![]() ![]() The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots (2012).Cleopatra Confesses (2011), about the last Ptolemaic pharaoh.The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (2010).Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de Medici (2007).Patience, Princess Catherine (2004), about Mary's mother Catherine of Aragon.Doomed Queen Anne (2002), about Elizabeth's mother Anne Boleyn.Beware Princess Elizabeth (2001), about Mary's half-sister Elizabeth I.Mary, Bloody Mary (1999), about Mary I of England.As of 2013, there are nine books in the series: ![]() It began with The House of Tudor but has been expanded to other countries and time periods. Young Royals is a series of novels for children by Carolyn Meyer, based on the lives of historical royalty. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the beasts behind it, once thought legendary but now known to be terrifyingly real. until now.īut the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing – and too earth-shattering in its implications – to be forgotten. ‘A visceral tale of survival horror’ FINANCIAL TIMESĪs the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined. ![]() FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WORLD WAR Z ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They’re steps toward what will happen next. Yes, there are two important steps achieved, but that’s just it. The point-of-view switches between Sydney and Adrian, which only makes sense since they’re so completely separate in Silver Shadows. It’s three months in from the end of The Fiery Heart, 4. The couple focus is on Adrian and Sydney. ![]() Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Succubus Blues, Succubus on Top, Succubus Dreams, Succubus Heat, Vampire Academy, Succubus Shadows, Frostbite, Succubus Revealed, Shadow Kiss, Richelle Mead, Blood Promise, Storm Born, Spirit Bound, Iron Crowned, Last Sacrifice, Eternal Lover, Thorn Queen, Shadow Heir, Bloodlines, Kisses from Hell, Indigo Spell, Gameboard of the Gods, The Fiery Heart, The Immortal Crown, Soundless, The Ruby Circleįifth in the Bloodlines urban fantasy series for Young Adults and revolving around a group of dhampir, Moroi, and humans who have become friends. Urban fantasy in Hardcover edition that was published by Razorbill on Jand has 416 pages. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() She gives Valerie a handmade red riding cloak, and guides her through the web of lies and deception that has held her town together for so long. Could her secret love Peter be behind the attacks on her town? Is it her betrothed, Henry? Or someone even closer to her? As the men in the village hunt for the beast, Valerie turns to her grandmother for help. It is revealed that the werewolf lives among them, and everyone in the village immediately becomes a suspect. When Valerie learns that her sister has been killed by the legendary creature, she finds herself at the center of a dark mystery, one that has plagued her village for generations. ![]() Her flesh mutilated by telltale claw marks. ![]() The body of a young girl is discovered in a field of wheat. ![]() ![]() And yet Greece and its people remain, and you can visit without being pursued by Mad Max style road gangs. Recent events in Greece, for example, would qualify as a collapse. History shows that collapse can be slow, that people cope, and that life carries on afterwards. Collapse happens fast, leading to social breakdown. In our minds, we tend to jump to Hollywood visions of a post-apocalyptic society. “Nor is it a simple crisis from which we can emerge unscathed.” Instead, we’re talking about a process of erosion of economic and political structures that leave people’s basic needs unmet – things like water, food, clothing and energy. What do we mean by collapse? It’s “not the end of the world” say the two self-described ‘collapsologists’ who have written the book. ![]() ![]() Generally though, as the authors here say in their introduction, “the question of collapse is not taken seriously.” That book fed into the movements that were seeking to avoid collapse by making a transition, something that informs the Transition Towns movement. ![]() The last time there was a serious discussion around it in the public sphere was probably when Jared Diamond’s book Collapse became a bestseller fifteen years ago. Collapse is something we don’t talk about much. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All of this culminates in an injury-laden business, with lacerations being the most prevalent injury type, followed by torn muscles, slipped disks and. Which sentence is an example of an objective summary from Cynthia Crossens A. ![]() Many line workers, afraid of "falling behind," take methamphetamines to increase alertness and speed. in which she reviews the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. Because profit is based upon volume, moreover, carcasses move as quickly as possible. Because of the assembly-line process, each worker stands in one position and makes the same cut eight hours a day, as carcasses march on conveyor belts. Schlosser tracks the lives of fast-food employees, franchise owners, and fast-food company executives, then shifts his attention to the meat and potato economies north of Colorado, in Wyoming, Idaho, and its environs. Slaughtering chickens ha become much more mechanized because of their size uniformity cows, however, vary so much in size that the butchering is still mostly completed by hand. Meat-packing is now considered the most dangerous job in the U.S., as it was at the turn of the century when Upton Sinclair exposed the filth, worker abuse, and injuries. ![]() The author gives us a chance to learn more about the way the fast food industry functions and why it is not as innocuous as consumers like to. The Most Dangerous Job Summary and Analysis Fast Food Nation, a non-fiction written by journalist Eric Schlosser, is that rare kind of a story, which turns the world upside down, for the facts enumerated in it are shocking. