5/11/2023 0 Comments Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill![]() ![]() ![]() Chloe also maintains her sanity by spending time with her boys-her husband and their dogs, Baxter and Scout. When she's not writing, she bakes, works, and scours the Internet for good recipes and great graphic design. Chloe Neill Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires Book 1) Kindle Edition by Chloe Neill (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1,696 ratings Book 1 of 13: Chicagoland Vampires See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Chloe was born and raised in the South, but now makes her home in the Midwest. Connect with Chloe at Chloe Neill is the New York Times bestselling author of the Heirs of Chicagoland, Chicagoland Vampires Novels, Devil's Isle Novels, and Dark Elite novels. ![]() When she's not writing, she bakes, works, and scours the Internet for good recipes and great graphic design. Chloe Neill is the New York Times bestselling author of the Heirs of Chicagoland, Chicagoland Vampires Novels, Devil's Isle Novels, and Dark Elite novels. ![]()
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![]() ![]() All the books have titles based around an instruction guide. The first book was published in 2003, and the last book was released in 2015. The books have subsequently been adapted into a media franchise consisting of three animated feature films, several television series and other media, all produced by DreamWorks Animation.Ĭowell has published twelve full novels, based around the adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. By 2015, the series had sold more than seven million copies around the world. ![]() The first book was published in 2003 and the 12th and final one in 2015. The books were published by Hodder Children's Books in the UK and by Little, Brown and Company in the US. The books are set in a fictional Viking world, and focus on the experiences of protagonist Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, as he overcomes obstacles on his journey of "becoming a hero, the hard way". How to Train Your Dragon is a series of children's books written by British author Cressida Cowell. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Sink the Belgrano by Mike Rossiter![]() When the order was given to sink the Belgrano, the British nuclear submarine began a cat and mouse game with the Argentine warship. ![]() She was sailing towards war and towards one of the most iconic battles of the Falklands conflict, an encounter that would result in the torpedoing of the first warship since the end of the Second World War. On 4 April, HMS Conqueror sailed out of the Faslane naval base to begin her 8,000 mile journey to the South Atlantic. In the early hours of 2 April, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. On the evening of 30 March 1982, Commander David Hall, chief engineer of the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror, received a telephone call giving him the order to ‘store for war’. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments 28 barbary lane![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Right and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (1978), More Tales of the City (1980), and Further Tales of the City (1982) afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.Īmong the cast of this groundbreaking saga are the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane: the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brian Hawkins Mona Ramsey, still in a sixties trance, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, forever in bright-eyed pursuit of Mr. The reader starts playing the old childhood game of 'Just one more chapter and I'll turn out the lights,' only to look up and discover it's after midnight.”- Los Angeles Times Book Review “These novels are as difficult to put down as a dish of pistachios. Armistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels-the first three of which are collected in this omnibus volume-have earned a unique niche in American literature and are considered indelible documents of cultural change from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium. ![]() ![]() Join Therese on this gentle road to sanctity, and turn over your fears, great and Steeped in the richness of the interior life, reveals Therese’s secret of serenity: totalįar from a terrifying surrender to the unknown, this abandonment is rather a totalĪcceptance of the providential love of God, who directs our hearts even in theĭarkest nights of our lives, without letting us so much as stumble. Possessed the deep peace that flled her soul. Led her to become one of the great lilies in the garden of God.įew have known the depths of suffering as Therese did, yet even fewer have Therese, the “Little Flower,” whose weakness and frailty nevertheless I will teach you how you must navigate the stormy seas of the world with the trustĪnd the love of a child who knows that his Father cherishes him and will never Join Therese on this gentle road to sanctity, and turn over your fears, great and small to the Lord.