The book follows Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, a dwarf who was adopted by Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch, as he works to unravel a mysterious plot that threatens the city.Īlong the way, he must enlist the help of his fellow officers Sergeant Colon and Corporal Nobbs, the loveable but misguided troll Detritus, and various other characters from across the Discworld. It forms part of the Discworld series, which follows the adventures of a variety of characters living on a flat world that is balanced on the back of four elephants standing atop a huge turtle swimming through space. Men At Armswas one of Terry Pratchett’s most popular books, originally published in 1993. The book features plenty of humor and action as the watchmen use creative tactics to save their beloved city, Ankh-Morpork. Guards! Guards!follows a group of misfit City Watch officers as they try to prevent an evil dragon from taking over their city.
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This was a well-written account of a lesser known event in World War I. Gu�prette recalls the damage to the French ship Suffen during a naval battle in 1915. As for our young men, a few minutes ago, so alert, so self-confident, all now lying dead on the bare deck, blackened burned skeletons, twisted in all directions, no trace of any clothing, the fire having devoured all.' Vice Admiral P. 'The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared nothing. It had begun as a bold move led by the British to ultimately capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings - which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from aircraft overhead - to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of attrition that followed, it was a lunacy that was never going to succeed.ĭrawing on unpublished personal accounts by individuals at all levels and from all sides - not only from Britain, Australia and New Zealand, but unusually from Turkey and France too - Peter Hart combines his trademark eye for vivid personal stories with a strong narrative to bring a modern view of this military disaster to a popular audience. One of the most famous battles in history, Gallipoli forced Churchill from office, established Turkey's iconic founder Mustafa Kemal ('Ataturk') and marked Australia's emergence as a nation in its own right. The setting for Higgs’s acclaimed series of historical novels, Dumfries and Galloway also serves as her home away from home. The verdant hills and glens of the Lowlands are awash in history, rich with culture, and peopled with engaging characters. Without crossing the pond, changing time zones, or driving on the left side of the road, you’ll explore quaint villages and crumbling castles, old bookshops and charming tearooms in the delightful company of a guide whose love for this quiet nook of Scotland illuminates every page. You’ll join me, aye?”īest-selling novelist Liz Curtis Higgs invites you to take an entertaining journey through the South West of Scotland, known as Dumfries and Galloway. “I consider Galloway the country’s best kept secret: a place where time holds its breath, where ancient ruins dot the countryside in moss-covered splendor, where the natives are friendly and tourists are few, only because they don’t know what they’re missing. “Let’s go, shall we? Just the two of us?” A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 NAMED A BEST. laying down the seeds for everything from dark matter to black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge. She has been published in a number of popular publications, such as Scientific American, Slate, Sky & Telescope, Time, and Cosmos magazine, where she is a columnist. Lees The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) door Katie Mack verkrijgbaar bij Rakuten Kobo. She is currently an assistant professor of physics at North Carolina State University, where she is also a member of the Leadership in Public Science Cluster. Katie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist, exploring a range of questions in cosmology, the study of the universe from beginning to end. “ The End of Everything combines deep thinking about physics and big-picture awe in the style of Carl Sagan.” -Randall Munroe, author of xkcd and What If?ĭr. 90 views, 0 likes, 1 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Scribner Books: 'What is your take on dimensions beyond our current ability. A wildly fun, surprisingly upbeat ride to the farthest reaches of all that we know. In conversation with Randall Munroe, author of What If? From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology. Other favorite games of Abercrombie's include Elite, Dungeon Master, Street Fighter II, and Red Dead Redemption. In an interview with Edge magazine, Abercrombie stated that video games have been a big influence on his writing, including early interest in text-based adventure games and historically based strategy games such as Civilization and Age of Empires. Ībercrombie has been an avid player of video games since his childhood. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. Life and education Ībercrombie was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. His novel Half a King won the 2015 Locus Award for best young adult book. He is the author of The First Law trilogy, as well as other fantasy books in the same setting and a trilogy of young adult novels. Joseph Edward Abercrombie (born December 31, 1974) is a British fantasy writer and film editor. She's livid and decides she must escape to exact revenge on him by ruining his life completely, then taking back their Estate, money & Titles!!