5/29/2023 0 Comments Graham greene havana![]() ![]() The bar opened in 1817 with the name "La Piña de Plata" (English: The Silver Pineapple) in the place it still occupies, on the corner of Obispo and Monserrate streets. The origin of Daiquiri was highly linked with the Floridita bar. On a small plaque hanging in El Floridita, hangs Hemingway's signed quote: "My mojito in the Bodeguita del Medio and my daiquiri in the Floridita". The bar now boasts a life size bronze statue of Ernest Hemingway positioned in his favourite spot at the end of the bar. The establishment is famous for its daiquiris and for having been one of the favourite hangouts of Ernest Hemingway in Havana. It lies at the end of Calle Obispo (Bishop Street), across Monserrate Street from the National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana ( Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana). ![]() Coordinates: 23☀8′14″N 82☂1′26″W / 23.137317°N 82.357324°W / 23.137317 -82.357324 El Floriditaįloridita ( Spanish pronunciation: ) or El Floridita is a historic fish restaurant and cocktail bar in the older part of Havana ( La Habana Vieja), Cuba. ![]()
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5/29/2023 0 Comments The Dire King by William Ritter![]() ![]() An evil king is turning ancient tensions into modern strife, using a blend of magic and technology to push the earth and the otherworld into a mortal competition. ![]() Jackaby and his intrepid assistant, Abigail Rook. The fate of the world is in the hands of detective of the supernatural R. ![]() Jackaby, supernatural detective, and his indispensable assistant, Abigail Rook, are plunged into the heart of an apocalyptic war between magical worlds in the action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series by William Ritter. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Sarina bowen elle kennedy epic![]() Now if only he can convince Maggie that a bad boy might just be good for her and the best thing that’s ever happened to both of them. Ben soon finds out that one week with the fiery redhead is definitely not enough. In exchange, he’ll give her what she wants. He won’t accept her apology, but what he will accept is a place to hide out in her arms. What he gets is a scorching hot makeout session with a gorgeous, naked redhead. Ben, determined to lay low after another scandal, has checked into the hotel for some much needed sleep. But when she shows up at the hotel expecting to hop into bed with one man, she accidentally ends up with quite another: Ben Barrett, Hollywood’s most notorious bad boy. This weekend is one of those rare times, and she’s more than ready for a few nights of stress busting sex. ![]() She’s got the perfect arrangment, though a lover she meets three or four times a year. ![]() ![]() right man? Between her waitressing job, volunteer work, and college clas*ses, there are never enough hours in the day for Maggie Reilly. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments The overstory barnes and noble![]() Each chapter shares key concepts and useful information, so readers can get back to planting and protecting more trees, gardens, and forests, more effectively. The Overstory Book distills essential information about working with trees into 134 short, easy-to-read, single-subject chapters. Careful planning and sound information is needed to reach these goals. Protecting and planting trees can restore wildlife habitat, heal degraded land, conserve soil, protect watersheds, diversify farm or garden products, beautify landscapes, and enhance the economic and ecological viability of land use systems. Whether in a small backyard or a larger farm or forest, trees are vital to the web of life. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Andrew wyeth artist![]() ![]() Later still, Wyeth became an American legend, and a touchstone for younger painters who have returned to realism to probe various issues confronting today's society. Wyeth refused to change his style and continued painting the rural life he had always known. While much beloved by a popular audience and, for a time, the critical establishment, Wyeth's reputation declined in the 1960s, as some felt his paintings did not keep up with the times and were not relevant to a contemporary culture that was experiencing various upheavals. While famous for his realist depictions, Wyeth's compositions often carry a sense of the uncanny, which led some critics to call him a Magic Realist. Wyeth rendered scenes of his everyday life in rural Pennsylvania and Maine, landscapes, and portraits with exacting detail, working primarily in watercolor and tempera instead of the more typical oil or acrylic. Andrew Wyeth, one of America's best-known Realist painters of the 20 th century, created canvases imbued with the mysteriousness of the real world, thus challenging traditional notions of reality. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Summoner the novice![]() ![]() Fletcher is put through grueling training as a battlemage to fight in the Hominum Empire’s war against Orc's. ![]() There the gifted are trained in the art of summoning. When blacksmith apprentice Fletcher discovers that he has the ability to summon demons from another world, he travels to Vocans Adept Military Academy. ![]() With no one but his demon Sacharissa by his side, Arcturus must prove himself as a worthy Summoner. As the first commoner gifted with this ability, his discovery challenges the nobility and the powers that be and Arcturus soon makes enemies. He is sent to Vocans Academy where the lost arts of summoning, spell craft and demonology are taught to the noble children of the Empire. Arcturus is just an orphaned stable boy when he discovers he has the ability to summon demons from another world. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The push by ashley audrain wiki![]() ![]() She’s convinced something is wrong with Violet-she is distant, rejects affection, and becomes increasingly disruptive at preschool. ![]() “Written with an unflinching eye and a stylistically sharp, tight economy The Push is a single-sitting read, as suspenseful as any thriller, as thoughtful as any literary novel, with an almost physical force behind each of its turns and revelations.” - Toronto StarĪ tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family, and about a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for, and everything she feared.īlythe Connor is determined to be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby, Violet, that she never had.īut in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days, Blythe doesn’t find the connection with her daughter she expected. “Utterly addictive.” -Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train SHORTLISTED for the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize WINNER of the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Best First Crime Novel ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Augustus everett book![]() ![]() ![]() While the entire book is told through January’s first person point-of-view, Gus’s character and all of his struggles become just as heavy and important the more she learns about him. The journey this little bet takes these characters on forces them to not only get to know one another better, but to look more deeply into their own lives as well. They trade genres, with January penning the next Great American Novel and Gus trying his hand at writing a rom-com, and whoever sells their book first wins the loser’s full support and endorsement. After a misshapen meeting at the local community’s book club, the two decide to make a bet. ![]() ![]() Her next-door neighbor winds up being none other than her old college rival, Augustus Everett, a literary fiction author. This novel follows twenty-something January Andrews, a romance writer who–after discovering some major family secrets–moves into a beach house in North Bear Shores, Michigan. A popular book on Book Tok, the place to discuss such reads on social media platform Tik Tok, Beach Read deserves all of the hype it gets and possibly more. Emily Henry’s hit novel Beach Read was published on with Berkley Paperback. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Make Your Move by J. Bree![]() More tracks like +READ*= Make Your Move (Hannaford Prep, #2) (J. ![]()
5/28/2023 0 Comments Dark challenge by christine feehan![]() ![]() All Carpathian males act the same, think the same, feel the same. I'm a little fed up of reading the words 'silk', 'silky', 'sheath', and the rest of it. The sex scenes are, frankly, practically photocopies of each other. What bugs me are the silly, tiny things that are repeated as if the author didn't know any other word to use. I don't care that each book reminds you of what male Carpathians are, of their history, or even of the binding words when they meet their lifemate. It's not the re-run of the whole Carpathian story that's bugging me, it's the little things. ![]() However, again the repetition is getting a bit much. This alone, made the whole story refreshing, but I also liked the family unit, the club scene, and the dark shadow within Julian. The female lead, Desari, wasn't a simpering human child, barely eighteen, being pounced on by a big bad, scary Carpathian male, but a strong Carpathian female with her own powers. If I included my frustration with repetition, it would be down to a 2.5* *I gave this 4 stars only for the basic storyline. ![]() |