6/10/2023 0 Comments Alan moores swamp thingIntentionally or unintentionally - there’s a lot of existentialism to be had here - unassuming scientist Alec Holland (and numerous other hosts and avatars) serves as the vessel for something larger than himself: The Swamp Thing, a shambling mound of life and earth that serves as a reminder that the world exists beyond us…and that it has needs and desires beyond our comprehension.įrom straightforward horror storytelling to environmental radicalism to psychedelic explorations of the boundary between man and nature, Swamp Thing is consistently inconsistent, but that’s also to his benefit! An enigmatic character that draws renewed creativity out of storied creators like Alan Moore, Scott Snyder, Brian K. Since debuting in 1971’s House of Secrets #92, Swamp Thing, a DC Comics mainstay, has challenged and changed the comics world in a way few others have.
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By exploring the family culture, education, and ideology of the "select few," she accounts for the rise of the first generation of academic women in post-Civil War America. Drawing on unpublished diaries, journals, family letters, and autobiographies, on newspapers and magazines, and on official Wellesley College records, Patricia Palmieri re-creates and reinterprets the lives and careers of many of the fifty-three senior women professors of the college. This book is an engrossing narrative history of that first generation of Wellesley professors. The college was unique in its commitment to an exclusively female faculty and much of its intellectual fervor can be traced back to them. Since its origins in the late nineteenth century, Wellesley has had an impact on American history and women's history. One of the most influential women's colleges in the country, Wellesley has educated many illustrious women, from Katharine Lee Bates-author of America the Beautiful-to Hillary Rodham Clinton. 6/9/2023 0 Comments Author josie silverInstantly at odds with each other, Cleo and Mac don’t know how they’re going to manage until the next weekly ferry arrives. Unfortunately, a mix-up with the bookings means both solitude seekers have reserved the same one-bedroom hideaway on exactly the same dates. With his life in Boston deteriorating in ways he can’t bring himself to acknowledge, his soul searching has brought him to the same Irish island in search of his roots and some clarity. Mac is also looking forward to some time to himself. The remote Irish island she’s booked is a far cry from London, but at least it’s a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some quiet, solitary self-care while she figures out her next steps in her love life and her career. Spending her thirtieth birthday alone is the last thing that dating columnist Cleo wanted, but she is going on a self-coupling quasi-sabbatical–at the insistence of her boss–in the name of re-energizing herself and adding a new perspective to her column. Senator Kennedy hails other stalwart men and considers the problems that faced them in a book that will certainly give constituents and congressmen a greater sense of pride - and understanding in their connections. Edmund Ross, the man who despite party pressure and a new constituency voted against Johnson's impeachment, was politically dead afterwards. In the mid-19th century, we see the attempts of Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton and Sam Houston to build a bridge, each in a differing way, across the widening chasm that ended in secession. As we witness the battles waged and the men who faced the dissonant music of opposition and censure, we see the growth of the United States and its changing conception of unity. Basic to the battle for principle is the concept of representative office - of whether the elected man's duty is to represent by acquiescence to the desires of his constituency or by exercising his own Judgment, whether his first duty is to his electors or to his country. previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next sort by previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Kennedy Average rating 3.96 15,840 ratings 1,188 reviews shelved 41,733 times Showing 30 distinct works. Senator Kennedy's book on the courageous stands made by those who have stood their ground on the Senate floor from the day John Quincy Adams spoke for the Embargo Act to the days of Robert Taft is a stirring and effective tribute to the nature of office as well as character. Kennedy (Author of Profiles in Courage) Books by John F. Nora Roberts it the queen of feel-good romance. 