![]() ![]() The thought that something as vast as the Great Barrier Reef, for example, with all its vibrant diversity, might one day soon be gone sounds improbable. Otherlands also offers us a vast perspective on the current state of the planet. It takes us from the savannahs of Pliocene Kenya to watch a python chase a group of australopithecines into an acacia tree to a cliff overlooking the salt pans of the empty basin of what will be the Mediterranean Sea just as water from the Miocene Atlantic Ocean spills in into the tropical forests of Eocene Antarctica and under the shallow pools of Ediacaran Australia, where we glimpse the first microbial life. This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt―or not. In Otherlands, Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life on the page. The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. Home 1 › Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds 2 ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() Thick with history and packed with Bardugo's signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she'll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university's very walls. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren't just accidents. Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies' most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But Galaxy "Alex" Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory?even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale.įorbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can't call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell.įind a gateway to the underworld. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Confess fletch novel![]() That's another advantage of working with Jon, a lot of people like him so you reap the benefits of that.” “Neil happens to love the ‘Fletch’ books… We'd let Neil read a draft of it and he was very encouraging, he also gave me some really specific notes that were great, that I used. “ did work super closely on it and he read all the drafts, we talked about stuff, we would go through all the scenes very carefully, we brought in friends who were funny and smart to read it, and give us notes,” Mottola explained. If the pressure of following the '80s movie wasn’t enough, through his personal relationship with Hamm, famed author Neil Gaiman ( The Sandman, Stardust, American Gods), gave notes on the script for Confess, Fletch. ![]() ![]() (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Paramount Worldwide) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 07: (L-R) Greg Mottola and Jon Hamm speak onstage during a special screening of Miramax's "Confess, Fletch" at The West Hollywood EDITION on Septemin West Hollywood, California. ![]() ![]() ![]() I came across the works of Sharon Kay Penman during my university studies. Sharon’s deep love for Wales and the Welsh shines from her books and we have all shed tears to overflowing reading her stories, not just of the Welsh Princes, but also of the Kings and Queens of Medieval Britain and France. The first was Edith Pargetter, the second was Sharon Kay Penman. Two historical fiction authors have managed to touch my soul with their stories of Wales and who truly understood the meaning of ‘Hiraeth’ to the Welsh. ![]() Brilliant prose held us in thrall and literally transformed us into time-travellers! ~ Joan Battistuzzi, Canada Her passion for history and storytelling drew us in. A possessed an uncanny ability to devour mountains of information, distilling and refining it into knowledge which she then imparted to others. Sharon Kay Penman….a rare individual blessed with many special qualities. A brilliant mind, a generous spirit and above all a literary alchemist. ![]() ![]() At first he lies and says the cigarette case is from his Aunt Cecily. In the country, however, he is known as Jack Worthing, squire, with a troubled brother named Ernest. Jack claims that he has made up the character of Ernest because it gives him an excuse to visit the city. Jack announces that he plans to propose marriage to Gwendolen, but Algernon claims that he will not consent to their marriage until Jack explains why he is known as Ernest and why he has a cigarette case with a questionable inscription from a mysterious lady. Jack Worthing (a friend of Moncrieff's and known to him as Ernest) arrives first. ![]() While Algernon (Algy, for short) plays the piano, his servant (Lane) is arranging cucumber sandwiches for the impending arrival of Algernon's aunt (Lady Bracknell) and her daughter (Gwendolen). ![]() ![]() The curtain opens on the flat of wealthy Algernon Moncrieff in London's fashionable West End. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments The inheritance trilogy![]() ![]() ![]() All of this runs counter to a lot of modern fantasy, which tries to provide realistic, even scientific, explanations for the magical. Ultimately, a murder mystery leads to a pursuit for cosmic power, which also alters forever Yeine's perspective of her entire reality. The Inheritance Trilogy offers a more complex, nuanced view of reality, one that is poetic as well as grounded in realism. At the same time, however, we also learn that Yeine has a degree of influence over the Gods, though the extent to which she maintains control over them changes over the course of the story, as well as how this can influence her own personal pursuit not for power, but for uncovering the mystery of her mother's death. ![]() This puts her in a power struggle for those already seeking the throne, most notably against her cousin Scimina. We learn that she's been named the heir to the Arameri throne by her grandfather Dekarta, the ruler of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. Yeine Darr is the primary protagonist of the first book. RELATED: Stargirl Reveals First Look at Season 2's Comics-Accurate Eclipso For instance, mortals see the creation of the world as the result of lovemaking between the Gods, but from the Gods' perspective, the creation is the result of a cosmic, churning storm. The same events are interpreted by the Gods and the mortals below. The Inheritance Trilogy showcases the interplay between Gods, human culture, and the demonic offspring of each. