![]() ![]() The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys imagines what events in Pepys’ life he might have recorded in his diaries had he continued. The characters in here were amazing.Īs the author explains in the Historical Notes, Samuel Pepys kept a diary for almost ten years but then suddenly stopped for reasons that can only be speculated upon. If you love a ridiculous duo trying their best, this one is for you. It has a million twists along the way, and some great banter. It was fast paced, with a plot that will keep you guessing. ![]() It was ridiculously fun to read, and the writing was so engaging. It’s part comedy, part adventure, part mystery with a whole lot of tragedy thrown in. Whatever you think this book will entail, you’ll probably guess wrong. I was kind of transported back in time and really taken somewhere else when I was reading. I have no idea if that makes sense, but it genuinely enhanced the reading experience for me. Jewers just had an almost rustic (?) air to his writing that really made me feel like I was reading an old piece of literature. ![]() Though this book is a new release set in the past, it read like a classic somehow. I went into this completely blind, and I had a great time. ![]() I honestly had no idea what to expect from this, I’ve heard the name ‘Samuel Pepys’ many times in passing but I actually have no clue who he really is or anything about his life. *Thank you Moonflower for sending me a copy of this book to review!* ![]()
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![]() I was shocked several times to see it selling significantly more than Batwoman, for example. The whole thing sucks and is incredibly unfortunate. In which case DiDio and Harras should have known better. Move the book to a new editor and voila! Problems.Īnybody know who the editor of Firestorm was when Gail walked off that book? I bet dollars to donuts it was Brian Cunningham. Book seems to be running along fine when it was strictly under the Bat office. There’s a lot of editors over at DC right now that actually don’t seem to have an ability to work with talent in order to get out of their own way. Likely this more comes down to an editor and creator not having the same vision for a book moreso then Gail Simone being a woman. ![]() That being said, the people already crying that DC “doesn’t care about female creators” simply because Gail was fired from the book don’t have enough facts (and the way internal workings wok at DC, likely never will) to make this claim. ![]() ![]() I really do think a lot of the editors ego’s over there are bigger then they ought to be. ![]() I think it’s a n incredible shame that the editor found the need to e-mail her instead of at least trying to call and talk to her about it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nothing happens on the streets of The City without The Cardinal Not particularly original, butĬertainly accurate, since this ain't no picturesque village.) The main baddy is a character called The Cardinal, who has a There's plenty of comic book action, with nasty people doing So no surprises that Procession Of The Dead is very Sin City. The image is eerily similar to the Sin City comic books, created byįrank Miller, then later used as the basis for the Robert Rodriguez In the centre lurks the silhouette of a sinister-looking man. ![]() Packed with black and white scratch marks and squiggles. It looks like the artist has haemorrhaged ink, as the page is Well, you don't have to glance at the title to know youĪren't about to snuggle down with Little Women. ![]() Kitted out in suspenders, sprawled over a four-poster and brandishing a If the picture on the dust jacket happens to show a gorgeous gal IT'S true that you can't tell a book by it's cover. APA style: Books: Slick thriller is dead on target Procession Of The Dead, DB Shan Voyager pounds 10. ![]() Books: Slick thriller is dead on target Procession Of The Dead, DB Shan Voyager pounds 10." Retrieved from ![]() ![]() The pulse pounding sequel to SOLOMON’S MEN brings Valdez out of retirement and in search of THE HONJO…. She may never be seen again.īut Valdez will need his son’s help to save her and doesn’t realize it will take a miracle to retrieve the sword-and save his own life. If Valdez will retrieve the sword, he can have the information to find her. Kyla believes she is leaving for Japan to become an international model, but she’s caught in a Tonsei-Kai human trafficking ring. The Japanese government will make a trade with Valdez-the sword in exchange for information about Kyla, Valdez’s former daughter in law. One Mans RestorationGeorge Curtiss, What Does a Progressive Christian Believe. The Honjo Masamune, an ancient, priceless sword is being held in the United States by the Tonsei-Kai, a notorious Yakuza clan. No longer for hire as a professional thief, Valdez was enjoying retirement in the Texas Hill Country until the day Japan’s National Police and the Agency for Cultural Affairs disrupted his life wanting a national treasure returned. ![]() Greg Valdez walked away from stolen antiquities and the dark side of the art world years ago. ![]() ![]() ![]() Luckily, they seem to have a talent for locating missing magical objects.Īs Uma readies for the high seas alongside Harry, son of Captain Hook, Gil, son of Gaston, and the toughest rogues on the Isle of the Lost, the reformed villains of Auradon devise their own master plan, and with King Ben away on royal business, they won't have to play by all the rules. But first, she needs a pirate crew.