The way of shadows by brent weeks6/5/2023 To protect a fragile peace, Logans new kingdom, and the kings twin sons, he needs Kylar to secure a powerful magical artifact that was unearthed during the war.With rumors that a kakari may be found, adversaries both old and new are on the hunt. One last hit to tie up the loose ends of his old, lost life.But Kylars best - and maybe only - friend, the High King Logan Gyre, needs him. He promises himself this is the last time. Hes determined not to kill again, but an impending amnesty will pardon the one murderer he cant let walk free. IT IS AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION THAT SUMMARIZES BRENT WEEKS BOOK IN DETAIL.ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOKBrent Weeks returns to the New York Times bestselling world of the Night Angel in Night Angel Nemesis, following master assassin Kylar on a new adventure - as the High King Logan Gyre calls on him to save his kingdom and the hope of peace.After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. THIS IS NOT A BOOK BY BRENT WEEKS NOR IS IT AFFILIATED WITH THEM.
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Hold me closer necromancer series6/4/2023 There's a Mad -magazine-meets-'Twilight' sensibility to 'Hold Me Closer, Necromancer' that will keep readers turning pages and laughing all the way., "McBride pulls no punches and hits where readers will least expect it the story can be gory and violent, but isn't gratuitously graphic. We loved it., McBride's humor and ear for dialogue carry the book. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer is entertaining, offbeat, hilarious, and flat-out fun. Every character in this book seems to live in the moment, offering sarcastic humor that lightens up the intense action and dark suspense. this quirky urban fantasy will compel fans of horror and supernatural romance-and heroic skateboarding slackers., Sam is the ultimate laid-back slacker who also happens to be smart, funny, sweet, and adorable. Readers seeking a thoughtful, original, and compelling supernatural adventure need look no further. The richness of the supernatural underworld, complete with politics, history, and personal vendettas, is another draw, and honorable, desperate, smart-alecky, clueless Sam is the perfect vehicle for entry. The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey6/4/2023 Uprising is a sweeping epic designed to immerse readers and not let them go. Which is not to say we’ve lost our earlier guides. Tal and Salomen both get a great deal of time on stage, accompanied by all the others who have made such an impression on readers: Lanaril, Vellmar, Micah, Lhyn, Ekatya, and Rahel, not to mention Salomen’s family on Hol-Opah. Now they’re our guides to different parts of Alsean life: as a Voloth settler and as a political player who isn’t at the top of the heap. We’ve seen them before, of course, but as minor characters. Uprising takes us back to Alsea and gives a voice to two new main characters: Prime Builder Anjuli Eroles and Voloth spokesperson Rax Sestak. Why did Tal act so out of character at the end of Outcaste? Can she resolve it?.How is Salomen adapting to the demands of being Bondlancer on top of her responsibilities as head of her family and holding?.Why did divine tyrees suddenly reappear after a thousand cycles?.Here are just a few of the questions that will be answered in Uprising: And it’s a barn burner, answering many questions and concluding several multi-book story arcs. I’m delighted to announce that Uprising will be released on Friday, April 19, just in time for the Easter weekend. There are a number of those in the Chronicles of Alsea, one of which has been running since Book One. One of the best things about writing a series is the ability to have long-term story arcs running through multiple books. Lincoln book gore vidal6/4/2023 Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Lincoln's loving but mentally decomposing wife, his view from the White House on slavery and America's bloodiest war, and his own, fierce personal ambition: all are portrayed with a vibrancy and an urgency that almost belies what they have now become - history itself. Yet gradually Lincoln the towering leader of deep vision emerges in a Washington engulfed by fear, greed and the horrors of the Civil War. People in this novel are not averse to turning up, getting drunk, and regaling the reader with details of Lincoln's whoring activities and his seemingly inexhaustible supply of folksy stories. Observed alternately by his loved ones, his rivals and his future assassins, Lincoln at first appears as an inept and naive backwoods lawyer. Yet in this brilliantly realised study of Abraham Lincoln, he paints a surprising and near-heroic picture of the man who led America through four of the most divisive and dangerous years of the nation's history. In the hazardous fictional terrain of his historical novels, Gore Vidal is never especially kind to American history in general, or to its icons in particular. Chris hedges days of destruction6/4/2023 Suddenly, abused and battered wives or children, the unemployed, the depressed and mentally ill, the illiterate, the lonely, those grieving for lost loved ones, those crushed by poverty, the terminally ill, those fighting with addictions, those suffering from trauma, those trapped in menial and poorly paid jobs, those whose homes are in foreclosure or who are filing for bankruptcy because they cannot pay their medical bills, are to blame for their negativity. These specialists in "happiness" have formulated something they call the "Law of Attraction." It argues that we attract those things in life, whether it is money, relationships or employment, which we focus on. This belief encourages us to flee from reality when reality does not elicit positive feelings. Once we adopt an upbeat vision of reality, positive things will happen. “Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are seen as maladjusted and in need of assistance. The graveyard neil gaiman6/3/2023 Owen is a young boy who is innocent and scared of Jack, and he hides from him