![]() This is what made her famous: her illicit box that dirty, forbidden thing.īut no one ever talks about what was at the bottom of the box, hidden under layers upon layers of suffering. ![]() The acrid smoke seeped into every pore of every soul, infecting mankind with a filth that could never be washed off. ![]() It spilled over the land like storm clouds it darkened the sky black. In a moment of defiance, she opened it, releasing all the evil into the world. What hubris it was to think for herself, to wonder, to do contrary to what she was told what a crime to want to know what was in that famous box. "And just like Eve, she was curious, not a becoming trait for a woman. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Scott Westerfeld takes historical events like in this case, the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the start or World War I and reimagines it with steampunk technology. ![]() So first, the world of Leviathan is everything! And I seriously mean. It has officially earned it's place in my top five audiobooks of all time because it is full of amazing action, a fascinating world, complex characters, and flawless narration. Anyway, I never got around to listening to it so when I needed an audiobook for this month I realized how perfect it was for my theme and I finally took the plunge.Īnd when I was done, I couldn't believe it took me this long to read it! Wow, this book and this audio just blew me away. Two years ago I got really obsessed with audiobooks and I must have bought it then. Probably before I even started blogging more seriously. Like so long ago I don't even remember when I bought it. So I got a copy of the audiobook version of Leviathan forever ago. With World War I brewing, Alek and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way…taking them on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure that will change both their lives forever. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men.ĭeryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. Synopsis: Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, he encounters multiple strange and eccentric characters, including the eponymous Alchemist, who enlightens him on the meaning of life and his journey through stories of their own.ĭue, in part, to its short length and its relatively dry tone, “The Alchemist” creates this hypnotic, dreamlike pace that makes it easy to read, but difficult to interpret– especially the first time through. Seeing it as a sign of his destiny, he takes what little he has and crosses the Sahara Desert to his destination. ![]() What do I mean? First, a quick outline of the book: Santiago is a poor shepherd boy living in Spain, and he has a recurring dream where he finds buried treasure beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza. The title alone was intriguing enough, but when I found out it was an adventure novel, and a short one at that, I decided it might be worth a read.Īnd, like anyone who’s read the book knows, the first readthrough isn’t exactly clear. I discovered “The Alchemist” in high school while doing research for a literature paper. Cover art of "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. ![]() ![]() With no way to leave the island (the boat Tom arrived on is disabled, and the troop was dropped off by a different boat), the boys fight to survive. Tom Padgett is the subject of a scientific test gone horribly wrong, or so it seems, and soon, the Scouts face a nightmare that worms its way into the group and wreaks every kind of havoc imaginable. When a skeletal, voracious, obviously ill man shows up on the island the first night of their trip, Tim’s efforts to assist him unleash a series of events which the author describes in gruesome, deliciously gory detail. The five 14-year-old boys who comprise Troop 52 are a diverse group: popular school jock, Kent, whose father is the chief of police best friends Ephraim and Max, one the son of a petty thief who’s serving time in prison and the other the son of the coroner who also serves as the local taxidermist Shelley, an odd loner with a creepy proclivity for animal torture and touching girls’ hair and Newton, the overweight nerdy kid who’s the butt of the other boys’ jokes. Tim Riggs takes his troop for their annual camping trip to Falstaff Island, an uninhabited area not far from their home on Prince Edward Island. ![]() ![]() Some thrillers produce shivers, others trigger goose bumps Cutter’s graphic offering will have readers jumping out of their skins. ![]() ![]() This book will make you want to throw it across a room… and then pick it back up again. Are You Happy Now by Hanna Jameson is published in hardback by Viking, priced £14.99 (ebook £7.99). Bursting with vibrant, believable characters and imagery that makes you feel like you’re there, the story will stay with you long after you put the book down. Eerie throughout and surprisingly gory at times, this book is not for the fainthearted. Life seems to imitate art at The Mercury, a theatre specialising in tragic plays – and she had no idea what she was signing up for. The young woman, struggling to support her family, has her life turned upside down after she is hired by the wife of a West End theatre owner, to spy on their lead actress. Set in Victorian London, this Gothic mystery novel sees Jenny Wilcox navigate tragedy, betrayal, dubious moral choices, and whispers of a mysterious mythical muse. ![]() Readers love #TheWhisperingMuse, the latest novel from /d32H2tDAd3 ‘I would give this a million stars if I could’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘The theatre comes to life and the characters leap off the page’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ![]() ![]() ![]() However, her teaching career was cut short by an attack of polio in 1923, which confined her to a wheelchair. Elphin's School and studied Classics at Royal Holloway College before becoming a schoolmistress. ![]() 'There's nothing to touch them' - Independent on Sunday.