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![]() ![]() ![]() Then she meets Bo Goodnight, who seems different. But she can't always blame the men-after all, a soot-caked woman barking orders and smelling of smoke isn't the biggest turn-on in the world. When Reena finally joins the arson unit, her strength and wits are constantly tested-although sometimes the job seems like a snap compared to her love life. Someone else sees their power-and is obsessed not with conquering the fire but with controlling it, owning it, using it to exact vicious revenge. But she is not the only one fascinated by the flames. She would understand and master its terrible force-and one day become an investigator herself. But as Reena beheld the fire's brutal beauty and destructive power, her destiny began to take shape. The Baltimore authorities would arrest the arsonist responsible. Neighbors and relatives would help the Hales rebuild. The blaze that night at her family's pizzeria changed young Reena Hale's life. ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm an unbeliever and have been since the first time I played hooky from Sunday services and the Eye in the Sky didn’t say boo. As a result of being a a central figure in Chinese culture, both nobility and common people claim Lao Tzu in their lineage. ![]() Historians variously contend that Laozi is a synthesis of multiple historical figures, that he is a mythical figure, or that he actually lived in the 5th-4th century BCE, concurrent with the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Period. Laozi translated literally from Chinese means "old master" or "old one", and is generally considered honorific.Īccording to Chinese tradition, Laozi lived in the 6th century BCE. He is also revered as a deity in most religious forms of the Taoist religion, which often refers to Laozi as Taishang Laojun, or "One of the Three Pure Ones". His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism (pronounced as "Daoism"). Lao Tzu (Chinese: 老子 pinyin: Lǎozǐ Wade-Giles: Laosi also Laozi, Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tsu, Laotze, Laosi, Lao Zi, Laocius, Lao Ce, and other variations) was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching (often simply referred to as Laozi). ![]() ![]() ![]() Never did I think that I would write an English book and that I would love doing it. In the last year I discovered: an author lives inside me. This hobby turned into my small business and became bigger than I thought it would. Along with learning and experiencing motherhood, I began to make hand-made jewelry and organic soaps. Photo-shoots, run-way and photo in the magazine fulfilled my childhood's dream.Ī few years later I became a mother of a wonderful and most handsome little boy. In the first few years I did some modeling and acting. ![]() When I finally got my fiancée visa, we both moved to the states, where soon after, got married. We dated and traveled to most of the Europe along with Egypt. In my first year of college I began to work in the marriage agency and met my future husband. I was known to study well and to go out partying as much as it was possible. I went to the local school that brought mostly negative experience in my life. Nevertheless writing a novel in another language! Growing up, I spoke absolutely no English and never even saw myself somewhere abroad. I grew up in a town on the south of Ukraine doing the same things that other kids my age did. Speaking three languages including English, that became just as natural to me as my native Russian. ![]() ![]() Originally from the Ukraine, I am still considered a new face to America. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not least important is the comparison of the newly available data with the Homeric account, much to the detriment of Homer's credibility as a witness. ![]() An extensively illustrated general account of Greece in the 14th and 13th centuries B.C. The tablets may be only, as he describes them, 'the account books of anonymous clerks', but from these prosaic documents he shows how we can infer a bronze industry, foreign slave-women, or even human sacrifice. Read 9 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. He now summarizes the results of research and in so doing opens the door to a new world, Mycenaean Greece seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. He now summarizes the results of research and. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a vivid picture of life in this remote period, in a way which is impossible from archaeology alone. In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. ![]() Description Product filter button Description ![]() ![]() ![]() Weatherford argues that the Mongols are not the horrible, conquering hordes of Western imagination, but instead Mongols tended to be egalitarian, destroying local hierarchies. ![]() The work is far friendlier to the Mongols and is included in a string of books that have reconceived the personality and life of Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is effectively an extended attempt to rehabilitate the image of Genghis Khan in a much more positive light than is normal for Western historiography. It focuses on a number of recently unearthed and translated historical texts that, in centuries past, were unavailable, such as the Secret History of the Mongols. The book tells the story of Genghis Khan's life, influence and legacy, through his successors to the present day. His book is well-known as a work of popular history. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World was written by Jack Weatherford, a professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota. ![]() ![]() ![]() This version was published in 1973 by Ace Booksīehind The Walls Of Terra by Philip José Farmer The Stone God Awakens by Philip José Farmer This version was published in 1970 by Pyramid Books Tongues Of The Moon by Philip José Farmer This version was published in 1961 by Ballantine Books This version was published in 1957 by Ballantine Books The Maker Of Universes by Philip José Farmer This version was published in 1970 by Sphere Books Let me know your thoughts on this selection in the comments and feel free to share any recommendations as I always like to hear what others have enjoyed reading. The remaining books have quite differently styled covers ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre. There is a third title in this series (The Gates Of Creation) but I haven’t managed to find it through any of my various sources or contacts as yet, I live in hope however. The first two covers presented below feature gloriously psychedelic paintings by Bill Botton. I’ve enjoyed most of his work so far particularly the 1960 collection Strange Relations which is highly imaginative and suitably twisted. I thought it was a pretty good read and so started buying other titles as I came across them. I came to Farmer quite late on, only discovering him through a title from 1962 called Alley God which I picked up due to it’s wonderful Richard Powers cover. This time I’ve decided to pull eight books by Philip José Farmer from the shelves of my library for closer inspection. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had heard, as I think everyone else has, that Business Adventures was a favorite book of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. John Brooks’s insightful reportage is so full of personality and critical detail that whether he is looking at the astounding market crash of 1962, the collapse of a well-known brokerage firm, or the bold attempt by American bankers to save the British pound, one gets the sense that history really does repeat itself. Stories about Wall Street are infused with drama and adventure and reveal the machinations and volatile nature of the world of finance. These notable and fascinating accounts are as relevant today to understanding the intricacies of corporate life as they were when the events happened. What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular moment of fame or notoriety. This business classic written by longtime New Yorker contributor John Brooks is an insightful and engaging look into corporate and financial life in America. ![]() ![]() ![]() Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. It's impossible to forget the moment I fell in love. Dominic acts like he's forgotten our past. He's gained new demons and I've lost my only friend. In his place is a hardened soldier ready to obey his father. It's nothing compared to when he comes back. When he leaves for six years, it shreds my soul. He becomes the only sunlight in these smothering halls. This sweet boy is nothing like the rest of his family. The first time I meet Dominic Bradley, he saves me from a maid with a pair of scissors. ![]() I don't belong here and my head and heart know it. The food is fancy, the carpets are lush, but this bed isn't mine. Worse, they made him choose one of us-his own children-to go and live with his enemies. Strangers in sharp suits dragged my father back to a past he kept hidden. My life was full of my sister's laughter and miles of green trees. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like Dead Man Walking, Life After Death is destined to be a classic. Echols also writes about his complicated and painful childhood. This is Damien Echols' story in full: from abuses by prison guards and wardens, to descriptions of inmates and deplorable living conditions, to the incredible reserves of patience, spirituality, and perseverance that kept him alive and sane for nearly two decades. In a shocking reversal of events, all three were suddenly released in August 2011. Echols, deemed the ringleader, was sentenced to death. Baldwin and Miskelley were sentenced to life in prison. Echols was accused of, among other things, practising witchcraft and satanic rituals – a result of the “satanic panic” prevalent in the media at the time. The ensuing trial was rife with inconsistencies, false testimony and superstition. ![]() In 1993 three teenagers, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Miskelley Jr were arrested and charged with the murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. ![]() |