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Scruples by judith krantz5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:471553806 Scandate 20090923184957 Scanner . The title of the best-selling novel by Judith Krantz is the name of an ultra-chic Beverly Hills boutique that rags-to-riches Billy Ikehorn (Lindsay Wagner) established to fill the void left in her life by the illness of her elderly tycoon husband (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) and his subsequent death. OL1853508W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 96.52 Pages 492 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:8773656887 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:13:20 Boxid IA105202 Boxid_2 CH120120905-BL1 Camera Canon 5D City New York Donor ![]()
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Congresso futurológico by Stanisław Lem5/30/2023 ![]() Translation: Ijon Tichys letzte Reise ( 2001).Translation: Ijon Tichy's Last Journey to Earth ( 1999).Ostatnia Podroz Ijona Tichego ( 1996).Translation: The Use of a Dragon ( 1996).Translation: Vom Nutzen des Drachen ( 1983).Pożytek ze smoka ? Pozytek ze smoka ( 1993) Translation: The Second Sally, or The Offer of King Krool ( 1974).Translation: Deuxième expédition ou l'offre du roi Okrucius ( 1968). ![]() Wyprawa druga, czyli oferta króla Okrucyusza ( 1965).Translation: Expedición cuarta, o cómo Trurl se sirvió de un mujerotrón para liberar al príncipe Pantárctico de las torturas del amor ( 2005).Translation: La quarta fatica ovvero Come Trurl costruì un Femmefatalatrone per salvare il Principe Patagonzio dalle pene d'amore e come successivamente dovette ricorrere a un cannoneggiamento bamboccesco ( 1995).Translation: Die vierte Reise oder Wie Trurl ein Femmefatalotron baute, um Prinz Bellamor von Liebesqualen zu erlösen, und wie es danach zum Babybombardement kam ( 1983). ![]() Quatrième croisade ou comment Trurl recourut au féminotron dans le but de délivrer le prince Pantarctique des tourments de l'amour et comment l'on en vint subséquemment à faire usage du lance-mômes ? Quatrieme croisade ou comment Trurl recourut au feminotron dans le but de delivrer le prince Pantarctique des tourments de l'amour et comment l'on en vint subsequemment a faire usage du lance-momes ( 1980) ![]()
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Fifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. James5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() In 2015, she published Grey, which retells the steamy saga of billionaire Christian Grey and his "submissive", the demure Anastasia Steele. We all want to fall in love againįans still wanted more. Women want to read this kind of stuff, you know? It's no secret. “I set about trademarking everything because I didn’t want things on lunchboxes,” she jokes. James trademarked and licensed Fifty Shades-branded wine, lingerie, floggers, vibrators and handcuffs, designing many of the products herself. It helped popularise niche sexual fetishes involving bondage, blindfolds and nipple clamps, bringing them into the commercial and cultural mainstream. ![]() Since Fifty Shades of Grey was published, in 2011, her Fifty Shades trilogy has sold 165 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a feature film series that James coproduced. It is hard to reconcile the notion of James as a quiet, reserved homebody with the billion-dollar fetish franchise she created. "I'm incredibly shy under all of it," she says. For a novelist who became famous writing hardcore erotica, EL James is surprisingly introverted. ![]()
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Katherine center the bodyguard a novel5/30/2023 ![]() Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. ![]() A+ humor and banter, fast-paced action, and Katherine Center’s trademark heartwarming style make it a perfect romantic comedy with big-screen feels. ![]() I laughed so many times while reading The Bodyguard, and I’m excited for everyone else to experience it for the first time as well. It’s as funny and over-the-top as it sounds. Until the stalker leaves a threatening letter, handknit sweater, and nudes on his doorstep, and the danger becomes all too real. ![]() Because Jack’s mother is sick, he insists on keeping his stalker-and bodyguard-a secret, so Hannah agrees to pretend to be his girlfriend while visiting his family’s Texas ranch. Hannah Brooks is an Executive Protection Agent (aka bodyguard), and she’s been hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from a corgi-breeding stalker. To put it simply, this book made me happy. Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard is a stand-out among feel-good reads. Sometimes, what I needed was an intense cathartic reading experience. Luckily, just like for many others, the escape of fiction helped me get through the worst of it. I think it’s safe to say that reality has been especially exhausting these past couple of years. ![]()
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Franco mormando5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() will find that they have indeed betrayed and sold Christ "not once, but a thousand times. O my Lord and my God, grant me the grace to tolerate in peace all those who are in error and to leave their judgment in your hands alone, most just God. Jesus, who knows and sees all, knows all about that betrayal and knows that it is done for money. dared to touch the so loving and mellifluous mouth of the Eternal Word.”īrethren, think of the suffering caused to our Lord at that supper at Bethany (Mark 14) when Mary anointed His sacred feet and Judas, in order not to lose what he might have secured had that precious ointment been sold, forthwith agreed with the chief priegts to betray his Magter to them for money. ![]() One of the most infamous kisses in the history of Western civilization was that given to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane by disciple-turned-betrayer Judas Iscariot, whose "filthy mouth. ![]()
