![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() want line can get pretty blurry when it comes to new bikes). And with custom build options ranging from $3,299 to $9,299 whether you are cross-curious or training for the Worlds you can create an FTB to suit your needs or wants (let's face it, that need vs. Since hand-ups are a crime (or you want to do long rides without a hydration pack) the Full Tilt Boogie has two water bottles mounts inside the main triangle. With a short wheelbase and tight angles, this bike is designed to jump hard off the start line, corner as hard as you dare ask it, and the high bottom bracket allows you to keep the pedals turning through tight hairpins and tricky off-cambers. Sure, you can grind some gravel with it and you can put on skinny tires to enjoy a great day on pavement, but this bike is designed by a hard-core racer for hard-core racers. The Full Tilt Boogie is an uncompromising and unapologetic cyclocross racing machine. Select from 135mm quick release or 142 x 12mm thru axle when you choose your custom build. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Tony Stark is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. ![]() They capture multiple superheroes, shapeshift into them (Veranke poses as Spider-Woman), and break through Earth's defenses. When Galactus does destroy the Skrull homeworld, Veranke becomes empress and guides the Skrull's invasion of Earth, hoping they can turn it into a new base for their species. ![]() Meanwhile, Skrull princess Veranke claims a prophecy has foretold the destruction of the Skrull homeworld, and she's exiled to a prison world by Skrull emperor Dorrek for inciting religious extremism and causing panic. Their goal is to warn the Skrulls against invading Earth, but they're captured and studied before escaping. Following the Kree-Skrull war, Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, Namor, Black Bolt, Professor X, and Doctor Strange form the Illuminati and attack the Skrull Empire. ![]() ![]() ![]() My favorite essays were those in the “Personals” section, including “On Keeping a Notebook,” “On Self-Respect,” and “On Morality.” But I also really loved the final essay, which is called “Goodbye to All That” and is about how she fell in and then out of New York City in her 20s. There were some essays I loved and others that felt like they flew in one side of my brain and out the other, and then of course her incredible sentences, images, and structure throughout. The course was set up that way on purpose, because next we’re reading The Year of Magical Thinking, and the teacher wanted us to be able to admire the juxtaposition of her early work and her later work. ![]() ![]() This was my third Joan Didion, which I read along with a formal reading group with the Center for Fiction, but it’s Didion’s first published book. Whether or not we sleep in it depends, of course, on whether or not we respect ourselves.” “However long we postpone it, we eventually lie down alone in that notoriously uncomfortable bed, the one we make ourselves. ![]() ![]() For one perfect month, Greta and Truman will have a chance to experience a whole new world.and maybe fall in love with the partner of their dreams. Reeling, all he wants is a place to lick his wounds far, far away from Louisiana.Įnter a mutual friend with a life-altering idea: swap homes for the holidays. ![]() ![]() Truman Belvedere's heart is crushed when he learns that his boyfriend has a secret life including a husband and daughter. When an act of familial meddling goes way too far, she realizes just how desperately she needs space to figure out who she is. Greta Russakoff loves her tight-knit family and tiny Maine hometown, but they can't seem to understand what it's like to be a lesbian living in such a small world. For fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Casey McQuiston comes a charming, hilarious, and heartwarming LGBTQIA+ romcom about two separate couples finding love over the holidays from acclaimed author Roan Parrish!įROM A COZY NEW ENGLAND HAVEN TO THE HEART OF NEW ORLEANS COMES ONE HOLIDAY THAT'LL CHANGE THEIR LIVES ![]() ![]() ![]() In the preface to the book, the author indicates that there are actually two widely differing versions of the book. But the line I was expecting, and that I was reading the book to try to understand, just was not there. ![]() His best known works include: The Shadow of a Crime (1885), The Bondman (1890), The Scapegoat (1890), The Prodigal Son (1904), The White Prophet (1909) and The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913). He came into contact with, and was influenced by, many of the leading personalities of the day. A man of striking appearance, he travelled widely and used his travels to provide the settings for some of his novels. To this end he published a number of serious works but these had little success. Caine acted as secretary to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and at one time he aspired to become a man of letters. