![]() ![]() Upon returning to Cornell, he switched his major to English, started writing short stories based on his time in the navy, and even tried his hand at writing opera libretti. After a reportedly traumatic upbringing full of family conflict, Pynchon finished high school at 16 and briefly studied engineering physics at Cornell University before leaving for a short stint in the U.S. ![]() Pynchon was born on Long Island to a comfortable middle-class family with aristocratic roots stretching back to 1630s Massachusetts. However, this has not prevented critics and journalists from assembling a sketch of his life trajectory. Thomas Pynchon is famously unforthcoming about his private life: in more than a half-century, he has never granted an interview, talked openly about his past, or allowed his photo to be published. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Now more than ever, Dex and Sloane need each other, and, along with trust, the strength of their bond will mean the difference between justice and all-out war. But the deeper the team investigates the bombings, the more they believe there’s a more sinister motive than a desire to shed blood and spread chaos.ĭiscovering the frightful truth behind the Order’s intent forces Sloane to confront secrets from a past he thought he’d left behind for good, a past that could not only destroy him and his career, but also the reputation of the organization that made him all he is today. Dex and Sloane, along with the rest of the team, are determined to take down the Order and restore peace, not to mention settle a personal score. With panic and intolerance spreading and streets becoming littered with the Order’s propaganda, hostility between Humans and Therians grows daily. ![]() ![]() Especially when a new and frightening group, the Order of Adrasteia, appears to always be a step ahead. Daley and Sloane Brodie, peace seems unattainable. Title: Blood & Thunder (THIRDS: Book Two)īlurb: When a series of bombs go off in a Therian youth center, injuring members of THIRDS Team Destructive Delta, and causing a rift between agents Dexter J. “When it seems like the world’s burning down around you, a little sense of normality can go a long way.” – Charlie Cochet ![]() ![]() Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Native Son is the story of Bigger Thomas, a young Black man caught in a downward spiral after killing a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. In the decades since, Wright's masterpiece-hailed by Newsweek as "a novel of tremendous power and beauty"-has become a revered classic that remains as timely and relevant today as when it first appeared. When it was first published in 1940, Native Son established Richard Wright as a literary star. ![]() "The most powerful American novel to appear since The Grapes of Wrath." - The New Yorker “If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son.” – Henry Louis Gates Jr. ![]() ![]() ![]() The second part of the book deals with institutional change. North first explores the nature of institutions and explains the role of transaction and production costs in their development. Yet, institutions vary widely in their consequences for economic performance some economies develop institutions that produce growth and development, while others develop institutions that produce stagnation. ![]() Institutions exist, he argues, due to the uncertainties involved in human interaction they are the constraints devised to structure that interaction. Continuing his groundbreaking analysis of economic structures, Douglass North develops an analytical framework for explaining the ways in which institutions and institutional change affect the performance of economies, both at a given time and over time. ![]() ![]() A person who burns his identity after every job can't set down roots.As he starts to untangle the mess of secrets and lies that lurk behind the lace curtains of even the most peaceful-seeming of villages, Leo realizes that the truths he's about to uncover will affect his future and those of the man he's growing to care about. The Missing Page is the second book to feature country doctor James Sommers and spy Leo Page, whom we first met in Hither, Page, a cosy mystery (sort of true cosies aren’t supposed to include sex or swearing and there’s a little bit of both here) set in a sleepy English village a few years after the end of World War II. He's in danger of feeling things he has no business feeling. ![]() ![]() When his boss orders him to cover up a murder, Leo isn't expecting to be sent to a sleepy village. After a week of helping old ladies wind balls of yarn and flirting with a handsome doctor, Leo is in danger of forgetting what he really is and why he's there. It certainly doesn't help that this stranger is the first person James has wanted to touch since before the war.The war may be over for the rest of the world, but Leo Page is still busy doing the dirty work for one of the more disreputable branches of the intelligence service. The last thing in the world he needs is a handsome stranger who seems