However, even adults will be frustrated by the lack of glossary and sources. Overall, adults will likely be more captivated than children, having greater perspective on and appreciation for what Gutenberg brought forth no explanation for how Gutenberg’s innovation changed the world is presented for youngsters. Only on the final page of the story does the author confirm what the press actually produced. Still, his printing press’s success and the illumination and binding of his first efforts are lucidly related, and a sample page is illustrated. When Gutenberg (German for from the good mountain) enters, it’s almost anticlimactic. Children will savor the explanations and detailed, jewellike illustrations that clearly convey the procedures, substances and skill that went into the preparation of what the text calls a "mysterious thing." Each process and component is discussed on a page that ends in a riddle, answered on a facing page. Sumptuously illustrated in the style of medieval manuscripts, this title offers fascinating descriptions of the steps and materials involved in 15th-century bookmaking. Ironically, this book honors the inventor of the printing press more through illustrations than words.
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Devoted is an erotic love story, inspired by MM omegaverse romance. It’s time to smash the golden cage and take what he wants. Caleb has been the docile omega long enough. And Nate desires him back-it’s clearly written in his eyes. Instead, he’s burning with all-consuming lust for an older, liberal American without any wealth or connections. Devoted by Roe Horvat My rating: 5 of 5 stars As with the others in this series, sex is a primary driver throughout the narrative and - with the same consummate skill he has with erotica - Roe. As the only omega son and heir, Caleb is supposed to stay pure until he chooses one of the pre-approved alphas. His heat is approaching, and the hormones are messing with his head and body, while his fathers insist he must marry now. But what if Caleb returns Nate’s feelings? Entangled in secrets and his parents’ demands, Caleb can barely breathe. He’s young and beautiful, outrageously rich, surrounded by security detail, and bound by the strict rulebook of his conservative family. One squeeze of a hand and he’s lost, ready to follow Caleb anywhere, do anything… Except His Excellency Caleb Massoud is the least available man in the Northwest. In his defense, he doesn’t have a choice. Nate is either extremely foolish or extremely fortunate-he’ll find out soon enough. But is their love as strong as their dreams. As they piece together the fragments of their pasts, they discover a tangled web of lies, and their feelings for each other become just as entwined. When she wakes, what begins as a shared quest for information turns into an unexpected friendship. On a sleepless night, as a tempest rages outside his brother’s estate, he makes a discovery far more mysterious than any dream: a young woman, cold as ice, lies unconscious in the library, and he is sure she is the key to solving his problems. Marcus Taylor, brother to the Duke of Westmorland, is also troubled by vivid dreams. But after getting caught in a terrible storm, she meets a man who is just as determined as she is to learn all her secrets. For years, dreams of the cottage have haunted Tansy, and she is convinced it holds the answer to her hidden past. At her aunts’ suggestion, she seizes the chance to visit Rose Cottage, the country home of her late mother. Tansy White doesn’t want to end up alone like her three aunts who raised her, but when she is betrayed by her would-be betrothed, she fears she might never change her fate. With little hope of escape, father and daughter are spared when rescue appears in the form of the mysterious Dark Rider, a notorious deadly highwayman feared by all he meets. She is tired of pining for Blake Gunther the unobtainable, so she gets her brother’s help to fix her up with somebody much more suitable. Once upon a dream, two cursed people fell in love. When their tense flight leads them into the forbidding Black Forest, the pair quickly finds themselves in great peril. Lady Mary Contrary is the second novel in the Regency Ever After series and was released in the year 2020. This is the prelude to a journey that will take young Jim and a band of intrepid seafarers half-way across the world. They decide to immediately set sail in search of the fabled riches with Jim being invited to join them! What more could a young boy want! Jim takes the strange map to trusted elders in the village, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey, who at once guess that the map marks the location of the lost treasure of an infamous pirate Captain Flint. The excitement begins when he discovers a cryptic treasure map in Billy Bones' chest when the secretive Billy succumbs to a fatal heart attack. Set in 18th century England and told entirely from Jim Hawkins' youthful perspective, the novel portrays how he is drawn unwittingly into the dark deeds of pirates and buccaneers on the English coast. Right from the racy opening chapter where the young hero Jim Hawkins encounters a mysterious guest, Billy Bones, at the Admiral Benbow Inn run by his widowed mother, the tale carries the reader off on an edge-of-the-seat roller-coaster ride of non-stop action and drama. A heady mix of thrills, mystery, atmosphere and memorable characters, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is a classic adventure story that has enthralled both young and old alike ever since it was first published in 1883. Police have said that one of the survivors called 911 at approximately 11:58 a.m. According to police, the two other roommates were in the house during the time of the attack, though they were unharmed. The Times reported that officers found the door open when they first arrived at the scene several hours after the murders took place. The four friends later gathered at the house, a large rental that police say showed no signs of forced entry. The night before the attack, Chapin and Kernodle had reportedly been at a party, while Mogen and Goncalves went to a bar downtown, a video livestream showing the two women ordering from a food truck around 1:45 a.m. We are definitely in shock,” the owner of a restaurant where two of the victims had worked as servers told the Times. Kernodle’s sister told the Times that the other victims were good friends to her sister and she was “lucky” to have them in her life. The fourth victim, 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, was in a relationship with Kernodle and staying the night as her guest. The New York Times reports that the killings took place at a home in an off-campus neighborhood in Moscow, Idaho, where three of the victims - 20-year-old Xana Kernodle, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, and 21-year-old Madison Mogen - lived with two more roommates. The Ghost in the Swing:. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Lastly Gore Vidal’s pseudonymously penned thriller Thieves Fall Out, which I’ve been trying to land for a while. Buy The Ghost in the Swing by Smith, Janet Patton (ISBN: 9780811477529) from Amazons Book Store. I’ll probably give that one a read if I find a lower grade copy.Īlso on the paperback front, I also acquired a couple of very rare transgender pulps from the 50s Halfby Jordan Park (aka Cyril Kornbluth), and Man into Woman by Niels Hoyer. People must have very vivid memories of this book, since it’s a just a mass market from the ’70s but commands around $100. GITS looks like a creepy novel from a kid’s perspective about being haunted by a dead sister. Lisa Patton spent over twenty years in the music industry before turning to. Also an interesting mixed lot of romances that contained some HTF gothics and ghost titles that I didn’t know about until now (Anne Stuart’s first novel Barrett’s Hill, and Ghost in the Swing by Janet Patton Smith). Marriage Records, 1851 to 1879, 1979 Cemetery Records of Smith County. Picked up a very nice assortment of high-grade Dell Mapbacks that will be creeping into my inventory over the next few days. Thank god for eBay, the 24-hour garage sale. It was so hot this past weekend that I completed neglected stoop sales…or going outside for any reason whatsoever, so this is more a “crap that showed up at my door” report. This suit is essentially that costume Miles originally donned. Miles’ first comics appearances, he wore a knock-off Spier-Man suit that he eventually decided was in poor taste. Great Responsibility Suit Image: Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment via Polygonįirst appearance: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020) It would be more surprising if it wasn’t in the game. From the basketball shorts to the hoodie, everything about the look just screams “Miles”. If Miles’ original black-and-red costume is iconic, the variant seen during the Leap of Faith scene in Spider-Verse is Iconic. Sportswear Suit Image: Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment via Polygonįirst Appearance: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Here’s every costume in Spider-Man: Miles Morales. And though his closet might not be as big as Peter Parker’s, he’s still got some solid options as he swings through Harlem. Like the original game, Miles has several suits to choose from. (It will also be available on the PS4.) And with a new Spider-Man game comes a ton of new, unlockable Spider-Man costumes. After being a supporting character in 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man, the young, superpowered Miles Morales has his own game, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, a launch title for the PlayStation 5. I have read some of Charles Petzolds earlier work and can confirm they definitely are not really holiday reading material! I try to disconnect from technology! So there was a sense of trepidation when I first opened the book. I usually prefer a typically crime novel or some Dan Brown-esque thriller fiction while lounging on sun beds. I must confess I am truly happy I did so! I noticed the book, still almost unopened and thought I just take it and see. While packing for our yearly pilgrimage to our family home in France, I was hurriedly looking for reading material to while away the hours between swimming and overindulgence on French Lager and BBQ's. I think I read a chapter or two, but never the whole book. It was just one of those books, which I had initially bought based on a recommendation I had read - seem to recall it was on Scott Hanselmans blog - but after the book arrived and instant gratification was over, I never really dived into it. One of my holidays reads this year! Truth be told, the book has been sitting patiently on my bookshelf for over 4 years as I just hadn't had the time to read it. The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and SoftwareĪ great read for those developers who don’t come from a Computer Science background Indeed, the only man who has stuck around makes a dramatic exit in the first pages of the novel – in a manner which reminded me of the opening to Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love, although Robinson’s came first. This opening, hovering between comedy and tragedy without any indication which side the balance might fall, is an indication of the absence of men in Housekeeping. Sylvia Forster, and when she died, of her sisters-in-law, Misses Lily and Nona Foster, and when they fled, of her daughter, Mrs. I grew up with my younger sister, Lucille, under the care of my grandmother, Mrs. The opening lines are surprisingly stark, given the writing that follows: I don’t think it is as good as Gilead, but it is still a strikingly beautiful example of how astonishingly an author can use prose. This opinion was formed on the basis of her novel Gilead, and has been strengthened by reading her first novel, Housekeeping (1980). I don’t read many living authors, certainly not as a percentage of my overall reading, but I think there is only one whom I consider to be a ‘great’ – and that is Marilynne Robinson. Tonight, she searched the bar with hopeful anticipation, craning her neck to peer around a pair of servicemen, her eyes straining to see through the dimly-lit room.Īt the back, Lana saw the figure of a tall, dark man seated in the corner. There was always something that needed to be looked over. She preferred time researching in her lab. Not even when colleagues offered to buy her a drink if she joined them. Lana had lived on the base for a solid four years now and she never much cared to visit the generic, blue-lit bars with small tables and bare white walls. On Tanis, base 元Z, home to hundreds of military recruits, and just as many students, the city was filled with them. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. |