Ībandonment to God: The Way of Peace of St. ![]() ![]() Abandonment to God: The Way of Peace of St. ![]() ![]() ![]() But questions arise about the sequence and scope of the successive sevens. It’s widely agreed that Revelation is structured by the repetition of sevens-seven churches, trumpets, bowls, and so on. ![]() But if we read this book through the lens of recapitulation, it becomes easier to understand. Yes, there are dragons, angels, antichrists, and (seemingly) multiple returns of Christ. Revelation is notoriously confusing, but it doesn’t have to be. One biblical book that employs recapitulation with stunning effect is Revelation. Recapitulation is the act or instance of summarizing and restating a narrative to give a different emphasis or perspective. ![]() In his classes at Reformed Theological Seminary, Michael Kruger uses this helpful metaphor to explain a biblical literary device called recapitulation. Our understanding of this one event grows in intensity and meaning as it’s shown from multiple angles. Angle two from behind the goalposts: he scores the touchdown and spikes the ball.Īngle three from the blimp: he scores a touchdown, spikes the ball, and the crowd rushes the field and fills the stadium. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Firestarter king![]() ![]() Scott's Rainbird, a character that Scott makes into a fascinatingly creepy piece of work with his performance. "Firestarter" is a well-made film that fuses King's themes of ostracized outsiders that have supernatural powers with the paranoid thrillers of the 1970s, a movie that sits comfortably among similar "psychic abilities gone wild" films like "The Fury" and "Scanners." Though Charlie and Andy's abilities are menacing, their father-daughter bond is genuinely touching, and it's clear that the real villains are the congenial, sociopathic authority figures represented by Sheen's Hollister (whom the actor plays with far more subtlety and nuance than he did Stillson) and George C. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Anne marie hag seed![]() ![]() By the end of the novel Felix has hired them both to work at the Makeshiweg Festival and eventually take it over. While Felix is exacting his revenge on Tony and Sal during their visit to the prison, Anne-Marie has to distract Sal’s son, Frederick just as Felix hopes, the two young people fall in love in the process. With her tough, no-nonsense personality, she also adds some grit and confidence to the character of Miranda, whom Felix originally imagines as fragile and vulnerable. Talented and enthusiastic about choreography and dance as well as acting, Anne-Marie brings her expertise to the production, becoming as dedicated as Felix and encouraging the prisoners to add innovative additions to their parts. Twelve years earlier, Felix had enlisted the teenaged Anne-Marie to play Miranda in the production he was planning at the Makeshiweg Festival Tony’s coup then not only ousted Felix but also cut short the young woman’s blossoming career. ![]() A struggling actress who plays Miranda in the Fletcher Correctional Players’ production of The Tempest. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The black company novel![]() In my experience, fantasy protagonists were heroes. But back then, I’d never encountered anything of the kind. Nowadays, of course, grimdark tales are a dime a dozen. ![]() In fact, I still recall the thrill of reading it for the first time and getting to grips with the fact that this Cook feller had written an actual book about actual mercenaries who are actually fighting on the side of the bad guys. I think The Black Company is the first example of ‘GRIMDARK’ fiction I ever read (closely followed by Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself). ![]() This is a somewhat disorientating stylistic choice, but it’s one to which I quickly became accustomed. ![]() The Black Company‘s brusque prose and terse descriptions – not to mention the author’s casual tendency to skip over major events in the spaces between paragraphs! – lend even major scenes a “blink and you’ll miss it” kind of urgency. While I would call it refreshingly blunt, others might (and often do) dismiss it as jarring and curt. ![]() The Company have been hired by The Lady (an ancient tyrant) who along with her monstrous generals (twisted supernatural beings known as the Ten Who Were Taken) is intent on defeating the Rebel armies and ruling all the known lands (obvs).Ĭook’s writing style is not exactly immersive. Croaker is a physician and annalist working for a mercenary force called – you guessed it! – the Black Company. The Black Company is compellingly narrated through a single PoV. Much like Glen Cook, I’ll get straight to the point. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments We should all be a feminist![]() ![]() 2) I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala ![]() 1) We Should All Be FeministsĪ personal essay from Nigerian-born author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists takes a look at the importance of awareness and inclusion in modern-day feminism. Here are some of our favourite reads that you won’t be able to put down. Whether you’re looking to learn more about the women’s movement around the world, or just interested in good storytelling, our list has you covered. Books on feminism and women’s experience reflect how diverse women’s experiences around the world truly are. There are fantasy novels and stories of women’s survival essay collections and biographies and so much more. ![]() It would be impossible to compile all the books written by and for feminists in one list. From left: Nadia Murad, UN Photo/Evan Schneider Malala Yousafzai, UN Women/Ryan Brown Maya Angelou, UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe and Rigoberta Menchu Tum, UN Photo/Evan Schneider ![]() |