![]() ![]() With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. ![]() He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. ![]() The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it.Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” ( The New Yorker).īased on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” ( San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross![]() ![]() Agent: Suzie Townsend, New Leaf Literary. This will appeal to lovers of fantasy from Name of the Wind to the Earthsea series. ![]() Ross puts a faith-based spin on the familiar elemental magic system and infuses her richly drawn world with dangerous spirits, while raising thoughtful questions about spirituality, morality, man’s relationship with nature, and the meaning of home. Thanks to a centuries-old curse, the controlling clans of the east and west live in completely different worlds on the Isle of Cadence. ![]() 15, 2022 A magical island welcomes back its prodigal son in a tale that blends political intrigue with elements of a fantasy thriller. When not writing, she can be found reading or in her garden, where she grows wildflowers and story ideas. A RIVER ENCHANTED by Rebecca Ross RELEASE DATE: Feb. ![]() She lives in the Appalachian foothills of Northeast Georgia with her husband, a lively Australian Shepherd, and an endless pile of books. The rescue mission forces Jack and Adaira to work together to appease the spirits of earth, fire, water and air-but this magic comes at a high cost, one Jack may be unable to pay. Rebecca Ross writes fantasy novels for teens and adults. Young girls are going missing from the island, and Adaira Tamerlaine, future Laird of the East and Jack’s childhood enemy, needs Jack’s help to find them. Now he is summoned back to the childhood home he hoped to leave behind. Jack Tamerlaine departed Cadence, an island divided by an age-old feud between two clans, 10 years ago to train as a bard on the mainland. With this vividly imagined, Scottish-inspired mythic fantasy, Ross makes her adult fantasy debut (after the YA novel Dreams Lie Beneath) and launches the Elements of Cadence duology. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Wonder julian chapter![]() ![]() He's the most popular boy in school and works to create a social structure that encourages his classmates to put less popular kids down. ![]() Tushman inviting Julian to show August around the school before the school year starts. Despite the fact that Julian is a known bully among the student body, teachers seem less aware of his bad behavior, as evidenced by Mr. Julian is the antagonist of the book and is August’s bully. Miranda: Extraordinary, but No One There to See.Jack: Why I Didn't Sit with August the First Day of School.August: Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.ĭescription du livre Taschenbuch. Were the two World Wars historical accidents or were they the undertakings of powerful yet undocumented cabals for the creation and expansion of the Soviet Union? Was the Soviet Union the ultimate successor to European colonial empires? What role did the alliance with Germany play in the implosion of the Ottoman Empire? Why were so many soldiers sacrificed at Gallipoli? Why did Germany avoid invading the newly formed Soviet State? Why did the Nazis avoid a ground invasion of Britain? What happened at Dunkirk and Dieppe? Who was Fritz Kraemer? How did Germany end up with one half under the Soviets and the other half under Nato? Why were atom bombs dropped on Japan even though bombing raids had brought greater destruction to Japanese cities? Was a bipolar New World Order, dominated exclusively by Nato and the Soviet Union, a strategy for controlling the populations of the world? Incorporating more than two hundred sources, the World War Deception comes up with some unlikely answers to these original questions. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Duck! by Kim Dare![]() While she occasionally enjoys writing other pairings, most of Kim's stories focus on Male/Male relationships. Having worked with a host of fantastic e-publishers, she moved into self-publishing in 2013. First published in 2008, she has since released over 100 BDSM erotic romance titles ranging from short stories to full length novels. ![]() Kim is a bisexual submissive from Wales (UK). Then the only question is, is Ori really a duckand what will his new master think when the truth eventually comes out? If you haven’t read that title, this story may make very little sense to you The events in this story take place approximately six months after the end of Worth Waiting For, and before the start of Worth a Shot. Life isnt easy for Ori until he comes to the attention of a high ranking hawk shifter. This story is a follow up to the first book in the FIT Guys seriesWorth Waiting For. When a partial shift allows the elders to announce that they believe Ori to be a rather ugly little duckling, he drops straight to the bottom rung of their hierarchy. Unable to complete a full shift until he reaches his avian maturity, he still cant be sure of his exact species.īut with species comes rank, and rank is everything to the avians. ![]() ![]() “Raised among humans, Ori Jones only discovered he was an avian shifter six months ago. