![]() ![]() A case can even be made-indeed, to make it you can draw on Claire Tomalin’s new biography, “ The Young H. G. Like most “first use” claims-the number of words that Shakespeare supposedly used first has decreased as Elizabethan data banks have enlarged-this is probably overstated, but Wells certainly made the word, well, sticky. Lewisham,” as a shorthand for the totality of the activity. ![]() “Every bit of sexual impulse in me has expressed itself.” The case is sometimes even made that Wells invented the word “sex”-that he pioneered its modern use, in his 1900 novel, “Love and Mr. He is also remembered, among Brits with a taste for evergreen gossip, as perhaps the most erotically adventurous man of his generation, the satyr of the socialists. ![]() Wells is remembered today mostly as the author of four visionary science-fiction perennials with premises so simple and strong that they can sustain any amount of retelling: “ The War of the Worlds,” “ The Invisible Man,” “ The Time Machine,” and “ The Island of Doctor Moreau.” Social historians recall Wells as one of the brighter technological optimists and left-wing polemicists of the early part of the twentieth century. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Save the arctic by bethany stahl![]() ![]() You won't want to miss inspiring your precious little one with this brilliant arctic tale!"Save the Arctic" is the second book in Stahl's best-selling "Save the Earth" series! Count beluga whales and fish-Learn exciting animal facts about polar bears and beluga whales Brainstorm ideas on how you can help the Arctic from your home Name the colors of the buildings in the Arctic village! This time, Bethany Stahl's interactive book immerses children in a fun and unique journey where they can: ![]() The ice is melting, and the animals are disappearing! During his search, he makes an unlikely friend with Toklo, a silly beluga whale! The friends work together with a native girl, Ahnah, as they figure out how everyone can work together to help "Save the Arctic"! Nanu, a lonely polar bear, searches for dinner. From the Amazon bestselling author, comes a new children’s book that is engaging, fun, and teaches about the environment! ![]() ![]() ![]() “Yet, I was amazed at the vividness with which that same material came across on that screen. Michael Winston of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. “I have been working with the documents on which much of ‘Roots’ was based for my life,” said Prof. A black historian recently commented about his own long years of study of African and Afro-American subjects. As to the technology, it is enough to note the awesome power of television. The explanation, we suspect, has much to do with a coincidence of timing and technology. But there is more, obviously, to the rage for “Roots” than the magnitude of Mr. In tracing his family back seven generations to his African ancestor, Kunta Kinte, Alex Haley has performed an act of genealogical research that had been presumed to be impossible. Quite apart from the television adaptation, the book is a tour de force. ![]() We would begin with the quality and the character of the work. ![]() ![]() ![]() All along, she doesn't even know that she's his-his frustration, his fascination. She's chaos embodied, not his type, and married, but none of that can stop his eyes from following her wherever she goes. Nowhere in Christian's plans had he ever prepared for Gianna. She hates him-his stone-cold demeanor, his arrogance and too-perceptive eye-but over the years, even as their games consist of insulting each other's looks and intelligence, she begins to live to play with him. One winter night and their lives intertwine. ![]() With a proclivity for order and the number three, he's never been tempted to veer off course.īut perhaps one should never say never. ![]() Christian Allister has always followed the life plan he'd envisioned in his youth, beneath the harsh lights of a frigid, damp cell. In the New York underworld, others know him as a hustler, a killer, his nature as cold as the heart of ice in his chest. Most see a paragon of morality a special agent upholding the law. Little do most know it's just a sparkly disguise, there to hide one panic attack at a time. There is a reason why christiangianna only have one book, because perfection has already been achieved. ![]() Reading their book will always give me the greatest high, no drug could ever achieve. She laughs too loudly, eats without decorum, and mixes up most sayings in the book. 5/5: 1st read 2020: 5 stars x re-read 2023: infinity times infinity stars Christian and Gianna are the definition of romance. Her dresses are too tight, her heels too tall. The Maddest Obsession is the 2nd book in the Made Series ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Congo by Michael Crichton![]() ![]() The expedition, which was searching for deposits of diamonds, discovered the fictional lost city of Zinj. In the dense rainforests of the Virunga region, the heart of the Congo, the team is suddenly attacked and killed by unknown creatures – all contact with them is immediately lost. ![]() The novel starts in 1979, with an abrupt end to an expedition sent by Earth Resource Technology Services Inc (ERTS). Crichton calls Congo a lost world novel in the tradition founded by Henry Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, featuring the mines of that work's title. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo. Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. ![]() ![]() ![]() (With Michael Dowling, under joint pseudonym Tobias Druitt) Corydon and the Siege of Troy, Simon & Schuster (London, England), 2007. (With Michael Dowling, under joint pseudonym Tobias Druitt) Corydon and the Fall of Atlantis, Simon & Schuster ( New York, NY), 2006. (With son, Michael Dowling, under joint pseudonym Tobias Druitt) Corydon and the Island of Monsters, Simon & Schuster ( New York, NY), 2005. University of East Anglia, lecturer in English, 1991-93 University of Reading, lecturer in English, 1992-98 Exeter University, Exeter, England, professor of professor of English, 1998-2000 Keble College Oxford, Oxford, England, fellow and tutor, 2000. ![]() Office-Department of English, Keble College Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PG, England. ![]() (first-class honors) Merton College Oxford, D.Phil. Education: University of Queensland, B.A. (Tobias Druitt, a joint pseudonym) PERSONAL:īorn June 30, 1961, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia immigrated to England married children: Michael Dowling. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Michael furey the dead![]() ![]() He fears that everyone will think he is flaunting his education, and that he'll fail with them as he failed to make himself pleasant to Lily.Īunts Julia and Kate approach him, and dote on him. ![]() He begins nervously to rehearse the speech he will give at dinner. He tips her, and though she resists she eventually accepts. ![]() She retorts bitterly about the predatory nature of men, which rattles Gabriel. ![]() He mentions that soon she must be getting ready to get married. As Lily helps Gabriel with his things, he notices her slim body and pretty looks. It is past ten pm, and Gabriel Conroy and his wife have not yet arrived. Mary Jane still lives with them, earning money through her music. Mary Jane, their only niece, lived on with them. The dance is always huge: family, former music pupils, and the members of Julia's choir fill the house with gaiety and laughter.Īfter the death of their brother Pate, Kate and Julia have lived in the old house on Usher's Island. Lily, the caretaker's daughter, struggles to keep up with her many tasks, which include looking after the arriving guests. Miss Kate Morkan and Miss Julian Morkan, spinster sisters, are throwing their annual Misses Morkan's dance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sure, it's sometimes a bit difficult, but the glory is all in the discovery. I'm performing skills and tasks and taking on all my automatic quests and I'm loving it. I'm still having a great time with these books and feel no compulsion to go anywhere else.īecause I'm grinding, man. ![]() I'm also extremely proud of my fans who have helped me raise over $125,000 for various charities over the past 5 years! My lifetime goal of leaving the world a better place than I found it. I am a Internal Medicine Physician turned WSJ Best Selling Author. I hope you enjoy some! You can find more HERE If you've read or listened to any of my work, PLEASE leave a REVIEW and vote "Helpful" on the reviews you agree with □Īnd I love making artwork for my wonderful fans. I love hearing from my fans so feel free to reach out! Reached the Top 5 on both Audible and Amazon out of the millions of books they sellĪnd enjoy a FREE peak at my 1st Audiobook narrated by THE Nick Podehl! Just CLICK HERE Became Audibles Customer Favorite of the Year ![]() Welcome to the Mist Village! I'm so glad you're here! ![]() ![]() He makes a particularly compelling case that the death of Thomas Bradwardine, newly consecrated archbishop of Canterbury, had deep repercussions for the development of both science and religion. The plague fell on all classes and regions, and the author uses the stories of several individuals to personalize the devastation and its consequences. ![]() He suggests that in many instances the likely cause of death was anthrax, which has the same initial symptoms as plague. Beginning with a biomedical survey of the disease, the author points out many problems with current beliefs about its origins, transmission and nature. The great plague that struck in the mid-14th century, and returned intermittently for centuries thereafter, had a mortality rate of perhaps 40% and consequently ushered in several profound changes. Here Cantor produces a popular account of one of the greatest disasters ever to befall the people of Europe. The author, currently an emeritus professor at New York University, has had a distinguished career as a medieval historian, and his textbook The Civilization of the Middle Ages has been popular with many students over many years. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Damaged like us series![]() ![]() Larson’s version of events was noncommittal. Tomorrow, I‘ll go out to Sonoma to the Skip Barber (Racing School) and when I get home from that, I‘ll go find him and Rick and make some of that right.”Ĭhastain said “no comment” when asked about Larson holding him up in the closing laps. “I was actually going to follow Brennan past the 3 (car of Austin Dillon) there and he checked up quicker than I thought. “It‘s completely my fault,” Chastain said after his best finish of the season. Chastain offered an apology to the Rick Ware-owned team in his post-race interview. “Yes, for no reason,” was the team’s reply.Ĭhastain continued and finished second behind race winner Martin Truex Jr., but not before Larson briefly slowed his pursuit of the leader in the closing laps. ![]() “Ross flat-out wrecked the lapper, right?” Larson asked his No. ![]() |