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Spoilers ! < (remove the spaces between the arrows and the exclamation mark) Spoilers Please use spoiler tags when posting plot revealing information about a particular book. What is any library incomplete without? Literature Related Subreddits Useful Postsīook suggestions for beginners, veterans, and expertsīest suggestions based of two books you loved r/SuggestMeABook is a sub where you can find new books based on suggestions from the community. To The Top Hot New Top | | Check out /r/Books! About "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Whether you’re a newcomer to the sport or a die-hard fan, this is an inspiring book about stars’ beginnings and adventures, struggles and hardship, and, above all, the time-honored romance of the game. Oxenham takes us to Voronezh, Russia, where players battle more than just snowy pitches in pursuing their dream of playing pro, and to a refugee camp in Denmark, where Nadia Nadim, now a Danish international star, honed her skills after her family fled from the Taliban. Under the Lights and in the Dark takes us inside the world of women’s soccer, following players across the globe, from Portland Thorns star Allie Long, who trains in an underground men’s league in New York City to English national Fara Williams, who hid her homelessness from her teammates while playing for the English national team. Award-winning filmmaker and journalist Gwendolyn Oxenham tells the stories of the phenoms, underdogs, and nobodies – players willing to follow the game wherever it takes them. Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer takes an unprecedented look inside the lives of professional soccer players around the world – from precarious positions in underfunded teams and leagues, to sold-out stadiums and bright lights. My unabridged avowal: The Bridge Kingdom has just acquired itself another bridge bastion, a willing visitor to its shores, an eager guest to its gates, an ungrudging lodger to its land, a denizen at its demand, gatecrasher to its guard, a squaddie to its ranks, a tourist to its tribe, a morally supportive benefactor to its fantasy (whatever one wishes to call it) because I've just finished up with its final few pages and an arm-twisting urgency currently nestles itself within the trestles of my mind. So even though it is a pleasant read it just wasn't for me. I didn't mind the slow burning friends to lovers aspect of the story but I don't like the 'big misunderstanding' trope. The author has written a story that includes people of colour and she did this so well and this aspect of the story was refreshing to read. This is a well written story but it was a bit too slow for me. If Dave and Lito want a future together, one of them will have to make the first move. Yet everything they’ve been secretly searching for could be right here in Black Lake. And Dave isn’t used to the scrutiny of being visibly gay. As their hook-ups grow hotter, Dave and Lito have to admit this could be something nearer to romance. However, Lito can’t help who he is any more than he can curb his feelings for a certain sexy ex-soldier.Ī former dog handler in Afghanistan, Dave Schmidt now runs a volunteer K9 search-and-rescue team. Here, being fabulous isn’t exactly the town motto. Then his job forces him to relocate to tiny Black Lake, Alabama. Resilient, charismatic, and successful, he’s built a life on his terms-with a new family of friends and the unconditional love of his dog, Spot. ĭisowned by his conservative Peruvian parents, Lito Apaza headed for gay-friendly Atlanta. But the road to true love can lead to the unlikeliest places. Most gay men wouldn’t expect to see their dreams come true in a small town in the Deep South. And at the end I’ve linked to the March Book Club picks in case you missed those and just need to add more books to your TBR, wheeeeeeeeeeee. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. There’s romance, lit fic, memoir, essays, poetry, historical fiction, contemporary playing off Thelma and Louise, near future dystopia, and one book club even picked three books! Which is totally allowed because there are no rules in book club - except maybe have fun, read books! So scroll and find your next great read. God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on Gods Unexpected Coming is written by Drew Jackson and published by IVP. Whether you like to read as many book club picks as possible or just like to look at the list - because who can say no to scrolling through a long book list? - there is something for all readers below. Or feel free to just follow along with as much or as little participation as you’d like because this isn’t school! So I did the time for you! Below you’ll find the April 2023 book club picks for a bunch of great virtual book clubs - and one in L.A. But when everything isn’t in one place to easily peruse, it can be time consuming to search out and know all the things. I personally love that there is a plethora of cereal options in the cereal aisle because it means there is something(s) for everyone. 6/7/2023 0 Comments Clive barker hellraiserPoor adaptations had been made of two of the Books of Blood short stories so in 1986, determined to do better himself and to maintain artistic control, he began work on a film based on his own novella The Hellbound Heart. In a horror genre undergoing a real boom (heralded by the 1974 publication of both Stephen King’s Carrie and James Herbert’s The Rats) Barker was the new kid on the block, whose highly original work pushed the limits of the human body, and the accompanying levels of gore, further than before. “There are no new tales, only new ways to tell.” Clive Barker, in introducing Christopher Marlowe’s renaissance drama Doctor Faustus, acknowledges that the challenge for the modern writer lies in the “shaping of a fresh and original interpretation of a story cast and re-cast several hundred times.” The artist must drive “his imagination to new extremes…so that can at least be called uniquely his.”īy 1987, following the success of his Books of Blood and The Damnation Game, Clive Barker was hot property. |