5/13/2023 0 Comments Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb![]() ![]() The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening: Althea Vestrit waits for the ship that she loves more than anything in the world to awaken. They quicken only when three family members from successive generations have died upon their deck. But only a liveship can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain Wild River, and liveships are hard to come by. Wizardwood, the most precious commodity in the world, comes only from the Rain Wilds. ![]() ![]() Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, Robin Hobb begins her epic tale of pirates, talking ships, magic, sea serpents, slave revolts, dashing heroes and bloody battles. From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, SHIP OF MAGIC is the first part of the Liveship Traders. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Husband Material by Alexis Hall![]() "Every once in a while you read a book that you want to SCREAM FROM ROOFTOPS about. "The apotheosis of the rom-com."- Entertainment Weekly, A+ Review, for Boyfriend Material "Brilliance on every single page."-Christina Lauren, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, for Boyfriend Material ![]() Good thing Oliver is such perfect HUSBAND MATERIAL. But it'll take more than four weddings, a funeral, and a hotly contested rainbow balloon arch to get these two from "I don't know what I'm doing" to "I do". Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc's feeling the social pressure to propose. In BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends.and somehow figured out a way to make it work. ![]() WANTED: One (very real) husband, nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best "Our favourite chaos demon & stern brunch daddy return in this delicious, ridiculous, and often poignant romcom about all the ways love can grow." -Talia Hibbert, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By building analogy between contemporary Maya practices of commerce and healing today, colonial medical and commercial sources, and the archaeological record, this study explores a previously archaeologically undocumented practice among the Classic Maya and contextualizes ancient medical practice within the social and economic space of an ancient Maya marketplace. Beginning with the identification of dental extractions in this area on the basis of the pathological and fractured state of the human teeth, this thesis investigates the intersection between medicine and curing and commerce and exchange. This area of the site has been hypothesized to have served market functions. A large, fragmentary, and commingled assemblage of human and animal bone worked and unworked bone, and pathological human teeth was excavated from the S-Sector of Piedras Negras, Guatemala between 20. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Dalrymple the anarchy![]() ![]() For it was not the British government that began seizing chunks of India in the mid-eighteenth century, but a dangerously unregulated private company headquartered in one small office, five windows wide, in the city of London. We still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a much more sinister reality. 'Gorgeous, spellbinding and important' Sunday Times 'Rampaging, brilliant, passionate history' Wall Street Journal 'Magnificent … Dalrymple has uncovered sources never used before' Guardian 'Vivid … unmatched … revolutionary … humane' Sunday Telegraph _ From multi-award-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple, a four-book collection chronicling the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the East India Company. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments What Is a Man? by Waller R. Newell![]() ![]() It’s basically the residue of the modern behavioral and positivistic political science that began with Hobbes and continued with the Enlightenment. One is the prevalence of the “rational actor” theory in the social sciences, which assumes that political actors are universally motivated by material self-interest. There are two main reasons for this lack of perspective. Contemporary approaches often overlook this historical depth, including the varieties of tyranny and the psychological complexity of the tyrannical personality. ![]() Tyranny is one of the oldest forms of authority known to mankind, and it still exists today. ![]() Newell: It’s true that there’s a lot of source material available today, but it often lacks historical perspective. With so much contemporary source material available today, how valuable or relevant is the study of history in your field? As I understand it, you're a specialist in political science. UNRV: Thank you for taking a few moments to answer our questions. Newell about his latest book Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice, and Terror. Mark Ollard for UNRV: Today we have the distinct pleasure to interview professional scholar, educator, public intellectual and journalist Waller R. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Priestess by Yuu Watase![]() ![]() Simultaneous battles rage in both The Universe of the Four Gods and in present-day Japan, and Celestial Warriors die. Suboshi follows Yui to Japan, intent on destroying Miaka for Yui. She then sends Miaka back to the real world to separate her from Tamahome, but Tamahome holds on to Miaka, and the couple is sent to present-day Japan together. Her name is romanized as 'Y Watase' in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Ygi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Ygi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as 'Yuu Watase'. 