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from "@pelagiccreatures/flyingfish" import { MolaMola } from "@pelagiccreatures/molamola" import { CMSUtils } from "@pelagiccreatures/marlin" import { boot } from "/marlin/dist/js/bl.mjs" if(document.cookie && document.cookie.match(/connect\.sid=/)) { document.body.classList.add('logged-in') } //CMSUtils.bootCMS() document.fonts.load('normal 64px Barlow').then(() => { window.supervisor = boot() window.SargassoData = { system: system, services: services } window.MDC = MDC window.TropicBird = new TropicBird(document.body, {}) }) </script><script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Q65F137S71"></script><script nonce="a1e28c9a-cc36-4eed-aa85-94fd404e4dc7" defer>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Q65F137S71'); </script><!-- stripe for subscriptions--><script nonce="a1e28c9a-cc36-4eed-aa85-94fd404e4dc7" src="https://js.stripe.com/v3/" defer></script><!-- CAPTCHA for forms--><script nonce="a1e28c9a-cc36-4eed-aa85-94fd404e4dc7" src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=6LfI3cUUAAAAACcnQbjg2W1lirV3bfxBn2wQ1wth" defer></script><script nonce="a1e28c9a-cc36-4eed-aa85-94fd404e4dc7">var htlbid = htlbid || {} htlbid.cmd = htlbid.cmd || []</script><script defer src="//htlbid.com/v3/booklife.com/htlbid.js"></script><script defer src="/marlin/dist/templates/confirm-dialog.js"></script><aside class="mdc-dialog" id="confirm-dialog" role="alertdialog"><div class="mdc-dialog__container"><div class="mdc-dialog__surface"><h2 class="mdc-dialog__title">title</h2><div class="mdc-dialog__content">prompt</div><footer class="mdc-dialog__actions"><button class="mdc-button mdc-dialog__button mdc-dialog-cancel" data-mdc-dialog-action="cancel"><div class="mdc-button__label">Cancel</div></button><button class="mdc-button mdc-dialog__button" data-mdc-dialog-action="accept" data-mdc-dialog-button-default><div class="mdc-button__label">Continue</div></button></footer></div></div><div class="mdc-dialog__scrim"></div></aside><aside class="mdc-dialog" id="modal-register" role="register"><form class="form" id="register-form" action="/proxy/register" method="POST" data-sargasso-class="MolaMola" data-helpers="SubmitHelper" data-redirect="/my/profile?new=1" data-submitter="#register-button" data-recaptcha="6LfI3cUUAAAAACcnQbjg2W1lirV3bfxBn2wQ1wth" data-recaptcha-action="login"><div class="mdc-dialog__container"><div class="mdc-dialog__surface"><h2 class="mdc-dialog__title">Register</h2><div class="mdc-dialog__content"><div class="status"></div><div class="input-group"><label for="register-first-name">First Name</label><input class="form-control" id="register-first-name" name="first_name" data-name="First Name" type="text" placeholder="Enter First Name" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true}" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="input-group"><label for="register-last-name">First Name</label><input class="form-control" id="register-last-name" name="last_name" data-name="Last Name" type="text" placeholder="Enter Last Name" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true}" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="input-group"><label for="register-email">Email Address</label><input class="form-control" id="register-email" name="email" data-name="Email" type="email" placeholder="Enter email address" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true,"isEmail":true}" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="input-group"><label for="register-password">Password</label><input class="form-control" id="register-password" name="password" data-name="Password" type="password" placeholder="Enter password" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true,"notContains":" ","isLength":[8,20]}" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="input-group"><label for="register-password">Confirm Password</label><input class="form-control" id="register-password" name="confirm_password" data-name="Confirm Password" type="password" placeholder="Re-Enter password" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true,"notContains":" ","isLength":[8,20]}" data-match="[name=password]" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="input-group"><input id="register-newsletter" name="newsletter" type="checkbox" checked value="1">Subscribe me to the Booklife Newsletter </div></div><footer class="mdc-dialog__actions"><span class="small cursor-pointer" data-sargasso-class="OpenDialog" data-target="#modal-login">Login</span><span class="small"> | </span><span class="small cursor-pointer" data-sargasso-class="OpenDialog" data-target="#modal-reminder">Forgot Password</span><button class="mdc-button mdc-dialog-cancel mdc-dialog__button" data-mdc-dialog-action="cancel"><div class="mdc-button__ripple"></div><div class="mdc-button__label">cancel</div></button><button