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Snow crash neal5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() It's not gratuitous, but it is fairly frequent. Also be aware that there is some profanity. Let's just say that you'll learn about as much about biblical study after reading Snow Crash as you'd learn about physics by watching Captain Picard use "and inverted tachyon beam to scan the wormhole." Don't get this book if you'll be offended by the use of Christian and biblical events as a plot device. ![]() It can just be frustrating to have a subject that you know about used as a plot device. Or by a military tactician as he watched a Rambo film. I suppose this frustration would be similar to the frustration felt by a physicist as he watched Star Trek. But that's probably due to the fact that I know something about biblical exegesis, and the conclusions drawn by the characters in the book are wildly inaccurate. I did sometimes find this part of the plot somewhat frustrating. Part of the plot revolves around the study of biblical era documents, including the bible itself. He does such a great job that the audio book may very well be better then paper edition. A wonderfully dry humor is mixed in well with the action. The characters are wonderfully crafted and the dialog is well written and entertaining. A lot of twists and turns and you're never quite sure what's going to happen (or even what's going on). ![]()
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![]() In my new book, I take a humorous, inspiring, and elucidating trip to America’s trails, farms, and frontier to examine the people who inhabit the land, what that has meant to them and us, and to the land itself, both historically and currently. ![]() “I have always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free-not just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land itself: the bedrock, the topsoil, and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed. ![]() A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by a conversation with Wendell Berry that inspired three journeys Nick Offerman undertook in 20. ![]()
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Annie john book5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() The time your mother was carrying you,' '' - she fervently hopes for good. At the end we findĪnnie John bound for England - ''away from my home, away from my mother, away from my father, away from the everlasting blue sky, away from the everlasting hot sun, away from people who said to me, 'This happened during ![]() But like most paradises, there is a snake in it, and like most paradises, it does not last. My father,Īn only child, she is doted on by her parents, given the best education available and made much of by those who know her - paradise indeed. ''How terrible it must be for all the people who had no one to love them so, and no one whom they loved so, I thought. Not only that, she has her mother almost to herself. The weather is nice and the living is easy. ![]() ''It was in such a paradise that I lived,'' Annie John says of her early childhood after all, this is Antigua, This slender novel of interrelated stories (all of which appeared in The New Yorker). JAMAICA KINCAID, the author of the much praised story collection ''At the Bottom of the River,'' has packed a lot of valuable insight about the complex relationship between mothers and daughters into Her latest novel is ''In Another Country.''ġ48 pp. Section 7, Column 1 Book Review Deskīy Susan Kenney Susan Kenney teaches English at Colby College in Maine. The New York Times: Book Review Search ArticleĪpril 7, 1985, Sunday, Late City Final Edition ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Lucid and packed with suspense, Edogawa Rampo's stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century. In this short story collection, we dont see Akechi Kogor, as the stories took a turn from classical stories, to a peculiar twisting way. ![]() Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife the record of a man who creates a mysterious chamber of mirrors and discovers hidden pleasures within the morbid confession of a maniac who envisions a career of foolproof "psychological" murders and the bizarre tale of a chair-maker who buries himself inside an armchair and enjoys the sordid "loves" of the women who sit on his handiwork. The award to amateur mystery writers who had few or no novels published commercially since 1955, Edogawa Rampo Prize/. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. Harris / ISBN 9784805311936 / 222-page paperback from Tuttle Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, translated by James B. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Published 200 years after the birth of Alice’s first illustrator, Sir John Tenniel, also the political cartoonist of his time, Chris Riddell's illustrations set a new bar in terms of excellence with his unique, rich and evocative interpretation of Carroll's world. This edition presents Lewis Carroll's complete text, with new illustrations from Costa Award- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Chris Riddell. A perfect gift for families, children and all fans of this much-loved favourite classic.įirst published by Macmillan more than 150 years ago, Lewis Carroll’s iconic story has been loved and enjoyed by generations of children. Chris Riddell's brilliant new full-colour illustrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in a sumptuous hardback and jacketed edition. ![]()
