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Claiming Catherine by Vanessa Vale6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() She is the high priestess of the Sovereign, a prideful and genetically perfected species created by the High Evolutionary who view all other species as inferior. ![]() 2 and a major antagonist in its 2023 sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. ~ Ayesha during the post credits, revealing her next plan to the Chambermaid.Īyesha is the secondary antagonist of the 2017 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. More powerful, more beautiful, more capable of destroying the Guardians of the Galaxy. When they see what I’ve created here, their wrath will dissipate.Ĭhambermaid: It’s a new type of birthing pod ma’m?Īyesha: That, my child, is the next step in our evolution. ~ Ayesha as she is about to kill the Guardians.Īyesha: They are perturbed I’ve wasted our resources. It is our duty to cleanse the universe of this weakness. ![]()
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Wonder woman historia amazons6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() As revealed in the preview, the first issue will feature pages detailing the designs of the Amazons’ tribal identity. ![]() Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist Phil Jimenez aren’t just creating a new story- they’re crafting a fully realized culture. We took all the language and iconography that we’re used to in stories about men as heroes, and put women at the center. Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons is like a history book for a young Amazon where she learns the history of her people, from the perspective of her people.” Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick spoke on the book, saying, “We wanted to do a Homeric epic with a woman at the center. As Book One begins on November 30, the limited series will span across three parts, telling a story that takes place over thousands of years. ![]() After Hippolyta meets the Amazons, a sequence of events transpire that impact the course of history, leading to Wonder Woman. Set thousands of years before Diana became Wonder Woman, Queen Hera led the Amazons into a new direction, creating a secret society without men. Revealed in a new preview by DC Comics, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons promises to add a new layer to the legend of Themyscira. Related: DC Just Accidentally Made Wonder Woman Immortal ![]()
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![]() ![]() In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. The White Queen is a riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. ![]() Dabei handelt es sich um einen Krieg zwischen zwei Hälften derselben Familie: die rivalisierenden Adelshäuser York (The House of York) und Lancaster (The House of Lancaster), deren Familienwappen eine weiße (York) beziehungsweise eine rote Rose (Lancaster) sind. England führt schon seit neun Jahren einen Krieg über die Frage, wer der rechtmäßige König der Nation ist. In einer Erzählung über Liebe und Tod, Verführung und Täuschung, Verrat und Mord werden die Geschichten von drei verschiedenen, doch gleichermaßen engagierten Frauen eingeflochten, die sich in einem fortlaufenden Konflikt um den Thron wiederfinden: Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort und Anne Neville.Įs wird das Jahr 1464 geschrieben. Vor dem Hintergrund von Englands Rosenkriege ist „The White Queen“ eine Adaption der dreiteiligen Bestsellerromanreihe „The Cousins' War: The White Queen“, „The Cousins' War: The Red Queen“ und „The Cousins' War: The Kingmaker's Daughter“ von der Schriftstellerin Philippa Gregory. ![]()
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![]() Featuring stories by Leigh Bardugo, Francesca Lia Block, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Brandy Colbert, Tim Federle, Lev Grossman, Nina LaCour, Stephanie Perkins, Veronica Roth, Jon Skovron, and Jennifer E. You have twelve reasons this summer to soak up the sun and fall in love. So set out your beach chair and grab your sunglasses. ![]() ![]() Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling young adult writers and edited by the international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins, will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom. Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories : Perkins, Stephanie: Amazon. Format: Paperback Condition: New with minor bookshelf wear Genre: Romance Maybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. ![]()
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Sherlock holmes and the hound6/24/2023 ![]() The Hound of the Baskervilles is notable as the earliest known Sherlock Holmes film to be set in the Victorian period of the original stories. ![]() It co-stars Richard Greene as Henry Baskerville (who received top billing, as the studio was unsure of the potential of a film about Sherlock Holmes ) and Wendy Barrie as Beryl Stapleton. It is among the most well-known cinematic adaptations of the novel, and is often regarded as one of the best. Released by 20th Century Fox, it is the first of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films produced between 19 starring Rathbone and Bruce. Directed by Sidney Lanfield, the film stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. ![]() The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1939 American gothic mystery film based on the 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ![]()
