![]() ![]() Book SummaryĬhristianity, one of the world’s great religions, has had an incalculable impact on human history. ![]() He received a knighthood in January 2012 for services to scholarship. Professor MacCulloch was the presenter on BBC4 and BBC2 of "A History of Christianity - the first 3,000 years", which won the Radio Times Listeners' Award in 2010, "How God made the English" (BBC2, 2012) and "Henry VIII's fixer: the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell" (BBC2, 2013) his BBC2 series Sex and the West is aired in spring 2015. More recent publications from Penguin/Allen Lane have included Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700(appearing in the USA as The Reformation: a History), and A History of Christianity: the First Three Thousand Years (in the USA, Christianity: the First Three Thousand Years), which won the 2010 Cundill History Prize his latest book is Silence: a Christian History. He is working on a biography of Thomas Cromwell. He has written extensively on Tudor England his biography Thomas Cranmer: a Life (Yale UP, 1996) won the Whitbread Biography, Duff Cooper and James Tait Black Prizes. ![]() Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church, in the Theology Faculty he is a Fellow of the British Academy, and co-edited the Journal of Ecclesiastical History for two decades. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Hoong, I envy you that initial pleasure which comes from the discovery of a great detective story. "If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee and his faithful Sgt. Clues are few and elusive, but under the expert hand of Robert van Gulik, this mythic jigsaw puzzle assembles itself into a taut mystery. ![]() ![]() The terrifying figure of the White Lady, a river goddess enshrined on a bloodstained altar, looms in the background of the investigation. There, Judge Dee-tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger-steps in to investigate the murders and return order to the Tang Dynasty. In The Emperor's Pearl, the judge discovers that these two deaths are connected by an ancient tragedy involving a near-legendary treasure stolen from the Imperial Harem one hundred years earlier. It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. ![]() ![]() Could this really be Tungdil, or is this warrior following his own dark agenda? It is a question of the future of Girdlegard - and the future of all the dwarves. He calls himself Tungdil, and for his most loyal friend Ireheart and his allies, this means a new hope. Other books by Markus Heitz: War of the Dwarves The Revenge of the. A dwarf dressed in black armour returns from the abyss with a formidable army in tow. The international bestselling fantasy epic now available in English for the first time. Other books by Markus Heitz: The Dwarves The War of the Dwarves The Revenge of the. The dwarves seem to be facing their next battle with little hope of survival.īut then the inexplicable happens. The concluding novel in the international bestselling Dwarves series. Dragons, magicians, and the malevolent älfar have advanced far into the kingdom of Girdlegard, ruthlessly seizing vast areas of land. There has been no word from the brave warrior Tungdil since the vicious battle at the Black Abyss. ![]() ![]() For the last time, the dwarves are going to war - and the outcome will decide the fate of their race. ![]() ![]() As Alan Moore points out in his introduction to this book, most of them have been in the comics medium.įar more numerous than adaptations have been the outright rip-offs. ![]() Howard or Arthur Conan Doyle, for example, there have been relatively few adaptations of Moorcock’s stories by other hands over the years-some more faithful to the originals and some less so. (Previous post.) Titan has published English-language versions of both books.Ĭompared to Robert E. The first was The Ruby Throne (Le Trône de Rubis) which I have written about previously, and found very impressive. It is the second of two volumes reworking the 1972 book Elric of Melniboné. Stormbringer is the second volume in a new series of French comic albums-or graphic novels or romans graphiques-adapting Michael Moorcock‘s Elric prose fantasy saga. Click on most images to see larger versions. ![]() ![]() ![]() I wouldn't be surprised if it someone's real life story. Everything that was said and done was shockingly real. A girl, who is accustomed to the "best", has to figure out how to live a life without it, as though she never had any more than anyone else. When tragedy strikes her family, her pops is locked up, and no one else is willing to help. She is the girl many young girls want to be in life. And in the end it also shows how history repeats itself or how life is a cycle when Winter's sister has fallen into the same trap." ![]() Winter never sees her downfall until the very end. The book mainly discusses her problems with spending money on ridiculous items and how she never realizes the problem with it. She uses her good looks and her game to manipulate everyone (including her immediate family) into getting what she wants. This mentality brings her to the destructive point in her life. Winter also sees no problem with spending a few hundred dollars on an outfit and other luxuries. Winter feels isolated and needs to go back to the ghetto and brag to her friends and complete strangers. They finally move out of the ghetto and into a rich, suburban area. Her father spoils her rotten and her mother feeds into this. She grows up in the ghetto with a father who is a drug kingpin. ![]() Throughout the novel, she is constantly trying to "stay on top". Winter Santiaga is a spoiled, materialistic, troubled teenager. ![]() ![]() My bias wasn’t helped any by having seen the horrendously cheesy 1960s film clips for the movie based on this book. Biologist Bill Masen and author Josella Playton are two of them, finding each other and starting out on an adventure to survive and build a new world.Īs I mentioned above, science fiction isn’t really my favorite genre and I had no real desire to read this book. ![]() The only individuals saved from blindness were those who, for one reason or another, did not witness the meteor shower. Published in 1951, it tells the story of the end of the world as we know it. Humans are left blind after a mysterious comet lights up the world’s skies with eery bright green flashes ― allowing the mysterious Triffids free reign. The Day of the Triffids is perhaps the best known, and most critically-acclaimed novel by science fiction author John Wyndham. Find out why…įind it/Buy it here: The Day of the Triffids ![]() Science fiction is not my favorite genre but this classic had me rethinking my mild aversion. ![]() ![]() ![]() SO MANY SWOONY MOMENTS!Īlthough the main topic in this book is romance, there are much more being discussed in this book. There are many hilarious moments in the book as well as intense scenes between Alex and Henry. But Henry’s cool and collected manner is definitely a good match to Alex. Alex’s emotions sometimes created more issues than necessary. Both characters are well-rounded, but doesn’t mean they don’t have flaws. This was very apparent in their conversations and email exchange they had throughout the book. Both Alex and Henry are witty and intelligent. Casey McQuiston managed to catch our attention right from the first page of the book. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I found myself not being able to put the book down. A first son and a royal prince together? It was a no-brainer decision to pick up this LGBTQ romance. Red, White, and Royal Blue has a very interesting and intriguing settings. MARTIN’S PRESS FOR THE ARC IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. ![]() ![]() ![]() His sisters are trapped there, dead or likely yet to die, at the whim of the Lannister boy-king Joffrey or his depraved mother Cersei, regent of the Iron Throne. ![]() But now they face a horde of wildlings twenty-thousand strong – hungry savage people steeped in the dark magic of the haunted wilderness – poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown.īut Robb’s defences are ranged against attack from the South, the land of House Stark’s enemies the Lannisters. The men of the Night’s Watch are ready for the coming of a great cold and the walking corpses that travel with it. From there, the renegade Brother Mance Rayder will lead them South towards the Wall. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings leave their villages to gather in the ice and stone wasteland of the Frostfangs. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. ![]() A STORM OF SWORDS is the third volume in the series. ![]() Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Young Stephanie Harrington is none other than the founder of a pioneering family dynasty that is destined to lead the fight for humanity's freedom in a dangerous galaxy. The first entry in a new teen series and the origin saga for the incredibly popular, multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling Honor Harrington adult science fiction adventures. 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