![]() ![]() For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.Īs her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught-about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire, and Elisabeth is implicated in the crime. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery-magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. ![]() ![]() Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. “If you loved the Hogwarts Library…you’ll be right at home at Summershall.” -Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingaleįrom the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an “enthralling adventure” ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom.Īll sorcerers are evil. ![]() “A bewitching gem.I absolutely loved every moment of this story.” -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series ![]()
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And if you are in the Top Ten, then all your wildest wishes are granted. ![]() If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help. You die, or you Qualify.The year is 2047. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. The Atlantis Grail has been optioned for development as a feature film series and/or TV series. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify. They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth's population back to the colony planet Atlantis. THE ATLANTIS GRAIL has been optioned for development as a feature film series and/or TV series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Therefore I shall set pen to paper (yes, I still prefer longhand!) and in the near future will set forth the remarkable circumstances of our longevity. It had not occurred to me to explain, but Holmes urges me to do so. The answer is both interesting, I believe, and certainly shows my friend’s forward thinking. ![]() My colleague Mr Kaye informs me that several readers have written to Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine to ask how it is possible that Holmes and I from the periods of Victorian and Edwardian England are still alive and functioning more than a century later. ![]() THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle FROM WATSON’S NOTEBOOKS THE PROBLEM OF THE VANISHING BULLET, by Lee Enderlin THE MYSTERY OF THE PAUL HENRY, by Michael Penncavage THE DAYTIME SERIAL KILLER, by Dan Andriacco THE CURIOUS CASE OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, by Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective PENNWOOD AVENUE, by Sanford Zane Meschkow ![]() ![]() ![]() The first chapter introduces the subfield of "animal cognition" and many of the stumbling blocks it has run into as a field, many of which are due to humans being unwilling to consider that "cognition" is a thing that animals do. As we'll see, it's a field with a history at least as tumultuous as psychology, with an early amateurish "wild west", a strict over-correction, and these days a hopefully more productive synthesis. ![]() Ethologists these days are certainly knowledgeable about evolutionary lineages, cladistics, and animal anatomy, but the heart of the field has always been observing animals interacting with their environments (whether a wild or experimental environment). So, just what is ethology? It is the study animal behavior. "Animal Cognition" is a relatively new subfield that borrows much from psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, but it is firmly rooted in its parent field of ethology. Are We Smart Enough gives an overview of the study of animal cognition, its history, past and current controversies, and where the field might go next (as of 2016). ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s always hard to review the end of a series without revealing too much. Start at the beginning with The Diabolic and The Empress. This review contains spoilers for books one and two. The Nemesis is the final book in Kincaid’s Diabolic trilogy. In her hunt for vengeance, Nemesis may also find her humanity but only if she’s willing to truly look at everything that has transpired to bring her to this point in The Nemesis (2020) by S. Blinded by rage at her own betrayal, Nemesis is determined to exact revenge against those who have wronged her. Very few people know that Nemesis survived her would-be assassination and all of them want to use her. ![]() Three years ago Tyrus shocked the galaxy when he killed Nemesis and set himself on a path of destruction and debauchery poised to bring the entire empire to its knees. She has been an empress and traveled across the space and time to earn her personhood.