![]() ![]() not to mention traveling more than thirty years into the past. There might be a way to save the gods, but it involves locating a magical calendar that can see across time and space. Zane knows the godborns aren't strong enough yet to stand up to Zotz, Ixkik', and their army. The only thing the villains need now? The object that the twins possess. The bat god, Camazotz, and Ixkik' (aka Blood Moon) have taken them out of commission. Even more shocking is the news that the Maya gods have gone missing. But when Zane tracks down the last kid on his list, he's in for a surprise: the ""one"" is actually a pair of twins, and they're trying to prevent a mysterious object from falling into the wrong hands.Īfter a shocking betrayal, Zane finds himself at SHIHOM sooner than expected. Anything would be better than how he has spent the last three months: searching for the remaining godborns with a nasty demon who can sniff them out (literally). Zane Obispo has been looking forward to his training at the Shaman Institute for Higher Order Magic, and not only because it means he'll be reunited with his best friend, Brooks. ![]() Cervantes' epic finale to the Storm Runner trilogy, a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem featuring gods from both Maya and Aztec mythology. Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents J.C. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Some of the forces that gave rise to the second KKK have waned in influence today, such as fraternal societies others, such as populism and nationalism, remain potent and support both left and right-wing movements. ![]() These ancestors led the Klan to favor issues, both conservative and liberal, all in support of what was called "100 percent Americanism." The author argues that the Klan was not a uniquely American phenomenon, but one that shared much with the rise of fascist organizations in Europe in 1920s and 1930s. Dorothea Lange) traces the influence of what she calls the six ancestors of the second Klan: the first Klan, nativism, temperance, fraternalism, Christian evangelicalism, and populism. Indeed, the chief success of The Second Coming of the KKK is the way in which Gordon makes clear that the organization was not an outlier, but perfectly in tune with its time. Historian Gordon (history, New York Univ. Exploding from the Klan's original stronghold of the American South, another group flourished in the North, where members were elected and held sway at all levels of government, including governors' mansions, state representatives, and Congress. ![]() Between 19, the second Ku Klux Klan (KKK) attracted millions of members with many more sympathetic to their views and goals. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a study not of the loves of real people, but of the ideal of love as it found expression in stories, stories which were often retold and reimagined by new generations and new cultures. Straightforward examines how we got from there to here. The reason for this is also not hard to find: as it does now, 'love' in the ancient world meant the affection of equals, and given the inferior position of women in Greek and Roman society, between the sexes is not usually where love is to be found. Very few will come up with a classical example, and the reason for this is simple: when you say archetypal, it is assumed you mean love between a man and a woman, and instances of this in classical accounts are rare. Straightforward by Marcus Attwater - 9789463672733 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. When asked to name an archetypal love story, most people will reply 'Romeo & Juliet', although some say 'Tristan & Isolde' instead. Straightforward by Marcus Attwater, 9789463672733, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.
![]() In a sense, my mother gave both of them to me. ![]() ![]() ![]() The man was Tom Oakley, a reclusive and ill-tempered widower in his sixties. I knew that the man who lived at the end of the graveyard where I had seen William standing would take him in. My parents’ generation made it possible for poor people to have free medical care, free dental care, free spectacles and for young people to remain at school beyond the age of fourteen When I asked someone what a house was doing at the end of a graveyard, I was told: “That’s where the man who looks after the graves lives.” When we reached the graveyard on the day of her funeral, I was surprised to see not only trees and squirrels but a small house. I instantly knew that the boy in my head – William Beech, an evacuee sent from the city to live in the countryside to escape Nazi bombs – came from that background.Īnd then suddenly my mother died. The mothers would also line the inside of their children’s underwear with newspapers to keep them warm. ![]() This was common for families who lived in the slums. ![]() ![]() ![]() This story is a Grace Livingston Hill rarity, in which the main character does not find a husband/wife at the end of the story. ‘ Her works include: The Girl from Montana 1908, The Mystery of Mary 1911 and Lo, Michael! 