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. ![]() Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (1853-1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was an English author. ![]() ![]() ![]() Path-breaking works of the Augustinian historian Onofrio Panvinio (1530-1568), Stefan Bauer shows what type of historical research was possible in the late Renaissance and the Catholic Reformation. By presenting and fully contextualising the The Invention of Papal History corrects this distorting emphasis and shows how historical writing became part of a comprehensive formation of the image and self-perception of the papacy. ![]() How was the history of post-classical Rome and of the Church written in the Catholic Reformation? Historical texts composed in Rome at this time have been considered secondary to the city's significance for the history of art. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve made up for that crime today by hosting Day 2 in the book’s all new blog tour. I was a fan of the book back in 2013 when I first ran across it and always felt vaguely sad that I didn’t get a chance to review it. Lively and witty rhymes plus wonderfully demented illustrations reveal how the paleontologists’ infamous rivalry began, and how-despite making genuine and lasting contributions to the field-their mutual obsession with outdoing one another spun out of control. This frenzy of discovery and one-upmanship-known today as the Bone Wars-was a gold rush–like scramble to find the most and “best” dinosaur fossils, thus bringing to glory to their respective home-base universities. The first book in the Unhinged History series is a ripping yarn-full of adventure and deceit-that brings to life the best-known public spat in all of paleontology: the bitter rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. This year, the book has been picked up by Schiffer Publishing. Enterprising souls, they sent it to me then and I rather liked its apology-free mix of fact, fiction, and rhyme. Sticks n’ Stones n’ Dinosaur Bones was originally self-published by creators Ted Enik and G.F. ![]() As you may know, I’ve a soft spot in my heart for independent publishers and self-published titles. There are a fair number of them out there and how do you choose which ones to feature? But today’s book is kind of special. I don’t usually do straight up blog tours and the reasoning for this is simple. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2014, working with Mother Jones magazine, Shane Bauer went undercover at Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, employed as a prison guard making $9 per hour. Hearing about American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer had me running straight for Goodreads and clicking on the Want to Read button. ![]() I’ve got a list of ten other books I’ve read about prison it’s one of those subjects that both intrigues and infuriates me, and I’ll almost always at least read the inside flap or back cover if the title makes it obvious prison is the subject of the book (and most of the time, the book ends up coming home with me). Going hand in hand with my fascination with cults and other closed groups is my interest in prison (I mean, they’re all on the big list of Places I Will *Hopefully* Never Be, right?). ![]() ![]() ![]() Henry Holt is proud to present this classic series in a new, redesigned paperback format. The Black Cauldron was a Newbery Honor Book, and the final volume in the chronicles, The High King, crowned the series by winning the Newbery Medal for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." Released over a period of five years, Lloyd Alexander's beautifully written tales not only captured children's imaginations but also garnered the highest critical praise. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole-prone bard the ever-faithful Gurgi and the curmudgeonly Doli-all of whom have become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Prydain. Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his quest to become a hero. The Newbery-winning fantasy series now available in gorgeous new paperback editions! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ben and Pearl are tasked with retrieving the runaway creature, and what started out as an ordinary summer becomes the story of a lifetime. Woo's isn't a worm hospital at all - it's actually a secret hospital for imaginary creatures.Īfter Ben accidentally leaves the hospital's front door unlocked, a rather large, rather stinky, and very hairy beast escapes into Buttonville. But as Ben and Pearl discover once they are inside, Dr. They take the wounded dragon to the only veterinarian's office in town - Dr. a baby dragon?Īmazed, Ben enlists the help of Pearl Petal, a local girl with an eye for adventure. ![]() That is, until his grandfather's cat brings home what looks like. When Ben Silverstein is sent to the rundown town of Buttonville to spend the summer with his grandfather, he's certain it will be the most boring vacation ever. ![]() |