![]() ![]() And as the word plunges ever deeper into crisis, ever closer to the nuclear holocaust that would end human life, David decides he must act … but in such a way as to challenge mankind to save itself.Ĭ. ![]() Forced to go public with his strange abilities, Morgan comes to see that his powers exceeds whatever he himself knew: not only can he read minds, he can also control them. He is determined to use Morgan to determine the course of history. To Schmidt, Morgan could be the nation's ultimate weapon-and a model for future genetic engineering. Could he be a chosen one, a new messiah? Only Randolph Schmidt, brilliant psychologist, dares imagine the full implication of Morgan's powers-and he seeks to harness them. ![]() But not even he truly understands his "gift." Is he the most blessed-or most cursed-creature on earth? From his mother has come a muddled and incredible tale of his unearthly conception. Morgan knows what lies if the hearts of mankind, and his knowledge torments him. For, like Superman to his Clark Kent guise, David Morgan conceals his awesome power. Not his unsuspecting wife, to whom he is the "perfect" husband, nor his university colleagues, to whom he is self-effacing but capable professor. No one can hide from him even the intimate or most treacherous secret. "Sometimes I wish they could lie to me." But no one can lie to David Morgan. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() While the men are all taken in by Lady Susan’s undeniable beauty and charming manners, Catherine rarely wavers in her opinion of her as a manipulative schemer and an uncaring mother. Lady Susan is so wicked one really feels the need to hiss whenever her name is mentioned, and Catherine is a delightful contrast in her general sense and good nature. Written entirely in letters between the various friends and family members, this novella length story is full of fun. But soon Catherine is worried that Lady Susan might have got her well-manicured claws into Catherine’s brother, Reginald de Courcy, and she’s also concerned about Lady Susan’s young daughter, Frederica, whom Lady Susan is determined to marry off to an unsuitable young man against her will… ![]() Off she goes to Churchill, the residence of her late husband’s soft-hearted brother, Mr Charles Vernon, and his sensible wife, Catherine. The recently widowed Lady Susan Vernon is forced to cut short her stay at Langford when the lady of the house, Mrs Manwaring, becomes jealous of Lady Susan’s flirtation with Mr Manwaring. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We personally know people who are finding the need to reinvent or “upskill” themselves in these times. In other words, we are tired because we compete without any incentive, simply because we feel we can be “better.” Individuals see themselves as “projects.” They feel the compulsive need for achievement to catch up with the competition, who, in most cases, are themselves. Zizek quotes Byung-Chul Han, who claims that class struggle has been reduced to an internal battle in the 21st century. Some of the observations he makes, albeit whimsical and peppered with pop-culture references, are relevant and interesting. Slavoj Zizek’s new book Pandemic!: Covid-19 Shakes the World (2020) devotes a whole chapter to the question of why, as a society, we feel tired even while staying at home. Why so? Observing the human condition and its coping mechanisms during such a crisis is an academic and historic duty. Even without stepping outdoors to go to work, run errands, or travel, we still suffer from unexplained fatigue and tiredness. ![]() Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are now under strict quarantine. As a project deeming itself free of external and alien limitations, the I is now subjugating itself to internal limitations and self-constraints, which are taking the form of compulsive achievement and optimization” Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society.Ī society under lockdown is a prime example of stringent external limitations being imposed on people. ![]() ![]() ![]() Salvatore Pappalardo offers a new and engaging perspective, arguing that the idea of European unity is also the product of a modern literary imagination. When we think about the process of European unification, our conversations inevitably ponder questions of economic cooperation and international politics. ![]() ![]() These rhetorical dockings on the banks of the Danube, located at the intersection of fiction and essayism, reflect upon the legacy of Mitteleuropa and attempt to chart a possible postnational future for Europe. The narrator of Magris’s extended travelogue takes the reader on a textual journey through local narratives and literatures along the Danube, where a palimpsest of discarded and overwritten histories reveals neglected and almost forgotten paradigms. This reading, however, suggests that in the context of the Cold War, Magris’s emphasis on the non-national legacy of Mitteleuropa, conceived as a strategy of resistance against the totalitarian reaches of authoritarian regimes, resists the allure of a straightforward and easy nostalgia. Claudio Magris’s revisitation of the idea of Mitteleuropa in the essay-novel Danubio is often read as a contribution to the imperial nostalgia inherent in the Habsburg myth, the process of transfiguration of Austrian history that Magris himself observed and theorized. ![]() ![]() I tried not to, but it would creep up on me. Then that passed and I lay there, like a dope. Every now and then I would have a chill or something and start to tremble. She uses good looks to hook an insurance salesman into a scheme to get her husband's life insured for$50K (1930s L.A.) and then plan and carry out the perfect murder. It's her way of life, to hook up with people with money,find a way to kill them, and live off their money. ![]() Phyllis Nirdlinger wants to off her husband. And hungry to make the whole world happy, by taking them out where I am, into the night, away from all trouble, all unhappiness.' " In a Scarlet shroud, floating through the night. ![]() But there's something in me that loves death. But there's something in me, I don't know what, maybe I'm crazy. Then she began to talk almost in a whisper. She stopped crying and lay in my arms for a while without saying anything. I don't love him, but he's never done anything to me.' ![]() He treats me as well as a man can treat a woman. