![]() ![]() A place where djinn live and thrive, fight and love. ![]() Explore this magical kingdom, hidden from human eyes. Now together in one place, these stories of Daevabad enrich a world already teeming with magic and wonder. The River of Silver gathers material both seen and new-including a special coda fans will need to read-making this the perfect complement to those incredible novels. Chakraborty's acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold, all from the perspective of characters both beloved and hated, and even those without a voice in the novels. ![]()
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![]() Taita, philosopher, poet and expert strategist, has a plan that will see Egypt destroy the Hyksos army and form a coveted alliance with Crete in one move. To finally crush them, Pharaoh must turn to his most trusted friend. They have been fighting Southern Egypt’s constant and historic enemy, the Hyksos people in the north, since time began. Not only is he the close advisor to the Pharaoh, but he is guardian to Pharaoh Tamose’s two teenage sisters, the young beauties Tehuti and Bekatha.īut the kingdom is not at peace. ![]() ![]() And now, the master of historical fiction is back at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time.Īcross the lush plains of Egypt, Taita, a freed eunuch slave, wears his authority lightly. His fans have waited ten long years for the sequel. Wilbur Smith’s monumental Egyptian series began with River God in 1994. ![]() ![]() Best-selling author Wilbur Smith’s latest novel, Desert God, will be published in South Africa ahead of the rest of the world.Ģ014 marks 50 years of publishing for this renowned author and to celebrate he will be coming to his native country in September to promote this long-awaited sequel in the Egyptian series. ![]() ![]() ![]() I enjoyed this for all the superficial reasons. Buckle up kids for a wild YA ride of fiery romance and much defiance. Why? Because all the pride wants to do is KEEP her and force her to breed. There are many different types of dragons that can exist and no fire breathing dragons have been seen for GenERaTioNS and lo and behold, Jacinda (the MC) ‘manifests’ (which is basically puberty but for draki) into a firebreather. It’s all very controlled and no YA leading lady likes to be controlled. So they’re only allowed to fly at night and have to stick close to the pride for safety. ![]() ![]() The dragons, sorry, ‘draki’, have to live in hiding because humans hunt them for fun. though a Fireball of dragons, or, a Shimmer of dragons, or, a Flap of Dragons could’ve been more fun) where our main character lives. So we start off in a ‘pride’ which is a group of dragons (a very apt collective noun if you ask me. This is a story about dragon shifters and it’s set in America. I really want to keep reading to find out what happens next! I LOVE dragons and have been told many times to read this. Sometimes you just need a good ol’ throwback to those insta-lovey, drama-hyped teenage fantasies to have a good laugh. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when she decides she wants a child, she’s unprepared for Wrath’s response-or the distance it creates between them. Beth Randall thought she knew what she was getting into when she mated the last pure blooded vampire on the planet: An easy ride was not it. As the war with the Lessening Society rages on, and the threat from the Band of Bastards truly hits home, he is forced to make choices that put everything-and everyone-at risk. Wards Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels-Dark Lover. Item #14601 ISBN: 9780451417060 After turning his back on the throne for centuries, Wrath, son of Wrath, finally assumed his father’s mantle-with the help of his beloved mate. This digital collection features the first four novels in New York Times bestselling author J.R. Spine slanted, binding tight, pages clean and bright. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are all estranged from family and community and alienated by their thwarted desires and ambitions. ![]() ![]() ![]() The four are cafe-owner Biff Brannon political radical Jake Blount, a heavy drinker Benedict Copeland, a black doctor and Mick Kelly, a 12-year-old tomboyish and inquiring girl with unattainable dreams of a musical career. When Singer moves into the Kelly family boarding house, he becomes the focus of four lonely people who create in him the image of their own desires. It centres on the enigmatic John Singer, a 32-year-old deaf mute who finds himself alone after sharing 10 years of a routine with his only friend and fellow mute, Spiros, who has been confined in a mental hospital after increasingly unstable behaviour. The novel is set in a town in the US south, probably similar to the one in which the author herself grew up. