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Scythe novel6/2/2023 "Scythe" has great reviews - 84% of its nearly 200,000 reviews on Goodreads are 4- and 5-stars - and I couldn't agree more. I'm not the only one who's obsessed with this book. As they begin to understand the intricacies of scythedom, their journeys are complicated by a stipulation: Only one will become a scythe - and their first act will be to glean the other. Reading "Scythe," the story follows two reluctant teenagers, Citra and Rowan, who are chosen to apprentice a scythe, even though neither of them wants the role. Before I opened the book, all I knew was that it's about a world where humanity has conquered mortality and now the only way humans die is by the hands of a scythe - humans who are designated, trained, and spend their lives in charge of "gleaning" people for population control.
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Brave new world 19986/2/2023 In a world without privacy where people are ranked, Lenina Crowne (a B+), is told by Bernard Marx (an A+) that her sexual relationship with Henry Foster (an A+) is beginning to appear anti-social for its seeming exclusivity. Grant Morrison & Brian Taylor and David Wiener Ed Stoppard as the Director of Stability.Demi Moore as Linda, John's mother who lives in The Savage Lands in a house with her son.Hannah John-Kamen as Wilhelmina "Helm" Watson.Kylie Bunbury as Frannie Crowne, a close friend to Lenina.Harry Lloyd as Bernard Marx, a central character of the story an A+ who works as a counselor.Jessica Brown Findlay as Lenina Crowne, a beautiful technician who works at the Hatchery. The series "imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself." In an update of the original novel, an artificial intelligence system named Indra also connects citizens via a wireless network.
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Original Magic by Stephen E. Flowers6/2/2023 The author also shows how the 22 Major Arcana cards were related to the 22 letters of the Roman alphabet used for oracular purposes in ancient times. Exploring the Magian teachings on the Stoeicheia, an alphabet that acted as a map for understanding the order of the cosmos, he demonstrates how this alphabet of magical symbols was the template for the Tarot. He explains how the sequencing of the Major Arcana is related to the images used in Mithraic initiation, elements of which were then integrated into existing Roman and Egyptian traditions. Drawing on theories first pioneered by the Swedish scholar Sigurd Agrell (1881-1937), he reveals the genesis of the Tarot's symbolism in the great Hermetic tradition at the same time the Magical Papyri were being written in Greco-Roman Egypt. In this book, Flowers explores the historical roots and mythology of the symbolic images that became known as the Tarot. Flowers reveals, their original roots lie in the Mithraic tradition of the Persian Magi. These oracular cards have long been thought to have come from Egypt or from the "Gypsies," but as Stephen E. Yet the true origins of the Tarot remain shrouded in mystery. It offers a meta-language of signs and symbols that communicate their meaning precisely. The Tarot is a mythic map of the world and of consciousness. Reveals the historical roots of the symbology of the Tarot in the Mithraic tradition of the Persian Magi and the Hermetic tradition
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Years later, during World War II, Chester-and other Navajo men like him-was recruited by the US Marines to use the Navajo language to create an unbreakable military code. But Chester refused to give up his heritage. A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages."- Kirkus Reviews starred review As a young Navajo boy, Chester Nez had to leave the reservation and attend boarding school, where he was taught that his native language and culture were useless. A Junior Library Guild Selection April 2018 2018 Cybils Award Finalist, Elementary Non-Fiction BRLA 2018 Southwest Book Award 2019 Southwest Books of the Year: Kid Pick 2020 Grand Canyon Award, Nonfiction Nominee 2020-2021 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Master List STARRED REVIEW! "A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages.