Ībout the Author: Richmal Crompton was born in Bury, Lancashire, in 1890. ![]() Includes the following stories: 'The Christmas Truce' 'Only Just in Time' 'The Midnight Adventure of Miss Montague' 'William and the Musician' 'William Leads a Better Life' 'William and the Twins' 'William's Birthday' 'William and the Little Girl' 'The Outlaws and Cousin Percy' and 'William and the Princess Goldilocks'. Roar with laughter as the lovable rogue, hampered by the loathsome Violet Elizabeth, wreaks havoc in this hilarious collection. Aircraft & Spacecraft: General Interestĭescribed by the Daily Telegraph as 'the wizard of the talking book', Martin Jarvis has made the voices of William and his gang of outlaws his own in these marvellous readings.Ships, Boats & Waterways: General Interest.Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest.Fishing, Field Sports & Outdoor Activities.Sports Studies & PE: Textbooks & Study Guides.Literary Studies: Textbooks & Study Guides.Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous.Inventions & Technology: General Interest.Environment & Ecology: General Interest.Popular Culture & Media: General Interest.Politics & Government: Textbooks & Study Guides. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Ultimately, they exploded in the First World War. "By gathering up communities of insiders," Professor Gay writes, the Victorians "discovered-only too often invented-a world of strangers beyond the pale, of individuals and classes, races and nations it was perfectly proper to debate, patronize, ridicule, bully, exploit, or exterminate." The aggressions so channeled or bottled could not be contained forever. We discover the multiple ways in which the nineteenth century at once restrained aggressive behavior and licensed it.Īggression split the social universe into insiders and outsiders. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gay's search through middle-class Victorian culture, illuminated by lively portraits of such daunting figures as Bismarck, Darwin and his acolytes, George Eliot, and the great satirists Daumier and Wilhelm Busch, covers a vast terrain: the relations between men and women, wit, demagoguery, and much more. The Cultivation of Hatred: The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud by Peter Gay. With the same sweep, authority, and originality that marked his best-selling Freud: A Life for Our Time, Peter Gay here takes us on a remarkable journey through middle-class Victorian culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. ![]() In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Hurston was there to record Cudjo’s firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation’s history. ![]() In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. ![]() ![]() ![]() When he was a boy, Euron had a dream that he could fly. His brother Aeron believes it to be of Valyrian steel. Įuron owns a suit of black scale armor with various patterns, glyphs, and arcane symbols. Victarion thinks of Euron's supporters as his pets. While most ironborn captains keep the lion's share of plunder, Euron takes almost nothing for himself. ĭespite his dangerous and mercurial nature, Euron has little trouble in drawing men to his service, especially freaks and fools. The Crow's Eye is hated by his brothers Aeron, who considers him godless, and Victarion, as Euron impregnated his salt wife. ![]() Ĭunning and mocking, Euron has a black reputation and a glib tongue. In addition, his lips are a pale blue, due to his propensity to drink shade of the evening. ![]() Euron's right eye is as blue as summer sky and is regarded as his "smiling eye". According to his nephew, Theon Greyjoy, the leather patch conceals a "black eye shining with malice". He wears a black patch over his left eye, and is nicknamed Crow's Eye. Euron is pale and handsome with black hair and a neat dark beard. ![]() ![]() Would they know who had broken the chain letter by who had died? Abby and Brian slowly became obsessed with finding the torn-off portion of the chain letter and learning what is supposed to happen to those who break the chain. ![]() ![]() Over the next few weeks, Abby, Brian and their family and friend's lives came to revolve around that letter. The letter plainly stated: Whosoever possesseth this letter and dares to break this chain shall suffer disaster and death. This was unlike any chain letter they had ever seen. What they did find was a torn portion of a spooky chain letter-with spidery words elegantly penned on yellowed paper edged in black. Chain Letter by Ruby Jean Jensen Hardcover 28.99 Hardcover 28.99 eBook 3.99 View All Available Formats & Editions Ship This Item Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for in-store purchase. They searched high and low but could not find Babs. Then, under the fence and into a huge, abandoned old nursing home. Up a big hill to a tall chain-link fence. Along the way, Babs got loose and led them on a merry chase. Shelly agreed, but suggested that they take the short-cut through the woods. Abby then wanted to stop and ask Shelly to join them. Without asking permission, Brian put his best leash on Babs and off they went. First, Abby talked Brian into taking along Babs, his six-month-old golden retriever. “Youngsters Abby and Brian decided to spend the afternoon riding their bikes to the Speedee-Mart and buying a few treats. ![]() |