Ī storm is brewing back in Auradon, and when Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay hear that the trident has been washed away, they realize they'll have to find it before anyone from the Isle does. ![]() The tide has dragged in something good for a change, and Uma is determined to get her wicked hands on it. Deep beneath the waves, King Triton's powerful trident has passed through the magical barrier that surrounds the Isle of the Lost-keeping villains in and magic out, and when Mal's longtime rival Uma, daughter of Ursula, gets wind of this, she can't believe her luck. ![]() ![]() ![]() Betsy promised Kate they'd do a goofy book. Today's title comes to us via The Big Red Book of Beginner Books, and it truly lives up to expectations. ![]() Eastman collaboration with Joan Heilbroner, and could you blame her? Betsy would have probably have missed it too if (A) She hadn't had children that she read to and (B) She hadn't stumbled on the mighty useful "Big" beginner books from Random House that combined many of Seuss's "I Can Read" titles into a single volume. Though in the business for many years, Betsy's fellow librarian had not heard of that particular P.D. Its darling, funny, has great repetition of its jokes, and is just plain FUN to read dramatically with kids, who can learn to play along and quote the repeated parts in order to participate. When she asked what Betsy was looking for, she confessed that what she really needed was a copy of Robert the Rose Horse. Beginner Books, 1962 - Allergy - 64 pages. 'Robert the Rose Horse' was one of my favorite books as a kid in the early/mid 70s. ![]() Betsy was in her library's children's room the other day and a staff member saw her looking perturbed in the easy book section. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the celebrated Desert Solitaire, which decried the waste of America's wilderness, and the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, the title of which is still in use today to describe groups that purposefully sabotage projects and entities that degrade the environment. The voice that speaks in this book is the passionate voice of the forest," Abbey writes, "the madness of desire, and the joy of love, and the anguish of final loss."Įdward Abbey spent most of his life in the American Southwest. ![]() "Like most honest novels, Black Sun is partly autobiographical, mostly invention, and entirely true. ![]() Then she mysteriously disappears, plunging him into desolation.īlack Sun is a singular novel in Abbey's repertoire, a romantic story of a solitary man's passion for the outdoors and for a woman who is seeing the natural world's true colors for the first time. She, in turn, awakens in him the pleasure of love. Like Lady Chatterley's lover, he initiates her into the rites of sex and the stark, secret harmonies of his wilderness. ![]() Black Sun is a bittersweet love story involving an iconoclastic forest ranger and a freckle-faced "American princess" half his age. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Drawing on Chinese archives that have only been unsealed in the past ten years, he brings to vivid new life such characters as Chiang's American chief of staff, the unforgettable "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, and such horrific events as the Rape of Nanking and the bombing of China's wartime capital, Chongqing. ![]() Rana Mitter focuses his gripping narrative on three towering leaders: Chiang Kai-shek, the politically gifted but tragically flawed head of China's Nationalist government Mao Zedong, the Communists' fiery ideological stalwart, seen here at the beginning of his epochal career and the lesser-known Wang Jingwei, who collaborated with the Japanese to form a puppet state in occupied China. Yet its drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue remains little known in the West. The war began in China, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. The epic, untold story of China's devastating eight-year war of resistance against Japanįor decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. ![]() ![]() ![]() You must return books offered in drawings to Mrs. ![]() You may not have more than one book from a drawing at a time.Ĥ. ![]() In order to be fair Miller allocated some rules:Ģ. It has nothing to do with the book itself, what happens when the supply is low, demand goes UP! You are a smart woman □ The fact that it’s a drawing just entices more children to enter regardless of whether they wanted to read the book in the first place or not. Miller draws names for who get the chance for the book next. Listen Free to Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperers Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits audiobook by Susan Kelley, Donalyn Miller with a 30 Day. THEN, she asks her students to record the book Title on their, “Books to Read” list.Īfter that, they write their names and book title on 1/4 of an index card. In order to increase interest AND introduce new books, Miller presents each new book with a book commercial (this means that she gives a brief preview of the books content and her personal experience with the book along with connections to other books). ![]() ![]() These technicalities are supposedly the stepping stones for the fear that causes many students to turn their heads from education. ![]() The liberality in the education he is explaining is effective, but it leaves out the technicalities that show us how to do things correctly, and technically. In class, we discussed that in order for students to feel as comfortable as possible in their learning environment, there needs to be a liberal atmosphere for the students, leaving the classroom free from uncomfortable situations that bread the fear students have to learn. If one is happy, it is said that this individual is bound to hold that desire or capability to learn new subjects in school, with no resistance or anything we see as a detrimental to learning. ![]() Happiness is paralel to healthiness, and both bread the desire for education. ![]() |