Polity Agent by Neal Asher5/28/2023 ![]() This raises questions: why was Dragon, a massive bioconstruct of the Makers, really sent to the Polity why did a Jain node suddenly end up in the hands of someone who could do the most damage with it? Meanwhile an entity called the Legate is distributing toxic Jain nodes. Once these refugees are safely through, the gate itself is rapidly shut down – because something alien is pursuing them.įrom those who get through, agent Cormac learns that the Maker civilization has been destroyed by pernicious virus known as the Jain technology. Those coming through it have been tasked with taking the alien ‘Maker’ back to its home civilization in the Small Magellanic cloud. ![]() Space opera on a magnificent, non-stop roller-coaster of actionįrom 800 years in the future, a runcible gate is opened into the Polity. Of course, just because that sub-story concluded it doesn’t mean everything is fine, far from it – Jain tech is still out there and Polity Agent hits the ground running. ![]() The second and third books in the series, The Line of Polity ( review) and Brass Man ( review), dealt with the emergence of Jain tech and Skellor’s use of it, and was a fairly self-contained duology within the main story. ![]() ![]() Polity Agent is the fourth book in the Agent Cormac series, a series I’ve been recently re-reading and thoroughly enjoying. ![]()
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Running out of time haddix5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() Jessie will have to escape and survive a totally strange world, because she and her friends are all running out of time. Then Jessie’s mother tells her that only Jessie can help-by leaving Clifton.īut Jessie’s mother also reveals a shocking truth about the outside world, and what, where, and when Clifton is. And if they don’t act soon, some of those sick children could die. One night, she tells Jessie that it’s a diphtheria outbreak-a dangerous disease. Quarantine signs appear on the local homes. ![]() Especially the other kids in Jessie’s one-room schoolhouse. ![]() Lately, more and more people have been falling ill. ![]() Her father is a blacksmith and her mother cares for her and her siblings-though, at night, Jessie’s mother also secretly tends anyone who gets sick in their village. Jessie Keyser lives with her family in a small log cabin. Return to the classic middle grade time-bending thriller Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix, almost thirty years following its first publication, with this stunning repackage.Ĭlifton, Indiana, 1840. ![]() ![]() Her brain was fuzzy, and maybe that was what made her brave. ![]() Thank you so much for your consideration! Hades x Persephone Hades Persephone Greek Mythology Greek Mythology Retelling retellings Greek Gods Greek Gods and Goddesses Goddess Goddess of Spring God of the Underworld Underworld Olympians Olympus Hecate Hermes Demeter Aphrodite Apollo Hades and Persephone stories wattpad author patreon Persephone Aesthetic A Touch of Darkness ACOTAR ACOWAR ACOMAF hadestown loreolympus Just reach for Cult of Scarlett if you’d like to join! My first post is up and a second will join it tomorrow (a deleted Hades x Persephone scene).Īlso, I have started a group on Facebook where we can come together and talk about all things Greek Mythology. ![]() The option to join me in a monthly, one-hour live chat–Ask Me Anything!.The opportunity to decide what I write, offer input, and get an early look at all my projects.Draft chapters of my current work-in-progress or deleted scenes.Digital downloads of all short stories sponsored by this Patreon page.A first look at title reveals, artwork, and cover designs. ![]() I want to be able to finish my Hades x Persephone trilogy, write a few books from Hades’ POV, and write more Greek Mythology retellings.Īll patrons get the same access no matter their tier. ![]() This Patreon has a goal: I want to write full-time. I have decided to start a Patreon which you can view here. If you follow this blog, chances are you enjoy snippets from my book, A Touch of Darkness, and my upcoming novel, A Touch of Ruin. ![]() Robopocalypse book 35/27/2023 ![]() Wilson has written the most entertaining sci-fi thriller in years. In this terrifying tale of humanity’s desperate stand against a robot uprising, Daniel H. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. ![]()
Winterworld by Chuck Dixon5/27/2023 ![]() He contributed stories to the Hama edited re-boot of Savage Tales highlighted by a number of western stories illustrated by John Severin. Writing under the name "Charles Dixon", he would eventually take over the lead feature of Conan on a semi-regular basis. Editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' Savage Sword of Conan. Career 1980s Ĭhuck Dixon's earliest comics work was writing Evangeline for Comico Comics in 1984 and then for First Comics. He is a graduate of Upper Darby High School (1972). ![]() ![]() Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s.ĭixon was born in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Upper Darby, reading comics of all genres. ![]() ![]() Examining its afterlives and wider cultural context, the book asks the question why this unlikely combination of blood, annihilation, and catchy tunes has resonated with audiences from the 1980s to the present. This timely and authoritative book looks at the creation of the musical and its place in the contemporary musical theatre canon. The Faustian tale of Seymour and his man-eating plant transcended its humble origins to become a global phenomenon, launching a popular film adaptation and productions all around the world. Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors chronicles this unlikely phenomenon. Two decades later, Little Shop of Horrors opened Off-Broadway and became a surprise success. ![]() Roger Corman's monster movie opened in 1960, played the midnight circuit, and then disappeared from view. How many hit musicals are based on films that were shot in two days at a budget of $30,000? The answer is one: Little Shop of Horrors. ![]() Snowballs by ehlert5/27/2023 ![]() He gave this book 3 stars and he wants to draw up plans now for his snow men. I told him we probably aren't going to get snow again this year, or at least hope for snow so we can. The nephew wants to make Cooper into a snowman. Our dog is named cooper, a mini Dachshund and min-pin mix. The nephew thought this book simple, but he did like some of the ideas present for snowmen. We had our second cold day of the year yesterday, but no snow in sight. It's cute and I can't say that I don't love books about snow. It's giving people ideas on best ways to build snowmen. ![]() There isn't much story here, it's about the snowmen. There is usually a bird on each page, but I really don't get how they are connected so much. They make a family of snowmen, including the baby and the dog and cat. We started the book off about birds the question is asked, "Do you think birds know when it's going to snow?" I think it's going to be about feeding birds in the snow, but then the rest of the book is full page spreads of the different snowmen they make and what they look like. ![]() Shrubsole who owns england5/27/2023 ![]() What this meant, in a real estate sense, was that land that was once largely worthless suddenly became extremely valuable. A landscape that was largely unfit for human existence became the playground of the nation’s elite. Suddenly, the whistling low-flying grouse became less of a curiosity to passing farmers and transformed into the second most exciting form of shooting after drey poking. ![]() Then, of course, two things changed: the advent of the railways and the invention of the breechloading shotgun. ![]() Local farmers would use the inhospitable landscape to graze their sheep and cattle in order to draw a living out of a landscape that would not accept crops and was largely disconnected from the riches of metropolis. Some 200 years ago, the moorlands of northern England and Scotland were most likely much as they are now.
![]() ![]() It also lends itself to many themed activities with spaghetti, friendship, and monkeys.For teachers in Kindergarten through Second grade, I highly recommend adding More Spaghetti, I Say! to your classroom library. The text includes multiple examples of punctuation, grammar, rhyme, and capitalization. “I love it on pancakes with ice cream and ham,” Minnie declares, “with pickles and cookies, bananas and jam.” The rhyming text flows easily and elicits excited predictions from young readers: What could Minnie possibly put spaghetti on next?Īs a teacher in a kindergarten classroom, I used More Spaghetti, I Say! as a mentor text in writing, a leveled book for guided reading, and a shared reading experience during read-aloud. When Freddy looks to Minnie for an afternoon of play, he finds Minnie too busy to play as she gorges on spaghetti. ![]() ![]() Personal memories aside, More Spaghetti, I Say! makes for a universally memorable read and a great contribution to the classroom. I spent the next three months reading More Spaghetti, I Say! to myself and anyone else who crossed my path. More Spaghetti, I Say! by Rita Golden Gelman will forever be the book that taught me to read.Īfter my kindergarten year, the hotter-than-usual temperatures kept me indoors curled up with my summer reading list. Obviously, it took years of dedicated elementary teachers and countless nights of shared reading with my parents and older sisters, but in my mind, it boils down to one summer with one book. More Spaghetti, I Say Lee RebelTech 6.35K subscribers Subscribe 290 Share 59K views 6 years ago A read aloud of, 'More Spaghetti, I Say' by Rita Golden Gelman. I have a very fond childhood memory of the moment I learned how to read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “stylish study of crimes committed by the high and mighty during the 72-year reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV.” ![]() (Starred Review) “Full of danger, mystery, and excitement, it will keep you up well into the night, marveling at this forgotten world of dark intrigue.” ∼Jonah Raskin, New York Journal of Books∼ “Vividly brings to life a slice of Parisian history in this rigorously researched true-crime epic…reads like a combination of the most compelling mystery fiction and Dumas’s romances of twisted court intrigues.” with great gusto and with an amazing array of facts.” ∼Thad Cahart, Newsday∼ “Holly Tucker tells story. ∼Kelly Faircloth, Jezebel∼ “a classic whodunit, bringing alive an extremely complicated and baffling series of events.” ∼Booklist∼ “The book reads like Law and Order: 17th Century Parisian Poisoners Unit.” ∼Gordon O’Sullivan, Historic Novel Society∼ “Completely absorbing.” ∼The Economist∼ “Spellbound by the City of Poison: Holly Tucker’s new book on 17th-century Paris” ![]() ∼The New Yorker∼ “A meticulous historian” “Blends an artful reconstruction of seventeenth-century Paris with riveting storytelling, presenting a contest between terror and surveillance that has strong contemporary resonances” ![]() AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |