5/9/2023 0 Comments Jay kristoff lifelike![]() ![]() ![]() Searching for Lemon, Ezekiel finds a strange ally in an old enemy, and uncovers a plot that may see him reunited with his beloved Ana.Īnd inside Babel, a remade Eve hatches a plan to bring an end to the world.Īnd I love that this book focused more on her. Meanwhile, Cricket finds himself in possession of the puritanical Brotherhood, a religious cult set for a head-on collision with the Major and his band. Instead, Lemon finds herself falling in with a group of fellow deviates-a band of teenagers with astonishing abilities, led by an enigmatic figure known as the Major, who may hold the secrets to Lemon’s past. Lemon’s abilities to manipulate electricity mark her as a deviate, and deadly corporate operatives are hunting her to use as a weapon in the war between BioMaas Incorporated and Daedelus Technologies. After the climactic battle in Babel, she finds herself separated from Ezekiel and Cricket in the wastelands. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her years of meticulous listening, her unobtrusiveness and her ear for the telling detail and the memorable story have made her an exceptional witness to modern times. and yet ultimately, which historical documents are more important than this? - Lyuba Vinogradova * Financial Times * Astonishing. It is not a historical document in the accepted sense. This is a book about emotions as much as it is about facts. Alexievich's text gives us precious details of the kind that breathe life into history. It's a mark of her exceptional mind that she tries to retain the incomprehensible in any human story - Gaby Wood * Daily Telegraph Books of the Year * A must read - Margaret Atwood Brilliant - Kamila Shamsie * Guardian Books of the Year * A revelation. Alexievich doesn't just hear what these women say she cares about how they speak. ![]() It deserves the widest possible readership - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train Magnificent. Her achievement is as breathtaking as the experiences of these women are awe-inspiring - Viv Groskop * Observer * An astonishing book, harrowing and life-affirming. Alexievich's strength - and a mark of her own courage - is that she is forever on the lookout for the seemingly inconsequential, almost trivial human moments. it would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original. ![]() ![]() There’s value from beginning to end and while there’s a lot of words dedicated to explaining concepts and relationships, it manages to keep from the esoteric gobbledygook that museum defenders can fall into, imo. I don’t want the Eureka Room to be a passive experience for people. I also was interested in The Participatory Museum because one of the main tools the Eureka Room uses is participation. ![]() I should probably call them “experience spaces” or something, but I use the word museum because I have more mental images I can references when brainstorming. The main difference might be that is that museums are there to tell a story and show you the artifacts of that story but my ideas are more about the experience for the visitors. ![]() ![]() I call them “museums” because that’s the closest term I know that describes them. I picked this book up because I have an interest in mini-museums and have been brainstorming new museum experiences. ![]() ![]() His short fiction has appeared in Esquire, Playboy, and the collections Unusual Suspects, Best American Mystery Stories of 1997, Measures of Poison, Best American Mystery Stories of 2002, Men from Boys, and Murder at the Foul Line. ![]() Hell to Pay and Soul Circus were awarded the 20 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been the recipient of the Raymond Chandler award in Italy, the Falcon award in Japan, and the Grand Prix du Roman Noir in France. Pelecanos is the author of eighteen novels set in and around Washington, D.C.: A Firing Offense, Nick's Trip, Shoedog, Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go, The Big Blowdown, King Suckerman, The Sweet Forever, Shame the Devil, Right as Rain, Hell to Pay, Soul Circus, Hard Revolution, Drama City, The Night Gardener, The Turnaround, The Way Home, The Cut, and What It Was. He worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and woman's shoe salesman before publishing his first novel in 1992. ![]() George Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C., in 1957. ![]() ![]() This new edition includes supplemental material previously offered in the out-of-print deluxe edition, and collects the original six-issue miniseries, JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER SPECIAL #1 and the story "Triangulation," from SOLO #5. DC: THE NEW FRONTIER takes readers on an epic journey from the end of the Golden Age of heroes to the beginnings of the legendary Justice League of America. ![]() Stalwarts including Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman continued to fight for truth and justice, but as the world hurtled toward an uncertain future, it would take a new breed of hero to define the American Way. In the 1950s, Cold War paranoia outlawed the mystery men of the Golden Age. ![]() (W) Darwyn Cooke (A) Others (A/CA) Darwyn Cookeĭarwyn Cooke's critically acclaimed masterpiece DC: THE NEW FRONTIER is back in this new, expanded Absolute edition featuring new story pages, detailed annotations, alternate sequences and an extensive gallery of sketches, pinups, action figure art and much more! So, for the 15th anniversary of the comics' first publication, DC Comics are putting it back into print for November. ![]() Fifteen years on, Darwyn Cooke is no longer with us, and the Absolute Edition of New Frontier, using the