2: Oracle Yuu Watase From 7.29 3 Fushigi Ygi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. ![]() 1: Priestess Yuu Watase From 4.79 2 Fushigi Ygi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 24 Books 1 Fushigi Ygi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. Yui summons Seiryu and uses one of her wishes to make Nakago a god. See the complete Fushigi Ygi: The Mysterious Play series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Following the legend in the story, Miaka becomes the Priestess of Suzaku and must find her seven Celestial Warriors before she can save the kingdom and return home.Read the shojo manga that started it all! Fushigi Yûgi, the best-selling series from beloved creator Yuu Watase is now available in a VIZBIG Edition-three of the original graphic novel releases collected into one volume, including color artwork and new bonus content! Get It All-Get Big!, The 3-in-1 Edition!įifteen-year-old Miaka Yuki is transported into an ancient Chinese kingdom by an old library book, The Universe of the Four Gods. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Eses fatales by Sonia Manzano Vela![]() Manzano also became a proficient short fiction writer, having obtained the 1989 Ecuadorian Feminist Short-Story Contest. ![]() Other poetry books published by Manzano include Patente de corza (1997), Último regreso a Edén (2007) and Espalda mordida por el humo (2014). She then published Casi siempre las tardes (1974), La gota en el cráneo (1976), La semana que no tiene jueves (1978), El ave que todo lo atropella (1980), Caja musical con bailarina incluida (1984), Carcoma con forma de paloma (1986) and Full de reinas (1991), which achieved commercial success. Her first poetry book was El nudo y el trino, printed in 1972. She started her literary career when some of her poems appeared in the anthology Generación Huracanada (1970), which was also the name of a literary group of which Manzano was part. Sonia Manzano Vela (born Guayaquil, 27 February 1947) is an Ecuadorian writer and poet. ![]() ![]() Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize (1999) ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The good immigrant![]() ![]() ![]() This dream always had the rank smell of bullshit to me. In that context, “Return to Macondo,” by Puerto Rican writer Susanne Ramírez de Arellano, offers the especially poignant-and angry-perspective of a marginalized woman who “never bought the American Dream. In fact, the fear spawned by the hatred of Trump and the Republican Party is palpable throughout. Because some of the essays are ripped from the headlines, Donald Trump’s xenophobia and immigration-related presidential policies figure in, as well. The contributors also explore topics around the generalized immigration experiences of both Muslims and Jews. Besides Iran, the other nations in the anthology are spread across the world, from Africa to Asia to Europe to Latin America. The editors do not explain how they decided on the order of the essays, but many readers will agree that the first, Porochista Khakpour’s “How to Write Iranian-America, or the Last Essay,” qualifies as both the most inventively written and most memorable. Suleyman has since relocated to New York City and taken charge of this current collection, the title of which plays on the toxic assumption that all immigrants should be perceived as “bad” until they demonstrate otherwise. ![]() In 2015, editors Shukla ( The One Who Wrote Destiny, 2018, etc.) and Suleyman ( Outside Looking On, 2014) published a similar book in the U.K. ![]() Immigrants offer affecting personal essays about adapting to daily life in the United States while also retaining their identities forged by foreign cultures. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Diableries by Brian May![]() Here are some details about the book: Brian May, founding member and lead guitarist of Queen, is one of the world s foremost collectors of Victorian stereo cards. ![]() The book cost me $65 with tax so I not looking to make a big profit here, particularly after eBay and PayPal fees are deducted from the sale. I will include my receipt from the event as well as the original shopping bag. It is a heavy coffee-table book that comes in a special casing and includes a 3D viewer. The book is also signed by co-authors Denis Pellerin and Paula Fleming. ![]() Brian included "2013" with his signature - he did not add the year inscription on all books that he signed. ![]() First edition, hardcover book "Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell" signed by Brian May of Queen at Strand Book Store in New York City on October 21, 2013. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language." He wrote: " My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. Some of his writing has been called postmodern, reflecting on literature and the act of reading, while some has been labeled magical realist, others fables, others simply "modern". His style is not easy to classify much of his writing has an air reminiscent to that of fantastical fairy tales ( Our Ancestors, Cosmicomics), although sometimes his writing is more "realistic" and in the scenic mode of observation ( Difficult Loves, for example). His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979). He was a journalist and writer of short stories and novels. Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. ![]() |