![]() ![]() Now, in a comic book personally overseen by King himself, Roland's past is revealed! Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance) and scripted by New York Times Best-seller Peter David, this series delves deep into Roland's origins-the perfect introduction to this incredibly realized world, while long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels. Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH Art and Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE 'The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.' With those words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King's Roland-an implacable gunslinger in search of the enigmatic Dark Tower, powering his way through a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic. ![]() 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.įirst Printing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() What I didn’t like about this book was how ignorant Deja was about the entire situation. We need to make sure they understand WHY we say “Never Forget.” ![]() I really appreciate how Rhodes taught about 9/11 through a good piece of literature so our students can learn about what happened somewhere besides a history book. ![]() What I liked about this book was that it taught several important lessons, including the power of friendship, judging individuals instead of groups of people, and the impact history can play on the present. Their teachers spend September teaching them about why history is important, building up to the terrorist attack, and Deja learns a lot about her family, her friends, and her existence. Deja starts at a new school and meets 2 new friends – one boy is a transplant from Arizona whose parents recently divorced, and the other is a Muslim girl who is the kindest person Deja knows. Her dad is ill and shellshocked, but she doesn’t understand why he can’t work, and she has to pick up his slack. I ordered this one and let my students read it first, and each one LOVED it and said I had to try it.ĭeja is a homeless girl living in a shelter with her parents and two younger siblings. I feel like we are doing a disservice to our students if we aren’t teaching them what happened to the Twin Towers. ![]() I got on a 9/11 kick and wanted to read all of the books written for children so I would have them for my class library in September. ![]() ![]() Baker not really knowing where the story was going to take me. So come back if you'd like to see what I thought of the movie! *Carrie rubs her hands together in gleeful anticipation!*) Naturally, I wasn't going to watch the movie until I had read the book and since Bloomsbury Kids graciously offered me a copy for review - I figured there was no better time like the present! (Following my reading of the book I watched the movie and I plan on reviewing it tomorrow. Apparently there's a whole series of Frog Princess books but I, being the clueless person that I sometimes am, wasn't aware of it. ![]() After not finding the information I wanted, I figured I might as well just bite the bullet and watch the movie for myself.īUT! I discovered that the Disney movie was "inspired" by the book of the same title by E.D. ![]() ![]() My question about it has been over how much dark magic was involved in the telling of this story. Of course, it came out and there was a lot of hype but I hadn't run across any reviews of it that would give away plot or tell me very much about it. I love Disney Animated Classic movies and I was excited to see that they were making a new princess character. Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge (74)Įver since the Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog, came out, I've been wondering what it was like. ![]() ![]() ![]() Barnes & Noble: It’s where I ride around in heavy armor and charge at windmills with my quill…Don Quixote style. Ok, so it's a seedy, faux physical address store front where I get my mail. ![]() LibraryThing: 36 reviews with an overall rating of 4.11. īookbub: where they begrudgingly email notifications of my new releases to my followers. ![]() Goodreads: 200+ ratings/reviews with an average rating of 4.xx and over 21,000 books shelved. Then again, you just might feel naughty and want to read them anyway. ![]() If you find such offensive, you might not want to read my work. My books contain adult themes, adult situations, sexual situations, cursing, intoxication and violence. My books are very character-driven with a focus on flawed, dynamic, culturally-diverse characters and strong, smart female protagonists.Īlso, please note: I do not write children's books. Grea (pronounced Gray) Alexander is a female writer of African American, Native American and Caucasian.American descent who does not write her profiles in the 3rd person.īorn and raised in Houston, TX, I have successfully wormed my way across many a border and have, in effect, managed to infect all that I survey with my particular brand of grea-ness. ![]() ![]() ![]() But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can describe only as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. At first Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant: The cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie's works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. ![]() ![]() From New York Times best-selling author of the "twisty-mystery" ( Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware - this time set at sea. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether you've read Homer's original stories or you've only enjoyed their modern-day descendants, you'll love this Canterbury Classics edition of Iliad & Odyssey. Their influence can be seen far and wide, from James Joyce's Ulysses to the movie sensation Troy, starring Brad Pitt. From the fascinating fall of Troy to Odysseus' perilous journey home, from the gods and goddesses to the Sirens and the suitors, the events and characters of these epic tales captivate us, teach us, and inspire us. The Iliad and The Odyssey are two of the oldest works of western literature-yet these ancient myths still offer powerful lessons for our times. Beautiful! Great Gift!!! Secure ship w/track #. ![]() Gilt letters stamped on front in leather frame. ![]() Features: Silk Bookmark, Table of Contents, Illustrated, Price on Product. This elegant edition contains Colum's complete text, beautifully enhanced by Barry Mosher's bold, evocative color