5/13/2023 0 Comments The crystal shard trilogy![]() and really enjoys them they are just written like total crap.Granted maybe this books sucks too, I read it when I was in middle school but still. not worth going into but I don't want to give the kid a book with sex in it)The reason I want to give him this book is he is reading some series of books about wizards, warriors, etc. but I don't recall Crystal Shard having any real mention of sex.(The 13 year old's parents are NOT fans of sexual content. Was there any graphic sex in the book? I recall Drizzt's dark elves books having a few parts about sex with the dark elf mistresses or something. (It was renumbered I guess to center around Drizzt's life/story?)2. What is the proper order of titles in The Crystal Shard series. ![]() Anyway, I recall it being about several people that were after the Crystal Shard.A warrior, a girl named Cattibree or something (not spelling that right).Also Drizzt was in there somewhere, but I thought he was a popular character and then books about him came out later.So anyway two questions:1. I recall reading this when I was in middle school I think. ![]()
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![]() In the forest, they encounter a variety of memorable characters, notably the melancholy traveller Jaques, who speaks many of Shakespeare's most famous speeches (such as " All the world's a stage", "too much of a good thing" and "A fool! A fool! I met a fool in the forest"). ![]() The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility.Īs You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden. ![]() First page of As You Like It from the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623Īs You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Christopher mcdougall born to run![]() ![]() ![]() “This is something that has been natural to humans for generations but it’s lost on us, and we are trying to grope our way back. “That’s when it dawned on me that this was something broader and deeper,” he said. But as he learned about the animal’s need to be useful, and the long history of human-animal partnerships, his narrative began taking shape. He didn’t think initially that Sherman the donkey would carry his next book. In it, McDougall adopts an outcast donkey from one of his Amish neighbors and embarks on an unpredictable adventure of rehabilitating the donkey, which becomes his jogging partner along with a rag-tag crew of humans, eventually coming to Colorado to compete in the annual Burro Days races in Fairplay. McDougall’s latest book “Running with Sherman,” published in October, makes an argument for forging relationships with animals. ![]() ![]() When she is not writing, she enjoys riding horses. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma-the setting of The Outsiders -with her husband. ![]() ![]() She has also written several picture books, a collection of short stories, and a novel for adults. Hinton is the author of a number of bestselling and beloved books for young adults, including That Was Then, This Is Now, and of course, The Outsiders, which was written when she was just sixteen years old. Subjects: Book Note, That Was Then, This Is Now, S. Hinton, published by Penguin Young Readers Group (April 1, 1998) is available in. Hinton classic should sit alongside her bestselling novel The Outsiders. This book title, That Was Then, This Is Now, ISBN: 9780140389661, by S. Now available for the first time in trade paperback format to commemorate fifty years since publication, this S.E. That Was Then, This is Now chronicles their lives as they move through love and friendship, and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow apart. ![]() They have lived together since they were children. ![]() From the bestselling author of The Outsiders comes another moving classic about coming-of-age amidst love, friendship, and family tragedy. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The misenchanted sword![]() ![]() The story thus far is, of course, on his site. The plan is that eventually he'll take it to a small press that can't afford an advance, or publish it himself, and those who have donated significantly will get a special deal on the finished trade paperback. For every $100 he receives, he is posting a chapter from the first draft as long as the money keeps coming in, he'll keep working. he's inviting the fans to, in essence, pay him his advance on the next Ethshar book, The Spriggan Mirror. and, as so often happens, that series has an enthusiastic following which is just not large enough to induce the publisher to contract him for more books. ![]() The tempest, turmoil, and war are endless, and the killing more endless still. Hardly anyone alive remembers why, or over what. ![]() I, personally, am a fan of his "Ethshar" series, which started with The Misenchanted Sword. Synopsis About this title The Misenchanted Sword /A Legend of Ethshar/ A LAND AT WAR / Ethshar and the Northern Empire have been at war for hundreds of years. Lawrence Watt-Evans - author of a lot of good SF and fantasy if you don't know his name, visit Amazon, spend some money, and thank me later - is trying an experiment in online publishing. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Beauty and the beast gabrielle![]() His blue eyes can’t quite conquer an ovine face crowned by a majestic lion’s mane and two disturbingly Freudian horns. But in the 2017 live-action movie, the Beast is unabashedly. In the 1991 cartoon, the animated Beast’s goofy facial expressions alleviate the weirdness of it all by making him convincingly human-ish (and so endearing that his actual princely form, as Janet Maslin wrote in her review of the first film, is actually a disappointment, a “paragon of bland handsomeness”). Here, presented by the foremost corporate purveyor of children’s entertainment, is essentially a story about a woman who falls in love with an animal. ![]() ![]() It’s easy to forget-amid the kicky tap-dancing kitchenware, the twinklingly romantic score, and the swooning waltz in both Disney versions-how strange the central concept of Beauty and the Beast is. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare' William Hazlitt If you enjoyed Julius Caesar, you might like Richard III, also available in Penguin Shakespeare. This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Julius Caesar, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. Seizing his opportunity, the ambitious young Mark Antony turns public opinion against the conspirators, plunging the nation into a bloody civil war. But the different motives of the conspirators soon become apparent when high principles clash with malice and political realism. 'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him' When it seems that Julius Caesar may assume supreme power, a plot to destroy him is hatched by the senators Brutus and Cassius, who are determined to preserve the threatened Republic. ![]() This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by Norman Sanders with an introduction by Martin Wiggins. Set at the birth of the Roman Empire, William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is a taut historical drama exploring the violent consequences of betrayal and murder. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Underworld by Graham Hancock![]() ![]() Hancock believes that the rising floodwaters at the end of the last ice age submerged the ancient coastlines and as a consequence have hidden evidence of the emerging human cultures and civilisations that were developing along them at this time. In other words all known ancient civilisations are in some way indebted to one or more still unidentified lost civilisation(s). These culture(s) were destroyed by cataclysmic events (floods, volcanic activity, earthquakes etc.) and the survivors passed on their knowledge and experience to the emerging ancient civilisations that we are more familiar with. ![]() ![]() The central thesis behind Hancock’s work is that advanced human civilisation(s) existed prior to the end of the last ice age. Hence only those working outside of the academic system are sufficiently open-minded to investigate it. Hancock has argued passionately for the possibility that there may be a lost chapter in human history and that archaeologists refuse to consider this possibility. Since completing Fingerprints of the Gods (FOTG) in 1994, Graham Hancock has experienced unrivalled popular success writing on the origins of human civilisation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keith doesn't risk his life to monsters, but he risks his entire meager net worth and his life in his quest to fulfill his duty as a trustee. Like Frodo, the last thing Keith wanted was a quest. While there are no 'dark forces', like Frodo, Keith must leave his happy home and set off to strange and dangerous places for the benefit of others. Really, this book is more like 'The Lord of the Rings'. He wants nothing else until a tragedy forces him to take massive risks for the benefit of a small child. Keith Stewart already has the life he wants, centered around making miniature machines and living with his wife of many years. ![]() What other book might you compare Trustee from the Toolroom to and why?Īt first I thought 'Cinderella', but that's not correct because Cinderella is a decent person who wants to marry the prince, and in the end she gets what she wants. It's in the top 20% of all books I've read, and I've been reading books for almost 60 years. Where does Trustee from the Toolroom rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The reader chee![]() With overlapping stories of swashbuckling pirates and merciless assassins, The Reader is a brilliantly told adventure from an extraordinary new talent. ![]() With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed - and punish the people responsible. An instant New York Times Bestseller, this is a stunning debut set in a world where reading. ![]() The only clue to both her aunt's disappearance and her father's murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book - a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. Get FREE shipping on The Reader by Traci Chee, from. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin's been taken, or if she's even alive. 'Set in a world where reading is unheard-of, Sefia makes use of a mysterious object to track down who kidnapped her aunt Nin and what really happened the night her father was murdered'. ![]() After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. A stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of, perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and Bone. 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