![]() Ignoring this warning may lead to another and more serious or fatal brain injury.” Contact in football may result in CONCUSSION-BRAIN INJURY which no helmet can prevent. . . ![]() This is in violation of football rules and such use can result in severe head or neck injuries, paralysis or death to you and possible injury to your opponent. Do not use this helmet to butt, ram, or spear an opposing player. “WARNING: NO HELMET CAN PREVENT SERIOUS HEAD OR NECK INJURIES A PLAYER MIGHT RECEIVE WHILE PARTICIPATING IN FOOTBALL. Just behind and underneath the right earhole is a small, clear sticker. I have since examined those helmets more closely than I ever did while banging heads as a tight end for the Denver Broncos. Nate Jackson is the author of “Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival From the Bottom of the Pile.”Īfter each of the six seasons I played in the National Football League - 2003 to 2008 - I held on to my helmet as a keepsake. ![]()
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![]() “Katherine Arden’s Winternight Trilogy isn’t just good-it’s hug-to-your-chest, straight-to-the-favorites-shelf, reread-immediately good, and each book just gets better. ![]() But she may not be able to save them all. Her destiny uncertain, Vasya will uncover surprising truths about herself as she desperately tries to save Russia, Morozko, and the magical world she treasures. ![]() Caught at the center of the conflict is Vasya, who finds the fate of two worlds resting on her shoulders. A wicked demon returns, determined to spread chaos. The Grand Prince is in a rage, choosing allies that will lead him on a path to war and ruin. Vasya finds herself alone, beset on all sides. Its people are searching for answers-and for someone to blame. Her gifts and her courage have drawn the attention of Morozko, the winter-king, but it is too soon to know if this connection will prove a blessing or a curse. Vasilisa Petrovna is an unforgettable heroine determined to forge her own path. NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADE ![]() “A tale both intimate and epic, featuring a heroine whose harrowing and wondrous journey culminates in an emotionally resonant finale.”- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen. ![]() ![]() I stroked the stone remembering how we had struggled together to bring this boulder up the mountain through sluice. Everywhere I looked I saw effigies of an unrequited love and a past filled with regret.ĭestroy a nation, but its mountains and rivers remain. Shadows made me stir, hoping they were his. ![]() The wind in the branches had me turning left and right, chasing a sound that resembled his laughter. My imagination played tricks on me in this place of memories. I found the lake where we used to swim, and in a field of chrysanthemums, the unfinished shrine of the Inari god, covered in moss and blackened by time. I found the spot where Kogitsune and I often sat for lunch. Yet, some things remained as I remembered. Saplings and younger trees as thick as my leg had replaced them. They must have burned a decade ago in that terrible wildfire. ![]() The old secular cedars were nowhere to be seen. It was in the mist, rising from the ground as if to bar the way. It was in the chill seeping into my bones like a wet blanket that grew heavier with every step I took. I sensed it in my guts, as the birds ceased to sing at my approach and the sun vanished behind gray clouds. Kogitsune is book #1 in the Takamagahara Monogatari series, followed by Shinigami – today’s giveaway. ![]() This is not only a very time consuming post to have written, it’s very generous and special. Today we have a fantastic post from Xia Xia Lake, who has graciously written the missing sex scene from the delightful Kogitsune especially for our 8th blog anniversary. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And as Ann Eliza's narrative intertwines with that of Jordan's search, readers are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love and faith. ![]() Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father's death. Soon after Ann Eliza's story begins, a second exquisite narrative unfolds-a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. A rich account of a family's polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff's The 19th Wife combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense. ![]() But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place. ![]() ![]() Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose.ĭel Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, strong cups of coffee - and, now, a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff - thanks to her adorably meddlesome parents who nominated her - and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. New York Times best-selling author Darynda Jones is back with the first novel in the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series - A Bad Day for Sunshine ! ![]() "Narrator Lorelei King works well with the subtly snarky style of author Darynda Jones.Listeners will look forward to the next installment of this new series, as some mysteries are solved, and others remain." ( AudioFile Magazine ) “This suspenseful and witty first novel in a new series is a perfect match for narrator Lorelei King." ( Booklist ) ![]() ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, upon graduation he trained as a dental technician, and until