![]() ![]() If instead what you’re into is a bunch of mostly naked men throwing down like a bunch of stone cold badasses, then you will find plenty of that. I won’t judge this comic for its inaccuracy, though, just keep in mind that’s what you’re here for, you won’t be getting it. So I’m going to apologize in advance that, yes, I’m going to bore you with some actual history, because I feel like it’s pretty important when talking about this comic. So it’ s safe to say I know a few th ings about ancient Greece, and certainly enough to know that historically accurate is not a term anyone would use to describe this series. Let me preface this by saying I was actually a history major in college, with a focus on the ancient near east. The Spartans met the Persians at Thermopylae, which basically translates to “The Hot Gates,” and held them off for three days before – spoiler alert – finally being defeated. The entire series is about a single, real historical battle from ancient Greek history, where an army of Greeks led by 300 Spartan warriors faced off against the massively superior numbers of the Persian armies led by their king Xerxes. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Are their destinies entwined? Or will they be ripped apart forever? The real story of Excalibur continues. Yet they must unite to save the kingdom from ever-growing forces of evil. ![]() Love soon blossoms between Ansgar and Lis, even as they realize a future together is impossible. In danger of losing his life, Ansgar takes refuge on Lis’s farm. But before Ansgar can uncover what is causing the king’s demise, he finds himself falsely accused of treason and dismissed from court. With the king losing his mind, Sir Ansgar, the highest knight in the land, is desperate to save the sovereign he’s sworn to protect. ![]() Even as she does her part to thwart a dangerous plot against the king, she resists pursuing her new identity and resigns herself to a simple life helping her elderly father with their farm. After growing up on a remote farm, Lis learns she is the rightful heir to the throne of Norvegia. ENTWINED A princess cursed from birth, a loyal knight worthy of being king, and a sword that can determine their destiny. ![]() ![]() ![]() But after learning a group of seniors is out to get them, she and Neil reluctantly decide to team up until they’re the last players left-and then they’ll destroy each other. When Neil is named valedictorian, Rowan has only one chance at victory: Howl, a senior class game that takes them all over Seattle, a farewell tour of the city she loves. While Rowan, who secretly wants to write romance novels, is anxious about the future, she’d love to beat her infuriating nemesis one last time. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been bitter rivals for all of high school, clashing on test scores, student council elections, and even gym class pull-up contests. “Brilliant, hilarious, and oh-so-romantic.” - BuzzFeed “Swoony, steamy.” - Entertainment Weekly The Hating Game meets Booksmart by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgettable romantic comedy about two rival overachievers whose relationship completely transforms over the course of twenty-four hours. ![]() ![]() The narrator’s father, who had passed away recently, was the doctor who nursed Anna back to health after the injury. The second incident was the meeting between the narrator’s mother and father. Anna’s self-preservation was a stepping stone into the narrator’s existence. The narrator considers this her mother’s first time saving her life– for if Anna had not saved herself, the narrator could not have been born. Despite her efforts, the baby was born as a stillborn 2 months later, buried just beyond the house. She escaped with injuries, while Harry died. She could have reached out and grabbed Harry’s ankle- with equal chance of saving him and falling alongside him to death- but instead, she chose to rescue herself in hopes of keeping the unborn baby safe. ![]() However, during one show, a stroke of lightning during an unexpected storm hit the tent. ![]() She was part of a duo with her then-husband, Harry, and they were called the Flying Avalons. The first was back when Anna was still performing in the circus. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, the Horror Writers Association, International Thriller Writers, Romance Writers of America, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina and is currently working on a Master of Arts in Theatre Education at the University of Northern Colorado. He was selected by Kent State University as the national winner of the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Award. His literary work has been featured in over one hundred publications including The Best Stage Scenes, The Best Men's Stage Monologues, The Best Women's Stage Monologues, The Comstock Review, and The Southeast Review. ![]() He has written over forty stage plays that have been performed in three languages in eight countries. His first feature film, the coming-of-age drama Frozen Stars, received worldwide distribution. He is the President of the Pindelion Entertainment Group, the creator and producer of the teen web series Bloom, the Artistic Director of The Dorothy Nickle Performing Arts Company, and the host of the weekly radio show People You Should Know. Two of his young adult novels have been recognized by the American Library Association for their diversity. ![]() Elisa_rolle David-Matthew Barnes is the bestselling author of twelve novels and several collections of stage plays, poetry, short stories, and monologues. