![]() ![]() Going in I wasn’t too sure what to expect as this series seems to be a little divisive, some love it, whilst others feel it doesn’t break the mould or offer anything that hasn’t been done before. They would be wise to seek out both, for if the Black Sun gains ascendancy, mankind’s hopes and dreams will fall to dust. ![]() Prophesy indicates darkness and light will demand two champions, the Black Sun and the Bright Star. ![]() High King Aquilus summons his fellow kings to council, seeking an alliance in this time of need. ![]() Then there will be a war to end all wars. Sorrow will darken the world, as angels and demons make it their battlefield. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars. But now giants stir anew, the very stones weep blood and there are sightings of giant wyrms. Although the giant-clans were broken in ages past, their ruined fortresses still scar the land. The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed in battle, the earth running dark with their heartsblood. Only when he loses those he loves will he learn the true price of courage. He yearns to wield his sword and spear to protect his king’s realm. Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors, learning the art of war. ![]()
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![]() It’s time that everyone stopped underestimating me. ![]() I have suffered through torment, fought against my oppressors, and tamed the creatures who tried to bury me in the dark. And deep down in the depths of my soul, I know that I was made to survive. When everything you thought you could rely on is ripped away from you, you have no choice but to find out what you’re truly made of. And everyone who wants to stand in my way had better get used to the idea of falling to ruin at my feet. I’m not a doll made to dance to their tune, I’m not a puppet intended to play a part, and I’m certainly no plaything to be used and destroyed. My Night Keepers and now the members of this twisted club all need to learn a lesson in that. ![]() So, I think it’s time I showed the world my claws. Hiding beneath my skin isn’t an innocent girl, waiting for someone to ride in on a white horse and rescue me from my demons. ![]() And that really should have been all it took for me to know that I was one, too. ![]() Have you ever heard the saying that it takes one to know one? Because from the very first moment I met the men I've claimed as my tribe, I knew that I was looking into the faces of monsters. He made me strong, cunning, and calculating. My father always taught me to take care of myself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Prime member exclusive: pick 2 free titles with trial. That isn’t to say he shouldn’t be trusted, but readers should take this for what it is: irreverent and illuminating edutainment, good for the science-phobic and -centric alike. Absent are source notes to back up Bryson’s many claims (or any other back matter aside from an index, photo credits, and a list of Bryson’s adult books). A Really Short History of Nearly Everything By: Bill Bryson Narrated by: Weruche Opia Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins 4.3 (4 ratings) Try for 0. ![]() The two-page spreads meander their way through the various recesses of science with a combination of explanatory prose, historical anecdotes, wry asides, and illustrations that range from helpful to comical. His enthusiasm is apparent right from the foreword, where he proclaims that “there isn’t anything in existence-not a thing-that isn’t amazing and interesting when you look into it.” He proceeds to back up this statement as he whirls through mind-numbing notions such as the creation of the universe and the life-span of an atom with good cheer and accessible, even exciting, writing. ![]() Bryson offers a kid-friendly version of his popular-science compendium for adults, A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003), in this illustrated trip through, well, nearly everything. ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, their partnership proves effective as they track down Gullveig’s worshippers and travel across the Nine Realms to find the one weapon capable of killing their foe, battling giants and confronting gods along the way, but neither of them knows what to do about the attraction brewing between them. For pyrokinetic Crow Erin Amsel and no-nonsense Raven Steig Engstrom, this is easier said than done he considers her “the most irritating, frustrating, rude, ridiculous woman the gods had ever placed on earth,” an assessment she’s happy to support. To stop her, the quarreling clans of god-empowered warriors have to work together despite centuries of feuding. Long-forgotten Norse goddess Gullveig is determined to bring about Ragnarok. ![]() ![]() In Laurenston’s third Call of Crows urban fantasy (after The Undoing), preventing the end of the world unites two unlikely allies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Grisham has set himself quite a plot to resolve. Jake seems to be emotionally un-impacted by the event, not only because he refuses to press charges but blithely la-di-das through his life without a concern in the world for the possibility of more retribution, not only for himself but his wife and young daughter. ![]() In once scene he’s attacked by two men who beat the living crap out of him, sending him to the hospital. Jake Brigance goes through a lot of changes but they seem to be ripples, not waves, in his life. Where’s the editor? And why didn’t one of them catch Grisham referring to the main character as Jack on page 44? I know it’s a good idea to recapitulate some salient points as plot reminders for the reader, but Grisham almost seems to have forgotten he had already written about the subject. Even worse, the author repeats descriptions of people