![]() ![]() I loved reading "Women in Sports" by Rachel Ignotofsky. ![]() I just want to say even before I begin discussing the book's contents, the cover already attracts the readers in, and that's an important part of getting someone to pick up a book in a bookstore or in a library. Women in Sports celebrates the success of the tough, bold, and fearless women who paved the way for today’s athletes. ![]() The book also contains infographics on topics that sporty women want to know about such as muscle anatomy, a timeline ofwomen’s participation in sports, pay and media statistics for female athletes, and influential women’s teams. The athletes featured include well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, as well as lesser-known champions like Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a professional men’s league, and skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee. Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science.Ī richly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, including trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breakers in more than forty sports. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I have always been fascinated with Lady Jane Grey and have read many books both fact and fiction and this is probably one of my favorites. ![]() What about Patience Tomlinson’s performance did you like?Īn absolutely wonderful performance that has without a doubt after a long struggle with the transition from print to audio finally converted me with her wonderful performance I think I can say after reading this in print on its publication I enjoyed the audio version more than the printed book itself. I am so taken with the wonderful narration that I intend to look for other books by this brilliant and talented narrator.Īlthough I loved the story the narrator brought it to life. The story itself is wonderful and if you like a historical drama based on fact then this is certainly the book for you. She masters the characters voices complete with different dialects and accents and she does not falter. I had read the book in print on its release but of late I have had to rely more on audio books and was struggling with the transition but on hearing this beautiful narration I was completely hooked. For me, it is the beautiful narration by Patience Tomlinson that was the key to my enjoyment of this wonderful book. This is the first review I have written for an audio book but after listening to this wonderful story I felt I had to share my experience. ![]() Where does Innocent Traitor rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? ![]() ![]() ![]() "A powerful testament to one young Native American’s will to survive his lonely existence. " This is a dark story that depicts the loneliness and pain of unwanted children and the foster care system where they end up. this novel breathes with a dark, pulsing life of its own." - The Tulsa Voice "A strange and powerful Native American Bildungsroman. ![]() "An extraordinary book." - NPR's Code Switch
![]() When I started this book, I was a bit confused why this series is different from the Cynster Sisters Trilogy, but I guess because it’s two different sets of sisters the author has made this distinction, though the necklace first made its appearance when it was given to Heather as she struggled to come to terms and win her love, then passing it on to the three sisters before coming to Henrietta. Fate and a necklace are not content to leave her be and love sneaks in and steals her heart when she isn’t looking. Henrietta Cynster was content in her role as the ton’s matchbreaker by using her impeccable connections to help young ladies navigate their way around the rakes and fortune hunters. In her new series of books, Stephanie Laurens introduces us to those heroes’ sisters, who are equally adept at navigating the social whirl to create their own love stories. ![]() ![]() Those brave, strong, silent warrior males who recognized what they wanted instantly and then spent the rest of the book winning their lady love and following the ritual of easing them into the ton and Cynster family. Historical Romance published by Avon 26 Mar 13įor years Cynster males defined Regency heroes for me. ![]() Veena’s review of And Then She Fell (Cynster Sisters Duo, Book 1) by Stephanie Laurens ![]() ![]() This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. ![]() ![]() Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. ![]() ![]() He has terminated three so far and among the men he is still searching for include former CIA Director, Carter Gray, Senator (and possible future Presidential nominee) Roger Simpson and, our hero, Oliver Stone. Harry is an ex-Navy SEAL…….and a cold blooded killer.