1913. ![]() It was no wonder that in her days she was known as the ‘Queen of Christian Romance. Jesus, the ever present though unseen reoccurring character, manages to heal or mend any situation Grace imagined. ![]() Grace wrote about them all and could manage a happy, or at least satisfactory, ending to any situation. She touched on subjects such as infidelity, defiance, hard heartedness towards God, and deception, to name just a few. As Grace believed the Bible was very clear about what was good and what was evil in life, she reflected that cut and dried design in her own works. Grace’s messages are quite simplistic in nature: good versus evil. Her characters were most often young female ing nues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Grace Livingston Hill 1865 1947 was an early 20th Century ‘Christian Romance’ novelist. Short Story Collections In Publication Order The Obsession of Victoria Gracen (1914). ![]() ![]() ![]() Sei loves Palimpsest because of its vast railway network, inside which she can both lose and find herself. ![]() Casimira manufactures mechanical bees, and November becomes a queen bee in exchange for two severed fingers. November hooks up with Casimira, Palimpsest's serially reincarnated, benevolent ruler. Via relentlessly shifting, sometimes demented scenes that alternately dazzle and bewilder, Oleg in Palimpsest finds a construct who closely resembles his sister, while back in New York he begins to pine away. ![]() After their initial passage, any of the four can find their way back to Palimpsest-for a single night-by having sex with strangers who bear the tattoo. The current candidates: New York locksmith Oleg, haunted by his drowned sister November, a lesbian beekeeper from San Francisco Roman bookbinder Ludovico, abandoned by his wife and young blue-haired, train-obsessed Japanese drifter Sei. But to receive the mark, first you must have sex with someone who already bears one. ![]() You need a passport to enter the improbable city Palimpsest and its magical mindscapes: a map of the city tattooed in black ink somewhere on your body. From Valente, another intricate fantasy ( In the Cities of Coin and Spice, 2007, etc.), an expansion of a 2007 short story. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 19, Lorca traveled to New York City and Cuba. In 1928, his poetry collection Romancero Gitano brought Lorca far-reaching fame it was reprinted seven times during his lifetime. During this period, Lorca also became part of a group of artists known as Generación del 27, which included Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel, who exposed the young poet to Surrealism. In 1922, Lorca and the composer Manuel de Falla organized the first cante jondo, or “deep song,” festival in Granada the deep song form permeated his poems of the early 1920s. The next year, he published Libro de poemas, a compilation of poems based on Spanish folklore. His first full-length play, El Maleficio de la mariposa, was produced there in 1920. That same year, he traveled to Madrid, where he remained for the next decade. Lorca published his first book, Impresiones y Viajes, in 1919. His father, Federico García Rodríguez, was a landowner, and his mother, Vicenta Lorca Romero, was a teacher. He was born June 5, 1898, in Fuente Vaqueros, a small town a few miles from Granada. Federico García Lorca is one of the most important Spanish poets and dramatists of the twentieth century. ![]() ![]() Sykes and the Firely, is written in first person, from the point of view of a Prodigal junkie/man-for-hire named Belimai Sykes. Wicked Gentlemen is actually two closely related shorter stories compiled into one collection. In other words, if you have seen or read any tale of zealots gone wild, you’ll be familiar with what this setting offers. Prodigal children are forced to attend corrective centers. The men and women of the cloth run a brutal Inquisition that sees many Prodigals and their human allies tortured in the interrogation chambers of the church. Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out as planned because at the time the story takes place, the Prodigals are a persecuted minority, confined to living in a belowground ghetto more popularly known as Hell’s Below. A long time ago, some demons emerged from the world below hoping to find some kind of salvation by submitting to the human priests. ![]() In this world, we have humans living with demons called the Prodigals. Perhaps I should explain the setting first. ![]() ![]() I can’t write like Ms Hale, so I’m afraid you’ll just have to settle for such trite words like “poetic” and “beautiful” from me to describe the effect Ms Hale’s prose has on me. Author Ginn Hale writes in such an elegant and lyrical manner that this steampunk gay fantasy story has a dark fairy tale atmosphere as a result. Wicked Gentlemen is a most remarkable book to read. ![]() ![]() Standing on the auction block beneath smoke-drenched mountains, Nym faces her fifteenth sell. Because, eventually, accidentally, I will destroy you.”Īs a slave in the war-weary kingdom of Faelen, seventeen-year-old Nym isn’t merely devoid of rights, her Elemental kind are only born male and always killed at birth-meaning, she shouldn’t even exist. ![]() If the curse-and the girl-can be controlled. ![]() In a world at war, a slave girl’s lethal curse could become one kingdom’s weapon of salvation. Between the simmering romance, the rich and inventive fantasy world, and one seriously jaw-dropping finale, readers will clamor for the next book-and I'll be at the front of the line!” - Marissa Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles ![]() The award-winning novel that started it all. ![]() |