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![]() ![]() This is not one I will read again in a hurry. The prologue where Ponting describes coming back to his club for a game after finishing his career is one of the best descriptions of a love for cricket that I’ve read. Similar to his stints in commentary, Ponting came across as very passionate and knowledgeable in this book. Frith is no Don Bradman fan either, reading between the lines. It tries to puncture some myths and definitely sides with the English viewpoint of the saga, which made it hard reading at times for me. This very long read is an in-depth history and analysis of the Bodyline series. They include Steve Waugh and Adam Gilchrist. It’s an entertaining read (who doesn’t love a list?) almost as much for Warne’s attempts to justify punishing those he didn’t get on with by marking them down in this book. It’s simply Warne listing his 100 greatest cricketers and then giving a bit of background. This book would have been better as a Roar article. ![]() ![]() These stereotypes are themselves birthed from what Métis scholar Jo-Ann Episkenew describes as the creation myth of the settler nation-state. The diverse cultures of our many nations are subsumed into homogenous labels like ‘Aboriginal’, and the richness and complexity of our existence lost to racist stereotypes of ignorant savages. ![]() The centre ground of ‘truth’ is claimed by Eurocentric knowledge traditions, while ancient Indigenous understandings are labeled myth and legend, the stuff of metaphor rather than metaphysics. The edges of society, of history, and even of the consensus of reality. And I often think of the words of Wunambal elder and poet Daisy Utemorrah, who wrote: ‘Do not go around the edges/or else you’ll fall/No good that place/or else you slip.’Īboriginal people share a long experience of being forced to the edges, along with Indigenous peoples elsewhere on this planet. I write speculative fiction for young adults. My people are the Palyku, of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. ![]() ![]() This edition of Kon-Tiki has been prepared by an editorial committee headed by Harry Shefter, professor of English at New York University. Washington Square Press' Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. Translated into sixty-five languages, Kon-Tiki is a classic, inspiring tale of daring and courage - a magnificent saga of men against the sea. ![]() After three months on the open sea, encountering raging storms, whales, and sharks, they sighted land - the Polynesian island of Puka Puka. On April 28, 1947, Heyerdahl and five other adventurers sailed from Peru on a balsa log raft. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. ![]() Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure - a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl’s astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific. ![]() ![]() ![]() Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court.Įxcept it isn’t the court she fears most―it’s Adrian. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him.īut her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. Clair is still working on publishing the rest of her Persephone and Hades books. I can’t remember where the next book in this series is slotted for release since Scarlett St. I’m curious to see where the rest of this series is going to go. Though I wouldn’t say any of the darker moments are very graphic. ![]() ![]() There are some darker themes and romance scenes are not fade to black. If you don’t want spoilers since I’m going to be sharing all my thoughts on King of Battle and Blood, I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. Granted the enemies-to-lovers part is one-sided in this book. Plus it’s an enemies-to-lovers-style romance, which is always filled with tension. Especially when I learned it was about vampires. Clair’s Persephone and Hades series, so I was curious what her first book outside of that series was going to be like. These help support the blog, so I can keep creating content. ![]() This post may contain affiliate or referral codes, for which I receive a small compensation and you get a discount in exchange. ![]() ![]() ![]() To distract himself from what he's now feeling, Milo draws the lives of the people around him. On the train there are a variety of different fellow riders, like the businessman with the blank lonely face or the woman in a wedding dress with a pup in her handbag. Milo and his older sister are taking their monthly Sunday subway ride. Smart and sweet, it could teach you a thing or two about false conclusions. ![]() Milo combines the messaging of those other two books with a gut punch ending and a slow sinking in of the story at its core. But now, looking at Milo Imagines the World I know what they were leaping for. Strong running leaps towards something that they never quite reached. Last Stop on Market Street and Carmela Full of Wishes struck me as good dry runs. You see I haven’t always (how do I put this?) felt the full weight of the Robinson/de la Peña partnership’s charm offensive. we might do it to a certain book that’s sitting on my lap right now. ![]() ![]() We form instant thoughts and feelings about the strangers that surround us based on the most superfluous of things. But what serves you well in the ancient plains, running from a