![]() ![]() Its heroes are people who have been broken by the world they live in and then rescued, patched together by acts of love-and by hope. Each of its characters is indelibly, tenderly rendered. It is an aching love story and a decisive remonstration, a story told in a whisper, in a shout, through unsentimental tears and sometimes with a bitter laugh. It takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent-from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Dehli and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war is peace and peace is war. 2017 Man Booker Prize Longlist 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a dazzling new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things. ![]()
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5/28/2023 0 Comments The bad guy by celia aaron![]() But what happens when Camille isn’t ready to be caught? After meeting Camille, he knows that she is exactly what he wants. He is sexy, powerful, rich, and never had a problem getting what he wants. If she can immerse herself in science and the study of plants surely she can forget about her boyfriend and the mystery of Sebastian. A work-study program over the Christmas holiday seems like a perfect escape. ![]() As her boyfriend begins to press for a bigger commitment from Camille, she knows she isn’t ready. A small spark ignites, and deep down in her soul, she feels a stirring that she has been craving for a long time. When her boyfriend takes her to a work function, she meets his boss Sebastian. Although she has a great best friend and a doting boyfriend, she knows that something is missing from her life. Sebastian Lindstrom is waiting.Ĭamille Briarlane is a biology teacher living a mediocre life. ![]() If you are looking for your next anti-hero to fall in love with, look no further. The Bad Guy is a stand-alone dark romance/thriller with a complicated hero, a beautiful heroine, and a plot that does not stop. ![]() “The more she tried to fly away, the harder I wanted to clip her wings.” ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Kiyohiko azuma azumanga daioh![]() ![]() The compiled episodes were released on DVD and Universal Media Discs (UMDs) by Starchild Records, and an English-language version was produced by ADV Films. The manga was first released in English by ADV Manga, and later re-issued by Yen Press.Īn anime television adaptation titled Azumanga Daioh: the Animation was produced by J.C.Staff and aired in Japan between April and September 2002, consisting of 130 four-minute segments compiled into 26 episodes. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh by MediaWorks three additional chapters were published in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday in May 2009 to celebrate the manga's tenth anniversary. Azumanga Daioh ( Japanese: あずまんが大王, Hepburn: Azumanga Daiō) is a Japanese yonkoma comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Invisible Men by Ken Quattro![]() ![]() My research eventually evolved into a mountain of data about these men and the idea that a book could be made of their stories. This information led me to start looking for further details on these men he mentioned and any other Black artists. I wrote to Joyner and he responded with a four-page letter revealing that he had not only met Baker, but several other Black comic artists when he was a young man in the early ’50s. My many inquiries finally bore fruit when someone suggested I contact Samuel Joyner, a retired Black cartoonist from Philadelphia. But very little was known about Baker at that time, other than the fact that he was Black. Ken Quattro: I’ve been researching and writing about comics history for decades, and about 20 years ago I was hoping to write an article about Matt Baker, one of my favorite comic book artists and probably the greatest romance comic artist of all-time. ![]() ![]() The Pop Insider: Can you tell us about how you got interested in this topic, and how the idea for this book came to be? We chatted with Ken Quattro, whose new book Invisible Men chronicles the impact that these creators had on the comic book industry. But because they were Black men, their contributions have not been as well-documented as those of their white peers. Stoner, and Alphonse Barreaux - You may not recognize these names, but they are four artists who made significant contributions to the Golden Age of comic books, back in the ’30s and ’40s. Matt Baker, Alvin Hollingsworth, Elmer C. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Fred minnick top 25![]() ![]() “When I started covering whiskey two decades ago, a brand like Colorado-based Bourbon Spirits would have never had a shot against the larger Kentucky and Tennessee distillers. ![]() Covering the bourbon industry for 16 years, Minnick’s list reflects the trends of American whiskey with the growth of craft whiskeys and the blossoming category of blend of straights. World-renowned spirits critic and best-selling author Fred Minnick unveiled his Top 100 American Whiskey rankings yesterday and a Blue Blood bourbon - William LaRue Weller from the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection - took the top spot with a limited edition Jack Daniel’s finishing a close second.ĭeemed a leader in the bourbon and spirits industry by The TODAY Show, Men’s Health, Forbes and many others, Minnick blind tasted on his YouTube channel (12.20) and revealed the full rankings the following day. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Lysistrata![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "She knows it is wiser to stay hidden, but her vanity is getting the better of her." ―Ezio on Lysistrata's decision to make a public reappearance, 1511. ĭetermined to end her life, Ezio and his Assassin recruit attempted to chase after her, but only came to the gory sight of many bodies piled atop each other, all male, revealing her intentions would have been the same despite their interruption. Reacting quickly, the apprentice attempted to assassinate Lysistrata, but it was too late, as she had already fled. However, noticing the Assassin apprentice, Lysistrata stabbed her contact in the abdomen, before throwing a smoke bomb to conceal her escape. ĭuring that time, Ezio's apprentice made their way onto a section of the Hippodrome's steps just above where Lysistrata stood. From there, Lysistrata and the man eventually arrived at the city's Hippodrome, where they stopped to talk for a few moments. While the Italian Mentor's apprentice followed Lysistrata and her contact as they weaved their way through the streets, Ezio tailed them from the rooftops. However, curious to her intentions, the pair were tailed by an Assassin, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and one of his apprentices. In 1511, Lysistrata met with a male contact, with whom she walked through Constantinople's Imperial South District. "We have been hearing rumors for some time now that paint Lysistrata in a very dangerous light." ―An Apprentice to Ezio Auditore regarding Lysistrata, 1511. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments I lost my heart at wounded knee![]() It tells a story that should not be forgotten, and so must be retold from time to time. ![]() A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was won, and lost. A national bestseller in HRD for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold over four million copies in multiple editions and has been translated into seventeen languages.Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the series of battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them and their people demoralized and decimated. Now repackaged with a new introduction from bestselling author Hampton Sides to coincide with a major HBO dramatic film of the book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s classic, eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century.
