Untouched Perfection
Title | Untouched Perfection PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin Mayer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2017-04-22 |
Genre | Man-woman relationships |
ISBN | 9781942910220 |
They say a soulmate only comes along once. I believe it, too. I had my chance, but it slipped away. Each day a little more of myself dies, but I pretend I'm fine. That is until I see him--the man who makes me feel alive--Garrick Shaw. Something within me changes. It's unavoidable and unlike anything I've ever known. And it scares me, terrifies me. But there's another danger lurking around the corner. Someone is conspiring to take it all away. Who are they? What do they want? Why are they after me? Only time will reveal what's really going on. Hopefully, Garrick and I survive the fallout.
Flawless Perfection
Title | Flawless Perfection PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin Mayer |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017-08-25 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781942910237 |
Three words altered my life forever. It has to be a terrible mistake. Yet ¿ I know it¿s not.I fear what comes next.Someone still wants me. I can sense the desperation behind their attempts. Garrick vows to protect me and I cling to his words.Will it be enough?The only thing I know is I can¿t lose Garrick. And if I have to sacrifice everything to save him ¿ I will.
Perfect
Title | Perfect PDF eBook |
Author | Cecelia Ahern |
Publisher | Feiwel & Friends |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2017-04-04 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1250135613 |
In Perfect, Cecelia Ahern's thrilling sequel to Flawed, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or risk her own life to save all Flawed people. Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured--all her freedoms gone. Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with Carrick--the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret--one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. A secret that has already caused countless people to go missing. Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed?
The Science of Human Perfection
Title | The Science of Human Perfection PDF eBook |
Author | Nathaniel Comfort |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 371 |
Release | 2012-09-25 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0300188870 |
Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements, and scientific reports that promise genetic medicine will make us live longer, enable doctors to identify and treat diseases before they start, and individualize our medical care. But surprisingly, a century ago eugenicists were making the same promises. The Science of Human Perfection traces the history of the promises of medical genetics and of the medical dimension of eugenics. The book also considers social and ethical issues that cast troublesome shadows over these fields./divDIV DIVKeeping his focus on America, science historian Nathaniel Comfort introduces the community of scientists, physicians, and public health workers who have contributed to the development of medical genetics from the nineteenth century to today. He argues that medical genetics is closely related to eugenics, and indeed the two cannot be fully understood separately. He also carefully examines how the desire to relieve suffering and to improve ourselves genetically, though noble, may be subverted. History makes clear that as patients and consumers we must take ownership of genetic medicine, using it intelligently, knowledgeably, and skeptically, lest pernicious interests trump our own./div
Recipe for a Perfect Wife
Title | Recipe for a Perfect Wife PDF eBook |
Author | Karma Brown |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2019-12-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1524744948 |
In this captivating dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home’s previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife. As she discovers remarkable parallels between this woman’s life and her own, it causes her to question the foundation of her own relationship with her husband--and what it means to be a wife fighting for her place in a patriarchal society. When Alice Hale leaves a career in publicity to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she is unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. But when she finds a vintage cookbook buried in a box in the old home's basement, she becomes captivated by the cookbook’s previous owner--1950s housewife Nellie Murdoch. As Alice cooks her way through the past, she realizes that within the cookbook’s pages Nellie left clues about her life--including a mysterious series of unsent letters penned to her mother. Soon Alice learns that while baked Alaska and meatloaf five ways may seem harmless, Nellie's secrets may have been anything but. When Alice uncovers a more sinister--even dangerous--side to Nellie’s marriage, and has become increasingly dissatisfied with the mounting pressures in her own relationship, she begins to take control of her life and protect herself with a few secrets of her own.
Finding Perfect
Title | Finding Perfect PDF eBook |
Author | Elly Swartz |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2016-10-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0374303126 |
A classic-feeling middle-grade novel with a modern twist about a girl dealing with friendship, family, and OCD.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Title | I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter PDF eBook |
Author | Erika L. Sánchez |
Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2017-10-17 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1524700509 |
National Book Award Finalist! Instant New York Times Bestseller! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American home. Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga’s role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed. But it’s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister’s story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal? “Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York Times “Unique and fresh.” —Entertainment Weekly “A standout.” —NPR