![]() ![]() Gathered from India, Persia and across the great Arab empire, these mesmerising stories tell of the real and the supernatural, love and marriage, power and punishment, wealth and poverty, and the endless trials and uncertainties of fate. To survive, his newest wife Shahrazad spins a web of tales each night, leaving the King in suspense when morning comes, prolonging her life for another day. Maddened by the discovery of his wife's orgies, King Shahrayar vows to marry a virgin every night and kill her in the morning. One Thousand and One Nights are the never-ending stories told by Shahrazad under sentence of death to King Shahrayar. The Arab world's greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh. ![]()
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![]() If you’re an atheist or just aren’t sure about Jesus, these stories will turn your whole world upside down. Join Lee in this fascinating journey of discovery. So what convinced Lee Strobel-an atheist investigative journalist turned faith-filled Christian-that Jesus is real? Why is there suffering? Doesn’t science disprove miracles? What about hell-and the millions who’ve never heard of Jesus? Is heaven for real? Is God unjust? Like you, as a student, Lee Strobel asked the same tough questions you face about God, about Jesus, about science, and about Christianity. The answers will prove whether or not Jesus is who he says he is and if heaven is for real, leading you to a life-changing decision in your current case for or against Christianity. ![]() Prepare yourself for an eye-opening, no-punches-pulled investigation into eight of the toughest objections to Christianity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Below is the order in which Terry Pratchett’s novels have been released in: ![]() Terry Pratchett was a very prolific novelist and his books are enjoyed by readers of all ages worldwide. Many consider Pratchett to be the funniest writer of the last few decades. ![]() He has also written several children’s novels and other standalone novels. He has been focused on his Discworld series since 1983 with nearly 40 books in the series. Pratchett had his first short story published when he was 15 and had been writing ever since. ![]() “AT LAST SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.” “Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.” In true Terry Pratchett style, he had tweets posted on his Twitter immediately following his death. He died after a chest infection, as well as complications from the Alzheimers. Pratchett battled Alzheimer’s disease for years after announcing it online in 2007. Terry Pratchett sadly passed away on March 12th, 2015. Terry Pratchett was an English author who is best known for his Discworld comic fantasy series. ![]() ![]() ![]() But without a jacket, a seller would be lucky to get even a few hundred dollars. ![]() With a jacket, a first Casino can indeed fetch these large prices. ![]() Know that the dust jacket is everything with this title. An inscribed copy of Casino Royale sold for just over $40,000 in 2007. Heck, it's one of the most sought after first edition books, period! Because the first print run was very small - with many going to libraries - in auction, first editions of Casino Royale can sell for $10,000 to $30,000 depending on condition (I realize that is quite a spread, but that is how much condition matters with this book). This first edition of Casino Royale is one of the most sought-after James Bond books. Fleming himself designed the dust jacket art, which contained nine bleeding hearts on a gunmetal gray background with "a whisper of love, a whisper of hate" inscribed around the center heart. In England the first printing of 4,750 copies sold out in the first month of publication. When Ian Fleming's Casino Royale was first published by Jonathan Cape on April 13, 1953, it was a sensation. No matter what any "expert" says (myself included), a book is only worth what someone is willing to pay and no one can say for sure what a book will or will not sell for. Author’s note: Values here are estimates based on experience and are only meant to be a guide. ![]() ![]() ![]() Prior to beginning his research for the book, Chernow himself had even bought into the prevailing view in an earlier biography of John D. The president was seen poorly for many years, ranked near the bottom among former presidents. His drinking habit, which did not adversely affect his military campaigns, became a central focus of Gilded Age historians. Proponents of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, Chernow argues, demonized Grant. Ron Chernow on the historical reputation of Ulysses S. former slaves who are now full-fledged American citizens. ![]() But to my mind, the big story of his presidency is he's really farsighted in courageous action in terms of protecting. The caricature of his presidency was that it was, you know, stained by corruption, and nepotism and cronyism. ![]() ![]() ![]() These works, among Konwicki's most beautiful, evoke the region around Vilnius as a land of growing up and of initiation into the sense of life, of learning about love and death, a land where feelings are born and where the reconciliation with existence - a Faustian acceptance of duration - occurs. He died on January 7, 2015.