![]() ![]() Yet out of the chaos, an unlikely heroine emerges. *Times Best Historical Novels of July 2022 Pick*įrance is mired in a losing war against England. Chen Joan as a beguiling, fully human mix of wariness and confidence, and fiercely protective of those she loves' Guardian If you liked Ariadne, then this has to be your next read' Red Magazine a hypnotic heroine for our time' Telegraph 'Chen earns the comparison thanks to her vivid, visceral and boldly immediate storytelling. Richly imagined, poignant and inspiring' Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne 'It is as if the author has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time' Hilary Mantel, twice Booker Prize-winning author of The Mirror & the Light ![]() A stunning feminist reimagining of the life of Joan of Arc - perfect for fans of Cecily, Ariadne and Matrix ![]()
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![]() ![]() Undeterred, he signs to the next scheme he runs across: stealing a boat and ferrying Cubans involved in a bank robbery back to their homeland.Īs he descends ever-deeper into desperation, Harry meets old friends and new faces. Next, Harry begins running alcohol between the two countries, and a confrontation with Cuban customs lost Harry his arm and his boat. However, after being tricked by a customer who charters the boat for three weeks and then vanishes without settling his account, Harry agrees to smuggle Chinese immigrants from Cuba to the mainland. ![]() Harry refuses, preferring to use his boat for legal activities, and as the revolutionaries leave, they are gunned down in the street. The book opens on Harry and several Cuban revolutionaries who want to pay Harry an exorbitant fee to transport them to the United States. ![]() To make ends meet, Harry begins engaging in increasingly dangerous illegal activities in the waters between the Keys and Cuba. Harry Morgan is a policeman-turned-fisherman down on his luck like so many others in the Depression-struck Florida Keys. ![]() ![]() ![]() So maybe that little fling meant a little something to him, after all, eh?ĭid I mention? These two had a ton of chemistry. only, oops, he lets him slip away, last minute. Yeah, turns out Hozumi is actually Ryo Masaki, a Narcotic’s officer, and he brings the bust down on Tian Yi Lou…. Hozumi thinks it’s pretty impressive that Yi Lou’s been able to stand on his own, but betrays him anyway. ![]() His dad is the big boss of the Tian Lian group, one of the Chinese triad, but he’s on the outs because he’s not pure blood. Transport’s real name is Tian Yi Lou and he’s only half-Japanese. Transport that ends up confessing his life story after sex. He’s really hot to know what’s up with Hozumi, because he really does not trust this guy’s backstory. In fact, he grabs Hozumi by the collar and they have this little flirtatious exchange in front of Tsuchiya, the hired tough.Īnyway, some drug moving-related plot happens, various contrivances get them to hang-out together and flirt more in their tough-guy way, which is surprisingly charming and full of chemistry, and then, finally, one night they go for it. Transport is fairly certain Hozumi is way too good-looking to be a mafioso. Because nobody is giving their real names and Mr. His services are being procured by ‘Hozumi’ who is acting as an intermediate for the yakuza. Transport’ who can get your illegals across any border, no problem, man. I am the most bad-ass gay guy you will ever meet. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has published fifteen books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Accidental Billionaires, which was adapted into the Academy Award–winning film, ‘The Social Network’, and ‘Bringing Down the House’, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies in twelve languages and was the basis for the hit movie 21, and most recently the national bestseller ‘Once Upon a Time in Russia’. Guest Bio: Ben Mezrich graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. This all culminates into a path of uncertainty and mystery across America known as the 37th Parallel. Ben brings us on a deeply personal and fascinating journey into one man’s search for answers to the mysterious cattle mutilation phenomenon, UFOs, and even a possible conspiracy by Bigelow Aerospace. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. ![]() This interview finds Ryan speaking with NY Times Best-selling author, Ben Mezrich, about his book, The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America’s UFO Highway, which chronicles the life and investigations of UFO researcher, Chuck Zukowski. The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind Americas UFO Highway is written by Ben Mezrich and published by Atria Books. On episode 19 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan pulls a fascinating interview out of the vault over at INTO THE FRAY RADIO. