It is a great friends to lovers story with angst that will have you on edge guessing if they will or won’t get together. Man to man, friend to friend, lover to lover.Īnnabeth has given us the 3rd story in the Out of Uniform series. Now, in the lonely, desperate hours awaiting rescue, the real challenge-confronting themselves, their future and their desires-begins. Until their next mission throws Ben and Maddox closer together than ever before, with only each other to depend on. But Ben’s still reeling from a relationship gone to hell, and he’s not about to screw up his friendship with Maddox, too. He needs Ben by his side forever-heart and soul.īen admits he likes what he’s seen-his friend’s full lower lip and the perfect muscles of his ass have proved distracting more than once. It isn’t smart, falling for his best friend and fellow SEAL, but ten years with Ben has forged a bond so intimate Maddox can’t ignore it. Pushing thirty, with his reenlistment looming, decorated navy sniper Maddox Horvat is taking a long look at what he really wants in life.
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Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. Savine dan Glokta - socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union - plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. Not keen on resting on his laurels, the novel also sees Abercrombie moving into new territory with a lot of socio-economic musings. It's fast-paced, violent, lusty and intelligent. On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. A Little Hatred is very much just what most readers are expecting from an Abercrombie novel. The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. Honestly, A Little Hatred and Dark Age by Pierce Brownwhich I’ll read after I post this revieware two of my most anticipated books of the year to say that I’m excited about reading these books are a huge understatement. From New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie comes the first book in a new blockbuster fantasy trilogy where the age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. Years later, while we both served on the board, our friendship progressed to the “lifelong” category. It took a while, but at some point, I stopped being Suzette’s stalker and became her friend. Finally, one night in the hospitality suite, we struck up a real conversation. Like a groupie at a rock concert, I followed her around, making awkward eye contact in hopes that she’d take pity on me. I was a wide-eyed newcomer, totally in awe of Suzette Martinez Standring, author of The Art of Column Writing, which I’d read from cover to cover several times. We had met during the NSNC conference in Macon, Georgia, back in 2012. But hey, to each her own, right? I’d fake my way through it for the chance to catch up with my columnist crony any day.īefore her paying customers arrived, I chatted with my friend in her open kitchen, watching her deftly prepare the elements of what would surely be a fabulous lunch. Transcendental this and that, colored chakras, ancient wisdom…hooey. The fact that she was leading a guided-imagery session that day with four other writers was completely incidental.īesides, I didn’t really believe in all that meditation hocus-pocus. I arrived at Suzette’s summer house in Cape Cod believing that I was there to sample her famous gourmet cuisine and chat. Suzette Martinez Standring and Lisa Smith Molinari I admired the depth of characterisation, the boldness and originality of the idea, the unashamed intellectualism of the delivery and the persistent vein of humour that kept everything human. But it’s a very long book, nearly twenty-two hours of audiobook, and, just as with people, long exposure meant that, by the second half, some of the glamour rubbed thin, the erudition began to seem compulsive and irritating and I became hungry for the author to GET ON WITH IT.īy the end of the book, my admiration for it was more considered. Reading it was like meeting a very charismatic person for the first time and being dazzled by their larger-than-life not-afraid-of-anything personal style, seduced by their erudition and left hungry for more of their stories and views on the world.įor the first half of this book, I was in love. “Special Topics In Calamity Physics” is a book with a personality all of its own. I’ve decided that the best way to do justice to a book as long and complex as this one is to start by offering up my overall impressions and then sharing the detail of the experience of reading the book, based on the notes I made as I went along. A unique, beautifully written book about that I fell in love with, got frustrated by and ended up being just good friends with. But every time he rescues her from another of Boreas' schemes, they fall in love a little more. Older, wiser, and far more powerful than she, Hades isn't interested in becoming her lover, at least not anytime soon. There she finds herself under the protection of handsome Hades, the god of the dead, and she's automatically married to him. Her goddess mom whisks her off to the Underworld to hide until Spring. The next she's fighting off Boreas, the brutal god of Winter, and learning that she's a bonafide goddess-a rare daughter of the now-dead Zeus. One day Persephone is an ordinary high school junior working at her mom's flower shop in Athens, Georgia. "Persephone is a fun, imaginative, smart retelling of my favorite myth, fusing modern culture with a rich world of magic." - Amazon Top Reviewer, Molly Ringle, Author of Persephone's Orchard. 