![]() ![]() Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870: Celebrated Crimes (Gutenberg text).by Stewart Orr (page images at HathiTrust US access only) Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870: The Castle of Eppstein (London: Methuen and co., ca. ![]() Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870: Caligula, trans.Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870: The Borgias (Gutenberg text).Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870: The Black Tulip (Gutenberg text).Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870: The Ball of Snow To Which is Added Sultanetta (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., c1895), also by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (page images at HathiTrust).Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870: Ange Pitou: or, Taking the Bastile (New York: President Publishing Co., n.d.), also by Auguste Maquet.Online books about this author are available, as is a Wikipedia article. Online Books by Alexandre Dumas (Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870) Alexandre Dumas (Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870) | The Online Books Page The Online Books Page ![]()
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Who but Trump could have arranged 17 interviews with a man who had written critically of eight presidents, including an earlier book characterizing Trump as unprepared and unfit for his office, a national disaster waiting to happen? ![]() ![]() Where did Woodward get these arresting statements? They were part of a series of interviews Trump granted the venerable journalist from The Washington Post - a total of 17 in all, stretching from December to late July. I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic." Woodward quotes a subsequent interview on March 19, wherein Trump says: "I always wanted to play it down. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tom Orzechowski’s lettering aids tremendously in setting the tone and mood for this galactic epic. They make Starlin’s pencils and layouts pop with cosmic wonder. He was ably assisted by inker/finishers Steve Leialoha and Joe Rubinstein. Starlin wrote and drew the series with a deft hand, knowing exactly what he wanted to say and how to get there. Jim Starlin is now recognized as one of the giants of the comic industry. Way ahead of its time, Starlin’s Adam Warlock saga has now become considered a classic of the comic world as the years have passed. The books weren’t all that popular though, and the series only lasted from 1975 to 1977. The story’s themes concern philosophical questions about life and death, chaos and order, gods and madmen. Adam has the soul gem imbedded in his forehead, an vampiric emerald that steals mortal souls. ![]() ![]() Starlin’s cosmic opus starred Adam Warlock, a Christlike space hero, pitted against Thanos of Titan and his quest to posses the Infinity Gems. ![]() While browsing through the local Barnes & Noble recently, my gaze came upon one that screamed “Buy me now”! That book was WARLOCK BY JIM STARLIN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION. Now that I’m slightly older (well, okay maybe more than just slightly), I’ll occasionally pick up a trade paperback that grabs my nostalgic interest. Even the oversized Warrens and of course, Mad. I had stacks and stacks of them: Marvel, DC, Charlton, Atlas, undergrounds. I usually write about old movies here, but they’re not my only interest. When I was younger, back in the 70s, I collected comic books. ![]() ![]() ![]() The crew of La Ana includes formerly enslaved Black sailors. The characters are primarily Latinx Cuban and Mexican Mar’s magia is connected to their Mayan heritage. Novoa heightens the suspense by introducing key details that both foreshadow the danger ahead and reveal more about the world. Bas, Mar’s romantic interest, swaggers with characteristic piratical charm that’s all the more appealing for his earnest eagerness for friendship, gentle kindness, and moments of sweet dorkiness. ![]() Set in the summer of 1820 but written in language that feels contemporary, this romantic coming-of-age fantasy offers endearing, flawed heroes, an enticing villain, and high emotional stakes. Then el Diablo returns with a new bargain: Mar can hand over their own soul to free Papá’s. Fished out of the sea by Bas, the son of a pirate captain, 16-year-old Mar flounders to hide and control their magia so they can make a new life aboard La Ana, a ship that aids revolutionaries fighting Spanish colonization. Not even Mar’s magia, their secret, dangerous powers of fire and ice, could save their family and shipboard home. Mar León de la Rosa grew up hearing how their father traded his soul to save Mar’s life and gain 16 years of prosperity, but they never believed it. There’s nothing more treacherous or binding than a deal with the devil.Įl Diablo sent the storm that sank La Catalina, one of the last pirate ships in the Caribbean. