5/20/2023 0 Comments Tarnsman of gor free![]() ![]() As it is read in the first person, I found it took some time to become accustomed that the voice you were hearing was coming from a young, athletic Englishman, turned fierce warrior of Gor. ![]() My only minor criticism is the narrator, who does a good enough job with the reading itself, but I found he just didn?t have the type of voice I would have expected for the main character. ![]() Sound familiar? Well here is one of the originals and its hasn?t dated a bit. Where men lived by a simpler and more honorable code. A world where modern day weapons and technology are banned. In fact, listening to it now, I can?t help but wonder how much of today?s accepted Sci-Fi lore can be attributed to early works such as this. As expected, I enjoyed it immensely, having lost none of its original appeal. Having discovered this series back in the late 70's, I was delighted to see it listed on Audible. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Tomorrow was her first day as a maid cleaning for a rich woman in Boston. ![]() Yes, her baby would be well taken care of here. She knocked on the door and hurried away, watching from behind a tree as a plump matronly woman picked up her little girl and held her to her shoulder, patting her back lovingly. She’d come back for her when she could, and they would be a family. She didn’t want to give up her baby, but with her husband dead, and no family left, there was nothing else she could do. ![]() The young woman set the basket on the front step of the orphanage and wiped a tear from her eye. She’d meet him, and he’d be thrilled to see her, and they’d live happily ever after. There were no jobs worth taking for a young woman, so she answered a letter requesting a mail order bride. She only had a month before she turned eighteen and had to find a new place to live, complete with employment or a wedding ring. Tracy had lived in an orphanage since she was just a few months old. He’d just make sure to tell Andrew that his fiance was coming before she arrived. In town one day, he noticed an advertisement for a mail order bride, and sent off a letter.after signing his older brother’s name. He was only sixteen, but he understood that his family couldn’t keep living on bread and beef jerky. Francis knew something needed to change immediately. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage![]() ![]() An eye-opening expose and a heartbreaking lament, it is a book that anyone interested in any sport should read. It is a powerful and frank account that breaks the law of silence surrounding the issue of drugs in sport. A pleasingly corpulent Santa has just appeared over his shoulder and Michael. Paul Kimmage is laden down with shopping and ruddy-cheeked from the cold. Updated edition of one of the classics of cycling and sports literature with a new introduction and new chapters - published to coincide with the 2007 Tour de France coming to London First published in 1990, Rough Ride is one of the greatest books ever written about the life of a professional athlete. Not drugs that would ensure victory, but drugs that would allow you to finish the race and start another day.Paul Kimmage left the sport to write this book. THE Christmas tree twinkles in the corner. It was about gruelling defeats, complete and utter exhaustion, and it was about drugs. He soon discovered it wasn't about glory and courage, and it wasn't about how much training you put in or how much you wanted to win. As an amateur, he represented his country and finished sixth in the World Championships. He knew it wouldn't come easy, but he was prepared to put in the graft: he spent his teenage years cycling an average of 400 miles per week.The dedication began to pay off. ![]() ![]() Almost twenty years later, Yellow Jersey is publishing an updated edition of this cycling classic, with a new foreword by the author which reflects on his life both inside and outside the sport.Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de France, becoming a national hero. First published in 1990, Rough Ride is one of the greatest books ever written about the life of a professional athlete. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments The arrival shaun tan full book![]() ![]() ![]() The father meets another immigrant who left his country because of dangerous giants that were killing all the citizens there. Since he cannot speak the language, he uses pictures to help him communicate with other people. After the boat ride, the man tries to buy food. she left her home country because she was treated poorly and forced to work as a slave in a factory. The man takes a flying boat and meets a young woman who is also an immigrant. He has trouble understanding the map because it is written in a strange language. ![]() The man gets ready and goes out into the world with a map. In Chapter III, the father wakes up and is greeted by the creature that he is keeping as a pet. In chapter III of The Arrival by Shaun Tan, the author shows the reader the central idea: People immigrate for different reasons. These stories are told as flashbacks to the past and show the reader some of the different push-factors that cause people to leave their homes. The main character, the father meets two people who share their immigration stories with him. The third chapter in The Arrival is a very important chapter because it gives the reader multiple point of view. Example post for The Arrival (Chapter III) ![]() ![]() Spoiler: In the end, the drawings and messages are being sent by Ivy’s best friend, Taryn, and unfortunately the girl Ivy has feelings for doesn’t return them–but the novel ends on a tone of hope for Ivy and her identity. Ivy thinks–and hopes–that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop feelings. Mysteriously, Ivy’s drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to speak openly about her identity. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm–and what’s worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands with girls has gone missing. When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen’s house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Yn rhyfeddol, mae ei lluniadau yn dechrau ailymddangos yn ei locker, gyda nodiadau gan rhywun anghysbus sy’n annog iddi siarad yn agored am ei hunaniaeth. ![]() ![]() Yn waeth fyth, mae’i llyfr sy’n llawn lluniadau o ferched yn dal dwylo gyda merched arall wedi diflannu. Ar ôl i gorwynt ddinistrio’i thŷ a dadleoli ei theulu, mae Ivy Everdeen yn teimlo’n anweledig, a’i bod wedi cael ei hanwyddu. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Charlotte brontë novel![]() Murray, 1920), also by Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, contrib.
