![]() ![]() Todd Strasser's novel is gripping, feels very real, and makes the reader realize how easily people can be lured into joining a group, even if the effects are not good. However, I now want to know more about what really happened. Why didn't I ever get the details? I am not sure. Review: I had heard of the Wave (the real incident, not the book) for years, ever since I began teaching World History in the mid-1990s. But is history destined to repeat itself? Only two students, Laurie Saunders and David Collins, recognize the Wave for what it is and set out to stop it before it's too late. Strength Through Action." governs the entire school. Before the end of the week, the Wave motto "Strength Through Discipline. What begins in a single classroom quickly gathers momentum. Ross creates an experimental movement called the Wave. As they study World War II Ben Ross's students can't seem to understand how they German people could have followed Hitler and the Nazis. Ben Ross and his history class are about to learn a lesson they will never forget. ![]() ![]() Summary (from the back of the book): The Wave is based on an incident that took place in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California in 1969. FTC Disclosure: I borrowed this book from my school library ![]()
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![]() ![]() Airy, whimsical brushstrokes make her digital illustrations seem watercolor-like, and readers will find themselves wishing they could visit these dreamy interpretations of Olympus and the Underworld. ![]() ![]() Eisner-nominated Smythe casts both Olympus and its flashy inhabitants in an appropriately vibrant, candy-colored palette. Meanwhile, Persephone, struggling to control her power over nature, experiences both the promises and pitfalls of adulthood now that she’s away from her overbearing mother, while the blue, gentlemanly, pointy-nosed Hades considers leaving a toxic relationship. Shenanigans begin when Hades sees the gigantic-eyed, adorably pink, short, and curvy goddess Persephone attending her first party at Olympus and tells his brothers she “puts Aphrodite to shame.” Aphrodite, who overhears, hatches a plan to embarrass them, but instead, her scheme results in a meet-cute, and Persephone and Hades’ attraction flowers from there. Lore Olympus, originally a webcomic, has become so popular that even retailers like Hot Topic are selling its merchandise nowadays with beautiful artwork and compelling characters taking the forefront of this romantic, tech-savvy retelling of Greek mythology, it’s no wonder why. ![]() ![]() ![]() So, I'll say, it you like history and mystery and suspense, it's on Kindle right now! Tom more er the History Channels story on "the Nazi Bell" ? That's part of the ingredients, but I've probably angered both those who read this book as well as the author by that reference. ![]() He brings in character after character and we start to think: I'm lost! But, author to the rescue! He ties all the ribbons neatly and all is clear, plots resolved a la the History Channel's best documentary. What begins quickly becomes rich and then richer with suspense as we read. But, this is done on a layer-by-layer basis. ![]() AG Riddle has written a nail-biter about the lost continent, found both in the research lab, and on an abandoned Nazi sub in Antarctica> But, oh oh, I can't reveal too much!! The nail biter part is because he introduces the classic set of tension: the good, who do research and the bad who want to exploit the element. Review 1: One would think the discovery of anything which survived Atlantis would be a treasure to civilization. ![]() ![]() And it is that, but it’s also so much more. From the cover and synopsis, you’d think this is a fun queer rom-com about ex-lovers who find themselves fighting for the same homecoming king crown after one of them transitions over the summer. Really, May the Best Man Win was nothing like what I expected and dare I say, I might even love it more because of that fact. It’s books like these that make me so incredibly thankful for the #ReadWithPride series because I kind of want to stand on a skyscraper somewhere and throw copies of this book at people down below, urging them to read it (or be pummelled by it which, incidentally, was what happened to my feelings while reading this). “Our story is supposed to be about suffering,” I tell the GSA. ![]() “ Because the world values our lies over our truths, our silence over our voices, our deaths over our lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These are "The Nose", "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka", "Taras Bulba". In the 1830s, the most famous works of Gogol appeared. In 1829, the one who authored the story "The Night Before Christmas", serves in the department of economic affairs with a major ministry and there he gets experience, which later became useful to him when writing works. His family is known for having many priests.Īfter completing his studies at the educational institution of Poltava, Gogol went to Petersburg, and there he published his first works - "Italy" and "Hans Kuchelgarten". This great man, the author of the story "The Night Before Christmas", was the son of a county landowner. The exact place of birth is the village of Velikie Sorochintsy. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was born in the Poltava province. This story is part of a great literary work. Its author is the famous writer Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. The story "The Night Before Christmas" was created in 1830-1832. ![]() ![]() ![]() This character was inspired by Griffiths' husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist, and her aunt, "who lives on the Norfolk coast and filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area". Griffiths' first series features as a main character forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, who lives in a remote seaside cottage near King's Lynn in Norfolk and teaches at the University of North Norfolk. She has written three series as Griffiths, one featuring Ruth Galloway, one featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto, and the Harbinder Kaur series.