![]() ![]() Speaking of Books contains hundreds of the best of those expressions - entertaining and thought-provoking quotations about the reading and enjoyment of - not to mention obsession with - books. "All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books," wrote Richard de Bury in The Philobiblon (The Love of Books), which was completed in 1345, more than a hundred years before Gutenberg printed his first Bible.Īnd in every generation since de Bury's there have been new voices expressing the pleasures they take in books and reading. In fact, they are even older than printed books. The love of books, and the desire to speak and write of that love, are as old as books themselves. "I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading." - Thomas B. "What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours." ![]()
0 Comments
![]() The same was true of monarchy, feudalism, and Communism. The only moral choice was its total abolition, not a moral reformation in the hearts of slaveholders to be more considerate. It was evil because society granted it an economic right for one person to own another. ![]() Slavery wasn’t bad because of the human heart or the devil within us. “Our real enemy is not social institutions but the devil within us.” This is a lie. “Projects of reform must begin and end with the human heart,” wrote Russell Kirk. Conservative intellectuals say the fault isn’t in our institutions but in our individual characters. In this way, conspiracy theories have a lot in common with conservatism (or what we call “conservatism” anyway). It promises that what you were taught in eighth-grade government was true: that history has ended, that we have the ideal institutions and the freest possible society. “It’s not that our institutions are bad,” a conspiracy theory promises, “It’s that they have been infiltrated by bad actors or that bad actors, outside and above them, are pulling the strings in order to harm us.” Conspiracy theories promise that nothing needs to change, only that we get rid of these bad actors. ![]() Conspiracy theories are the last refuge of the status quo-its last line of ideological defense. ![]() ![]() It's the power that comes from lifting one another up. : The Prettiest (9781626729230) by Young, Brigit and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. ![]() But as these unlikely vigilantes become fiercely loyal friends, they discover that the real triumph isn't the takedown. Or does she? Eve, Nessa, and Sophie are determined to get justice-or at least revenge. Eve, ranked number one, can't ignore how everyone is suddenly talking about her looks-and her body.Sophie, always popular and put together, feels lower than ever when she's bullied for being number two.Nessa isn't on the list at all, but she doesn't care. until a list appears online, ranking the top fifty prettiest girls in the eighth grade. "All middle school girls AND boys (especially boys ) should read this book." -Alan Gratz, New York Times-bestselling author of Refugee THE PRETTIEST: It's the last thing Eve Hoffmann expected to be, the only thing Sophie Kane wants to be, and something Nessa Flores-Brady knows she'll never be. Brigit Young writes novels about brave kids who dont necessarily know how brave they truly are. The Prettiest is an incisive, empowering novel by Brigit Young about standing up for yourself and those around you. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. ![]() After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. "The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story by E. LibriVox recording of The Machine Stops by E. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though author Anne Rice was initially positive about the film and felt it was deserving of her name, she later dismissed it entirely. Likewise, it didn't have nearly the same financial success, making around $45 million on a $35 million budget. Unlike its predecessor, which was seen as a classic, Queen of the Damned was negatively received. Releasing eight years after Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned changed Lestat's actor and didn't directly refer to the events of the preceding movie. Allying himself with other immortal vampires, he aims to defeat his would-be queen. ![]() Unfortunately, Akasha's goals are to conquer humanity and fiercely rule, which even the amoral Lestat cannot agree with. ![]() Drawn to Lestat, she intends to make him her king. His music and lyrics make vampires as a species public knowledge, drawing the attention of Akasha, the first vampire. Lestat - played by Stuart Townsend - is brought out of his slumber by a rock band, and he soon becomes a musical star himself. Queen of the Damned takes place after the 1994 film Interview with the Vampire, with the vampire Lestat awakening from his sleep in a contemporary setting. ![]() ![]() ![]() As his dedicated readers worldwide know full well, it’s best to climb aboard the Tom Robbins tilt-a-whirl, kiss preconceptions and sacred cows goodbye and simply enjoy the ride. To say much more about a novel as fresh and surprising as Villa Incognito would run the risk of diluting the sheer fun of reading it. Tom Robbins and 'Villa Incognito.' Robbins, the Pacific Northwest icon, iconoclast and antinovelist, starts his latest work with the mythic Tanuki, or Asian badger, parachuting to Earth by his. ![]() Villa Incognito will surely arouse a similar response in many readers, for in its lusty, amusing way it both celebrates existence and challenges our ideas about it. ![]() “Your books make me think, they make me laugh, they make me horny and they make me aware of the wonder of everything in life.” On one level, this is a book about identity, masquerade and disguise-about “the false mustache of the world”-but neither the mists of Laos nor the smog of Bangkok, neither the overcast of Seattle nor the fog of San Francisco, neither the murk of the intelligence community nor the mummery of the circus can obscure the linguistic phosphor that illuminates the pages of Villa Incognito. Imagine just those things (don’t even try to imagine the love story) and you’ll have a foretaste of Tom Robbins’s eighth and perhaps most beautifully crafted novel-a work as timeless as myth yet as topical as the latest international threat. Imagine that there is a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women have shared a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore. Imagine that there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nadya is torn between her love for him, his betrayal, and her love for her country. Nadya and Serefin’s respective relationships to Malachiasz become the driving force of the novel. With Serefin in tow, they both have to save their countries and confront what Malachiasz has become. However, this fragile peace the three have created quickly shatters when Nadya is forced to flee the capital. Serefin is now king while Nadya remains in the Travanian capital and Malachiasz is formally commanding the Vultures. Duncan picks up a few months after the end of the last book. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet - those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. ![]() As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. ![]() Malachiasz is at war with who - and what - he’s become. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Duncan went above and beyond in its delivery.ĭarkness never works alone… Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. I expected a lot after Wicked Saints and Ruthless Gods by Emily A. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than not review it on the blog (which would be a huge shame as it’s an absolute corker of a read) I’ve decided to be a rebel and share my 20 books reviews beyond the 1st September deadline □ ![]() I’ve completely run out of time this year in regards to both reading and reviewing. Officially I should have reviewed this book before the 20 books deadline which was 1st September 2022 but that was never going to happen. What Lies Between Us was part of two challenges for me this year – ’12 books in 12 months’ and ’20 books of summer 2022′. What Lies Between Us was published by Thomas & Mercer on 15th May 2020 and is available in paperback, audio and digital formats. Today I am delighted to share my review of What Lies Between Us by John Marrs. Because Maggie has done things to Nina that can’t ever be forgiven, and now she is paying the price.īut there are many things about the past that Nina doesn’t know, and Maggie is going to keep it that way-even if it kills her.īecause in this house, the truth is more dangerous than lies.” ![]() When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there. ![]() Except that these secrets are not buried in the past.Įvery other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. “ Nina can never forgive Maggie for what she did. ![]() ![]() In The Woman Who Smashed Codes, Jason Fagone chronicles the life of this extraordinary woman, who played an integral role in our nation's history for 40 years. Though she and Friedman are in many ways the Adam and Eve of the NSA, Elizebeth's story, incredibly, has never been told. There she met the man who would become her husband, groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman. ![]() The tycoon had close ties to the US government, and he soon asked Elizebeth to apply her language skills to an exciting new venture: code breaking. ![]() ![]() In 1912, at the height of World War I, brilliant Shakespeare expert Elizebeth Smith went to work for an eccentric tycoon on his estate outside Chicago. Joining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. ![]() Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Le Guin's Earthsea Cyclehas earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.With millions of copies sold,Ursula K. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. ![]() For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. WHEN YOUNG TENAR is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away - home, family, possessions, even her name. ![]() |