![]() ![]() He also appeared in the series Smallville, played by Phil Morris, and in the Arrowverse series Supergirl, played by David Harewood, also appearing on other Arrowverse shows. In live-action, the character first appeared in the television pilot Justice League of America, played by David Ogden Stiers. He has also been featured in other DC Comics products, such as video games, television series, animated films and merchandise like action figures. Martian Manhunter is one of the seven original members of the Justice League of America and one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe. ![]() Created by writer Joseph Samachson and artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in the story "The Manhunter from Mars" in Detective Comics #225 (November 1955). The Martian Manhunter ( J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, metabolism, and durability. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A story of those moments when we act like people we aren't in order to figure out who we are. ![]() This is a story of two people who do not belong in each other's lives, who find each other at a time when they desperately need someone who doesn't belong in their lives. They should pick themselves up, continue on their way, and never talk to each other again. It is Labor Day weekend in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and boy and girl collide on a dark street at two thirty in the morning: Lesh, who wears black, listens to metal, and plays MMOs Svetlana, who embroiders her skirts, listens to Björk and Berlioz, and dungeon masters her own RPG. Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Romanceįrom the acclaimed author of Brooklyn, Burning comes Guy in Real Life, an achingly real and profoundly moving love story about two Minnesota teens whose lives become intertwined through school, role-playing games, and a chance two-a.m. Publication: May 27, 2014, by Balzer and Bray ![]() ![]() ![]() Against all odds, Attia and Xanthus form a tentative bond. Now she is a slave, given to Xanthus, the Champion of Rome, as a sign of his master’s favor.Įnslaved as a child, Xanthus is the preeminent gladiator of his generation. Attia was once destined to rule as the queen and swordmaiden of Thrace, the greatest warrior kingdom the world had seen since Sparta. ![]() The Republic of Rome is on a relentless march to create an empire - an empire built on the backs of the conquered, brought back to Rome as slaves. The action-packed tale of a 17-year-old warrior princess and a handsome gladiator who dared take on the Roman Republic - and gave rise to the legend of Spartacus.įor teens who love strong female protagonists in their fantasy and historical fiction, Blood and Sand is a stirring yet poignant audiobook about two slaves who dared take on an empire, by talented debut author C. ![]() Forged in om the dust of the arena.a legend will rise ![]() ![]() I think I will have to stick with 3 stars because I can't make myself finish. I go back and forth on 3 stars and 4 stars on the story because I can see that the story has great potential if you are not a dog lover. This book will haunt you." -Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling authorĪ Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire "A story where nothing is what it seems-a thrilling hall of mirrors full of deeply disturbing twists. The mother and daughter embark on a dark, desert journey to the past in the hopes of redeeming their future. ![]() And Callie fears that only one of them will leave Sundial alive… Rob has begun to look at her strangely, and speaks of past secrets. ![]() And there she will have to make a terrible choice.Ĭallie is worried about her mother. She decides to take Callie back to her childhood home, to Sundial, deep in the Mojave Desert. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her too much of the family she left behind. But Rob fears for her oldest daughter, Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. She almost got it, too: a husband, two kids, a nice house in the suburbs. ![]() Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street.Īll Rob wanted was a normal life. Authentically terrifying.” -Stephen KingĪnticipated and Recommended by Bustle, USA Today, CNN, i09, The Nerd Daily, LitReactor, GoodReads, LitHub, and more! ![]() ![]() Only just when she begins to give into his charms, her own messy past threatens to derail everything they've worked to build. Grace is determined to have nothing to do with Logan until a life-changing surprise slowly begins turning the wild heartbreaker into exactly the kind of strong, stable man she's been searching for. Right-or at least figure out a way to ignore her irresistible yet annoying womanizer of a neighbor. Her new life, made to suit her own needs, is almost perfect. ![]() Grace escaped her manipulative family by moving to a new city. And one woman who is driving him to distraction. ![]() He has a great apartment, a good job, and plenty of women to distract him from his past. Logan spent two years paying for the mistakes he made. ![]() Logan from Echoes of Scotland Street is back with his own smouldering story, as the bestselling On Dublin Street series returns. ![]() ![]() In 1797 Russia, Prussia and Austria divided the country up among themselves, expunging Poland's sovereignty from history, casting it as a backwater that needed civilising. No nation's history has been so distorted as that of Poland. A substantially revised and updated edition of the author's classic 1987 book, 'The Polish Way: A Thousand-Year History of the Poles and their Culture', which has been out of print since 2001. