![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Conan is drawn into the struggle of an empire and its savage, primitive neighbors at the imperial border. civilization, by telling a story that took place in a frontier setting. Howard fully explores his worldview on barbarism vs. In "Beyond the Black River", a medium length, action packed Conan story. When the level of corruption reaches the peak of its degeneracy, barbarism will arise to overthrow the civilization, establishing a new era. Howard observed, history has shown that civilizations has the tendency towards corruption, and hence the weaver of its own doom through over-indulgence and degenerative lifestyles. civilization", is a prevailing theme underlining all of Howard's Conan stories. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The human mind has been often described as the pinnacle of evolution: the most complex organ ever "designed" by natural selection. If nothing in biology makes sense without evolution, the same should be said for the behavior and thinking patterns-the psychology-of biological creatures such as ourselves. Darwin's theory of evolution via natural selection has done more than any other principle to explain the biological world, and to illuminate the relationships among all current life forms and among those found in the fossil record. "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." It would be hard to find a biologist today who disagrees with geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky's famous claim. ![]() ![]() WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. The Montoyas use warlocks, shamans, voodoo priests–anything to terminate trouble. This time, he carries a warning for Corine: the Montoya cartel is coming for her–but they don’t just pack automatic weapons. Heavily muscled and tattooed, Kel looks like a convict but calls himself a holy warrior. Then former ally Kel Ferguson walks through her door. Now back in Mexico, she’s running her pawnshop and trying to get a handle on her strange new powers, for she might need them. ![]() But her own future concerns her more and more. Whenever Corine Solomon touches an object, she immediately knows its history. Sure, there were certain challenges, like a drug lord who wanted me dead, and the fact that I owed a demon a debt that he could call due at any moment. Not when I was finally comfortable in my own skin. ![]() ![]() I’d spent my whole life settling, trying not to attract attention, and generally doing whatever it took to keep other people happy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her spirituality is strongly Trinitarian and basically Neoplatonic. Julian of Norwich was the most important English mystic of the 14th century. An introduction, notes and appendices help to place the works in context for modern readers. This edition of the Revelations contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the 'showings' themselves and Julian's initial interpretation of their meaning, and the long text, completed some twenty years later, which moves from vision to a daringly speculative theology.Įlizabeth Spearing's translation preserves Julian's directness of expression and the rich complexity of her thought. Written in a vigorous English vernacular, the Revelations are one of the most original works of medieval mysticism and have had a lasting influence on Christian thought. ![]() Through these 'showings', Christ's sufferings were revealed to her with extraordinary intensity, but she also received assurance of God's unwavering love for man and his infinite capacity for forgiveness. ![]() One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literatureĪfter fervently praying for a greater understanding of Christ's passion, Julian of Norwich, a fourteenth-century anchorite and mystic, experienced a series of divine revelations. ![]() ![]() But why is the dead man wearing his sons. It was translated to English in 2007 and published by Harper Collins. On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. The novel was filmed for television with David Suchet as Poirot in 1996 and in 2003 the graphic novel adaptation was published in France by Emmanuel Proust editions. ![]() John Moffatt starred as Poirot in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of 1990. He says of the real case of the serial wife-killer George Joseph Smith: "he obeyed the common dictates of human nature, arguing that what had once succeeded would succeed again, and he paid the penalty of his lack of originality." Poirot is in his element on this case, revealing that human nature is always repetitive. An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. A common theme in Christie’s works is that. ![]() The plot has peculiar complications and the reader will have to be very astute indeed if he guesses who the criminal is until the last complexity has been unravelled.Īs Laura Thompson writes in her biography of Christie's life, Murder on the Links was "very French." Agatha Christie had always been influenced by French crime writers (specifically, Gaston Leroux, author of The Mystery of the Yellow Room and The Phantom of the Opera) and this story shows some marked differences in tone and style from the novels published on either side of it. By 1934, when Murder on the Orient Express was first releasedbut as The Calais Coach Murder Christie’s fans had come to expect the unexpected. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She describes strategies of social change in Dalit women's activism as rooted in subversive applications of imposed identities of "difference" thwarting social boundaries and punishment traditions. Situated in transnational feminist discourses, Singh's perspective as a Dalit woman, provides an intersectional social analysis of power structures that sustain caste dominance in South India today. Book excerpt: Roja Singh's critical ethnography on caste and gender is rooted in interactions, and lived experiences in communities of Dalit women in Tamil Nadu, India. This book was released on with total page 256 pages. Book Synopsis Spotted Goddesses by : Roja Singhĭownload or read book Spotted Goddesses written by Roja Singh and published by LIT Verlag Münster. ![]() ![]() ![]() SIGNED and dated on a laid in typed card with a long message from King thanking the fan for their support and their interest in "The Gunslinger" and alerting them that "Christine" will be published shortly a very unique piece of King ephemera associated with this rare book! Also included is a letter written to the previous bookseller authenticating the typed card and signature. Stated First Edition/First Printing with the original first state dust jacket A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. (Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Gunfighters, Roland Deschain of Gilead) Inquire if you need further information. The Gunslinger is a dark-fantasy "fix-up" novel inspired by Robert Browning's poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" which joins five short stories published between 19. Otherwise the dust jacket is Very Good with very minor shelf wear. A portion of the dust jacket that corresponds with the book's lower joint stain has been neatly excised. Otherwise Very Good with a very lightly toned interior. ![]() 25" dampstain to the lower rear joint, and a dime-sized stain and pencil eraser-sized stain to the bottom edge of the text block next to the spine foot. Near Very Good book and Near Good dust jacket. Illustrations, 5 full-page and in color, by Michael Whelan. Terra cotta colored cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, pictorial endpapers and dust jacket. ![]() ![]() ![]() Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (#2 Hufflepuff Ed HB) by J. Rowling, illustrated with stunning line art from MinaLima, expands on earlier events that helped shaped the wizarding world, with some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and films.Show more This second original screenplay from J.K. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt, his former Hogwarts student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise purĮ-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings. Rowling $39.99 NZDĪt the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay by J. ![]() ![]() ![]() You think it's bad enough being in love with your boss? ![]() It’s in the long, intense glances at the dinner table, the way we’ll brush up against each other in the halls, the rare glimpses of the man deep inside, like the sun passing through clouds.īut no matter how I feel about him, we can never be together. His chiseled face and sexual swagger are only part of the package. Yet the longer I share these palace walls with this man, the more that I’m drawn to him. Their father is the widowed King of Denmark.Īnd my new home? The royal palace in Copenhagen.Īdjusting to my new life isn't easy but the hardest part hasn’t been the girls who still grieve over the loss of their mother.Ĭold, mysterious and moody, with an icy stare that seems to penetrate your soul, King Aksel may have hired me to take care of his daughters but he wants as little to do with me as possible. Now I’m the new nanny for two adorable little girls who happen to be princesses. Then I got the job and found out how wrong I was. ![]() When I first applied for the job I thought it would be like all the others: working as a nanny for an aristocratic family. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the song, Smith meets a donkey on the road. The print version of a knee-slapping cumulative ditty. There’s nothing especially new here, but the good-natured celebration of books, reading, and libraries will charm fellow bibliophiles, and the author’s fans will enjoy making another anthropomorphic animal friend. Librarians will appreciate the positive portrayal of Miss Olive, an elephant who welcomes the Book Hog warmly to storytime, though it’s unlikely most will be able to match her superlative level of service. A combination of vignettes, single-page illustrations and double-page spreads that feature Pizzoli’s characteristic style-heavy black outlines, a limited palette of mostly salmon and mint green, and simple shapes-move the plot along briskly. And the fact that the titles become legible only after our hero learns to read is a particularly nice touch. The allusive name of a local bookshop (“Wilbur’s”) as well as the covers of a variety of familiar and much-loved books (including some of the author’s own) offer plenty to pore over. A picture of the Book Hog thumbing through a book while seated on the toilet should induce some giggles. While the text is straightforward, plenty of amusing visual details will entertain young listeners. ![]() Short declarative sentences describe his enthusiasm (“The Book Hog loved books”), catalog the things he likes about the printed page, and eventually reveal his embarrassing secret (“He didn’t know how to read”). The Book Hog’s obsession is clear from the start. A porcine hoarder of books learns to read-and to share. ![]() |