![]() ![]() has been installed: AIDAN (the acronym for Artificial Intelligence Defense Analytics Network) is still being fine-tuned and Olivia has been assigned to the team responsible for the improvement of AIDAN’s integration with the system and its responses. The protagonist here is Olivia Klein, a young and starry-eyed tech recently enrolled on the Alexander, the ship where an advanced A.I. ![]() The story is set just a short time before the attack on the Kerenza IV colony, the incident starting the whole bloody mess. So, when I heard of the publication of this novella that acts as a prequel to the main trilogy I was nothing short of thrilled. The Illuminae Files is one of my favorites SF series and apart from offering a compelling story and characterization it established a record with me, because it portrayed an array of YA characters who felt well-crafted and believable, without all the annoying traits afflicting teenagers in the genre. ![]()
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![]() He has also written many essays and reviews on Marcel Proust. E tra loro nasce un desiderio inesorabile quanto inatteso, vissuto fino in fondo, dalla sofferenza all’estasi.Ĭhiamami col tuo nome è la storia di un paradiso scoperto e già perduto, una meditazione proustiana sul tempo e sul desiderio, una domanda che resta aperta finché Elio e Oliver si ritroveranno un giorno a confessare a se stessi che «questa cosa che quasi non fu mai ancora ci tenta».Īndré Aciman was born in Alexandria, Egypt and is an American memoirist, essayist, novelist, and scholar of seventeenth-century literature. ![]() I due condividono, oltre alle origini ebraiche, molte passioni: discutono di film, libri, fanno lunghe passeggiate e nuotate. Ma Oliver, il giovane americano, conquista tutti con la sua bellezza e i modi disinvolti. Figlio di un professore universitario, musicista sensibile, decisamente colto per la sua età, il ragazzo aspetta come ogni anno «l’ospite dell’estate, l’ennesima scocciatura»: uno studente in arrivo da New York per lavorare alla sua tesi di post dottorato. ![]() Elio ha diciassette anni, e per lui sono appena iniziate le vacanze nella splendida villa di famiglia nel Ponente ligure. ![]() Vent’anni fa, un’estate in Riviera, una di quelle estati che segnano la vita per sempre. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Maybe I shouldn’t have given the guy who pumped my stomach my phone number, but who cares? My life is over anyway,” Fisher deadpans in the opening pages of her roman à clef, Postcards from the Edge, a razor-sharp book about addiction and mental illness that is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Not only did she want to write a book, she already knew what the first line would be, inspired by her recent ordeal in the emergency room. The invitation couldn’t have been better timed. Months before, she had accidentally overdosed on tranquillisers and had been bundled, unconscious, into the front passenger seat of a car by three friends and rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where her stomach was pumped, saving her life. ![]() Fisher, whose role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy had recently catapulted her to A-list fame, had been losing control of her drug use. She was halfway through treatment at New Beginnings rehab centre in Los Angeles. At the time, the 28-year-old actor wasn’t at home, nor was she on a set. In the summer of 1985, Carrie Fisher received a letter asking if she’d like to write a book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two living ancestors of William have been found to share a common ancestry from ca. 1690 AD), of Albemarle County, Virginia, who arrived in North American ca. In this article, the example used is that of the well-known colonial-settler William Fitzpatrick (born ca. But by careful review of authentic historical records, caution with speculative associations, and the power of Y-DNA analysis, it is possible to untangle the mess and bring back some much-needed clarity. That messiness is due in no small part to the cut and paste functionality at websites such as. By way of example, a single Fitzpatrick line demonstrates how messy traditional genealogy of early Colonial American Fitzpatricks can get. This article provides a review of the forces that pushed and pulled Irish and Scotch-Irish to the Americas. ![]() The reasons for that settlement were many and varied, as were the geographic origins and lineages of those Fitzpatricks among the influx. Soon after, Irish came to North America and the Caribbean in a steady flow, and by the mid 18th century a flood of Irish and Scotch-Irish had settled in the Americas. Before the turn of the 17th century the settlement of Irish in the Americas lacked permanence. ![]() ![]() Bernini's Beloved sets the bust and Costanza's own lifeand#8212 her childhood and noble name, her marriage, affair, fall from grace, and recoveryand#8212 against the backdrop of Baroque Rome. Author Sarah McPhee corrects and expands this story in her remarkable biography of a sculpture and its subject. ![]() Carved by Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1636and#8211 37 for his own pleasure, the portrait of Costanza is one of his most captivating works, but until now little has been known about its subject.