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter must rank as one of the most impressive of debut novels, all the more remarkable when one considers that it was published when McCullers was only 23. Carson McCullers is buried in the same cemetery in Nyack, New York, as the painter Edward Hopper – surely fitting, as they have been well-described as “two of America’s most penetrating mediums of loneliness”. ![]() ![]() Amid this ancient civilization's advances, the hideous evil of Phyrexia was born. But amid this civilization, a shadow took root, one that would stretch its arms across space and time. Before the Brothers' War, before the five colors of magic, before history itself, Dominaria was ruled by the Thran, an ancient race who built machines and artifacts, the likes of which have never been seen since. įor the first time ever, the prequel and book 1 of the Artifacts Cycle together in one volume. ![]() For the first time ever, the prequel and book 1 of the Artifacts Cycle together in one volume. ![]() ![]() ![]() The fight over removing a statue of Robert E. Monuments and statues commemorating the Civil War period continue to be a flashpoint in our culture, especially those memorializing the leaders of the failed Confederacy. "Lost Civil War: The Disappearing Legacy of America's Greatest Conflict" was published in the summer. ![]() DeMarco has published several books about her home city such as "Lost Cleveland" and "Cleveland Then and Now." But her newest work expanded her focus to the battlefields, encampments, hospitals, and other locations of America's most defining conflict. A frequent guest of the program she joined us on The Sound of Ideas in June. We begin with an interview with Cleveland author Laura DeMarco. We the think the conversations are worth another listen. ![]() Today we are bringing you rebroadcasts of conversations with two authors who wrote books dealing with the long shadow cast by the Civil War. ![]() ![]() Uncle Julian, who uses a wheelchair, obsessively writes and re-writes notes for his memoirs, while Constance takes care of him. Constance has not left their home in six years, going no farther than her large garden. ![]() Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood lives with her elder sister Constance and their ailing Uncle Julian in a large house on extensive grounds, in isolation from the nearby village. Its first screen adaptation appeared in 2018, based on a screenplay by Mark Kruger and directed by Stacie Passon. It has been described as Jackson's masterpiece. The novel was first published in hardcover in North America by Viking Press, and has since been released in paperback and as an audiobook and e-book. Six years before the events of the novel, the Blackwood family experienced a tragedy that left the three survivors isolated from their small village. The novel is written in the voice of eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood, who lives with her agoraphobic sister and ailing uncle on an estate. It was Jackson's final work, and was published with a dedication to Pascal Covici, the publisher, three years before the author's death in 1965. ![]() ![]() We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a 1962 mystery novel by American author Shirley Jackson. ![]() ![]() The next chapter in the BLOOD LEGACY saga. ![]() I’m doing it so one day, others can live freer than me. When he ties me to his desk, whip trailing along the marble floor, I tell myself I’m enduring this for the Resistance. Power he can use to control the Republic, or that I can use to save humankind. He says my pain can give us both unimaginable power. Through pain, through pleasure, though I’m having a hard time these days finding the difference between the two. It’s not just the taste of human blood that drives him. ![]() But Victor–cold, calculating, cruel–has other roles in mind for me. As his personal Administrative, I can feed the Resistance valuable information on the Vampyrs’ plans. That’s how I wound up working for Victor Bressov, heir apparent to one of the oldest, most powerful Vampyr families. We humans live short and worthless lives fulfilling one of three roles, serving our Vampyr betters: Laborer, Administrative, or Donor. ![]() more The Vampyrs have seized control of what’s left of Earth. ![]() The Vampyrs have seized control of what’s left of Earth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 21 Madeleine Albright quotes to inspire you to take on the world Here are some of the most well-known quotes from one of our country’s most admired women. Although her upbringing was tumultuous, Albright used it as motivation-and her Presidential Medal of Freedom proves that it worked pretty well.Ī woman known for her bold opinions, outspoken nature, and wide variety of pins and brooches, Albright not only knows how to inspire, but also how to accessorize. As a child, she and her family had fled both Nazi and communist regimes before coming to America. Secretary of State-Madeleine Albright is one of the most respected women in our country’s history.īefore being named by President Clinton as Secretary of State in 1997, Albright served as ambassador to the United Nations for four years. ![]() A political powerhouse, a UN ambassador, the first woman to serve as the U.S. ![]() |