![]() ![]() Bestseller Patterson (Cross) and Ledwidge (The Narrowback) spin a fantastic tale of an audacious mass kidnapping and the unlikely detective thrust into the primary role of negotiator, sleuth and hero. Pop a bowl of popcorn, settle into a comfy chair and you might finish this combination thriller and tearjerker before the popcorn. ![]() STEP ON A CRACK is James Patterson's most fiendishly terrifying thriller yet. Now with the entire world watching and the tension reaching a boiling point, Bennett must quickly find a way out-or become responsible for the greatest debacle in history.įrom the #1 bestselling author who introduced readers to Alex Cross and the Women's Murder Club comes the beginning of a brand-new, electrifying series from "one of the bestselling writers in history" ( New York Sun). As New York descends into chaos, Bennett learns that the great love of his life, his wife, is battling a terrible disease and he may have to raise their children alone. Pulled into the fray, Detective Michael Bennett-father of ten-faces the most sinister challenge of his career: a criminal who kills without hesitation and counters everything the NYPD and FBI throw at him with impunity. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped by one man's brilliant and ruthless scenario. With the unexpected death of a beloved former first lady, the nation falls into mourning as the world's most powerful people gather in New York for her funeral. ![]()
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![]() ![]() That ability is enough for various future factions to hire killers to go after Flynne and her family or to protect them from that fate, as well as to change the events of her timeline sufficiently enough to ensure that it will never become that future, where, despite considerable scientific advancement, a cascade of disasters has eliminated the majority of human and animal life. The two timelines can exchange information and visit each other virtually, via the androidlike “peripherals” of the title. In fact, Flynne has gotten a view into a possible London existing decades in the future and has seen an actual woman get murdered. Flynne, a young woman living in a poor, rural American county (probably Southern, though it’s never specified) in the near future, believes she’s beta testing a video game, witnessing the “death” of a virtual character in an urban high-rise. ![]() This time around, it’s particularly intriguing. (Although to be fair, isn’t that the plot of most thrillers?) What sets each book apart is the worldbuilding that surrounds that plot kernel. Most Gibson plots essentially concern a race for a particular piece of information-one side seeks to possess it, the other to suppress it. While placed firmly in the sci-fi genre of his earlier works, Gibson's latest retains the social commentary from his more recent novels ( Zero History, 2010, etc.). ![]() ![]() ![]() Services to ZSL students and ZSL Fellows ‘Click and collect’ book loans We can then arrange to retrieve material ready for your visit. ![]() Archives, historic books or art works, then please email a week before. Please email hours in advance to make an appointment to visit so we can reserve a desk for you. If you plan to consult any of our 'special collections' i.e. Friendly service from specialist library staff.Collection on the impacts of climate change.Special collection relating to information on zoos.Modern books on open access in our Reading Room.Books dating from 16th century to the present, ranging from popular to technical. ![]() ZSL Library contains a wide range of books and journals on all types of animals and their conservation. For access details please see ' Who can use the Library?' ![]() Founded in 1826, ZSL's Prince Philip Zoological Library & Archives is one of the major zoological libraries in the world and is open to all. ![]() ![]() It is a question Eilis never fully resolves in the novel, perhaps because she cannot resolve the question of herself. But when she is forced to choose between these two homes, she is torn, feeling like two people. By building relationships in the community, by getting to know Brooklyn and coming to be known there in turn, she creates a second home for herself in a foreign city. She is desperately homesick for much of the novel, feeling like she does not belong, and like her identity has been erased. Eilis is torn away from the place she thought she would call home for her whole life, which is a terrifying and disorienting experience for her. How to find one's home is a central question in this novel, and it is closely tied to identity. ![]() ![]() ![]() He also starred with James Mason in the adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), a large box-office hit. He received his second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), opposite Lana Turner, and earned his third for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), a role for which he won the Golden Globe for the Best Actor in a Drama. ![]() His other early films include Out of the Past (1947) Young Man with a Horn (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall and Doris Day Ace in the Hole (1951) and Detective Story (1951), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He was named by the American Film Institute the 17th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema.ĭouglas became an international star for his role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films and was known for his explosive acting style. