![]() ![]() ![]() This Review is an Outline of her Introduction. Ashley Montagu Eisler's.synthesis.is an important contribution to social history. Isabel Allende The most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species. The Chalice and the Blade is one of these magnificent key books that can transform us. Some books are like revelations, they open the spirit to unimaginable possibilities. These tapes are an important contribution to that struggle. ![]() Her vision is the partnership model, which today is struggling to reemerge. In selections made and read by the author herself, The Chalice and the Blade presents new scripts for living - based on a more socially, economically, ecologically, personally, and spiritually balanced society rather than on the tension and violence typical of what Eisler calls the dominator model. The result is a startling synthesis of prehistory, history, present, and future - a radical and convincing view of the human condition. ![]() She powerfully reconstructs the Goddess culture and the global shift to patriarchy, drawing evidence from literature, art, sociology, archeology, politics, and economics. Creative inspiration for moving the future of humankind toward a new era of partnership - Presents this classic visionary synthesis in a new, abridged, accessible form Combining original theory with the work of other noted scholars, Riane Eisler creates an expansive look into prehistoric times, when Goddess religions flourished. ![]()
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7/4/2023 0 Comments Cards on the table christie![]() ![]() The solution relies partly on reconstructing the bridge game played by the four suspects. Bridge is played after dinner, and then Shaitana is found killed. Shaitana invites to dinner four individuals whom he suspects have killed before and have so far gotten away with it. ![]() The basic premise of the original novel is retained.Most of the minor characters are omitted. ![]()
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Disrupting their plans will require the help of her entire team, including Varro Runkow, a Valovian weapons expert who makes her pulse race. She never expected to be a hero, but when a shadowy group of traitors starts trying to goad the galaxy's two superpowers into instigating an interstellar war, Kee throws herself into the search to find out who is responsible - and stop them.ĭigging up hidden information is her job, so hunting traitors should be a piece of cake, but the primary suspect spent years in the military, and someone powerful is still covering his tracks. ![]() Kee Ildez has been many things: hacker, soldier, bounty hunter. ![]() ![]() The whole wagon train of characters heroic or mean, good folk or bad combine with the novel s humor, bloodletting, romance, and action to make The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters a special reward in exciting, bitter realism, and touching tenderness. Collecting tips: The authors Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1958), is moderately scarce in fine condition, because the. Sardius McPheeters the nakedness of maidenly Jennie getting ready for bed reveals the true picture of wagon-training West a century and a half ago as painted by a major author. The open-eyed clarity with which young Jamie observed all around him the skinning alive of a depraved bully the incorrigible bombast of his father, Dr. ![]() ![]() The novel carries you along as swiftly as it moves from crisis to crisis in the long trek from Louisville to far California. It was a harsh trip, often halted by cut-throats, Indians, disease, and murder yet a trip of pastoral beauty, full of wonder for an untrod land and awakening youg love. The Travels of Jamie McPheeters is the sweeping, romance-warmed story of the journey of a father and his son answering the lure of California gold in 1849. ![]() 7/3/2023 0 Comments Nancy kress beggars![]() ![]() ![]() Kress competently handles a well-worn science fiction concept and raises some intriguing scientific and sociological issues. Meanwhile, the Sleepless must learn to deal with the prodigies among them. Leisha, a brilliant, idealistic lawyer, finds herself ostracized by both Sleepers and Sleepless as she struggles to bridge the widening gulf between the two groups. To escape violence, the Sleepless retreat to an armed camp, the Sanctuary, where for decades they fight to legitimize their existence in an increasingly hostile society. A generation of prodigies, Leisha and her peers are resented by the rest of the population, who begin to persecute them. Leisha Camden, daughter of a wealthy industrialist, is one of ``the sleepless,'' who are endowed with remarkable intelligence and other genetic enhancements. The controversial procedure has produced a new breed that can function without sleep. In 21st-century America, genetic engineering makes it possible for those who can afford it to become parents of improved, custom-made babies. This thought-provoking though derivative book by the author of Brain Rose revists familiar territory. ![]() ![]() ![]() My official blurb: “An addictive and invigorating tale of romance, revenge, and rebellion. It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts – here for your Queer MC at Magic School needs, this standalone stars bisexual Alka Chelrazi as she infiltrates a prestigious academy to get her revenge. Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova – or, in five words, Bi Brooklyn Bruja in Wonderland! Yes, it looks extremely heterosexual from the blurb, which works very nicely in our favor, because it is not. Scavenge the Starsby Tara Sim– a demisexual girl and bisexual boy anchor this fantasy adventure take on The Count of Monte Cristo! The Spy with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke – This is, as the blurb suggests, a sibling-centric Historical Fantasy…but those siblings happen to consist of a bi girl and a demisexual boy in love with his (male) best friend. ![]() ![]() Great choice if you’re a fan of “friends on a quest”-type fantasy. As ever in this series, this fact isn’t shown on the cover or in the copy, so those who need safer choices to bring home can rely on these for the quietly queer content you need.īeneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria – A personal favorite, this fantasy’s got you hooked alllll the way up: gay, bi, and ace protags make up 3/4 of the cast, including a very cute m/m relationship. This edition is dedicated to YA Fantasy with bi protags, with a bonus of three of them also having POV characters on the ace spectrum. “Under the Gaydar” features books you might not realize have queer content but do! And definitely belong on your radar. ![]() 7/3/2023 0 Comments Havenfall book 3![]() ![]() She’ll do anything to uncover the truth, even if it means working together with an alluring new staffer, Taya, who seems to know more than she’s letting on. With Brekken missing, her uncle gravely injured, and a dangerous creature on the loose, Maddie suddenly finds herself responsible for the safety of everyone in Havenfall. And it’s where one day she hopes to inherit the role of Innkeeper from her beloved uncle.īut this summer, the impossible happens-a dead body is found, shattering everything the inn stands for. It’s where Maddie fell in love with handsome Fiorden soldier Brekken. Havenfall is an escape from reality, where her mother sits on death row accused of murdering Maddie’s brother. For generations, the inn has protected all who seek refuge within its walls, and any who disrupt the peace can never return.įor Maddie Morrow, summers at the inn are more than a chance to experience this magic firsthand. Hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado lies the Inn at Havenfall, a sanctuary that connects ancient worlds-each with its own magic. ![]() Categories: Young Adult Fantasy, Magic, MysteryĪ safe haven between four realms and the girl sworn to protect it-at any cost. ![]() ![]() ![]() But not everything buried should come alive again. It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. The Madness of Crowds: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #17) (Hardcover):Ĭhief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series. Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback):Ī Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback):Īll the Devils Are Here: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #16) (Hardcover): Glass Houses: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #13) (Hardcover): ![]() The Nature of the Beast: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback):Ī Great Reckoning: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #12) (Mass Market): ![]() The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback): ![]() How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Hardcover): The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback): The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback):īury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback):Ī Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Hardcover): The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback):Ī Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback): Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback):Ī Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback): This is book number 18 in the Chief Inspector Gamache Novel series. ![]() ![]() ![]() But they are heroes through and through and they will do whatever it takes after all, they Dive so humanity survives. The monsters scarier than ever and the challenges our heroes face larger than ever. This story is full of action and thrills. These Hell Divers are determined to find X and save the Hive from Captain Jordan, no matter the cost. Not to be counted out, the last Hell Divers Team, also abandoned by Captain Jordan has taken flight in the Deliverance, a ship created after the Hive and more advanced. ![]() Rather than saving X he takes credit for the discoveries X finds as he roams the vast wastelands looking for a place to call home. ![]() He has barely survived for ten years after being left behind, assumed dead, an assumption Captain Jordan keeps going even though he knows differently. ![]() The Hive is struggling under his iron hold leaving us to wonder, without Divers how can humanity survive? Meanwhile X, the most successful Hell Diver ever has lived on the surface with only Miles, his canine companion for company. Just ask the last of the Hell Diver teams, left behind after they discovered and confronted him on some of his dark secrets. Captain Jordan of the Hive is treating humanity as his own personal play thing. ![]() |