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And there is something new here too: a freshly evolved conscience, a chafing sense of her own privilege (New Year’s Song ends: “For a moment the core of my life/ was not desire, but the knowledge of my unearned luck”) and an extended empathy (When I looked out ends: “In my 78th year, my eyes opened/ a little wider to the suffering of others”). She writes about sex, love and the landscape of the body with zany intimacy. ![]() S haron Olds recently turned 80 and, as one reads her latest collection, one wonders: over a long writing career, do you get to sound more, or less, like yourself? It is inspiring to be able to report that, in Balladz, she proves triumphantly evergreen: a woman who still steps across prudishly conventional lines as playfully as a child absorbed in French skipping. ![]() ![]() But it soon emerges that the writer is giving a lurid account of her periods – and this is what first reveals that the “I” of this autobiography is female, not as Masters had originally assumed, male. All the talk of blood in the diaries at first makes Masters suspect a dreadful crime, slashed wrists or at least a nasty fall through panes of glass. Early on in the series it is menstruation that is the dominating topic. Volume after volume documents the writer’s changing, and not entirely attractive, obsessions and complaints. ![]() What Masters finds, as he reads, is a life that has been “discarded” in more ways than one. What is he to do with the millions of words that are the raw materials for the life story of someone who is quite literally nameless? ![]() ![]() His project in this book is more ambitious. In Stuart: A Life Backwards he brilliantly traced the life of a homeless alcoholic in Simon: The Genius in my Basement he told the story of his one-time landlord, a mathematical prodigy, who turned into a messy recluse and fanatical collector of public transport timetables. ![]() Masters has a distinguished record in exploring the biographies of the ordinary and the forgotten. ![]() ![]() ![]() Both must come to grips with what they need, what they’ve left behind-and all that lies ahead. And Frankie will come up against hard choices in the face of unexpected passion. But Frankie finds there’s no hiding from long-held secrets-or her own surprising strength.ĭaisy will do whatever it takes to settle old scores and resolve the past-no matter the damage. Frankie doesn’t want to know what her aunt is up to so long as Daisy can get her to LA-and safety. But her rescuer is her reckless, profane Aunt Daisy, still reeling from her own shattered past. ![]() ġ968, Chicago: For Frankie Saunders, fleeing across America is her only escape from an abusive husband. And even the most determined young woman can play too many secrets too far. But power in the City of Angels is also fueled by racism, greed, and betrayal. An up-and-coming journalist, Daisy anonymously chronicles fierce activism and behind-the-scenes Hollywood scandals in order to save her family from poverty. It embodies prosperity and dreams of equality for all-especially Daisy Washington. In the Face of the Sun: A Fascinating Novel of Historical Fiction Perfect for Book Clubs is written by Denny S. In this haunting novel, the author of Wild Women and the Blues weaves together two stories as they unfold decades apart, as a woman on the run from an abusive husband joins her intrepid aunt as they head across the country from Chicago to Los Angeles, and confront a painful and shadowy past that has reverberated across generations.ġ928, Los Angeles: The newly-built Hotel Somerville is the hotspot for the city’s glittering African-American elite. ![]() ![]() ![]() Home - Search - New Listings - Authors - Titles - Subjects - Serialsīooks - News - Features - Archives - The Inside StoryĮdited by John Mark Ockerbloom copyrights and licenses. Help with reading books - Report a bad link - Suggest a new listing ![]() Look for editions of this book at your library, or elsewhere. You should not bookmark this page, but you can request that we add this book to our curated collection, which has stable links.Ĭhildren's stories, French - Translations into English This is an uncurated book entry from our extended bookshelves, readable online now but without a stable link here. The Tales of Mother Goose, as first collected by Charles Perrault in 1696 are here presented, with a translation by Charles Welsh and an Introduction by M.V. The Tales of Mother Goose: As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Doesn't really want to make me read the series. more he light of the Scottish moon-okay story 2/5The Highlanders Mate-not sure if this story is needed for the next in the series. ![]() 5/5Kiss the Dragon-Michelle Fox okay story 2.5/5By t. 2.5/5Highland Wolf Pact by Selena Kitt-great story. Probably won't be reading the others in the series. 3/5Luff by Victoria Danann-the story was very slow moving. Review 2: Going story by storyHer Scottish Alpha by Tabitha Conall- good start to the series. All of her books are wonderful and ones that you cannot put down! The rest of the books are my rewards for getting homework done, a great reward for a great price! What more could I ask for! Can't wait for another set like this!! Review 1: While I have not had time to read every book on this set (I am a full time student and work too), it is definitely a must have! All of the writers are great writers, particularly Victoria Danann. ![]() |