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum![]() Lert joined her, and eventually became conductor of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra. Influenced by the increasingly hostile political climate in Germany, she decided to accept the job and remain in the United States. While on a promotional tour in the United States for this Broadway adaptation, she was offered a job as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Her novel Menschen im Hotel was so popular that it was adapted into a Broadway show in 1931, and later into the Hollywood classic film Grand Hotel. During the 1920s she rose in prominence as a popular novelist, and in 1926 she moved to Berlin after being offered a job as an editor at the major book and periodical publisher Ullstein. By 1914 she moved to Darmstadt to play in the orchestra with future husband Richard Lert, whom she married in 1916. ![]() By 1911 her marriage to Prels had fallen apart, and in 1913 their divorce was finalized. Around the same time she won a juried prize for a story appearing in a Munich journal. ![]() Shortly thereafter she met first husband, the writer Max Prels. WorldCat record id: 84085248īorn (1888) and raised in Vienna, Vicki Baum first published stories as a teenager but then focused on musical studies at the Vienna Conservatory, where she made her professional debut in 1907. ![]() Works by Vicki Baum include GRAND HOTEL, SECRET SENTENCE, HELENE, MEN NEVER KNOW, THE SHIP AND THE SHORE, MARION ALIVE, THE WEEPING WOOD, DANGER FROM DEER, and HEADLESS ANGEL.įrom the description of Vicki Baum papers, 1929-1953. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2.3 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.She has since featured prominently as a primary member of the Disney Villains line-up. Ursula's fervent confidence and theatricality have been met with critical praise, and have influenced villains that followed. Ursula is loosely based on the nameless sea witch from the original Hans Christian Andersen tale, while her characterization takes inspiration from the drag queen Divine. Scorned, she has since vowed to exact vengeance by harnessing the power of the king's trident and installing herself as ruler of all the ocean. In the past, Ursula was a resident of King Triton's palace, before being banished and exiled by order of the king. Ursula's contracts, however, are covertly designed to advance her own ambitions and cause general misery. She is a villainous Cecaelia (half-woman, half-octopus) who strikes deals with unfortunate merfolk with the promise of making their dreams come true. ![]() Ursula (also known as the Sea Witch) is the main antagonist of Disney's 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid. they weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch.” ―Ursula “ I admit that in the past I've been a nasty. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Finale by Stephanie Garber![]() ![]() How can it ever work out between Tella and Legend? It's a nail-biter until the end. That's a big one, repeated almost like a mantra to the reader. Oh, and Legend, as an immortal, actually cannot love. Both sisters, Tella and Scarlett, have their huge obstacles to love: kidnapping, temporary death, other possessive suitors, and the whole kingdom falling down around them, to name a few. Romance buffs will have the grand, sweep-y, star-crossed-lovers ending they're looking for, while fantasy fans will walk away feeling jilted by the storytelling. Scarlett especially learns how to wield her power to save others. Tella and Scarlett both have heroic roles to play in the story. This time, though, the wine drinking is only by adults. ![]() Like the first two books in the series, Caraval and Legendary, there are a lot of passionate kisses here. One woman has stitches on her hands after her fingers were removed as a form of torture. Mortals are also tortured, turned to stone, and poisoned. Immortals are temporarily killed off by stabbing and a slit throat. Others die by burning, slit throats, and a snapped neck. The main characters - teen sisters Tella and Scarlett - experience their mother's death at the beginning of the story. ![]() Parents need to know that Finale is the third book in Stephanie Garber's magical Caraval series. ![]() Mentions of wine, spilled wine, and liquor bottles strewn about, but underage main characters aren't drinking in this one.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey![]() ![]() ![]() Working against an impossible deadline, he begins his feverish carving. Living at the foot of his misshapen block of marble, Michelangelo struggles until the stone finally begins to speak. ![]() Even though his impoverished family shuns him for being an artist, he is desperate to support them. Michelangelo is a virtual unknown when he returns to Florence and wins the commission to carve what will become one of the most famous sculptures of all time: David. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. ![]() From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. With extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of the two great Renaissance artists, Storey offers a stunning art history thriller. Called “tremendously entertaining” ( The New York Times) Stephanie Storey’s brilliant bestselling debut, brings early 16th-century Florence, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo Buonarroti alive for art lovers and readers of historical fiction. ![]() |
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