![]() Nobody will ever know if a beloved brother, loyal friend and kind leader, described by contemporary sources as having "a good heart" and never seeking land or power gains for himself, suddenly did an about-turn and murdered his nephew to steal the throne. ![]() Interesting that Jones is firmly on the "guilty" side of the Richard III debate, though I do wish he'd shared some of the opposing views. Clearly he was not suited to leadership in the 15th century, preferring to help people and pour money into education than to wage wars with France. I'm pretty well-versed in Henry VIII and family, but have only held a very blurry picture of the wars preceding their reign until now.Īll I knew about Henry VI before this was what I got from The Sunne in Splendour, which is to say not a lot. ![]() It is about the Wars of the Roses and nothing to do with the later Tudors, which is what I wanted. ![]()
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Tony Holtzman’s latest novel was inspired by the genetics revolution. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems to me as good of a book, if not better, than 12 Rules. The chapters on ideology, maintaining romance in your relationship, and the role of the artist (the rule about making one room in your house as beautiful as possible) contain some of the most profound ideas I've ever read - and they are yet again improving my life and relationships dramatically. I preordered Beyond Order and was blown away by it when it came out, too. It's hard to overestimate how grateful I feel to JP. She read 12 Rules and is now reading Beyond Order, too. ![]() I started bearing responsibility in daily life and owning my strength. A couple of years later, now in the (non-academic) workforce and struggling to figure things out with my partner, I read it again and it changed my life. ![]() Still, I was impressed and empowered to improve myself. I thought it was surprisingly good, but didn't agree with a number of things. I read 12 Rules at first as a guarded, aspiring academic. ![]() It felt like he was speaking to my frickin' soul and head at the same time. But then I started watching his lectures and I found him mesmerizing. As a political liberal, I was leery of Peterson at first based on the YouTube videos with titles like "Jordan Peterson OWNS feminist," his transgender views, and his interviews with Ben Shapiro. So I've read both books - and found both life-altering and profound. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But when he finds that Persephone can offer a little slice of the revenge he’s spent years craving, it’s all the excuse he needs to help her-for a price. Hades has spent his life in the shadows, and he has no intention of stepping into the light. 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But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell…he was, quite simply, mine. ![]() ![]() Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. ![]() “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” - Christian Science MonitorĪ rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. ![]() ![]() Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” -Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air ![]() ![]() ![]() I wanna throw this in heaven or hell or whatever part of anywhere. Thoughts after a few chapters: This book is the ultimate crap. I thought, “Really? I’m sure it can’t be THAT bad,” but let me tell you: it was THAT bad. I was surprised by how negative a lot of the reviewers were. I did a little reading on Goodreads to know the community’s reaction to the book. Who doesn’t want that kind of cover? I can stare at it for hours. I instantly fell in love with the cover! I think IF I didn’t know any better, this would be an all-out cover buy. *Cover illustration © 2010 by Nico Jonker | Cover design by Rich Deas But the angels’ mission is urgent, and dark forces are threatening. Then Bethany meets Xavier Woods, and the two are unable to resist their attraction to each other. They work hard to conceal their luminous glow, their superhuman powers, and their wings. ![]() ![]() “Three angels are sent by Heaven to bring good to a world falling under the influence of darkness: Gabriel, the warrior Ivy, the healer and Bethany, the youngest and most human. ![]() ![]() None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. During this time, Busiek also had many letters published in comic book letter columns, and originated the theory that the Phoenix was a separate being who had impersonated Jean Grey, and that therefore Grey had not died-a premise which made its way from freelancer to freelancer, and which was eventually used in the comics.ĭuring the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. ![]() He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. ![]() ![]() Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers.īusiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is this aspect of British-Muslim interaction - (or more accurately interactions the Islamic world was vast and encompassed a dizzying diversity of peoples and cultures) that Matar and MacLean emphasise- the wondering, bemused, gleeful, fascinated, at times despairing accounts of travellers, diplomats, traders -and pirates and their captives- as they sought to convey their impressions of the new worlds they encountered. Nabil Matar and Gerald MacLean's book, Britain and the Islamic World, 1558-1713 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), though, goes beyond trade- there was also lots of curiosity, in Britain and abroad, about the strange new peoples and products beginning to move more freely across the world than ever before. Nineteenth-century observers would say that the British Empire was an Islamic one be that as it may, before Empire there was trade- and lots of it. ![]() ![]() This timeless original well deserves its recognition as an ALA Notable Children's Book. ![]() Children's bookshelves should be filled with all the classics in Arnold Lobel's series, including Frog and Toad Together, Days with Frog and Toad, and Frog and Toad Are Friends. ![]() The endearing duo is depicted in the warmest of browns and softest of greens, reflecting the tender gentleness of their friendship. Beginning readers will love the thrill of reading a chapter book by themselves the simple language and unique adventures encourage and entertain those just entering the world of words. Glide down the snow-covered hill with Toad, hunt for spring with Frog, and discover just who is hiding under all that melted chocolate ice cream. I recently purchased this enclosure from Amazon as an upgrade for my whites tree frogs, and Im not sure that Im happy with it. They frolic together over four seasons, with a story for each celebration, plus one for Christmas. For fans of these famous amphibians, the continuation of Frog and Toad's saga gives a glimpse of what those rascals are up to all year long. ![]() ![]() I'm only now realising how much my process has evolved over the course of writing this trilogy.ĭid the mythology behind Eretz's moons come from established mythology or was it all your own creation? It wanted to unfold "naturally" and it did. ![]() ![]() I tried to, at times, but the story resisted. This was a character-led story, and though there were, at any given time, story beats I was working toward, I didn't have a plot outlined in advance. When you started writing Daughter of Smoke and Bone did you have an idea of how Dreams of Gods and Monsters would end or did you decide as you wrote? Once I started asking "why?" the concept began to emerge. Those were: the trading of teeth, and Brimstone's wishbone. It was thrilling! I fell in love with them at once, and a couple of random details caught my eye. I was freewriting, just for fun, and Karou and Brimstone appeared out of nowhere as though they were just waiting for me to notice them. It didn't begin with a concept, but with two characters talking. ![]() Helloitsheath: Where did the original concept for the trilogy come from? ![]() |