![]() ![]() And without Baccha to guide and train her magick, Eva must find a way not only to survive her own metamorphosis, but to unite all the people of Myre, including her sister, by finally taking the Ivory Throne.” With the two princesses on the run, the Queendom of Myre is on the brink of a revolution. This perhaps provides an opening for a truce and a more hopeful future for both the sisters and the queendom, if only Isa would see reason and give up the battle for the throne. Since the Entwining ceremony, Eva’s and Isa’s lives have been bonded, and each can only die by the other’s hand. Despite their history, Eva is convinced that to survive the growing unrest in the queendom, she and her sister must make peace. Princess Isa is a difficult, unremorseful captive, and Eva knows better than to trust her sister, but she wants to. Along with Aketo, a small contingent of guards, and the sister she could not kill, Eva flees Ternain in hopes of finding friends and allies to the north–not to mention Baccha–to help her decide what to do next. ![]() Now on the run, Eva is desperate for answers about her transformation and her true heritage. Synopsis: “ In this sequel to A River of Royal Blood, Eva and Isa must find a way to work together if they want to save their queendom in the thrilling conclusion to this royal fantasy duology. ![]() ![]() *I received an ARC of A Queen of Gilded Horns by Amanda Joy through Netgalley, but this in no way affected my honest opinion about the book.* ![]()
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![]() ![]() Today, chess innovators like Sebastian Kuhnert and his peers are leveraging computer engines to help people improve their game and developing bots so skilled that people relish the challenge of trying to beat them. Game-changing technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and extended reality - such as the metaverse - are creating opportunities for people to learn and immerse themselves in chess like never before. More than 70 years later, chess’s digital evolution continues. ![]() In the 1940s, as Alan Turing worked to develop the first modern computers, he turned to chess as “ an example of what computers could do.” Turing wrote the first computer chess program in 1950, bringing the centuries-old game into the emerging digital age. The game of chess as we know it today has captivated players since the 16th century. Game-changing technologies have transformed chess - is your business next? An interview with Sebastian Kuhnert, vice president of business development at ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And when Julia realizes that England - and the man she is falling in love with - need her help, she finds herself caught in the fray. As Langdon traces an evil plot that could be the nation's undoing, he grows ever more intrigued by the lovely young woman. Determined to maintain propriety, he keeps his distance - until the diary is stolen and all clues lead to Julia's guardian. After suffering a battlefield injury, the wealthy, well-connected British officer returns home to heal - and to fulfill a dying soldier's last wish by delivering his coded diary.Īt the home of the Wilherns, one of England's most powerful families, Langdon attends a lavish ball where he meets their beautiful and intelligent ward, Julia Grey. Nicholas Langdon is no stranger to reserved civility or bloody barbarity. ![]() In England's Regency era, manners and elegance reign in public life - but behind closed doors treason and deception thrive. Biblical Criticism & Interpretation (158).Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (24).Human Resources & Personnel Management (43). ![]() ![]() ![]() * Olivia: Caldecott Honor Book Sense Children's Book of the Year 107 weeks on the New York Times Children's best-seller list and the Missing Toy (2003), both repeating that success. Two more books followed, Olivia Saves the Circus (2001) and Olivia. The first book, Olivia (2000) was the event of the season in children's publishing. The Olivia children's books are huge hits with preschoolers-and their parents. Dream Big pairs more than 30 of Ian Falconer's illustrations with motivational musings from really big dreamers like Eleanor Roosevelt, Oscar Wilde, and Walt Disney. Whether she's taming a lion or building a sandcastle as tall as a skyscraper, Olivia's boundless imagination and courageous spirit are an inspiration to all. Dream Big, Starring Olivia, is great for graduation, encouragement, or for anyone starting a new chapter in life. The timeless charm and popularity of Ian Falconer's diva pig ensure her status as a children's classic. Olivia books are available in 23 foreign editions and 19 languages around the world. ![]() ![]() In this book of inspiring quotes, the iconic Olivia motivates readers to reach for their dreams.Īccording to Publishers Weekly, "There's a little bit of Olivia in everyone," and it's true. ![]() ![]() At first, he’s purely a friend that she can lean on, but as her loneliness grows, so does their relationship. Then an unforeseen obligation forces the happy couple apart.