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The black stranger robert e howard6/2/2023 Alternative title: Iron Shadows in the Moon)
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Charles & Ray Eames by Gloria Koenig6/2/2023 She also encouraged kindness in Charles - including by sharing candy with other children and picking the weakest person first when choosing teammates for games.Ĭharles became heir apparent at the age of three, following the death of his grandfather King George VI and his mother’s accession to the throne when she was 25. At two years old, he would sit on her bed and play with her lipstick tubes, awed by the colors. 15, 1948.Ĭharles was close with his maternal grandmother - the Queen Mother - who encouraged his love of nature and art. The Queen Mother, grandmother of Charles, nurses the child after a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, on Dec.
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The stormlight archive book 36/1/2023 And Dalinar realises that his holy mission to unite his homeland of Alethkar was too narrow in scope. Nestled in the mountains high above the storms, in the tower city of Urithiru, Shallan Davar investigates the wonders of the ancient stronghold of the Knights Radiant and unearths dark secrets lurking in its depths. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified. In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their thirst for vengeance.ĭalinar Kholin's Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans.
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Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop. Unsure whether to trust the handsome peer, Thea dresses up as a boy and follows him! The scandalous adventure soon gives way to desire… Look for Harlequin® Historical’s October 2017 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories! Join to earn FREE books and more. He’s determined not to succumb to her charms again, because Bart suspects it’s not just their lives at risk-it’s their hearts… SCANDAL AND MISS MARKHAM by Janice Preston (Regency) Lord Vernon Beauchamp offers to find Thea Markham’s missing brother. DYER Scandal and Disgrace by Georgie Lee (Regency) Spy Bartholomew Dyer is forced to enlist the help of Moira, Lady Rexford, who jilted him five years ago. Then he discovers she’s a maid! Living under the same roof, their attraction becomes impossible to resist… COURTING DANGER WITH MR. Unsure she can trust the handsome peer, Thea dresses up as a boy and follows him Lord Vernon Beauchamp feels his life lacks direction. Then a mysterious lord turns up asking questions about Daniel and offers to find him. Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! AN INNOCENT MAID FOR THE DUKE The Society of Wicked Gentlemen by Ann Lethbridge (Regency) Jacob, Duke of Westmoor, kisses a woman who breathes life back into him. Glassmaker's daughter Thea Markham is devastated when her brother Daniel goes missing.
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451° Farenheito by Ray Bradbury6/1/2023 The police car, which is revealed to have no occupants, cannot understand why Mead would be out walking for no reason, and so it decides to take him to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies. When asked about his profession Mead tells the car that he is a writer, but the car does not understand since no one buys books or magazines in the television-dominated society. It is the only police unit in a city of three million as the purpose of law enforcement has disappeared with everyone watching television at night. "In ten years of walking by night or day, for thousands of miles, he had never met another person walking, not one in all that time." On one of his usual walks, he encounters a police car, which is robotic. Mead enjoys walking through the city at night, something which no one else does. In the city the sidewalks have fallen into decay. The story features Leonard Mead, a citizen of a television-centered world in November of A.D. It is included in the collection The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953), but was dropped from later editions of this collection (19). This story was originally published in the Augissue of The Reporter by The Fortnightly Publishing Company. " The Pedestrian" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. For other uses, see The Pedestrian (disambiguation).
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Kiss My Giraffe by Erin Nicholas6/1/2023 If he doesn’t want her-and her unbelievable past and that-can’t-be-real future-then she doesn’t want him either. And that he never dates women he sees every day. The one that also says he only wants a long-distance fling with her. And sweet, protective, supportive things. Nope, the one that kisses her like she’s everything he’s ever wanted and says very dirty things in her ear. Not the one that’s almost always set in a grim line and says things like, “you got a permit for that?” Still, as hard as she tries, it’s impossible to stop thinking about the small town grump’s long hair and tattoos and that mouth. He’s actively working to send her and her “ridiculous menagerie” (rude) right back out of town. For a guy who wanted to keep things simple this is anything but.įiona knew Knox would be mad when she moved in next door.Īnd not because she brought a collection of wild animals with her. Narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Melissa Moran!Įnemies to friends to almost lovers…then back to kind-of enemies…to lovers. |