![]() ![]() More recently he has adapted Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novels Kidnapped and Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Graphic Novel format with artist Cam Kennedy. ![]() Outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Grant is well-known to Batman fans following a lengthy run on various incarnations of the title. With over 300 2000 AD stories to his name – not to mention over 250 Daily Star Judge Dredd strips – Alan Grant’s prolific creative record speaks for itself. ![]() ![]() Outside of 2000 AD his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al’s Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. John Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he cares to remember. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They’re trying to hide it by repeatedly telling Portico to go check on a neighbor “in the meantime.” But Portico knows “meantime” means his parents are heading into the Mean Time which means they’re about to get into it, and well, Portico’s superhero responsibility is to save them, too-as soon as he figures out how. In fact, he’s the only reason the cat, New Name Every Day, has nine lives.Īll this is swell except for Portico’s other secret, his not-so-super secret. ![]() And behind those fifty doors live a bunch of different people who Stuntboy saves all the time. But a building with fifty doors just in the hallways is definitely a castle. His mom calls where they live an apartment building. He lives in the biggest house on the block, maybe in the whole city, which basically makes it a castle. But his regular Portico identity is pretty cool, too. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Wizard of oz frank l baum![]() ![]() Now that Dorothy's found a way to get to Oz, there's no keeping her on the farm. You'll also meet new favorites like the Hungry Tiger, whose appetite is never quite satisfied Billina, the tart-tongued hen and that ozzy marvel: Tik-Tok the mechanical clock-work man. Here you will meet such beloved old friends as the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion. ![]() Ozma of Oz - Baum's third magical adventure set in Oz - reunites readers and listeners of all ages with Dorothy Gale of Kansas as she makes her second journey to Oz. Their efforts to thwart the wicked plot of the evil witch Mombi and the revolt of the women of Oz. Wogglebug, T.E., and the wooden Sawhorse. ![]() Along the way he meets up with our old friends the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman as well as new friends like Jack Pumpkinhead, H.M. ![]() Here is the story of a boy named Tip and his travels through the endlessly fascinating land of Oz. Denslow's 24 stunning color plates capture the high points of Dorothy's adventures, while his 130-plus two-color illustrations surround the text, fill the margins, even have the text printed over them. This stunning edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz features color pictures on nearly every spread. Frank Baum together for additional savings. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Darkly dreaming dexter book review![]() ![]() ![]() The storyline is mainly the same as the first season of the TV show, with the ending being a notable exception (the same sort of happens in the show but much, much later). But after getting past the first chapter the writing style was toned down a little and I felt at least I could read it without becoming distracted by bits about howling at the blood moon and such. ![]() It’s very poetic and kind of out there – it just completely clashed with the Dexter I know and love. The beginning is quite frankly kind of off-putting. But I had the first three in one big paperback lying around, and I figured I should give it another try. I know the books came first, but when you haven’t read it first, things can often get a little weird. Hall, so I already felt a little iffy about reading the books after seeing the series. I loved the TV series (at least the first few seasons, but don’t get me started on the finale – probably the most disappointing ending ever), and in my head Dexter is the actor Michael C. But the book does start out rather weirdly, perhaps particularly if you’re familiar with the Dexter from the Showtime TV series. Not an auspicious beginning for a book review, I know. Well, this was not as bad as I had expected. ![]() |