![]() Let me be with my own personal infinity, it dies soon enough and disappears, and you will see me ascend and disperse like smoke from dulling coals. To those of us (I’m speaking to you, reader) who love and nurture our imagination above almost all else, isn’t the ultimate goal to surpass our current limits, and thus increase our imaginative grandeur, our knowledge, our ability to grasp and hold things in their purest form of thought? Isn’t this the highest form of adoration? How does one leap the bars and walls of our word-prison to properly adore the universe? What might be attained through imagination. ![]() The Wake is infinity’s singsong, if one remembers that infinity is something only imagined by human beings, so it is every little finite life’s singsong lovesong out to rich, pulsing, strangely comprehensible infinity. It is the novel that no one and everyone wrote all together, that no one and everyone might read and understand all together. It is a quivering monolith inscribed in wriggling runes. It grows while it decomposes and traverses the Spheres while it stays absolutely still. ![]() It is a life-tree and a time-stone, in an idyll beside a river. Language is what gave us time and space- without it one would only see and never know, and so never see. The Wake is above, around, inside, outside, and through the temporal and spatial essences of language. ![]()
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![]() ![]() With a keen eye for how economic insights are acquired, lost, and reborn, Kurz focuses on the dynamic individuals who give old ideas new life and the historical events that provoke different approaches and theories. Kurz traces the long arc of economic thought from its emergence in ancient Greece to its systematic presentation among the classical thinkers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to the influential work of scholars such as Paul Samuelson and Kenneth J. ![]() In this concise yet comprehensive history, Heinz D. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lazar the prince of her childhood dreams. For his quest for vengeance still burns fiercely, and he will settle for nothing less than Allegra’s body and soul.Īlone at sea with this dark, intriguing man, moving between seduction and fear, Allegra gazes into eyes as deep and mysterious as the night and sees who this pirate really is. He agrees to spare the lives of her family but only if Allegra sails away with him as his captive. She throws herself on his mercy, her courage and beauty touching his cold, unforgiving heart. On a calm moonlit night, as the scent of jasmine and pine embraced the island of Ascension, The Pirate Prince Lazar di Fiori returns with lethal grace to avenge what was stolen from him: his kingdom, his birthright, his soul…Īllegra Monteverdi, the daughter of Lazar’s sworn enemy, proves an uncommonly powerful adversary. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When she received her BA degree in psychology from the University of Texas, she had no idea she had gained a foundation that would help her to create believable characters-characters that are often described as “real people.” She began her career writing training manuals and computer code for the IRS, but something was always missing. Her "dual" nationality has given her a love for all things British and Texan, and she enjoys weaving both heritages through her stories. Lorraine was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, but soon after moved to Texas. She is the daughter of a British beauty (her mom won second place in a beauty contest sponsored by Max Factor® during which she received a kiss from Caesar Romero, (the Joker on the original Batman TV series) and a Texan who was stationed at Bovingdon while serving in the air force. No doubt because growing up, watching movies with her mom, she was taught that the best movies "won't half make you cry." Lorraine Heath has always had a soft spot for emotional love stories. ![]() Also writes Young Adult under Rachel Hawthorne, Jade Parker, and with her son as J.A. ![]() ![]() The Bobs then proceed to explore the galaxy, finding new worlds and life, find out what happened to Earth while facing hostile probes and other threats. Despite some unexpected political turmoil, Bob manages to survive Earth and escape the Sol system intact, then begins creating more Bobs. He wakes up a hundred and thirteen years later as a digital copy of the original Bob, one of five replicants made from different people, all made in the hopes that one will be able to pilot a Von Neumann probe. Before the end of the day, Bob gets hit by a car, is pronounced dead, and his head collected. The company would freeze his head in the event of his death, to be restored once technology advanced enough. ![]() ![]() In 2016, Robert Johansson, an engineer and programmer, signed up for a cryo-storage company following a sudden windfall of cash. It's also the first entry into the Bobiverse the sequels are For We Are Many, All These Worlds, and Heaven's River. Taylor, which asks the question "What would it be like to be a Von Neumann Probe?". ![]() We are Legion (We Are Bob) is a 2016 Science Fiction novel of some acclaim, written by Denis E. Eduard Guijpers, from the convention panel Designing a Von Neumann Probe ![]() ![]() When they draw closer to the battlegrounds, however, the scenery grows more hellish. Far from the front at first, the Company marches and drills and