Compelling, clever, and utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT 'The UK's most celebrated female crime author' - DAILY MAIL In Unholy Murder, Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling murder case of her career. Tennison must pray she can find both - before they are buried forever. It's clear that someone is hiding the truth, and perhaps even the killer. Tennison's superiors dismiss it as an historic cold case, and the Church seems desperate to conceal the facts from the investigation. But when scratch marks are found on the inside of the coffin lid, Detective Jane Tennison believes she has unearthed a mystery far darker than any she's investigated before. In a city as old as London, the discovery is hardly surprising. The page-turning new Detective Jane Tennison thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante - now available in hardback, eBook and audiobook.Ī coffin is dug up by builders in the grounds of an historic convent - inside is the body of a young nun. ![]() ![]() ![]() Covers and pages are otherwise unworn and unmarked. Its binding is sound, with no spine crease. The book is in good+ condition, marred only by (1) three neatly blacked-out small library stamps (on top of its text block, on its front end-paper, and on its title page), (2) faint tape ghosts on top and bottom of its covers and end papers, (3) neatly handwritten "F" and "Hei" in white ink on its spine, (4) some light soiling on edges of its text block, (5) wear on cover edges (heaviest on bottom), and (6) a little spine lean. The covers are "REINFORCED BINDING" per jacket's front flap, which also has the publisher's original "$5.95" price. Picture-board hardcovers with dust jacket. "N-10.70" on its copyright page, so an October 1970 14th printing of the original Scribner edition. This is an ex-library book that you will be proud to shelve with your Heinlein collection. ![]() ![]() ![]() A woman, even a fictional character, can make up her own mind. As for who Hannah decides to spend the rest of her life with, all you reviewers get over it. This is the one that hits you in the face and makes you lose your balance momentarily. But there is also the element of the unknown clue or individual. The man was beyond his prime and greed makes one wonder about wills. Anyone of the women in the judge’s life could have wanted a bigger slice of his financial pie. Everyone thinks they are innocent and that they know the truth. The question is who murdered the judge? Was it the judge’s widow, Nora, ex-wife Sheila, his son, Seth, or his former mistress, Margaret? I was just wondering where the judge had time for all these women in his life.Īs always Hannah is never afraid to do what she must to find the truth. She learned what the judge did for her before he died and that one of the lawyers, who comes to the courthouse, has a temper. Hannah begins her investigation by speaking to a clerk, who assisted the murdered judge. While Hannah is trying to decide if she should marry Mike or Norman or give another relationship a chance, she also feels compelled to find out who murdered the well-respected judge. But the joy of her mother’s Las Vegas wedding is short lived as Hannah must now face the reality of a trial for killing a man during a storm and finding the body of a judge in his chambers next to the weapon that silenced him. What an ironic place to be killed in a hall of justice. ![]() This is a time of celebration and change for Cookie Shop owner Hannah Swensen. ![]() ![]() She is rushed to hospital but dies shortly after.īefore she passed away she uttered the barely audible word "foreigners", which Wallander took to mean was a clue to the identity of her attackers. The woman was tied to a chair but is still barely alive, a noose knotted around her neck. The man has suffered terribly before he died. An elderly, retired, farming couple lived there and they have been tortured in a most bloody, unspeakable manner. Inspector Kurt Wallander is called from his sleep to drive 20 kilometres to this desolate farm where a murder has been discovered. ![]() It is 5am on 7th January 1990 and in the middle of a bleak, bitterly cold winter on a Swedish farm in a very remote, rural location. ![]() Mankell, Henning - 'Faceless Killers' (translated by Steven T Murray) Review - Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell ![]() ![]() ![]() The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution-and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it-occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich-and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture-not exploitation, geography, or resources-explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Sub Title : A Brief Economic History of the World ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s trying to move on, but it’s hard when part of her doesn’t want to. But just because she didn’t literally look behind her doesn’t mean that her thoughts aren’t still with the Goblin King. Where the cover of Wintersong is extremely wintry and frozen-feeling, this cover is warmer, and the shattering of the snowglobe along with the poppies makes me think of spring.Īfter becoming the Goblin Queen and falling in love with the man behind the Der Erlkönig myth, Liesl left the Underground without looking back. Trigger Warning: There are instances of suicidal thoughts and evidence of self harm in Shadowsong that might be triggering for some readers. If you have read the first book, however, feel free to continue below. ![]() If you have not read the first book in the series- Wintersong-turn away now. Jae-Jonesĭanger, Will Robinson! Shadowsong is the second book in the Wintersong duology. BOOK REPORT for Shadowsong ( Wintersong #2) by S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kirkwood and curious about the darker side of the world she never knew existed. But there’s something about Lady Frederica that stirs more than his desire for retribution.įrederica finds herself drawn to the charming Mr. When he discovers her identity holds the key to the revenge he’s been waiting for, he can’t believe his good fortune. ![]() It doesn’t take long for Duncan to realize the oddly garbed stranger penning notes at his hazard table is not who she pretends to be. She’ll go to any lengths to conduct research for her manuscript, including infiltrating Kirkwood’s notorious club disguised as her brother. No one suspects she harbors a secret desire to become a renowned novelist. To society, Lady Frederica Isling is a quiet, proper duke’s daughter and wallflower. ![]() He founded his empire upon one goal: gaining vengeance against the man who sired him and abandoned his mother. Handsome, enigmatic Duncan Kirkwood is the prince of London’s most exclusive-and wicked-gaming club. The gossips say his soul is as black as his cravats. ![]() ![]() ![]() After Lucien shares a passionate embrace with the mysterious Anya, Cronus comes to him and tells him that he wants him to kill Anya. For sure is cursed and has never lain with a man before, however when she meets Lucien all that changes and she desires him above everything, however Cronus gets in the way. However for Anya that was not in her nature. Anya is deeply misunderstood, because her of who her mother was, her mother slept with all whether mated or unmated, it was in her nature. Even though he is scarred she finds him the most handsome and fascinating man that she has ever known. Now they must defeat the unconquerable forces that control them, before their thirst for one another demands a sacrifice of love beyond imagining….Īnya, the Goddess of Anarchy finds herself fascinated with Lucien, whose demon is Death,she first makes her desires of him known at a club. And Anya will risk anything to have him.But when the merciless Lord of the Underworld is ordered by the gods to claim Anya herself, their uncontrollable attraction becomes an anguished pursuit. ![]() Until Lucien, the incarnation of death-a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. ![]() ![]() Until now.Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never known pleasure. She has tempted many men…but never found her equal. ![]() |