□ She isn't believed & is sent to prison on Snake Island!!□□ĭelilah, who has a magic viewing mirror she was given for helping a mouse shifter escape (in The Nutcracker Curse), views Nolan moving back home to their Estate in Hamburg. Nolan discovers his 13 year old sister bent over the dead body of their Father whom she's stabbed to death but she's also killed their meek Mother via poison!□ He turns her in & although she's admitted her guilt to him, because of the years of violent abuse her Father inflicted upon her & her Mother (she hated her Mother for putting up with it), she still tries to blame Nolan instead. A Dark Fairytale That's Full Of Hatred But Also Love!!□✨□ She shows readers a passionate Jane Austen who fought for her freedom, a woman who had at least five marriage prospects, but-in the end-a woman who refused to settle for anything less than Mr. Worsley examines the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the varying ways in which homes are used in her novels as both places of pleasure and as prisons. In places like Steventon Parsonage, Godmersham Park, Chawton House and a small rented house in Winchester, Worsley discovers a Jane Austen very different from the one who famously lived a 'life without incident'. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity."-Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgianna, Duchess of Devonshire Take a trip back to Jane Austen's world and the many places she lived as historian Lucy Worsley visits Austen's childhood home, her schools, her holiday accommodations, the houses-both grand and small-of the relations upon whom she was dependent, and the home she shared with her mother and sister towards the end of her life. "Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. One of these protagonists is Avery Fuller, a girl genetically engineered to be beautiful by her wealthy parents who live on the top floor. It is ambiguous whether the female depicted has jumped or fallen to her death, a tragedy that sets the stage for the work's central tension and climax. The prologue is set in the future, revealing the death of an anonymous character. Each of their personal stories and struggles provides a unique view into what life looks like in the year 2118. What they have in common are the scandalous lives they lead and the secrets they hide. Narrated in the first person, the point of view shifts often and rapidly between the five protagonists, a host of teens with various social ties to one another and a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. This building is a physical manifestation of a social construct: a caste system where the richer you are, the higher up you live. Most of the plot's action takes place within a giant skyscraper, a world-class luxury apartment complex towering two miles high. In this world, meat is grown in tubes and one can try on clothes holographically. Katharine McGee’s The Thousandth Floor, the first book of her young adult, futuristic melodrama three-part series, is a tangle of romance triangles incorporating elements of the science fiction and soap opera genres. Elle Casey always seems to get the right balance between friendship and passion when she writes her romance books. Yet another book I love that she has written!” ~ Jen Star-Crossed Book Blog Elle Casey has this ability to write books that make me laugh hysterically one moment and before I can even catch my breath then I’m all antsy, hot and bothered….but in a reallllly good way! The males are HOT, the females are endearingly hilarious and the chemistry between the two of them is searing. “ I laughed so much while reading this book that my husband kept asking me, “Are you ok?”, “Can you breathe?” and “What are you laughing at?!”. I don't think there was one page where I wasn't on the verge of peeing my pants a little because my constant laughing, my ribs were so sore by the end of this book, I am serious I swear I popped a rib out.” ~ Tanya, Amazon reviewer What I wasn't expecting was I would freakin love this book a helluva lot more. I knew I would not be disappointed because I absolutely loved the first, Shine Not Burn. “I love this author and as soon as I saw that this book was coming out my one click finger got twitchy. HERE’S WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MACKENZIE FIRE: With over 400 Amazon reviews and over 2,000 5-star reviews on Goodreads, readers love Candice and Ian! Nepanthe finds new lovers in the fields of blood and bone, while the war-child wields the sword of truth. Nepanthe and Mocker wait, but for what, they do not know.Īt Empire's end, Mocker finds old friends in the halls of death. The princess bears a child to the winged thing and the cries are heard far beyond the peaks of Dragon's Teeth. A time for doing things dark and strange the time of October's Baby. When the leaves turn blood and the wind turns bone, it is time. The love of a woman called Nepanthe, princess to the storm kings. Across the mountains called Dragon's Teeth, beyond the chill reach of the werewind and the fires of the world's beginning, above the walls of the castle Fangdred, stands Wind Tower, from which the Star Rider calls forth the war that even wizards dread. The war that even wizards dread begins with A Shadow of All Night Falling. A Cruel Wind: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire collects the legendary Dread Empire trilogy: A Shadow of All Night Falling, October's Baby and All Darkness Met. |