![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps it does not matter all that much, however the marker may be only a cenotaph, when all is said and done. Linguæ Hiberniæ Lumen ) now worn down to a shallow and barely legible intaglio of milky gray. The great slab of his gravestone is in much the same condition as most of the other funerary markers that survive from the seventeenth century in those latitudes: smoothed and darkened by the winds and rains of three centuries, brindled with dark green and pale glaucous lichens, gently sunken to one side by a slight subsidence in the soil, and bearing an inscription (Robertus Kirk, A.M. Robert Kirk, who lived from 1644 to 1692, and whose mortal remains rest”or do they?”in his parish kirkyard in Aberfoyle, a Scottish village lying near the Laggan River and at the foot of Craigmore. As the feast of All Souls nears, spare a piteous thought, if you will, for the poor Rev. ![]()
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![]() The scans scientists took from orbit didn’t show so much as a microbe. ![]() There aren’t even any plants on this lifeless world, no shrubs for cover or trees to hide in. This isn’t like the ruins of Chicago, full of sewer tunnels and half-collapsed skyscrapers, with infinite places to hide and move around unseen. But studying the topographic surveys and satellite images of Gaia’s surface didn’t prepare me for just how barren this landscape is. “No one will ever even see me down there.” Because if I were home, if I were scavenging a city on Earth, that would be true. “I don’t need a gun,” I’d scoffed, not bothering to add that I wouldn’t know what to do with one anyway. At the time, it felt good to surprise the Contractor-to make her eyebrows shoot up underneath her bangs and stay there. You we r e r ight, Mink, I should’ve taken that gun. ![]() The other one’s smaller, a woman, I’m guessing, by the way she stands-but even she’d have the edge on me if they knew I was here. He’s around thirty or thirty-five, and easily twice my size. One of them is taller, bulky in the shoulders. Lying facedown against the rock, I wriggle forward just enough to see the tops of their heads over the edge of the overhang. ![]() The two scavengers below are talking to each other in Spanish, laughing and joking about something I can’t understand. This is really, really not going the way I’d planned. ![]() Excerpt from ‘Unearthed’ by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner One ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An important addition to the canon of works on JFK and his assassination, this study sheds light on the gross negligence and, in some cases, seeming culpability, of those sworn to protect the president. This book also thoroughly investigates the threats on the president's life before traveling to Texas the presence of unauthorized Secret Service agents in Dealey Plaza, the site of the assassination the failure of the Secret Service in monitoring and securing the surrounding buildings, overhangs, and rooftops and the surprising conspiratorial beliefs of several former agents. The work provides a detailed look at how JFK could and should have been protected and debunks numerous fraudulent notions that persist about the day in question, including that JFK ordered agents off the rear of his limousine demanded the removal of the bubble top that covered the vehicle and was difficult to protect and somehow, directly or indirectly, made his own tragic death easier for an assassin or assassins. Kennedy's security detail on the day he was assassinated. Painstakingly researched by an authority on the history of the Secret Service and based on primary, firsthand accounts from more than 80 former agents, White House aides, and family members, this is the definitive account of what went wrong with John F. ![]() ![]() I’m delighted to be able to say that I really enjoyed this book. ![]() Sidebar: if you don’t like the footnotes or the self-awareness of these books then don’t even bother with this book – just walk on by. They’re self-aware in a way that not everyone enjoys. The Nevernight chronicles are such a love it or hate it series in part because they walk on such a delicate precipice – and for some, it’s too much. I spent months leading up to this release worried that it would be awful. But with the three suns now in descent, and Truedark on the horizon, will she survive? There, Mia will at last discover the origins of the darkin, and learn the destiny that lies in store for her and her world. ![]() Their quest will take them through the Godsgrave underdark, across the Sea of Swords, back to the library of the Quiet Mountain and the poisoned blades of Mia’s old mentors, and at last the fabled Crown of the Moon. Mia and her brother Jonnen must journey through the depths of the ancient metropolis. ![]() But buried beneath those same streets, deep in the ancient city’s bones, lies a secret that will change the Republic forever. Mia Corvere has assassinated Cardinal Duomo and rumors of Consul Scaeva’s death ripple through the street of Godsgrave like wildfire. Spoilers ahead for Nevernight and Godsgrave but spoiler-free for Darkdawn.Ī ruthless young assassin’s journey for revenge comes to a stunning end in the conclusion of this acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2010, he starred in the romantic drama ‘Dear John,’ which was based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks and also starred Amanda Seyfried. ![]() Joe: The Rise of Cobra,’ which grossed over $300 million at the box office. The same year, he starred in another huge commercial success, ‘G.I. ![]() He appeared in Johnny Depp and Christian Bale’s hit crime drama ‘Public Enemies’ in 2009. In 2008, he starred in ‘Stop-Loss,’ in which he played an American soldier fighting in the Iraq war. Several film festivals recognized the film with awards. Tatum gave an intense performance as a hot-blooded boy in the acclaimed drama ‘A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints in 2006. