Foundation's Fear by Gregory Benford6/9/2023 One of his own kind.Ī freak accident erases the basic commandments in humaniform robot Lodovik Trema's positronic brain. Daneel Olivaw, has discovered a potential enemy far deadlier-and closer-than he ever imagined. But the mission's brilliant robot leader, R. With Hari Seldon on trial for treason, the Galactic Empire's long-anticipated migration to Star's End is about to begin. With the permission and blessing of the Asimov estate, the epic saga left unfinished by the Grand Master himself now continues with this second masterful volume. Isaac Asimov's renowned Foundation Trilogy pioneered many of the familiar themes of modern science fiction and shaped many of its best writers. This is the second book of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors (David Brin, Greg Bear, and Gregory Benford), authorized by the Asimov estate.
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A Curse Set in Stone by Erica Hollis6/9/2023 If you like a steamy book with a hero displaced from his own time, a kick-ass heroine, action-packed fight scenes, and funny side characters, then this book is for you! You get a happily ever after and no cliff-hangers. Note to Readers: Set in Stone is a contemporary, paranormal romance featuring a super sexy man cursed by gypsies and a tough heroine detective who doesn't believe in magic. When a painful twist of fate lands the counter-curse in his hands then snatches it away just days before he turns to stone forever, Gregore’s desperation reaches. However, when a creature straight out of legend kidnaps her and asks for her help, she’ll have to choose between walking away from a man who stirs her soul and embracing a magic that could kill everyone she loves. Once falsely accused of his lover’s murder, Gregore knows when he is going to die, and he has spent decades searching for a way to break the curse that hardens his body to stone. The remnants of her Gypsy heritage and magic are firmly locked away where they can’t hurt anyone. He’ll do anything to live-even if it means kidnapping the one woman who could steal his heart.Īlthough she comes from a long lineage of powerful women, Detective Tara O’Reilly is wonderfully content with her normal life. When a painful twist of fate lands the counter-curse in his hands then snatches it away just days before he turns to stone forever, Gregore’s desperation reaches newfound heights. Once falsely accused of his lover’s murder, Gregore knows when he is going to die, and he has spent decades searching for a way to break the curse that hardens his body to stone. Can a gargoyle convince a detective that doesn't believe in magic to break his curse? The Polish Way by Adam Zamoyski6/9/2023 What's the problem? But the entire history of Europe has been like a kaleidoscope, someone always grabbing it and giving it a shake to make a new arrangement of borders and peoples. We assume that all these countries we see delineated neatly on the political maps have always been there - always been a France there, and a Germany about there, Spain is the bit that sticks out here and Italy looks like a boot kicking an oblong football. Poland appears in Europe as the restaurant where despots may dine without paying the bill.Īn English or an American person will at some fundamental level never really be able to understand the anxieties of being European. Sounds harsh, coming from a Polish American, and a little unreasonable for anyone in the year 2013, but he's referring to the melodramatic facts that Poland as a country was removed from the map of Europe not once, but twice, first by Austria and Prussia, and secondly by Hitler and Stalin. To the average inhabitant of Western Europe, the history of Poland is a yawning chasm whose edges are obscured by an overhang of accepted commonplaces (what a beautiful phrase!) - that the Poles are a romantic people, good at fighting, riding, dancing and drinking, pathologically incapable of organisation or stable self-government, condemned by geography and their own ineptitude to be the victims of history. This is an excellent history of Poland which I read some years ago. Bloodchild audiobook6/9/2023 The #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel adaptation of her book KINDRED, created by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, received the Eisner Award for best adaptation. Her work is now taught in over 200 colleges and universities nationwide. At the time of her death, interest in her books was beginning to rise, and in recent years, sales of her books have increased enormously as the issues she addressed in her Afro-Futuristic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. every day to write, and then went to work as a telemarketer, potato chip inspector, and dishwasher, among other things. Though the MacArthur Grant made life easier in later years, she struggled for decades when her dystopian novels exploring themes of Black injustice, global warming, women’s rights and political disparity were, to say the least, not in commercial demand.