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. ![]() Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Decem– February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. ![]() ![]() After his wife Pythias’s death, Aristotle had a son, Nicomachus, with a woman named Herpyllis. ![]() ![]() Sometimes referred to simply as “The Philosopher,” Aristotle’s ideas have borne tremendous influence on subsequent philosophy up to the present day-not just in ancient Greece or Western Europe, but in the medieval Islamic world as well-and for centuries his thought also influenced approaches to the natural sciences, psychology, politics, and rhetoric. Aristotle’s philosophical teaching departed from Plato’s in important ways, especially in his rejection of Plato’s teaching on the Forms, which Aristotle saw as too abstract to be generally useful. In 334, he returned to Athens, where he founded his own philosophical school, the Lyceum. A few years later, he moved back to Macedon, where, in 343, he began tutoring the young Alexander the Great. After that, Aristotle lived in Asia Minor, where he continued studying philosophy under the patronage of Hermeias, a pro-Macedonian ruler, and whose daughter, Pythias, he married. ![]() Few details are known of his life before 367 B.C., when he traveled to Athens to study at Plato’s Academy, remaining there until Plato’s death in 347. ![]() Aristotle was the son of a doctor named Nicomachus, who served the Macedonian court. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is one of the most ambitious works of science fiction ever written: the story begins during the Cultural Revolution and ends 18,906,416 years into the future. The trilogy concerns the catastrophic consequences of humanity’s attempt to make contact with extraterrestrials. His monumental Three-Body Trilogy – first published between 20, and translated into English by Ken Liu, is Chinese science fiction’s most acclaimed work, and will soon be appearing as a major Netflix series. Bookers will be sent a viewing link shortly before the event and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time.Ĭixin Liu is China's best-known author of science fiction: the first Asian writer to receive a Hugo Award. ![]() This is an online-only event hosted on the British Library platform. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe, she gets plenty of chances.īut while on assignment in Miami, Nena ends up saving a life, not taking one. Stolen from her Ghanaian village as a child, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Before she can reclaim her life, she must leverage everything she was and everything she is to take him down and end the cycle of bloodshed for good"-Ī smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family. ![]() ![]() Nena can't resist the temptation of vengeance-and she doesn't want to. Meanwhile, she learns a new Tribe council member is the same man who razed her village, murdered her family, and sold her into captivity. Tasked with killing a man she's come to respect, Nena struggles to reconcile her loyalty to the Tribe with her new purpose. She emerges from the experience a changed woman, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. But while on assignment in Miami, Nena ends up saving a life, not taking one. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe, she gets plenty of chances. ![]() About the Book "Stolen from her Ghanaian village as a child, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When you think of a duck quacking, it is almost inevitably a female Mallard. You may even be able to see a Mallard on the LIVE cameras in my backyard! Watch Now!.We even find these water birds in our swimming pool every summer and have to chase them away, so they don’t make a mess on our deck! □ They are found in virtually any wetland habitat, no matter where it’s located. Mallards are extremely comfortable around people, which is why these adaptable ducks are so widespread. These ducks are definitely the most common water birds in the United States! Mallard Range Map My guess is that almost everyone is familiar with the Mallard. Both sexes have purple-blue secondary feathers on their wing, which is most visible when they are standing or flying.Females are mottled brown with orange and brown bills.Males have a bright green head, thin white collar, dark reddish-brown chest, yellow bill, and a black rump with a white-tipped tail.Grebes, loons, and other water birds (#24 – #30).Click the link to jump straight to that section! Today, you are going to learn 30 water bird species that are COMMON in the United States! Visit any lake, river, or wetland, and you are almost certain to see some type of bird in the water, whether it’s a duck searching for food in the shallows or a heron stalking prey along the shore. What kinds of water birds can you find in the United States? ![]() ![]() ![]() One day he meets a widow with two daughters, who live next door in a house with a mezzanine. The story is told from the viewpoint of an artist who leads an idle life, whose only interests are walking and drinking tea. ![]() ![]() The House with the Mezzanine, 1896Ī still from 'The House with the Mezzanine' movie Reading the Gospel and church books is boring for him, and it is only through meeting real people and understanding their experiences that the meaning of life can be glimpsed. In the course of this (very) short story, the student undergoes an incredible transformation. And the student realizes that she truly empathizes with Peter’s anguish, and the tale resonates with her despite the passing of centuries… ![]() Out of boredom, he begins to retell them the biblical story of Peter’s denial of Christ and suggests that it must have been a similarly cold and awful night. On the way, the student encounters two widowed peasant women from his village: a mother and daughter. In a gloomy mood, he starts to imagine how the bitter wind must have blown at the time of Rurik and Peter the Great, and has been blowing for a thousand years, during which time nothing has changed, the same poverty, longing and ignorance still abound. When a student of the Theological Academy is walking home, the cold sets in abruptly and a strong wind begins to blow. ![]() |