Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir

Kiyoshi Tanimoto

A newly discovered, powerful and devastating firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath, from one of the survivors profiled in John Hersey's landmark 1946 account, Hiroshima.On the morning of August 6, 1945, Kiyoshi Tanimoto was on the outskirts of Hiroshima, helping a neighbor, when a flash in the sky signaled the birth of a dangerous and horrifying new world. In an instant, tens of thousands of Hiroshima residents had been vaporized or crushed to death. As the 36-year-old Methodist minister raced back to the city center in search of his wife and infant daughter, he encountered scenes of unimaginable structures leveled; fires everywhere; uncountable injured suffering from burns, broken bones, and the effects of radiation. In the days, weeks, and months that followed this unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, Tanimoto invested body and soul in helping his living congregants obtain food, shelter, and medical care, as well as identifying and burying with as much dignity as possible those who had perished. He dedicated himself to rebuilding, at great personal cost, not only his church and congregation, but his city and his nation, and he went on to gain renown as one of the survivors featured in John Hersey's New Yorker piece and book, Hiroshima, which changed the American public's understanding of the event.But Tanimoto also wrote his own story. What Divides Us is Tanimoto's never-before-published firsthand account of the bombing of Hiroshima, written in the immediate aftermath, in his own words. This singular memoir is both an invaluable addition to the historical record, and an urgent eyewitness testimony of one of the most calamitous events to befall humanity. Tanimoto spent the rest of his life working to ensure that the memories of the hibakusha—the survivors—never be forgotten. At a time when the threat of nuclear war still looms, Tanimoto's message of peace, and his vision of a better path forward for humankind, is of vital importance.

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The Warrior Priestess (The Warrior Midwife, #2)

E.P. Bali

An enemies to lovers fae fantasy Concubine. Wife. Priestess. Captured by a demon king, Drake, with his memories returned and Saraya, must now come to terms with a surprising truth: That Drake is not only Saraya's true mate, but is also the son of a monstrous deity who bound his powers at the age of thirteen. But now the demon king wants Drake's true powers to be unbound for his own nefarious purposes. Forced to marry one another, Drake and Saraya must now gain the trust of the Court of the Demon King in order to escape. But there are even bigger forces at play here. Will Saraya give into her desire to be Drake's fated mate? Or will she do the unthinkable? Join Saraya and Drake the seductive adventure in Book 2 of the Warrior Midwife Trilogy Please note that due to the mature themes in this novel, it is best suited to audiences aged 18 and over.

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The Tide Has Teeth

Poppy L. Roberts

The plans were perfect. Her dress was a froth of white lace. Her maid of honor had just finished pinning her veil in place. The buzz of excitement and fizz of champagne filled her ears. She just wanted to take a breath alone to soak it in before the emotion of the day blurred her mind. What she couldn’t have planned was the pain lying in wait on the other side of her hotel room door ready to topple it all. When Georgia runs from the picture-perfect life she had meticulously built, taking her honeymoon trip alone, she prays the secluded seaside resort will wash away her shame. The private beach surrounding her villa offers her seclusion and peace, but the grief and betrayal threaten to drown her. And each night, the quiet cove tucked behind no trespassing signs whispers her name, calling for her to slip into the glittering blue water. The creature had lived in this cove for centuries and never had she seen a human alone and with such an endless stream of tears. Styx watches the broken woman as she lounges on the sand and moves like a ghost around the small house just beyond the boundaries of her cove. Quietly, she calls to her, desperate to find out what stole her spirit. She wants nothing more than to hold the woman in the lull of the waves as she rips the source of her grief from the world. As obsession rises like the tide, Styx finds herself desperate to fix the fragile human. But all vacations end, and as Georgia’s past comes hunting her down, the only way to survive may be to call to the storm beneath the surface and let its vengeance consume her entirely. She’ll have to stare into the depths and grapple with the fear that trusting a monster may be taunting the same fate that already burned her. Love is an anchor that drags you into the deep…where even the tides have teeth.

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The Warrior Priestess (The Warrior Midwife, #2)

E.P. Bali

An enemies to lovers fae fantasy Concubine. Wife. Priestess. Captured by a demon king, Drake, with his memories returned and Saraya, must now come to terms with a surprising truth: That Drake is not only Saraya's true mate, but is also the son of a monstrous deity who bound his powers at the age of thirteen. But now the demon king wants Drake's true powers to be unbound for his own nefarious purposes. Forced to marry one another, Drake and Saraya must now gain the trust of the Court of the Demon King in order to escape. But there are even bigger forces at play here. Will Saraya give into her desire to be Drake's fated mate? Or will she do the unthinkable? Join Saraya and Drake the seductive adventure in Book 2 of the Warrior Midwife Trilogy Please note that due to the mature themes in this novel, it is best suited to audiences aged 18 and over.