plates." Afterword by Peter Glassman. In 1918, Newbery Honor winner Padraic Colum refashioned them into one seamless tale of adventure, perfect for introducing the whole family to the glories of Homer's world. From the Dust Jacket: "Ever since Homer first composed these two great sagas, The Iliad and The Odyssey have been the cornerstones of Western literature. Illustrated with 12 full color plates and Dust Jacket art by Barry Moser. Bright, shiny, cean, square, tight, unmarked copy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Question: Did she actually kill Regina? I read an ARC and wasn’t sure if the final copy of the book had a less ambiguous ending. It’s like a movie ending with the character waking up and realizing it was all a dream. I love an unreliable narrator as much as the next person, but the insanity angle seemed lazy. Only now that she’s living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore. ![]() The plot twist: she’s actually crazy! She has created the delusion that her husband is in a polygamous relationship to deal with the fact that she broke up his first marriage and then continued having an affair with him after he remarried after her miscarriage. Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect sonthe perfect life. The plot really starts to unravel about halfway through the book, where Seth starts to gaslight the main character into thinking she’s crazy. The main character finds something that belongs to one of the other wives in her husband’s pocket, and this sends her on a quest to find out more about the other women in his life. I was so excited for this book and devoured it in a little over a day.The premise is super interesting- a woman is in a polygamous relationship where she doesn’t know her husband’s two other wives. The Crouch family Nigel, Winnie and their son, Samuel live in a beautiful home in an upscale neighborhood. First time posting and I’m on mobile so I hope I did the spoiler tags right. The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher is a cleverly crafted story, and as author Colleen Hoover declares on the front of the book, You’ve never read anything like this. ![]() ![]() ![]() Spread over ten chapters (covering Russia China the USA Latin America the Middle East Africa India and Pakistan Europe Japan and Korea and Greenland and the Arctic), using maps, essays and occasionally the personal experiences of the widely traveled author, Prisoners of Geography looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential guide to one of the major determining factors in world history. Syria, Iraq, Libya) will not survive as nation states. To understand the Middle East, it is crucial to know that geography is the reason why countries have logically been shaped as they are - and this is why invented countries (e.g. ![]() In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning journalist uses ten. And if its ports freeze for six months each year then it must have access to a warm water port - hence, the annexation of Crimea was the only option for Putin. Buy a cheap copy of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That. To understand Putin's actions, for example, it is essential to consider that, to be a world power, Russia must have a navy. Yes, to understand world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. All leaders are constrained by geography. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet women have to put up the appearances that they're not that interested in order for society to view their behaviors as acceptable. After all most people enjoy sex (men and women alike). if women weren't called sluts for seeking sex when they wanted. He didn't have to play games or pretend he was not into.Īnd it made me wonder, what would life be like if women didn't have to play the chaste games. When Luke wanted sex, he simply went to the place were the guys were and got it on. :) What did you expect from a gay romance? It actually reminded me a lot of Queer as Folk. well, human, rather than the unemotional brute I see so often in romances. It was nice getting into Luke's mind and see he was just. ![]() ![]() :) I've been married (add some dating years in) long enough to know the stoic shell hides a lot. Society says men are supposed to be butch and stoic. One of the things I loved about Lorenzo il Magnifico is the vulnerability a lot of women miss when writing from the male perspective shows up in this book. Luke offered a sort of rawness he shared with the reader, and it made him a character I could relate to. It was interesting to find the main character in the book had a lot of the same insecurities I have going into new relationships. It's one of those books which hit me on a psychological level. Lorenzo il Magnifico gave me that opportunity. okay, for the last couple of years, I've wanted to read a romance written by a male. My review also on Ramblings of an Amateur Writer: įor the longest time. ![]() ![]() ![]() So I finished the Roger Stern Omnibus and my god I grew up in the wrong era of Spider-Man comics. Can someone tell me what story the original web wings got destroyed in? IN the Cobra/Hyde story he said they were destroyed and he didn't have the ability to make new ones until now.Īnyway, I also read the annual that introduced a new Captain Marvel and the fact that it was drawn by both Romita's was amazing. I'm not confused on this bit, but want to know more out of curiosity. Have those issues been collected at all?Ĥ. Peter briefly mentioned that Doc Ock and the Owl are having some crime war going on. When did Peter resign from his teaching job? One issue he is a teacher and the next he is talking about picking up his belongings becuse he quit. ![]() How did this happen? When did it happen? Where did she get the money?Ģ. Aunt May has suddenly set up some type of her own old folks home, but this was never previously established in the issues before it was mentioned in this book. However, I have a few questions for those that know about the other series because despite reading all of these issues in order, I'm vexed on a few items.ġ. Reading Spidey take on Juggernaut was quite interesting, but I really enjoyed the four parter that dealt with the Brand Corporation and Roxxon. Well I am now halfway through the Roger Stern Omnibus (the next issue is Hobgoblin's first appearance) and pretty much every issue of Amazing has been just as good, if not better, than the Spectacular issues. ![]() |