![]() So while it’s easy for those of us familiar with, and those of us living with PTSD (particularly those of us who received it from war), it’s not the same wars and not the same places. Coming from a multicultural background it was also important for him that setting be multicultural too. ![]() In his author’s note he states that, while he was initially working on this during his time in Tokyo and was very inspired by the city, the world the characters live in is totally fictional as is the war they were returning from. ![]() First I think it’s really important to note that Guillaume Singelin is not portraying any war that we know of and is not depicting real cities that we know. ![]()
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![]() Read more harsh realities of Soviet occupation. Berlin is still in ruins almost four years after the war, caught between political idealism and the. ![]() Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape and it's a joy to see him reassert his title with such emphatic authority' Lee Child on Stardust From the author of The Good German (made into a film starring George Clooney), Leaving Berlin is a sweeping post-war story and an international bestseller. wonderfully imagined, wonderfully written, an urgent personal mystery set against the sweep of glamorous and sinister history. ![]() A sweeping novel of postwar East Berlin, a city caught betwen political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation Num Pages: 400 pages. Description for Leaving Berlin Paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the Bubonic Plague wasn’t the only manifestation of the plague: the disease presented itself in other forms, including pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs), and septicemia (blood poisoning).ĭaniel Defoe’s A Journal of a Plague Year, written in 1722, is set in 1665, when the Bubonic Plague resurfaced in London. ![]() The adjective bubonic comes from the buboes (inflammatory swellings of lymph glands in the groin and other areas) formed as a characteristic symptom of this disease, which occurs when one is infected with the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Historians tend to apply the term to a specific plague: the Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, responsible for the eradication of anywhere from 30 to 60 percent of the European population in the 14th century. Plague is a term that has not been used lightly. 'Plague' derives via the Middle English 'plage,' from the Latin 'plaga,' meaning “blow.” The Bubonic Plague ![]() ![]() ![]() He only has to wear down her defenses so he can claim her. Angelina loves to torture him and he loves it and decides he wants to keep her. When she wakes up she attacks Nik thinking he was her kidnapper, and he ends up being her protector. She gets kidnapped by Nikolai's brothers after they save her from a hyena attack and dump her at Nik's home. ![]() She swears like a sailor, calls everyone on their shit all while being a fashionista. Listened via audio narrated by Kasha Kensington.Īngelina is a sexy, crazy, Latina with control issues. This title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, and strong violence. Yet in order to protect her friends, Angie has to stay with a cat who seems hellbent on finding all sorts of delicious ways to make her purr. What she does know is that she doesn't like good ol' boys with slow, sexy drawls who can't seem to stop rubbing up against her. But those long legs, dark eyes and lethal tongue are making Nik insane and he fears he may be caught in the sexiest animal trap ever.Īngelina Santiago doesn't know how she got from Texas to North Carolina in a night or how she ended up in some hillbilly tiger's house wearing only a sheet. What he doesn't need is some foul-mouthed Texan hellcat living in his house, eating his food, flirting with his idiot brothers and shooting holes in his home with his granddaddy's gun. Nikolai Vorislav likes his single life just as it is. What do you do when you've got a hillbilly tiger by the tail? Or maybe the question should be: what wouldn't you do. ![]() ![]() But Ferdinand in Vampire Loves is no Lestat, and he’s certainly not Angel. Sure, thanks to Anne Rice, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, and later Angel, the vampire has taken on a brooding self-awareness all but missing prior to the end of the 20th century. From village folklore hundreds of years ago to movies and television today, the vampire has always been, simply, bad. But the originality arrives in Sfar’s ability - and willingness - to impart the hapless lovelorn loser motif on a character type, the vampire, which is almost always vilified as the worst kind of evil. ![]() Sfar’s Ferdinand, a Lithuanian vampire, experiences the pitfalls of love and life in a world that seemingly doesn’t understand, just as do the characters of Daniel Clowes, Harvey Pekar, and David B., among others. ![]() Joann Sfar’s Vampire Loves is as noteworthy for its good-natured enjoyment as it is for its ability to take ideas and plot elements which have been fodder for graphic novels for years and construct them into a wholly original tale. “All it takes is one nutcase who starts chopping up women in the middle of the night and who gets blamed? The vampire! Isn’t that convenient?” ![]() ![]() ![]() It carries a Matt Walsh book calling trans ideology "collective insanity." It sells Michelle Malkin's defense of internment camps. It carries works from radical feminists, whose takes on transgender issues often mirror those of conservatives. The megaplatform is home to all sorts of socially conservative books, including Anderson's previous publications on marriage. ![]() ![]() That's what makes Amazon's 2021 decision to stop selling When Harry Became Sally so strange. But this isn't a wildly hateful or inflammatory book. One might argue that he has selectively wielded data and anecdotes, and one might disagree with the conclusions he draws-chief among them that helping people with gender dysphoria accept their birth sex may be a more effective and humane course of action than hormone treatments and surgeries. Yet, while there's plenty in the book for socially liberal folks (myself included) to disagree with, it isn't brimming with blatant bigotry. Anderson is a Catholic pundit who made a name for himself opposing same-sex marriage at a time when even many of his conservative peers had let that one go. Anderson's 2018 book on gender identity in modern America. I was worried I wouldn't be able to stomach When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment, Ryan T. ![]() ![]() However, these results are undesirable and feel uncomfortable therefore they may not seem as safe as staying with what one knows.