![]() ![]() Tasked with picking an escort for her little sister’s quinceañera, Maggie has to face the truth: that her feelings about her friends-and her future-aren’t as simple as she’d once believed.Īs Maggie’s search for the perfect escort continues, she’s forced to confront new (and old) feelings for three of her friends: Amanda, her best friend and first-ever crush Matthew, her ex-boyfriend twice-over who refuses to stop flirting with her, and Dani, the new girl who has romantic baggage of her own. ![]() After all, she has a great family, a goofy group of friends, a rocky romantic history, and dreams of being a music photographer. Growing up in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Maggie Gonzalez has always been a little messy, but she’s okay with that. In this voice-driven young adult debut by Andrea Mosqueda, Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sister's quinceañera - and fast. ![]()
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![]() People of all cultures and countries celebrate milestones. The sidebars throughout the book (that were updated for the 20-year anniversary edition) have been updated again, but the core principles that parents and grandparents - those who embraced Robert's story and messages 25 years ago - are sharing them with new generations who have found that its timeless wisdom and no-nonsense lessons can be applied to anyone's life and their vision for a future that includes taking control of their finances. While there is a milestone to commemorate - and a new section in the book on Why Milestones Are Important - preserving the integrity of the original content is testimony to the fact that this book has truly stood the test of time. ![]() Today, as money continues to play a key role in our daily lives, the messages in Robert Kiyosaki's international bestseller are more timely and more important than ever. While so much in our world is changing a high speed, the lessons about money and the principles of Rich Dad Poor Dad haven't changed. And although 25 years have passed since Rich Dad Poor Dad was first published, readers will find that very little in the book itself has changed - and for good reason. ![]() ![]() April of 2022 marks a 25-year milestone for the personal finance classic Rich Dad Poor Dad that still ranks as the #1 Personal Finance book of all time. ![]() ![]() The Great Depression has turned the American economy upside down, and it's corrupting the Lesters' lives. ![]() The Lesters are struggling to get by on their plantation. They are both handicapped - the unmarried daughter has a cleft lip, and the son is mentally disabled. These two children - Ellie May and Dude - cannot afford to live on their own. They live on a crumbling plantation that once belonged to their ancestors, with two of their children. The Lesters are former cotton farmers (turned tenant farmers) who live in the Southern part of the United States. The Lester family consists of Jeeter and Ada Lester as well as their seventeen children. ![]() Tobacco Road tells the story of the Lester family. ![]() Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are a lot of characters to handle and she was up to the task, though I thought her interpretation2 of housekeeper Bess and of the bad guy (you didn’t think I’d tell you who it is!) were a bit over-the-top. Erika Leigh does a fine job narrating the audiobook. ![]() ![]() Still, I did enjoy this schlocky cowboy romance, even if some of the sex scenes prompted giggles. And I did love picturing all those rippling muscles on the big, strong men! But that serial killer subplot! Totally unnecessary and drove me crazy. The romance was more than enough to keep us turning pages, with sibling rivalry and the push/pull attractions between the couples entertaining enough to keep even this curmudgeonly reader turning pages (or changing CDs). Of course, there happened to be three unmarried men around, one for each of the sisters… Oh, and a psychopathic serial killer as well.Oh, Nora, Nora, Nora. Now the three virtual strangers must live on the ranch for a year in order to inherit anything from the old man. Only his youngest daughter, Willa, had lived and worked on the ranch, and she’d never had any contact with her half-siblings: Tess, who’s a Hollywood scriptwriter, and Lily, a quiet and unassuming woman who is obviously running from someone. At his death he left behind three daughters (each born from a different marriage), two ex-wives, and a ranch worth millions. Book on CD read by Erika LeighJack Mercy was a wealthy cattle rancher in Montana’s Big Sky country. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This gripping dramatization from the BBC features John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot heading a distinguished cast. ![]() With one spot of blood as his only clue, Hercule Poirot must embark on a journey not just across the desert, but into the darkest crevices of the human soul to unravel a mystery which taxes even his remarkable powers. Her patient's bizarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax-in murder. She is truly the one and only Queen of Crime.Īmy Leatheram has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist, events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined. No one knows the human heart-or the dark passions that can stop it-better than Agatha Christie. Her worldwide popularity is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. An archaeologists wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq It was clear to Amy Leatheran that. Agatha Christie's genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. Murder in Mesopotamia is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 July 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. Murder in Mesopotamia is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 July 1936. