Then There Was You by Kara Isaac5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Their origin is a matter of great controversy. Turkic-speaking Karaite Jews (in the Crimean Tatar language, Qaraylar) have lived in Crimea for centuries. ![]() "Karaim" is a Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish and Lithuanian name for the community. The Crimean Karaites or Krymkaraylar (Crimean Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар, Qrımqaraylar, singular къарай, qaray Trakai dialect: karajlar, singular karaj Hebrew: קראי מזרח אירופה Crimean Tatar: Qaraylar Yiddish: קרימישע קאַראַיִמער, romanized: krimishe karaimer), also known as Karaims and Qarays, are an ethnicity of Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in the territory of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimea. Karaite Jews, Krymchaks, Samaritans, Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Crimean Tatars, Turkic peoples Karaim, Crimean Tatar, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian Karaite men in traditional garb, Crimea, 19th century. ![]()
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Catwoman under the moon5/13/2023 ![]() This free comic released for Free Comic Book Day 2019 featured an excerpt from the DC Ink original graphic novel Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale and a preview of the then-upcoming DC Ink original graphic novel Teen Titans: Raven.Cinders (Selina's cat) (Single appearance dies) Comic Review/Recap for graphic novel Under The Moon - A Catwoman Tale released on May 1, 2019.CREATIVE TEAMWriter: Lauren MyracleArtist: Isaac GoodhartSTORYL. ![]() This story is reprinted from Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale. ![]() The wordy shipmates by sarah vowell5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() In The Wordy Shipmates, Vowell revisits the first decade of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where a crew of nonseparatist Puritans who have left Mother England (without letting go of her apron strings) are striving to build a commonwealth of Christian ideals. Leave it to this self-proclaimed history nerd – she who turned the macabre topic of presidential murders into a comic travelog with a brainy kick – to redeem the Puritans from their stereotype of starchy piety and reveal them for the people they truly were: literary, thoughtful, courageous, and beset internally by an almost Shakespearean conflict between freedom and fidelity to spiritual doctrine. That may change with Sarah Vowell handling their PR. We regard those faith-based early colonists as being so dour, so prudish, as such a kaffeeklatsch of killjoys, that who could possibly get pumped up over a tome about them except for, well, other Puritans? ![]() Quick show of hands: Who's all hot to read a new book about the Puritans? ![]() ![]() Still, no one reading Verne or Wells really expects the books to feel scientifically accurate. Wells are two names who loom large when we discuss the earliest science fiction novelists-or is it science fantasy? Hard to say…. Few would dispute, however, that Jules Verne and H.G. I’m all for crediting Mary Shelley with the first SF novel, though I‘m aware there are numerous earlier claimants to the looser “story” title. ![]() We could get into a rousing late-night discussion about the “first” science fiction stories. The more I read Heinlein, the more the experience becomes a reaction to how his writing is so old, but not quite old enough…. ![]() This edition has an afterword, two introductions to The Man Who Sold the Moon, as well as a preface from Heinlein. ![]() (In fact, it’s a double feature, with Orphans of the Sky as the second book. It just so happened that this paperback was on the New Books shelf at the library, so I snatched it up. ![]() Absolute Dark Knight by Frank Miller5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() In this introduction, he is hyper-critical of the media, which I think is something we all should be doing. ![]() So in the introduction of this bind-up, Miller talks a lot about what I would call the inspiration for both titles in this book. I didn't even look at the Dark Knight Strikes Back, and aside from a quick flip-through of the last two parts of TDKR, I didn't read the rest of it either. Also, I only read the first two "books" or issues in this, which would be the first two issues of The Dark Knight Returns. So, by saying this, I want to bring to the attention of anybody reading this review that I may well be biased or ignorant in the areas of which I touch on. ![]() I also am a very leftist person, which I think we all know Frank Miller is not. I did not grow up in the 80's, hell, I was barely alive for the 90's and don't remember most of the 2000's, so I don't have any personal experience with the time period in which this was written and influenced by. I want to start this review by saying the following. ![]() Abandonment to divine providence book5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() This