lion, does not serve you particularly well when making snap judgments in the 21st century. When Homo sapiens were tromping about 250,000 years ago, the ability to size up a potential friend or foe instantaneously could mean the difference between life or death. The human brain loves to form assumptions because long ago that adaptive quality could potentially lead to enduring survival. ![]() ![]() ![]() Billie is mixed race as her mother is a Black woman and her father white. Madison Shamoun as Billie: Justin's city-loving teenage birth daughter whom he gave up for adoption.Conniving and ambitious, Maisy inherited the family's lake cabin from her stepfather, much to Justin's surprise and dismay. Julia Stiles as Maisy-May: Justin's picture-perfect step-sister.In an effort to bond with Billie, Justin brings her to the lake where he spent most of his childhood summers. Jordan Gavaris as Justin, a gay man returning from abroad to reconnect with his birth daughter Billie. ![]() His plans to make new memories with his daughter at the family cottage go awry when he discovers his parents left it to his picture-perfect step-sister, Maisy-May. ![]() Premise Īfter returning from abroad following a break-up with his long-term partner, Justin plans to connect with his teenage daughter he gave up for adoption. In July 2022, the series was renewed for a second season. ![]() In advance of the official series premiere, the first two episodes received a preview screening at the 2022 Inside Out Film and Video Festival. The series is Amazon's first scripted Canadian Amazon Original series, and premiered on June 17, 2022. The Lake is a Canadian comedy television series created by Julian Doucet for Amazon Prime Video. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like Jim, the protagonist of Empire of the Sun, Ballard was a child when World War II began and, like Jim, he wandered the city of Shanghai after being separated from his parents. Ballard was born on November 15, 1930, in Shanghai. In this moving coming-of-age tale, Jim lets go of his innocent ideas about war and heroism and in the process reveals the meaning of courage, tenacity, and faith in the endurance of the human spirit. The novel has been praised for its vivid portrayal of the devastating effects of war and the psychology of survival as seen through the eyes of a young boy. It is there that he faces the harsh realities of war and learns important lessons about human nature. When the fighting comes to Shanghai, Jim is separated from his parents and sent to a prison camp. In the novel, Ballard chronicles the semi-autobiographical experiences of an eleven-year-old British boy named Jim living in China during World War II. Many commentators regard it as one of the finest war novels ever written. ![]() When Empire of the Sun was published in 1984, it quickly became a critical and commercial success. ![]() ![]() The city is bursting at its seams, seemingly held together only by the tense, fraying tendrils of his investigation. ![]() Ultimately, the fate of Ambergris comes to lie in the hands of John Finch, a beleaguered detective with a murder on to solve and too many loyalties for one man to bear. There are stories within stories, mystery, mayhem, and a dark history that threatens to consume the city itself as the gray caps, the mysterious and deadly mushroom people who once ruled Ambergris and have since been driven underground, now threaten to rise again. Ambergris bristles with intellectual fervor and religious rivalries it thrives on cultural upheaval, and its politics are never short on intrigue, conspiracy, and even terror. ![]() More than twenty years ago, Jeff VanderMeer first introduced the world to the fictional city of Ambergris, a beautiful and sinister sprawling metropolis populated by artists and thieves, composers and murderers, geniuses and madmen. From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the one-volume hardcover reissue of his cult classic Ambergris Trilogy. ![]() ![]() If you’ve read my reviews of the other works set in the Graced universe, you’ll know how much I love this universe. This review is presented as part of my commitment to the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2017.īitten is the second novel, and fourth instalment in Amanda Pillar’s Graced series (The previous instalments are the novel Graced (which I reviewed here) and the novellas Captive (reviewed here) and Survivor (reviewed here). I have done my best to provide an impartial review. In addition, I beta read an earlier version of this book, and consider Amanda Pillar a friend and have worked with her as an editor. Hannah will do anything to ensure the infant’s survival, even if it means travelling to the worst place in the world for her – Pinton.Īn eARC of this book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. But her quiet life is thrown into chaos after she discovers a baby left in the wilds to die. ![]() Hannah Romanov – Dante’s missing twin sister – has spent hundreds of years living on an isolated mountain. ![]() Enlisting the assistance of the Honorable Dante Kipling and city guard Elle Brown, they race to track down the killer, before another victim dies. The city of Pinton has never been safe…and now a serial killer is on the loose.ĭoctor Alice Reive is the city’s coroner, and she’s determined to help find the murderer. ![]() |