![]() ![]() ![]() And Angel faces the severest of punishments-the castration of his gifts. And Simeon, Elder vampire and Angel's mate, refuses to see Angel convicted under the laws of the Council and his actions to keep Angel free threaten to start a war that could destroy their world. Isaac, his brother, is too vulnerable to be left unguarded, and Angel fears for his sanity and health. If found guilty, Angel's apprentice Daniel will be imprisoned to serve out the remaining years of his apprenticeship. Charged with numerous violations of practitioner laws, his freedom and family are placed in jeopardy. The High Council of Sorcery has come to Boston, and Angel is their target. ![]() Never one to ask permission nor apologies, he has acted with near impunity for years. For a decade, Angel Salvatore has been the most powerful sorcerer and only necromancer in all the Northeast. ![]()
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White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() On his return trip, Odysseus braves such terrors as the Cyclops, a one-eyed monster the Sirens, beautiful temptresses and Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly rock and whirlpool. ![]() The Odyssey recounts the subsequent return of the Greek hero Odysseus after the defeat of the Trojans. It tells of the exploits of such legendary figures as Achilles, Ajax, and Odysseus. The Iliad relates the tale of the Trojan War, about the war between Greece and Troy, brought about by the kidnapping of the beautiful Greek princess, Helen, by Paris. ![]() While historians argue over the man, his impact on literature, history, and philosophy is so significant as to be almost immeasurable. Homer is thought to have been an Ionian from the 9th or 8th century B.C. Nothing is known about Homer personally it is not even known for certain whether there is only one true author of these two works. Homer is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two greatest Greek epic poems. ![]() The apollo murders paperback5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() With political stakes stretched to the breaking point, the White House and the Kremlin can only watch as their astronauts collide on the lunar surface, far beyond the reach of law or rescue. But even as Kaz races to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident reveals that not everyone involved is quite who they were thought to be. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Three astronauts in a tiny spaceship, a quarter million miles from home. 1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. From New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield comes this exceptional thriller and "exciting journey" into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race (Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary ). ![]() Rainer rilke letters to a young poet5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Therefore, my dear friend, I know of no other advice than this: Go within and scale the depths of your being from which your very life springs forth. You’re looking outward and, above all else, that you must not do now. Well now, since you have given me permission to advise you, I suggest that you give all that up. You send them to publishers you compare them with other poems you are disturbed when certain publishers reject your attempts. On Looking Inward (from The First Letter, 10, 12) (The subtitles are my own and the numbers refer to the pages in the hyperlinked book.)ġ. ![]() Rilke’s words touch the human soul and invite change. Despite the title, Rilke’s words are not limited to the young or would-be poets. Rilke’s letters were published posthumously as Letters to a Young Poet. Rilke offered wisdom rather than answers, a way rather than a destination. Kappus began the correspondence seeking Rilke’s judgment and critique of his poetry. Over a period of about six years Kappus and Rilke exchanged letters. “When a truly great and unique spirit speaks, the lesser ones must be silent,” Franz Xaver Kappus wrote about Rainer Marie Rilke. ![]() Kenneth oppel silverwing series5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Instead, Frieda takes Shade to an Echo Chamber storing the history of the bats and their rivalry with the owls. Four elders, Bathsheba, Aurora, Lucretia and Frieda, try to discipline Shade at Tree Haven, the Silverwings' roost. When Chinook backs down from the challenge, Shade looks at the sun, attracting the attention of an owl. ![]() Shade challenges Chinook to look at the sun, an act forbidden by the owls. 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The first, set in the mid-19th century, focuses on Ling, whose fastidious and imperturbably dogged performance as manservant to rail magnate Charles Crocker inspires "Mister Charley" to consider hiring a vast workforce of Chinese immigrants to help lay down tracks for the first transcontinental railroad. You could, if you wished, refer to this blend of historically inspired narratives as The Birth of a Chinese-American Nation, as Davies ( The Welsh Girl, 2007, etc.) encompasses whole eras of history, transition, and even consciousness in the four stories that make up this novel. A four-part suite of astute, lyrical, and often poignant stories poses incisive questions about what changes-and what does not-when people from another culture become Americans. ![]() Insatiable book meg cabot5/9/2023 ![]() Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchettĭiscworld author Terry Prachett turns his sarcastic eye to vampires in this, his 23rd book in the series. ![]() Carmilla, a young woman, is tempted by a female vampire in this gothic tale of forbidden love and society norms. Vampire stories have been popular for more than a century, although they're often eclipsed by Dracula. It's fortunate for her that Kane isn't like the other vampires. Vampire Kane Viscardi is hiding in there, and she's determined to kill him. Bitten By the Beast by Alexa RileyĬollege girl Juliet finds herself in a perilous predicament when she breaks into the eerie home near her university. 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Trends come and go, only to reappear at some point in the future. ![]() The forbidden wish book5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() She must disguise herself to stay alive, using ancient shape-shifting magic, until her new master has selected his three wishes.īut when the King of the Jinn offers Zahra a chance to be free of her lamp forever, she seizes the opportunity-only to discover she is falling in love with Aladdin. When Aladdin discovers Zahra's jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn't seen in hundreds of years-a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra's very existence is illegal. 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