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Translated into English in 2014, the book sells more than a million copies. An obscure Israeli academic writes a Hebrew-language history of humanity. Yuval Noah Harari’s career is a publishing fairytale. ![]() ![]() ![]() They help shape her books and help her with the anxiety of writing so many books. How she balances perfectionism and the desire to edit with the need to move on to the next story Was at Book Bananza last year on a panel talking inclusive romance Her marketing and promotion things (hint hint - loves her signings and knows a lot of her readers in person) ![]() How she built her huge following of Sassy Sparrows We will definitely be following her journey. She writes the hottest sex scenes in modern romance and is absolutely an author to watch. L.J Shen is a self-published author of such sexy books as Vicious - book one in the Sinners of Saint series, Sparrow, and All saints High series. You guys, we met another amazing and funny author and if we lived close by would for sure be hanging out! ![]() Popping the cherry of unstoppable indie author L.J. ![]() ![]() ‘The Conquest of the Incas is an extraordinary book. More information and illustrations available. It also has a new appendix about recent finds of Inca ruins in Vilcabamba.Ī must-read book for anyone considering a trip to Peru or wanting to know more about the final days of the Inca empire. The 2012 e-book edition includes an extensive revision and update of the text, bibliography, notes and other end-material, to report the latest theories and discoveries. From the first small band of Spanish adventurers to enter the mighty Inca empire to the execution of the last Inca forty years later, it is the story of bloodshed, infamy, rebellion and extermination, told as convincingly as if it happened yesterday. The Conquest of the Incas, John Hemming's masterly and highly acclaimed account of one of the most exciting conquests known to history, has never been surpassed. It was the threshold of a vast expansion. Six years later the Spaniards had established the town of Panama as a base from which to explore and exploit this unknown sea. ![]() ![]() On 25 September 1513, a force of weary Spanish explorers cut through the forests of Panama and were confronted by an ocean: the Mar del Sur, or the Pacific Ocean. ![]() ![]() ![]() They’re not perfect people by any stretch of the imagination, and that, of course, makes it far more interesting. Their love story is a bit more complicated than you expect it to be.Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds-smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.ġ) young love, 2) family troubles, and 3) being too cool for school What I Love About Eleanor & Park: There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Martin's Press on February 26th 2013īuy on Amazon, Buy on Barnes & Noble, Buy from The Book DepositoryĮleanor. ![]() Um, no one warned me that there were actual real life issues in this book, too- OMG! While those were killer, at the end of the day, they helped to create a seriously wonderful story about two teenagers in love. I figured it’d be some light-hearted cutesy high school sweet thing that I’d read, feel good about it, smile, and move on. Here’s the thing, I knew this was going to be a love story. Two high schoolers who fall in love (*cue synchronized sigh*). Eleanor & Park is an enormously popular young adult novel about, well, Eleanor and Park. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the tone on this was much darker than Dune, and it wasn’t inspiring. As with Dune, I could pick something up new each time reading Dune Messiah. The audiobook had an entire cast of characters, and it was such a rich experience. The book was definitely entertaining though. Alia is boy crazy, and Irulan and Chani are only focused on Paul and producing an heir. Also, the depiction of women is just horrible. ![]() In contrast, Dune Messiah is more political and emotional. Further, Dune had a bunch of very strong female characters. Dune was filled with adventure and hope, the entire group working, willing to die, to transform the environment. In the introduction to the version that I read, Brian Herbert (the author’s son) wrote that one magazine labeled this book as the “disappointment of the year.” However, he explained the book is supposed to show how absolute power can corrupt leaders including Paul Atreides.ĭune Messiah has a completely different tone than Dune. However, Dune #2 starts up 12 years later. Dune #1 leaves us in a complete cliffhanger. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hill Edwards demonstrates that as enslavers embraced increasingly capitalist principles, enslaved people slowly lost their economic autonomy. Focusing on South Carolina from the colonial period to the Civil War, she examines how the capitalist development of slavery influenced the economic lives of enslaved people. ![]() Did these pursuits represent a modicum of freedom in the interstices of slavery, or did they further shackle enslaved people by other means? Justene Hill Edwards illuminates the inner workings of the slaves’ economy and the strategies that enslaved people used to participate in the market. ![]() They exchanged goods with nonslaveholding whites and even sold products to their enslavers. Enslaved people led vibrant economic lives, cultivating produce and raising livestock to trade and sell. But in spare moments, they found time in which to earn money and obtain goods for themselves. The everyday lives of enslaved people were filled with the backbreaking tasks that their enslavers forced them to complete. ![]() ![]() ![]() Collecting the four-issue series along with an extended gallery section of never-before-seen layouts and pencils by Wrightson, all scanned from the original art. Additional art is supplied in the final chapter by Kelley Jones (at Wrightson's request), who stepped in to complete the series upon the comic book legend's untimely passing. Victor Frankensteins cobbled together creature continues his adventures, embarking on a journey to discover his own humanity. The Complete Collection (Frankenstein Alive, Alive) by Steve Niles. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. ![]() Victor Frankenstein's cobbled together creature continues his adventures, embarking on a journey to discover his own humanity. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Frankenstein Alive, Alive: The Complete Collection (Frankenstein Alive, Alive) at. Inspired by Mary Shelley's immortal gothic horror tale, Frankenstein Alive, Alive brings new life to the Promethean monster, courtesy of Steve Niles ( 30 Days of Night) and Bernie Wrightson ( Frankenstein, Swamp Thing). The monster lives! A stunning collaboration between the premier horror artist in comics history and the co-creator of modern classic 30 Days of Night! "Inspired by Mary Shelley's immortal gothic horror tale, Frankenstein alive, alive! continues the story of Victor Frankenstein's Promethean monster as the creature embarks on a journey to discover his own humanity."-Cover. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even if he suspects there’s something wrong about him, he can’t stop being jealous. Nevertheless, by acting in this way, he’s losing and destroying himself.Īs everyone else, Little Chandler believes Gallaher’s trick. Gallaher’s trick works and everyone sees him as he wants to be seen. ![]() Maybe he hasn’t understood his wretchedness yet and he’s unconsciously living a big lie, or maybe he knows to be a loser and he’s just pretending to be someone else. He presents himself as an haughty, arrogant man who enjoys drinking and having fun, but this is not the real himself, it’s just a character he’s trying to create. He behaves like that to cover up all the mistakes he has made and his dissatisfaction. He shows off his “accomplishments” on purpose because he wants to underline his high social position, his important job and his richness. Gallaher pretends to be rich, powerful and happy, whereas he’s actually sad and broken. However, I don’t think Gallaher has really changed and has really become a boaster, this is just a mask he wears because he doesn’t want to show who he actually is, that is to say a failure. The real Gallaher is not the man who returns to Dublin after some years, as Little Cloud says this is not the Gallaher he used to know. From my point of view Gallaher is a very interesting character: at first he simply seems an arrogant man, but actually there is much more to discover in order to really understand him. ![]() A Little Cloud is one of the most fascinating stories from Dubliners. ![]() ![]() Juno held this one longer she had smelled it cooking last night from her bed, her stomach grumbling. It looked dried out and clumpy: they’d toss it tonight. She pulled the only two Tupperware containers from the shelf, holding them up to the light. They had a child to feed, Samuel, and thirteen-year-olds ate a lot. She tried to remember the last time they’d come home with bags of groceries, Winnie’s reusable sacks sagging as badly as Juno’s tits. ![]() She pressed two fingers to her lips and sighed into the fridge. Except today, she thought, looking back at the slaughtered dinnerware. The shelves were mostly empty-clean, but empty, Juno noted, the essence of this house and everything in it. The old GE hummed as she opened it, the condiments rattling in the door. Juno eyed all of this with mild curiosity as she arrived at her destination. When she rounded the island, she saw a green wine bottle lying on its side, a U-shaped crack spilling wine in a river that flowed beneath the stove. She couldn’t disturb them, and she definitely couldn’t cut herself. She’d heard the fight, but now she was seeing it in white porcelain shards that lay like teeth across the floor. ![]() ![]() She wore only thin socks, and as she stepped gingerly from a black tile to a white, it felt like she was playing a human game of chess. She eyed a safe-ish route through the largest shards of glass that led past the island. But before she could eat, she had to make it to the fridge without cutting herself. ![]() |