6/28/2023 0 Comments Princess academy series order![]() ![]() ![]() All signs indicated Mount Eskel." With this news comes the establishment of the Princess Academy, set up in in the old stone minister's house some three hours walk down the mountain from the village, nestled in a mountain pass that is impassable from winter through spring due to snow. They read the omens and divined the home of his future bride. At the beginning of Princess Academy on the day that the traders are expected, a regent from the court arrives with this message, "This past summer, the priests of the creator god took council on the birthday of the prince. It is their one crop and, through visits with traders from the lowlands of Danland, they are able to eke out a monastic living trading stone for staples. ![]() Princess Academy is as artfully and skillfully crafted as the blocks of Linder that the villagers perched on the side of Mount Eskel lovingly extract from the mountain every day. ![]()
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6/28/2023 0 Comments Heartsick book series![]() ![]() Two years ago, homicide detective Archie. But when a new body is found accompanied by Gretchen's trademark heart, all bets are off. A detective, emotionally damaged after his own kidnapping, pursues a serial killer of young girls in Portland, Ore. When Archie and Gretchen last spoke, he agreed not to kill himself if she agreed not to kill anyone else. She wrote her first thriller Heartsick in 2004, while pregnant with her daughter. ![]() ![]() Gretchen Lowell is still on the loose, and is developing her own bizarre kind of fan club. When the body of a young woman is discovered in Portland's Forest Park, Archie can't focus on the new investigation because the Beauty Killer case has exploded again: Gretchen Lowell has escaped from prison. Now, he realizes that even behind bars, Gretchen might be the only person who can help him find the serial killer he's currently tracking. Meet Gretchen Lowell, the stunningly beautiful psychopath The Huffington Post called "the most diabolical female serial killer in fiction," and Archie Sheridan, the police detective whom she caught and tortured…and then let go.Īrchie Sheridan finally put Gretchen Lowell, the Beauty Killer, in prison, but he can't seem to forget her. ![]() Here together for the first time in a fabulous eBook bundle are the first three thrillers in Chelsea Cain's New York Times bestselling Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell series. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Js the good parts![]() ![]() Global variables make it harder to run independent subprograms in the same program. See my previous post on JavaScript for explanation of prototypal inheritance. And finally, it derived the idea of prototypal inheritance and dynamic objects from Self. From Java it took most of the syntax, and from Perl some of its regular expressions. From Scheme it borrowed lambda functions and loose typing. JavaScript was influenced by Scheme, Java and Perl. Here are some interesting points from the lecture: It's 1 hour long and it will definitely make your understanding of JavaScript better: You're welcome to watch the video lecture. After the talk there is a 13 minute Q and A. Douglas also talks about how he discovered JSON. He talks about the bad and good parts of JavaScript and gives a few examples of common JavaScript problems, their solutions and patterns. An interesting point Doug makes is that JavaScript is basically Scheme, except with Java syntax. The lecture begins with a brief intro of why JavaScript is the way it is and how it came to be so. ![]() The talk is based on Douglas's recent book " JavaScript: The Good Parts". He's the author of JSON, JSMin JavaScript minifier and JSLint. This lecture is given by JavaScript guru Doug Crockford. I have written about JavaScript in the past - the previous post on JavaScript was " Learning JavaScript through Video Lectures". I'm a JavaScript journeyman myself so I decided to review it to learn something new. I found a really nice video lecture on JavaScript. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Ottessa moshfegh eileen review![]() ![]() This book caught my eye on the Man Booker shortlist. When a beautiful woman gets a job at the prison, Eileen’s desperate need for companionship transforms into a powerful crush. Increasingly, we learn in snapshots from her childhood, that the whole of her life has been loveless and without affection. She fantasises about Randy, one of the prison guards, and stalks him from afar, but really she’s quite alienated from her own desires, and her own body. Nothing is rewarding about Eileen’s life, and she dreams of escape. Younger Eileen is trapped, living with her alcoholic father in their run down house, and working as a secretary in a juvenile prison. It’s told retrospectively by Eileen when she’s much older, and there’s a wry humour to the retrospective viewpoint. Eileen is the story of a young woman set in the early 60s, in a small New England Town. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Lady with a Brooch by Rima Shore![]() New questions emerged as the research progressed. The book is the fruit of dozens of interviews, in many countries, which revealed previously hidden stories, letters, documents, and news items." In her foreword, Munch scholar and collector Sarah Epstein writes, "Rima Shore, a dedicated scholar, traveled widely over six years years, following every lead in order to trace Eva and Bella's lives, careers, families, and friends, as well as the relationship of these two women. ![]() Then, as two wars reshaped Europe's cultural landscape, Eva Mudocci was forgotten. ![]() Lady with a Brooch begins with a simple question: who was the arresting, enigmatic woman portrayed in Edvard Munch's famous 1903 lithograph? From there, by twists and turns, the book follows the dramatic, improbable adventures of Eva Mudocci-a violinist who won renown across Europe in the early decades of the 20th century performing on the priceless Golden Emiliani Stradivarius.