12 - "Melodramatic Music" - Song - Princess - "Won't you be my Valentine, Nemo dear? I am here." 10 - Song for the Valentine's Fairy - "Are you looking for a Valentine, a sentimental token." Pill, Flip and Missionary - "Political conventions are a joke, that we must own." 7 - Trio - Nemo, Princess and Flip - "Let's go a-driving in the Park, just like the grown-ups do." Pill, King and Missionary - "If you think you are ill, you go in for a pill, or a tonic, a drug or a plaster." 4 - Entrance and Song - King Morpheus - "I'm just about the jolliest King that ever was on view." 3 - Song - Candy Kid and Chorus - "There's a land of childhood fancies that is filled with old romances." 1 & 2 - Opening Chorus and Song - Princess - "To find a playmate for the little princess, we assemble today." THE CANDY KID (messenger of King Morpheus) The show opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, on 20 October 1908.ĭramatis Personæ DR. Erlanger announced they would put on an extravagant Little Nemo show for an unprecedented $100,000, with a score by Victor Herbert and lyrics by Harry B. In the summer of 1907, Marcus Klaw and A. Little Nemo was originally the protagonist of the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland which first appeared in the "New York Herald" in October 1905. You are here: The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive > American Musical Theatre > Little Nemo On being asked whether he considered Srikanta to be a travelogue, an autobiography, or a novel, Sarat Chandra's reply was: "A collection of scattered memories−nothing else." Publication history Īlthough not a travelogue, the book is described as involving journeys-both physical and spiritual. Fragments of experience, at different times of my life, have been presented as complete experiences.with the aid of the imagination. In a conversation, Sarat Chandra revealed that the book is partly autobiographical, and his own life experiences provided the basis for the experiences of the protagonist Srikanta however, he added a caveat:īut they do not follow a common course. The novel takes its title after the name of its protagonist, Srikanta, who lives the life of a wanderer. Published in four parts between 19, It has been described as Sarat Chandra's ' masterpiece'. Srikanta, also spelled Srikanto, is a Bengali novel written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. A smart copy of the first edition of Olaf Stapledon's imaginative and philosophical science fiction novel. It has long been considered to be one of the finest works of science fiction ever written. Some of the elements and themes briefly discussed prefigure later fiction concerning genetic engineering and alien life forms. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilizations. The narrator starts with a concern at the clash of ideas on Earth and finds analogies to both communism and fascism among the aliens he visits. It tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator, and it succeeds in evoking a sense of the sheer scale and complexity of the cosmos. It dwarfs in scale even his 1930 book Last and First Men, which is a history of the human species over two billion years. Stapledon undertakes the immense task of describing the entire history of life in the universe. Star Maker is a cornerstone work of science fiction. Star Maker is an influential science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, written in 1937. Still a very desirable and a rarely seen first edition. Front cover is worn with splitting at the front cover and spine, no previous owner's names, not exlibrary. This book is much rarer than the hardcover in dust jacket ($4000 - $12000). This is the rare original trade paperback issued in the same year as the hard cover. Later life can be filled with many challenges, but it can also be one of the most beautiful and rewarding passages in anyone's lifetime. Morrie Schwartz, the beloved subject of the classic, multimillion-copy number one bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, explores these questions and many more in this profound, poetic, and poignant masterpiece of living and aging joyfully and creatively. Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human, and where am I on that scale? "Beautiful.Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired."-Deepak Chopraįrom the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life. All 36 parts are contained within a light blue cloth clamshell case with gilt title on spine. The contents are excellent throughout and the 136 full page plates made from Doré's celebrated illustrations are all intact and in fine condition. There is some marking and browning in places to the covers. The remaining parts are in near fine condition with no tears. Part 2 has a tear (no loss) on the cover to the foot of the spine. There is also some cracking to the hinges. Part 1 has some tears to the cover at the spine and the lower cover and a two tears to the final page 16. Overall this is a very good/ near fine set in excellent condition given the fragile nature of the magazine format. Original brown card covers with all details printed in black. xvii-xxi (Life of Dante), xxii-xxiv (Chronological view of the Age of Dante) title page, contents and list of illustrations (1-60) for Purgatory and Paradise are pp. i-iv (Contents for Inferno), v-vi (List of Illustrations 1-75 for Inferno), vii-xvi (Life of Dante). Purgatory begins in Part 12 and with Paradise is paginated continuously 1-337 through to the end of Part 34. Inferno is in Parts 1-12, paginated continuously pp.1-183. Issued fortnightly in 36 parts between May 1903 and September 1904. Gustave Doré, with Critical and Explanatory Notes, Life of Dante and Chronology |