bellyaches. ![]() I Shall Be Near to You then follows the logical illogical progression of war. A determined young woman, Rosetta persuades Jeremiah and several other men from home to keep quiet about her charade. His absence makes his bride miserable, so she opts to join the army, too. Two weeks after their wedding-a rushed affair because the groom has just enlisted-Jeremiah leaves. I Shall Be Near to You tells what happens to a pair of newlyweds when they become members of New York’s Company 97. So neither of these novels is outside the realm of possibility, nether worlds of combat portrayed in haunting and evocative words. ![]() Concealing their gender, they followed husbands, brothers, fathers, friends, and their own senses of destiny into the bloody conflict. Several hundred women probably did fight in the Civil War. McCabe turns Rosetta Wakefield into Ross Stone Hunt turns Constance Thompson into Gallant Ash both Ross and Ash then participate in some of the bloodiest battles encountered by the union troops. ![]() Two Civil War Novels: I Shall Be Near to You and NeverhomeĮrin Lindsay McCabe and Laird Hunt each envision the American Civil War from a female’s perspective, sending women soldiers into battle in two unforgettable novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() With Nona I was at least more able to go along for the ride and try to take events at face value until something changed enough to reveal that I shouldn't. ![]() ![]() I wish I could say that made for a challenging and exciting experience, but instead, it kept bumping me out of the story. Much as with Harrow, I kept having to ask, "Are these characters alive or dead? Does it matter? Is death meaningful in this universe? Is any of what's happening on the page right now meaningful in this universe? What am I meant to be asking here, instead of the questions I am asking?" But Nona is so fundamentally built around the mystery of who its central character is - and once that becomes clearer, what it actually means - that it's very hard to emotionally connect with anything that goes on in this story. Nona the Ninth was at least more manageable than Harrow the Ninth in that there was a more or less linear story to hang onto, and fewer questions about what was actually real and on what plane of reality any of it was taking place. I feel like I'm in a perpetual struggle against Tamsyn Muir's books - trying to figure out which parts of them are meant to be opaque and mysterious, and which parts of them I'm just not grasping. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nor a lecherous scoundrel who collects followers to join him in debauchery.” Unsurprised by her bluntness, he brushed imaginary lint from his knee. Wincing, she cradled the injured arm and gave him a green-and-gold glare. She spun around, cracking her wrist against the back of her chair. “-much less an entire year is untenable.” “-scurrilous rake, and to spend one moment in his company-”Ĭhatham assumed she had forgotten he was still in the room. ![]() Her long, slender arm shot out from her side and swung around to point in Chatham’s direction. I feared this book might not be a winner for me but I WAS SOO WRONG because I fell hard for the reformed rake. When the story begins the hero has just finished pleasuring a woman for money. To make her dream of independence come true Charlotte agrees to marry Chatham and stay with him for a year in exchange for his fidelity and sobriety. She dreams a life of trade in America while her father schemes to see her married to a titled gentleman. Miss Charlotte Lancaster is heiress to a fortune but she has no control over it. He’s a drunk and he sells his skills in bed to make ends meet. Benedict Chatham, the Marquess of Rutherford, has reached rock bottom. ![]() ![]() Instead she got one who could look a Nazi straight in the eye but not into the eyes of her own daughter. ![]() All Danusha ever wanted was a mother who would love her like a firstborn son. All Anna ever wanted was a firstborn son. ![]() Danusha’s mother, Anna, changes her name and secures a position as a housekeeper in a German doctor’s mansion in Kraków where Gestapo meetings are hosted in the kitchen… Her secret is their salvation, but what Danusha remembers most is the solitude, with only her baby brother and the girl in the mirror for company. A daughter needs a mother Winter 1939: Danusha and her family are forced to flee their home when the Nazis invade Poland. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is particularly useful for those who struggle with relationship issues or want to improve their communication and conflict resolution skills. This book is for anyone who wants to understand more about attachment styles and how they impact relationships. ![]() In “Attached,” Levine draws on his extensive research to provide readers with insights into how attachment styles impact relationships and how understanding one’s own attachment style can lead to healthier relationships. Levine is also a co-founder of the Adult Attachment Project, a research group dedicated to studying the science of adult attachment. He has published numerous research articles on the topic of attachment and has been featured in various media outlets, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and NPR. The author of “Attached” is Amir Levine, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who specializes in the field of adult attachment. ![]() |