![]() ![]() She produced the 2009 Discovery Channel series “Out of Egypt” with her husband, Neil Crawford.Ĭooney explains that Hatshepsut “is the longest ruling female in the ancient world. ![]() These questions are addressed by Santa Monica-based author and Egyptologist Kara Cooney in her new book “The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt.” Delving deep into the life of this nearly forgotten ruler, the book may raise some eyebrows amongst scholars.Īn Associate Professor of Egyptian art and architecture at UCLA, Cooney was co-curator of “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs” at LACMA in 2005. Hat-who? Was what? We’ve heard of pharaohs and Cleopatra but who was Hatshepsut, how could she be both king and queen of Egypt? Before she was erased from history, Hatshepsut had been both queen and king of Egypt. ![]()
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![]() Pretty much everyone will be familiar with the quest narrative, for which humans seem to be hardwired. Americans might be more familiar with Man of La Mancha. As he explains in a note at the front of the book, its title (pronounced key-SHOT) is the French version of Quixote’s name, a title shared with Jules Massenet’s opera about the befuddled knight-errant. Rushdie is far from the first to be inspired by it. Quichotte borrows its core idea, though, from Don Quixote, which is one of those classics more cited as influence than actually read these days. Related: Read a review of Salman Rushdie’s The Golden House. But he has lived in the United States for almost 20 years now, so, like his last novel, The Golden House, this one draws much from American politics and even more from American pop culture, especially television. Rushdie’s native India is a setting for some of the book. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Midnight Library is out now in the UK and America. Disguised as a mathematician named Professor Andrew Martin, an alien visitor comes to Earth on a quest. "A brilliant premise and great fun to have so many stories within one book" Daily Mail If you enjoyed Haig’s writing style in THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, check out his older works Funny, warm-hearted, and compelling, THE HUMANS follows one extra-terrestrial on his quest to discover what it really means to be human. "Haig is one of the most inspirational popular writers on mental health of our age and, in his latest novel, he has taken a clever, engaging concept and created a heart-warming story that offers wisdom in the same deceptively simple way as Mitch Albom's best tales" "Clever, emotional and thought-inspiring" ![]() "A beautiful book to get lost in" Zoe Ball "Amazing and utterly beautiful, The Midnight Library is everything you'd expect from the genius storyteller who is Matt Haig" Joanna Cannon "An uplifting, poignant novel about regret, hope and second chances" David Nicholls ![]() "A beguiling read, filled with warmth and humour, and a vibrant celebration of the power of books to change lives." ![]() ![]() ![]() She asks Annabeth to come to walk her dog with her, and they exchange stories, both of them finding out about the other's world. Sadie also has a dog that just appeared in her library that she named "Fido". The monster starts running away and Annabeth and Sadie introduce themselves. After this, she realizes that she doesn't have her knife so she starts making the heads argue with each other. A train pulls in and Sadie casts a few spells on the monster. Annabeth decides to follow the monster, as they normally do not leave demigods, like her, alone. The monster glares at her and then turns away as if it had business elsewhere. Suddenly she sees a monster with a wolf and a lion head sticking out of a cone-shaped shell. PlotĪfter presumably failing an interview, Annabeth is going to the subway to go to Percy's apartment to cheer her up. ![]() As a special bonus, the first chapter of The Blood of Olympus, the final book in The Heroes of Olympus series, is included. The audio narration was recorded by Rick Riordan himself. Perhaps even more disturbing than the power-hungry god they encounter is the revelation that he is being controlled by someone that is all too familiar to Sadie. ![]() The demigod daughter of Athena and the young magician from Brooklyn House take on a larger-than-life foe from the ancient world. ![]() This is the story that fans have asked for, in which Annabeth Chase teams up with Sadie Kane. In this adventure, Annabeth encounters more oddities in the subway than usual, including a two-headed monster and a younger blond girl who reminds her a little of herself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and activities, world class educational video clips contextual action clips. Read Jump by Carbone, Elisa, lexile reading level:, (ISBN: ). ![]() "One minute she is buried in documents researching deliveries of paint to Manteo and Pea Island, North Carolina in The next minute she is windsurfing or rock climbing or kayaking the whitewater of the Potomac River. ![]() Elisa Carbone is a full-time writer and a part-time rock climber, windsurfer, white water paddler, organic gardener and blues piano player. Elisa Lynn Carbone - Two teenaged runaways meet at a climbing gym and together embark on a dangerous and revealing journey. > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK <<<<Įlisa