class="mdc-button" id="register-button"><div class="mdc-button__ripple"></div><div class="mdc-button__label">Register</div></button></footer></div></div></form></aside><aside class="mdc-dialog" id="modal-reminder" role="reminder"><form class="form" id="reminder-form" action="/proxy/reset" method="POST" data-sargasso-class="MolaMola" data-helpers="SubmitHelper" data-alert="Check your email for instructions on how to continue." data-submitter="#reminder-button" data-recaptcha-action="password_reset"><div class="mdc-dialog__container"><div class="mdc-dialog__surface"><h2 class="mdc-dialog__title">Reminder</h2><div class="mdc-dialog__content"><div class="input-group"><label for="reminder-email">Email Address</label><input class="form-control" id="reminder-email" name="email" data-name="Email" type="email" placeholder="Enter email address" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true,"isEmail":true}" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="status"></div></div><footer class="mdc-dialog__actions"><span class="small cursor-pointer" data-sargasso-class="OpenDialog" data-target="#modal-login">Login</span><span class="small"> | </span><span class="small cursor-pointer" data-sargasso-class="OpenDialog" data-target="#modal-register">Register</span><button class="mdc-button mdc-dialog-cancel mdc-dialog__button" data-mdc-dialog-action="cancel"><div class="mdc-button__ripple"></div><div class="mdc-button__label">cancel</div></button><button class="mdc-button" id="reminder-button"><div class="mdc-button__ripple"></div><div class="mdc-button__label">Send Reminder</div></button></footer></div></div></form></aside><aside class="mdc-dialog" id="modal-subscribe" role="subscribe"><form class="form" id="subscribe-form" action="/proxy/subscribe" method="POST" data-sargasso-class="MolaMola" data-helpers="SubmitHelper" data-alert="Check your email to complete subscription." data-submitter="#subscribe-button" data-recaptcha-action="signup"><div class="mdc-dialog__container"><div class="mdc-dialog__surface"><h2 class="mdc-dialog__title">Subscribe</h2><div class="mdc-dialog__content"><div class="input-group"><label for="reminder-email">Email Address</label><input class="form-control" id="reminder-email" name="email" data-name="Email" type="email" placeholder="Enter email address" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true,"isEmail":true}" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="status"></div></div><footer class="mdc-dialog__actions"><button class="mdc-button mdc-dialog-cancel mdc-dialog__button" data-mdc-dialog-action="cancel"><div class="mdc-button__ripple"></div><div class="mdc-button__label">cancel</div></button><button class="mdc-button" id="subscribe-button"><div class="mdc-button__ripple"></div><div class="mdc-button__label">Subscribe</div></button></footer></div></div></form></aside><aside class="mdc-dialog" id="modal-login" role="login"><form class="form" id="login-form" action="/proxy/login" method="POST" data-sargasso-class="MolaMola" data-helpers="SubmitHelper" data-redirect="/my/profile" data-submitter="#login-button" data-recaptcha-action="login"><div class="mdc-dialog__container"><div class="mdc-dialog__surface"><h2 class="mdc-dialog__title">Login</h2><div class="mdc-dialog__content"><div class="input-group"><label for="login-email">Email Address</label><input class="form-control" id="login-email" name="email" data-name="Email" type="email" placeholder="Enter email address" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true,"isEmail":true}" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="input-group"><label for="login-password">Password</label><input class="form-control" id="login-password" name="password" data-name="Password" type="password" placeholder="Enter password" data-validate="{"notEmpty":true,"notContains":" ","isLength":[7,20]}" data-payload><div class="validation-help"></div></div><div class="status"></div></div><footer class="mdc-dialog__actions"><span class="small cursor-pointer" data-sargasso-class="OpenDialog" data-target="#modal-register">Register</span><span class="small"> | </span><span class="small cursor-pointer" data-sargasso-class="OpenDialog" data-target="#modal-reminder">Forgot Password</span><button class="mdc-button mdc-dialog-cancel mdc-dialog__button" data-mdc-dialog-action="cancel"><div class="mdc-button__ripple"></div><div class="mdc-button__label">cancel</div></button><button class="mdc-button" id="login-button"><div class="mdc-button__ripple"></div><div class="mdc-button__label">Login</div></button></footer></div></div></form><div class="mdc-dialog__scrim"></div></aside><div id="ephemeral"></div><sargasso-advert class="no-print" data-post-id="" data-ad-tags="" data-ad-category="" data-slot-suffix=""></sargasso-advert><div id="scripts" data-hijax="true"></div></body></html>