special volume of the famous spiritual treatise also includes the many insightful letters of Father de Caussade on the practice of self-abandonment. Its encouragement to “live in the present moment,” accepting on a regular basis obstacles with faith, humility and love, has guided generations of believers to holiness and spiritual peace. That is the message of this 18th-century inspirational classic by Jean-Pierre de Caussade. God is to be found in the most straightforward of our daily activities and especially through total give up to whatever is His will for each of us. Includes Illustrations by William Turner Includes an Active Index, Table of Contents and Layered NCX Navigation Complete Edition: Includes Two Parts in Nine Books: The Treatise and The Letters Other Religions, Practices and Sacred Texts (1). ![]() The war outside monica hesse5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Haruko finds herself consumed by fear for her soldier brother and distrust of her father, who she knows is keeping something from her. The teens discover that they are polar opposites in so many ways, except for one that seems to override all the others: the camp is changing them, day by day and piece by piece. Haruko and Margot meet at the high school in Crystal City, a "family internment camp" for those accused of colluding with the enemy. The war seemed far away from Margot in Iowa and Haruko in Colorado-until they were uprooted to dusty Texas, all because of the places their parents once called home: Germany and Japan. ![]() It's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe and the Pacific. "A must-read for fans of historical fiction." -Ruta Sepetys, #1 New York Times bestselling author An "important" ( New York Times Book Review), "extraordinary" ( Booklist, starred review) novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal, from Monica Hesse, the bestselling and award-winning author of Girl in the Blue Coat ![]() Death's Mistress by Terry Goodkind5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() G oodkind’s Sword of Truth series ran for 17 books. ![]() ![]() However, I found both the magic system, names and past events very easy to pick up and enough information is given during the book to enlighten you on what’s gone on before. I’ve seen it mentioned that you don’t need to have prior knowledge of the series to read it and I can attest to that as my own knowledge was very lacking. I received a free copy of this book courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review.ĭeath’s Mistress is a new series set in the Sword of Truth world. Her first job being to keep the unworldly prophet Nathan out of trouble… Now, with the reign of Richard and Kahlan finally stablized, Nicci has set out on her own for new adventures. But it was Richard who converted Nicci instead, and for years thereafter she served Richard and Kahlan as one of their closest friends–and one of their most lethal defenders. Onetime lieutenant of the evil Emperor Jagang, known as “Death’s Mistress” and the “Slave Queen”, the deadly Nicci captured Richard Rahl in order to convince him that the Imperial Order stood for the greater good. Fantasy / Epic Fantasy / Traditional Fantasy.Death’s Mistress (Sister of Darkness: The Chronicles of Nicci #1). ![]() The Burrowers Beneath by Brian Lumley5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Not necessarily ‘the ghouls are stealing the wifi’ normal but the Mythos being a regular part of the world, not something that drives you insane. ![]() ![]() I also think of it as the normalization of the Mythos. So actual Lovecraft works like The Dunwich Horror count. That is basically defined as ‘humans can win’. Lumley is allegedly controversial because he fully embraced the Lovecraft Lite style. He was writing before the Mythos went mainstream so he kept the fire going. But I have seen his short stories in different anthologies. I couldn’t find any of his books until digital publishing brought them back. I’m honestly not sure Lumley is obscure or not as far as Mythos writers are concerned. Now, I finally have read The Burrowers Beneath by Brian Lumley. A long time back, possibly when life was still crawling out of the ocean and the Elder Things still thought Shogoths were a good alternative to bulldozers, I first saw the entry in the Call of Cthulhu RPG entry for Cthonians and Shudde M’ell. ![]() What my bones know book review5/11/2023 ![]() She thought she’d moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and career. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD-a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years.īoth of Foo’s parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. ![]() ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, NPR, Mashable, She Reads, Publishers Weeklyīy age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. providing real hope for those who long to heal.”-Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life ![]() |