![]() The Selfish Giant learns a valuable lesson about the laughter of children, The Devoted Friend is a caustic tale about false friendship, and The Remarkable Rocket explores the self delusion of people (and rockets) who think the world revolves around them. The Nightingale and the Rose is a tale of self sacrifice, selfishness and misunderstanding. With the help of a little swallow he does what he can to help others. The happy prince, and other tales by Oscar Wilde 4.00 2 Ratings 5 Want to read 0 Currently reading 4 Have read Overview View 23 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1980 Publisher Shambhala, distributed in the U.S. The Happy Prince is a beautiful tale about a statue of a prince, but one who can now see his city and kingdom and the sadness of his people. Sometimes sweet and uplifting, sometimes caustic and pointed, they all are well worth listening to. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 3)Ī collection of five stories by Oscar Wilde, all incorporating his inimitable style and wit. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Another Life is not just an adventure the engaging and often hilarious story of a young man making his career but the insider’s story of how a cottage industry metamorphosed into a big business, with sometimes alarming results for all concerned. Here is a memoir that reads like a novel, sweeping the reader into Another Life on a tide of energy, wit, and a seemingly inexhaustible flow of marvelous anecdotes. In his remarkable new memoir, at once frank, audacious, canny, and revealing, Michael Korda, the author of Charmed Lives and Queenie, does for the world of books what Moss Hart did for the theater in Act One, and succeeds triumphantly in making publishing seem as exciting and as full of great characters as the stage. ![]() ![]() ![]() Obviously Orion is also angry and jealous. They love him and are furious they’re being forced to accept a new omega into their ‘pack’. The problem is the men already have an omega – it’s their male lover Orion. She’s forced however to become the live-in omega for the group of alpha men whose fathers own her. Hoping for a great grovel in the next book, though.Ģ3-year-old Lilah Darling is an omega, but she’s been keeping her ‘awakening’ – basically, coming into her omega heritage – suppressed for years, making her effectively a beta. It’s very well-written, but I couldn’t possibly give it 5 stars because the heroes don’t get their comeuppance. ![]() ![]() I’ll never awaken, and I’ll never ever give the Wyverns my heart… Because all they’ll do is rip me apart. Who needs a pack? I’ll keep myself safe, same as always. They don’t want an omega, but they need one, even if there’ll never be a real spot for me in their pack. ![]() I’m invisible, headed to a blissful solo future until the Wyvern Pack destroys my dream of independence.Ītlas, Hunter, Finn, Jett, and Orion are poison candy. Heat, mates, and a fairytale pack life? Maybe next reincarnation. After surviving childhood at the snooty, stuck-up boarding school for budding omegas, I have everyone convinced I’m a dud. ![]() ![]() ![]() DragonCon had fewer of them than most large conventions, partly due to the wizards’ cooperation spells, but mostly to fandom in general being self-policing. One of the biggest problems they had was playful fans setting off alarm after alarm that caused the big buildings to be evacuated and the fire trucks summoned, incurring increasingly large fees from an increasingly irritated fire marshall. Regina would have loved to crisp the creature into a slagged heap with a burst of flame, but she was afraid of setting off the smoke detectors. Impossibly narrow neck and waist joined the three segments of its body together. ![]() Its eyes took up almost half of his head, and the mandibles took up almost all the rest. He dropped his own disguise and stood up on his hind legs, all four fore-limbs preparing to take on the enemy. The fire ant reacted with typical insect swiftness. She cursed at the sound of her favorite blouse tearing up the back as the scales of her spine thrust through the cloth. Regina turned and ran toward the intruder, changing in mid-stride from human to dragon. Plenty of room, Regina thought, just as the door slammed open again. ![]() Luckily, the hundreds of chairs stored in there were piled up in stacks of ten and twelve near the back wall. ![]() The emergency lights cast a grim yellow glow over the carpeted expanse. ![]() ![]() ![]() You are not allowed to upload this file to other sites under any circumstances. Yourenotsupposedtobeinhere and Primrosemilk for testing, being supportive and being awesome!Īll the assets in this file belong to the author, or are from free-to-use modder's resources. GavstormNL for requesting this epic weapon. A book that contains a little backstory and a hint. (balanced around an Ebony sword.)(only obtainable by console or actually finding it.) Being just a tad more powerful than the regular Ebony sword, it is aimed at unleveled and/or high level playthroughs. Aside from this quest-less scavanger hunt, it also allows skilled Ebony blacksmiths to create a new design of sword. ![]() Word has it that Farengar Secret-Fire has recently acquired a mysterious book detailing a mighty sword. ![]() Any mod that greatly alters the cell that contains the sword. Any mod that greatly alters Farengar Secret-Fire's study. These can be found under the "Mirrors" tab. ![]() ![]() In 2016, they brought out the English translation of his Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent, a novel about his high school years. Thanks to Istros Books and translator Christopher Bartholomew, the English-speaking public can witness the intellectual development of young Eliade. He was, indeed, a hippie avant la lettre: a young European traveler to India in the 1920s, who adopted Indian dress and practiced yoga in Rishikesh in search of enlightenment. His interests in yoga and shamanism, as well as insights into the sacred