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems that evil Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls - a clock that could obliterate humankind.Īs the clock can be heard ticking away in the house all the time, sometimes louder, sometimes quieter, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, it is up to the Barnavelts to find where it is hidden in the walls - and stop it. Uncle Jonathan lives in a creepy old house that is very obviously haunted from the get, but he seems nice enough in an anarchic way, and he and his neighbor Mrs. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Selenna Izard. What's not to like about seeing his uncle practise spells and eating Mrs Zimmermann's delicious cookies?Īt first, watching magic is enough. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbour, Mrs Zimmermann, are both witches! Lewis couldn't be happier. When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. Lewis Barnavelt doesn't have time on his side. The American classic - now a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black and Kyle MacLachlan! ![]() ![]() ![]() McCloud previewed the book at the August 1992 Comics Arts Conference. 1992) that issue later won the 1992 Don Thompson Award for Best Non-Fiction Work. Publication history Įxcerpts from Understanding Comics were published in Amazing Heroes #200 (Apr. The title of Understanding Comics is an homage to Marshall McLuhan's seminal 1964 work Understanding Media. Although the book has prompted debate over many of McCloud’s conclusions, its discussions of "iconic" art and the concept of "closure" between panels have become common reference points in discussions of the medium. Understanding Comics received praise from notable comic and graphic novel authors such as Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Garry Trudeau (who reviewed the book for the New York Times). ![]() It expounds theoretical ideas about comics as an art form and medium of communication, and is itself written in comic book form. It explores formal aspects of comics, the historical development of the medium, its fundamental vocabulary, and various ways in which these elements have been used. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 1993 non-fiction work of comics by American cartoonist Scott McCloud. ![]() ![]() ![]() For more of Harry Dresden's adventures, check out the Dresden Files short story collections SIDE JOBS and BRIEF CASES. 'The Dresden Files is my favourite series ever' Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind 'Butcher's storytelling is satisfying on a level that's bone-deep' io9 'One of the most reliable post-Buffy supernatural thriller series on offer' Time Out 'Dresden has a vitality that few urban fantasy heroes can match' SFX The Dresden Files novels begin with STORM FRONT, and continues with FOOL MOON, GRAVE PERIL, SUMMER KNIGHT, DEATH MASKS, BLOOD RITES, DEAD BEAT, PROVEN GUILTY, WHITE NIGHT, SMALL FAVOUR, TURN COAT, CHANGES, GHOST STORY, COLD DAYS and SKIN GAME. But just when it looks like he can't afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. But lately, Harry hasn't been able to dredge up any kind of work - magical or mundane. Product Details About the Author Read an Excerpt Product Details. You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. Throw in environmental activists and a pair of young werewolves in love and you have something of Fool Moon. Business has been slow lately for Harry Dresden. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. Fool Moon takes place six months after the events of Storm Front. ![]() Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Like I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. ![]() ![]() In today’s world, the warrior archetype is often the part of us that is most neglected sometimes associated with aggression or violence, the warrior energy can be frowned upon. Moore’s King, Warrior, Magician, Lover, and Steven Pressfield’s The Warrior Ethos. ![]() Jung’s concepts about the archetypes that make up our personal identities have been utilized and expanded upon in modern books like Douglas Gillette and Robert L. Through the work of psychiatrist Carl Jung, we have come to realize that our DNA contains universal attributes based on the shared history of mankind. It is said that within all of us there exist at least four fundamental archetypes which are representative of a collective consciousness going back to prehistoric times.Įvery ancient tribe included archetypes such as a king or queen, a warrior/soldier, a magician/shaman, and a lover. ![]() |