![]() ![]() The extra-terrestrial ‘gods’ and cursed histories that would emerge from these stories now form the cornerstones of Lovecraft’s unique mythology: the Cthulhu Mythos. In later tales, such as the iconic ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ and ‘The Whisperer in Darkness’, Lovecraft reaches into the cosmos, bridging the divide between horror and science fiction. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far Another early piece, ‘The Outsider’ – a tragic and emotive evocation of loneliness and desolation – follows a man’s escape from his castle in a desperate search for human contact, but the loathsome truth he discovers destroys his mind. ‘“Great God! I never dreamed of THIS!”’ screams occultist Harley Warren in ‘The Statement of Randolph Carter’, as he begs his companion to bury him alive. ![]() ![]() Through their investigations into the unexplained, they tug at the thin threads that separate our world from another of indescribable horror. In stories written in the gothic tradition, narrators recount their descent into madness and despair. This collection spans Lovecraft’s literary career, and charts the development of his ‘cosmicist’ philosophy the belief that behind the veil of our blinkered everyday lives lies another reality, too terrible for the human mind to comprehend. ![]()
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![]() His second book, How To Get Rid of a President, covers American political history from the Constitutional Convention through the election of Donald Trump and stands as the definitive survey of how presidents have left office or been pushed toward the door. ![]() The first, The Presidents Book of Secrets, enabled him to become the first author to interview, for one book, every living former president, vice president, and CIA director from previous administrations. He writes and speaks widely on the American presidency, intelligence, and national security. How to Get Rid of a President: Historys Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives by David Priess 4.0 Paperback (Reprint) 16. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at George Mason University in Virginia. He now serves as the chief operating officer of Washington, DC's Lawfare Institute, the publisher of the national security website and podcast publisher Lawfare, and a senior fellow at the Michael V. Upon occasion he also delivered the PDB to President George W. During the latter’s administration, he personally delivered the President’s Daily Brief for more than a year to the Attorney General John Ashcroft and the FBI Director Robert Muller. ![]() ![]() David Priess served at both the CIA and State Department during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. MacLaggan Hall Auditorium room 105 April 3 2023, from 7 - 9 p.m. David Priess, The President’s Book of Secrets: Behind the Scenes of America’s Most Sensitive Intelligence Briefings The Department of History and the Faculty of Arts at the UNB Presents Dr. ![]() ![]() Many warm girls (and not a few boys) wore plastic choppers and purple wigs to copy her. ![]() Mima, the vam in Cham-Cham, was a crossover artist. Two phantom soprani and a vampire contralto. Drinking fountains, food stall hotplates, rubbish bins. Holograms of the flounce-sleeved bubblegum trio wavered above mini projectors concealed in the oddest places. Lu lu too sousand zeiro zeiro Pātī wa owari – oops! – jikan ga nai… The multi-tracked rinky-dink organ riff made his fillings throb. The single might as well have been pressed on tissue paper. A remix of Prince’s ‘1999’ by the girl group Cham-Cham. The sky above the city was the colour of arterial blood splashed across a shower curtain. ![]() Unknown Male – Richard Jeperson (GEIST 97) ![]() The cover is by Martin Stiff at Amazing 15. You can order it from Forbidden Planet here. The distinguished guests are held hostage by yakuza assassins and Transylvanian mercenaries, and vampire schoolgirl Nezumi – agent of the Diogenes Club – finds herself pitted against the world’s deadliest creatures…’ But the party is crashed by less enlightened souls. ‘It is the eve of the new millennium, and vampire princess Christina Light is throwing a party in Tokyo, attended by the leaders of the worlds of technology, finance and culture. My new novel, Anno Dracula 1999 Daikaiju, will be published by Titan Books in October. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Savage My Kinsman (1961) tells of Elisabeth’s years working with the Aucas/Waorani after Jim’s death. This and his journals were prime reading material among many students when I was in college. The Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot (1958) is her biography of Jim. The Journals of Jim Elliot (1978) are, as the title says, the journals of her first husband, Jim, with some notes by Elisabeth here and there. This book started me on the path of reading missionary biographies and reading Elisabeth Elliot. Through Gates of Splendor (1957) was her first, in which she told the story of her husband and the four other missionaries who were killed by the Auca (now known as Waorani) Indians in the 1950s. I am using the original publication dates where I can find them: many of them have been reprinted multiple times, some with an update from Elisabeth in them, so on Amazon or other places the more recent date they show is that of the reprint. I’ve also had a few comments from people who had never heard of her or didn’t know much about her, so I thought a book list would be a good idea. I hope that someone will put all the pieces together in a biography of her someday soon. I