![]() ![]() Is this boy the key to taking down Aric Athair once and for all.or will he threaten everything the women of the Mors Navis have worked for? The crew has one mission: stay alive, and take down Aric's armed and armored fleet.īut when Caledonia's best friend and second-in-command barely survives an attack thanks to help from a Bullet looking to defect, Caledonia finds herself questioning whether to let him join their crew. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, who have lost their families and homes because of Aric and his men. impossible to put down." -PasteĪfter her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. This is female piracy at its best." - The San Francisco Chronicle "One of the most spell-binding adventures of the year. "The pace of the book is fast and relentless, and the action sequences tense and believable, but the best moments are the ones in which the female relationships shine." -NPR "This is Mad Max by way of Davy Jones, a high-energy, breathless adventure a group of damaged girls who find home in one another." -Booklist ![]() Now, on the deadly Bullet seas, Captain Caledonia Styx and her all-female crew are ready for revenge. ![]() A warlord killed Caledonia's parents and kidnapped her brother. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Hartman narrates the story of this radical social transformation against the grain of the prevailing century-old argument about the crisis of the black family. Free love, common-law and transient marriages, serial partners, cohabitation outside of wedlock, queer relations, and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes that altered the character of everyday life and challenged traditional Victorian beliefs about courtship, love, and marriage. ![]() In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The socialist delivers a lecture on free love.The anarchy of colored girls assembled in a riotous manner.Wayward : a short entry on the possible.Family albums, aborted future : a disillusioned wife becomes an artist, 1890 Seventh Avenue. ![]() Mistah beauty, the autobiography of an ex-colored woman, select scenes from a film never cast by Oscar Micheaux Harlem, 1920s.1909 : 601 West 61st Street : a new colony of colored people, or Malindy in Little Africa.1900 : the tenderloin : 242 West 41st Street.In a moment of tenderness the future seems possible.An intimate history of slavery and freedom.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]() ![]() Rowling is the author of the much-loved series of seven Harry Potter novels, originally published between 19. Whether an existing fan or new to the wizarding world, this is a perfect addition for any film lover or reader's bookshelf.*** Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is available now! ***J.K. A feat of imagination and featuring a cast of remarkable characters and magical creatures, this is epic adventure-packed storytelling at its very best. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. Inspired by the original Hogwart's textbook by Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original screenplay marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. ![]() Rowling invites you to explore a new era of the Wizarding World. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting paperback edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. ![]() ![]() ![]() I would like to experience this huge epic story in book format first before I dive into the TV show. To prepare, I have finally started reading the first book. ![]() The series has already been renewed for a second season. The first season of the long awaited show is set to air in November 2021 on Amazon Prime. The Wheel of Time TV show has a publication date.And Neil Gaiman will be co-writing the season, so we’re definitely in for a treat. Good Omens is getting a second seasonon Amazon Prime and we can all look forward to more of our favorite angel and demon combo as David Tennant and Michael Sheen are reprising their roles as Crowley and Aziraphale.Adaptations, new books, awards, and hopefully a return to something resembling normal. The second half of 2021 is moving just as fast as the first and there are many things to look forward to. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sarah Perry has headed into supernatural territory with ‘Melmoth’Īgainst the backdrop of the ancient city, and a sprinkling of portentous jackdaws who appear like punctuation throughout the pages, we are introduced to English translator Helen Franklin. So she is always watching, always seeking out everything that’s most distressing and most wicked… in doing so, she bears witness”. Thereafter, she was “cursed to wander the Earth without home or respite, until Christ comes again. ![]() She is, we’re told, one of the women who saw Christ risen from the dead, but denied it. ‘Melmoth’ is a gothic chiller Bearing witness ![]() Where The Essex Serpent teased with its scant “did they/didn’t they?” sightings of a mysterious sea beastie, and focused instead on the interplay between its complex cast, Melmoth is most definitely a character rather than a concept. One thing I can say in good faith about Melmoth is that there is no lack of supernatural in its pages. It’s embarrassing to admit, but once I began to read, I was a little disappointed that this luminous meditation on faith and rationalism, love and loyalty, peopled with fascinating characters, was a bit light on, you know, serpents. When I first caught sight of Sarah Perry’s award-winning second book, The Essex Serpent, I was drawn in by its title and its hard-backed cover, covered with sinuous, snaky loops – as well as all the people raving about it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To me it was unclear whether the first paragraph was meant to be read as a letter or a diary or even if the narration was in any way related to the other narration. Henry James Friends of