5/13/2023 0 Comments Here Be Dragons by Bill Fawcett![]() ![]() Analysis of SCP-1762-2 reveals that they are composed of Kami paper. All instances of SCP-1762-2 bear resemblance to various types of dragons, in both Eastern and Western depictions, albeit in forms similar to that of origami models. SCP-1762-2 is the collective term applied to the beings that emerge from SCP-1762-1. During this time, the box will briefly emit a large amount of black smoke that quickly dissipates it takes an average of twenty seconds for SCP-1762-2 to emerge after the smoke clears. SCP-1762-1 will infrequently open and initiate a release of SCP-1762-2. Opening the lid of SCP-1762-1 when it is not in the process of a release reveals it to be empty. It is spray-painted silver on the interior and exterior, and the words "HERE BE DRAGONS" are handwritten in black permanent marker on the lid of the container. ![]() ![]() Although instances of SCP-1762-2 have been deemed harmless, they should not be allowed to exit their containment unit.ĭescription: SCP-1762-1 is a plain, cardboard box that is 32 cm x 20 cm x 26 cm. During the periods when SCP-1762-1 releases SCP-1762-2, video logs are to be recorded for future research. Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1762-1 is held in a standard containment unit at Site-██. ![]()
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5/12/2023 0 Comments Eden stanislaw lem![]() ![]() In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon claimed that Lem was the most widely read science-fiction writer in the world. ![]() ![]() He is perhaps best known as the author of Solaris, which has twice been made into a feature film. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. Translations of Stanisław Lem (staˈɲiswaf lɛm) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer of Jewish descent. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. His works explore philosophical themes speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind's place in the universe. Stanisław Lem (staˈɲiswaf lɛm) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer of Jewish descent. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Defy by sara b larson![]() ![]() ![]() And suddenly, after her own secret is revealed, Alex finds herself confronted with two men vying for her heart: the safe and steady Rylan, who has always cared for her, and the dark, intriguing Damian. The longer Alex is held captive with both Rylan and the prince, the more she realizes that she is not the only one who has been keeping dangerous secrets. ![]() But when a powerful sorcerer sneaks into the palace in the dead of night, even Alex, who is virtually unbeatable, can't prevent him from abducting her, her fellow guard and friend Rylan, and Prince Damian, taking them through the treacherous wilds of the jungle and deep into enemy territory. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king's army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword-fighting skills to earn a spot on the elite prince's guard. A lush and gorgeously written debut, packed with action, intrigue, and heart-racing romance.Īlexa Hollen is a fighter. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Kate mosse labyrinth series![]() This is untold women’s history of the Crusader Era.Ĭommissioned by Sandi Toksvig for Sky Theatre Arts Live, Syrinx is Kate’s first play.Ī one-act, 30 minute drama, for four actresses. ![]() Script published by Nick Hern Books, 2022Ī major commission celebrating Melisende, the extraordinary 12 th century Queen of Jerusalem, who ruled over the Holy Land during one of the most turbulent centuries in history, with the support – and sometimes the opposition – of her sisters. The world premiere opened the 60 th anniversary season at Chichester Festival Theatre, Kate’s home town, directed by Roisin McBrinn and designed by Paul Wills. A story of revenge and cold justice, set in the atmospheric landscape of the Fishbourne Marshes, the play asks the question of what a woman should do when the people who should stand up for justice are the very men she should most fear. ![]() Robbed of her memory by a childhood accident, Connie starts to realise that the past has a long shadow and a conspiracy to cover up a crime committed ten years ago threatens to destroy her calm of the Sussex village. Adapted by the author from her No 1 bestselling novel, a Gothic thriller of revenge and secrets set in Fishbourne in 1912 as the flood waters are rising.Ĭonnie Gifford lives alone with her father in what remains of his once famous taxidermy museum. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Cruel prince ashley![]() ![]() ![]() At all! Please don't say you weren't warned. If you're looking for a safe, sweet romance, this series is NOT for you. And when I say bad, I mean they are assholes with a capital A. WARNING: Royal Hearts Academy is a New Adult/High School series of standalones filled with drama, a touch of angst, and boys who are bad to the bone. If Jace Covington wants me gone.he'll have to try harder.īecause I've never been the kind of girl to play by the rules. They expect me to worship the ground they walk on like everyone else, but I'd rather eat dirt. This new Jace is as cruel as he is gorgeous.Īnd he's determined to make my life a living hell.Īlong with the rest of his glorified family and crew of tyrants. Only-he isn't the same boy I gave my heart to. I never thought I'd step foot in Royal Manor again.