Īfter reading English at King's College London, Griffiths worked in publishing for many years. Ruth Galloway series, Stephens and Mephisto seriesĮlly Griffiths is the pen name of Domenica de Rosa (born 17 August 1963, in London), a British crime novelist. ![]() Crime fiction, Romance, Children's fiction ![]() ![]() McFeely, Journal of American History Blight has given us what is, so far, the most detailed treatment of Douglass in his prime, revealing much carefully acquired knowledge of archival sources and secondary literature. Review Quotes This fine intellectual biography of Douglass is a major contribution to our understanding not only of that complex man but also of how an orator and writer of great imagination can contribute to the structuring of the national memory. ![]() Through Douglass life, his voice, and his interpretations we see the Civil War era and its memory in a new light. ![]() This book provides an engrossing story of Douglass development of a social identity in relation to transforming events, and demonstrates that he saw the Civil War as the Second American Revolution, and himself as one of the founders of a new nation. Frederick Douglass Civil War follows Douglass intellectual and personal growth from the political crises of the 1850s through secession, war, black enlistment, emancipation, and Reconstruction. Blight undertakes the first systematic analysis of the impact of the Civil War on Frederick Douglass life and thought, offering new insights into the meaning of the war in American history and in the Afro-American experience. ![]() Book Synopsis In this sensitive intellectual biography David W. ![]() ![]() ![]() I highly recommend you pick one up–try On Stranger Tides (which, incidentally, was long out-of-print when I went looking for it), Declare or The Anubis Gates. Still, it’s great that Powers is getting some notice. The Complete Twelve Hours of the Night (1986): A joke pamphlet by Blaylock and Powers as William Ashbless, published by Cheap Street Press features in The Anubis Gates A Short Poem by William Ashbless (1987): A joke chapbook written by Phil Garland, with permission of Blaylock and Powers as Ashbless. ![]() Duthie Casting By April Webster Production Design by Holger Gross Art Direction by Set Decoration by Costume Design by Joseph A. If I remember the story correctly, On Stranger Tides also offers a perfect chance to replace Orlando Bloom’s character with another straight man–preferably one who can be more evidently the straight man and not the ostensible hero (Norrington notwithstanding, Jake), but I suspect his character will simply be replaced by Jack Sparrow. Directed by Roland Emmerich Writing Credits ( WGA) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by David Arnold Cinematography by Karl Walter Lindenlaub Film Editing by Derek Brechin Michael J. Lovecraft fan, I recommend Declare–which would also make a great movie). It’s a great novel, like most of Powers’ work (if you’re an H.P. I find this really interesting, because right after I saw the first Pirates movie I went looking for some ghostly pirate fiction to quench my newfound thirst for ghostly pirate fiction, and the only thing I found (somewhat to my surprise) was Powers’ book. ![]() Author Tim Powers has confirmed that Disney optioned his novel On Stranger Tides and is planning to use elements from it for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. ![]() ![]() The Swamp Thing #15 The Swamp Thing #14 The Swamp Thing #13 The Swamp Thing #12 The Swamp Thing #11 Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1 The Swamp Thing #10 The Swamp Thing #9 The Swamp Thing #8 The Swamp Thing #7 The Swamp Thing #6 The Swamp Thing #5 The Swamp Thing #4 The Swamp Thing #3 The Swamp Thing #2 The Swamp Thing #1 Future State: Swamp Thing #2 Future State: Swamp Thing #1 Swamp Thing: Twin Branches OGN Swamp Thing: Green Hell #2 The Swamp Thing #16 Please check your local comic shop for copies of this issue. This is the current issue, and therefore no story information will be posted about this issue. Publication Dates Last Issue Swamp Thing: Green Hell #2: Current Issue Swamp Thing: Green Hell #3: Next Issue none scheduled StatusĪllies Enemies Minor Characters Other Characters/Places/Things Recent Storylines Swamp Thing: Green Hell #3 ![]() The Swamp Thing is published by DC Comics. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This Chinese fantasy (xianxia) epic built around the desire between two men (danmei) has been translated into multiple languages and inspired a multimedia franchise in China. Yet as Mo Ran shamelessly pursues his own goals in this life he thought lost, he begins to wonder if there might be more to his teacher-and his own feelings-than he ever realized. ![]() His greatest fury is reserved for Chu Wanning, the coldly beautiful and aloofly catlike cultivation teacher who betrayed and thwarted Mo Ran time and again in their last life. This time, he vows to attain the gratification that once eluded him: all who defied him will fall, and never again will they treat him like a dog. Left cold and bereft, abandoned by all he held dear, he takes his own life.only to be reborn anew.Īwakening in the body of his younger self-Mo Ran, a disciple of the cultivation sect Sisheng Peak-he discovers the chance to relive his life. Description NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER! Also known as 2ha, the wildly popular danmei/Boys' Love novel series from China that inspired a multimedia franchise! A historical fantasy epic about a tyrant's second chance at life and the powerful cultivation teacher he can't get out of his mind.Ĭruel tyrant Taxian-jun killed his way to the throne and now reigns as the first ever emperor of the mortal realm. ![]() |