6/29/2023 0 Comments Polaris mindee arnett![]() ![]() But the ITA is just as desperate, and Jeth soon finds himself pursued by a mysterious figure hell-bent on capturing him and his crew-dead or alive. ![]() The ITA, still holding Jeth's mother in a remote research lab, is now intent on acquiring the metatech secrets Jeth's sister Cora carries inside her DNA, and Jeth is desperate to find the resources he needs to rescue his mother and start a new life outside the Confederation. Jeth Seagrave and his crew of mercenaries are pulled into one last high-stakes mission in this breathtaking sequel to Mindee Arnett's Avalon, which SLJ called, in a starred review, "an exciting piece of science fiction that keeps up its energy from beginning to end." Jeth Seagrave and his crew are on the run. ![]()
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Alexis de Tocqueville’s official purpose was to study the American penal system, but his real interest was America herself. ![]() He's particularly struck by the level of civic engagement he witnesses amongst the average citizen, and by the uniform pride Americans take in simply being citizens of a free republic. In 1831 an ambitious and unusually perceptive twenty-five-year-old French aristocrat visited the United States. He examines the role of women, the issue of slavery, the tensions between North and South - nothing escapes his lens. As both a historian and political philosopher, he dissects our government at the federal, state and local level carefully weighing its merits and faults. The result of his effort was a grand tour of the new nation (with particular emphasis on New England) and a two volume work entitled Democracy in America - it remains one of the great political and social critiques of all time.Ĭutting right to heart of the matter, Alexis is a fan of the United States and there is much he feels the world can learn from this young, boisterous, republican democracy recently birthed on the North American continent. Here's the Reader's Digest synopsis: Alexis De Tocqueville was a French researcher sent to the United States in 1831 to study the American prison system, but he would end up using his visit as a pretext, for his real aim was in conducting an in-depth examination of American society as a whole. I took the book in small bites and knocked out a couple chapters a day until the beast was slain. Some passages were stirring and others were a slog. The other day, I finally finished reading Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Marissa stapley the last resort![]() ![]() When both couples begin Harmony’s intensive therapy program, it becomes clear that Harmony is not all it seems - and neither are Miles and Grace themselves. But what has really torn them apart is too devastating to talk about. Shell and Colin fight constantly: after all, Colin is a workaholic, and Shell always comes second to his job as an executive at a powerful mining company. Johanna and Ben have a marriage that looks perfect on the surface, but in reality, they don’t know each other at all. ![]() Miles and Grace Markell, the “last resort” offers a chance for partners to repair their relationships in a luxurious setting on the gorgeous Mayan Riviera. The Harmony Resort promises hope for struggling marriages. “Marissa Stapley’s writing is a gift.” (Pam Jenoff, New York Times best-selling author of The Orphan’s Tale) ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments March book geraldine brooks![]() ![]() The working title for his dissertation is Sambo, Othello, and Uncle Tom: Caricature, Exoticization, Subalternization, 1700–1900. He left the sport for academia because of relentless racist harassment, and now studies stereotypes of Africans in British painting. He is 26 years old, a Black Londoner (his mother is Yoruba, his father Californian) and a former star polo player. I t’s 2019 in Washington, D.C., and Theo is changing his art-history dissertation after finding a painting of a horse in his neighbor’s giveaway pile. ![]() ![]() ![]() Obviously the series came out at a time when science, psychology, and industrial advancement were at a pinnacle. While some find the predictable plot boring, there is some comfort in knowing what to expect. Holmes often does not disclose his theories until late in the story while the audience (like Watson) is forced to try and make heads or tails of the facts. I started noticing a formula/pattern to Doyle’s writing pretty early on as most of the stories begin with a little background on Holmes’ “deduction” methods and a set up from the client via Dr. So I was totally hoping The Valley of Fear (VOF) was going to be more promising, sadly I was a little on the disappointed side. ![]() All of the first three novels that I read were a little on the long-ish and boring side, except for the various forensic science methods/techniques and the short lived love story between Mary and Dr. ![]() ![]() The first three novels were a little hit and miss for me. As most of you know, I am finishing up the last of the four novels of Sherlock Holmes ( A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, and The Hound of Baskervilles being the first three) titled The Valley of Fear. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Silence book becca fitzpatrick![]() ![]() Included in the forgotten portion of her life was Patch, so not only was I lost but I was lost without a lifeline to cling to most of the story. Add in all the supporting characters having drastically changed, some of the plot points fell flat for me as well, and Nora acting self-centered toward her allies at times, I found a lot to disconnect with. I felt like Nora wasn't the only one who didn't remember what was going on, and without the usual recaps in the beginning the story it got a little frustrating. ![]() I would also recommend reading the first two books before Silence. Nora's lack of knowing created more filler than possibilities and took up a good half of the book. While I appreciate the use of amnesia as a writing device to fuel the story, I felt it dragged on too long. Silence was my least favorite of the series so far. Nora's going to have to unravel her past to solve the ever growing mysteries of the present and hopefully save her from an unwanted future. ![]() Weird, since she hasn't been gone that long. Unfortunately Grey has been missing for most of the summer and can't remember the past five months prior to her reappearance. The latest installment in the Hush Hush series catches up with Nora at the beginning of fall term. Becca Fitzpatrick returns with her third composition Silence, which was more an absence of content than sound. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments The paris bookshop book![]() Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country’s rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.Īfter Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. ![]() Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. Monsieur Perdu can prescribe the perfect book for a broken heart. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Lore by alexandra![]() The mortal blood that flowed through him was like sludge compared to the liquid sunlight of the ichor that had burned away all traces of his mortality and released him back into the world. ![]() For the first time in seven years, he caught a chill. A humiliating shiver passed through him, sweeping from scalp to heel. The dew of the grass seeped into the back of his thin blue robe, and he felt the dirt splattered on his bare legs and feet. Unwelcome sensations burned through him as his skin tightened like newly fired clay. His body was slower to recover than his mind. He woke to the feeling of rough ground beneath him and the stench of mortal blood. For this chance I ask much.Īnd begin your hunt when the day is born. Reveal your strength and skills andĪnd the deathless power of the god whose blood ![]() Years will they walk as mortal so you men,Īnd all your heirs henceforth, may break your ownįated path and turn your thread of life to Nine gods haveīetrayed me and now demand cruel revenge. Of twilight and spoke: Hear me, blooded heirsĭarkness to slay those monsters and kings past. ![]() The lord of sky stood bright against the fall ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments The white tiger book![]() ![]() It’s the difference between “Cinderella” and “Goodfellas,” a difference that could only have been more pronounced if Adiga’s cunning anti-hero had followed some terrible crime by declaring out loud that no poor chaiwallah ever got rich by waiting for some game show to hand him a fortune. These stories trace similar trajectories, but while they both contend that freedom isn’t cheap, they crucially disagree on the nature of the cost. ![]() It’s flecked with murderous black humor, told with all the subtlety of getting run over by a car, and generally sees Indian society as a giant rooster coop where servants either kill their masters or spend their entire lives waiting in line to get their heads chopped off. The other turns a more skeptical eye towards the impact of globalization on the lower castes, as it follows the Machiavellian son of a rickshaw driver as he claws his way from Bihar to Bangalore in search of personal freedom through capitalism or from it, whichever comes first. Saved by Annapurna and Netflix, ‘Nimona’ Is a Breakthrough Queer Mainstream Animated Film ![]() |