in the graveyard. One device that Gaiman incorporated in the story is using mirror characters. Gaiman uses various devices to encourage his readers to get comfortable in the fantasy world because he connects it with reality. The child’s survival highly depends on the mercy of the ghosts present in the graveyard, which becomes his escape and protection from Jack, the man who killed his parents (Becher 92). Neil Gaiman illustrates the idea of the problem of personal identity in Nobody Owens. Many of these books contain ideas such as identity, reality, truth, and love, which are continuously contested and destabilized. Writers of fantasy books aim to portray that something is magical, whimsical, strange, and unless, but these books have consistency and internal logic (Becher 92). The popularity of fantasy in the past years has caused many writers of adolescent books to shift their attention to showing the bizarre and macabre. Little bee novel6/3/2023 A sense of humor and an unflinching moral compass allow each woman, and the reader, to believe that even in the face of unspeakable odds, humanity can prevail. Now together, they face a disturbing past and an uncertain future with the help of Sarah’s four-year-old son, Charlie, who refuses to take off his Batman costume. They first met on a beach in Nigeria, where Sarah was vacationing with her husband, Andrew, in an effort to save their marriage after an affair, and their brief encounter has haunted each woman for two years. One of the most vividly memorable and provocative characters in recent contemporary fiction Cleave paces the story beautifully, lacing it with. Sarah is a posh young mother and magazine editor with whom Little Bee shares a dark and tumultuous past. Alone in a foreign country, without a family member, friend, or pound to call her own, she seeks out the only English person she knows. Cleave paints a brutal tale as we follow the hardships of the women presented to us. Little Bee, a young Nigerian refugee, has just been released from the British immigration detention center where she has been held under horrific conditions for the past two years, after narrowly escaping a traumatic fate in her homeland of Nigeria. Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave is infused with hardships and love. Bel kaufman6/3/2023 This example signifies the point of view made by the women who wants her son to be brave standing up for himself and taking this situation under control by himself. She always said that she wanted Larry to learn to fight his own battles” (Kaufman, 2). In this story, the point of view is classified by the third person view who’s the women, possibly the narrator and the mother of Larry.įor example, the women says “her first instinct was to rush to her son, brush the sand out of his hair, and punish the other child, but she controlled it. The significance of shaping the story, “Sunday in the Park” is identified through the point of view (third person omniscient) and the setting. Eventually, dragging his feet Larry is taken home, by the women and Morton, even though he wants to play. The women doesn’t try to stop because she wants Larry to stand up for himself. Morton stands up from his bench and wants to stop this fight the big man (Joe’s father) says, “go ahead, Joe” (Kaufman, 2). The women says not to throw sand because it may heart someone’s eyes. In the park there is another child (Joe) who is playing near Larry and starts to throw sand at Larry. In the story, “Sunday in the Park” by Bel Kaufman the characters introduced is a women (narrator/protagonist), who is with Morton (husband), and her three year old child (Larry) in the park on a pleasant Sunday evening. “Sunday in the Park” by Bel Kaufman Analysis Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames6/2/2023 Of course, to get the band back together, they have to convince the Crazy wizard, the murderous thief turned king, the stone cold killer that was imprisoned, and maybe a bard that won't die first. This was likely how it would end if not for the band's (oh yes, that is the pun and joke that drives this whole tale) frontman showing up on the doorstep of the protagonist of this tale, Slow-hand Clay. Now, however, families and middle age have set in with the group having gone their separate ways. This is a tale of a group of buddies that were great back in the day, nay, the greatest group of mercenary heroes in the land. A TL DR: After 200+ books, this is the first one that is truly like Lies of Locke Lamora, except I like this one more. Like a world class chef took my comfort food and turned it into a thousand dollar a plate meal. Lauren conrad street style 20226/2/2023 When she moved to Los Angeles, MTV developed a spinoff to Laguna Beach titled “The Hills,” starring Conrad and focusing on her life and work in fashion.Ĭonrad interned at Teen Vogue and later entered the world of fashion public relations by interning at Kelly Cutrone’s PR firm, People’s Revolution. What is Lauren Conrad’s fashion experience? After she left “Laguna Beach” in its second season, she transferred to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, although she didn’t complete her degree. When Conrad graduated from high school, she spent one semester at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her father revealed that she first expressed interest in fashion in sixth grade. The show lasted for three seasons from 2004 to 2006.Ĭonrad was a main cast member of the series. What is Lauren Conrad’s background?Ĭonrad became a cast member on season one of MTV’s “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County,” a reality television response to the hit Fox show “The OC.” The series followed a group of affluent teenagers growing up in Laguna Beach, California, and the drama surrounding their lives, from relationships to post-high school plans. The line was a nod to Conrad’s own personal style that has evolved over the years. The brand launched as a clothing collection in partnership with Kohl’s. Here, details on what you need to know about LC Lauren Conrad. Mugler x H&M’s Collaboration Campaign Photos |