įrom the Besieged City (1956) inaugurates a Vilnius cycle that would include the novels A Hole in the Sky (1959), The Werewolf (1969), A Chronicle of Amorous Incidents (1974) and Bohin(1987). He is regarded as a spokesman for the yearnings, attitudes, hopes and rage of several generations. He is one of the writers who have left the most lasting impression on post-war Polish literature and culture. Konwicki was the conscience of Polish society and the crazed mirror in which it is reflected. This author of twenty novels, film director and screenwriter (the founder of the "Polish cinema des auteurs" was born in Lithuania in 1926. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wagner and Ennis came up with a seriously deranged threat worthy of Dredd of old and then ramped up things to give it all a scale the likes of which we’d not really seen since ‘The Apocalypse War ‘.Īs Sabbat brings back the dead across the world, Dredd gets just a taste of what’s to come as both the Cursed Earth and the Necropolis pits give up their dead, Johnny Alpha gets called onto the case, teleporting in across time to clean up Sabbat’s mess, if he can…. ![]() ![]() Sabbat the Necromancer in full flow – art by Carlos Ezquerra It was truly epic Dredd as only 2000 AD can deliver, with Dredd teaming up (albeit reluctantly of course) with Johnny Alpha, the greatest of the Strontium Dogs, to prevent the world from succumbing to the zombie hordes. ‘Judgement Day ‘, saw Sabbat the Necromagus resurrect every corpse in the whole world to serve as his zombie horde. ![]() ![]() Into the narrator’s life comes Kerrand, a French graphic artist from Normandy whose speciality is creating comics. The narrator, for her part, feels at best ambivalent and at worst hostile to her boyfriend, Jun-oh, an aspiring model intent on furthering his career in Seoul. There are repeated references to the narrator’s weight and her status as an unmarried woman, both of which give rise to pressure from the mother. Moreover, she is being made to feel inadequate by her conventional Korean mother, a woman who sells seafood at the nearby fish market. The narrator – who remains unnamed throughout – is something of a misfit in her community, her French-Korean origins marking her out as a source of speculation amongst the locals. ![]() ![]() Dusapin’s story revolves around a young woman in her early twenties, currently working as a cook and housemaid in a run-down guest house struggling to keep up with the new hotels in the city. ![]() The setting for the novella – this French-Korean writer’s debut – is Sokcho, a coastal city in the far north-east of South Korea, close to the North Korean border. A beautiful, dreamlike story encompassing themes of detachment, fleeting connections and the pressure to conform to society’s expectations. ![]() ![]() It's not hard to guess why she ran, and I suspected what her gift was for the most part, but doesn't ruin the book for me. Broken Bonds The Bonds That Tie, Book 1 By: J Bree Narrated by: Kasi Hollowell Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins Release date: 07-05-22 Language: English 941 ratings Regular price: 17. I think my only complaint was having to wait to find out why Oli ran from her bonds, or what her gifts are. I enjoyed Oli, and her bonds (except for Nox, and I will get to that). And the whole reverse harem dynamic is normal for gifted society, so its not taboo in this series. Blood tests point you in the direction of your bonds. How gifted people finds their bonds (or mates), is not something stumbled upon, but scientific. ![]() ![]() For an urban fantasy, set in our world, the "magic" system and politics felt unique. Not wanting to miss out just because I dragged my feet on reading them, I quickly downloaded them to my kindle, and let me tell you: this book didn't disappoint. I have seen this series recommended a lot on #booktok and various facebook groups, but what really pushed me to read it right away was the hint that Bookish Box was doing luxe editions of the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() And as a new human order is struggling to be born in blood and fire, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante must struggle to survive and get back to the only home they have left.Nemesis Games is a breakneck science fiction adventure following the bestselling Cibola Burn. According to the plot description, 'Season 5 of the series picks up as multitudes of humans leave the solar system in search of new homes and vast fortunes on the earth-like worlds beyond the alien Ring, and a heavy price for centuries of exploitation of the Belt finally comes due and a reckoning is at hand. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. Drummer decides to make an uneasy alliance. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. With an unexpected passenger aboard the Rocinante, Holden and crew undertake a dangerous mission that could shift the balance of power in the war. The individual who I believe is the original author posted links to his/her summaries some time ago, and I. Private armies are being secretly formed. With some of us already having received Babylons Ashes (you bastards) and others of us patiently waiting, I have seen a lot of people requesting summaries of the existing books. ![]() ![]() As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle.Ships are disappearing without a trace. Now a major television series A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series. ![]() |