![]() ![]() Undoubtedly, the poem has a magical quality: its images are simple, yet elusive the scene of dark woods, snow-blanketed trails, and a single farmhouse are painted with clarity, yet they remain open to a wide array of interpretations. ![]() ![]() A century after its composition, Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” continues to leave readers, academics, poetry lovers, and poets alike pondering its meaning. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Riordan achieves freshness within his formula by giving characters and readers a new environment-Camp Jupiter, similar only in broad concept to Camp Half-Blood-to discover, and his pell-mell pacing has returned. The three undertake a quest to Alaska to defeat the giant Alcyoneus and free Thanatos, "the border patrol" of the Underworld, assisted and opposed along the way by a pleasing variety of magical beings. ![]() As per usual, he has two appealing companions with intriguing back stories, Hazel Levesque (daughter of Pluto) and Frank Zhang (son of…?). His memory wiped, Percy knows only that he has another life and a girlfriend, Annabeth he needs to focus now on winning the trust of the Roman demigods. Gaea is raising an army of giants to defeat the gods, and Juno has switched heroes Percy Jackson (son of Poseidon) and Jason Grace (son of Jupiter) in order to unite Greek and Roman gods and demigods in battle against her. ![]() After spinning his wheels in series opener The Lost Hero (2010), Riordan regains his traction with book two of The Heroes of Olympus. ![]() ![]() Renaissance Mad Voyages brings together literary and historical enquiry in order to address the implications of an interesting and neglected cultural trend. Looking in detail at several of the best-documented exploits, Parr situates them in the ferment of such ventures during the period in question but also reaches back to explore their classical and mediaeval antecedents, and considers their role in creating a template for eccentric English adventure in later centuries. Anthony Parr shows that the mad voyage (as Rowley and others conceived it) had surprisingly deep and diverse roots in traditional travel practices, in courtly play and mercantile custom, and in literary culture. This study is the first full length scholarly work to focus on the curious phenomenon of ’madde voiages’, as the writer William Rowley called them. ![]() ![]() ![]() A vogue for travel ’stunts’ flourished in England between 1590 and the 1620s: playful imitations or burlesques of maritime enterprise and overland travel that collectively appear to be a response to particular innovations and developments in English culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() Collectivist anarchism, and anarcho-communists, call for a new utopian system that removes capitalism and the state, and introduces new social arrangements based on common ownership, mutual aid, economic equality and freely-formed 'natural' communities. Having said this, different strands of anarchism offer different visions of an ideal society. For anarchists, this type of social arrangement maximises liberty, equality and solidarity. Almost every type of anarchist utopia is a decentralised society, based on free association and self-regulation, where people govern and organise themselves. This ideal society rests on anarchism’s optimistic view that humankind’s capacity for development, and the creation of a harmonious natural social order, can be nurtured in the absence of the state. All anarchists are utopian because they believe that it is possible to create an alternative ‘perfect’ society where the present-day social, economic and political evils have been removed and humans can realise their full potential. ![]() ![]() He isn’t quite bad enough to be an antagonist, nor is he heroic enough to be the good guy. Bosch has all the markings of the loose cannon trope, but he’s effective, persistent, and determined to do what’s right even if it’s wrong. Connelly is not as playful with the English language as Raymond Chandler was, but he’s just as evocative and haunting. The Black Echo feels like the contemporary heir to The Big Sleep. ![]() Years ago a friend had recommended Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series for it’s LA noir sensibilities, and boy was she spot on. Last summer, I discovered the sheer awesomeness that is Bosch and decided to take a crack at the novels the show is based on. ” (via Goodreads)Īs much as I love dumb procedurals – give me all the Hawaii Five-O and Criminal Minds you got! – I don’t normally read crime fiction. Pitted against enemies inside his own department and forced to make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, Bosch goes on the hunt for a killer whose true face will shock him. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. This one is personal…because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam “tunnel rat” who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. “ For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. ![]() Publisher: Grand Central (publishers of the version I read) ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent 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 via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. 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Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While the exciting climax satisfactorily concludes many of the story's threads, some questions are left to the next book of the trilogy. Her characters deal realistically with the uncertainty of being on the cusp of maturity without wrapping themselves in angst. Publishers Weekly (starred review) on UNEARTHLY A divine supernatural romance. an engaging and romantic tale with solid backstory. Richelle Mead, bestselling author of Vampire Academy, on UNEARTHLY Hand debuts with an engrossing take on the angel mythos. Hand avoids overt discussion of religion while telling an engaging and romantic tale with solid backstory. One of the most addictive books I’ve read in a while. As Clara negotiates high school cliques and homework, learns to use her wings, and suffers oddly stimulating arguments with her best friend's brother, she finds she will have to make decisions that could break her heart or deny her very purpose. Locating Christian is fairly easy figuring out why and how she's supposed to get close to him isn't. ![]() Following the clues in her visions, Clara and her family move from California to Wyoming to find the boy she believes she's destined to save from a forest fire. All semihuman descendants of angels have a "purpose," something they were put on Earth to do, and 16-year-old Clara is no exception. Hand debuts with an engrossing take on the angel mythos that centers on human/angel hybrids living modern lives. ![]() ![]() Now she's a big chicken loser.How could so much change so fast?Let's see, you could be the plain Jane daughter of two gorgeous famous people, move to a new school, have no real friends, and your mom could get sick, and, oh yeah, you could have the most embarrassing secret in the world.Yep, that about does it.So, the real question is, how do I get that girl back?Praise for Katrina Kittle:"e With subtle yet shimmering insight, Kittle explores the resilience of human nature."e -Booklist"e Kittle crafts a disturbing but compelling ipping read. Dancing like an idiot when no one is watchingWhat happened to the girl who wrote those things? I miss that girl. Getting yourself all freaked out after a scary movie25. ![]() This is a powerful book, and I recommend it for anyone who has ever worried about how to fit in."e -Kristina McBride, author of The Tension of OppositesImagine your parents are beautiful famous actors and you're going through your awkward stage for all the world to see! In acclaimed author Katrina Kittle's tween debut, Hannah is the ugly duckling in a family of swans and takes drastic measures to live up to Hollywood's impossible standards.REASONS TO BE HAPPY21. Kristina McBride, author of The Tension of Opposites REASONS TO BE HAPPY 21. ![]() Buy a discounted Paperback of Reasons to be Happy online from Australias leading online bookstore. "e Gripping! I was instantly swept away by Hannah's struggles and greatly inspired by her journey. 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