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her journey from teenage runaway to prisoner of the state is a taut, gripping narrative that expands the Delirium world and illuminates events-and Lena-through a new point of view. Lena's mother, Annabel, has always been a mystery-a ghost from Lena's past-until now. Set during the tumultuous summer before Lena and Hana are supposed to be cured, this story is a poignant and revealing look at a moment when the girls' paths diverge and their futures are altered forever. Hana is told through the perspective of Lena's best friend, Hana Tate. This collection also includes an excerpt from Requiem, the final novel in Oliver's New York Times bestselling series. ![]() Originally published as digital novellas, Hana, Annabel, and Raven each center around a fascinating and complex character who adds important information to the series and gives it greater depth. For the first time, Lauren Oliver's short stories about characters in the Delirium world appear in print. ![]() ![]() Le Guin balked at being boxed-in as a sci-fi writer, and preferred to be known simply as a novelist. Born in Berkeley, California to anthropologist parents, Le Guin studied at Radcliffe College and Columbia University, worked as a secretary and a French teacher, and eventually as a full-time writer of science fiction. Le Guin’s name has become synonymous with the use of fictional worlds to examine the nature of reality, the issues at the heart of the human condition, and the possibilities and dangers that humans face as a species. ![]() Le Guin was known throughout her life as “America’s greatest living science fiction writer.” Credited with revolutionizing the genre, she incorporated lyrical prose, Taoist influences, and themes of feminism, anarchism, and environmentalism into her many works. ![]() An American science fiction and fantasy writer, Ursula K. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meredith discovers that she’s actually got a twin brother who is a full vampire and she’s part vampire, oh and she’s got a super cool stick with poison in it because she’s part of a long line of vampire hunters. Matt gets arrested by a bunch of werewolves for a rape he never committed on old school friend Caroline who is actually carrying a littler of werewolf puppies from another different school friend. MEANWHILE: Back in the remote American town children are turning into terrifying creatures and killing things and doing very bad scary things. Luckily she gets rescued just in time by the evil bad boy vampire (with a not so secret heart of gold) and everything is ok with them for a while. Accidentally takes human girl with him who simply cannot follow orders and ends up getting herself kidnapped and sold into slavery to the evil fox who is part of an incestuous brother/sister duo who are wreaking havoc on remote American town. Bad boy vampire has been turned human, so he steals this magical ball of power to get him back to the dark dimension so he can become vampire royalty. ![]() ![]() ![]() By 2008, just seven years after China joined the World Trade Organization, China’s share had leaped ahead to 17.5 percent and India’s had grown modestly to 6.7 percent. ![]() Maddison found in 1950 the two states were fairly close: China claimed 4.6 percent and India 4.2 percent of total world GDP. The problem with this approach turns up as early as page 2 where Ogden quotes the comparative economist Angus Maddison’s calculations of the GDPs of India and China as a percentage of world GDP over the past two thousand years. Ogden has used this comparison in a workman-like way employing obvious dimensions such as domestic affairs, strategic identities, military capacity, and economic growth. In the early twenty-first century as both China and India began to become more developed and powerful, interest in this kind of comparison revived. This kind of comparison goes back to the 1950s when China and India both took stances as states nonaligned with the Cold War. Reviewed by David Buck (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)Ĭommissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)Ĭhris Ogden has used a familiar trope of comparing India and China as two newer world powers. China and India: Asia's Emergent Great Powers. ![]() ![]() Chisholm, a private investigator (they divorced in 1977). ![]() ![]() ![]() Initially, Chisholm worked as a nursery school teacher. Although professors encouraged her to consider a political career, she replied that she faced a “double handicap” as both black and female. Hill, a seamstress from Barbados. She graduated from Brooklyn Girls’ High in 1942 and from Brooklyn College cum laude in 1946, where she won prizes on the debate team. Hill, a factory worker from Guyana, and Ruby Seale St. House of Representatives.īorn in Brooklyn, New York, on November 30, 1924, Chisholm was the oldest of four daughters to immigrant parents Charles St. Her motto and title of her autobiography- Unbossed and Unbought-illustrated her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Click here Shirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed Help 540WMain reach its goal of 100 monthly members. If you love 540WMain consider becoming a 540Monthly Member today. A 540Monthly Membership ensures that 540WMain is able to create and curate low cost/high impact educational content and programming rooted in antiracism, arts/culture & humanities, and wellness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They can still remember what it feels like to die, to be cut up, to be burned. What is a Heartless, with their heart returned? A human? No - not entirely. Winning back her friends before war breaks out? A little harder.īut a Heartless winning back Prince Lucien’s heart? Winning over a bloodthirsty valkerax? Hard. As the king mobilizes his army to march against the witches, Zera must tame an elusive and deadly valkerax trapped in the tunnels underneath the city if she wants to regain her humanity. With freedom coming from the most unlikely of sources, Zera is given a second chance at life as a Heartless. Trapped in Cavanos as a prisoner of the king, she awaits the inevitable moment her witch severs their magical connection and finally ends her life.īut fate isn’t ready to give her up just yet. In order to protect Prince Lucien d’Malvane’s heart, Zera had to betray him. Book: Find Me Their Bones (Bring Me Their Hearts #2) by Sara Wolf ![]() |