![]() ![]() "A story rich with hope, brimming with creativity, and full of fascinating and unexpected turns. Franklin, award-winning author of The Story Peddler Vault is perfect for fans of Christian fantasy who are looking for a unique, intriguing tale packed with beautiful spiritual metaphors and deep redemptive significance." - Lindsay A. The world building is reminiscent of C.S. Her delicious descriptions transported me straight into the fantastical world of The Vault Between Spaces. “Chawna Schroeder has a gorgeous way with words. Imaginative, heart-wrenching, and soaring with hope.” - Sharon Hinck, Christy Award-winning author of Hidden Current Chawna paints unseen realms amid an alternate history of our own world and invites us to watch them intersect. ![]() Freedom can be celebrated within the constraints of service. “Vault shows that beauty can be found in places of suffering. "An inventive fantasy with heart for its religion and its characters." - Lorehaven Magazine "Schroeder’s evil characters will draw readers into their darkness, while the 'good' characters offer readers a sense of redeeming hope." - School Library Journal ![]()
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![]() “The Stupid Party” was what John Stuart Mill called the conservatives a century ago. But as a conscious and proudly defended outlook on public affairs, as a philosophy of life and government, it was driven underground for a hundred years, laughed out of the schools, driven like an old hag in a gunnysack from the glittering and shifting fashion show of ideas. How explain this contradiction?Ĭonservatism as a fact and a force never died, and it is now vigorous and growing. Yet the label “conservative” is about the last tag that the typical American would think of applying to himself. is the citadel of conservatism in a tumult of innovation. ![]() The whole unwhole world of 1953-the Communist world, the Socialist world, the liberal world, the reactionary world-agrees on this: the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Last month, it was reported by Tortoise Media that a female Labour MP claimed she had been sexually assaulted by a male shadow minister in 2021. Their only remaining option, she said, was to go the police, but added: "That's in a context where we know the conviction rate is 1.6%." She said that the people then went to the Labour who "took seven months to tell them they weren't going to be investigating it". She also said: "I am aware of cases where people have been sexually assaulted, they have gone to the ICGS and have been told that they can't act because it didn't happen on the parliamentary estate." ![]() Ms Nichols said she challenged party officials about it, but "their response has been utterly inadequate". A Labour MP has claimed a member of the shadow cabinet has been reported to police for assault, but remains in post.Ĭharlotte Nichols, Labour MP for Warrington North, told the BBC: "One of our colleagues who has been reported to police for assault, who still has the party whip is still on the frontbench, but the party has chosen not to act ". ![]() ![]() ![]() And Spenser's acceptance of this interpretation takes me out of the story. ![]() When Spenser and Susan finally get to talk about her choices and the events of the story, including those terrible things Spenser was forced to do to save her, the entirety of the conversation is about her problems and how her choices made sense TO HER, as if that is all that matters. I'm not sure if it's a fault of the plot or the point, but Susan chooses a man that any reasonably sane woman would steer clear of. Spenser is forced to do a lot of morally questionable things in order to extricate Susan from a situation which by her own admission is of her own making. It's when you get to Spenser and Susan when things take a turn for the weird. Hawk and Spenser genuinely feel like they are thinking through incredible odds to triumph in ways that at least seem plausible. ![]() It hits the ground running and doesn't stop. The good: this is some of the best pure action you're likely to get in a Spenser novel. This is where the series starts to get weird, and it's hard to disassociate it from the personal life of the author, if you have any knowledge of that. ![]() What made the experience of listening to A Catskill Eagle the most enjoyable? ![]() ![]() And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion. In Exhalation, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth - What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human? - and ones that no one else has even imagined. Also included are two previously unpublished stories: 'Omphalos' and 'Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom'. And in 'The Lifecycle of Software Objects', a woman cares for an artificial intelligence over twenty years, elevating a faddish digital pet into what might be a true living being. Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom The Merchant and the Alchemists Gate The Lifecycle of Software Objects Seventy-Two Letters Hell Is the Absence of God. In the epistolary 'Exhalation', an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of reality. ![]() In 'The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate', a portal through time forces a fabric-seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and the temptation of second chances. ![]() This book is as generous as it is marvelous, and I'm left feeling nothing so much as grateful for it.' - New York Timesįrom the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others - the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival - comes a groundbreaking second collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. 