![]() ![]() Bernard Cornwell brings those combatants back to life, using their memories to recreate what it must have been like to fight in one of the most ghastly battles of history. There was heroism on both sides, tragedy too and much misery. The combination of his vivid, gripping style and detailed historical research make this, his first non-fiction book, the number one book for the upcoming 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. He focuses on what it was like to be fighting in that long battle, whether officer or private, whether British, Prussian or French he makes you feel you are present at the scene. Here, in his first work of non-fiction, he has written the true story of the epic battle of Waterloo – a momentous turning point in European history – a tale of one campaign, four days and three armies. Waterloo changed almost everything.’īestselling author Bernard Cornwell is celebrated for his ability to bring history to life. ![]()
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![]() Ghost’s narration is candid and colloquial, reminiscent of such original voices as Bud Caldwell and Joey Pigza his level of self-understanding is both believably childlike and disarming in its perception. Ghost is surprised to find himself caring enough about being on the team that he curbs his behavior to avoid “altercations.” But Ma doesn’t have money to spare on things like fancy running shoes, so Ghost shoplifts a pair that make his feet feel impossibly light-and his conscience correspondingly heavy. When he inserts himself into a practice for a local elite track team, the Defenders, he’s fast enough that the hard-as-nails coach decides to put him on the team. ![]() His dad’s been in jail three years now, but Ghost still feels the trauma, which is probably at the root of the many “altercations” he gets into at middle school. ![]() Castle “Ghost” Cranshaw feels like he’s been running ever since his dad pulled that gun on him and his mom-and used it. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Strauss settles in comfortably at Whitehead's compound and finds his job to be pleasantly cushy, but there's quite a bit that's off. In prison for a robbery he committed to pay off a gambling debt, the odds seem to finally turn in Marty Strauss's favor when he's offered a rare deal: he can work off the remainder of his prison sentence as a bodyguard for the eccentric billionaire Joseph Whitehead. It was published just after Barker had achieved commercial and critical success with his horror short story series The Books of Blood, making it one of his earliest works and his first novel. ![]() The Damnation Game is a 1985 horror novel by Clive Barker. ![]() ![]() Only they know enough about the preternatural to explain her increasingly inconvenient condition, but they may be worse than the vampires - and they're armed with pesto.īlameless is the third book of the Parasol Protectorate series: a comedy of manners set in Victorian London, full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea drinking. While Lord Maccon elects to get progressively more inebriated and Professor Lyall desperately tries to hold the Woolsey werewolf pack together, Alexia flees England for Italy in search of the mysterious Templars. ![]() First published on Septemby Orbit Books, Blameless is the third book in the five-novel 'The Parasol Protectorate' series, each featuring Alexia Tarabotti, a woman without a soul, as its lead character. All from 1.08 New Books from 9.01 Used Books from 1.08 Rare Books from 28. After she's attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, Alexia flees to Italy in search of the mysterious Templars. To top it all off, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London's vampires are now very much interested in seeing Alexia quite thoroughly dead. Blameless is a steampunk paranormal romance novel by Gail Carriger. Carriger delivers the third installment in the adventures of Alexia Tarabotti and her parasol. ![]() ![]() ![]() Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many of the author’s novels take place in a shared universe and tell stories of the people and civilizations of that universe’s planets. ![]() Think the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but for Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy books. We’ve avoided spoilers, but if you want to go in as blind as a bat, just read the headers!Īnd now, at long last, The Quill To Live’s recommended Cosmere reading order.The two Wild Card picks can go anywhere in your reading order (with one caveat).You won’t find non-Cosmere works like Skyward or Alcatraz & The Evil Librarians here. Today, one and a half Brandon Sanderson experts (Andrew and Cole, respectively) shoulder the Herculean task of telling YOU the ideal Brandon Sanderson reading order. Come one, come all to the Cosmere! That’s right folks, after years of Brandon Sanderson reviews and discussions, we’re finally laying down the law. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her scintillating touch holds the kiss of death, and yet it makes Kamen feel more alive than ever. ![]() Part Wraith and part human scorned as a half-breed, Viève shares the hunger for redemption-and for connection. Kamen makes first contact with a stunning, ghostly pale beauty named Geneviève. And no tribe presents a greater challenge than the Wraiths, the spectral beings who are feared and despised for their lethal deathtouch. To atone for this grievous error, Kamen accepts an urgent mission: to convince the other nations of the Nightwalkers to set aside their centuries-old conflicts and band together. He’s also a prisoner of his own kind: for it was Kamen who released Apep, the deadly god who threatens the existence of their world. Kamen is a Bodywalker, an ancient soul reborn in one human host after another. From New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Frank comes to the final chapter in the Nightwalkers saga! As the momentous showdown with a powerful demon unfolds, a passionate encounter breaks the ultimate taboo. ![]() ![]() ![]() In my review, I compared the book and the movie and concluded that although they were quite different, I loved them both. In my oral review, I reviewed Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. In addition to a midterm and final exam, we had to do one oral and several written book reviews. Although her main job was in an elementary school, she was qualified to be a college professor. The third was a children's literature class taught by a school librarian. The second class was a modern history class where the professor announced, "Modern history is anything that has happened while I have been alive." He also said, "History is written by the winners, and it mostly ignores the losers." One was an introduction to linguistics class, which I'll probably mention when I review The Bird Way. I did take three courses at The College of William and Mary that I loved, and I'm grateful I had the opportunity to experience. That all went for naught when we moved to California. Between 19, I took some additional college courses in hopes of getting a teaching certificate. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ana’s impetuous streak occasionally invites danger. She is sustained by her indomitable aunt Yaltha, who is searching for her long-lost daughter, as well as by other women, including her friend Tabitha, who is sold into slavery after she was raped, and Phasaelis, the shrewd wife of Herod Antipas. Here, Ana’s pent-up longings intensify amid the turbulent resistance to the Roman occupation of Israel, partially led by her charismatic adopted brother, Judas. ![]() Their marriage unfolds with love and conflict, humor and pathos in Nazareth, where Ana makes a home with Jesus, his brothers, James and Simon, and their mother, Mary. He becomes a floodgate for her intellect, but also the awakener of her heart. When she meets the eighteen-year-old Jesus, each is drawn to and enriched by the other’s spiritual and philosophical ideas. Defying the expectations placed on women, she engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes secret narratives about neglected and silenced women. She yearns for a pursuit worthy of her life, but finds no outlet for her considerable talents. Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, Ana is rebellious and ambitious, a relentless seeker with a brilliant, curious mind and a daring spirit. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The goal is to get the reader to see the truth, which the writing has made self-evident.Ī good writer takes advantage of the ordinary charity that we must indulge in during everyday conversation, the Gricean maxims of cooperation, the commonsense of the reader that means you wouldn’t interpret a generalization as a law. Rather, classic style prizes clarity as the ultimate virtue: It simulates a scenario where the writer has noticed something in the world that the reader has not yet noticed, and so the writer places the reader in a position to notice that thing and the reader can see it with their own eyes. It doesn’t have a specific goal like providing the reader with information, which is the goal of plain style. Yeah, classic style-a concept that I took from Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner-is a style that they contrast with plain style. So you have advice on never using alliteration, never using an ornate word when a simple one will do, when really language can be clear and stylish without being abstemious and puritanical. But that being said, the emphasis in many style manuals on plain style has been taken to an extreme, especially in the early part of the 20th century, where the style guides were a reaction to the ornate style of the 19th century. ![]() |