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet Katherine is her mother’s daughter and her fighting spirit is strong. His father and grandmother are against it her powerful parents prove little use. Slowly she adapts to the first Tudor court, and life as Arthur’s wife grows ever more bearable.īut when the studious young man dies, she is left to make her own future: how can she now be queen, and found a dynasty? Only by marrying Arthur’s young brother, the sunny but spoilt Henry. Her faith is tested when her prospective father-in-law greets her arrival in her new country with a great insult Arthur seems little better than a boy the food is strange and the customs coarse. She is never in doubt that it is her destiny to rule that far-off, wet, cold land. ![]() Aged four, she is betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, and is raised to be Queen of England. Katherine of Aragon is born Catalina, the Spanish Infanta, to parents who are both rulers and warriors. We think of Katherine of Aragon as the barren wife of a notorious king but behind this legacy lies a fascinating story. ![]() Splendid and sumptuous historical novel from the internationally bestselling author, Philippa Gregory, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() , dammit - disagreement when people don't agree with each other., dormitory - a building where American university students sleep, examination - a test, usually written in a short term, to show how much youu know about sth, expect - to think that sth will happen, god - the person who made the world and controls all things., graduate - to finish university successfully and pass your exams, hurt - to make somebody feel unhappy, ice hockey - a sport played on ice, using long sticks to hit a puck, insurance - money paid each year to a company, which then pays your hospital bills, etc. Club - a group of people with the same interests, and the building where they meet. , damn - words to show that you are angry, disapproving, etc. ![]() ![]() ![]() And since Caroline is currently on a self-imposed “dating hiatus,” and her neighbor is clearly lethally attractive to women, she finds her fantasies keep her awake even longer than the noise. Thanks to paper-thin walls and the guy’s athletic prowess, she can hear not just his bed banging against the wall but the ecstatic response of what seems (as loud night after loud night goes by) like an endless parade of women. The first night after Caroline moves into her fantastic new San Francisco apartment, she realizes she’s gaining an-um-intimate knowledge of her new neighbor’s nocturnal adventures. USA TODAY bestselling indie author Alice Clayton delights readers with the sexy, laugh-out-loud romance of Caroline and Simon in Wallbanger, the first book in the Cocktail series! ![]() “An instant classic…highly recommended!” - New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Probst *Soon to be a Passionflix original film!* ![]() ![]() ![]() Since the events of the last book, they both have learned a lot about themselves and each other and they are not sure what to do about this new knowledge. ![]() There is a genuine love between them but a little bit of distance. Becca, Crystal and Farrell are all in present day Toronto. It’s the prequel part of the story and takes place in Mytica. ![]() I like Maddox as his is different from the others. The switching POV of Maddox, Becca, Crystal and Farrell are kind of a mix bag. In some ways, it fills the origin holes of some the mysteries and prophecies but stands on it own. With it’s dueling narratives that take place centuries before and after and in the same realm as the action of her previous books and also in our own world in present time. The series The Book of Spirit of Thieves is both a prequel and a sequel to Morgan Rhodes other series Falling Kingdoms. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I certainly identified with the characters: I was as freakish as any teen, a nerdy bookworm with thick glasses, braces and bad skin, trapped in a redneck town long before social media. It’s the same universal truth that gives Harry Potter and the X-Men their dramatic power.īut I experienced an interesting dichotomy while reading it, one that ultimately has nothing to do with the author’s intentions. No teenager feels like they belong, and most feel like freaks of some kind. McGuire, who can pretty much write anything she puts her cursor to, does a great job conveying the kids’ pain, which of course speaks to the inner teen in all of us. We wish for a doorway, or a portal, or a wardrobe, to take us to another place, where all the things that make us different are normal. In structure the story is a murder mystery, but in intent it’s about the way many of us simply don’t feel like we belong in this world. In Seanan McGuire’s brilliant (and now award-winning) short novel Every Heart a Doorway, teens who’d once escaped reality to various fairytale realms find themselves back in our world, attending a special boarding school to help them re-acclimate to “reality.” They’re all desperate to return to those places where they felt accepted for who and what they were, and one of them wants this badly enough to kill. ![]() |