![]() Four climbers lost their lives in the 1960s while attempting to scale the 2000-metre wall of ice. A solo climber nears the top of the Caroline Face, approaching the summit ridge of Aoraki/Mt Cook. So they turned around and started making their way back down the slope. ![]() He was sore and for some reason increasingly uneasy about continuing. “I’m not feeling it today,” Brown said to his climbing partner. Soon after, a piece of debris came whizzing down the slope, narrowly missing them. But early on, Brown told Needham that something didn’t seem right. The pair had set off early in the morning, trudging a slow path up the mountain. As humans born into a certain age, he felt there was something within us-a primal instinct that was hard to satisfy in the modern world. ![]() For Brown, it had grown out of the love for tramping he had discovered during high school. The peak of Aoraki loomed over them, with its 2000-metre face of bulging glacial ice. It was a warm day in Mt Cook National Park. Brown knew from the appearance of the axe that whatever they were looking at was at least 20 years old. It still had some hair on it.īrown and his climbing companion, Kent Needham, leaned down. That flash of orange-it was a helmet, crushed and worn. ![]() As he came closer, he noticed an axe, wooden and weather-beaten. At first, all Mike Brown saw was a flash of orange. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A series of deadly encounters with an IRA splinter group had brought him to the attention of the CIA's Deputy Director, Vice Admiral James Greer-as well as his counterpart with the British SIS, Sir Basil Charleston-and when Greer asked him if he wanted to come aboard as a freelance analyst, Jack was quick to accept. ![]() Long before he was President or head of the CIA, before he fought terrorist attacks on the Super Bowl or the White House, even before a submarine named Red October made its perilous way across the Atlantic, Jack Ryan was an historian, teacher, and recent ex-Marine temporarily living in England while researching a book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret MI6 agency. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers for the same stretch of time. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. In this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read,” Edgar Award winner James Ponti brings together five kids from all over the world and transforms them into real-life spies-perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. ![]() “Will keep young readers glued to the page…So when do I get the sequel?” -Beth McMullen, author of Mrs. “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” - People ![]() ![]() ![]() Its unusual structure makes it both novel and ungainly. At times, it feels like two and a half episodes of a horror show remixed into a super-sized pilot - appropriate for a feature-length film produced by multiple TV companies. Hulu’s new movie Books of Blood continues that mix-and-match approach. Shows like Lovecraft Country employ monster-of-the-week elements to tell an ongoing story, while anthology projects like Welcome to the Blumhouse offer stand-alone stories at a feature-length running time. ![]() There are a handful of recent ones, from HBO’s Room 104 to Amazon’s Lore to Jordan Peele’s revitalized Twilight Zone on CBS All Access, but mostly, recent series take inspiration from the format without fully committing to it. 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Part of a previously announced creative partnership, the new digital comics slate will be available exclusively on WEBTOON, introducing a new audience of comics fans to the DC Universe and DC’s iconic characters. ![]() WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, and DC today revealed a new slate of digital comics. WEBTOON and DC Unveil Exciting New Slate of Digital Comics set in the DC Universe New Projects Part of Creative Partnership Include 'VIXEN: NYC', 'RED HOOD: OUTLAWS', 'ZATANNA & THE RIPPER' ![]() ![]() ![]() When the Rangers get the call about six bodies being pulled out of a mass grave in West Texas, the governor sends Dakota to run the investigation. But falling for Dakota spun Shane’s world upside down, and for years, Shane has had nothing but the memories of all that he lost: Dakota’s gentle touch, and the sweetness of his lips, and the star-strewn nights they spent wrapped in each other’s arms. There’d been a plan, ever since he was knee-high to his father. Shane’s life was supposed to be different than this. Loving you is the only time I feel alive. Sure, he’s a Texas Ranger, but that’s not how he wanted to live his life. Even now, Dakota is still feeling the agony of losing Shane. But one afternoon shattered their love story, and both Dakota and Shane left Rustler, Texas, with broken hearts. ![]() Thirteen years ago, Dakota Jennings thought he’d found his forever when he fell in love with Shane Carson. Six bodies in a single grave… in the same West Texas country where Dakota left everything behind. ![]() ![]() Here is an accessible portrait of a fascinating man who lived at a fascinating time-Italy during the Renaissance. As for the illustrated encyclopedia he intended to create, all that he left were thousands of disorganized notebook pages. ![]() ![]() Only thirteen paintings are known to be his. Yet, he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. He designed flying machines, submarines and even helicopters. Who Was Leonardo da Vinci By Roberta Edwards, Illustrated by True Kelley Leonardo was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor. What remains of his work, from futuristic designs and scientific inquiry to artwork of ethereal beauty, reveals the ambitious, unpredictable brilliance of a visionary, and a timeless dreamer. ![]() Leonardo Beautiful Dreamer By Robert Byrd Famous in his time as a painter, prankster, and philosopher, Leonardo da Vinci was also a musician, sculptor, and engineer for dukes, popes, and kings. Leonardo da Vinci By Jane Kent, Illustrated by Isabel Munoz Why could Leonardo da Vinci paint the human form so accurately in all its beauty? How was he educated and trained as an artist? What inspired his most famous works, including The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa? And what fun machine did he invent? Find out about this unique artist and the many areas, from architecture to flight, he drew on and influenced. ![]() ![]() His Convenient Highland Wedding Janice Preston ![]() For the passion that consumes them both cannot long be denied - even though gravest peril surely awaits them on the heart's trail to a destines and turbulent love. She must come to him of her own free will - or Ranulf will take her. She will never accept such bondage - and Reina offers herself to her kidnapped instead, offering to make Ranulf a great lord.if he agrees to wed her.īut the brave knight desires much more than a marriage of convenience from this proud, headstrong lady who treats him with scorn yet makes his blood run hotter than liquid fire. Reina seethes with rage over her fate: taken captive by the knight Ranulf - a golden giant of a man - who has pledged to deliver her to the nuptial bed of the despised Lord Rothwell. ![]() Summary The first book in the Shefford series from #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical romance, Johanna Lindsey. ![]() But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy! Defy Not the Heart Johanna Lindsey We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Learning that the chocolate their great-great-uncles made was no ordinary confection, and that one of them-wicked, immortal Isadore-is still alive and trying to supply a dangerous terrorist gang with immortality chocolate, the twins, along with an adventurous new friend, are pulled into the SMU’s quest to find and stop Isadore. unexplained that might be a threat to national security.” Eleven-year-old twins Lily and Oz Spoffard are introduced to the SMU by a talking cat when their family inherits, and moves into, their great-great-uncles’ house, which includes the remains of their once-famous chocolate shop. This entertaining English fantasy from Saunders (Magicalamity) reads as though conjured up by a clever child’s imagination, creating a world where, behind ordinary police and government forces, a Secret Ministry of the Unexplained (SMU) exists to handle goblins, ghosts, and “anything. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2010, she completed a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at Cornell University, where her work was recognized with a Truman Capote Fellowship. She completed her college education in the United States, studying at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and earning bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Texas A&M University-Commerce and Southern Methodist University, respectively. Life īulawayo was born in Tsholotsho Zimbabwe, and attended Njube High School and later Mzilikazi High School for her A-levels. Her debut novel, We Need New Names, was shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize, and her second novel, Glory, was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, making her "the first Black African woman to appear on the Booker list twice". She was named one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2014. In 2012, the National Book Foundation named her a "5 under 35" honoree. NoViolet Bulawayo is the pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele (born 12 October 1981), a Zimbabwean author. Caine Prize for African Writing Man Booker Prize shortlist ![]() |