įeeling lonely, confused, and in need of comfort, Kiera turns to an unexpected source – a local rock star named Kellan Kyle. When they head off to a new city to start their lives together, Denny at his dream job and Kiera at a top-notch university, everything seems perfect. Thoughtless(book 1): Goodreads description: For almost two years now, Kiera’s boyfriend, Denny, has been everything she’s ever wanted: loving, tender and endlessly devoted to her. ![]() This first book is about both, so I had a hard time with it, yet it was an all-consuming, emotional read. I hate cheaters and liars, and it is very rare I like a book with them. If you have been reading my blog for a while, perhaps you have noticed a trend. I couldn’t read these books again, it was just too emotionally taxing. I remember they consumed me, I loved Kellan, but was angry a lot in the first book especially. ![]() ![]() Thoughtless and Effortless (and from what I hear, a third book) by SC Stephens comes up on so many “What to read after Fifty Shades of Grey” lists (see mine here), that I thought I would throw in my reviews from last September, when I read them. ![]() ![]() Trauma denies agency, which causes isolation and rage, which then carries over into other relationships. Monsters is less about what makes a monster and more about how trauma is a self-perpetuating cycle. The story deals with intergenerational trauma, childhood abuse, domestic violence, and Nazi war crimes. The pages are thick, the text and the storytelling are dense, the art style is masterfully hand drawn with pen and black ink. The story is not presented in chronological order, and Bobby himself remains alienated throughout, barely speaking and never given agency.Įverything about this book is heavy and overwhelming. McFarland’s family worries for him in 1964, while the Bailey family has their own problems to deal with in 1945. The people who tell Bobby’s story for him are his mother, Janet, and military men Elias McFarland and Jack Powell. He is immediately whisked away to participate in an extremely dangerous and top-secret experimental military science project called Prometheus. Monsters takes place between WWII and 1964 and tells the story of Bobby Bailey, who experienced abuse and tragedy as a child before applying to join the army. ![]() ![]() ![]() During his career, he served as a patrolman and sergeant, retiring as a lieutenant commander in Sonora.Īyala then shifted gears, stepping in to be the executive director of the Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce for three years when the organization was struggling. Though that choice of vocation was made with an eye toward stability, Ayala soon realized that law enforcement was a good fit for his leadership and problem-solving skills. And he embraced that.”īorn in Burlingame and raised in San Bruno, Ayala married his high school sweetheart Nancy in 1974 in Long Beach and joined the Highway Patrol five years later. He was so charismatic that people just gravitated toward him. ![]() ![]() “He had the heart and the talent and the personality to meet just about any demand,” said his daughter Erin Natter. He just shifted his focus to his church and local civic groups around his Sonora home, filling needs, lending his time, getting things done. Michael Ayala retired from the California Highway Patrol in 2009 after putting in 30 years. ![]() ![]() Its plot is not traditional but theoretical, featuring philosophical conversations and questions throughout. Its imaginative scope is both broad and wild: people grow horns, sprout fur, and become rhinoceroses. In other ways, Rhinoceros typifies Ionesco's work and, more generally, the Theatre of the Absurd. If fascism makes rhinos, how much better are the alternatives after all? ![]() Beyond this symbol of the effects of fascism, critics have understood the play as part of the post-World War II body of literature that questions the motivations not only of war but of life itself. More than any of his other plays, in Rhinoceros Ionesco uses a specific symbol in a central, clear, and compelling way. In 1973, a film adaptation, starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, won critical acclaim as well.įirst produced at the Odeon and directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Rhinoceros imagines fascism as a disease that turns humans into unintelligent, violent creatures-rhinoceroses. Though he had written several plays by Rhinoceros in 1959, the English translation of the play caught both public and critical attention around the world. Rhinoceros catapulted Ionesco's career to an international level. ![]() ![]() This series features the same new and improved English translation featured in the Sailor V and Sailor Moon Eternal Edition manga volumes and is a good option for those on a budget or who found the Eternal Edition releases to be too heavy and large. The Naoko Takeuchi Collection version of the Sailor Moon manga is basically just a smaller and cheaper paperback release of the Eternal Edition release. This Sailor Moon manga’s Volume 1 will now come out on September 14th. The Naoko Takeuchi Collection Sailor Moon manga volumes have also been delayed. The release of both of these will signal the end of the initial English release of the Japanese Third Gen Sailor Moon manga (the First Gen being the 90s TokyoPop releases and the Second Gen being the Kodansha paperback release from almost a decade ago). ![]() Both volumes of the Codename Sailor V manga Eternal Edition have been pushed back to September with the Sailor V manga’s Volume 1 and Volume 2 both now set for release on September 28th. ![]() ![]() From his study window Reynie might easily have been looking out upon that tree or those flowers, or he might have lifted his gaze to the sky, which on this fine spring morning was a lovely shade of cobalt blue. The door, currently closed, belonged to his study on the third floor of one of those houses-in this case a gray-stoned edifice half-covered in ivy, with a magnificent elm tree in its courtyard and, surrounding the courtyard, an old iron fence quite overgrown with roses. ![]() In a city called Stonetown, on a quiet street of spacious old houses and gracious old trees, a young man named Reynie Muldoon Perumal was contemplating a door. ![]() |