![]() The characters and issues that Rhodes illuminates paint a picture that shows us where we are today-from Barack Obama to a rising generation of international leaders from the authoritarian playbook endangering democracy to the flood of disinformation enabling authoritarianism. Along the way, he discusses the growing authoritarianism of Vladimir Putin, and his aggression towards Ukraine, with the foremost opposition leader in Russia, who was subsequently poisoned and imprisoned he profiled Hong Kong protesters who saw their movement snuffed out by China under Xi Jinping and America itself reached the precipice of losing democracy before giving itself a fragile second chance. ![]() He visited dozens of countries, meeting with politicians and activists confronting the same nationalism and authoritarianism that are tearing America apart. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fin Fang Foom (2007) #1, Marvel Adventures Hulk (2007) #13-16, Incredible Hulk: Last Call (2019) #1, Symbiote Spider-Man: Crossroads (2021) #1-5, New Fantastic Four (2022) #1-5 material from Giant-Size Hulk (2006) #1, World War Hulk Prologue: World Breaker (2007) #1, Hulk Monster-Size Special (2008) #1 & Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way (2010) #2. You can't keep Peter David away from the Hulk for long! The legendary writer has returned to his signature character many times, across different eras and realities - but in the far future, how will he bring the Hulk's incredible story to an end? Plus: The Hulk finds himself on a strange island with some very unexpected monsters! In the HOUSE OF M, Hulk's newfound peace will be short-lived! It's smashing time when Hulk battles the Abomination! The Hulk clashes with the Champions, Fin Fang Foom, the Leader and more! And revisit two seminal Hulk eras: the mindless monster's time in the Crossroads and the gray Hulk's membership in the New Fantastic Four! Collecting Incredible Hulk: The End (2002) #1, What If General Ross Had Become the Hulk? (2004) #1, Incredible Hulk (2000) 77-87, Hulk: Destruction (2005) #1-4, Hulk vs. Peter Davids groundbreaking run continues The Hulk is finally getting his head together, with Doc Samsons help - but will the. ![]() ![]() You might not be familiar with Lindy West’s name, but if you have even a passing familiarity with the internet you’re probably acquainted with her writing. She also tackles some of the most burning issues of popular culture today, taking a frank and provocative look at racism, oppression, fat-shaming, twitter-trolling and even rape culture, unpicking the bullshit and calling out unpalatable truths with conviction, intelligence and a large dose of her trademark black humour. She reveals the obstacles and stereotyping she’s had to overcome to make herself heard, in a society that doesn’t think women (especially fat women and feminists) are or can be funny. In Shrill, Lindy recounts how she went from being the butt of people’s jokes, to telling her own brand of jokes - ones that carry with them with a serious message and aren’t at someone else’s expense. ![]() ![]() That cripplingly shy girl who refused to make a sound, somehow grew up to be one of the loudest, shrillest, most fearless feminazis on the internet, making a living standing up for what’s right instead of what’s cool. Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her voice - and how she found it! It’s difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. ![]() ![]() Guardian columnist Lindy West wasn’t always loud. ![]() ![]() ![]() A member of Mensa, Auel also earned an MBA and pursued a successful career in a technology firm. Married at 18, she had five children by the age of 25. The idea for the Earth's Children series struck in 1977, when Auel was 40 years old. ![]() If I could have used that directly, I would have," Auel adds rather wistfully. "That was the tribe's way of dealing with a selfish man. Because polar bears are so carnivorous, their livers are rich enough in vitamin A to be poisonous. A question about Cro-Magnon crime and punishment inspires a ghoulish tale of an Eskimo found guilty of selfishness: the miscreant stole strips of meat from his tribe's store of liver the tribe's solution was to swap their usual liver with cuts from a polar bear. It isn't always clear, however, where the anthropologist ends and the novelist begins. Auel's conversation combines an academic's pedantic passion for the arcane corners of her specialist subject with a storyteller's desire to communicate them as dramatically as possible. She might look like a hippy ideal of grandmotherhood, but her years spent investigating primitive humankind ensure that our conversation heads down several esoteric avenues: markings on horses' teeth, prehistoric attitudes towards disability, and arguing competitions in the Arctic. It's safe to say that Jean Auel is not your average author. ![]() ![]() Eastern philosophy teaches to avoid making attachments to people and things to avoid the inevitable suffering that comes when you lose them. The Stoics teach to only worry about what can be controlled (and not what can't be). Living in the present seems more feasible when believers feel confident they have followed the requisite steps to ultimately attain perpetual salvation later on.Ģ) Philosophy: One of the ultimate goals of true philosophy is to arm thinkers with the wisdom to live more wholly in the present through reason alone. Any worries about the loss of relationships or health or financial security can be assuaged with the knowledge that the suffering here on Earth is only temporary. Historically, religion and philosophy have been the two branches of humanities to tackle this problem:ġ) Religion: The crucial appeal of religion has always been that it offers the ultimate blue-eyes-white-dragon trump card: salvation and life after death. