5/24/2023 0 Comments She who became the sun duologyDesperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. Mulan meets The Song of Achilles an accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping across an epic alternate China.
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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. "If others pull you from the darkness, it's because they believe your life is worth living. Witchy was nominated for the 2015 Ignatz for Outstanding Online Comic, the 2016 DINKy for Outstanding Web Comic, and the Danish "Pingprisen" for Best Online Series in 20. When conscription rolls around, Nyneve has a choice to make join the institution complicit in her father's death, or stand up for her ideals? Witchy is a comic about the young witch Nyneve, who is haunted by the death of her father and the threat the Witch Guard poses to her own life. However, those with hair judged too long are pronounced enemies of the kingdom, and annihilated. Those that are strong enough are conscripted by the Witch Guard, who enforce the law in peacetime and protect the land during war. In the witch kingdom Hyalin, the strength of your magic is determined by the length of your hair. Published by Oni Press on September 17, 2019 5/24/2023 0 Comments Eragon by Christopher PaoliniIn 2002, Eragon was published for the first time by Paolini International LLC, Paolini's parents' publishing company. This novel would become the first of a four-book series set in the mythical land of Alagaësia. He started his work on his first novel, Eragon, at the age of 15. Home schooled for the duration of his education, Paolini graduated from high school at the age of 15 through a set of accredited correspondence courses from the American School of Correspondence in Lansing, Illinois. His family members include his parents, Kenneth Paolini and Talita Hodgkinson, and his younger sister, Angela Paolini. Paolini was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in the area of Paradise Valley, Montana. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book. His first science fiction novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, was published on September 15, 2020. He is best known for The Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance, and the follow up short story collection The Fork, the Witch and the Worm. Christopher James Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is an American author and screenwriter. Soon the limits of progress, and the old ways, will be tested as this small Sussex town and its inhabitants go to war. For despite Agatha's reassurances, the unimaginable is coming. For her part, mourning the death of her beloved father, who has left her penniless, Beatrice simply wants to be left alone to pursue her teaching and writing.īut just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape and the colorful characters who populate Rye, the perfect summer is about to end. When Beatrice Nash arrives with one trunk and several large crates of books, it is clear she is significantly more freethinking-and attractive-than anyone believes a Latin teacher should be. And Agatha has more immediate concerns she has just risked her carefully built reputation by pushing for the appointment of a woman to replace the Latin master. Agatha's husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent saber rattling over the Balkans won't come to anything. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. It is the end of England's brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love and war that reaches far beyond the small English town in which it is set.Įast Sussex, 1914. 5/24/2023 0 Comments The annotated sword of shannaraSoon a Skull Bearer, dread minion of a mighty evil, flies into the Vale, seeking to destroy Shea. On Shea, last of the bloodline, rests the hope of all the races. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a true heir of Shannara. Then the giant, forbidding Allanon reveals that the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake. In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. Now comes a fully annotated collector’s edition of the novel that started it all-featuring never-before-shared insights into the classic tale, an all-new introduction by the New York Times bestselling author, and replicas of the original sketches for some of the long-lost, black-and-white paintings by the Brothers Hildebrandt that decorated the original edition, and a replica of the original Hildebrandt central color plate on the back of the jacket. Nineteen more Shannara volumes would follow, making the series one of the most popular fantasy epics of all time. Thirty-five years ago, Terry Brooks brought to life a dazzling world in The Sword of Shannara. THE PHENOMENAL EPIC OF GOOD AND EVIL LIKE IT’S NEVER BEEN EXPERIENCED BEFORE 5/23/2023 0 Comments Tortured Rake by Sarah Morgan(Most suffering from agoraphobia–as I do–practice avoidance and prefer familiar surroundings and fewer people. Feel free to skip them if you know them.Īgoraphobia is a “fear” of crowds, open spaces, and the outside. I apologize if I ruin a surprise here and there slightly.įirst, some generalized definitions off the top of my head–so don’t quote me. I’ve tried to keep the list spoiler-free, but sometimes these conditions aren’t announced out-right or in the blurbs. They have various levels of obstacles to overcome, but I’m drawn to characters who have more than situations requiring growth, and I heart love stories off the beaten path. Below are books where one of the main characters is considered to be flawed in some way by themselves or by society to a degree that they feel unlovable. 5/23/2023 0 Comments El james the mister second bookShe took someone else’s work and she did it again. Trevethick is the real-life name of a famous Cornish mining engineer. Ross stands to inherit Trenwith until Elizabeth produces an heir before her husband dies.Īnd for extra fuckery? Ross Poldark owns mines in Cornwall. Maxim stands to inherit the Earldom until Caroline reveals she’s pregnant with her late husband’s heir (spoiler alert).Ross’s cousin and closest male relative married Ross’s first love and childhood best friend. Maxim’s brother and closest male relative married Maxim’s first love and childhood best friend.Ross’s captivating young housekeeper has an uncanny talent for singing. Maxim’s captivating young housekeeper has an uncanny talent at the piano.Ross is captivated by his young housekeeper who has escaped an abusive past. Maxim is captivated by his young housekeeper who has escaped an abusive past.Trenwith includes ownership of an estate in Cornwall. The Earldom includes an estate in Cornwall.Ross is the only male relative of the Master of Trenwith. Maxim is the only male relative of the Earl of Trevethick.I was astonished at how much better the plot of this book was, how much she’d grown as a writer.Īnd then commenter Sushi pointed out that it’s Poldark. 5/23/2023 0 Comments James comey a higher loyaltyNearly a year after Trump fired him, Comey has returned to public life as a scandalous author. Such is the know-nothing centrism that seems to animate Comey’s political sense. He now threatens to doom the Trump administration, too. Now, Trump’s Republicans regard Comey as a sanctimonious turncoat whose dramatic accounts of Trump’s malfeasance have imperiled the president and empowered special counsel Robert Mueller, who now investigates the Russian intrigue that Trump once cited as cause for Comey’s termination. Trump fired Comey in a fit of frustration with the FBI director’s investigation of possible coordination between his presidential campaign and Russia to defeat Hillary Clinton. For a few months after the election, Comey was a right-wing folk hero, as crucial to Hillary Clinton’s defeat as Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, and Trump himself. The rebellious Democrats in our lives - the Clinton loyalists, in particular - regard the former FBI director as the crucial stooge whose reckless communication about the Democratic presidential nominee’s emails ultimately swung the 2016 election in Donald Trump’s favor. For any number of reasons, you may hate James Comey. Suddenly Truman was president of the United States. Truman had been vice president for only eighty-one days when President Franklin D. Returning home a hero, Truman began his life in politics, serving first as county commissioner, then as United States senator, and eventually as vice president. When the First World War began, he enlisted in the army.Īs captain of a rough and tough artillery regiment, Truman learned that he possessed great courage and that he was an excellent leader of men. So Truman went to work as a timekeeper, bank clerk, and farmer. Truman wanted to attend West Point, but his poor eyesight kept him out, and his family could not afford college. Later he would say, "To tell the truth, I was kind of a sissy." Raised on his grandparent's farm in Missouri, Truman had loving parents and remembered his childhood as one of "wonderful days and great adventures." Young Truman read "everything I could get my hands onhistories and encyclopedias and everything else." Always neat and clean as a boy, Truman felt he was never popular. Truman | PBSĪ skinny kid with glasses, Harry Truman didn't look much like a hero. |