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Fountainhead earned Rand a lasting reputation as one of history’s greatest champions of individualism. Roark struggles to endure not merely professional rejection, but also the enmity of Ellsworth Toohey, beloved humanitarian and leading architectural critic of Gail Wynand, powerful publisher and of Dominique Francon, the beautiful columnist who loves him fervently yet is bent on destroying his career. ![]() ![]() On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. The “living example” of egoism is Howard Roark, “an architect and innovator, who breaks with tradition, recognizes no authority but that of his own independent judgment.” Roark’s individualism is contrasted with the spiritual collectivism of many of the other characters, who are variations on the theme of “second-handedness” - thinking, acting, and living second-hand. The Fountainhead has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. a new definition of egoism and its living example.” She later states its theme as “individualism versus collectivism, not in politics, but in man’s soul the psychological motivations and the basic premises that produce the character of an individualist or a collectivist.” ![]() In her first notes for The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand describes its purpose as “a defense of egoism in its real meaning. ![]() ![]() Eventually, Jai Long reconciles with the Jai clan leader in exchange for medical care for his sister. They are waging a guerilla war of vengeance against the Jai clan. ![]() Jai Long and the leader of the Sandvipers, Gokren, are also out for blood. She can heal Lindon’s madra channels from the damage caused by Blackflame madra. He masters the Enforcer and Striker techniques with some help from the Sylvan Riverseed, who has been named Little Blue by Yerin. Lindon and Yerin train on a course where he is meant to learn the three techniques of the Blackflame. There, Lindon soul bonds with a giant flaming turtle named Orthos, a descendant of dragons and the last remaining practitioner of the Path of the Blackflame. Quick Summary of BlackflameĪfter being adopted into the Aurelius family by Eithan, Lindon and Yerin find themselves aboard a cloudship heading to Serpent’s Grave. ![]() ![]() Don’t read any of the summaries if you are hoping to go in to the series without being spoiled! If you haven’t yet read any of the Cradle novels, I have a no-spoilers review of the first two books. ![]() Obviously, these are designed to have spoilers. Seeking summaries of Will Wight’s Cradle series? Need a recap of each book? You’re in the right place! See all Cradle-related summaries available on my website here. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Together with Janet's son and husband, both named Peter, who handle everything from investments to the packing of signed books for shipment to stores, they make up the family enterprise known as Evanovich Inc.Īnd they have transformed Ms. Yet the two women are all of those things - best friends, metalheads and meticulous businesswomen. ![]() Slouched on a sofa in a faded T-shirt and jeans, a tousle of dyed-auburn hair trending gray at the roots, Janet Evanovich looks less like the chief of a budding media empire than a mother trying hard to be her daughter's best friend.Īnd there, next to her, is the daughter, Alexandra, whose dyed platinum-blond hair befits her stint as a freelance graphics designer for a heavy-metal band's fan site and her love for her red Ducati motorcycle, looking nothing like a corporate marketing guru. ![]() ![]() Then one night, an upset Maddy calls Ella and asks her to pick her up from a party. Now Ella lives in her twin’s shadow and is generally all right with that…for the most part. ![]() There, Maddy joins the popular crowd and abandons her less-than-cool sister. That all changed when they started high school. Once upon a time, twin sisters Ella and Maddy were inseparable. Your novel, The Secrets We Keep, covers all the requisite tropes surrounding twins: polar opposites, contentious relationships, and switching places. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s a bulletproof kink, but if someone says their book is about twins, I’m probably going to give it a try. ![]() I just can’t seem to get enough of stories about twin sisters. Jia C Reviews Contemporary / family relationships / grief / Macmillan / twins / Young-Adult Comments Off on REVIEW: The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver ApREVIEW: The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver ![]() ![]() ![]() When Alice was six, a redhaired man in a Blue Buick briefly kidnapped her, claiming he was taking her to see her grandmother. Bad luck seemed to chase Ella and Alice to new landing sites, where they settled hesitantly until the next bout of misfortune uprooted them again. Alice is 17 as the story opens, and she explains her backstory: She and Ella lived largely “like vagrants, staying with friends till our welcome wore though at the elbows, perching in precarious places, then moving on” (3). Ella grew up to become the mother of protagonist Alice. After her publication, Althea raised her daughter, Ella, in a reclusive estate called the Hazel Wood. The story opens with a snippet of a 1987 Vanity Fair article about the main character’s grandmother, Althea Proserpine, an author whose single published book earned her “an odd kind of fame” (1). ![]() |