6/24/2023 0 Comments Chosen warrior chronicles![]() ![]() The series draws on numerous elements of both European and Asian mythology, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism the metaphysical concepts of balance, duality, and a respect for nature found in Taoism the Abrahamic concepts of God and Satan and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. He prepared extensive notes which enabled fellow fantasy author Brandon Sanderson to complete the final book, which grew into three volumes: The Gathering Storm (2009), Towers of Midnight (2010), and A Memory of Light (2013). Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the final volume in the series. Originally planned as a six-book series at its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and two companion books. ![]() The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson as a co-author for the final three novels. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() A bold step forward in our understanding of parapsychological phenomena, this is the first scholarly investigation of the 'incubus' experience. Hufford, as a folklorist, is well-placed to investigate this puzzling occurrence. Various cultures have their own name for the phenomenon and have constructed their own mythology around it the supernatural tenor of many Old Hag stories is unavoidable. The experience is surprisingly common: the author estimates that approximately 15 percent of people undergo this event at some point in their lives. Sufferers report feeling suffocated, held down by some 'force,' paralyzed, and extremely afraid. David Hufford' s work deals with the so-called Old Hag experience, a psychologically disturbing event in which a victim claims to have encountered some form of malign entity while dreaming (or awake). ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Let Angels Fly by Noelle Clark![]() ![]() What does any of that mean when I can’t have the most basic needs met? It means nothing. I don’t care about my stupid massive house, I don’t care about my new car, I don’t care about my diamonds. Why did he self-sabotage? And who sends nudies? Doesn’t everyone know better than this in 2019? What drives someone to self-destruct in such a way? I saw the texts – each one represents his decision to throw our marriage in the trash. ![]() ![]() So what is so broken in him to propel him to do this to me? To us? It wasn’t one mistake, one lapse in judgement. I did nothing except be pregnant with our twins and try to have a healthy pregnancy. I did nothing wrong, I don’t deserve this. A relationship takes two but it doesn’t take two to cheat. Marriage is hard, we’ve been through our ups and downs, I’ve talked about it openly. I’m as loyal as they come and I wanted the vows we made when we exchanged our rings to be acted upon. ![]() Physical or not, he still had an affair and he admits this to me. He paid her off to protect me so I’d never find out.ĭo I believe him? I don’t know. I called Jimmy and he confessed to me that he had exchanged lewd photos with this woman over the course of several months and a physical relationship never existed. I never left a voicemail for the other woman. I found out the same way you guys did: in the tabloids. Now and US Weekly can get those quotes they want and you guys can get the truth. I don’t want to write this but here I am, writing. ![]() 6/23/2023 0 Comments Meet the sky by mccall hoyle![]() ![]() And that might make him the perfect person to remind Sophie how to embrace life again.but only if their newfound friendship can survive the storm. As they struggle to find safety, Sophie learns that Finn has suffered his own heartbreak, but, instead of playing it safe, he's become the kind of guy who goes surfing in the eye of a hurricane. ![]() After she gets separated from her family during the evacuation, Sophie finds herself trapped on the island with the last person she'd have chosen-the reckless and wild Finn Sanders, the boy who broke her heart freshman year. But when a hurricane forms off the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks and heads right toward their island, Sophie realizes that nature is one thing she can't control. With nothing but pain in her past, all Sophie wants is to plan for the future-to keep the family business running, to get accepted to veterinary school, and to protect her mom and her sister from another disaster. ![]() ![]() Meet the cowboys who ride the ranges, mend fences, and are lassoed by love in this Christian western romance series. Let Me Off Easy, Cowboy Montana Ranches Christian Romances to buy or borrow from USA Today bestselling author Valerie Comer! Saddle Springs Romance (complete six-book series, also available in series bundles) Welcome to Saddle Springs, the fictional Montana town that’s home to these Christian cowboys! Revel in the lush mountain scenery with rocky peaks, tumbling rivers, and peaceful lakes. ![]() Romance comes knocking at Rockstead Ranch - not once, but six times - in this Montana Ranches Christian Romance series. How can they forgive each other for the past and fight for a second chance at love? About the Cavanagh Cowboys Romance series The Cavanagh brothers might be rivals in many ways, but at their ranch? There they cowboy up, keeping the horses fresh, the cattle in tip-top condition, and their twin teenage sisters (mostly) out of trouble. ![]() Like it or not, for Toby’s sake, the two must find a way to work together. ![]() She’s never stopped loving Travis, but the reasons she walked out on him still stand. Dakota Erickson’s biggest mistake is also her biggest blessing, but seeing Toby’s dad when they trade the boy back and forth every weekend nearly guts her. ![]() If only he’d done things differently back then - yanked the chip out of his shoulder, for starters - maybe they’d actually be a family. But will this cowboy fight for a second chance at love? On weekdays, Travis Cavanagh is just a cowboy, but on weekends, he’s daddy