![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Guided by Artemis's twin-the handsome and entirely-too-self-assured god Apollo-Daphne's journey will take her from the labyrinth of the Minotaur to the riddle-spinning Sphinx of Thebes, team her up with mythological legends, such as Theseus and Hippolyta of the Amazons, and pit her against the gods themselves.Ī reinterpretation of the classic Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo, Daughter of Sparta by debut author Claire Andrews turns the traditionally male-dominated mythology we know into a heart-pounding and empowering female-led adventure. Nine mysterious items have been stolen from Mount Olympus and if Daphne cannot find them, the gods' waning powers will fade away, the mortal world will descend into chaos, and her brother's life will be forfeit. Daphne is tasked with finding nine missing items stolen from Mount Olympus. ![]() But a chance encounter with Artemis throws the life she has worked so hard for into chaos. Now the go Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 Blood of Troy by Claire M. Daphne is a seventeen-year-old warrior who has spent her life training her body and mind in order to be accepted by the people of Ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis-who holds Daphne's brother's fate in her hands-upends the life she's worked so hard to build.
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![]() ![]() Here is a selection of Ajl’s observations. The international and national institutions are failing on many counts. ![]() Since then, there has not been a single global mandatory reduction of greenhouse gases, and the latest leaked scientific report indicates that current trends will mean a 3☌ rise this century, at best. These are enmeshed systems – how can there be eco-socialism under racist regimes, under settler-colonialism, or occupation by Israeli or US forces?Ījl’s challenge and solutions need to be seen in the context of the 2018 urgent warning by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) about 1.5☌ being the upper limit of human adaptability. The book, A People’s Green New Deal, (Pluto Press, London, 2021), eloquently details how the predominant solutions, including the AOC-Markey Green New Deal, are not geared to the hastening pace of global climate change’s human impacts or the global political and economic hegemony of the capitalistic centre. Max Ajl has written an exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its politics and injustices. All Must Change Utterly: We Need a People’s Green New Deal ![]() ![]() ![]() We also encourage discussion about developments in the book world and we have a flair system. We love original content and self-posts! Thoughts, discussion questions, epiphanies and interesting links about authors and their work. Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Suggested Reading page or ask in: /r/suggestmeabook Quick Rules:ĭo not post shallow content. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki ![]() Join in the Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!.Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread.Mon at 1pm, Michelle Lam Author of Meesh the Bad Demon. ![]() ![]() ![]() unaware of the turmoil, the sorrow - and the guilt that consumed these broken and very complex people. as the rest of the world laughed and got on with their own lives. ![]() I however, do not.Ī breathtaking NA romance as 22 yr old Daniel and 19 yr old Ashlyn knew what it was like to grieve - and grieve hard. I bet if you connect with that sort of story then you will love this book. Also high school drama and angst, lots of tears and a star crossed love affair filled with poetry, sonnets and Shakespeare. You need to be able to relate to a 19 year old who acts more like a much younger teenager with ‘you’ve ruined my life’ tantrums, put up with side characters who make stupid decisions and have a lack of self worth and I think are supposed to be acting like ‘normal’ teenagers (though I don’t remember me or any of my friends being like that when we were 14, let alone older like the characters in this book). I decided to rate it as if I were the person who should have purchased the book instead of a a 30 something year old woman who doesn’t suffer fools. ![]() However, I’m clearly not the target audience so I didn’t think it was fair of me to bring the rating down because some people would adore this book, and it is decently written. ![]() For me personally, this book was an eye-rolling 3 stars, if that. ![]() ![]() Hazel’s father agrees to her going and says he will meet them there to share Egypt as a family. Hazel, Daisy, Hazel’s father and her two sisters, Amina and her father, and George and Alexander of the Junior Pinkertons come together for one last adventure.Īmina’s father, a wealthy Egyptian businessman, invites Daisy and Hazel to spend Christmas with Amina in Cairo. įor this finale of an adventure, it is fitting we should have all of our favourites from the series. Words that will hang like a portent of death, a harbinger of evil, in the bone-dry Egyptian air throughout what is to come for our two, seemingly invincible detectives. The story opens with these very telling words. ‘This is an account of the last murder mystery the Detective Society will ever solve together.’ OK, enough chat, let’s get this show on the road, or should I say, all aboard the steamer for a trip down the Nile! It has been a fascinating and exciting series that has kept us going the past couple of years. This week, somewhat sadly, we have come to the final main story in the MMU (Murder Most Unladylike) series of murder mystery adventures. ![]() ![]() ‘Is This The End For The Detective Society?’ ![]() ![]() The work resonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory….Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez…gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. “This book presents a range of human nature, from kindness and love to acts of racial and sexual violence. Sexually explicit content available at Canyon Independent School District in Region. ![]() “Pérez deftly weaves unflinchingly intense narrative….A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism.”―starred, Kirkus Reviews Book Review: Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez. “ layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes down like it should, with pain and fascination, like a mix of sugary medicine and artisanal moonshine.”- The New York Times Book Review Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion-the worst school disaster in American history-as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people. ![]() ![]() But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. Ashley Hope Prez, who grew up nearby, mined her grandmothers recollections, archives, and historical narratives to build a complex and memorable novel. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. ![]() ![]() The all-new 2015 fashion line will include Star Wars dresses, cardigans, skirts, fashion tops, hoodies, tunic tanks, t-shirts, and even an Ewok crochet purse. So here’s something for the ladies, fangirls and their supporters to cheer about: Voice actress Ashley Eckstein (she plays the role of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels) will be introducing new stylish Star Wars fashions for women and girls through Her Universe™, which she co-founded with The Araca Group. – Star Wars clothing and merchandise can sometimes seem a bit too guy-centric. This pin-up style cardigan features embroidered symmetrical X-Wing fighters. ![]() ![]() ![]() It wasn't the gambling that would infuriate her father, or the company she had kept. This hour of thrilling risk was going to cost her. Kestrel especially liked it when they cheated. They flipped cards with feral tricks, swore when they lost, swore when they won, would gouge the last silver keystone coin out of a friend. But sailors were much better adversaries than the average aristocrat. The silver wouldn't begin to pay for her silk dress, snagged from the splintery crate she had used as a stool. The sun had lowered, and caramelized the color of things, which meant that she had played cards long enough to be noticed by someone who mattered.Ĭards wasn't even her favorite game. "Stay," said another, but Kestrel cinched her wrist-strap velvet purse shut. ![]() This is what Kestrel thought as she swept the sailors' silver off the impromptu gaming table set up in a corner of the market. ![]() ![]() ![]() I can describe this process but I can’t explain it.” One day I had nothing and the next day I was working on it. With Mothering Sunday, there was no premeditation. ![]() I hadn’t written stories for decades and then suddenly I was writing lots. The stories in my previous book, England and Other Stories (2014), came to me inexplicably. But many things in life cannot be explained. “No,” he says, “there’s no agenda and Jane isn’t me. ![]() ![]() He suggests we start with champagne and, once we’ve clinked flutes, I ask if he was trying, in his new novel, to make himself interview-proof. Still, I hear Swift enjoys the kind of long lunch that’s synonymous with literary London’s past and, when he arrives, dressed in a black suit and white shirt, he asks with some relish: “So, we’re going to eat and drink, then?” Not only that – Jane, the protagonist of his new novel, Mothering Sunday, regards “interview chicanery” and “bothersome questions” as the banes of a writer’s life. Reading interviews with him, I sense that, although polite and thoughtful, Swift finds discussing his work a chore. Interviews can be nerve-racking affairs but, as I wait for Graham Swift at a crowded Soho restaurant, I feel especially apprehensive. ![]() ![]() ![]() The world hurtles toward the countdown to the Rapture. The eternal battle for souls has come to earth. And good and evil will clash in an explosion that will shake the world. He tried and failed to overcome his grief. ![]() Frank La Haye suffered a fatal heart attack. He was only nine-years-old when his father, a Ford autoworker, died. Soon Carpathias and Steeles lives will intersect. Tim LaHaye was born on the 27th of April 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. Instead, Ray sets his heart on becoming a pilot. Young Ray Steele is determined to avoid one day taking over the family business. Halfway around the world, Gods plans are subtly being carried out too. ![]() Through genetic engineering and the power of the prince of darkness himself, Marilena is about to become a chosen vessel, one who will unknowingly give birth to the greatest evil the world has ever known. So when a mysterious clairvoyant promises the fulfillment of this dream, Marilena does not hesitate. It focuses on a seven-year conflict between the Tribulation Force, an underground network of converts, and the New World Order -esque Global Community and its leader, Nicolae Carpathia, who is also the Antichrist. Marilena Carpathia has only one dream: to be a mother. Left Behind is a multimedia franchise that started with a series of 16 bestselling religious novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. ![]() |