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Warbreaker kindle6/26/2023 ![]() Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity,with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. This discounted Mistborn ebundle includes: Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourningįrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn: Wax & Wayne series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. ![]() ![]() Genre: Epic,Books,Sci-Fi & Fantasy,Fantasy,.Title: Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne Series. ![]()
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Geraldine brooks pulitzer prize book6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Her sister Darleen Bungey, is the book author of the novels Author Boyd: A Life and John Olsen: An Artist’s Life.Geraldine is the daughter of Gloria and Lawrie Brooks her mum is a public relations officer with radio station 2GB, her old man was a singer with the George Trevare Orchestra.Like her beloved husband, Geraldine is a journalist and a novelist she was born on September 14, 1955, in Sydney, New South Wales in Australia.He is survived by his wife Geraldine and their two sons. According to the Vineyard Gazette, the former Wall Street Journal reporter was on tour promoting his latest book Spying on the South and was due to appear at Prose bookstore and Washington’s Politics on Tuesday. Geraldine Brooks she was the wife of author and Pulitzer Prize-winner journalist Tony Horwitz, who died on May 27, 2019, at the age of 60, in Washington. ![]()
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Bill martin jr brown bear6/26/2023 ![]() This book is exciting to read and while reading, you may find that the characters of the animals create a rhythmic sound. Any chance you'll post a reading on You Tube? I wish I could come and watch you read it, though, because I bet you could convince me I am wrong. Every word is dissonant to me, and I just can't stand it, despite the beautiful art. ![]() Where the first book's rhythm succeeds, the second book eschews rhythm and disrupts my reading. I wanted TO BE the animals.īut it didn't make a damn bit of difference. I was freaking serious about doing it right. I slithered around on my belly with a fork duct taped to my tongue. I cracked out my old Don Johnson duds to be the flamingo. I poured honey all over myself and rolled in flour to play the titular Polar Bear. ![]() I painted myself with gentian violet, grew a handlebar mustache, jammed a couple of carrots under my lip and flopped around grunting. I gained weight to play the purple walrus (how the hell am I going to lose it?). I was like Robert deNiro shooting heroin for Raging Bull. ![]()
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Hellhound on his trail by hampton sides6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Hellhound unfolds like a mystery-one read not for the ending but for all the missteps, gotchas and near misses along the way. Yet despite almost daily death threats, King's murder wasn't inevitable, writes Sides it was the culmination of several factors, such as his refusal of police protection and Ray's extraordinary ability to pass through life unnoticed. Edgar Hoover despised King Attorney General Ramsey Clark venerated him-assigned 3,500 agents and spent $2 million tracking down its man. In the end, the ideologically fractured bureau-J. Hellhound unravels that myth by chronicling King's 1968 Memphis assassination, starting with James Earl Ray's twisted stalking of his victim across the South and. Hellhound unravels that myth by chronicling King's 1968 Memphis assassination, starting with James Earl Ray's twisted stalking of his victim across the South and concluding with what was then the largest FBI manhunt ever. His position as the martyred leader of the civil rights movement has become so solidified in the national psyche that the events surrounding his death have become equally mythologized. ![]() His position as the martyred leader of the civil rights movement has become so solidified in the national psyche that the events surrounding his death have become equally mythologized. Few events in recent American history hold such lasting resonance as the death of Martin Luther King Jr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth' s dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker' s Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. But what else is new? Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. ![]() But since it' s light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. Fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. ![]() But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth' s dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of 'The Hitchhiker' s Guide to the Galaxy' all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. ![]() Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In the 1946 essay Politics and the English Language, Orwell talks about how to write English prose in an precise and rhetorically forceful style. He says in his essay, “when the white man turns tyrant, it is his own freedom that he destroys.” The content of the essay is interwoven with Orwell’s thesis of how imperialism takes a heavy toll on not only the oppressed but also the oppressors. The elephant, like the Burmese people, has become the unwitting victim of the British imperialist’s need to save face. He goes through with it and the death of the animal is elaborated in excruciating detail. Despite his reluctance to kill the elephant, Orwell realizes that if he does not do so, he will be humiliated. The crowd is urging Orwell to kill the animal but Orwell is aware that the animal is probably no longer dangerous. Orwell’s job is to respond to the death of a man killed by the elephant. The essay is set in Moulmein, in Lower Burma, and is based on the author’s personal experience with the Indian Imperial Police. ![]() He did it, for fear of being considered weak. ![]() The animal had been terrorizing a bazaar, but the narrator had grave hesitations about killing it. In this essay, Orwell recalls his own experiences of shooting an elephant in Burma. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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Jung memories dreams6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() One of them was the schoolboy who could not grasp algebra and was far from sure of himself the other was important, a high authority, a man not to be trifled with, as powerful and influential as a manufacturer. Then, to my intense confusion, it occurred to me that I was actually two different persons. But the meaning is both within and without. The former projects the meaning and considers that it exists in objects the latter feels the meaning in himself. Western man seems predominantly extraverted, Eastern man predominantly introverted. ![]() Whereas the Occidental feels the need to complete the meaning of the world, the Oriental strives for the fulfilment of the meaning in man, stripping the world and existence from himself (Buddha). The Oriental does not need to make this assumption rather, he himself embodies it. To Western man, the meaninglessness of a merely static universe is unbearable. Carl Jung and “Memories, Dreams and Reflections’ – YouTubeĬarl Jung: Memories, Dreams and Reflections ![]()
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The legend of sleepy hollow story6/24/2023 ![]() It’s a two-act story, and the second act goes by in a flash. ![]() While the nature of the Horseman is open to interpretation, it is strongly implied that it was actually Brom in disguise, looking to do away with his romantic rival in the most extravagant way possible.Īnd that’s basically it. ![]() ![]() Irving’s story is simple: Ichabod Crane is a lean, lanky, unattractive schoolmaster from Connecticut engaged in a rivalry with the handsome and athletic Abraham Van Brunt, aka Brom Bones, for the romantic affections of Katrina Van Tassel, the 18-year-old daughter of the wealthy landowner, Baltus Van Tassel.ĭuring a party at the Van Tassel home, the guests tell tales of the Headless Horseman, the ghost of a Hessian soldier that fell victim to a cannonball during the American Revolutionary War and now haunts the nearby forest in “nightly quest of his head.”Īfter the party, Ichabod is pursued through the forest by the Horseman himself and is never heard from again, resulting in Katrina marrying Brom. Any screenwriter should be allowed license to expand the story as needed, as what’s there can barely fill a 30-minute animated special (as Disney did 50 years prior to the release of Burton’s film). Not that The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is appropriate source material for a feature-length film in and of itself. ![]()
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The Cinnamon Recipe Book by Valeria Ray6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This cookbook brings you a selection of 35 recipes for beloved Bundts, along with recommendations for beverage pairings and how to serve them. They came in a variety of sizes as well, such as full size, half size, and mini Bundts the size of a cupcake. Today the pan is widely available in many shapes (such as classic, swirly, rose, diamond, castle, and skull) and made of many different materials (such as aluminum, cast iron, ceramic, and so on). The Bundt cake rose to popularity in the mid-20th century when the Dalquist brothers founded the Nordic Ware Company and patented the cast aluminum pan that they named the Bundt. They are traditionally baked in a cast iron mold, making them prohibitively expensive to common people throughout most of their history. The Grimm brothers also wrote about them. ![]() These cakes were loved by the infamous French queen Marie Antoinette. Derived from the traditional German gugelhupf or kugelhupf cake, the oldest recipe for the Bundt dates back to 1581. Very few desserts can boast a history like the Bundt cake. ![]()
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Book kim ji young6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() She opens with “August, 2015,” immediately divulging the fragile mental state of her titular Kim Jiyoung, who now as a wife and mother has developed the disturbing tendency to suddenly become other people she’s known, both living and dead. ![]() Already an international bestseller, television scriptwriter Cho Nam-Joo’s debut novel has been credited with helping to “launch Korea’s new feminist movement.” The fact that gender inequity is insidiously pervasive throughout the world will guarantee that this tale has immediate resonance, and its smoothly accessible, albeit British English vernacular-inclined, translation by award-winning translator Jamie Chang will ensure appreciative Anglophone audiences.Ĭho’s narrative is part bildungsroman and part Wikipedia entry (complete with statistics-heavy footnotes). ![]() |