![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Lois Lane profiles Deathstroke the Terminator for the Daily Planet and it could cost her her life! This leads Deathstroke to Metropolis and he forces Superman to make an impossible choice-let the love of his life die or become a killer himself. Tomasi, 9781401274689, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. When Superman is thrust into the anti-matter universe of Qward, his only hope is Sinestro, the former greatest of the Green Lanterns. ![]() ![]() What the Kents don't realize is that this may not be the relaxing family time they had initially planned. In the wake of BLACK DAWN's barage of terror and horror, the super family decides to take a much needed vacation. Tomasi pens the next epic tale of the Man of Steel! Superman is faced with an impossible decision when Deathstroke comes to Metropolis-let the love of his life die or become a killer himself. Following the events of BLACK DAWN, author Peter J. ![]()
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6/24/2023 0 Comments Pd james the lighthouse characters![]() To support her family (which included two children), she took work in hospital administration and, after her husband’s death in 1964, became a civil servant in the criminal section of the Department of Home Affairs. White, a medical student and future physician, who returned home from wartime service mentally deranged and spent much of the rest of his life in psychiatric hospitals. Her formal education, however, ended at age 16 because of lack of funds, and she was thereafter self-educated. ![]() The daughter of a middle-grade civil servant, James grew up in the university town of Cambridge. James, byname of Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park, (born August 3, 1920, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England-died November 27, 2014, Oxford), British mystery novelist best known for her fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments The gift of the magi by o![]() ![]() It was first published in book form in the O. The story was initially published in The New York Sunday World under the title "Gifts of the Magi" on December 10, 1905. ![]() The story was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place in New York City. The plot and its twist ending are well known the ending is generally considered an example of comic irony. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. " The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. For other uses, see The Gift of the Magi (disambiguation). For the gifts presented to Jesus, see Gifts of the Magi. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Tolkien luthien and beren![]() When she arrives at the halls of Mandos (the keeper of the dead), Lúthien’s sorrowful song moves Mandos so greatly that she is offered the opportunity to take Beren back from the dead and live once more in the mortal realm. Lúthien’s extreme sorrow soon causes her own death. When he finally receives Thingol’s permission to wed Lúthien and marries her, Beren tragically perishes in a quest alongside his wife and father-in-law. However, Beren refuses to give up, and he undertakes a series of perilous adventures in order to win Thingol’s approval. ![]() Lúthien’s father, Thingol, disapproves of his daughter’s involvement with a mortal. ![]() ![]() Although elves may die if exposed to extreme grief or physical harm, they are otherwise biologically immortal, while men have finite lifespans. J.R.R Tolkien’s The Silmarillion features a love story involving Beren and Lúthien, a man and an elf, respectively. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Spinning silver goodreads![]() The setting is beautifully described, very elegant, cold and intense. I like clever characters, and there were plenty of them. There’s a natural breakpoint in the middle that coincides with the ending of the original Rumplestilskin fairytale, even after that resolution though it kept on going. ![]() I felt like I read two books rather than one because of how the story was laid out. Since there are so many characters the scope of the book just kept growing. But the characters are extremely clever, which is mainly why I kept reading otherwise I would have lost interest. Set in a fantastical world reminiscent of Russia, this story is a loose retelling of Rumplestilskin. While the third girl works hard and gets her family out of poverty. The second girl finds she looks stunning in silver jewelry and as a result is forced to marry a spoiled prince. ![]() The daughter of a moneylender finds she has a flair for making money and garners the attention of the mystical and cold Staryx king (more or less a male version of the White Witch). ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s Christmas cheer galore, reindeer games, and caroling, along with plenty of humor and some witty puns. The Claus’s castle even uses a room with a window cracked open as a substitute for a freezer. Some of the examples include red and green clothing worn everywhere thirty clogging elves jingling bells loud enough to drown out every other sound eggnog served at every turn the sharp, sweet smell of peppermint so strong it permeates pores and sub-freezing cold that April cannot get used to. I felt like I could see, hear, taste, smell, and feel all that the protagonist, new bride April Claus, did which brought the setting to life. Without slowing the fast-paced plot, the author weaves in detailed descriptions of the setting. Ireland captured my complete attention and I couldn’t put the book down. ![]() Claus, is trying to adjust after a whirlwind romance and moving from Oregon to Santaland. ![]() CLAUSE AND THE SANTALAND SLAYINGS, by Liz Ireland, could very well be my favorite new series of the year! With the fantasy setting of the North Pole, Santa is under suspicion for murdering an elf, and the new bride, Mrs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It challenges readers to be a hero in their own way, even how twisted or evil the “ gubat” they are living in might be.Īng Paboritong Libro ni Hudas is the third installment in Bob Ong‘s book series. These are some of the questions presented by the author.Definitely a thumbs-up or rather two paws-up for this one. Is risking your life for a treasure really worth it or is it just another fool’s errand? Who is the real king? Try to realize or decipher what or who “ Leon“, the jungle, or even what the “ Puso ng Saging” really means. Don’t be fooled even though there’s colored illustration every other page making it look like a storybook, there are symbols hidden in every character, situation and conversation. The Orange Book revolves around Tong, a heroic “ Talangka” in search of the mystical “ Puso ng Saging” to cure his ailing father, the King. The fourth book in the series is very different from the first three books: it’s fiction! (with matching pictures!) Ang Alamat ng Gubat was certainly a surprise for first-time readers and Bob Ong fans alike. ![]() 6/23/2023 0 Comments Freshwater akwaeke![]() ![]() Ada is an Ogbanje, which is the word used for children who come and go, infused with evil spirits believed to torment the family and disrupt their lineage. A body that was meant to “come back home”. The ones where the grandmother is chopped up and Little Red Riding Hood unknowingly eats her, where Sleeping Beauty is raped in her sleep.įreshwater explores the life of Ada (a name that means ‘first daughter’ in Igbo) and her struggles growing up in a body that was not meant to survive. It has more in common with those original, darker fairy tales. Full of spirits and different voices, Freshwater reads like a fairy tale. This is one of the many questions asked in Freshwater, an intensely terrifying yet magical debut novel by Akwaeke Emezi. ![]() “When you name something, it comes into existence – did you know that?” ![]() 6/22/2023 0 Comments The demon headmaster book order![]() ![]() This reviewer, who hasn’t seen the episodes in a long, long time – found himself watching and being amazed at how much of the series that he could recall. The concept of the Headteacher being a scary evil manipulator wanting control is still being given to school children across the United Kingdom. Based on the series of books by Gillian Cross, the first of which is still taught in schools. ![]() It never broke the mould in terms of children’s TV, nor did it possess any extraordinary feats of outstanding television, but The Demon Headmaster always remained in the public consciousness of a certain generation of school children. Have you ever revisited Press Gang and been amazed at the levels of sophistication, intelligence and wit that the show possessed? At how it juggled a large cast and managed to explore some very serious subjects at the time? It feels bad for comparing two very different shows with slightly different target audiences, but I can’t make the claim that The Demon Headmaster Is A Marvellous Series And This Is The Be. Wait, what? That doesn’t sound right at all. The Demon Headmaster Is A Marvellous Series And This Is The Best Children’s TV Show I’ve Ever Seen. ![]() 6/22/2023 0 Comments Radiance by Grace Draven![]() ![]() Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. ![]() Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. ![]() |