ĭuring these years of obscurity Butler, always an early riser, woke at 2 a.m. Flights of Angels by Cindy Brandner6/9/2023 My favorites are the voices for the characters in the Tales of Ragged Jack and the part where Pamela connects with Jamie in the dream realm and has a mix of accents! Love it, love it, love it! His rendition of the Reverend Broughton and the Crooked Man is spine-tinglingly accurate in my mind. He takes it up quite a few notches for Mermaid in a Bowl of Tears and he has completely BLOWN ME away with his work in Flights of Angels. It is a whole other experience entirely! Gary Furlong is a master at his trade and he does not disappoint! I thought he did a fantastic job with Exit Unicorns. I highly recommend reading this series along with the audiobook. I first read Flights of Angels in 2015 and again in 2019 when the audiobook came out. There is always poetry and stories to be told that leave you breathless and Flights of Angels is no exception. It is a rollercoaster ride of emotion and the tale is full of mystery, politics, betrayal, love, heartache, and survival. Richly embroidered with lush imagery, spanning continents and vastly different cultures, this is an epic tale of country and the turnings of the human heart. This part of the story has us traveling to Hong Kong, Paris, and Russia, then back to our most troubled Ireland. Flights of Angels is not only historical fiction, but equal parts political thriller, love story and fairy tale. If you haven't delved into the world of Exit Unicorns, then you are missing out on an epic work of art!! Flights of Angels is the third book in this phenomenal series and the continuing story of Casey, Pamela, Jamie, Patrick, and a host of memorable characters navigating the terrible tragedy that is The Troubles. In particular, they highlight the importance of the soldiers' sense of corporate honor-the desire to uphold the reputation of their hometowns-as a powerful motivator for enlistment, a source of sustenance during the campaign, and a lens through which soldiers evaluated their performance in battle. In providing the first in-depth narrative and analysis of this important but largely overlooked battle, William Piston and Richard Hatcher combine a traditional military study of the fighting at Wilson's Creek with an innovative social analysis of the soldiers who participated and the communities that supported them. In Missouri, it was largely settled at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, in a contest that is rightly considered the second major battle of the Civil War. Bill Piston talked about his book Wilson’s Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It, in which he explores what AugBattle of Wilson's Creek The. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Wilsons Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 2003. ISBN 1-57488-205-8 Piston, William Garrett & Richard W. In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson’s Creek (Washington: Brassey’s, Inc.), 2000. In the lives of puppets tj klune6/8/2023 They’re happy there, until the arrival of Hap, another android, brings back Gio’s dark past where he and others like him hunted humanity, believing them a blight on the world. Set in the future, the story introduces us to Victor, his android father Gio, and the two other androids who live with them in a grove in the woods, separated from any other semblance of society. In the Lives of Puppets displays some of the author’s greatest worldbuilding to date, with a story enriched with the follies of humans, the minutiae of time, and the magic of discovery. Because, when all is said and done, his latest possesses as much sorrow as it does joy, and it’s all the better because of it. In the Lives of Puppets, the author’s latest novel, he focuses even less on the need for a black-and-white happy ending and instead, looks to brighter beginnings. Instead, characters found reprieve, and solace, throughout their journey, as their isolation was nurtured and they surrounded themselves with love and community. In The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door, author TJ Klune delivered variations of happy endings that didn’t just come by the story’s conclusion. Mr timothy louis bayard6/8/2023 He lives in Washington, D.C., and teaches fiction writing at George Washington University. He graduated from Princeton University and received a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Biography īayard was born on November 30, 1963, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Northern Virginia. His novel The Pale Blue Eye was adapted into a film of the same name, and released in January of 2023. Timothy, The Black Tower, The School of Night, and Roosevelt's Beast, and they have been translated into 11 languages. His historical mysteries include The Pale Blue Eye, Mr. Louis Bayard (born November 30, 1963, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American author. Matrix groff novel book review6/7/2023 “ page-by-page pleasure as we soar with her.” –New York Times “Thrilling and heartbreaking.” – Time Magazine In just over 250 pages, she gives us a character study to rival Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell .” – USA Today “A relentless exhibition of Groff’s freakish talent. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, The Financial Times, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Vulture, Marie Claire, Vox, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and more! One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021 WINNER OF THE 2022 JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZEįINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Given this history, how were women able to co-opt the public face of friendship? In THE SOCIAL SEX:A History of Female Friendship (Harper Perennial on-sale September 22, 2015) Marilyn Yalom and Theresa Donovan Brown survey history, literature, philosophy, religion, and pop culture in search of the answer. Only men, the reasoning went, had the emotional and intellectual depth to develop and sustain these meaningful relationships. Dating back to the Greeks and the Romans, women were long considered “weaker” than men and constitutionally unsuited for friendship at the highest level. But only a few centuries ago, the idea of female friendship was completely unacknowledged, even pooh-poohed. Conventional wisdom tells us that women are more sociable, more empathetic, and more “friendly” than men. In today’s culture, the bonds of female friendship are taken as a given. |