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For that reason, I'd give it two stars if not for Simon Prebble's narration. If buying the books in print, I would rather have had the full Jeeves collection in Carry On, Jeeves, minus the Reggie Pepper stories in My Man Jeeves, which I've never found quite as entertaining. I only wish I had known that all the Jeeves stories in this book were reprinted in Carry On, Jeeves before I bought that one as well. Sure, I've got the stories practically memorized, and the plots will never surprise me, but they're still worth a chuckle. I think I've listened to it at least a couple dozen times now, and I still enjoy it. I have always loved Jeeves stories, and when I got this collection among my first Audible purchases, it quickly became my fallback whenever I had finished a heavier book and wanted something light to fill in before picking up another. Best Narrator, but wish I'd known it was reprinted ![]() ![]() ![]() Even when he collapses while rebuilding the windmill, his first thoughts are not of himself but of the work: "It is my lung … It does not matter. ![]() He is not an intelligent animal (recall his inability to learn any of the alphabet past the letter D) and therefore can only think in simple slogans, the second of which (" Napoleon is always right") reveals his childlike dependence on an all-knowing leader. He also proves himself to be the most valuable member of the windmill-building team.īoxer's great strength, however, is matched by his equally stunning innocence and naiveté. (Note that Boxer, however, is not bloodthirsty and feels great remorse when he thinks he has killed the boy.) His rising early to work on the farm and his personal maxim - "I will work harder" - reveal his devotion to the animals' cause. At the Battle of the Cowshed, Boxer proves to be a valuable soldier, knocking a stable-boy unconscious with his mighty hoof. ![]() As soon as he learns about Animalism, Boxer throws himself into the rebellion's cause. Horses are universally prized for their strength, and Boxer is no exception: Standing almost six-feet tall, Boxer is a devoted citizen of the farm whose incredible strength is a great asset to the rebellion and the farm. ![]() ![]() ![]() A significant reappraisal was published in the 1985 essay " Justice as Fairness" and the 2001 book Justice as Fairness: A Restatement in which Rawls further developed his two central principles for his discussion of justice. The resultant theory was challenged and refined several times in the decades following its original publication in 1971. Rawls's theory of justice is fully a political theory of justice as opposed to other forms of justice discussed in other disciplines and contexts. ![]() The theory uses an updated form of Kantian philosophy and a variant form of conventional social contract theory. A Theory of Justice is a 1971 work of political philosophy and ethics by the philosopher John Rawls (1921–2002) in which the author attempts to provide a moral theory alternative to utilitarianism and that addresses the problem of distributive justice (the socially just distribution of goods in a society). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A classic memoir of enormous candour and courage, it teems with the wit and wisdom of its creator. The events of An Unquiet Mind span the years of Jamison’s childhood in the 1950s and 1960s through her adolescence and adulthood in the 1970s and 1980s. From her jubilant childhood to the disquiet that has dominated her adult life, she charts a journey through her own mind, and those of others.Īn Unquiet Mind is a definitive examination of manic depression from both sides: doctor and patient, the healer and the healed. Read 4,091 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. While pursuing her career in medicine, she was affected by the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic lows that afflicted many of her patients. An exquisite (in both a literary and medical sense) autobiography. Now, all of a sudden, my mind had turned on me: it mocked me for my vapid enthusiasms it laughed at all of my foolish plans it no longer found anything interesting or enjoyable or worthwhile.ĭr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic depression (bipolar disorder) - and has experienced its terrors and cruel allure first-hand. An Unquiet Mind may well become a classic. ![]() I was used to my mind being my best friend. Personality Disorders | Depression, Anxiety & Stress | Mental Health Print An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness ![]() ![]() ![]() His best friend Niya―daughter of Tierra, the god of earth―is one of the strongest heroes of their generation and is much too likely to be chosen this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() Teo, a 17-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of Quetzal, goddess of birds, has never worried about the Trials…or rather, he’s only worried for others. The winner carries light and life to all the temples of Reino del Sol, but the loser has the greatest honor of all―they will be sacrificed to Sol, their body used to fuel the Sun Stones that will protect the people of Reino del Sol for the next ten years. Ten semidioses between the ages of thirteen and eighteen are selected by Sol himself as the most worthy to compete in The Sunbearer Trials. I’m not a real hero.”Īs each new decade begins, the Sun’s power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the evil Obsidian gods at bay. “Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys. Purchase Links:, Libro.fm, Amazon, Goodreads, Storygraph, Barnes & Noble Synopsis of The Sunbearer Trials Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, High Fantasy, LGBTQ+ Stories ![]() ![]() ![]() As his personal slave, he would witness first-hand the barbaric splendour of he imperial court, as well as experience the daily terror of a cruel regime. ![]() Pellow was bought by the tyrannical sultan of Morocco who was constructing an imperial pleasure palace of enormous scale and grandeur, built entirely by Christian slave labour. ![]() Using the firsthand testimony of a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow, Giles Milton vividly reconstructs a disturbing, little known chapter of history. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale. This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. ![]() |