Throne of jade naomi novik5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Throne of Jade is a solid second entry in what is shaping up to be an intriguing series.” - Bookmarks Magazine Like any good middle of a trilogy, relationships are deepened, new characters are introduced, and novel plot twists set up a run toward the finale, Black Powder War-which, thanks to an aggressive publishing schedule, has already come out in hardcover. If reviewers aren’t as agog over this new installment, write it off to familiarity, not boredom. “It’s tough to top the novelty of a new series, especially one that intermingles historical fiction and high fantasy. Yet once the pair reaches the court of the Chinese emperor, even more shocking discoveries and darker dangers await. Facing the gallows for his defiance, Laurence has no choice but to accompany Temeraire back to the Far East–a long voyage fraught with peril, intrigue, and the untold terrors of the deep. Now China has discovered that its rare gift, intended for Napoleon, has fallen into British hands–and an angry Chinese delegation vows to reclaim the remarkable beast. As new recruits in Britain’s Aerial Corps, man and dragon soon proved their mettle in daring combat against Bonaparte’s invading forces. ![]() Will Laurence of HMS Reliant unexpectedly became master and commander of the noble dragon he named Temeraire. When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo–an unhatched dragon’s egg–Capt. ![]()
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Carry by toni jensen5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() “The Worry Line” explores the gun and gang violence in her neighborhood the year her daughter was born. In the title chapter, Jensen connects the trauma of school shootings with her own experiences of racism and sexual assault on college campuses. In Carry, Jensen maps her personal experience onto the historical, exploring how history is lived in the body and redefining the language we use to speak about violence in America. As a Métis woman, she is no stranger to the violence enacted on the bodies of indigenous women, on indigenous land, and the ways it is hidden, ignored, forgotten. And she has always known that in this she is not alone. ![]() As an adult, she’s had guns waved in her face near Standing Rock, and felt their silent threat on the concealed-carry campus where she teaches. Toni Jensen grew up around guns: As a girl, she learned to shoot birds in rural Iowa with her father, a card-carrying member of the NRA. And with the assurance that the publisher would also be sending copies of the ARC to Indigenous reviewers (I will be listing as few at the end of my review), I decided to download it and review it. But when I got an email from the publisher about Carry, something about the synopsis drew me in. I don’t read a lot of nonfiction (although, that has been changing this year). ![]() Jackaby5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Supporting characters, especially a female ghost whose exasperation with the detective belies affection and a former assistant turned "temporarily waterfowl" - yes, he's a duck - add humor and texture. Abigail's level-headed perspective serves as the perfect window onto Jackaby's occupation, lending plausibility to even the most fantastical turn of events. ![]() Her first outing with Jackaby is to the scene of a brutal murder where the evidence, in his opinion, points to a nonhuman culprit. Ritter wastes no time in helping her find what she seeks. Restless and ill-content with her proper English upbringing, she steps off the boat in 1892 at the fictional New England harbor city of New Fiddleham ripe for the adventure that has thus far eluded her during her travels. ![]() Shark lady jess keating5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() But there are very few examples here to reinforce that. In fact, they have much more reason to be afraid of us. Sharks are not evil and dumb, and we shouldn’t be afraid of them. However, for a book about a person who became a pioneer in the research of shark behavior I would have expected a couple more pieces of information on sharks. If you put in the work and believe in yourself then they actually might come true. ![]() It also has a great message of how we must not let anyone tell us what we can and can’t do. This is another book with beautiful and, in this case, very cute illustrations. And besides, sharks are mindless monsters anyway. She wanted to study zoology, but people (including some of her professors) kept telling her that as a woman she was neither smart enough to be a scientist, nor brave enough to explore the sea. ![]() This book here is a short biography of Eugenie Clark, who was born in 1922 and at the age of nine fell in love with sharks. And occasionally I learn something as well. They are often cute, usually have a simple but important message, and are a fun way for kids to learn a couple of things. I’ve become a fan of these education/picture books for children. ![]() Author goodbye to berlin5/13/2023 ![]() Mayr and the smartly-dresser mixer from the Troika bar, Bobby. This chapter acts as an excellent scene-setter, giving the reader a brief flavour of some of the inhabitants of the house: there is the young lady of the night, Frl. ![]() Christopher – or ‘Herr Issyvoo’ as she calls him – is clearly her favourite. It’s an interesting place, full of colourful characters, all of whom remain under the watchful eye of the landlady, the inquisitive but kindly Frl. ![]() Goodbye opens with A Berlin Diary, a series of vignettes taken from the autumn of 1930 when Isherwood was living in a room at a traditional boarding house in the heart of the city. Given the fact that Mr Norris made my end-of-year highlights in 2016, I had high hopes for this second instalment – luckily it did not disappoint. Together, the two books form The Berlin Novels, published in the UK by Vintage Books. Originally destined to form part of a large episodic novel focusing on the pre-Hitler era, Goodbye can now be viewed as a companion piece to Isherwood’s earlier novel, Mr Norris Changes Trains (1935). First published in 1939, Christopher Isherwood’s Goodbye to Berlin consists of a series of six interlinked short stories/sketches inspired by the author’s time in the city during the early 1930s. ![]() The story of art by eh gombrich5/13/2023 ![]() The work is not so simplistic as the title implies, but it is this very title that rendered the book enormously attractive in 1950 to a new sort of book buyer: the self-educator. ![]() "The country's bestselling book on art, never out of print, still in demand (and not just by students) and one of the few 'gift books' that actually gets read. have been introduced to the world of fine art, in the last 45 years, though Ernst Gombrich's The Story of Art than through any other single book."