5/11/2023 0 Comments Protect the prince jennifer estep![]() ![]() But complicating matters is the stubborn Andvarian king who wants to punish Evie for the deaths of his countrymen during the Seven Spire massacre.ĭark forces are also at work inside the Andvarian palace, and Evie soon realizes no one is safe. As if that wasn’t bad enough, an assassin tries to kill Evie in her own throne room.ĭespite the dangers, Evie goes ahead with a scheduled trip to the neighboring kingdom of Andvari in order to secure a desperately needed alliance. ![]() Magic, murder, adventure, and romance combine in this second novel in the exciting Crown of Shards saga from New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Jennifer Estep.Įverleigh Blair might be the new gladiator queen of Bellona, but her problems are far from over.įirst, Evie has to deal with a court full of arrogant, demanding nobles, all of whom want to get their greedy hands on her crown. ![]()
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5/11/2023 0 Comments Changeling by Philippa Gregory![]() ![]() ![]() As the nuns in her care are driven mad by strange visions, walking in their sleep, and showing bleeding wounds, Luca is sent to investigate and driven to accuse her.įorced to face the greatest fears of the dark ages-witchcraft, werewolves, madness-Luca and Isolde embark on a search for truth, their own destinies, and even love as they take the unknown ways to the real historical figure who defends the boundaries of Christendom and holds the secrets of the Order of Darkness. Seventeen-year-old Isolde, a Lady Abbess, is trapped in a nunnery to prevent her from claiming her rich inheritance. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom and travel to the very frontier of good and evil. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. The year is 1453 and all signs point to it being the end of the world. ![]() Dark myths, medieval secrets, intrigue, and romance populate the pages of this first in a four-book teen series from the #1 bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. ![]() ![]() ![]() Drawn into a tangle of corporate intrigue, international espionage, and hedonistic sex, Linnear will have to put revenge on hold if he is to leave Japan alive. ![]() He is being pursued by a miko: a female assassin, part ninja and part sorceress, whose beauty is matched only by her skill in combat. In the bustling city, Linnear finds far more to worry about than the intricacies of Japanese business. But even for a modern-day ninja, there is such a thing as too close for comfort. He takes a job for the billionaire industrialist who ordered the murder, planning to befriend his target during a trip to Tokyo. And while he may look American, Linnear's childhood spent in the dojos of Japan taught him that vengeance must never be hurried. When his best friend dies under suspicious circumstances, martial arts expert Nicholas Linnear vows revenge. A New York Times bestseller by the author of The Ninja: An American martial artist travels to Tokyo and becomes the target of an international conspiracy. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Paternus series![]() ![]() She has a run in with some ogres and meets The World Tree – the eldest being of them all. So Pratha is keeping a close eye on him.įi visits Asgard with Peter (or Odin!) to find more warriors of old there and embark on some essential training to hone her Firstborn skills. Zeke is developing certain powers of his own, but these kinds of powers aren’t always welcome. Over the billions of years, the Deva and Asura have had two major battles, called the First and Second Holocausts – and they are gearing up for the third.Īt the end of book two, many of the Deva have gathered in Norway, but there are more to be found – especially as there are different worlds to our own – and Peter’s eldest daughter, The Prathamaja Nandana, heads to Africa to find a few, taking Fi’s love interest Zeke with her. His youngest daughter is Fiona Megan Patterson. Peter, the father of all Firstborn, leads the Deva. ![]() However, they’ve split into two opposing factions: the Deva (who protect humankind) and the Asura (who don’t, wanting to either erase or enslave humans). Quick recap: the Firstborn, the incredible creatures from myths, legends, folklore and fairy tales, are real. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Imagined communities sparknotes![]() Anderson observes that nationalism is a social construction ingrained in the collective consciousness as a means to identify with each other. In that, society conceives their personhood out of the illusion of nationalism. ![]() The assertion alludes to this ‘amnesia’ that befell the communities in terms of what they used to identify by, thus create the imagined communities. Moreover, he affirms that communities have ceased to identify through sharing religion with the populace in their society. In the book, Anderson addresses how the sense of identity shifted radically with the elimination of the monarch which was a unifying factor. “All profound changes in consciousness, by their very nature, bring with them characteristic amnesias…Out of this estrangement comes a conception of personhood, identity…” Benedict Anderson ![]() ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments The shaft david schow![]() Jeff Most, the originating producer of The Crow, organized the soundtrack. ![]() The soundtrack album was enormously influential and changed the way rock music was used in the film. Two albums with music from this film were released: The Crow score and The Crow soundtrack. ![]() The remake of The Crow was planned