While the successful launch and placement of Sputnik 1 into low elliptical orbit was heralded as a scientific triumph, it also excited fears of a dangerous new era in the Cold War stand-off between the Soviet Union and the United States. It entered orbit 295 seconds after lift-off, with the satellite separating about 20 seconds later. The rocket launched at 10:29 pm Moscow time from a secret site now known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The second-stage core rocket, carrying a little more than 86 tonnes of fuel, had a burn time of 300 seconds. The boosters, powered by a mix of of liquid oxygen and kerosene, provided the initial lift, burning through about 160 tons of fuel in 120 seconds. The two-stage rocket had a core 28-metre-long fuselage with four strap-on boosters. It did this atop a rocket whose design was derived from the Soviet Union’s development of the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile – the R-7 ‘Semyorka’. Sputnik’s 1 greatest achievement was actually getting into space. It was highly polished so Sputnik would better reflect sunlight, enabling it to be more easily seen in the sky – particularly when it was over the United States. The aluminium alloy shell was strengthened with magnesium and titanium.
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The two girls couldn't be more different, and they didn't exactly hit it off-but they're about to spend an entire week together for their grandparents' honeymoon, road-tripping from California to Maine in the backseat of a Subaru.It's going to be a disaster.Told in alternating chapters between Cassie and Lana, Drive Me Crazy is a tween rivalry-turned-friendship story bursting with humor and heart. Lana and Cassie have met only once before, at the wedding of Lana's Grandpa Howe and Cassie's Grandma Tess two months ago. (Cook had spent time with the Inuit during a previous harrowing Arctic journey and observed that they survived the winter on meat and blubber, often raw.) Cook preferred his penguin steaks lightly seared, but recommended everyone eat them rare if possible. He convinces the Belgica boys to give penguin another try, along with seal meat. 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From the lack of pre-market safety testing on herbal and dietary supplements, to the unfounded claims made by many wellness influencers and functional-medicine providers, to the social-media algorithms driving users down rabbit holes of wellness mis- and disinformation, it can often feel like no one is looking out for us in the face of the $4.4 trillion global wellness industry. Yet the wellness industry promotes practices that often cause even more damage than the conventional approaches they're meant to replace. Many people with chronic illness understandably feel dismissed or abandoned by the healthcare system and find solace in alternative medicine, as Harrison once did. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness culture promotes a standard of health that is often both unattainable and deeply harmful. "It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle." You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. From the paradigm-shifting author of Anti-Diet comes a deep dive into the underbelly of modern wellness culture and how it stands in the way of true well-being. Please note: This page was written by me, so as always, please visit the author’s website for up-to-date, author-verified information as well as for information books that have not yet been included to this list. Please note: this story is loosely connected to Fool for Love "A Fool Again" in The One That Got Away Anthology "A Proper Englishwoman" in the Talk of the Ton anthology The Lady Most Likely.A Novel in Three Parts The Lady Most Willing.A Novel in Three Parts Sir Griffin Barry is one of the most feared pirates on the high seas, piloting the Flying Poppy, a ship he named after the wife whom he fondly (if vaguely) remembers, since they were together only a matter of hours. “A Mistletoe Kiss” in the Mistletoe Christmas anthology Seduced by a Pirate is an original, RITA-award winning e-novella from New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James. Please Note: The hero and secondary couples' names are purposefully kept off of this list for those who have not read the books (in keeping with the suspense of a few of the novels). Note: I've purposefully left of the name of Villiers's heroineĭesperate Duchesses by the Numbers1. * With This Kiss (sold in three parts as standalones or in As You Wish)ĭesperate Duchesses1. Seduced by a Pirate (sold as a standalone and in As You Wish) Click here to jump to a particular series:Įloisa's Fairy Tales1. I’m thrilled to share a Q&A with Lucy Foley on THE HUNTING PARTY with CBTB readers today! In this Q&A, Lucy shares the real-life inspiration behind her book, the characters at the heart of her story, her next project (another murder mystery that sounds fantastic!), and a whole lot more. Fans of Ruth Ware - and readers who just plain love a fun, engaging suspense read - will find Lucy Foley’s newest release right up their alley. From its claustrophobic premise to its swoon-worthy locale and juicy interpersonal secrets, THE HUNTING PARTY is a fantastic choice for winter reading. Part ode to classic crime in the style of Agatha Christie, part modern story of psychological suspense, THE HUNTING PARTY is seriously entertaining and appealing on so many levels. Q&A: Lucy Foley, Author of THE HUNTING PARTYįans of Agatha Christie and Ruth Ware, listen up: today’s featured book is for you! I’m thrilled