![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book starts with the creation of "the world" (universe, actually) and ends with the story of Midas (the guy with the "Golden Touch"), so it is NOT a "complete" collection of all the myths and stories available in the vast pool of Greek mythology. But Stephen's enthusiasm well carries you through it. He is not the world's greatest dramatic writer, so some of the stories come with quite some lengths that make you wish for an editor to cut, cut, cut. But do expect them to get a slightly "updated" tone, modernized pace and some tongue-in-cheek side-comments by the story-teller (or "author" if you will). Modernized easy-listening version of old talesĭo not expect anything "new" about the well-known Greek myths that are retold here. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When I began reading Absolute Brightness I hadn’t been expecting something quite so deep. ![]() It is a book about love and hate and the complexity of human behaviour. Rating: 4.25/5 Review Absolute Brightness is a thought provoking and heartbreaking book. Genre: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, LGBT, Mystery, Contemporary, Coming of Age This novel by the cofounder of The Trevor Project inspired the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway show The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey. Phoebe, her family, and her community fight to understand what happened, and to make sense of why someone might want to extinguish the beautiful absolute brightness that was Leonard Pelkey. He sees people not as they are, but as they hope to be. When he comes to live with Phoebe’s family, he upsets the delicate balance of their lives. Leonard is an orphan, a cousin who Phoebe never knew she had. 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Sand and Fire (A Parson and Gold Novel Book 5) by Tom Young ( 57 ) 9.99 A remarkable military thriller from one of the most widely acclaimed new suspense writers in yearsFans of Clancy and Coonts need to add Young to their must-read list (Booklist). Immediately, Blount’s friends and colleagues Sophia Gold, now with the U.N., and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson, working the United States Africa Command, rush to Libya to help coordinate rescue efforts. Several Marines are killed, some are captured, and the jihadist promises that unless forces withdraw, he will execute one prisoner a day. ![]() Blount, at six-foot-eight a formidable warrior, the grandson of one of the first black Marines, sets out with his strike force to kill or capture the terrorist. ![]() Acting on information, Marine gunnery sergeant A. Soon they will all be fighting for their lives in the sand and fire of the desert. A jihadist leader has seized a supply of sarin gas and is wreaking havoc: a nightclub in Sicily, a packed street in Gibraltar. A remarkable military thriller from one of the most widely acclaimed new suspense writers in years∿ans of Clancy and Coonts need to add Young to their must-read list” ( Booklist). ![]() ![]() ![]() Vol. Vol.2 Chapter 11 : Bang Right In The Center Vol.2 chapter 13 : Akiyama, the lieutenant of the biker's gang Vol.3 chapter 18 : Jimmy's High School Life 2 Vol.4 Chapter 30 : Dreams, Honor, Friendship ![]() Vol.5 Chapter 34 : The Gang Of The Poisonous Roses Vol.6 Chapter 44 : Prologue Of The Legendary Third Fight ![]() Vol.7 chapter 50 : Jimmy's Highschool Life 3 This manga is not the typical high school-slice-of-life story it's got a rougher edge! This manga depicts some high school delinquents trying to get through high school life and gang fights. Despite the delinquent exterior, Banko is actually really smart and has broad general knowledge.Īs the story progresses, Jimmy and Banko meet new people and they form a gang of their own along the way they bump heads with other gangs from other schools/districts. Banko, his partner-in-crime, is a shrewed kid he sells information on the popular girls (phone numbers, likes and dislikes, etc) in the area. Jimmy's a decent person by nature, but because of the people he hangs out with, he's considered a delinquent. From that day, Jimmy vowed to become a tattoo artist (because tattoos signify 'a hero' to him). When he was little, he almost drowned, but was saved by a tattoo artist. Read 'Gang King 1' by Yanauchi Daiju available from Rakuten Kobo. The lead character, Jimmy (Katsuya Oonishi) is an art student at Bara-Gaku ('Bara Juuji Gakuin' Rose-Cross Academy). ![]() ![]() ![]() Ties, The Birds of a Feather Affair ( 1966) and The Blazing Affair ( 1966) and the film novelization Beneath the Planet of the Apes ( 1970), based of course on Beneath the Planet of the Apes ( 1970). novel, The Thousand Coffins Affair ( 1965) his two Girl from U.N.C.L.E. ![]() Although he began publishing genre fiction with "The Man Who Walked on Air" (September 1953 Weird Tales), and though some stories of mild interest appear in Tales of the Frightened (coll 1963 vt Boris Karloff Presents Tales of the Frightened 1973) (see also Lyle Kenyon Engel), his sf is comparatively limited in amount and extremely borderline in nature, usually being restricted to such film or television Ties as his novelization of Robert Bloch's script for the horror film of the same name, The Night Walker ( 1965) as by Sidney Stuart the first Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1924-1999) US author active since the early 1950s under a number of names in various genres, most active in the 1960s. ![]() ![]() I clutch my father’s old apothecary pack tight under my arm, clinging to the darkness, waiting for an opportunity. Dawn is only an hour off, and sentry spotlights slide along the high stone walls at irregular intervals. At best, it takes me two minutes to scale the wall out of the Royal Sector, but the night is cold, and my fingers are starting to go numb. The hardest part of this job isn’t the stealing. Those with means can purchase their own supply. Moonflower petals are strictly rationed among sectors, and quantities are limited. The only known cure for the fever is an elixir created from dried Moonflower petals, a plant native only to two sectors: Moonlight Plains and Emberridge. *Sometimes called “Traitor’s Landing” after the former king and queen were assassinated by Consul Montague, leaving Harristan and his younger brother, Corrick, in power. ![]() Barnard (deceased) Montague Consul Trader’s Landing*Īllisander Sallister Consul Moonlight Plains ![]() |