The Sloan receives a request for an advance against a trust that does not permit it. John Putnam Thatcher gets involved by one heir, Arthur Schneider, President of Schneider Manufacturing, and grandson of the founder who left a trust for his grandchildren upon the death of all of their parents. The last parent is about to die from natural causes. One heir is missing and Thatcher, Trinkam, and Nicholls, all Emma Lathen regulars, work to find the missing heir. Soon they learn a murder is involved and it takes Thatcher to unravel the Gordian knot. Emma Lathen at her best. Views: 24
A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder, stemming from Jaime Lowe's sensational 2015 article in The New York Times Magazine: "'I Don't Believe in God, but I believe in Lithium': My 20-year struggle with bipolar disorder." It began with an insomniac summer in Los Angeles in 1993, when Jaime Lowe was just 16. She stopped sleeping and eating, and began to hallucinate—Michael Jackson wearing masks, demonically cackling Muppets, and faces in windows. She wrote manifestos and math equations in her diary, and infographics on her wall. Eventually hospitalized and diagnosed as bipolar, her prescribed medication was three pink pills — lithium. In Grand Delusions, Lowe shares her story of life-long episodic madness and the stability she found with lithium, as well as a journalistic exploration of the history... Views: 24
Roxane's entire mission in life is to help the women in her compound prepare themselves for a life of subjugation to the man a computer will someday match with them. When she finds herself teleported onto a space ship, she does what comes naturally to her. She flips the alien over her head and demands to be sent back to Earth.Bnjmn has spent his entire life knowing he wanted a quiet, meek woman who would stay out of his way, but be available to take care of his needs. When he realizes his fated mate is a strong woman who can knock him on his backside, he is shocked, but willing to go where destiny takes him. Will Bnjmn be able to convince the strong Earth woman that her place is at his side? Or will he be required to let her choose her own mate, as per their bargain? Views: 24
A fun-loving glamour girl. A no-nonsense naval officer. Only a war could bring them together. What happens next will change their lives. Views: 24