Carbone has crafted a high-interest teen adventure Between the action and the danger, the hotness factor, the provocative issues, and the stellar writing throughout, JUMP is the sort of YA novel one should easily be able to sell teens on reading. Jump Elisa Carbone, Viking, 16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-5-8 Told through the alternating present-tense perspectives of two runaways who connect through their love of rock climbing. Over her objections, her parents plan to send P.K. However, he didn’t hang around long because he was able to escape from the asylum. Jump is written by Elisa Carbone and published by Speak. _Jump by Elisa Carbone Ebook Epub PDF pgx Jump Elisa Carbone Viking, May 13 2010, 16.99 ISBN: 9780670011858 After he tried and failed at suicide, Critter was locked away at a mental institution. ![]() ![]() “What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden, wizard, tough guy and star of. Longtime series fans as well as newcomers drawn by the SciFi Channel’s TV series based on the novels should find this supernatural mystery a real winner.”- Library Journal ![]() “A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights, explosions, and plenty of magic. “What’s not to like about this series?.It takes the best elements of urban fantasy, mixes it with some good old-fashioned noir mystery, tosses in a dash of romance and a lot of high-octane action, shakes, stirs, and serves.”- SF Site The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harry’s wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.”- Booklist (starred review) “Butcher.spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. After a brief interlude in the afterlife, Harry Dresdens new job. “One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.”- Cinescape This is book number 14 in the Dresden Files series. ![]() ![]() “Superlative.”- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this series.”- Midwest Book Review “Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.”- Entertainment Weekly ![]() ![]() The main character is planned as a Terris woman who is a computer programmer and Nicroburst her brother is also planned to be a character. The third series will be set in the early computer age with 1980s technology. Set about 300 years after the ending of the first trilogy, the second series is about the exploits of Waxillium Ladrian, a "wild-west Deputy" forced to move into the big city, and starts investigating kidnappings and robberies. This success pushed Sanderson to further develop his fictional universe, the Cosmere, which also includes The Stormlight Archive. The first Mistborn trilogy chronicles the efforts of a secret group of Allomancers who attempt to overthrow a dystopian empire and establish themselves in a world covered by ash. ![]() Sanderson plans to write a third and fourth series. Sanderson also released a novella in 2016, Mistborn: Secret History. A second series was released between 20, and consists of The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning and The Lost Metal. ![]() The first trilogy, published between 20, consists of The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. ![]() Mistborn is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author Brandon Sanderson and published by Tor Books. Print ( hardcover, paperback and leatherbound), audiobook, e-book ![]() ![]() Crossing is a novel that dazzles and mesmerizes, and the reader, upon finishing, may have the extraordinary sensation that his or her own dreams have been scattered along the journey, beckoning for rereading. “Reading P ajtim Statovci’s fiction is like entering a lucid dream: life and death intertwines in an intimate dance the nostalgia for the past is akin to the nostalgia for the future. ![]() NoViolet Bulawayo, author of We Need New Names “Crossing will devour you this is some fierce, dazzling, and heartbreaking shit.”
![]() ![]() The story of the various interlocking aspects of the internet isn't readily understood by the average user of its technologies. Luckily this book has an index and now we have the internet as well to help us out.Īll that said, if you are interested in the history of the Internet this book is a great place to start. ![]() Sure, the book may seem like a never ending list of names, but ARPAnet was an endeavor that lasted for 21 years and had hundreds of contributors, so there is no other way. Now, I see many people struggling with keeping track of people. When it came to explaining the technology and engineering I believe that the author managed to hit the right balance of writing it in general terms without watering it too much down. It is both reassuring and disturbing that flaming has been with us since the 70s. ![]() Of course there were little detours into the culture of openness and early flame wars as well. This book is about the creation of the Internet, or better yet the ARPAnet (1969 - 1990) that spawned it.Įverything is here: the people and reasons for its creation, beginnings of underlying technologies like packet switching, distributed networks an so on, early fights over standards and finally its proliferation and metamorphosis from ARPAnet to the Internet. ![]() ![]() ![]() He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. ![]() And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.īryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. ![]() |