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If Eats, Shoots & Leaves whetted your appetite on the subject of punctuation, then you have a treat in store. Shady Characters is an authoritative, witty, and fascinating tour of the history and rationale behind such lesser known marks as the ampersand, manicule, the pilcrow, and the interrobang. Keith Houston also explains the octothorpe — otherwise known as the hashtag — and my final comment on his book is #awesome. Ben Yagoda, author of How to Not Write Bad
S]cholarly, highly readable and, on some deeper level, slightly deranged. Marcus Berkmann, The Spectator This is the first time that I have listened to Bon Shaw narrated a story and I really enjoyed his performance. He handled all of the voice really well and the dialogue in the story was flawless. The cast of character in this story really cover a wide range including men, woman, older adults, and children and he did a great job with all of them. I would not hesitate to listen to his work again in the future.Souza had admired the qualities in the men he had worked and spent countless hours with as their official photographer. He had observed them every day and respect them for their hard work, for making tough but well-informed decisions on important issues after having asked thoughtful questions from their qualified staff and listening to advice. He was a non-partisan but admired the qualities of qualified leadership in both Presidents Reagan and Obama. I hope we can continue to investigate and continue to recover our history because it has such an interesting message,” she added. “It was a very, very peaceful society. We have not found even a single walled settlement.” I would recommend this book to fast paces mystery fans. This was an enjoyable listen that was a little different than the norm. This was the first time that I have read James Hankins work but I do plan to read more in the future. For this book, he’s chosen to give the reader more context, so he’s included the president’s specific tweets or the news articles which led him to respond to with his own photographs of the former administration with pointed snarky captions. For those who’ve more or less kept up with both his feed and the daily news, this makes for lots of sighing and nods of recognition, and inevitable nostalgia.
The story is told from the point of view of Stokes, an habitual criminal with little empathy and less conscience, who blames the fact that, in his thirties, he has no family, no friends and no money, not on his own weak character and poor judgement, but on the fact that he's just never caught a break.
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This book has more in common with Malcolm Gladwell than with standard history writing. Library Journal I will applaud Pete Souza for ending Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents the ony way he could. He calls for us to get out and vote. He calls for us to make sure our voices are heard at all levels of government. Sitting on the sidelines is not an option. First thought, well, DANG. Can I hire Pete Souza to follow me around and make me look good? Second thought, GOD I MISS OBAMA SO FREAKING MUCH. Third thought, thank goodness he's (Trump's) not my "president" anymore. Fourth thought, OH GOD BUT HE COULD BE AGAIN. NO ONE IS SAFE. NO. ONE. The novel covers the next twenty-four hours, as someone is always on his trail, putting a kink in his plans, no matter where he turns. His plans change from one minute to another. The little girl Amanda has been kidnapped, and the killers demand the ransom, or they are going to kill her. They tell him they have someone on the inside (cops) and he cannot get them involved. My partner just texted me. I told him I had just finished typing and needed to edit this review just now, so instead of my bland “definitely recommend this one” I’ll copy:
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