īut at her core Nemesis wonders if she is still merely a Diabolic–a creature whose love is possessive, ferocious, and all-consuming a creature crafted for violence. She has forged alliances and friendships as often as she has watched them crumble. Nemesis has lived as a Diabolic bound to the young elite Sidonia. ![]() ![]() Start at the beginning with The Diabolic* *The Nemesis is the final book in Kincaid’s Diabolic trilogy. ![]() ![]() She wears pioneer-type dresses, brings a vase of flowers to put on her desk each day, carries her pet rat in her pocket, and in the cafeteria, she plays the ukulele and sings Happy Birthday to whomever is having a birthday that day. stargirlĪnyway, Stargirl shows up in school, after being homeschooled for her whole life. I’m a little surprised at myself, since it’s not necessarily something that I would guess I’d like, but it just spoke to me (and yes, I realize how ridiculous that sounds). But, when I was in need of a new audio book to listen to at work, I snatched it up. I was hesitant to read it, though, because I read Maniac Magee in 2006 and didn’t particularly love it. In the last six months, I’d heard about it on the Internet, at school, from friends, at the library. That’s how this book was for me – it seemed like everyone was talking about it. In the first chapter of this wonderful Stargirl book, appears at Micah High School on the first day of class and Leo, the narrator, comments that her name was on everyone’s lips. ![]() But when she begins cheering for both the home team and the opposing team, the school turns on her and Leo, desperately in love with her, pressures her to conform. Stargirl arrives at Micah High and enchants everyone with her strange and wonderful personality, particularly the narrator, Leo. ![]() 9 of 10: Almost too wonderful to summarize in just a few lines. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I spent much of my time looking out windows and daydreaming. I struggled with multiple learning disabilities, did not excel in school. Summers were about riding, fishing and make-believe, while winter brought sledding and ice-skating on frozen ponds. What are you reading right now or what’s on your TBR? -Saving Francesca, by Melina Marchettaįall Movie you’re most looking forward to? –OMG! Crimson Peak and Mad Max:Fury Roadīorn in Ohio, I lived next to my grandfather’s horse farm until the fourth grade. Who is your ultimate Book Boyfriend? ‘Weaver’ from May Webb’s, Precious Bane *swoons* ![]() Song you can’t get enough of right now? –Caroline (or anything) by Kill It Kid *dies* Sweet or Salty? -Ice cream is a food group.Īny Phobias? –Sharks and, ew, spiders … oh and drowning. Get to Know Julie Reece in 10 Questions or Less!įavorite Superhero? –One hero to rule them all: Thor This week, we are spotlighting Julie Reece, author ofīe sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post! Welcome to this week’s M9B Friday Reveal! ![]() ![]() ![]() Cynical Charles believes implicitly in the divine power of the Modern science all coexist uneasily at the intersection of religion and Unbridled hedonism and Puritan austerity, Renaissance humanism and Writing with wit and stylish maturity, Tremain createsĪn earthy, richly textured world with a distinctively seventeenth-century ![]() There’s a sorrowful brown bear involved and, as always, a woman. ![]() Merivel’s endearing humanity and propensity for misadventure remain undimmed.īehind the magnificent façade of the Sun King’s court all that glitters is farįrom gold. Impetuously decides a trip to Versailles will be just the answer to hisĪlthough no longer in a youthful “lather of heat”, Impulsive nature which is his frequent downfall and chief charm, then His faithful old servants are becoming dangerously decrepit. His beloved daughter Margaret is ready to leave the nest and Present by consigning the past to oblivion, he’s now consumed with anxietyĪbout the future. Grows weary, his lovable Fool is plagued by intimations of mortalityĪnd embarrassing fits of “blubbing”. While the still charismatic but not-so-merry monarch “there was a time of Opportunity, which you and I saw with our own eyes, but it Sir Robert Merivel, physican, accidentalĬourtier and King's Fool, is despondent. A bittersweet coda to Restoration, Merivel is set at the end of Charles II’s reign.įifteen years on, the mood is less jouissanceĪnd more post-coital tristesse. ![]() ![]() continue to experience more frequent high-tide flooding, forcing residents and visitors to deal with flooded shorelines, streets and basements. As sea level rise continues, damaging floods that happened decades ago only during a storm now happen more regularly, like during a full-moon or with a change in prevailing winds or currents.Ĭoastal communities across the U.S. High Tide Flooding (HTF) is defined as the overflow or excess accumulation of ocean water at high tide that covers low-lying areas, and typically occurs when tides reach anywhere from 1.75 to 2 feet above the daily average high tide and start spilling onto streets or bubbling up from storm drains. ![]() High-tide flooding, often referred to as “king tides,” “nuisance,” or “sunny day” flooding, is becoming increasingly common due to years of sea level rise. ![]() |