to welcome Lucy Foley to Crime by the Book today to discuss her brand-new suspense novel, THE HUNTING PARTY - available today, February 12th! This stylish, atmospheric suspense novel takes the concept of the “locked room mystery” and applies it to a luxurious hunting lodge in the Scottish highlands, where a group of friends find themselves snowed in during a blizzard. But his undervalued film adaptation of De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium Eater certainly deserves a place next to all of these films. Between 19, he produced several films, among them Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man, Douglas Sirk’s Written on the Wind and The Tarnished Angels, and Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil. Though not exactly prolific, De Quincey’s canon is important for two works in particular: 1845’s Suspiria de Profundis, which loosely inspired Dario Argento’s masterpiece Suspiria and its sequel Inferno, and Confessions of an English Opium Eater, a frenzied collection of stories, metaphors and philosophical anecdotes that evoke a man alienated both from society and himself.Īlbert Zugsmith, ostracized in Hollywood for his subversive tendencies, is better known today as a producer rather than a director. His inward-turning imagination and nightmarish philosophical ruminations influenced a legion of tormented souls, most notably Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire. He became addicted to opium in his teens and never stopped using the drug until his death in 1859. Essayist and critic Thomas De Quincey was born in Manchester on August 15, 1785. I looked out at the sweet, endless blue of the sky it was glorious." Moreover, the feeling of belonging comes back to her when she recognizes a familiar smell: "The house smelled of wood. When Mikage suggests cooking for Eriko, the image of the room becomes bright, with the weather mirroring her mood that brightens up: "The entire apartment was filled with light, like a sunroom. The tatami mat." Her description ends with "The clock on the wall," which indicates that she knows that everything in life is only temporary and perishable. The smiling faces of friends, the fresh greenery of the university campus as a backdrop to Sotaro's profile, my grandmother's voice on the phone when I called her late at night, my warm bed on cold mornings, the sound of my grandmother's slippers in the hallway, the color of the curtains. Mikage is now looking around an empty room, recalling all her memories: "The kitchen window. Yoshimoto appeals to a variety of senses to emphasize how nostalgic and melancholic Mikage feels when she has finished cleaning out her grandmother's old kitchen. Moreover, she feels like there is a "straight road" leading from her to him, which makes it seem as if some supernatural force were guiding her. This image becomes stronger when Mikage contrasts the bright figure with the "black gloom" that she finds herself in. When Yuichi comes to Mikage's place to invite her to join him and his mother for dinner, Mikage says that he "seemed to glow with white light," which evokes associations with a saint. The forces ranged against him have guns, helicopters, private armies and a terrified population in their vice-like grip. To stop his cover being terminally blown, he must follow a trail that begins in Triad-controlled Hong Kong and propels him back into the even more brutal world he thought he'd left behind. But when the boy falls dangerously ill and the doctor who saves him comes under threat, Nick finds himself back in the firing line. Or so he thinks.Ģ012: Nick is in Moscow semi-retired semi-married to Anna very much the devoted father of their newborn son. It's a risk he's willing to take - since only the man who is about to die will see him. But to get close enough to fire the fatal shot, Nick must reveal his face. Their mission: to locate the boss of the world's most murderous drugs cartel - and terminate him with extreme prejudice. 1993: Under deep cover, Nick Stone and a specialist surveillance team have spent weeks in the jungles and city streets of Colombia. Lynn Steger Strong: I don’t know if this is relevant to you, but I talked to Yiyun Li a couple of weeks ago about her novels, which I admire so deeply. What’s the promise of family, even when we get this really raw and honest look at the ways family keeps failing each other? I talked to Strong over zoom about the value of community and family, the precarity of the current historical moment, and the need for novels that destabilize easy categorization.īekah Waalkes: Flight is the chaotic family holiday novel that we needed, which is also to say, the family in Flight is so unsentimental and so realistic: they have grudges that go back for years, they have triggers and sidelong glances and all kinds of immediate, emotional responses to each other. Strong doesn’t shy away from exposing her characters’ flaws: their snap judgements, their old grudges, their impatience and exasperation and anxiety. Flight asks us what we owe to each other, but it does so without looking for a sentimental answer. Over the three days that this novel follows, these three families collide with another family, a local mother and daughter who need their help. They must decide what to do with the house they’ve been left, but at the same time, they must negotiate the stress of the holidays in the house they’re in. It’s their first holiday season without their mother, Helen, and her Florida house. Flight follows three adult siblings and their families as they convene for Christmas in upstate New York. |