5/28/2023 0 Comments Brandon sanderson superhero![]() ![]() References to various Allomantic powers tended to be awkward little information dumps – more mechanical than interesting.īackground is a minor issue, however. References to Harmony and the Words of Founding left me floundering, rather than grounded, since it seemed I should know them. Even going back to check them, I didn’t find the language Sanderson relies on so heavily here. Unfortunately, the years I’ve been gone seem to have blurred the crucial last pages of The Hero of Ages, the prequel to Alloy. I first encountered Sanderson via Mistborn, and I looked forward to returning to that world. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the pyrotechnic chase leaves credibility and story gasping by the way. A superhero Hollywood western, that’s what we need.” If that was his plan, he succeeded. And what the hell, let’s make it Hollywood-friendly. “I’d like to write a western.” That’s what I imagine going through Brandon Sanderson’s mind. ![]()
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5/28/2023 0 Comments Stephen fry greek myths![]() ![]() We shiver in fear when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling, we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. Fry is at his story-telling best.the gods will be pleased' Timesĭiscover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told. ![]() 'A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods. IN STEPHEN FRY'S MOMENTOUS SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MYTHOS STEP INTO ANOTHER WORLD - OF MAGIC, MAYHEM, MONSTERS AND MANIACAL GODS. ![]() ![]() I had discovered manga, which had the same crazy adventures, but also pictures, and could be read in one sitting, and reading actual books of any kind took a back seat for a couple of years. It lead to a few other sci-fi classics, including Brave New World and an aborted attempt at A Stranger in a Strange Land, but by the end of middle school it was pretty much over. Although I don’t remember how or why, I picked up a copy of Dune in the sixth grade and just loved it. My relationship with science fiction-at least in literary form-was fairly brief. Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights ![]() ![]() ![]() A fun and thought-provoking blend of serious, inquisitive sci-fi and fun, action-packed sci-fi that is truly epic. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker![]() ![]() The Fourth Monkey - Reader Q&A - Goodreads Time is running out and the Four Monkey Killer taunts from beyond the grave in this masterfully written fast-paced thriller. With only a handful of clues, the elusive killer’s identity remains a mystery. When he discovers a personal diary in the jacket pocket of the body, Porter finds himself caught up in the mind of a psychopath, unraveling a twisted history in hopes of finding one last girl, all while struggling with personal demons of his own. When his body is found, the police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one which proves he has taken another victim who may still be alive.Īs the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows even in death, the killer is far from finished. ![]() Se7en meets The Silence of the Lambs in this dark and twisting novel from the author Jeffery Deaver called, “A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind.”įor over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. Download google book as pdf mac The Fourth Monkey 9781328915399 by J. ![]() ![]() "This book is a delight." - New York Times Book Review Bellefleur writes as if she's captured fairy lights in a mason jar, twinkly and lovely within something solid yet fragile." - Entertainment Weekly (Best Romances of November) There's a sparkling quality here, one that mirrors the starry title. ![]() ![]() She has a gift for comedy, possessing more style and panache than a debut writer has any right to. "Bellefleur has a droll, distinct voice, and her one-liners zing off the page, striking both the heart and funny bone. I was hooked from the very first page!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of In a Holidaze "With perfectly woven vulnerability and playfulness, Written in the Stars is a riotous and heartfelt read. This modern Pride & Prejudice glitters with romance." - Talia Hibbert, USA Today bestselling author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown ![]() "Written in the Stars is everything I want from a romcom: fun, whimsical, sexy. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments A raisin in the sun book![]() Reviews for “Sign” were mixed, and a consensus formed that it was something of an unfinished work, with Hansberry having been too ill to properly edit and sculpt her sweeping vision. “Sign” was even more ambitious than “Raisin,” focusing on an eclectic group of bohemians trying to make their mark on a world that, as the title character would note at one point, was “about to crack right down the middle,” with the broadening civil rights movement heralding a new generation’s quest for autonomy and justice. Her follow-up, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” would run for about three months before closing on January 10, 1965, two days before Hansberry died at age 34. ![]() In 1964, one of the era’s most promising young playwrights, Lorraine Hansberry, was dying of pancreatic cancer five years after becoming the first Black writer and the fifth woman to win a New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play, for “A Raisin in the Sun.” A piercing, rousing study of a Black family’s struggles and resilience, the play became an instant American classic. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Happiness becomes you book![]() ![]() Buddhism has been a central part of Tina Turner's life for decades and, in music, film, and live performances, she has shined as an example of generating hope from nothing, breaking through all limitations, and succeeding in life. She shows how we, too, can improve our lives, empowering us with spiritual tools and sage advice to enrich our unique paths. And now, with Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good, Tina shows how anyone can overcome life's obstacleseven transform the ' impossible' to possibleand fulfill our dreams. I dedicate this book to you in honor of your unseen efforts to triumph over each problem life sends your way. ![]() Tina Turnerliving legend, icon to millions, and author of the ' brave and wry' (Vulture) memoir My Love Storyreturns with a deeply personal book of wisdom that explores her longstanding faith in Buddhism and provides a guide to these timeless principles so you can find happiness in your own life. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Molly keane best books![]() Distant and awkward relationships between children and their parents would prove to be a recurring theme for Keane. She was educated, as was the custom in Anglo-Irish households, by a series of governesses and then at boarding school. Molly Keanes allusive and elegant novel about the St Charles family, an Anglo-Irish family in the last stages of decaying grace, examines how their. Molly Keane's novels reflect the world she inhabited she was from a 'rather serious hunting and fishing, church-going family'. The manuscript, which had languished in a drawer for many years, was lent to a visitor, the actress Peggy Ashcroft, who encouraged Keane to publish it. In 1981, aged seventy, she published Good Behaviour under her own name. The Irish writer Molly Keane is best known for her 1981 novel Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Between 19, she wrote eleven novels, and some of her earlier plays, under the pseudonym M.J.Farrell. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hailed as the Irish Nancy Mitford in her day as well as writing books she was the leading playwright of the '30s, her work directed by John Gielgud. Molly Keane (1904 - 96) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. ![]() ![]() Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Zakalwe surface detail![]() ![]() Similar to other Culture novels, Use of Weapons is a bemusing journey through times and places that appear both familiar and foreign, a tackling of omnipresent human problems platformed on the never-dull contrast between the magnanimous Culture and the poor corners of the galaxy that haven’t yet joined the fold. But did he create a once-in-a-generation vision of post-scarcity human life that should be honored and explored by all literate apes? I think so. Was his prose the best anyone could hope to find in the science fiction section? Unlikely. Was his grasp of science and futurism vastly superior to that of his many talented contemporaries? I doubt it. Was Banks the smartest or most creative science fiction writer of all time? Definitely not. Banks’s Culture novels, I can safely say that they should be required reading for all humans. ![]() |
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