think all of her books are autobiographical to a degree, though there is not any one that tells her whole life story. ![]() Someone commented early on in this series that I should list some of Elisabeth’s books, particularly those that are autobiographical. ![]() ![]() Into this maelstrom, the CDC seems to be shouting: Enough! To which, I would add: What took you so long? And schools are already making noise about staying closed until 2022. Teachers’ unions are facing national opprobrium for their reluctance to return to in-person instruction. The CDC’s judgment comes at a particularly fraught moment in the debate about kids, schools, and COVID-19. In an essay in the Journal of the American Medical Association, they wrote that the “preponderance of available evidence” from the fall semester had reassured the agency that with adequate masking, distancing, and ventilation, the benefits of opening schools outweigh the risks of keeping kids at home for months. ![]() (CHRISTOPHER LEE / THE NEW YORK TIMES / REDUX)į ederal health officials at the CDC this week called for children to return to American classrooms as soon as possible. ![]() ![]() ![]() More important than the outcome of the story, where good triumphs over evil, are the characters: baby hedgehogs Ferdy and Coggs, doing their valiant best to become warriors the kindly Gingivere, who finds his heart's joy as a farmer Lady Amber, the squirrel Chief and her band of archers Chibb, the robin who will spy for anyone as long as he is paid in candied chestnuts. Into the woodlanders' midst comes Martin the Warrior, who becomes fast friends with Gonff the mousethief and others they soon set off to find the only warrior who can lead them to victory. ![]() Kotir is the name of the group holed up at the castle, led by Tsarmina, a wildcat who poisons her father and imprisons her good brother Gingivere so that she may rule in her own way. ![]() Right from the start of this rousingly old-fashioned prequel to Redwall, readers will submerge themselves in the culture of the woodlanders and their council, the Corim, against the wicked Kotir. ![]() ![]() This list of memoirs and fiction set in South Carolina truly will transport you there in time and place, even including Southern drawls and comfort food references, alongside difficult histories. (This list of memoir books and novels set in South Carolina actually reminds me of the best books set in New Orleans, a similar Southern city with an epic reading list that intimately reflects its uniqueness.) I am really excited to share this list with you, as I just returned from Charleston, and there I discovered just how tightly intertwined the culture and history of this particular location is with intertwined with literature, which definitely isn’t true of many, or even most, literary locations. reading challenge, these all make great book choices for South Carolina! (book display at Blue Bicycle Books in Charleston) ![]() Explore the best books set in South Carolina to find your next great memoir, historical fiction, contemporary fiction, or Southern gothic novel inspired by the Palmetto state in the Southeastern United States. ![]() ![]() Of anything.Įven worse, it's not long before Camp Featherlite's luxurious bungalows are totally overrun with zombies. Plus, the camp's supposed "miracle cure" for obesity just seems fishy, and Vee and her fellow campers know they don't need to be cured. Then she spots something horrifying outside in the snow. Vee barely has a chance to meet the other members of her pod, all who seem as unhappy to be at Featherlite as she does, when a camper goes missing down by the lake. And when they arrive at Camp Featherlite at the start of the worst blizzard in the history of Flagstaff, Arizona, it's clear that something isn't right. Vivian Ellenshaw is fat, but she knows she doesn't need to lose weight, so she's none too happy to find herself forced into a weight-loss camp's van with her ex-best friend, Allie, a meathead jock who can barely drive, and the camp owner's snobby son. ![]() In the next few hours, one of three things will happen.ģ-We'll be eaten by thin and athletic zombies (odds: excellent) ![]() Shaun of the Dead meets Dumplin' in this bitingly funny YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their good friend Stillwater the panda has one more special surprise in store for them. When Addy, Michael, and Karl finish trick-or-treating, their bags are brimming with treats. And there's mystery and fun around every corner! ![]() Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Carr, The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing, Lost Letters from Hav by Jan Morris and The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch on the 1985 shortlist. The Bone People sat alongside Illywhacker by Peter Carey, The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J.L. ![]() Yet it remained ‘all too disturbing’ for many, including some of that year’s other judges. The Booker Prize jury answered St John Stevas’ question by awarding the 1985 prize to its author Keri Hulme, making her the first New Zealander to win the award. Telling the stories of artist in exile Kerewin, a speechless boy named Simon, and his foster father Joe, The Bone People is a story of love and violence that reckons with the clash between Māori and European cultures. Is it all too disturbing or is it a winner?’ The Bone People, said Norman St John Stevas in his speech as chair of the Booker Prize judges in 1985, ‘is a highly poetic book filled with striking imagery and insights… It seems to be about child battering, but is really about love. ![]() |