Scott Dunbier-originated oversized hardcover and slipcase format has been out of print for some time, fetching a pretty penny on the aftermarket. ![]() 5/7/2023 0 Comments Once Stolen by D.N. Bryn![]() “Hey now, I never said I approved of your actions. “You’re the only one who feels that way.” She repeats it three times before her words finally sink in. Most people go their entire lives and never find a passion like that.” Her hands lower, and she raps out a rhythm against the center seating block. “You have something that means a lot to you. “I think it’s nice, Cacao.” She brushes her wiry curls back, tucking her feet beneath her legs. Of course you would know so much about ignits.” You say you just like rocks while wearing a rock necklace, playing with a rock, traveling through the Murk to get more rocks. “No-I-” She keeps quaking, and it finally hits me that the vibration might be laughter. I bolt upright, half-annoyed and-well, fully annoyed, and not the least bit worried that the poison in her veins might be giving her some kind of spasm again. Thais stares at me, her expression a crinkled mess. ![]() The gentle lap of the peaceful Murk water vibrates against the side of the boat, small animals romping through the trees around us. I tug my ignit out of my necklace to rub it before I sign, “I like rocks.” With a shrug, I lie out along the deck, my tail still twisted up in the driver’s seat. ![]() “How do you know this stuff?” Thais asks. ![]() ![]() Want a little taste of the book? Here’s a brief excerpt! Return to Our Bloody Pearl’s steampunk-inspired world of merfolk in this fun, fast-paced adventure with a hate-to-love romance, a boat-load of sass, and even more heart.Īnd here’s the ominous cover, designed by Laya Rose! ![]() 5/7/2023 0 Comments The winnowing flame![]() ![]() If you haven’t read the first book yet then to entice you here is my review for The Ninth Rain: The Ninth Rain (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy #1) by Jen Williams. Look at that awesome cover! I loved the previous book, The Ninth Rain and can’t wait for this one! The expected publication date is March 8th 2018. ![]() ![]() Join the heroes of THE NINTH RAIN as they battle a terrible evil, the likes of which Sarn has never known. The key to uniting them, according to the scholar Vintage, may lie in a part of Sarn no one really believes exists – a distant island, mysteriously connected to the fate of two legendary Eborans who disappeared long ago.īut finding it will mean a perilous journey in a time of war, while new monsters lie in wait for those left behind. Hatched too soon and with no memory of their past incarnations, these onetime defenders of Sarn can barely stop bickering, let alone face an ancient enemy who grow stronger each day. But these are not the great winged warriors of old. Tormalin the Oathless and the fell-witch Noon have their work cut out rallying the first war-beasts to be born in Ebora for three centuries. ![]() This week I’ve chosen: The Bitter Twins (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy #2) by Jen Williams. Unfortunately the original creator is no longer able to host the meme and it has now linked up with Can’t Wait Wednesday over at Wishful Endings. Waiting On Wednesday was a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine.Each Wednesday you got to highlight a book that you were really looking forward to. ![]() ![]() With one linear algebra course and Calc I, CalcII, and CalcIII. The earlier edition of David Park is more standard and easy enough and can be understood I suggest using Dirac's book on QM! It uses very little maths, and a lot of physical insight. ![]() ![]() An ordinary Calculus II course covers ODE basics like separation of variables and stuff. Singular point, so most QM teachers re-do the special case of that theory needed for the hydrogen atom anyway, sadly but wisely assuming that their students never learned it. It would be nice if you had taken a course in ODE but the truth is, most ODE courses these days don't do the only topic you need in QM, which is the Frobenius theory for eq.s with a regular ![]() QM seems to use functional analysis, i.e., infinite dimensional linear algebra, but the truth is that you will do just fine if you understand the basic finite dimensional linear algebra in the usual linear algebra course and then pretend it is all true for Hilbert Spaces, too. You need linear algebra, but sometimes it is reviewed in the book itself or an appendix. ![]() You don't need any probability: the probability used in QM is so basic that you pick it up just from common sense. ![]() ![]() ![]() With the name of the largest trade agreement America's everĮntered, let alone the specifics of the deal.Įnter Barnes, a consultant who advises organizations around the "TPP" stand for, it's unlikely that they could come up In fact, if one asks average Americans what the letters What the Trans-Pacific Partnership is or what it signifies for the Stage along with globalization, the term "TPP" is thrownĪround by political candidates. Publishing's new book from author Timothy Barnes is an in-depthĮxploration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Retrieved from Ĭhapel Hill, NC, Novem-(PR.com)- Dog Ear APA style: Gain Insight Into America's Largest Trade Deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, with New Book by Timothy Barnes.Gain Insight Into America's Largest Trade Deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, with New Book by Timothy Barnes." Retrieved from MLA style: "Gain Insight Into America's Largest Trade Deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, with New Book by Timothy Barnes." The Free Library. ![]() |