įor centuries Costanza was identified only as Bernini's mistress, who later incited his rage by betraying him for his brother. ![]() With lips slightly parted and eyes fixed on a point in the distance, a breathtaking marble portrait of Costanza Piccolomini appears alive. ![]() ![]() ![]() And for a fourth and most important difference, while "The House of Aunts" is a love story, it is very definite about the kind of love that it considers most important, and most nurturing. For a third, the vampire isn't a vampire, but a pontianak, a creature out of Malaysian folklore who is said to rip out the intestines of its victims. For another, the vampire is the story's protagonist. For one thing, in her telling of the story, the vampire is the girl. Nevertheless, even in 2015, Cho's reference point is as obvious as her games with the Twilight premise are delightful. ![]() There's probably an interesting discussion to be had about how, in the short three-years-and-change since "The House of Aunts"'s publication, we've gotten past our need to be outraged over Twilight so that we can more fully devote ourselves to being outraged over Fifty Shades of Grey. Finally, they turn out to be a vampire, turned as a teenager, and compelled to live the life of a normal kid by their large, close-knit vampire clan. As their friendship deepens, strange details begin to accumulate around the mysterious paramour. In Zen Cho's " The House of Aunts," a newcomer to a small town falls in love with a taciturn loner at their new high school. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Each of the five women in this story (including the one who’s point of view the whole story is told from) had a unique personality of their own. What made The Red Hat Club such an enjoyable read for me is all of the characters. It allocated laughter and was just a fun pleasure to enjoy. This book was quite an unforgettable read. From the 1960s to the present, The Red Hat Club is a funny, unforgettable novel that shows the power women can find when they accept and support each other. When Diane discovers her banker husband has a condo (with mistress) that he bought with their retirement funds, the Red Hats swing into action and hang him with his own rope in a story that serves up laughter, friendship, revenge, high school memories, long-lost loves, a suburban dominatrix, and plenty of white wine and junk food. Sit in when they don their red hats and purple outfits to join Atlanta’s Ladies Who Lunch for a delicious monthly serving of racy jokes, iced tea and chicken salad, baskets of sweet rolls, the latest Buckhead gossip, and most of all–lively support and caring through the ups and downs of their lives. Meet Georgia, SuSu, Teeny, Diane, and Linda–five women who’ve been best friends through thirty years since high school. ![]() ![]() And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.įorsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. ![]() The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. Maas and Laura Thalassa.Ĭhosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. ![]() Captivating and action-packed, From Blood and Ash is a sexy, addictive, and unexpected fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. ![]() ![]() ![]() But at the same time Hanne’s private life is complicated by this relationship, as she has to choose between Richard and her long-time lover and childhood friend, Kristi Olafson. ![]() Her suitor, Canadian diplomat Richard Simpson, aids her in this process as well as in the design and signing of a new and more environmentally focused Arctic Treaty to save the region from complete environmental catastrophe. The heroine, Hanne Kristensen, the beautiful Danish geologist appointed Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources for the newly independent Greenland, has to maneuver through a wave of setbacks to foil both a Chinese attempt to control Greenland’s natural resources and a more aggressive Russian attempt to gain hegemony over the sparsely populated fledgling country as well as to save her friend, the ousted Premier of Russia, Pavel Laptov. Arctic Inferno, the sequel to Arctic Meltdown, is a timely and gripping international environmental thriller set against the background of the devastation of climate change and the melting of the polar ice cap. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. (James Albert)-Criticism and interpretation. ![]() cm.-(Critical companions to popular contemporary writers, ISSN 1082–4979) Includes bibliographical references (p. Michener : a critical companion / Marilyn S. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Severson, Marilyn S. SeversonĬRITICAL COMPANIONS TO POPULAR CONTEMPORARY WRITERS Kathleen Gregory Klein, Series Editor Russell Colleen McCullough: A Critical Companion Mary Jean DeMarr Tony Hillerman: A Critical Companion John Reilly Burns John Saul: A Critical Companion Paul Bail James Clavell: A Critical Companion Gina Macdonald Stephen King: A Critical Companion Sharon A. Huntley Anne McCaffrey: A Critical Companion Robin Roberts Pat Conroy: A Critical Companion Landon C. Pelzer Michael Crichton: A Critical Companion Elizabeth A. Recent Titles in Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers Kathleen Gregory Klein, Series Editor Mary Higgins Clark: A Critical Companion Linda C. ![]() |