for a 2015 release but was cancelled. David Schow wrote such horror novels as The Shaft and The Kill Rift. He was the original lead singer of SadoNation and wrote 18 lyrics recorded by the Blue Oyster Cult on such albums as Heaven Forbid. Shirley's the author of the horror novel Demons and the cyberpunk A Song Called Youth Trilogy, and is also a singer /songwriter. Shirley and Schow are both published novelists. John Shirley wrote the first four drafts of the script Schow then came in and rewrote. ![]() The Crow stars Brandon Lee, in his final film, as Eric Draven, a rock musician who is revived from the dead to avenge his own murder, as well as that of his fiancee. Schow and John Shirley, and directed by Alex Proyas. The Crow is a 1994 American action-thriller film adaptation of the 1989 comic book of the same name by James O'Barr. ![]() This article is about the cinema version for the the original comic see The Crow. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Bond by Piper Scott![]() ![]() So underappreciated is Harwood that, if you Google her name today, the first picture that comes up is in fact that of Phoebe Waller-Bridge rather than Harwood herself. ![]() Both these twists made it into iterations of the screenplay during Dr No's development, and had it not been for Johanna Harwood, a woman whose impact on Bond was vast and yet is seldom credited, 007's 1962 debut could have looked very different. Or everyone had talked in the style of Chicago hitmen instead of using the dialogue from Ian Fleming's seminal spy novels. ![]() Imagine if in Dr No, the first James Bond film in a franchise that has spanned nearly 60 years, the title character had been the lead villain's pet monkey rather than the villain himself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lash, who enjoys his profession immensely, wants to have a ‘real’ connection with his patients. Ernest Lash’s mind to ‘flexibility’ in the patient-doctor relationship. Trotter, a renegade and yet highly respected therapist, opens Dr. Yalom not only forces the reader to question the patient-therapist model but he also asks that therapy be perceived as a series of journeys made by two individuals together.ĭuring an interview Dr. The characters within the novel interact in a series of reciprocal transmissions, from patient to therapist and back again. Instead, Yalom highlights the fact that any relationship can contain therapeutic dimensions and the reciprocity inherent in all forms of human interaction can turn anybody into a therapist. ![]() Although Yalom focuses on challenging preconceived notions of therapy and the medical model, the concept of a therapeutic relationship is not limited to that which exists between the therapist and his patient. The characters within the novel exist as a series of partnerships: therapists and patients, friends and lovers, lawyers and clients. The therapeutic relationship, in all its many complex forms, dominates as the central theme of Irvin D. But you have to be bold and creative enough to fashion a new therapy for each patient’ (7) ![]() ‘Forget that crap about the patient not being ready for therapy! It’s the therapy that’s not ready for the patient. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The Sugar Babies by O.M. Faye![]() ![]() The pornstar-turned-actress also expressed how hard it was to get into the industry, and how she was often discouraged. “Why would I accept that when I know it is out there? I know there are people out there that want to treat me really well.” “I will never again accept a guy that doesn’t want to at least try to take care of me in some way or be chivalrous in some way,” she added. “Having a sugar daddy is kind of like dating except you’re dating for different reasons because they are providing something for you, so you’re dating based off of what they’re providing for you.” She confirmed that she doesn’t have sugar daddies anymore, though she does stay in touch with some as friends.Ĭherry also explained that she is single, though dating around. “I used to have a bunch of them,” the actress said. While on former Bachelor contestant Nick Viall’s podcast Viall Files, Cherry admitted she used to have a handful of sugar daddies to pay for her lifestyle before getting her big HBO break. ![]() Chloe Cherry, who had a breakout role as Faye on season 2 of Euphoria,has been open about her past as a porn star, she even starred in a porn parody of the show before being cast in it, and now she is sharing some more details about her iconic lifestyle. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Fannie flagg fried green tomatoes![]() I wondered what’d happened to all those people at Whistle Stop scattered to the wind over the years. I wondered, Where’s a place that’s in my heart? I wanted to go home, and Whistle Stop is a little town based on Irondale, so I thought maybe someone else would want to go back, too. Then all of the sudden, I wanted to come back home. Here's what happened: Throughout the years, people have wanted to do different things with Whistle Stop-Broadway, a TV series, and this and that, and I kept thinking, I don’t want to redo anything. Have you always known you’d return to Whistle Stop and these characters? ![]() I have to let the characters speak to me. I always get up and have to go write first thing, because I get distracted-if I see a leaf fall off the tree, I’m gone!-so I have to write before anything is distracting. ![]() The first day I got there, I thought I was losing my mind because I swore I heard a rooster, and on the back of the property, I saw that the neighbors have chickens! I took that as a good omen. ![]() |