Īs we find out, Harry is systematically knocking off the men he feels are responsible for the death of his father. ![]() Harry is a Homeland Security contractor whose job it is to find holes in the security of airports, shipping companies, etc. Harry attends the kids school functions and sporting events, and regularly visits his aging mother in the nursing home. Harry is a solid citizen with a wonderful family. The opening of the book introduces us to Harry Finn. Alex Ford is a Secret Service agent and honorary member, and the newest member of the Camel Club is Annabelle Conroy a con artist whom we met in “The Collectors”. The Camel Club members are: Oliver Stone, a 62 year old cemetery caretaker who is an ex-CIA assassin, Caleb Shaw a rare book specialist working at the Library of Congress, Milton Farb a nerdy computer whiz, and Rueben Rhodes a tough dockworker and ex-Vietnam war hero and intelligence agent. This is an excellent, briskly paced, story that seamlessly weaves several plot lines together while adding additional depth to the Camel Club characters. Stone Cold by David Baldacci is the third installment of the trials and tribulations of “The Camel Club”, an eclectic band of fighters for truth and justice. ![]() ![]() ![]() Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life”. “Children of dreams” is the true story of a heartbroken woman who found hope again in adopting two beautiful baby girls called Manisha and Joy. That’s the main reason why I couldn’t stop reading Lorilyn’s book daily until I finished it. When I started reading Lorilyn book, I could hardly put it down as I love reading other people’s stories it motivates me to know the difficulties they have experienced in life and how they overcame them. ![]() I wanted to read Lorilyn’s book to have a feel of her experience having gone through the process of adoption. I would start reviewing Lorilyn Roberts book Children of Dreams by saying that I’ve always been interested in adoption, even though I’ve never fully committed myself to the full process despite having made numerous inquiries. You can buy Lorilyn book by clicking the link below: ![]() ![]() ![]() Valerie Leftman has elected to return to her high school five months after her boyfriend, Nick Levil, took a gun and began shooting inside the school cafeteria, known as the Commons. In Hate List, Valerie and everyone around her must pick up the pieces after tragedy, creating a story that is both universal and so unique that it will leave the reader changed on a fundamental level. Even the police thought Valerie responsible until an unnamed girl went to the police and insisted that Valerie never shot anyone. ![]() Many of the kids and most of the adults think Valerie knew of Nick's plot to kill the kids on the list despite the fact that Valerie saved the life of one girl and was shot herself. In this novel, Valerie Leftman must return to school five months after her boyfriend, Nick, took a gun and shot their classmates, many of whom Valerie placed on a list she dubbed the hate list. Hate List is the debut novel by award-winning writer Jennifer Brown. ![]() ![]() But I wanted to explore how that privilege came to be and what sort of narratives it relied on to perpetuate itself. ![]() "There are many novels centered on class, of course-consider our rich tradition of novels of manners. "Even if money plays such an important part in the American imagination, I was surprised to see so few novels dealing directly with it," Diaz told Veranda about his novel. Diaz wanted to understand the history of money in America. The four narratives compete for the truth within Trust-and it's a magnificently constructed literary puzzle about power and American wealth. In another, we read Ida's memoir, and in the last, a diary by Mildred Bevel, Andrew's wife. There's three other sections: in one, Bevel, displeased with his fictional portrayal in Bonds, decides to write his own memoir, and hires a ghostwriter, Ida. But how did they come by their vast fortune? That's the question at the center of a 1937 novel, Bonds, that all of the elite of New York has read, based on the tale of financier Andrew Bevel.īut the story doesn't end there. The first: Benjamin, a Wall Street tycoon, and Helen, the daughter of eccentric aristocrats, are at the top of the social scene in 1920s New York City. ![]() Trust, one of T&C's must-read books of spring 2022, is the story of a Wall Street tycoon in the 1920s told in four layered narratives. ![]() ![]() ![]() Evans tried to sneak into Myanmar – a military dictatorship only slightly less severe than North Korea – not once, but twice. That and other events sent Evans into a tailspin of bumbling happenstances. While both Evans and Carter were expatriates, or at least adventurers, the outcomes of their adventures were far different.Īs Carter tells it, Evans went to China to meet a supposed girlfriend who turned out to not really be girlfriend material at all – except possibly with other girls. What I’m curious about, though, is where the subject of this highly engaging creative nonfiction narrative, Matthew Evans, a native of Muscatine, Ia., fits as author into the book narrated by Tom Carter, who met Evans several times in China. John Steinbeck’s "The Red Pony," just 100 pages, is one of his greatest works. ![]() I don’t hold a book’s length alone against it, though. ![]() What I received in the mail was a relatively small volume, four-by-seven inches and 114 pages, not including prologue. When I was asked to review "An American Bum in China," I agreed. ![]() |