Ĭhanging a past-focused cycle of being requires tapping into the realm of the unknown. If you continue doing things that have always worked for you, then you will get more of what has already happened: anxiety, depression and poor health. To break this cycle, it is important to first understand how your mind limits what is possible. If you keep living in the past, you will miss out on opportunities for the future. ![]() That’s why some people get addicted to those hormones so it’s hard for them to change their ways of thinking. This makes his body produce stress hormones like adrenaline or cortisol that make him more anxious or stressed out than before. ![]() For example, if someone gets hurt by something that happens today, he might remember his past experiences and feel bad again about them. The mind has the capacity to cure diseases with positive thoughts and beliefs, but most people don’t do this because they are stuck in their past pain. The book outlines principles and practices that help ordinary people improve health, mood, finances, and relationships. ![]() Joe Dispenza’s Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon (2017) explains how people can achieve their potential by harnessing the power inside themselves. 1-Page Summary of Becoming Supernatural Overview ![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps the translator could be partially to blame for the almost British feel to much of the book, but this was still the most readable translation of a crime novel that I've come across. Stockholm and Sweden were present in occasional small touches, but overall the setting could have been anywhere. I would have liked a better sense of place in Missing. The plot might be clichéd, but the character is anything but. The present day scenes alternate between the hope that Sibylla still retains for her future and the despair at her situation, and the result is an unexpectedly well rounded and memorable character. A series of flashbacks gradually reveal Sibylla's troubled and disturbing childhood and her reasons for escaping to homelessness. ![]() The plot is surely instantly familiar to crime fiction fans, but where Alvtegen excels is in creating a haunting yet engaging character portrait of a homeless person, her history, and the hopes and dreams that remain. The police are content to lay the blame on their most convenient suspect and somehow Sibylla must find the real killer to clear her name. The scam goes horribly wrong when the man who paid for her room is found murdered and mutilated, and when a second man dies soon after then Sibylla becomes the most wanted criminal in Sweden. Sibylla Forsenstrom is a homeless drifter who occasionally cons men into paying for meals and luxury hotel rooms. Swedish author Karin Alvtegen's English language debut is a fine psychological mystery/thriller. ![]() ![]() ![]() James is convinced that not only will he solve the crime first but he will also prove to Willow just how much fun breaking rules can be. ![]() James proposes a wager with Willow involving the murder of society photographer Malcolm Drummond. When James discovers Willow has been writing the "helpful" letters of criticism he has been receiving, he decides to teach the meddling minx a lesson. London Metropolitan Police Inspector James Sterling thinks the rules of investigation are meant to be broken. Willow Mabson believes in following rules and regulations, especially when it comes to solving crimes. ![]() Instead, Raina finds her plans taking an unexpected detour when she not only rescues Wizard from a fight with a mob of angry truckers, but then becomes a reluctant partner with the sexy mercenary/assassin as he battles ice pirates, works with a group of rebels determined to take down the corrupt New Government Order and tries to stop a powerful enemy out to settle an old score.Įve Kenin expertly fuses non-stop action and adventure, a cutting-edge, exceptionally inventive setting and a terrific, take-charge, no-nonsense heroine in "Driven," a fresh, fabulously fun futuristic romance. Wizard was supposed to provide a temporary pass that would allow Raina Bowen to travel on the ICW - the world's longest highway - and deliver her load of genetically altered grain to Gladow Station in the Northern Waste. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was lost in Washington, D.C.”ĭereliction Of Duty is a stunning new analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. “The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It’s also at the center of our Book Spotlight this month… ”Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam” It’s a harsh look at the decision in the upper ranks of military and government during the Vietnam Era, and how confusing and indecisive goals and leadership affected the conflict. The prime example of this thinking is “Dereliction of Duty”, McMaster’s PhD thesis expanded into book form. McMaster has received a generally warm reception from both sides of the aisle, and has been referred to often as a “warrior-scholar” for his deep thinking about the military. McMaster to replace General Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor. One of President Trump’s most interesting staff picks has been General H.R. ![]() |