![]() ![]() But that’s not all! There also was the Dark Avengers-also originally written by Brian Michael Bendis with art Mike Deodato…Īfter eight years, Brian Michael Bendis ended his run on Avengers and New Avengers in 2012 with the “ End Times” arc. Marvel (with Ares, Black Widow, Iron Man, Sentry, Wasp, and Wonder Man) gathered in The Mighty Avengers-also originally written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Frank Cho, then Mark Bagley. It was also the title of the main Avengers series written by Bendis-with art by David Finch, then by Steve McNiven, Leinil Francis Yu, Billy Tan, and Stuart Immonen as the years went by.īut that’s not all! After some massive events, a concurrent government-sanctioned team led by Ms. ![]() ![]() It was the end of an era and the start of a new one that ended up being a series of crossover events that changed the Marvel Universe in a big way.Īt first, with the Avengers in ruins, a new team named The New Avengers is created: Iron Man, Captain America, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Ronin (aka Echo), Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, and Sentry. In 2004, Brian Michael Bendis’s Avengers run began with the destruction of the existing traditional roster of the team. ![]()
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![]() ![]() How it happened is a long story that we get to eventually, but, like, suffice to say, similar to many privileged groups, the Arameri abuse their power. ![]() ![]() Entire palaces are so rife with magic the walls glow, and keep the impossibly-shaped edifice from toppling. The Arameri have massive stick-up-ass syndrome, but it’s cool because they have all the power in the novel’s world specifically, they have GODS. Yeine, our protagonist is a half-Arameri heiress with none of the coloring or tact of her mom’s people, and she’s in town for a great occasion: to battle her siblings for the right to be the next ruler of the world. Jemisin has it- the godstuff that fuels good fantasy, IMO– by the gallon if we’re lucky, we’ve enough godliness leftover to read from her and learn.
![]() ![]() 'Margo Jefferson's Constructing a Nervous System is as electric as its title suggests. Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female body could be - as incarnated by trailblazing Black dancers and athletes - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Topsy reimagined in the artworks of Kara Walker, white supremacy in the novels of Willa Cather, and more, this breathtakingly eloquent account is both a critique and a vindication of the constructed self. ![]() WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND 'This is one of the most imaginative - and therefore moving - memoirs I have ever read' - Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments Margo Jefferson boldly and brilliantly fuses cultural analysis and memoir to probe race, class, family and art. The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and acclaimed author of Negroland boldly and brilliantly fuses cultural analysis and memoir to probe race, class, family and art. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Munsch's plot and the humour remain intact in this new version, and toddlers will still enjoy the classic lines, "But you are a BUM!" Readers will also take pleasure in the different coloured and sized fonts as well as illustrations within the text which are interspersed throughout the book. ![]() Michael Martchenko's original pictures also illustrate the story in this edition for young readers. A charmingly-illustrated tale of strength for princesses of all ages., Like the original, this version will be sure to charm young children and is a must-have for any preschool library, One of the best princess stories ever told, Elizabeth turns the princess stereotype on its head., Some of the best children's books ever written have been about girls - like The Paper Bag Princess., One of the best princess stories ever told, Elizabeth turns the princess stereotype on its head, empowering young girls to be true to themselves., In this new board book version, the original story of The Paper Bag Princess is shorter and simplified for preschool readers. The tale of a princess who, although faced with adversity, saves the day and wins the prize. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Duff includes stories about his own family life. His discussion of Detroit politics includes interactions with Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and political figures including Adolph Mongo and Monica Conyers. His discussion of the crime issue includes interviews with police officers, and there is also a segment about firefighters combating arsonists. The book material originates from news stories LeDuff, a journalist, had covered for The Detroit News. In March 2008 he was living in Los Angeles with his family when he decided to move back to Detroit. LeDuff had grown up in the Detroit suburbs ( Westland/ Livonia), left and become a journalist, working for The New York Times for a decade and winning a Pulitzer Prize while there. In the book LeDuff discusses the present state of Detroit and its economic, social, crime, and political issues. Book by Charlie LeDuff Detroit: An American Autopsyĭetroit: An American Autopsy is a 2013 book by Charlie LeDuff, published by Penguin Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() How much of that enemies-to-lovers trope stems from prejudices against genres like romance or YA you might've witnessed at literary festivals? Jo and Will don't like each other at first. ![]() She's on the board of the Key West Literary Seminar and was inspired to set her new novel at a book festival when COVID-19 forced them to scrap the 20 festivals. The Little Bridge Island series draws a great deal from Cabot's own life living in the Florida Keys, and No Words is no exception. But she's shocked to find him apologetic about his past actions and determined to prove to her he's a changed man. When Jo, who is suffering from a crippling case of writer's block, bumps into her nemesis Will, it's the last thing she wants. The third and possibly final novel in her Little Bridge Island series, it follows children's book author Jo and literary fiction writer Will as they attend the island's first-ever book festival. But authors can still attend in their imaginations, and bring readers along in the pages of their books.