to be mixed up with the first violent death the village has seen in years. ![]() All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor. A jaded spy and a shell-shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England.James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters. ![]() ![]() In The Origins of Totalitarianism, Arendt sought to provide an historical account of the forces that crystallized into totalitarianism: The ebb and flow of nineteenth-century anti-Semitism (she deemed the Dreyfus Affair a dress rehearsal for the Final Solution) and he rise of European imperialism, accompanied by the invention of racism as the only possible rationalization for it. ![]() Arendt believed that such a development marked a grotesque departure from all that had come before. 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Exclusive control over a secret wellspring of high magick, the most powerful resource in the world―one thought long depleted. ![]() Prepare to Meet the Villains of the Blood Veil. Herman team up for All of Us Villains, a YA fantasy duology, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games. The Tournament begins.Įvery generation, at the coming of the Blood Moon, seven families in the remote city of Ilvernath each name a champion to compete in a tournament to the death. All of Us Villains Series by Amanda Foody All of Us Villains Series 2 primary works 2 total works Amanda Foody and C. Now Prepare To Meet the Villains of the Blood Veil. ![]() You Fell in Love With the Victors of the Hunger Games. The blockbuster co-writing debut of Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman, All of Us Villains begins a dark tale of ambition and magick. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You see, Hazel is running away from her husband, Byron, who is a bit of a creep. This, of course, throws a bit of a wrench in Hazel’s plan to crash on his couch. “companion” he calls Diane (who is quite voluptuous and anatomically correct, if you know what I mean). Instead, he’s making himself quite comfortable with his new life-size doll. He moved there after Hazel’s mother passed away from cancer.īut Dear Old Dad isn’t just wheeling around on his Rascal mobility scooter, chatting with the other white hairs when Hazel rolls up unannounced with a suitcase. It’s August 2019, and 32-year-old Hazel has just shown up at her 76-year-old father’s trailer in Shady Acres, a retirement community for adults over 55. The story has all the elements of absurdist fiction, some of which become immediately apparent as the book’s opening scene unfolds. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hosier, Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Topic: Religious, Item Width: 5.2in., Item Weight: 4. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less, Binding: Paperback, Weight: 0 lbs, Product Group: Book, IsTextBook: No, ISBN: 157748505X, EAN: 9781577485056, Book Title: William and Catherine Booth : Founders of the Salvation Army, Item Length: 8in., Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, Publication Year: 1999, Format: Trade Paperback, Language: English, Item Height: 0.5in., Author: Helen K. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less Condition: Bon état, Condition: Pages can have notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less William and Catherine Booth by Hosier, Helen Kooiman Pages can have notes/highlighting. William and Catherine Booth by Hosier, Helen Kooiman Pages can have notes/highlighting. Item: 143561380092 Cabine William et Catherine par Hosier, Helen Kooiman. While other Victorian sons and daughters rebelled, the Booth children stayed the course. Ships to: WORLDWIDE & many other countries, By 1890 William and Catherine Booth led an international movement largely supervised by their children. William and Catherine Booth: Founders of the Salvation Army (Heroes of the Faith (Concordia))Helen Kooiman Hosier, Tony The Pony (Uncle Bob)Bob Gross. ![]() ![]() Wave (Su)Īt 8th level, you can create a wave of water that starts at your location and moves 30 feet per round away from you in a direction of your choosing. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modifier. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 your wizard level + your Intelligence modifier. A successful Reflex save negates the staggered effect and halves the damage. This blast deals 1d6 points of cold damage + 1 point for every two wizard levels you possess to all creatures within 5 feet of you and staggers them for 1 round. Cold Blast (Su)Īs a standard action, you can unleash a blast of freezing cold. At 20th level, whenever you make a Swim skill check, assume the roll resulted in a natural 20. At 10th level, you gain a swim speed equal to your base speed. In addition, you can hold your breath for a number of rounds equal to four times your Constitution score before you must start making checks to avoid drowning. ![]() This bonus increases by +1 for every five wizard levels you possess. ![]() You gain a +2 enhancement bonus on Swim skill checks. ![]() |