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The long way down motorcycle5/30/2023 ![]() Others enhance driver and crash protection. Some bits make the machines more comfortable for the long-distance haul and suitable to the terrain. Many happy hours have been spent browsing through catalogues, picking the trickiest gear so the bikes could be painstakingly made totally Africa-proof. Of course, the bikes haven't been left as standard. Cameraman Claudio von Planta pilots the third GS, always riding with Ewan and Charley, unlike the support crew, which can sometimes be several days behind. On Long Way Down, as on the Long Way Round, there will be three bikes in all. The boxer engine configuration - with two horizontally opposed cylinders - has been around much longer, since the 1920s. It's the latest model in a dynasty that began in 1980 with the GS800, the bike credited with starting the adventure motorcycle genre. For their African odyssey, Ewan and Charley are using the R1200GS Adventure. Which is why Ewan and Charley are sticking with BMW for Long Way Down. Apart from the riders and the road, the bikes are the most important part of the adventure. ![]()
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![]() People thought that he would never come down because he flew so high. ![]() My father was a Rocket like myself, French in fact. Do not even get me started on my father! Then again, you all in your ignorance need to hear it. “A mere Rocket! Do you not know who I am? My mother was one of the most highly acclaimed Catharine Wheels of her day! She was best of all in the art of dancing. I cannot believe that you, a mere Rocket, can insist that you are more important than the King’s son,” replied a Squib. “You are completely ridiculous, my friend. ![]() “Well then again, princes usually are lucky.” The light I let off will be nothing short of remarkable! How very lucky they are to be wed on the same day that I am to be released,” the Rocket shrieked. “Blasphemy! Everyone knows that they are being wed in honor of me! After all, when I am set off, no one will even remember that the Prince has been wed. We are going to be set off in honor of them,” the Catharine Wheel annoyingly replied. “I know that you are used to thinking highly of yourself, but the night is not about you. “You are not the only one who is in line for a showing tonight,” retorted the Roman Candle. She has never seen fireworks before, and I’ll be sure not to disappoint!” “The King’s son has finally married and it is up to me to give his bride a grand show. “Oh what an exciting day it is for me!” exclaimed the Rocket. ![]()
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Jla avengers busiek perez5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() George Perez has drawn The Avengers, Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Fantastic Four, Flash, JLA, New Teen Titans and Wonder Woman. His other work includes writing for Darkman, The Hulk, Iron Man, Green Lantern and Untold Tales of Spider-Man. The new collected edition will arrive in March in a limited edition, 7,000-copy printing, honoring Perez's work with the Hero Initiative over the years. Kurt Busiek has written comics for decades, including a legendary run on The Avengers. The Hero Initiative, a charity Perez co-founded, announced Wednesday that it has partnered with both Marvel and DC Comics to reprint JLA/Avengers, the epic cross-publisher event series written by Kurt Busiek and drawn by Perez. Now, we know those tributes will include the long-awaited, much-requested return of one of the biggest comic book crossover events in modern history. ![]() ![]() Late last year, iconic comics creator George Perez announced that he's been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and that he's decided he won't undergo treatment and "just let nature take its course." The news that one of the most important and influential comics creators in the history of superhero storytelling has potentially just months left rocked the comics world, and set in motion a series of tributes to Perez in an effort to let him know how much he's loved while he's still with us. DC Comics editor-in-chief Marie Javins tweeted 'Heres George Perez at DC headquarters the day we showed him the cover to JLA/Avengers reprint.' George Pérez by Marie Javins One aspect of the. ![]()
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Wizard by john varley5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() The story begins with a scientific expedition to Saturn aboard the ship Ringmaster. ![]() ![]() Titan, published in 1977 was the first of the trilogy. But while Heinlein, who gave us Starship Troopers as well as Stranger in a Strange Land veered between authoritarian and libertarian themes and some pretty creepy misogyny, Varley has always grounded his fiction in the liberation philosophy he learned at the corner of Haight and Ashbury in 1967. Both authors shared a canny ability to describe the previously unforeseen, from technology to sexual relations. Varley could be rightfully considered the hippy version of Robert Heinlein. But for the first installment in our “Please Not Another Dune Movie,” series we are fortunate to have the writer still with us, proud son of Austin John Varley and his SF trilogy Titan, Wizard, Demon. ![]() Unfortunately this exposure often comes long after the author is around to enjoy the experience due to our unfortunately mortal condition. Sales of JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth stories skyrocketed when Peter Jackson finally brought The Lord of the Rings to cinemas, a book a lot of folks thought couldn’t be filmed. One of the great things that happens when a SF/F classic is adapted to the big or small screens is that there is a renewed interest in their works. ![]()
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The hidden oracle book 25/29/2023 ![]() ![]() The novel received positive reviews from critics, who praised Apollo's narration and the book's humor. Joined by the demigod Meg McCaffrey, Apollo goes to Camp Half-Blood, where he discovers that he will have to regain control of the five oracles of Ancient Greece in order to receive pardon from Zeus. ![]() The book follows the god Apollo, who is turned into a human teenager and thrown down from Olympus to New York City as a punishment by his father Zeus. To date, The Hidden Oracle has been translated into 19 languages from its original English. It has been published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and large-print editions. The book and its cover art by John Rocco were first announced in 2015. ![]() It was published on May 3, 2016, and is the first book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. The Hidden Oracle is a fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. (hardcover, audiobook CD, Kindle/Nook eBook) ![]() |