Friends was difficult to follow at the best of times. I did that and it turned the whole story into slapstick! Or rather you can read the story while listening to Rag time and you may have a far better and enjoyable experience. Wells The Red Room while listening to Rag time music. There is also a matter of the stories themselves and other type of language that doesn't involve other countries, cultures and races. If a reader is not familiar with nineteenth and twentieth century language there is within this book scattered words and language that makes for uncomfortable reading. The first publication was in 1986 and unfortunately allowing for derogatory language wasn't unheard of, but one would think in the subsequent publications in the 21st century a new prologue would alert readers to the rather sickening language used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-unfortunately there are none. If one can get past the racism and xenophobia, starting with Somerset Maugham, that is to finish the book. It's hard to rate this book I may attempt to do so at a later date. ![]() ![]() More than half the supply of palladium and its congener platinum is used in catalytic converters, which convert as much as 90% of the harmful gases in automobile exhaust ( hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide) into nontoxic substances ( nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapor). They have similar chemical properties, but palladium has the lowest melting point and is the least dense of them. Palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium form a group of elements referred to as the platinum group metals (PGMs). He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself named after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired by her when she slew Pallas. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston. Palladium is a chemical element with the symbol Pd and atomic number 46. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story was so enthralling to me-I want to read it again!" Elizabeth Goddard, author of The Camera Never Lies "A glorious storytelling of the plight of early Christianity. Higley brings Pompeii to life again in this exhilarating tale of love and adventure. Pompeii has a mystique all its own, and Higley brings it to rich life, from glory to destruction, while bringing her well-drawn characters through disaster to salvation." DeAnna Julie Dodson, author of In Honor Bound "T.L. Higley's stories set in the ancient world. As Vesuvius churns with deadly intent, the two must bridge their differences to save the lives of those they love, before the fiery ash buries Pompeii, leaving the city lost to the world. Political corruption, religious persecution, and family peril threaten to destroy Ariella and Cato, who are thrown together in the battle to survive. ![]() But evil creeps through the streets of Pompeii. Her anger fuels her to fight well, hoping to win the arena crowds and reveal her gender at the perfect time. She ends up in Pompeii, disguised as a young man and sold into a gladiator troupe. ![]() As a young Jew, she escaped the fall of Jerusalem only to endure slavery to a cruel Roman general. For Ariella, Pompeii is a means to an end. But when a corrupt politician wrongfully jails Cato's sister, he must oust the man from power to save her. A place to start again, become a winemaker. For Cato, it's the perfect escape from a failed political career in Rome. Pompeii, a city that's many things to many people. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Zola had a knack for turbulence, both in his fiction and in his personal life. The author also tells his story with great wit. “A thoughtful examination of anti-Semitism and French jurisprudence in the late 19th-century. “Michael Rosen’s handsomely-written new book depicts with candor and vivacity the lengths at which one great artist fought for moral clarity.” “ The Disappearance of Émile Zola recalls that Zola’s habit of boundlessness continued during his exile, as his letters and works from that period demonstrate his reckoning with the politics and literature that remained swirling in his mind.” For all readers interested in 19th-century France and French literature.” ![]() This work further reveals the divisiveness of French society during this period, exacerbated by the Dreyfus affair. Rosen not only captures Zola’s despair but also describes the inaccuracies found in newspaper accounts about his whereabouts. A profoundly humanizing account of a previously opaque literary-political episode.” “Rosen reminds readers of the price Zola paid for voicing the convictions of conscience when he took up the cause of Alfred Dreyfus. The book reads easily and enjoyably and pays proper tribute to Zola’s pertinacity and decency.” Rosen’s chronicle addresses them from an interesting angle. “The Dreyfus Affair and Zola’s part in it retain their fascination. ![]() ![]() ![]() The title shipped an initial 75,000 copies and debuted in the #2 spot on the February 23 New York Times young adult hardcover bestseller list as Grace embarked on a five-city West Coast tour with Adeyemi from February 4–8. Grace has described her tale as a “high fantasy about a morally gray princess who has to team up with a pirate to save her kingdom from a magical new threat.” Readers now know that there are vengeful mermaids, a stowaway, and plenty of danger in the mix as well. ![]() ![]() And since its official release on February 4, the enthusiasm for All the Stars and Teeth has only grown. Appearances on several other “Anticipated Books of 2020” lists quickly followed. The buzz for Adalyn Grace’s YA fantasy debut All the Stars and Teeth (Imprint) began to build last summer with early praise by bestselling authors Tomi Adeyemi and Hafsah Faizal, and a cover reveal and excerpt by Entertainment Weekly’s website, touting the title as potentially one of the biggest YA books of 2020. ![]() |