īut four years later, here I am.back to finish my senior year at Royal Hearts Academy. ![]() ![]() ![]() She has also served on working groups dealing with race at Stanford’s Center for Applied Science and Behavioral Studies, the Aspen Institute, and the United Nations. Her research has garnered substantial fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Ford Foundation, National Humanities Center, Harvard University, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. ![]() She is also the author of Eyes Off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955 Bourgeois Radicals: The NAACP and the Struggle for Colonial Liberation, 1941-1960, and One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy, which was long-listed for the National Book Award and a finalist for the PEN/Galbraith Award in non-fiction. Carol Anderson is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation's Divide, a New York Times Bestseller, Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The young elites book 2![]() ![]() But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they’ve never seen.Īdelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it’s Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all.Įnzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars-they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.Īdelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. Synopsis for The Young Elites (from Goodreads): The Young Elites by Marie Lu | The Young Elites Series Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments The selfish gene goodreads![]() It sounded like a reasonable theory worth investigating, but when considered with his blatant agenda of ripping into anyone of faith, his own arguments are undermined by his own rather unscientific ferocity. He didn't prove his point, to me, that altruism is a biological mechanism. I wrote a really brilliant response to William and twice it didn't post.īut yes, I do think this book is "neo-intellectual twaddle". ![]() The idea that one human being can know enough about the nature of the universe to make the sweeping declarations Dawkins' makes is preposterous to me, and no more credible than the sweeping declarations of Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson. To me, that's the flaw in all of his work, from The Selfish Gene to The God Delusion. ![]() He is certainly intelligent, and writes as such, but he lacks wisdom and imagination. As such, pursuits like Dawkins' often boil down to one type of faith (in "reason") vs. The existence or non-existence of a God cannot be proven, nor can the existence or non-existence of a soul, and faith is an abstract experience with implications that are fundamentally unresponsive to study. ![]() Fundamentalists of all faiths scare me, and atheism is just as much a faith as any religion. I do not believe in a God, certainly not any God that's been conceived by man, but I also believe Richard Dawkins is a self-satisfied thought-Nazi who is as fundamental in his view of religion as any right-wing minister. Didactic, patronizing, condescending and arguably neo-intellectual twaddle. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Sláine by Pat Mills![]() ![]() Langford's daughter, Betsy, attended the University of Illinois and ran the half-marathon all four years while in school. Naperville's Steve Langford will be one of the on-course entertainers again. "I always give them all the Grateful Dead that they can stand," Mills said. But when it returns in 2024, Pat Mills will be at Mile 25. There won't be a full marathon this year. "Committee members all do that," said Pat's wife Julie, who is in charge of the elite runners in the field. Whatever role that needs to be done, I kind of jump in." "I'm out laying cones at 5:30 race morning. ![]() When the races start, Mills and the rest of the organizers won't be limited to one duty. If you are interested in helping, "we will find a place for you," Mills said. The process has become easier because Mills has a working list of participants. ![]() "I try to maximize where they are on the course," Mills said. ![]() He starts organizing the entertainment in January. This year's lineup features Lori Tate Simon for the 5K, Andy Baylor for the half-marathon/10K, Lexi Tieffel for the youth run and Devin Merritt for the 1-mile run.īaylor will play the National Anthem "Jimi Hendrix style," Mills said.įor on-course entertainment, Mills relies on a group of eight or nine who help out every year. "Jan wants a live singer, live performer," Mills said. Remember, there is more than one race, so more than one rendition is required. That includes arranging multiple performances of the "Star-Spangled Banner." Since the start, Mills has been in charge of race-day entertainment. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dust wrapper is smart with very minor edge wear and a few faint marks, a little heavier to the rear wrap. ![]() In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. In the original price clipped dust wrapper.The collected stories of Edgar Allan Poe, focusing on his suspenseful and fantastical tales including a total of twenty-nine stories, such as 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Masque of the Red Death', 'The Cask of Amontillado', 'The Tell-Tale Heart', and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twenty-three plates.Collated, complete.?Poe was a leading American writer of the nineteenth century, still remembered today for his macabre tales that defined Victorian taste in the decades after this death.Including the original illustrations by Harry Clarke, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts Movement. A superior reprint of the collected spooky and mysterious tales of Edgar Allan Poe, complete with the original illustrations by Harry Clarke. Versions of Tales of Mystery & Imagination include: 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' ( 1919 ), illustrated by Harry Clarke ( start transcription) 'Poes Tales of Mystery and Imagination' ( 1935 ), illustrated by Arthur Rackham ( transcription project) This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public. ![]() |