![]() ![]() This book is a good place to start." - Wall Street Journal "Bound's passion for what he's doing and his love for the most unexplored geography on Earth is evident on every page. Bound and his colleagues rekindle interest in Shackleton's expedition a century ago they will have done a service. ![]() ![]() Bound narrates it thrillingly, giving the reader the sense of much more than the catch of a lifetime. Bound is blessed with a poet's ear for richly evocative language." - Times Literary Supplement (London) "An engaging account. With the verve of a thriller, Bound's narrative deftly weaves together his voyages and Shackleton's. This is simply wonderful." - Booklist (starred review) "Gloriously written. Bound is a terrific storyteller he writes with a sense of showmanship, instilling the story of the Endurance's discovery with drama, suspense, and pulse-racing thrills. ![]() In his engrossing account, Bound, the maritime archaeologist who led the expedition that found the wreck, alternates between past and present, reminding readers of what happened in 1915 and also taking them along on his modern-day expedition to find the Endurance. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness." - Sunday Times (London) "Utterly captivating. "As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ![]()
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Daughter of smoke and bone series![]() ![]() ![]() The Unexpected Everything by Morgan MatsonĪ Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen The Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliĪ Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. MaasĬhildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiĪ Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. The Wicked King (Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black LitJoy's Special Edition Daughter of Smoke and Bone Series Box Set will make all your wishes come true Be transformed by the story of seventeen-year-old art student Karou as she navigates through a fantastical war between. Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. ![]() King of Scars (Nikolai Duology #1) by Leigh Bardugo Daughter of Smoke and Bone Special Edition Box Set. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQusiton ![]() You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah JohnsonĪurora Rising by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman Need help remembering the events in a book? The folks at Recaptains and Book Series Recaps can help!Īny post with a spoiler in the title will be removed.Īny comment with a spoiler that doesn't use the spoiler code will be removed.Īny user with an extensive history of spoiling books will be banned. Book suggestions, discussions, and questions are definitely encouraged! January Book Club Discussion: A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir Young Adult literature isn't exclusive to only young adults, so here's a place for both the young and the young at heart to discuss books, news, movies based on books, and everything else related to YA. ![]() ![]() ![]() A young artist to watch.Ī fairytale world is created that should enchant children as much as the old-fashioned illustrations that fit the story perfectly. The gentle environmental message takes on a kind of magic in Todd-Stanton’s pictures of Erin suspended in the ocean among incandescent jellyfish or facing down a monstrous, weaponised fishing fleet in the moonlight. The illustrations are dazzling and vibrantly hued, the rich palette just right for the resplendent undersea scenes that adroitly float young readers’ sense of magic just under the surface of the mundane. ![]() However, he deftly infuses his narrative with quiet depth, including a positive ecological slant in which nature wins over machines, and portrays Erin’s single mother succeeding in a typically male-dominated profession. ![]() Todd-Stanton’s tale is, at first glance, a deceptively simple tale of acceptance and bravery. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Batwoman omnibus![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Williams III ( The Sandman: Overture), accompanied by W. Scripted and drawn by New York Times bestselling writer and illustrator J.H. And when a terrifying creature of ancient myth emerges and rears its serpentine head, Batwoman must team up with another warrior who has experience slaying monsters of old: Wonder Woman! La Llorona, the Weeping Woman of urban legend, is abducting the city’s children for a nefarious purpose. But Alice isn’t the only villain lurking in the shadows. After her promising military career is cut short by bigotry against her sexuality, Kate Kane decides to put her combat training to use as Gotham City’s newest guardian: Batwoman.ĭetermined to dispense her own brand of justice against those who would prey on Gotham’s citizens, Batwoman wastes no time in pursuing the Lewis Carroll-inspired criminal known as Alice, whose incoherent ramblings may reveal more than it seems. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb![]() He is a dreamer too, able to shape the future. It was a hell the Fool escaped, maimed and blinded, swearing never to return.įor all his injuries, however, the Fool is not as helpless as he seems. ![]() Bee plays a crucial part in these dreams-but just what part remains uncertain.