![]() ![]() This Review: 10/10 Value for Money: Level of Realism: Rereadability: Lose Track of Time: Her vampire room-mate, Ivy, has rediscovered her taste for blood and is struggling to keep their relationship platonic, her boyfriend, Nick, has disappeared - perhaps indefinitely, and she's being stalked by an irate pack of werewolves.Īnd then there's also the small matter of the turf war raging in Cincinnati's underworld one that Rachel began and will have to navigate before she has the smallest hope of preserving her own future. But eternal damnation is not Rachel's only worry. To avoid becoming the love-slave of a depraved criminal vampire, bounty-hunter and witch - Rachel Morgan - is cornered into a deal that could promise her an eternity of suffering. If you make a deal with the devil, can you still save your soul? Available: at quality booksellers Every Which Way But Dead product reviews ![]() No fee was accepted by KIWIreviews or the reviewers themselves - these are genuine, unpaid consumer reviews. ![]() Disclosure Statement FULL DISCLOSURE: A number of units of this product have, at some time, been supplied to KIWIreviews by HarperCollins or their agents for the purposes of unbiased, independent reviews. ![]()
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![]() I like the ones that are darker than dark.Įnter American War. ![]() I mean, they are enjoyable and can be very well done, but when I typically look for dystopian, I want the grimdark kind that makes me hurt just thinking about it. I love dystopian settings, but I get really tired of the sort of cute-hard dystopian YA books. I’m going to drop another unpopular opinion on you fine people. The decisions that she makes will have tremendous consequences not just for Sarat but for her family and her country, rippling through generations of strangers and kin alike.” Eventually, Sarat is befriended by a mysterious functionary, under whose influence she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. But not everyone at Camp Patience is who they claim to be. When her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she begins to grow up shaped by her particular time and place. ![]() But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned drones fill the sky. ![]() Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. There is more than one history of the world. ![]() They are two seekers, marked by loss, about to share a discover in Fellowes Kraft’s old house in the Faraway Hills. Pierce is on the track of a history he can’t quite believe in Rosie is losing her place in her own story, forgetting why people love one another. There is another history in Kraft’s vivid novels: there are angels and Elizabethan magicians and the boy Shakespeare once upon a time these tales entranced Pierce Moffett too, and teased him with the traces of a very large story indeed… Will her life have the fearful symmetry of the lives led inside the books she reads? Rosie, newly returned to her childhood environs in the Faraways, is reading the historical romances of dead Fellowes Kraft one after another to see her through the hard realities of a divorce. He’s still wondering years later when, jilted and newly jobless, he gets off a bus by chance in the Faraway Hills and steps unawares into a story that has been awaiting him there.ĭoes the world have a plot? It’s what Rosie Rasmussen wants to know, too. Does the world have a secret history, encoded in myth and legend, reflected in the very windings of our brains? Born with the talents to be a real historian, but clinging to a minor teaching job, Pierce Moffett watches the great Parade of the ’60s go by him, and wonders. ![]() ![]() ![]() And on a small scale, you can create your own hybrid rocket engine, using pasta, mouthwash and yeast. ![]() With a combination of a solid fuel source and a liquid oxidizer, hybrid rocket engines can propel themselves. Check out these instructions from Housing A Forest on how to make this groovy fluid funk out in every way. And when placed on a sound source, the vibrations causes the mixture to gloopily dance. Named after a sticky substance in a children’s book by Dr Seuss, Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid, which means it can behave as both a solid and a liquid. Create Oobleck And Make It Dance To The Music You can finally have the power of Frozone from The Incredibles on a very small scale! 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And with the way Drax treated her (it honestly felt like the was being slightly cruel with his word choices because she saw him) it further cemented that she was a tool to elevate other characters. Personally, it felt like James Gunn was writing the “kawaii” Asian character who was sweet, demure, and here to serve the other characters. When Mantis first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 taught me, one of the most important was that I underestimated and misunderstood Mantis ( Pom Klementieff). Out of all the things that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Roland’s victory puts his life in even more danger. Although Marten hopes that Roland will fail and be sent west in disgrace, Roland wins his guns and becomes a fully fledged gunslinger. It tells the story of Roland Deschain, a gunslinger apprentice who is goaded by his father’s treacherous sorcerer into facing his coming-of-age test at the unheard-of age of fourteen. The Gunslinger Born is an adaptation of Stephen King’s fourth Dark Tower novel, Wizard and Glass. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. ![]() The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yeatman, 1066 and All That (London, 1930). BibliographyĪll of the following books were co-authored with W. or references to humorous works such as Sellar and Yeatman's 1066 and All. When asked to convert his BA from Oxford into an MA, Yeatman could not find the fee owing to debt, and hence he is recorded in 1066 and All That as "Failed M.A., etc. He went into advertising and became advertising manager for Kodak Ltd. Yeatman had won the Military Cross in World War I before going to Oriel College, Oxford, where he met Sellar. 1066 and All That : A Memorable History of England by Sellar, W.C. He was born in Oporto, the principal city and port of northern Portugal, where his father was a wine merchant, a family business connected with Taylor's Port. He is best known for the book 1066 and All That, a tongue-in-cheek guide to "all the history you can remember", which he wrote with W. ![]() ![]() Robert Julian Yeatman (15 July 1897 – 13 July 1968) was a British humorist who wrote for Punch. ![]() ![]() ![]() I haven’t even been sure what to call them-novellas, maybe, or long short stories, that little phrase “long short” ringing as ridiculously as “psychological.” So I decided to write to Ingalls-through an emissary, as she prefers-asking her a bunch of questions that come up when I think about her work, and wondering if she had a title in mind for this newly-cobbled trio. Two of these works are frightening and one less so, although I sometimes change my mind about which one that is. ![]() She has been published irregularly, in different configurations, and this is another one. ![]() Gathered in Three Masquerades are three works of hers. What work isn’t psychological? A better word might be “spooky,” although that sounds too cheap for an author who often conjures a genuine sense of the unearthly. When called upon previously to describe her work, the word that came out of my mouth was “psychological,” which seemed utterly meaningless the moment it was out loud. One finds eerie coincidence and comic irony, a touch of the macabre. The plots are dramatic, even exaggerated, but the books themselves are quiet and short. But while she does not loom large on the literary landscape her work is indelible in the brain. Caliban, her best-known book, is not very well known the highest profile her work has received is that it has been adapted several times into films you likely have not seen. The fiction of Rachel Ingalls has haunted me for years, but faced with the task of introducing her work I’m not sure what to say about it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author’s writing style is concise yet evocative, capturing the essence of each story with precision. Each story is skillfully crafted, drawing readers into Otsuichi’s imaginative world. The collection encompasses a range of themes and genres, from psychological horror to magical realism. Otsuichi’s ability to create atmospheric settings, rich character development, and unexpected plot twists is showcased brilliantly in Black Fairy Tale. His works often explore the darker aspects of human nature and the boundaries between reality and the supernatural. Otsuichi, whose real name is Hirotaka Adachi, is a highly acclaimed Japanese author known for his unique and unconventional storytelling. The delicate balance between the supernatural and the human emotions in this story is beautifully rendered, leaving a lasting impact on the reader. Otsuichi’s skillful storytelling paints a vivid picture of the eerie atmosphere and evokes a sense of foreboding. One of the standout stories in the collection is “The Raven and the Girl,” a haunting tale that intertwines the lives of a young girl and a mysterious raven. Otsuichi’s ability to blend elements of horror, suspense, and fantasy creates a mesmerizing reading experience that lingers long after the final page. ![]() Black Fairy Tale by Otsuichi is a captivating collection of short stories that delve into the realms of darkness, mystery, and the unexplained. ![]() ![]() From multiplying Roman numerals to navigating by the stars, curing disease, and telling time with an ancient astrolabe, we learn emerging science alongside Westwyk and travel with him through the length and breadth of England and beyond its shores. Born in a rural manor, educated in England’s grandest monastery, and then exiled to a clifftop priory, Westwyk was an intrepid crusader, inventor, and astrologer. In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. As medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky, they came to develop a vibrant scientific culture. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. ![]() ![]() An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk. ![]() |