![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1997, Aldrich formed a nonprofit organization, The Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty, to support other federal level whistle-blowers the group's stated aim is "promoting the U.S. The book was praised in many conservative circles. In 1996, Aldrich authored the #1 New York Times Bestseller Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House (published by Regnery Publishing), on national security lapses he allegedly observed in the Clinton administration. From 1969–1986, he served as FBI Special Agent Investigator in Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, and Washington, D.C. Prior to his White House assignment, Aldrich held liaison positions in both the U.S. In his White House post, he was the responsible for background checks for positions including White House Counsel, Chief of Staff, Secretary of State, Attorney General, FBI Director, and other cabinet posts. Aldrich served in the FBI for 26 years and was assigned to the White House bracketing the Reagan and Clinton Administrations. ![]() His wife Nina is also an ex-FBI agent, and they have 3 children. Gary Aldrich (born May 22, 1945) is a former FBI agent and author from Amsterdam, New York. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His botanical-trading career began as a teenage scoundrel in London, stealing cuttings from real-life botanist Sir Joseph Banks. Alma's father, Henry, is the richest man in Philadelphia. Her mother, Beatrice, is an uncompromising Dutch botanist ever shadowed by her personal maid, Hanneke de Groot. ![]() But her true love, the study of moss, ultimately triumphs, leading her to accidentally discover her own version of the theory of evolution.īehind Alma's genius and her devotion to plants are her marvellously eccentric parents. Alma's journey takes her to the wilds of Tahiti in search of her lost husband, the beguiling and mysterious Ambrose Pike. The gentle and at times peculiar plot meanders through the life of a brilliant botanist, Alma Whittaker, born in Philadelphia in 1800. Published in 2013, it was tarnished by the Eat Pray Love brush for many of us and widely overlooked, but it turned out to be one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. At the beginning of this year, my book club selected Gilbert's sixth book – a novel called The Signature of All Things – for the year's reading list. ![]() I'm not a big fan of the "women's self-discovery" genre, so needless to say I have never read Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love nor seen the film. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are nearly a thousand entries in all, with 200 recipes and suggestions embedded throughout the text. You will find traditional pairings: pork & apple, lamb & apricot, cucumber & dill contemporary favourites like chocolate & chilli and goat's cheese & beetroot, and interesting but unlikely-sounding pairings like black pudding & chocolate, lemon & beef, blueberry & mushroom, and watermelon & oyster. Within these sections it follows the form of Roget's Thesaurus, listing 99 popular ingredients alphabetically, and for each one suggests unique flavour pairings that range from the classic to the bizarre. A deceptively simple little masterpiece' SUNDAY TIMES Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? The Flavour Thesaurus was the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair and is divided into flavour themes including Meaty, Cheesy, Woodland and Floral Fruity. Such has been the case with The Flavour Thesaurus' NIGEL SLATER 'An eclectic combination of dictionary, recipe book, travelogue and memoir. I love Niki's style of writing - packed with knowledge and information, but conveyed with such a lightness of touch' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI 'The books I value most are those I return to again and again. Watch out for Niki's long-anticipated follow-up, More Flavours focusing on plant-led pairings - coming in May 2023. ![]() ![]() The Nobel Committee said Dr Paabo had “accomplished something seemingly impossible: sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans”. Why did Paabo win the Nobel Prize?ĭr Paabo overcame the technical challenges resulting from the degradation of DNA over tens of thousands of years and became one of the founders of palaeogenetics, Her specialism is genetic analysis of wild primate populations. He said her “boyish charms” attracted him to the extent they married and had a son and a daughter, whom they are raising in Leipzig.ĭr Vigilant is now a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute in the department of primatology. In Dr Paabo's 2014 book Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes he declared that he was bisexual and had assumed he was gay until meeting US primatologist and geneticist Linda Vigilant at the University of California. Who was Alfred Nobel? Who is Linda Vigilant? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A very Freudian biography that has influenced many of the works published afterward. Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman by Stefan ZweigĪn engrossing, dramatic biography that focuses on the human emotions of the participants and victims of the French Revolution. A bit dated, but a short, informational biography.Ī dual biography that, like Webster's dual biography volumes, recognizes the need to study the king and queen together in order to properly understand their decisions and lives. Marie-Antoinette: A Portrait by Ian DunlopĪn unusually sympathetic portrait of the tragic Queen.Ī carefully written biography, Seward does not hide Marie Antoinette's failings - but nor does he twist them to suit a romantic fairy tale or contemporary bias. Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser *Īn engaging popular historical biography, this sympathetic portrait of Marie Antoinette makes no attempt to hide her shortcomings, while focusing on her personal warmth and noble bearing during her final ordeal. The first in an excellent two volume dual biography about the king and queen before and during the Revolution. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Before the Revolution by Nesta Webster * ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He spends his life invisible, but the night he rescues a gorgeous man who was trying to play the hero, is the night he fell in love. It's a zany and fun world, and just a little bit of kick-back-and-enjoy-the-humour experience. and, well, they have superpowers! As a load of fun, our royals get into a lot of trouble. We're all writing stories set in a small, fictitious European country where there's lots of royals hanging around. ![]() Part of a "shared-world" experience, I've signed up with a bunch of fellow authors. ![]() ![]() In this one sentence Book Review raised the bar to unimaginable heights. “With the scope and sense of fatality of Patrick Rothfuss, and well-choreographed action sense of Brandon Sanderson, Lyons leaps into the big leagues of epic fantasy and sticks the landing.” It had good reviews by The New York Times, The L.A. It had a blurb by Glen Cook (aka the Godfather of Grimdarks). ![]() Tor was pushing this book like they’d just found out they had free rein in Hamsterdam and Marlo was nowhere in sight. ![]() Now, to be perfectly honest, I went into The Ruin of Kings excited. For example, have you ever had a lukewarm bath ruined by a leaky tub that you don’t quite fit into? Have you ever grabbed some french fries from your least favorite fast food restaurant and they were over cooked? Have you even been so hungry/daring that you decided to buy gas station “pizza” and it was cold? Well…do I have the book for you! The Ruin of Kings You know how sometimes a mediocre thing is made even more mediocre. Now buckle up, we are in for a bumpy ride and it’s almost all downhill from here. I read Ruin of Kings so you didn’t have to. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Torn between loyalties to faith, to the Ottomans, and to Mehmed, he knows he owes Lada nothing. Radu longs for his sister’s fierce confidence-but for the first time in his life, he rejects her unexpected plea for help. Mehmed wants control of the city, and Radu has earned an unwanted place as a double-crossing spy behind enemy lines. ![]() But Mehmed has sent him to Constantinople-and it’s no diplomatic mission. What Lada needs is her younger brother Radu’s subtlety and skill. There’s no time to wonder whether he still thinks about her, even loves her. And thinking of Mehmed brings little comfort to her thorny heart. But brute force isn’t getting Lada what she wants. Filled with a white-hot rage, she storms the countryside with her men, accompanied by her childhood friend Bogdan, terrorizing the land. After failing to secure the Wallachian throne, Lada is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her blood-strewn path. All she has is what she’s always had: herself. ![]() ![]() ![]() What a theory of gender self-determination does, we hope, is opens space for a wider verity of gender identities while resisting a totalizing claim to realness at the expense of others’ identities. Here ‘self-determination’ exists within the context of other markers of identity and power. One of the politics Captive Genders offers is that of gender self-determination. Pre-order Captive Genders at to get 25% off the list price of $19.95! This week we bring you the second installment of interviews, this time with contributors Reina Gossett and Tommi Avicolli Mecca on the politics of gender self-determination.īe sure to read the first set of interviews on the AK Press Blog, or in excerpted form on the Ms. Ampu, on policing of queer and trans people. ![]() The Politics of Gender Self-Determination: More interviews with Captive Genders contributorsĪ few weeks ago we ran Eric Stanley’s interviews with Captive Genders contributors Yasmin Nair and Ralowe T. ![]() ![]() ![]() A heart-stopping YA novel of terror and suspense from number one bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. They'll have to work together - but first they'll have to trust each other with their deepest secrets. Riley and Max know that if they can't get out, they'll be next. And their captors are on a killing spree. But that's exactly where they are when three masked men burst in to take the group hostage. The last thing either of them wants is to spend a weekend away at a therapy camp alongside five other teens with 'issues'. It’s a scary premise, and Armstrong lives up to expectations, keeping the pace on an adrenaline high throughout. A group of troubled teens spends a weekend in therapy camp, and are taken hostage by a group of masked men. Meanwhile British army brat Max Cross is suffering under the shadow of a life-altering diagnosis he doesn't dare reveal. I love Kelley Armstrong’s work, and The Masked Truth is no exception. Now everyone around her thinks she's a hero. ![]() A few months ago, Riley Vasquez was caught up in a horrific murder. ![]() overflowing with twists.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'Action-packed suspense from beginning to end.' - Kirkus Reviews They want her dead - but this time, she won't hide. ' terrifying thriller where suspense and psychological horror serve as perfect counterpoints to themes of forgiveness and growth. ![]() |