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet it has been reported that King Charles regarded some photographs she used as inappropriate. He continued: 'She produced two books which were unique in that they highlighted her closeness to the Queen, whom she undoubtedly dressed superbly. Mr Fitzwilliams also said Ms Kelly's inside knowledge of the Royal Family would be 'unequalled'. 'She is leaving her Grace-and-favour home on the Windsor Estate and moving to Yorkshire, to a home reportedly given to her by the King, which will revert to the Crown on her death. 'Queen Elizabeth’s Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser for 20 years, Angela Kelly, has clearly indicated her frustration with the way she is being treated by King Charles, on Instagram. Diana’s self-styled "rock", her butler, Paul Burrell, was involved in a sensational court case in which he was acquitted. ![]() ![]() 'King Edward VII dismissed Queen Victoria’s confidant Abdul "the Munshi" Karim. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams added: 'The phrase "the old order changes giving place to new" certainly applies to royal employees when the monarch, to whom they were close, dies. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is mythology and promisingly stays so. The author doesn’t put much effort into modernizing the story. We see a beautiful love story of Rudra and his lover and the warrior princess-Parvati, who helps him in the fight against Asuras. ![]() How Rudra learns to use his gift and fights against Asuras is the plot of the story. The gift, therefore, becomes a threat to him and his loved ones as Rudra is innately an aggressive person. When Rudra is in rage, his third eye opens up, destroying anyone in his way. Rudra is a celestial warrior prince, born with a gift-HIS THIRD EYE. Rudra means ‘who eradicates problems from their roots’.ĭhyanesh, the 15-year-old author of the book, has made an excellent attempt at presenting the story of Rudra. In the Rigveda, Rudra is praised as the 'mightiest of the mighty'. ![]() One translation of the name is 'the roarer'. Rudra is a Rigvedic deity associated with wind or storm, Vayu, and the hunt. Shiva is said to be the controller of time itself and has the responsibility of carrying out the process of destruction at the end of creation. Wikipedia: Shiva is one of the 3 principal deities of Hinduism. But the Hindu god that garners the most attention is Shiva. I find so many books in the market about Ram, Raavan, Sita, Draupadi, Krishna, etc., that I have lost the count. Indian mythology is taking over the hearts of readers lately. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a hormonal problem rather than a calorie problem. Long story short, these authors laid out the true drivers of obesity and weight gain - sugar and simple (refined) carbohydrates. (Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist who treats morbidly obese children, and Taubes is a science journalist). His first book, The Obesity Code, led me to Robert Lustig's Fat Chance, and Gary Taubes' excellent book, The Case Against Sugar. ![]() I was working out and doing what the "experts" said you should do, but nothing was working on the weight. When my General Practitioner gave me a stern talking to and wanted to put me on a bunch of meds, I knew it was time to make a change. I was depressed, overweight, and in general not a happy camper. In 2015 into 2016, standing on the smoldering ruins of my 23-year marriage, I took a hard look at my life and found some things that I needed to change. Divorce and other major life changes make you re-examine many things in life. ![]() ![]() Now all he needs to do is to teach Evelyn that, in matters of the heart, love often supersedes logic. And, oh yeah, he’s her patient.īut Tyler knows firsthand how the best-laid plans can crumble under the weight of destiny. Sure, he’s sexy, charming, and determined to win Evelyn’s affection, but all evidence points to him being the worst possible choice. No, if she’s going to find someone to spend her life with, she’ll do it scientifically: with a carefully crafted list of criteria and an Internet dating site.īut when intoxicated, law-breaking Tyler Connelly crashes into her life by way of a stolen Jet Ski, unruly emotions defy common sense. Even if she did want a husband (which she doesn’t.most of the time), she’d never let something as intangible as fate determine who she marries. ![]() Everyone, that is, except for Evelyn.sort of. ![]() Bell Harbor is a one-million copy bestselling series.Įveryone in Bell Harbor thinks career-minded plastic surgeon Evelyn Rhoades needs a husband. ![]() ![]() ![]() And her face was ever changing, working too it expressed, almost at the same time, irony, dreaminess, and passion. About her whole being, so full of life and beauty, there was a peculiarly bewitching mixture of slyness and carelessness, of artificiality and simplicity, of composure and frolicsomeness about everything she did or said, about every action of hers, there clung a delicate, fine charm, in which an individual power was manifest at work. It amused her to arouse their hopes and then their fears, to turn them round her finger (she used to call it knocking their heads together), while they never dreamed of offering resistance and eagerly submitted to her. ![]() All the men who visited the house were crazy over her, and she kept them all in leading-strings at her feet. “There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another, and I was like wax in Zinaïda's hands though, indeed, I was not the only one in love with her. ![]() |