įor Meg Cabot, that was the impetus behind her new novel No Words. ![]() The COVID-19 pandemic upended all our lives and led to the cancelation of many of our most cherished social and cultural events. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (2004–05).ĬLAMP School Paranormal Investigators 3 vols. ![]() (1998–2003).Ĭardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow 6 vols. Best-Known Works Graphic Novels (with dates of English publication) Japanese manga artists are known to maintain a certain air of mystery around their personal lives, but the members of CLAMP take this to new levels. While their works are wildly popular among young readers and are carried by most major bookstores and libraries with good graphic novel collections, the authors themselves remain little known. Tokyo Babylon " is a prime example of the sheer talent that makes CLAMP such a publishing phenomenon here in the States."Īs with many Japanese manga artists, CLAMP maintains a low public profile. As with many Japanese manga, a number of CLAMP's works have also been made into anime (animation), either as a television series or, as with X, as a feature-length film. rights to CLAMP's works and began to publish a wide variety of their titles, beginning with Magic Knight Rayearth. After 1998 the publisher TOKYOPOP (then known as Mixx) bought the U.S. Hugely popular in their native Japan since the early 1990s, CLAMP's works first came to the attention of American readers in 1996, when the publisher Viz released an English translation of X/1999. The Japanese manga team CLAMP is arguably the most popular creator of manga in the world, and certainly the leading creator of shojo manga, or manga intended for girls (though CLAMP produces all varieties of manga). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ** The remarkable novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover** Meet the unforgettable Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() Catherine’s fiance perished in the war a year before, leaving her with lasting grief and sorrow. Henry is immediately intrigued by her, and Rinaldi soon steps away from the relationship after he realizes that Catherine finds Henry more desirable. ![]() ![]() Catherine was described as a beautiful English nurse’s aide that worked in a British hospital close by. When Henry returns, one of his friends, Rinaldi, introduces him to a lady that he was interested in named Catherine Barkley. The author then sets the scene with Lieutenant Henry, an ambulance driver, taking a winter leave from the battlefront as the war begins to slow down. The season was also changing from fall to winter, making the weather rainy and gloomy. He explained the degree of fighting going on extremely nearby and how people’s lives revolved around the war. ![]() The novel begins with the author describing what daily life was like since the war was the most important thing happening during this time period. ![]() A Farewell to Arms Novel Notes 1) How does the author begin the novel?Ī Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway, portrays the complicated relationship between two devoted lovers, Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley, during the Italian campaign of World War I. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Fantasy just the way I like it: a mingling of history, intrigue, romance, murder, and magic.” ![]() Alex Flinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beastly and Mirrored “An engrossing combination of fantasy and history-readers who love myth and magic will devour it!” With the gods turning a blind eye, and devastation stirring at the borders of his land and within his very court, Alexander will learn that sometimes cities must turn to ash for an empire to rise. Roused by their cravings for magic and blood, the Spirit Eaters will hunt those with power to the ends of the earth and slaughter any who stand in their way. Rumors have been circulating about forbidden rituals being performed in the night, awakening an old magic long thought dormant and with it the Sprit Eaters. Kat isn’t the only one close to Alexander plotting something bloody. As they grow closer, Kat struggles to keep a dark secret: her mission to assassinate the queen. Preoccupied with a strange power he doesn’t yet understand and the news that his fiancée is sailing across the sea to meet him for the first time, Alexander finds the newcomer in court, Katerina, is a welcome distraction. Weaving fantasy with the shocking details of real history, New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman enthralls readers in the first book of the Blood of Gods and Royals series.Īlexander might one day be fated to conquer the known world, but at sixteen his kingly duties aren’t exactly top of mind. ![]() |