6/10/2023 0 Comments A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams![]() ![]() ![]() I am always on the prowl for a new author and new series and this one is not it. Her voicing of the main character's twin boys had me cringing. Her voicing of the "Aunt" involves bugling and trumpeting like a Brit Royal. ![]() The narrator is over the top with her "performance". I could NOT suspend belief long enough to get into any of this. And even though I enjoy a fluffy story, a good fantasy and fun-fiction. The characters are over the top in their silly declarations and grandiose speech. Auntie gets custom made gowns (often!) and the hotel amenities and restaurants surpass that of any other 5-star hotel. (or two) The hotel is supposedly falling apart and they are short of cash, yet there are Rolls- Royces (yes, more than one) available for guests. What I found was a ridiculous plot line with ex-super secret service employees, an Aunt with zero impulse control (who is supposedly in charge of one of the world's GREATEST treasures), a milktoast uncle who actually has ninja skills and a Deputy Dawg police Chief who feels the need to consult with a hotel manager to solve a murder. I made it to the halfway point before I gave up on this book. ![]()
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6/9/2023 0 Comments An elegant defense![]() Richtel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author of the acclaimed A Deadly Wandering, enthusiastically and compassionately demystifies the science and the story of one of the most intricate and misunderstood landscapes of human biology - and the most rapidly changing, perhaps most crucial branch of medical research. “Like police in a time of martial law, the immune system seeks out threats and keeps them from doing mortal harm, ably discerning up to a billion different alien hazards, even ones not yet discovered by science.” That titular defense “pits our internal forces against evil disease by using powerful cells capable of surveillance and spying, surgical strikes and nuclear attacks,” Richtel writes. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Matt Richtel’s compelling new book, An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives, the war metaphor looms large. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Andrew wyeth![]() The purpose of this trust was to maintain ownership of the collection and keep it intact rather than have it sold after the couple died. They're working through a unique partnership with the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, which was started by the artist with his wife and business manager Betsy in 2002. The other half is at by the Farnsworth Art Museum in Maine, near the artist's summer home, which will also display some of the paintings.īoth museums will loan some of Andrew's unseen works to other institutions so more people can access them. The museum currently has half of the collection. Now, the Brandywine River Art Museum in Chadds Ford, Wyeth's hometown, will display the works on a rotating basis year round, a release says. Kevin Hart reveals release date, first look at Netflix film ‘Me Time’ with Mark Wahlberg.Baker Mayfield statue at Oklahoma draws comparisons to Dennis Reynolds from 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'.Pet food hygiene mistakes are common among dog owners, survey finds. ![]() The painter who often portrayed small town America made about 7,000 works over the course of his career, but only 15% of the collection has been released. Thousands of never before seen works by Delaware County artist Andrew Wyeth will now be displayed for the general public. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Barry windsor smith wolverine![]() ![]() Warren Ellis: The Captured Ghosts Interviews.Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles.Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's The Filth in the 21st Century.The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh: Understanding Grant Morrison's Batman.The Weirdest Sci-Fi Comic Ever Made: Understanding Jack Kirby's 2001: A Space Odyssey.New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Trek Comics.The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes.A Long Time Ago: Exploring the Star Wars Cinematic Universe.A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Exploring Star Wars Comics.Bright Eyes, Ape City: Examining the Planet of the Apes Mythos. ![]() A More Civilized Age: Exploring the Star Wars Expanded Universe.The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe. ![]()
6/9/2023 0 Comments Borderland terri windling![]() ![]() ![]() Welcome to the Borderlands, but watch your step. Here elves and humans mingle in an uneasy truce, vying for control of the city in the Council Chambers of Dragon's Tooth Hill, in the marketplace called Trader's Heaven - but most of all in the old, abandoned parts of the city where runaways gather, rock-and-roll clubs glitter, and kids and bands clash in a musical, magical rivalry. ![]() Here Elfin magic and human technology work only sporadically. Lot includes the following: Borderland created by Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold - 1986 Signet 1st Printing Life on the Border by Terri Windling - 1991. ![]() We will mail this out within two days of cleared payment via USPS Parcel Post - thank you! Lot includes the following: Borderland created by Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold - 1986 Signet 1st Printing Life on the Border by Terri Windling - 1991 TOR 1st Edition Elsewhere by Will Shetterly - 1992 TOR 1st Edition "MUSIC IS MAGIC - AND MAGIC RUNS WILD! Between the mysterious Elflands and the magicless world are a wild Borderland and the ancient city of Bordertown. Please see the pictures for details and if you have any questions, please email us. Terri Windling created the original Borderland series of shared world series with this book of 4 stories,(by Steven Boyett, Bellamy Bach, Charles de Lint, and. These are the first, third, and fifth books of the series! Books are in all in good,used condition. All of these are "Novels of the Borderlands - Where Magic Meets Rock and Roll". ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Carve the mark book 2![]() ![]() His father is a farmer and he has two older siblings, his brother, Eijeh and his sister, Cisi. ![]() Akos’ mother is an Oracle, whose currentgift is allows her to have visions which shows her different versions of what the future could be. While both Akos and Cyra come from high ranking families, Akos in Thuve and Cyra in Shotet, their lives are very different. Our two leads in Carve the Mark are Akos Kereseth and Cyra Noavek who meet each other in less than favorable circumstances and although the meeting between them is forced, both Akos and Cyra realize that they both need each other to survive. For reasons unknown to them, both Akos and his older brother Eijeh are kidnapped by Shotet guards are taken to Shotet by order of Cyra’s brother Ryzek. Every living thing in the galaxy has a power, a currentgift, which develops itself in each person at different ages. Thuve, is part of a nine nation-planet galaxy system which is regulated by the Assembly. It takes place on the nation-planet called Thuve, in which both the Thuvesit and the Shotet live (although the Shotet call the nation-planet Urek). ![]() Here’s my quick explanation to the setting of this story. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments X by Ilyasah Shabazz![]() ![]() We think the truth about the circumstances leading to the death of our father is important. The letter states that he participated in a plot to kill Malcolm by infiltrating his organization and luring his security team into committing criminal acts so that they could be arrested days before the assassination.īooks Malcolm X's Daughter Disputes Claims in New Bio on Father News of the pending lawsuit follows the release of a letter, allegedly written by late NYPD officer Raymond Wood before he died in 2020. "They were afraid of the rise of a Black messiah," said Crump. The families of King and Hampton were both compensated following successful lawsuits. and Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party, citing the surveillance of former FBI director J. She laments that the circumstances leading to his death are unresolved and that the trauma that happened in the ballroom all those years ago still stings.Ĭrump compares the circumstances surrounding Malcom X's death to other black liberation leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. Shabazz says this case is about painting an accurate history and preserving her father's legacy. ![]() Code Switch Muhammad Ali And Malcolm X: A Broken Friendship, An Enduring Legacy ![]() ![]() ![]() That talented tongue explored every part of me, thrusting in and out until I whimpered. I might have argued he enjoyed it more than I did if he wasn't so damn good at it. ![]() “Matteo didn't lick a woman's pussy because he felt obligated, or at the very least not mine. She lives in New York with her husband, two children, and their dog and cat who all make up the center of her world.įor updates, please visit or follow her on facebook. In 2019, she added author to those job duties after a lifetime of dreaming about it. When her daughter was born, Adelaide traded out her boots to be a stay-at-home mom. Since then, she’s become a self-professed plot hoarder of over 300 book concepts.Īfter receiving her degree in Psychology, Adelaide went on to work in a therapeutic riding facility. Adelaide fell in love with books at a young age and quickly discovered her love for writing soon after. For updates, please visit or follow her on facebook. She lives in New York with her husband, two children, and their dog and cat who all make up the center of her world. ![]() ![]() After receiving her degree in Psychology, Adelaide went on to work in a therapeutic riding facility. Since then, she’s become a self-professed plot hoarder of over 300 book concepts. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Manifesto for misfits![]() ![]() Lidia also encourages her fellow misfits not to be afraid of pursuing goals, how to stand up, how to ask for the things they want most. In her charming, poetic, funny, and frank style, Lidia will reveal why being a misfit is not something to overcome, but something to embrace. She won’t tell you how to stop being a misfit-quite the opposite. It’s Lidia’s love letter to all those who can’t ever seem to find the “right” path. The Misfit’s Manifesto is for misfits around the world-the rebels, the eccentrics, the oddballs, and anyone who has ever felt like she was messing up. The feeling of not fitting in is universal. She’d failed as daughter, wife, mother, scholar-and yet the dream of being a writer was stuck like “a small sad stone” in her throat. ![]() Having flunked out of college twice (and maybe even a third time that she’s not going to tell you about), with two epic divorces under her belt, an episode of rehab for drug use, and two stints in jail, she felt like she would never fit in. It took Lidia a long time to not simply accept, but appreciate, her misfit status. It’s a shameful word, a word no one typically tries to own. ![]() ![]() A self-defined misfit makes a powerful case for not fitting in-for recognizing the beauty, and difficulty, in forging an original path.Ī misfit is a person who missed fitting in, a person who fits in badly, or this: a person who is poorly adapted to new situations and environments. ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments Claudio magris danubio![]() ![]() ![]() His journalistic writings have been collected in Dietro le parole ("Behind Words", 1978) and Itaca e oltre ("Ithaca and Beyond", 1982). His first book on the Habsburg Myth in modern Austrian literature rediscovered central European literature. Magris is a member of several European academies and served as senator in the Italian Senate from 1994 to 1996. ![]() His numerous studies have helped to promote an awareness in Italy of Central European culture and of the literature of the Habsburg Myth, a concept which he coined in 1963. He is an essayist and columnist for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and for other European journals and newspapers. Magris graduated from the University of Turin, where he studied German studies, and has been a professor of modern German literature at the University of Trieste since 1978. He was a senator for Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1994 to 1996. Claudio Magris ( Italian pronunciation: born 10 April 1939) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer. ![]() |