6/10/2023 0 Comments VENOM by David Michelinie![]() ![]() Unfortunately, however, Venom's comics have not always been as great as I know they could be. ![]() Luckily for me, Venom got a slew of limited series devoted solely to his endeavors in the '90s, independent from Spider-Man's outings and away from the stigma of simply being another one of his nemeses. ![]() Venom is my favorite comic book villain of all-time, edging out legendary baddies like the Joker and Green Goblin by miles. ![]()
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6/10/2023 0 Comments The dark tower book 1![]() Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a 'skin man,' Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast's most recent slaughter. (The novel can be placed between Dark Tower IV and Dark Tower V.) Roland tells a tale from his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother's death. This Russian Doll of a novel, a story within a story, within a story, visits Mid-World's last gunslinger, Roland Deschain, and his ka-tet as a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. Fans of the existing seven books in the series will also delight in discovering what happened to Roland and his ka tet between the time they leave the Emerald City and arrive at the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis. It is a story within a story, which features both the younger and older gunslinger Roland on his quest to find the Dark Tower. For readers new to The Dark Tower, THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE is a stand-alone novel, and a wonderful introduction to the series. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Poema de Mío Cid by Anonymous![]() ![]() ![]() With the first pages of the manuscript missing, Canto 1 opens with the Cid’s banishment from Castile by King Alfonso, though no reason is given for the exile. This guide uses the 2009 Penguin Classics edition, The Song of the Cid: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text, translated by Maria Rosa Menocal. However, most characters are flat, either devoted to the Cid or against his success. There is some psychological development, from the Cid’s love of his king and family, to the Carrión heir’s desire for revenge after their humiliation in Valencia. Typical of medieval narratives, most characters of The Cid are stock figures or are depicted with little distinguishing physical or personal details. ![]() The first cantar addresses the Cid’s banishment and vindication, the second the conquering of Valencia and his pardon by King Alfonso, and the third his conflict with the Carrión nobles and the story’s denouement. Composed of 3730 lines divided unevenly into 152 laisses or stanzas, the overall structure of the epic falls into three cantar. ![]() The Cid survives in one manuscript dated to 1207, which was likely composed as early as 1140 and may have circulated orally before being transcribed. ![]() ![]() ![]() They instruct him to retrieve the Mind.ĭuring Horza's extraction, the Idirans also capture a Special Circumstances agent, Perosteck Balveda. ![]() Horza, a shape-changing mercenary, is rescued from execution by the Idirans who believe the Dra'Azon guardian may let him onto the planet as in the past he was part of a small group of Changers who acted as stewards. The Dra'Azon, godlike incorporeal beings, maintain Schar's World as a monument to the world's extinct civilisation and the dangers of nuclear proliferation, forbidding access to both the Culture and the Idirans. A Culture Mind, fleeing the destruction of its ship in an Idiran ambush, takes refuge on Schar's World. The Culture and the Idiran Empire are at war in a galaxy-spanning conflict. A subsequent Culture novel, Look to Windward (2000), whose title comes from the previous line of the same poem, can be considered a loose follow-up. Its protagonist Bora Horza Gobuchul is an enemy of the Culture.Ĭonsider Phlebas is Banks's first published science fiction novel, and takes its title from a line in T. The novel revolves around the Idiran–Culture War, and Banks plays on that theme by presenting various microcosms of that conflict. It is the first in a series of novels about an interstellar post-scarcity society called the Culture. Consider Phlebas, first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Lisa kleypas severin![]() ![]() Severin’s face was lean and angular, his build lanky and almost rawboned, his complexion librarian pale. Severin was described in devil's daughter as : ![]() Anyway all information I know,I gathered it together.Ĭassandra is 21,Tom Severin is 33(early thirties). But we don't have a direct conversation between Cassandra and Severin. So in devil's daughter I searched for these two. I have been waiting for this book from the time I read devil in spring. Well, he'll pick himself up off the floor and try to win her back.Īnd for those of you who are wondering, yes, I did just use this review as an excuse to post Chris Hemsworth gifs. So what's a dude to do when he realizes he's let the girl of his dreams slip through his fingers? So he (in all his benevolence) tells Cassandra to move on to someone else, whilst Tom goes on about his life as per usual.īut after a while, he realizes he's just not feeling like himself anymore.Ĭould it be that he actually needs her in his life? ![]() Or at least someone who is open to falling in love somewhere down the road.Īnd Tom isn't that guy. See, Tom has the hots for Cassandra (well, Tom and every other man) but she wants to find love. No, really! <-why are men so slow on the uptake? It's the way he feels because the girl wormed her way into his heart. It's the classic tale of the idiot boy who doesn't realize that the weird clenching in his gut isn't some sort of intestinal virus. ![]() Cassandra wants love and Tom wants Cassandra. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Medicine man saffron kent![]() ![]() His medical paradigm focuses on optimizing health rather than treating disease. ![]() Sharif provides a holistic, natural approach to the primary care medical needs of the whole family. ![]() Sharif teaches occasional courses at Bastyr University and has been a guest lecturer at various organizations throughout the Puget Sound area.Īs a naturopathic primary care physician, Dr. As an Affiliate Clinical Faculty with Bastyr University, he teaches naturopathic medical students as they do rotations at his clinic. He works full-time as a naturopathic physician at his clinic in Kent, WA. He is also a homeopath, and is a graduate of the New England School of Homeopathy. Sharum Sharif, N.D., is a board-certified, licensed naturopathic physician and a 2003 graduate of Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. ![]() ![]() She lived in Kansas City but came down to Arkansas to visit family from time to time. ![]() Esau was like a father figure to him, and he could not imagine going on by himself.Ī few years later, Jacob met Rachel, the young woman who would become Isaac's mother, and they began courting each other. When Esau caught a fever and died, Jacob felt bereft and lost in the world. He always dreamed of having a son that he could share about the world with and teach.Īs Jacob got older, he continued working in the fields with his grandfather and older brother, Esau. ![]() Jacob only went to school through the eighth grade. They lived in rural Arkansas and tended to their farm. Jacob was raised by his grandparents, and he did not have a cuddly, loving childhood. He laments beginning to die at the age of sixty-two because he did not have nearly enough time to enjoy his life. Jacob begins the novel by writing a letter to his son, Isaac, to apologize for the way he treated him throughout his childhood and to try and explain his faults by sharing more about his childhood. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Black, Daniel. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unless addressed, these self-sabotaging behaviours can quickly become cyclical, leaving people feeling unhappy, unfulfilled, and unwell. Drawing on the latest research from a diversity of scientific fields and healing modalities, Dr LePera helps us recognise how adverse experiences and trauma in childhood live with us, resulting in whole body dysfunction - activating harmful stress responses that keep us stuck engaging in patterns of codependency, emotional immaturity, and trauma bonds. ![]() In How to Do the Work, she offers both a manifesto for self-healing and an essential guide to creating a more vibrant, authentic, and joyful life. Now Dr LePera is ready to share her much-requested protocol with the world. After experiencing the life-changing results herself, she began to share what she'd learned with others - and soon The Holistic Psychologist was born. ![]() Wanting more for her patients - and for herself - she began a journey to develop a united philosophy of mental, physical and spiritual health that equips people with the interdisciplinary tools necessary to heal themselves. As a clinical psychologist, Dr Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments The inferno john ciardi![]() His love for Italian literature and commitment to Dante flourished alongside a brilliant career writing original poetry and teaching the American masses about verse. In fact, Ciardi published two versions of the beloved "Inferno" poem, in 19. Like many great poets, Ciardi found success in translation by virtue of his ability to mold the tone and language of the epic poem into an understandable text for new readers. ![]() Today, the English-language version of the Divine Comedy read by most students is the edition translated by John Ciardi (1916-1986). The result was an epic poem that cemented written Italian for all those who spoke it. Much of the poet’s success at the time laid in his ability to put Italian (primarily the Florentine dialect) down on paper. When Dante Alighieri set out to write "La Divina Comedia", he did so before the Italian language had been standardized as a written tongue. ![]() ![]() This book has the final battle of the girls against the demons. They are so real! In keeping with the realness not everyone gets a happy ending, and people die, but the book is so good. I love how all of the characters develop over the series, even the characters that are dead. I do not want this series to be over! Everything does wrap up nicely in this book with no ridiculous cliff hangers or anything, but it doesn’t have to be over. Please don’t read this if you haven’t read the first two books, because of spoilers. I already reviewed the first two books here and here. Time is running out for the Chosen Ones to fulfil the prophecy and save the world, but whether they succeed or not, one thing is certain: Everything will change. They have no chance to recover, and no choice but to rally together to try to prevent the apocalypse-even while their personal dramas threaten to tear them apart. ![]() The Chosen Ones are still coming to terms with their loss when evil strikes again, barely a month after the showdown in the school gym. By the end of the second book, Fire, only the Chosen ones remain as the last defense against the mysterious, demonic forces that have been plaguing Engelsfors. The result is nothing less than explosive. The final installment of the Engelsfors Trilogy-an international sensation with rights sold in 29 countries-The Key combines thrilling action and dark magic with all the passion and drama of teen life. The heart-stopping conclusion to the internationally bestselling Engelsfors Trilogy ![]() |