5/27/2023 0 Comments The iron druid chronicles book 1![]() ![]() you always wanted to know the mourning habits for a dwarf. right? Or for those of the fantasy history persuasion. ![]() you always wanted to know more of the finer points of Ragnarok and Greek and Roman Olympians. You get a dose of mythology and culture along with the book. Totally different.) It's sound logic, trust me.ħ. And yes, I meant to use the plural forms of Druids.Ĩ. Druids kick some serious, serious butt- regardless if that butt is immortal or not. ![]() He's not necessarily a bad guy, but I was ready for a rest from his wily ways.ĩ. instead I'm going with a Top Ten List of why Trapped is one of the best installments to date of the Iron Druid:ġ0. So instead of telling you what a clever dog Oberon is (he seriously deserves a treat) or mention how funny it is (I SO wish I could hear the story -in person- of "The Purloined Poodle" featuring two dogs and Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago) or how action packed it is (okay, how many Gods is this Druid going to piss off?). One would hope, at this point, that anyone interested in reading the Iron Druid (this installment specifically) would have read the previous books. I'm going to try something a little different. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Hag seed by margaret atwood![]() ![]() “Atwood has designed an ingenious doubling of the plot of The Tempest: Felix, the usurped director, finds himself cast by circumstances as a real-life version of Prospero, the usurped Duke. Part Shakespeare, part Atwood, Hag-Seed is a most delicate monster-and that’s ‘delicate’ in the 17th-century sense. ![]() “What makes the book thrilling, and hugely pleasurable, is how closely Atwood hews to Shakespeare even as she casts her own potent charms, rap-composition included. Margaret Atwood’s novel take on Shakespeare’s play of enchantment, retribution, and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own. And also brewing revenge, which, after twelve years, arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. ![]() Now he’s staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, but it will also heal emotional wounds. “A marvel of gorgeous yet economical prose, in the service of a story that’s utterly heartbreaking yet pierced by humor, with a plot that retains considerable subtlety even as the original’s back story falls neatly into place.”- The New York Times Book Reviewįelix is at the top of his game as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. The beloved author of The Handmaid’s Tale reimagines Shakespeare’s final, great play, The Tempest, in a gripping and emotionally rich novel of passion and revenge. ![]() ![]() ![]() His last one Motive was published on October 10 and we’ve got a chance to take a closer look around the novel thanks to the author himself. His books are perfectly rated by readers in Amazon. In order to survive they had to break the age-old privilege of men …ĭustin Stevens is a very productive writer. So … after the death of their father my three sisters – Johanna, Marie and Ruth – were practically penniless. The woman traditionally decorated or painted it. The problem is: Only men are allowed to blow glass. ![]() They made glasses, glass pearls, glass animals and other things out of glass. There people have lived for hundreds of years from the art of blowing glass. They live in a little German village high up in the mountains, it is calles Lauscha. – It is a story about three sisters who have to deal with life on their own, after their father’s sudden death. ![]() – Your last book The Glassblower is an English language debut for you. Petra will be our special guest just a day before the official release. The readers gave very positive opinions for the book (av. ![]() Her Novel The Glassblower reached Top 3 in Amazon’s best selling ranks just week before it’s official premiere, set for November 1. Petra Durst-Benning’s English language debut is amazing. ![]() |