aspects of reality that could be glimpsed in everyday life, made him popular with the hippies and the New Age movement. ![]() ![]() In France and, later, in the United States, he became a world-famous historian of religions. A best-selling author in his native Romania, and an acknowledged intellectual leader of his generation, he was forced into perpetual self-exile by the communist overthrow of the Romanian government. In Eliade’s case, this potentiality fully actualized itself. Their writing is, in an important way, in the future tense their lives are still potentialities. We know how their stories end, but they don’t. Texts and pictures of young people, when read and seen many years later, can be the stuff of Greek tragedy. ![]() Mircea Eliade’s novel Gaudeamus, written before his departure for India at the age of 21, provokes similar feelings. ![]() Who was I when I was 20? I feel a mixture of shame and pity and pride when I look back at that time. ![]() ![]() ![]() As things stand, if you’re a hardcore Marvel fan, this is a must-read. It’s gorgeously rendered and colored to the point where pages look like works of art. This is character drama first.ĭefenders: Beyond #1 is a good introduction to setting up the key players while establishing some high stakes. ![]() Generally, though, it’s fun to experience Loki’s bubbly personality or Blue Marvel’s juxtaposed stiff personality. Its been revealed who appears on the cliffhanger page, and I can’t help but think casual or new readers will not understand the stakes of his appearance. The deep knowledge you may need could inhibit your enjoyment, but that goes without saying for a book with so many deep-cut characters. Who knows, maybe America’s recent revelation may change in this story. It’s also nice to see Ewing referring to character backstories, new and old reminding us everything changes over time. Some action or scene changing could have upped the ante, but fans of these characters should enjoy the story. The scale of his lair is also well done right out of the gate, capturing the size well.ĭespite the fact that much of this issue is centered on characters talking, entering a scene, and talking, it’s visually stimulating. Lighting is particularly great in the Blue Marvel’s lair, with the character cast in shadow at the start. Al Ewing ( / ju /) is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for 2000 AD and Marvel Comics. ![]() Besides the all-black panels with captions and dialogue that enhance the imagination, Rodríguez plays with composition via a few double-page layouts. There are some bold visual choices in this issue as well. ![]() ![]() However, it was decided that the NKU still had the right to their name and logo. The conflict ended in court, where both the NKU and NKP were found responsible for the problems that had arisen. This has led to a conflict over the rights to the name, logo, history, international contacts and property of the NKU, which lasted until July 2008. ![]() At the same time the NKP organized a conference of their own, where they established a new youth organization for the party, with the same name and logo as the original NKU. The NKU still persisted as an organization, however, and held a congress in the middle of May 2006, where it declared its wish to cooperate with the NKP, but also to continue on its own if necessary. The NKP declared on 1 April 2006 that the NKU was no longer its youth organization, and that all youths interested in joining the movement should contact the party directly. ![]() The Young Communist League of Norway ( Norwegian: Norges Kommunistiske Ungdomsforbund, NKU) was until April 2006 the youth league of Norges Kommunistiske Parti (NKP). ![]() ![]() ![]() But, the closer Garret gets to discovering Ember’s secret, the more and more he falls for her …įirst line: “Ember, when did your parents die and what was the cause of their death?” When the Order of Saint George receives intel about Ember’s location, it sends an undercover soldier to eliminate her. For Ember, it’s her first and final shot at freedom: a summer of surfing, smoothies, friends, and midnight curfews. It’s the final part of her generalized training before Talon assigns her to a specialized trade. Full stop.Įmber Hill is a 16-year-old dragon - a hatchling, by dragon standards - who has been sent to California to learn how to be human. The Order of Saint George is an ancient dragon fighting organization which has morphed into a modern private army. It claims to protect dragonkind from humans … while having zero tolerance for any dissenting voices. ![]() Talon is the global dragon organization: one part corporate monstrosity, one part research/tech multinational, and one part totalitarian regime. The Talon Saga takes place in a world similar to our own … but, one that’s populated by shape-shifting dragons and knights. Shapeshifting dragons + a Romeo and Juliet style romance? Don’t mind if I do … ![]() ![]() ![]() Catherine fancies herself a painter, a Crusader, a maker of songs, a peddler, a minstrel, a monk, a wart charmer… Her father wants only to see her married off, and profitably. Spent two hours embroidering a cloth for the church and three hours picking out the stitches after my mother saw it…Ĭatherine’s mother wants to teach her the skills of the lady of the manor and to prepare her to be a gentle and patient wife. I am commanded to write an account of my days. Her research into medieval English history and culture led to the writing of Catherine, Called Birdy, her first work.Ĭontained in this program is Catherine’s diary Catherine, called Little Bird or Birdy, daughter of Rollo and the lady Aislinn, sister to Thomas, Edward, and the abominable Robert.īegun this 12th day of September in the year of Our Lord 1290… ![]() Growing tired of hearing about kings, princes, generals, and presidents, she wanted to know what life was like for ordinary young people in other times. ![]() Karen Cushman has a long standing interest in history. ![]() |