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Left behind book series in order6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It is an evening flight from Chicago to Heathrow Airport in London, where Pan-Continental airline pilot Rayford Steele has thoughts about having dinner with his flight attendant Hattie Durham, with hopes of something more coming from it, while also thinking about his wife Irene being so involved as a "born-again Christian" that she's always talking to Rayford about the Lord's second coming. ![]() Meanwhile, a young journalist, Cameron "Buck" Williams follows an unknown, but charming Romanian politician named Nicolae Carpathia, who quickly attracts millions of followers, seemingly overnight. Among them are pilot Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe Steele, and Bruce Barnes, who begin to discover that what has really happened is that the Rapture of the Church had occurred. Millions of people suddenly vanish and frantic "survivors" of the disappearances begin their search for their friends and families as well as answers to what's happened. ![]()
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Richard henry dana jr6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Dana also helped found the anti-slavery Free Soil Party in 1848, served as a United States attorney and successfully argued before the Supreme Court that the Union could blockade Confederate ports during the Civil War.ĭana spent only a day and a half in what would later be Dana Point. Throughout his life, Dana also worked to change maritime laws, often defending common merchant seamen in court. maritime laws.”ĭana’s journal soon became his most famous piece of writing, “Two Years Before the Mast,” which he sold to a publisher for only $250. ![]() It ends up being his sole career when he gets back to Boston two years later, that what the captains on these ships were doing wasn’t right. “What he saw happening on board the ship, he didn’t like,” Olvera said. But don’t even try to fit all the candles on his birthday cake – he’s turning 200.ĭana, born into an affluent Massachusetts family but always a free thinker and a bit of a “problem child,” boarded the Pilgrim in 1834 as a merchant seaman, Dana Point Mayor Carlos Olvera said.ĭana was hoping to improve his worsening eyesight, but the voyage would change his life in more ways than one. ![]() It’s Richard Henry Dana Jr.’s birthday Saturday. ![]()
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Sometimes i lie6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() I got confused by the storyline with the boss. To protect her husband, Amber set fire to Clare’s house while Amber was watching her kids.Īmber and Paul got custody of Clare’s kids, so the reader assumes she died, but at the very end of the book their childhood bracelet is left in Amber’s hotel room, implying Clare is still alive and watching her. Amber’s husband read Clare’s diaries, so Amber thought Clare would try to kill him to protect her secret. She crashed it to end Amber’s pregnancy to keep being the most important person in her life. The last diary entry after Clare killed her parents in the fire was “Taylor made me do it” so we don’t know which one was crazy.Įdward was stalking Amber and kept her in the coma, but Clare had been driving the car when Amber was hurt. Clare wrote the diaries (Amber’s maiden name was Taylor). This book was very well written and the twists were very twisty. She is married to Paul and works as a radio presenter. The novel is told from the perspective of Amber Reynolds, who is in a coma but can hear everything that is going on around her. ![]()
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Dragon Eaters by Janet E. Morris6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() From fiction that delves into heartbreak and tragedy, where the ultimate sacrifice is willingly paid, be it out of the strongest sense of duty – or simply for love, to legends of discovery, containing the wonder of transformation and growth. Let’s just say, there’s something here for everyone. Tolkien himself once said “It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons.”Īnd that principle rings through loud and clear in Heroika – Dragon Eaters, a strikingly entertaining collection of short stories from seventeen writers possessing vivid imaginations.īut how to summarize their offering without giving the game away? ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() And it had no title.Ībout three rewrites later, all the material began to take shape, and No Ordinary Moments was born - a peaceful warrior's guide to daily life. It included humorous stories, anecdotes, and illustrations. writing) pretty much all the insights I had at that point in my life, into a thick but disorganized manuscript. ![]() But some also asked, "Can you tell me how to apply some of these ideas in my daily life?" A very good question, which led to my downloading (i.e. Numerous readers of my first two books - Way of the Peaceful Warrior and Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior -reported that they felt inspired, and had experienced an expanded perspective about life. ![]() |