the early 1990s he juggled his dental career with his increasingly successful hobby - even after being selected as the winner of the prestigious Umezu prize for horror manga. For example: A girl's hair rebels against being cut off and runs off with her head Girls deliberately catch a disease that makes them beautiful but then murder Junji Itō ( 伊藤潤二)īorn in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's comics and thus took an interest in drawing horror comics himself. The most common obsessions are with beauty, long hair, and beautiful girls, especially in his Tomie and Flesh-Colored Horror comic collections. ![]() ![]() Junji Itō ( 伊藤潤二) Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's comics and thus took an interest in drawing horror comics himself. ![]() ![]() The pages fly by as we too connect deeply with Hannah and Isaac. Historical fact is well preserved in the fictional story, and it seems clear that Rich herself feels an abiding connection with that story and her characters. The sights and smells, many of them malodorous and pungent, the sense of alienation between Christians and Jews, the political and social implications of that alienation are all succinctly captured by Rich. ![]() This is a richly painted portrayal of life in 16th-century Venice and Malta – places where Jews are despised and easily targeted, enslaved and brutalized. What follows is not merely a paean to deeply felt love, on many levels, but a finely drawn plot with well-developed characters to whom the reader feels a deep connection. ![]() Why? The conte has offered her 200 ducats of gold, money which Hannah intends to use to free her imprisoned husband, Isaac, who is held somewhere in Malta. Roberta Rich is the 1 bestselling author of The Midwife of Venice which was published in thirteen countries, The Harem Midwife, and A Trial in Venice. Indeed, Hannah goes against every instinct and the rabbi’s strict denouncement of the plan, and she brings little Matteo into the world with the birthing spoons she has invented. There are simply too many implications for the easily targeted Jewish community in Venice. ![]() When he begs her to attend his wife, who is close to death while birthing the conte’s first child, Hannah knows full well the risks – a Jewish woman does not midwife a Christian child. ![]() In this beautifully conceived debut novel, Hannah, a young Jewish midwife living in the ghetto of Venice, has her late night disturbed by the pleas of a Christian nobleman. ![]() ![]() ![]() But, she maintains, she's not guilty - at least not of murder. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn't always ideal. It wasn't even the way she was left alone for weeks at a time, with no adults around apart from the enigmatic handyman, Jack Grant. It wasn't just the girls, who turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasn't just the constant surveillance from the cameras installed around the house, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. ![]() Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the unravelling events that led to her incarceration. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare - one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten - by the luxurious "smart" home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss - a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. ![]() About the Book "When she stumbles across the ad, she's looking for something else completely. ![]() ![]() Part-owner of the bar, he took one look at high-class Lauren and wanted nothing to do with her. It was perfect: a nothing job in a nowhere bar in Nowheresville. So, after divorcing her cheating husband, Lauren searched for nothing special and she thought she found it when she landed a job as a waitress in a biker bar in Carnal. But she learned the hard way that special wasn’t on offer. She didn’t know what it was, she just knew it would one day be hers. Lauren Grahame has spent her whole life thinking something special was going to happen. ![]() The book was first self-published, but has recently been picked up by Grand Central Publishing’s Forever imprint. This is the second book in her Colorado Mountain series, but can be read as a standalone since none of the characters from this book were introduced in the first, The Gamble. Our book club pick for July is Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley. ![]() ![]() ![]() He and his mother set out in seventeen seventy-seven, but he didn’t have much luck. Mozart began to feel unsatisfied with his job and decided to travel all over in hopes of finding something more promising. As a result he had the opportunity to work in many different genres of music to compose symphonies, string quartets, sonatas and serenades and even some operas. In seventeen seventy-three, the archbishop selected young Mozart as assistant concertmaster. His father wanted to showcase his son’s musical talents as a composer and performer to as many people as possible. ![]() ![]() When he was a child he would travel with his family and perform where he could. In this time Mozart would come to be known as one of the most talented musical composers. Around this time, music was developing from the music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras into more complete works with a more sophisticated development of instrumentation. Wolfgang Mozart was born in seventeen fifty-six in Salzburg, Austria. ![]() |