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![]() “If all goes as planned,” the first replies. “I want you to hear vibrations that affect my emotions.” “So that mine are also affected?” the alien’s friend asks. In another drawing, an alien gives an earbud to a friend. “Thank you-lowering my defenses,” the reading alien says with a jaunty hand gesture. “Well I hope you are devastated,” the friend says, warmly. “If I am successful I will be despondent upon completion.” One is sitting in a chair, reading a book the other is just poking its head in, as if to say hello: “What are you doing?” The reading alien looks up from its book. Two aliens with bodies like slim light bulbs encounter each other against a bubblegum-pink background. ![]() ![]() O n an Instagram account that I like, an illustrator publishes little four-panel drawings of smooth-headed aliens doing normal human things. This article was published online on February 13, 2021. ![]()
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Charlaine harris an easy death series5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() It's a good thing Lizbeth is a deadly gunfighter too bad she hates sorcerers, even the ones she has to learn to rely on. When two Russian magicians come looking for a man named Alex Karkarov, they hire Lizbeth to find him or his family, but there are problems: The man they're looking for is dead, but he has a daughter they now need to find, as an ever-growing set of sorcerers and gunnies do not want them to succeed. It is here that the gunnie Lizbeth Rose tries to piece out a life, running security on runs from Texoma, across the border to Mexico where work and prospects are stronger. We find ourselves in the southwestern states now known as Texoma. After the assassination of FDR in the 1930s, the US collapses and is picked off by the UK, Canada, Mexico, and Russia. Gunnie Lizbeth Rose has been hired by a pair of Russian sorcerers as both their local guide and muscle through the small towns of East Texas as they search for a distant relative of an infamous sorcerer whose bloodline can help save their emperor-in-exile as an ever increasing number of assassins tries to stop them. Crossing) delivers the first thriller in a new trilogy that presents a chilling alternate history of the United States where everyone believes in magic-but no one is sure whether they can trust it. ![]() #1 New York Times bestseller Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse mysteries, True Blood, Midnight. ![]()
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Addicted a novel by zane5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() When she follows it, she finds something she didn't expect. In this, the first posted story about Strawberry, she discovers a secret passage in the ruins her team has been investigating. One of the adventures with my OC, Strawberry Cream, the Catgirl/Neko Archaeologist who loves exploring ruins and inevitably ends up in some kind of predicament (entirely by accident, of course). Language: English Words: 26,955 Chapters: 12/? Comments: 69 Kudos: 150 Bookmarks: 13 Hits: 5201 Will go on as long as there are underrated champs, and I still feel like writing. I will first go for monster champs and champions that have little to no fanfictions. ![]() Some might call you a monsterfucker or just a plain weirdo, but when you have the chance, you're not going to deny yourself. You want more than the conventionally attractive. You are a Champion Summoner, deciding you've had enough of just summoning your legends. I know Summoners are not canon in the official lore, but I pretend they are for reasons. Original Female Character(s) - Freeform.Fiddlesticks (League of Legends)/Reader.Language: English Words: 2,085 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 6 Kudos: 13 Bookmarks: 4 Hits: 569 What she wasn't expecting was to find a meditating Ahsoka Tano, completely naked and sporting a huge erection. Leia goes to Dantooine to meet her father's former apprentice, hoping to get some insight on her mother and father. Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. ![]() TheLemonsAreComing Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types ![]()
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Tamora pierce in the hand of the goddess5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() “Yet what is there for you to fear? Warmth? Trust? A man’s touch?” Alanna replies, “I don’t want a man’s touch!” The Goddess asks why Alanna fears love.This book continues the exciting adventures found in the first installment, and Alanna remains a strong and likable female heroine. During the course of the book, Alanna kisses two men and takes one for her lover, but there are no descriptions of her having intercourse. While this book has slightly more adult content, the descriptions are not gory and the writing is discreet. Alanna might be the only one capable of bringing such plots to light. ![]() Dark magic and treachery surround the crown and Alanna’s friend, Prince Jon. ![]() Squire Alan is admired for his skill with the bow and sword, and he’ll need those skills for what’s coming. Despite this secret, she has managed to become one of the greatest squires of her year. In order to become a knight, Alanna has been forced to disguise herself for years. Few know that tiny Alan, who is squire to none other than the prince himself, is actually a girl named Alanna. ![]()
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My Healer by Alanea Alder5/21/2023 ![]() The men quickly learn that not one ounce of their centuries-long training has prepared any them for this precocious child. Which means… he is now a father! While Rheia settles into her new job, Colton and all his fellow warriors are about to get a crash course on little girls. His relief is quickly eclipsed by one small problem, a tiny, solemn four-year-old girl who happens to be his mate’s adopted daughter. When she arrives in Lycaonia seeking the protection of the warrior units, Colton is ecstatic to discover that she’s his mate. Rheia Bradley is a dedicated professional that lives to help others, but has long forgotten how to help herself. The nightly visions of the sad, anxious face of his mate have this jovial jokester withdrawing from his fellow Alpha Unit members. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fun loving wolf-shifter Colton Albright’s usual concern…his next meal, has been replaced by haunted dreams. ![]() |