![]() ![]() ![]() Lale follows instructions as Nazis use the butts of their rifles to hit anyone who doesn’t obey them. When the train arrives at its destination, SS officers force the passengers out and yell orders. But after days on the train without food, he can tell his new job won’t require a suit. The Germans claimed they would put him to work, but when he reported for duty, he didn’t know what he’d be doing, which is why he’s now dressed in a suit, wanting to look good regardless of what his job will be. Lale’s family is from Krompachy, Slovakia, and when he heard that the Nazis were forcing Jewish families to give the government a child older than 18, he offered himself up. It is April, 1942, and 25-year-old Lale is riding through Europe in a train, cramped in a cattle car with other Jewish men. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan![]() We spend the entire book in and around Indianapolis. By that I mean that we did not have the typical quest that is so common in Riordan’s works. My first negative is that the story was very static. Now we get to the negatives, which are unfortunately prevalent. As a history buff I love seeing this new take on the series. Unlike previous series that Riordan has written, the antagonist is not a typical god, but former Roman Emperors. Further, I love the villains in this series. He even introduced some African mythology in a potential hint for a new series, but that is also a negative so more on “Jimmy” a little later. I wish Riordan would have spent a little bit more time on these. Another good part is the introduction of new mythologies, such as the Crete and Minoan gods who predated the Greek societies. ![]() Hopefully this growth will stick and salvage the final book in this trilogy. ![]() The downside of that is that his growth takes basically until the end of the third act, so we get very little of the new and improved Apollo. It takes some very tragic occurrences for him to get there, but Apollo finally grows. Finally, Apollo began to show some growth and began to recognize the value of humanity beyond just amusements for gods. ![]() The fact that he did not grow is my biggest annoyance about the first book in the series, The Hidden Oracle. He started out as the spoiled god of the sun which defined his character in the first of these books. ![]() ![]() "Down on the Farm" ( available online )."The Concrete Jungle" (published together with Archive as Archives).The series is thus far composed of the following novels and short stories (in chronological order): ![]() Most of the job is attending meetings and filling out paperwork, but every so often there's a major incident that results in Laundry agents trying to fight off Cthulhu and his cronies with their Palm Pilots note Hey, the first novel was published in 2001 in serial form, before smartphones were big later novels depict Bob suitably upgrading to an iPhone, Monkey's Paw wards, and the occasional briefcase nuke, while Bob has the misfortune to land right in the middle of it. Now he's charged with protecting Earth from incursions by the many-angled ones, who can be summoned all too easily with modern computer technology. The main protagonist of the series calls himself Bob Howard (not his real name), a Desk Jockey who was forcibly recruited into " The Laundry" (Q-Division, SOE in official papers) after his graduate computer science work nearly summoned Nyarlathotep. According to Word of God, the idea for the series originated from a realization that Lovecraftian horror and the Cold War are actually pretty darn similar, and if there really were elder, tentacled horrors lurking around the edges of reality, the government would get involved and the departments they'd set up to do so would look very much like Stale Beer flavored Spy Fiction. ![]() A series of Cosmic Horror Story novels and novellas by author Charles Stross. ![]() ![]() McAllister's an eco-playboy with a trust fund who juggles fame and fortune and soon finds himself up to his neck in corrupt Florida condo politics, virtuous adult film stars, pholanthropic meth cooks, bipolar cyberstalking ex-wives, conniving Playboy playmates, hilarious TV celebrities, and all the glitz, glamour and comedy in a city that is the quintessential triumph of style over substance. Wecome to Delmar, a world-class condiomnium with a thousand dirty secrets. "The second rioutous dramedy of the Mark McAllister trilogy. Signed by the author with thin black pen on the title page. ![]() From the author of The Dealership (and includes a tipped-in business card promotional advertisement for The Dealership). ![]() New condition color illustrated softcover wraps. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Swear amanda hocking![]() ![]() A longtime collector and owner of two fine art galleries, Alterman wanted to create a user-friendly book intended not only to educate collectors and enthusiasts about this art but to help train one's eye. ![]() Alterman, an expert in the field of Pennsylvania Impressionist and Modernist painting. New Hope for American Art was authored, designed and published by James M. In this book, you'll find biographies and artwork from such artists as: This book, with its 612 pages and over 1,000 color plates of artwork include biographies of 165 individual Pennsylvania Impressionists and New Hope Modernists as well as artists from the Philadelphia Ten, a pioneering group of women all educated at Philadelphia art schools. New Hope for American Art is the most comprehensive book ever published on artists from, and surrounding, the New Hope Art Colony (also known as the Pennsylvania Impressionists). ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Ghost Flames by Charles J. Hanley![]() ![]() The "forgotten war" becomes unforgettable. This is an intimate, deeper kind of history, whose meticulous research and rich detail, drawing on recently unearthed materials and eyewitness accounts, bring the true face of the Korean War, and the vastness of its human tragedy, into a sharper focus than ever before. In Ghost Flames, Charles Hanley adds new color and urgency by telling the history of the war through the eyes of twenty one individuals - soldiers and civilians, male and female, young and old, witnesses both to atrocity and to heroism. Hanley tells the story of the Korean War through the eyes of twenty individuals who lived through it-from a North Korean refugee girl to an American nun, a Chinese general to a black American prisoner of war, a British journalist to a U.S. In this vivid, emotionally compelling, and highly original account, Charles J. The war that broke out in Korea on a Sunday morning seventy years ago has come to be recognized as a critical turning point in modern history - as the first great clash of arms of the Cold War, the last conflict between superpowers, the root of a nuclear crisis that grips the world to this day. ![]() A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and darkest secrets. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Ball lightning book![]() ![]() I love how much research and energy Lui puts into his stories, he becomes an expert of the subject and Ball Lightning is no exception. However It isn't until he meets army major Lin Yun that his research really takes off. The more Chen learns, the more he comes to realise that unlocking the mysteries of Ball Lightning open up a whole new frontier of particle physics. He becomes obsessed and dedicates his life to learning all he can about this strange phenomenon. ![]() It's been translated by Joel Martinson, who also worked on the sequel to The Three Body Problem, The Dark Forest.Ĭhen's parents were incinerated before his very eyes by Ball Lightning. ![]() His Remembrance of Earth's Past series has won awards and brought much deserved recognition, with the first in the series The Three Body Problem even becoming a favourite of Barack Obama.īall Lightning is a new story that as the name suggests, deals with that uncommon natural phenomenon. Cixin Lui writes incredibly imaginative fiction, exploring vast ideas and bringing them down to a human level. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The last hours cassandra clare![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cordelia returns to a London riven by chaos and dissent. After fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city's glittering nightlife.īut reality intrudes when shocking news comes from home: Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel, and London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell, Belial. In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes.Įven worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter. Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. James and Cordelia must save London - and their marriage - in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare.Ĭhain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Silent spring![]() ![]() By the time Barack Obama signed the Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act into law in 2016-the first major upgrade in the EPA’s ability to regulate and test chemicals since the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976-the number of chemicals used in agriculture had risen to an average of 1,500 a year in the US alone. Chemicals were big business by the mid-20th century: between 19, Carson reported that production rose from 124m to 637m pounds (562m kg to 2,889m kg) every year, an “endless stream” which yearly introduced about “500 new chemicals to which the bodies of animals and men are somehow expected to adapt.” This was only the first hints of a far more ingrained problem Carson would be stunned by today’s figures. The first was through her compelling scientific evidence, which showed the drive for constant economic growth came with a high environmental price. What makes Carson’s book so powerful is how she crafted her message out of two distinct parts. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Breathe by sarah crossan summary![]() ![]() But he was also strange and exotic and beautiful. But babies grow up to be kids, and kids grow up to be teenagers. It all happened before I was born, and by the time I met Moses and my mom told me all about him, the story was old news and nobody wanted anything to do with him. Maybe the fact that he was broken drew me to him from the start. I knew that wasn't what the term meant, but the image stuck in my mind. I imagined the crack baby, Moses, having a giant crack that ran down his body, like he'd been broken at birth. They called him Baby Moses when they shared his story on the ten o'clock news - the little baby left in a basket at a dingy Laundromat, born to a crack addict and expected to have all sorts of problems. The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death. ![]() |