and hero to his young son. ![]() 6/23/2023 0 Comments Mauve by simon garfield![]() A book about science which also happens to be a miniature work of art * * Daily Telegraph * * Intriguing and elegant * * Guardian * * Thoroughly researched and beautifully written * * New Scientist * * By bringing Perkin into the open and documenting his life and work, Garfield has done a service to history * * Chicago Tribune * * Simon Garfield's history of the synthetic dye industry mixes chemistry and social history into quite a colourful tale * * Observer * * A one-man Blue Peter team for intelligent adults, a great British explainer * * Observer * * Witty, erudite and entertaining * * Esquire * * Garfield has a talent for being sparked to life by esoteric enthusiasm and charming readers with his delight * * The Times * * A sort of museum between hard covers. ![]() ![]() ![]() * Reporter Edward Van Winkle Jones mentioned the disappearance of ships and planes between Bermuda and the Florida Coast in his article “Same Big World, Sea's Puzzles Still Baffle Men In Pushbutton Age”, published in The Miami Herald on 17 September, 1950. * Vincent Gaddis first coined the phrase The Bermuda Triangle in Argosy magazine, February 1964 (Volume 358, Number 2 pages 28-29, 116-118) American Indian Myths and Mysteries: Beyond Anthropological Theories To The Living Legends and Enigmas of The Original Americans (1977, 1982, 2017) Invisible Horizons: True Mysteries Of The Sea (1965, 1966, 1979 also entitled Invisible Horizons: Strange Mysteries of The High Seas – Astounding True Stories That Defy Logic, 2017) Vincent Gaddis (Vincent Hayes Gaddis), 1913-1997 The Ancient Egyptian Roots of Christianity (2007 Second Edition, 2017) ![]() “ House of Representatives To Hold Hearing On Whistleblower’s UFO Claims” ( The Guardian, 8 June 2023) Published in France entitled Le Comte de Gabalis, ou Entretiens sur les sciences ![]() The Comte de Gabalis: Discourses On The Secret Sciences and Mysteries (1680 originally ![]() “Comte de Gabalis” (published anonymously, attributed to Abbé de Montfaucon de Villars, 1635-1673) Wherein Is Discovered The Whole Secrets of Free-Masonry, Both Ancient and Modern (1785 1922) Mahhabone: or, The Grand Lodge Door Open'd. Secret Occult Knowledge and Flying Saucers ![]() 6/22/2023 0 Comments Patrick mccabe pogue mahone review![]() So you’ve probably gathered this isn’t your typical piece of epic poetry. ![]() Sure it’s a rollicking story, and it careens around like a run away roller coaster on occasion, but the images and impressions created by the stream of verse leave more of a mark on readers’ thoughts than any prose could hope. Although he tells their story from his perspective, he paints her life, and his, in as much detail, and with as much accuracy, as possible. Her brother, who narrates the tale, is her voice and her memories. The present being a nursing home where Una lives out her days in a haze of Alzheimer’s and bursts of outrage at slights that may or may not have happened during the day, isn’t what anybody would call pleasant. Winding and looping through the past and present of a brother and sister, the poem travels at full speed taking us on a mad and lyrical journey. What you might not have been expecting was an epic free verse poem. So you know when you crack the covers of this one you’ll be in for quite the ride. After all this is the guy who wrote Breakfast on Pluto and The Butcher’s Boy. ![]() Then again McCabe has never been your average writer. Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe, published by Biblioasis Books, isn’t your average book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rowling and Stephenie Meyer as a writer of children's books that adults are eager to read." "Perfect pacing and electrifying world-building." - Booklist, starred review"A humdinger of a cliffhanger will leave readers clamoring for volume three." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Forget Edward and Jacob. "Whereas Katniss kills with finesse, Collins writes with raw power." - Time Magazine"Collins has joined J. readers will be picking sides-Peeta or Gale?" - Publishers Weekly, starred review"Leaves enough questions tantalizingly unanswered for readers to be desperate for the next installment." - School Library Journal, starred review #1 USA Today Bestseller#1 New York Times Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller#1 Publishers Weekly BestsellerA People magazine (Top 10) Best Book of 2009A Time Magazine Best Fiction Book of 2009A Best Book of 2009A Kirkus Best Book of 2009A 2009 BooklistEditors' Choice ![]() 6/22/2023 0 Comments When scot ties the knot![]() ![]() In fact, she usually carried two or three. ![]() She only knew she could not recall a time she'd been without one. ![]() Maddie could not remember the first time she'd held a drawing pencil. This will come as a shock, I fear, but you fell deeply in love with me when we did not cross paths in Brighton. ![]() The greatest ninny to ever draw breath in England. And that is that you, my dear delusion, do not exist to read it.īut I run ahead of myself. There is but one consolation in writing this absurd letter. Lastly, but never least-thank you so much to all my readers. Dare and the entire Dare family (kitties included) for their unending patience and the comforts of the cuddle puddle. To Zoe, Nico, and Bree-thank you for virtual hand-holding and hugs when I needed them. Thank you.īrenna Aubrey, Carey Baldwin, Courtney Milan, and Leigh LaValle are the best friends a writer could hope to have. Lindsey Faber, you are amazing and brilliant. Because one does not simply write a novel.Īs always, I owe tremendous debts of gratitude to my long-suffering editor, Tessa Woodward her fearless assistant, Elle Keck my fantastic agent, Steve Axelrod publicist extraordinaire Jessie Edwards, and everyone at Avon Books, including but not limited to: Erika Tsang, Pam Spengler-Jaffee, and Tom Egner, who gave this book its beautiful cover. ![]() |