Ī striking figure on and off the stage, Mudocci inspired portraits by celebrated artists-including not only Munch (famed painter of The Scream), but also Henri Matisse. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Salvation on sand mountain book![]() ![]() ![]() Or is a journalist who participates in such rituals not only a little crazy, but also devoid of journalistic objectivity? I would say the latter, but this book did make me think. They will pick up serpents with their hands and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.†Mark 16:17-18īehold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. “And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils they shall speak with new tongues. Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington.ĭoes a journalist need to participate in his subject’s life and culture in order to write with insight and understanding about those subjects? For instance does one have to handle snakes in order to write about snake handlers, Pentecostal Christians who believe that they are showing the world their faith in Christ when they drink poison and handle snakes, taking their cue from Christ’s words? ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Writing on the Wall by Tracey Ward![]() ![]() Joss' solitary, secret world is blown wide open and the comfortable numbness she's lived in for the last six years will burn away leaving her aching and afraid. Now a new outbreak is imminent and the Colonists are closing in. ![]() A choice that will threaten everything she has. Then one night their paths cross and Joss makes a choice that goes against all of her instincts. As a member of an all male gang, Ryan is a threat as real as the Risen, a threat Joss avoids at all costs. It's a world dictated by Risen and the looming threat of the Colonists, a group of fellow survivors living comfortably in their compounds and patrolling the wild, looking to save the orphans of the end. A loner living in the post-apocalyptic streets of Seattle. That's the problem with the Risen - they refuse to die. Since Joss watched her parents die at the hands of a nightmare, a nightmare that stalks her even w, all these years later. It's been nearly a decade since the world ended. ![]() ![]() He wrote of fabulous things, but also of everyday matters relating to commerce. ![]() Although fantastic legends and rumours from such far-off places had filtered through to Europe on the numerous east-west trading routes of the Silk Road, Polo’s eye brought them alive in a new way. The names of the places they traveled-Hormuz, Balkh, and Kashgar-became for Europeans indelible parts of a new mental map of the world. It tells the story, beginning in 1271, of an odyssey undertaken by a trio of Venetians, who travelled through extraordinary lands and into places where few Christians had ever been, all the way to the court of the Mongolian emperor, Kublai Khan. Gorgeously rendered, the Bodleian copy contains what many scholars consider to be an authoritative text. ![]() The Bodleian Library in Oxford, England, holds one of the earliest versions, dating from about 1400. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I recommend getting the "RIP PASS" (a pun on VIP Pass), so you can see a few things that aren't accessible to standard admission guests, plus you get a cool lanyard AND a free museum T-shirt! This was my wife's 2nd visit here, and my first. The museum was very clean, the staff very accommodating, and my ONLY reason for not giving 5 stars was because I thought it was very "stuffy" inside and they could have turned the thermostat down a few degrees. I rated this 4/5 stars, but it would get 4.5 if that was possible. Our guide was "George", and he was glad to answer specific questions. Preview and download books by Zak Bagans, including I Am Haunted, 2nd Edition, Dark World, 2nd Edition and many more. Tour guides are knowledgeable and well-spoken people who lead your small group from room to room, and add some interesting info to each exhibit. The exclusive clip, above, was filmed at the infamous Los Feliz Murder House in California. ![]() Even if you have a casual interest in the paranormal, this is a "Must See" if you go to Las Vegas! You are led through an actual Vegas mansion that was originally built as a home for a wealthy family, but has been added to over the years. Oct 24, 2022, 04:56 AM EDT New footage from Ghost Adventures released just in time for Halloween shows what the team believes to be not just evidence of paranormal activity, but an object being tossed at them from some other world. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Good omens terry pratchett amazon![]() In the press release, Gaiman wrote, “Almost thirty years ago, Terry Pratchett and I wrote the funniest novel we could about the end of the world, populated with angels and demons, not to mention an eleven-year old Antichrist, witchfinders and the four horsepeople of the Apocalypse.” Unlike most shows where the stakes are the end of humanity and the world as we know it, this story has a tongue and cheek tone that is far more in line with A Series of Unfortunate Events than The 100. They’re quite keen on their earthly existence and aren’t excited about its end, so they conspire to stop the impending apocalypse. The story centers around the unlikely pair of a demon named Crowley and an angel named Aziraphale. It will be comprised of six episodes, and the showrunner will be none other than Gaiman himself. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s playful novel Good Omens is coming to Amazon Prime and the BBC in 2018. ![]() The apocalypse is coming next Sunday, just before dinner - and now it’s arriving onscreen in the form of a miniseries. ![]() |