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jokes aside, one of the thorniest existential questions of human nature has always been how we can simply live in the present. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It tackles social issues while reading like a Terry Pratchett, with some western and sci-fi elements to boot." Matthew 'Sand-Storm' Fick. Each day shapes the days that follow.The Time Saving Agency liked having fresh agents on the job, who had a clear mind and steady hand. It transports readers to a truly original world, filled with bizarre and memorable characters. "Engelas latest work is packed with humour, challenging ideas, and science-fiction on a grand scale. 5 Stars Fun and powerful." - Lee Hall, UK writer & reviewer. ![]() Its quick paced in moments with a sense of an ensemble cast all working together to fight for one another making it probably the most epic story in the series. "Everything that makes up the good parts of these stories has been painstakingly crafted into this one. ![]() "High Steaks" is the sixth title in the Quantum Series by Christina Engela. The quirky little colony of Deanna is about to be enveloped in a destructive conflict - replete with a supporting cast of heroes, villains, aliens, victims, perpetrators, volunteers, vampires, space battles, bovine torpedoes - and a little time travel on the side. With the media and interweb firmly under revolutionary control, perception and reality begin to take a turn for the surreal - and once the enemy have control of Deanna, the stage is set. Troubled times had come to the small Terran Colony planet of Deanna and having amusing names for its sun (Ramalama) and two moons (Ding and Dong) hadn't made this quaint little world immune to bad thingsĪfter the shock assassination of a visiting member of the imperial family, and with the three largest cities on Deanna overrun by fascist troops, the local government goes into hiding. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul's publisher agrees to publish the novels of his heart, which sell way fewer copies than his genre fiction, as long as he also continues to write his Misery Chastain series. Paul Sheldon is a best-selling author, famous for his Misery Chastain romance series, but who prefers to write more literary fiction. The major Misery characters are Paul Sheldon and Annie Wilkes. ![]() The novel actually contains very few characters for a Stephen King story. What is Misery about? What happens in the novel? It continues to win new horror fans, year after year. First published by Viking Press on June 8, 1987, Misery won the first Bram Stoker Award for Novel and became a #1 New York Times best seller. Bates also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama for her shattering performance.Īs far as Stephen King books go, Misery has always been considered one of his best novels by his millions of fans. ![]() That accolade went to Kathy Bates, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her show-stopping portrayal of Annie Wilkes. The movie still holds the distinct honor of being the only adaptation of a Stephen King book to win an Oscar. In the pantheon of adaptations of the works of Stephen King, of which there are literally dozens, there is one that stands out at the top: Misery, the 1990 film directed by Rob Reiner, starring James Caan and Kathy Bates. ![]() ![]() At the end of his journey, the monks initiate him into the Shaolin Temple, making him the first American to be accepted as a Shaolin disciple. Polly eventually switches to a rigorous study of Chinese-style kickboxing under Coach Cheng, Shaolin’s best fighter, and represents the Shaolin Temple in one of China’s national tournaments. Polly also sees their incredible abilities, ranging from their phenomenal physical strength and endurance to their thunderous dunks on their basketball court to their practice of “Iron Kung Fu,” in which the monks make a body part (such as the head, forearm, stomach, neck, or, most frightening of all, the crotch) virtually indestructible through repeated torture. ![]() ![]() Polly grows close to several of the monks, and through them he encounters the paradoxes of life as a contemporary Shaolin monk, in which these devout Buddhists must perform daily for tourists and hawk merchandise in order to support their art. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book felt incredibly well researched and detailed, but it read like a novel. ![]() Because Alison Weir is a historian, I didn’t experience the usual skepticism I have about “true events” in historical novels. ![]() ![]() Looking back on the book, it is Katherine’s education, faith, and strong family relationships that allowed her to outlive the king. Sell, buy or rent Six Tudor Queens: Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife: Six Tudor Queens 6 9781472227867 1472227867, we buy used or new for best buyback price. Unlike many others though, she had her daughters educated equally to her sons and did not put ambition above her children’s happiness. Like for many young noblewomen, Katherine’s mother desired her to make a good marriage. As the last book of a series, the reader has the opportunity to see the rise and fall of Henry’s wives through the eyes of Katherine Parr. I wouldn’t describe the book as fast paced, but it does have enough twists, turns, and intrigue to keep the reader interested.Īs one might expect from the title, it is an account of the life of Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII. But I shouldn’t have worried––the book has become so imprinted in my mind that I have to resist the urge to speak with a 16th century English accent. Alison Weir, historian and author of the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling SIX TUDOR QUEENS series, recounts the story of Henry VIIIs last wife - Katharine Parr. When I realized that Katherine Parr: The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir was over five hundred pages, I was dubious about my ability to finish. ![]() |