-Christopher Frayling, Professor of Cultural History, Royal College of Art, London "Almost as well known as the Mona Lisa, Sir ErnstGombrich's The Story of Art unites learning and pleasure."-Pierre Rosenberg, President-Directeur, Musee du Louvre, Paris ![]() I was 15 when I read The Story of Art and like millions since, I felt I had been given a map of a great country, and with it the confidence to explore further without fear of being overwhelmed."-Neil MacGregor, former Director of the National Gallery, London, 1995 "Like every art historian of my generation, my way of thinking about pictures has been in large measure shaped by Ernst Gombrich. ![]() Phantoms in the brain by vs ramachandran5/13/2023 ![]() Phantom Limbs: Ramachandran theorized that there was a connection between phantom limbs and neural plasticity in the adult human brain. Ramachandran is known for using simpler technology in his experiments. Ramachandran also worked with the understanding of synesthesia and invented the mirror box. ![]() He then moved on researching neurological syndromes like phantom limbs, body integrity identity disorder, and the Capgras delusion. He began by doing research on human visual perception. Ramachandran has conducted research on a variety of topics. Ramachandran studied at the University of Madras in Chennai, India, as well as Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. He is currently a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Graduate Program in Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, and he is the director of the Center for Brain and Cognition. He is best known for his work in behavioral neurology and visual psychophysics. Ramachandran (1951-) is a neuroscientist from Tamil Nadu, India. ![]() Raven kennedy glow5/13/2023 ![]() Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. “You want to make your life easier? Then be the caged bird that you are and sing.”įor ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. It is not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. Please Note: This book contains explicit content and darker elements, including mature language, violence, and non-consensual sex. With romance, intrigue, and danger, the gilded world of Orea will grip you from the very first page. This compelling adult fantasy series is as addictive as it is unexpected. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.īecause these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. ![]() Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold. ![]() Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. ![]() By bestselling author Raven Kennedy, comes the first book in a stunning new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas and Jennifer L Armentrout. ![]() A walk to remember novel book review5/13/2023 ![]() Hastings Jamie's neighbor, who watches Jamie and Landon on Jamie's porch. ![]() Lew Angela Clark's boyfriend a 20-year-old mechanic who smokes and drinks.Ĭarey Dennison The student body treasurer, who is in competition with Landon for which girl to take to the Homecoming Dance. Maggie Brown An unsuccessful candidate for student body president.Īngela Clark Landon's junior-year girlfriend, now dating an older man. John Foreman An unsuccessful candidate for student body president. Miss Garber The drama teacher at the high school. Margaret Hays Eric's girlfriend, a cheerleader. Grandfather Carter A mean, self-interested, borderline criminal who "earns" the family money by foreclosing on the homes and businesses of the poor.Įric Hunter Landon's best friend one of the best athletes in the school, but not a serious student. ![]() Carter Landon's mother, who is helpful and sympathetic to Landon's love of Jamie. However, it isn’t so contemporary at all, as this embedded hierarchy has existed for decades now. Worth Carter Landon's father, a United States congressman. Book Review : ‘A Walk to Remember’ by Nicholas Sparks - Over Two Decades of Heartbreaking Romance Pavas Shrigyan ApPicture Credits: Depop Contemporary high school is inherently hierarchical in nature. ![]() Reverend Hegbert Sullivan Jamie's father and the minister of a Southern Baptist Church. ![]() Jamie Sullivan A young woman who is kind to everyone but suffers from a deadly form of leukemia. Landon Carter The 17-year-old narrator of the story, who comes of age as a result of the events that unfold his senior year of high school an older Landon, 40 years in the future, also tells part of the story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way the book offers up a treasure trove of historical surprises: how the ancient Egyptians treated incipient baldness with a mixture of hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, goose, snake, and ibex fat how a mystery epidemic devastated ancient Athens and brought an end to the domination of that great city: how lemons did as much as Nelson to defeat Napoleon: how yellow fever, carried by African mosquitoes to the Americas, led the French to fail utterly in their attempts to recover Haiti after the slave revolt of 1790: and how the explorers of the South Seas brought both syphilis to Tahiti and tuberculosis and measles to the Maoris. He charts the remarkable rise of modern medical science - the emergence of specialties such as anatomy, physiology, neurology, and bacteriology - as well as the accompanying development of wider medical practice at the bedside, in the hospital, and in the ambitious public health systems of the twentieth century. The Greatest Benefit to Mankind A Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter (Author) Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize 'A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicineThis is the book that delivers it all. Summary: "Roy Porter explores medicine's evolution against the backdrop of the wider religious, scientific, philosophical, and political beliefs of the culture in which it develops, and he shows how our need to understand where diseases come from and what we can do to control them has - perhaps above all elseinspired developments in medicine through the ages. ![]() |