or events over and over, sometimes almost verbatim. ![]() ![]() ![]() At home and while traveling, he is ever on the lookout for new untold stories. ![]() He wrote most of Samurai William in the London Library, where he loves the "huge reading room, large Victorian desks and creaking armchairs". He lives in London, where he is a member of the Hakluyt Society, which is dedicated to reprinting the works of explorers and adventurers in scholarly editions, some of which he uses in his research. Knowledgeable, insatiably curious and entertaining, Milton locates history's most fascinating-and most overlooked-stories and brings them to life in his books. In the course of his researches, he has traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and the Far East, and the Americas. He has contributed articles for most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications, and specializes in the history of travel and exploration. ![]() British writer and journalist Giles Milton was born in Buckinghamshire in 1966. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Intercourse, Dworkin argues that sexual subordination is central to men’s and women’s experiences of sexual intercourse in a male supremacist society, and reinforced throughout mainstream culture, including not only pornography but also in classic works of male-centric literature. Andrea Dworkin in Mikkelson, Barbara. “Rape Seeded”. It must be reciprocal and not an act of aggression from a man looking only to satisfy himself. In 1983, Dworkin published Right-Wing Women: The Politics of Domesticated Females, an examination of womens reasons for collaborating with conservative men. What I think is that sex must not put women in a subordinate position. Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant 178 copies, 5 reviews. Dworkin is often said to argue that “all heterosexual sex is rape”, based on the line from the book that says “violation is a synonym for intercourse.” However, Dworkin has denied this interpretation, stating: Right-Wing Women: The Politics of Domesticated Females 200 copies, 4 reviews. In a deeply ambivalent celebration of Independence Day, this 4th July we revisit the writing of Andrea Dworkin, American research-led polemicist and radical. From Wikipedia: Intercourse is a 1987 book by Andrea Dworkin, in which the author offers a radical feminist analysis of sexual intercourse in literature and society. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Written & illustrated by Ellen Forney - best known for her work on National Book Award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Darkly funny and intensely personal, Forney's memoir provides a humorous but authentic glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on an artist's work, as she shares her own story through black-and-white graphic images and prose. She also researches the clinical aspects of bipolar disorder, including the strengths and limitations of various treatments and medications, and what studies tell us about the conundrum of attempting to "cure" an otherwise brilliant mind. Searching to make sense of the popular idea of the 'crazy artist', she finds inspiration from the lives and work of other artists and writers who suffered from mood disorders, including Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O'Keeffe, William Styron, and Sylvia Plath. Suffering from (but enjoying) extreme mania, and terrified that medication would cause her to lose creativity, she began a long struggle over many years to find mental stability while retaining her creativity. Washington Post's Top 10 Graphic Novels 2012 'An unflinching and frequently unforgiving narrative of what it means to have bipolar disorder' - John Crace, Guardian 'Marbles isn't just a great story it's proof that artists don't have to be tortured to be brilliant.' - Entertainment Weekly Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have waited 34 rotations for a mate of my own. He'll be truly angry if he ever learns what my "crime" was. He doesn't want a BBW blonde, either-it's written all over his chiseled face. But I'm no barbarian's "mail-order bride," even if he is super tall, muscular, and the chief of his tribe. Why? Earth needs minerals, and Dakon is desperate for females. Earth's government falsely convicted me of a crime, packed me on a ship with other female felons, and sent us to Dakon, a primitive, frozen wasteland of a planet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Barnett and the Center for Financial Stability (CFS) in New York, the superior measure of the money supply for the U.S. Those components with the most moneyness should be weighted more heavily than assets with less moneyness. ![]() Accordingly, the components should not receive the same weights when added together to yield a money supply measure. The components (assets) that make up the money supply contain varying degrees of “moneyness” - defined as the ease of, and the opportunity costs associated with, exchanging assets into money that can be readily used in transactions for goods and services. Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to measure the money supply is to define the components that make up a particular measure of money (from M0 to broad M4) and then simply add up the components to obtain a total.īut, this convention contains a fatal economic flaw. Federal Reserve, measure the money supply. I begin with the nonsensical way that most central banks, including the U.S. Let’s take a tour d’horizon and examine three ideas that bear rethinking in 2013. ![]() The year 2012 has come and gone, and so have many things that were once accepted as conventional wisdom. ![]() Hanke: Famous Economist in Money and Finance Professor, John Hopkins University Hanke: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom IMI Steve H. ![]() |