Īs Bee is dragged by her sadistic captors across half the world, Fitz and the Fool, believing her dead, embark on a mission of revenge that will take them to the distant island where the Servants reside-a place the Fool once called home and later called prison. Now New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb brings to a momentous close the third trilogy featuring these beloved characters in a novel of unsurpassed artistry that is sure to endure as one of the great masterworks of the genre.įitz’s young daughter, Bee, has been kidnapped by the Servants, a secret society whose members not only dream of possible futures but use their prophecies to add to their wealth and influence. ![]() ![]() ![]() More than twenty years ago, the first epic fantasy novel featuring FitzChivalry Farseer and his mysterious, often maddening friend the Fool struck like a bolt of brilliant lightning. ![]() ![]() ![]() Everett Kinstler, the famous portrait painter and Shadow illustrator, also was a guest but to tell you the truth I was so busy buying and selling pulps that I don’t even remember Kinstler being there. ![]() In 1995 Mike was Guest of Honor at the Pulpcon convention along with Hugh Cave. Stephen Mertz mentions how Mike would start talking and telling jokes “full tilt,” and how his wife Fran would yell at him to shut up and listen, but Mike would carry on. Is he really gone? Here are some of my memories. I started to think about my friendship with Mike and how he was such a larger than life person. ![]() Sometimes the comments take over the original subject and go off in a different direction. While commenting on “ Fifty Funny Felonies” by David Vineyard this past week, several readers started to talk about Mike Avallone. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Hostage by Chris Bradford![]() ![]() ![]() as real as it gets.”-Eoin Colfer, author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series Yet danger lurks around every corner, and the terrorist plot to kidnap Alicia is already under way, the net tightening as the enemy prepares to strike.Ĭombining pulse-pounding action, diabolical enemies, and an insider’s knowledge of the tricks of the trade, the BODYGUARD series is the perfect target for fans of Alex Rider, James Bond, 24, and Jason Bourne. even if it means putting his own life at risk.Ĭonnor is her last line of defense-an invisible shield kept secret from everyone, including the First Daughter herself. Binge read for summer!įollowing the nail-biting cliff-hanger of Bodyguard 1: Recruit, the action resumes in Hostage as martial arts expert and trained bodyguard Connor Reeves battles to protect the US president’s daughter, Alicia, from mortal danger . . . Home 1 › BODYGUARD: HOSTAGE (BOOK 2) By CHRIS BRADFORD 2Ī new action-packed adventure series for young fans of Alex Rider and Jason Bourne–with the first four books publishing simultaneously. Books, Activity Books, Journals & Stationary ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Benedict anderson nationalism![]() ![]() ![]() Since his arrest in 1999, Ocalan has repeatedly claimed that he is no longer seeking a new state for Turkey’s Kurds, but merely increased autonomy and cultural rights. The resulting relationship between a Kurdish terrorist leader and a renowned social scientist is certainly one of the strangest-and potentially most hopeful-stories to come out of Turkey this year.Īs the Turkish government conducts increasingly serious conversations with Ocalan aimed at ending Turkey’s forty-year struggle with Kurdish separatists, journalists have pointed to Ocalan’s intellectual conversion as evidence that negotiations can work. Ocalan is the revered and despised leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Anderson is the scholar whose book Imagined Communities is famous for introducing the idea that nations are social constructions rather than real entities. How Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities inspired PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s intellectual conversion. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Anchor me julie kenner![]() ![]() Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over one hundred novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Firefly by Whitney Hamilton![]() ![]() ![]() These include a 21st-century artist, famous historical characters such as John Wilkes Booth, and a Native American from Manhattan Island’s early days-all exist in different times across the centuries but in the same location. Soon, they discover that they can interact with a variety of people from the house’s past and future eras. Now both trapped by mammoth snow drifts, the pair counts on the power of their love to help them survive. After Richard discovers she’s not at their Manhattan home, he ultimately finds her at the summer house. ![]() That day, the Great Blizzard of 1888 begins, and Victoria soon finds herself trapped inside the house by whipping winds and piles of snow. Due to the unseasonably mild March weather, Victoria decides to go to their summer estate in Brooklyn without telling Richard, who has an appointment in Manhattan. Newly married, affluent painter Richard Rhys and his wife, Victoria, live in 1888 New York City and anticipate the birth of their first child. Playwright and screenwriter Hamilton ( Firefly, 2012) explores the power of love to transcend time during the Great Blizzard of 1888. ![]() |