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The Warrior Midwife (The Warrior Midwife #1)

E.P. Bali

"The fae are no joke, girl. Be wise. Be smart. Be cunning if you can…"  PRINCESS. MIDWIFE. WARRIOR  What are you supposed to do when your father reveals that he made a binding agreement to marry you off to the Dark Fae Prince across the mountains? He’d done it to save our kingdom, that was fair. But what was not fair was that I have to leave everything I ever knew to marry a monster. Under the cover of night I escape the palace to use my secret magic and be a midwife to the city’s women, and now I just have to leave them all behind. The fae prince is an arrogant jerk and a dirty fighter. The commander of their elite forces is a terrifying enigma. And when they arrive to take me away, what happens next is nothing I could have ever dreamed of. I end up at the fae warrior academy for their males, disguised as a male and have to share a dorm room with my fae fiancé. There are big powers at play here and I'm the only person with the power to make a difference. Could things get any worse? The answer is yes. She's the Man meets Sarah J Maas in this romantic fantasy adventure #fae #slowburn #biracialMC #enemiestolovers #magic #girlpretendingtobeboy

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Famesick

Lena Dunham

In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain. For the last decade, as she’s spent countless hours in doctor’s waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, being the owner and operator of Lena Dunham’s body has felt, as she puts it, 'like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight.' It’s not easy dragging a wrecked car anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn into a gold lamé corset. Or to the set of the hit show that you – as a twenty-five-year-old – are writing, directing, producing, and starring in. Or to the White House, the Golden Globes, or your publicist’s office to discuss the latest internet disaster. But Dunham does it – even if it means interminable hospital stays, vomiting in the bathroom when she’s meant to be meeting Oprah, or terrifying those closest to her – because she can no longer tell the difference between fighting to do what she loves and being a servant to her own ambition. All the while, she is holding out for a love that can withstand her personal and public challenges and, more than anything, yearning to feel like herself again – if only she could remember who that self was. As Dunham takes us through her journey, tracking her rise to fame – from selling the pilot of Girls to the present – in three acts, it becomes clear that the spotlight casts long shadows, distorting the relationships she once held dear and isolating everyone in its glare. When an endless supply of drugs can’t protect you from pain – and begins to control your every move – being famous doesn’t stand a chance against the darker corners of the human experience. In Famesick, Dunham asks herself what the cost of fulfilling her dreams has really been, and whether it was worth it. What she finds is deeper than physical relief, and more lasting, as she learns to live with what she can’t change and turn her regrets into wisdom that can carry her forward, as she reconnects to what, and who, she loves.

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The Warrior Midwife (The Warrior Midwife #1)

E.P. Bali

"The fae are no joke, girl. Be wise. Be smart. Be cunning if you can…"  PRINCESS. MIDWIFE. WARRIOR  What are you supposed to do when your father reveals that he made a binding agreement to marry you off to the Dark Fae Prince across the mountains? He’d done it to save our kingdom, that was fair. But what was not fair was that I have to leave everything I ever knew to marry a monster. Under the cover of night I escape the palace to use my secret magic and be a midwife to the city’s women, and now I just have to leave them all behind. The fae prince is an arrogant jerk and a dirty fighter. The commander of their elite forces is a terrifying enigma. And when they arrive to take me away, what happens next is nothing I could have ever dreamed of. I end up at the fae warrior academy for their males, disguised as a male and have to share a dorm room with my fae fiancé. There are big powers at play here and I'm the only person with the power to make a difference. Could things get any worse? The answer is yes. She's the Man meets Sarah J Maas in this romantic fantasy adventure #fae #slowburn #biracialMC #enemiestolovers #magic #girlpretendingtobeboy

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Scion

James Islington

John Wick meets Ghost in the Shell in this fast-paced cyberpunk thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Will of the Many and The Strength of the Few. My job, when you think about it, isn’t so different from a lot of people’s. The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the "killing people" part of it, I guess, but that’s a them problem: it’s been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. Besides, once ultrawealthy morons realised they had a way to live forever—limited resources be damned—there was only ever going to be one genuinely practical deterrent. So, sure, I have to deal with a ton of boring planning. Inconvenient hours. Some pretty awkward face-to-face interactions. And like most of us, I’m really only clocking in to try to crawl out from beneath my debts. But someone’s got to do it. Luckily, my genetic compatibilities make me really, really good at doing it. Still. This next job...I don’t know. It’s something I haven’t had to deal with in years. Kind of the opposite of my regular duties. Strange, that it got thrown my way. I’m sure it’ll all go totally fine though.

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