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. ‘Shrewd.an excellent section on the country and its politics since ’89’ Independent on Sunday ‘For the past 25 years, thanks to the efforts of Adam Zamoyski, we have been better informed about the history and character of Poland than about any other East European country.Zamoyski’s new perspective on an old culture and its modern political liberty is.presented with a new, confident sense of freedom’ The Times Zamoyski succeeds admirably in providing both’ Daily Telegraph ![]() ‘A dramatic history of Poland that captures the spirit of its people.Such an extraordinary national trajectory demands an accessible and scholarly accounting. ‘Fresh, different and brilliantly readable.It is the perfect introduction for those who know nothing about the country, yet will also provide some positive food for thought to those who imagined they knew it all too well’ Spectator ![]() ‘Invaluable and eye-opening’ Boyd Tonkin, Independent ![]() ![]() ![]() As with the the settlers in Chapter One of the Mysterious Island, they first strip their craft of everything nonessential, but do not lighten their aircraft enough, until one the passengers exits it (voluntarily in Lost and, presumably, accidentally in Mysterious Island). The helicopter passengers need to lighten the weight of their craft in order to stay in the air.The use of an electrically charged projectile, as did Captain Nemo in the Mysterious Island to kill some unwanted and hostile invaders.The following are coincidental similarities between the two stories": Given Jules Verne's fame, and the fame of his books around the world, it is likely that the (fictional) ape-capturing explorers named their captured orangutan after the one in Verne's novel. In a translation by Jordan Stump (2001, 2004 Random House), the ape's name is phonetically spelled Joop, to be more easily pronounced by American lips. This is an obvious reference to Jupe (Jupiter), the ape in this novel. Joop, the Hanso Foundation's 105-year-old orangutan (captured by British explorers) was first seen in the early days of the Lost Experience.The following are direct references to this classic Verne work: The content of this book is referenced by the show both directly and thematically. The book is possibly referenced by Shannon when she refers to their island as "Mystery Frickin' Island." (veracity debatable) (" Whatever the Case May Be"). ![]() ![]() ![]() The runner co-operates with gravity by having a small, whole body, forward lean from the ankles. These forces are the downward pull of gravity and the force of the oncoming road. To achieve this Chi Running co-operates with the two main forces acting upon the runner. ![]() This means that we can run further and/or faster than before. Better running form means that we can relax as we run and use less energy. The two main areas are energy efficiency and injury prevention.
![]() ![]() She began writing science fiction as a teenager. Extremely shy as a child, Octavia found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant.Īfter her father died, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. The Evening and the Morning and the Night (1987) " Near of Kin", Butler's only non-SF story, describes a young woman coming to terms with the death of the mother who abandoned her.Īlso included are two autobiographical essays, " Positive Obsession" and " Furor Scribendi", about what Butler calls "the art, the craft, and the business of writing". " The Evening and the Morning and the Night" wrestles with the double-edged sword of illness and talent. ![]() " Speech Sounds", which also won the Hugo Award, and " Crossover", Butler's first published story, both describe women continuing to endure after their lives have become unbearable. ![]() After it appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, it won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, SF's highest honors. " Bloodchild" explores the paradoxes of power and inequality and starkly portrays the experience of a class who, like women throughout most of history, are valued chiefly for their reproductive capacities. Butler once gleefully described her eerie novella " Bloodchild", the title piece of Bloodchild and Other Stories as her "pregnant man story". ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He asks to see it “on approval”, to see if the shockingly high price tag – two pounds or so – is justified. ![]() Set in 1922, the proceedings concern a middle-aged university don, Edward Williams (Kinnear at his understated best), who seems to spend most of his time rejecting donations for the college art collection, but is inexplicably intrigued by an indifferent mezzotint (a type of monochrome artwork) from around 1720 that he spots in a dealer’s catalogue. But there’s no disappointment with The Mezzotint if anything, all those involved have exceeded themselves. The only problem with a BBC dramatisation of a classic MR James ghost story, written by Mark Gatiss and starring Rory Kinnear, is that your expectations are so celestially high, you dread failure. ![]() |