'Beautifully written and conceived, this is a marvellous, astonishing collection that we would do well to read before the worlds it conjures are upon us. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Katrina, newly transitioning, has some horrifying experiences and deals with a lot of transphobia. But it works.Ī blend of fantasy, romance, science fiction, and contemporary elements (and even some magical realism), this book manages to be hopeful and optimistic while not shying away from the realities facing young, queer people of color. I was reading the beginning, thinking, “OK, this girl plays the violin, this violin teacher needs a new student, I see where this is going,” and then, boom! Aliens. Despite having read the summary when I requested a copy for review, I was extremely surprised when the aliens showed up. ![]() Featuring a bevy of characters and narrative perspectives, Aoki weaves the tale of Katrina, a trans teenager fleeing an abusive home life, Shizuka, an older-than-she-looks violin teacher out to save her soul, Lan, an alien refugee from the Galactic Empire who owns a donut shop, and Lucia, the daughter in a family that only passed its trade through its sons. Light from Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki, is described as “ Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet” and wow, is that an accurate comparison. The story of a young trans runaway meeting a woman who has one more soul to gather before she can get out of her deal with a demon, also featuring aliens, Light from Uncommon Stars is a bizarre and brutally honest book about finding the real you, finding your place in the universe, and the healing power of music. ![]() ![]() ![]() The firefighting effort could not dampen the iwi’s joy at this morning’s opening of a six-dwelling papakainga at Awarua Marae for its kaumatua. “It sort of tells us about the significance of the area and all the taonga species and all the birdlife and the eels and the tuna and all those things our people used to use for food gathering and mahinga kai back in the day, and still do today,” Mr Whaanga says. ![]() ![]() The wetland is owned by the Department of Conservation, but there is a statutory acknowledgement of its importance to iwi in the Ngāi Tahu Settlement. They were worried about a wind change and the prospect of the fire getting established in the underlying layer of peat. Wildfire (In Vino Veritas) eBook : Leigh, Garrett, LGBTQ, Heart Eyes Press:. A 1000 hectare fire on the Waituna wetland near Bluff is being brought under control, but it could be some weeks before it is fully out.Īwarua Rūnaka kaiwhakahaere Dean Whaanga flew over the fire yesterday by helicopter, and he says firefighters had done a great job and were in the process of dampening down hot spots. Wildfire: In Vino Veritas (Audio Download): Garrett Leigh, Heart Eyes Press LGBTQ, Tim Paige, Dan Calley, Heart Eyes Press LLC: : Books Wildfire: In Vino Veritas (Audio Download): Garrett Leigh, Heart Eyes Press LGBTQ, Tim Paige, Dan Calley, Heart Eyes Press LLC: : Books Skip to main content. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Chandler's Philip Marlowe, along with Hammett's Sam Spade, are considered by some to be synonymous with "private detective," both having been played on screen by Humphrey Bogart, whom many considered to be the quintessential Marlowe. Cain and other Black Mask writers, of the hard-boiled school of detective fiction. ![]() He died on March 26, 1959, in La Jolla, California.Ĭhandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature, and is considered by many to be a founder, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. In the year before he died, he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. All but Playback have been realized into motion pictures, some several times. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published just seven full novels during his lifetime (though an eighth in progress at his death was completed by Robert B. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. In 1932, at age forty-four, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression. Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter. ![]() ![]() Title: Indian Myths and Legends: Ganesha – Vol. The book is a perfect way for parents to introduce children to the mighty Lord Ganesha without being preachy and in fact in a very fun and creative way. ![]() This beautifully illustrated book is for children between 3-8 years of age and talks about the story of Ganesha and his famous obsession of Laddoos. The book is a collection of stories meant for children and based on our favourite Lord Ganesha. Title: The Broken Tusk – Stories of the Hindu God The book is free from all difficult terminologies which might confuse a child. This book meant for children seeks to inspire children to learn more about our beloved God. ![]() Title: Lord of Beginnings – Stories of the Elephant-Headed Deity, Ganesha This book comprises of 108 mantras for medication through and on Lord Ganesha while also discussing in vivid details, his 32 forms and the meaning and significance associated with Mangalkarta, Sidhhidata, and Vinayaka. ![]() Was he always this famous? Was he always one of the most revered and famous of Hindu gods? These are some of the questions which the book attempts to answer. This book sheds light on Lord Ganesha’s rise to fame and power. Title: Ganesha: The auspicious… The beginningĪuthor: Shakunthala Jagannathan and Nanditha Krishna ![]() This book written by India’s best known and foremost mythologist is an attempt to decode the various stories, myths, symbols and rituals associated with Lord Ganesha. ![]() |