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Star wars by jeffrey brown![]() The latter was based on her book of the same name, one of several novels and memoirs she authored.īut it was the role of Leia - first as princess, later as general - for which she would be most fondly remembered. And brutally frank!"įisher also had memorable film roles in When Harry Met Sally and The Blues Brothers and was nominated for Emmys for a guest appearances on 30 Rock and Catastrophe and for her own one-woman show, Wishful Drinking. "She was so charming, so funny, so adorable, so wise beyond her years, I just couldn't believe it. "Every expectation I had was just obliterated," he said. At Thursday's ceremony, Hamill described meeting Fisher ahead of filming Star Wars, when he was 24 years old and she was 19. ![]() ![]() Leia's star isn't far from her twin brother's - the star for Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, is just a few feet away. ![]() So Lourd brought some with her to the unveiling of Fisher's Hollywood Walk of Fame star, sprinkling some across it after the ceremony.įisher, best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars series of movies, was given the honor on May 4, known as Star Wars Day for the date's similarity to one of the series' catch phrases, "may the Force be with you." Carrie Fisher brought sparkle wherever she went, her daughter Billie Lourd said Thursday - even flinging glitter at Star Wars fans she met at conventions. ![]() ![]() ![]() The glamor of the fictional Sinclair’s department store is beautifully presented, as are other setting details, bringing to life early 1900s London, when large department stores were new and exciting. Sophie is a courageous heroine, and Lil and Billy are plucky, lovable sidekicks. They befriend Joe, a former member of the East End gang known as the “Baron’s Boys” who knows about London’s criminal underworld. ![]() ![]() Billy’s code-breaking knowledge comes in handy, as does Lil’s talent as an actress. Sophie and her friends, Lil, a department store mannequin and wannabe actress, and Billy, an apprentice porter and reader of detective stories, hunt for clues to exonerate Sophie. Having returned to the store after her shift to pick up some laundry she’d forgotten, Sophie is seen gazing at the sparrow and becomes a suspect. One employee is shot and many valuables are stolen, including the owner’s priceless clockwork sparrow. The night before the grand opening of Sinclair’s, the store’s exhibition room is robbed. On her own after the death of her father, 14-year-old Sophie Taylor feels lucky to have secured a job as a shop girl at the new Sinclair’s Department Store in Piccadilly. Written by Júlia Sardà (illus.) Katherine Woodfine ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The power and the glory book![]() ![]() ![]() "Even you, Unc' Pros-while you borryin' why cain't ye borry whole things that don't need mendin'?" Looks like nobody ain't got no sense," returned Laurella Consadine ungratefully. "I stopped a-past and borried the nails and the hammer from Jeff Dawes I mighty nigh pounded my thumb off knockin' in nails with a rock an' a sad-iron last week." " "Just a few nails and a little wrappin' of twine'll make it all right," he informed his niece. Pros Passmore, uncle of the sick woman and mainstay of the forlorn little Consadine household, was always full of enthusiasm. "ĭon't you worry yo'se'f, Laurelly," he said enthusiastically. Uncle Pros set the small article of furniture down gently. "I 'lowed you'd git Billy Spinner's, an' hit's as good as new." Now, why in the name o' common sense would ye go and borry a broken cradle?" came the wail from the bed. Onie Dillard's," he replied hollowly from the depths of the crib which he carried upside down upon his head, like some curious kind of overgrown helmet. "Whose cradle's that?" the sick woman's thin querulous tones arrested the man at the threshold. The car was already leaping down the hill at a tremendous pace. ![]() Lost-gone! My God, Mother-it's three days and three nights!" "Give me my bandanner! Give me Johnnie's silver mine!" " "Yes, I'm a-going to get a chance to work right away," she smiled up at him. ![]() ![]() The results show that Pirzad has illustrated women’s identity based on various dimensions of feminine features in her two novels. The writer has investigated woman and her identity in the aforementioned novels through library research and investigating sociology and other interdisciplinary sciences. The main goal in this article is to study women’s identity and feminine features in Pirzad’s novels of “We Will Get Used to It” and “Things We Left Unsaid”. She has contemplated women as a key axiom in her two novels and has written about women’s world with feminine thoughts, ideologies and styles to represent different features of womanhood. Zoya Pirzad is one of the most successful figures in literary fiction. This matter is considered prominent in literary fiction, especially in female writers’ works. ![]() ![]() Nowadays feminism and views on women are key issues regarding social sciences as well as other various cultural subjects. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Ragnar's Guide to Home and Recreational Use of High Explosives by Ragnar Benson![]()
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