Hannibal lecter novel6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() No one is more formidably equipped to resist a predator such as Schneider. Hannibal Lecter and the second to feature FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. She has witnessed barbarities that have given her all too clear an understanding of human cruelty. Hannibal is a psychological horror novel by American author Thomas Harris, published in 1999.It is the third in his series featuring Dr. Cari was kidnapped by the guerrilla movement Farc at the age of 12 and trained as a child soldier. Cari, 25, is irresistibly attractive - “damn fucking good-looking”, another woman comments sourly. Harris has always admired courageous women, Reba McClane in Red Dragon, for instance, as well as Clarice Starling. ![]() What they have not counted on is the eponymous heroine, Cari Mora, the housekeeper of the mansion, a precarious immigrant to Miami, also from Colombia. Trying to get their hands on it are a Colombian gang - and an insanely evil individual from Paraguay, a monstrous sadist, “tall and pale, totally hairless”, called Hans-Peter Schneider. Escobar has hidden a vast safe full of gold beneath the mansion, elaborately booby-trapped with Semtex. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT. ![]()
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Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Worse, they made the whole thing – the great game that was life – appear arbitrary, almost meaningless. Or at the very least, an ancestor had to have worked for it.Īrrogance without cause, arrogance without achievement – or that mistook sheer luck for true achievement – was an abomination. Veppers was all for arrogance – he possessed the quality in full measure himself, as he’d often been informed – but it had to be deserved, you had to have worked for it. Losers who’d made it always let the side down. It was just part of the way things worked – part of the complexity of life, he supposed – that sometimes somebody who absolutely deserved nothing more than to be one of the down-trodden, the oppressed, the dregs of society, lucked out into a position of wealth, power and admiration.Īt least people who were natural winners knew how to carry themselves in their pomp, whether their ascendancy had come through the luck of being born rich and powerful or the luck of being born ambitious and capable. “There was nothing worse, Veppers thought, than a loser who’d made it. ![]() Tokyo ever after emiko jean6/23/2023 ![]() It's a relief to be in a place where everyone looks like she does, but for some family members, and some media outlets, she's too American to belong there, either. There's an awful lot for Izumi to take in and learn, not the least of which is constantly being shadowed by the always-scowling but incredibly handsome bodyguard, Akio. She reaches out to her father through an old friend of his, and the next thing she knows, Izumi is whisked off to Tokyo to spend a few weeks at the Imperial Palace getting to know her father and the rest of her Imperial family. The signature leads to an online search that reveals her father is none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. ![]() One day while snooping in her mother's room she finds a love poem written to her mother and dated the year she was born. ![]() ![]() As one of the very few Asians in her town, she often feels like she doesn't really belong there. TOKYO EVER AFTER is the story of Izumi, a senior in high school who grew up in a small town in Northern California never knowing who her father was. The cover of 'Mika in Real Life.' (Courtesy) Here & Now's Celeste Headlee speaks with bestselling young adult author Emiko Jean about her first book for adults, 'Mika in Real Life.'. ![]() Piggie and gerald the thank you book6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The package item number is also listed at the bottom of your packing slip for reference. On your packing slip, package components are picked and packed individually and are identified with the code "PKGCMP" in the price column. Any backordered components will ship separately as they become available. In-stock components will ship according to our normal shipping time. When you order a package, you are charged one price for all package items. Because most package items or components are also sold separately and may be components of multiple packages, these items may not have the same inventory availability at any point in time. Although packages are sets, items are not physically bundled together. Any item sold as a package on our website is identified by a unique alpha-numeric item number (such as "APH1AB"). ![]() A listing of individual items that make up a package is provided on the package item's product detail page along with real-time item availability of those items. A "package" is made up of two or more items sold as a set, often for a reduced price. ![]() ![]() Patronage in particular is examined, citing both usages of clientage and brokerage, as the chief means for self-enrichment and survival at the court of France in this period. ![]() ![]() Such an analysis demonstrates a number of things: that, contrary to much recent scholarship on homosexual identities and relationships in the early modern period, long-term partnerships did exist, although they were unorthodox and that, like other royal favourites, the Chevalier de Lorraine maintained his position at the top of a powerful court hierarchy through both the support of his family and a prominent patronage network. It presents a thorough portrait of Prince Philippe of Lorraine, better known as the Chevalier de Lorraine, in the full context of his family (a cadet branch of the princely house of Lorraine), his friends (the household of Monsieur, Philippe, Duke of Orléans, brother of the king), and court culture more generally at the end of the seventeenth century. It demonstrates how a royal favourite in a same-sex context in the early modern period can be analysed in a similar manner to more well-known royal mistresses, or “ maîtresses en titre ”. ![]() This article examines a major figure of the court of Louis XIV who has never received a full academic study. ![]() ![]() ![]() The blade was thin near the end in order to pierce through the upgraded armor during Eragon's time. The guard was made from blued brightsteel. The brightsteel contained cable-like patterns within it, as well as a flame-like pattern marked the transition between the soft spine of the blade and its hard edges. The blade itself was a lighter iridescent blue, like the color of Saphira's neck. It had a dark blue scabbard, like the color of Saphira's back, with a leaf-shaped steel cap on the end of the scabbard. ![]() The glyph for "fire" in the Ancient Language, " Brisingr", was engraved on both the blade and the scabbard. Eragon also commented that he would like to comfortably grip the hilt with both hands for more powerful blows. In the end, Rhunön and Eragon agreed that he needed "a sword for all occasions," one that he could use just as easily in Farthen Dûr's tunnels as he could in a large battlefield. During Rhunön's interrogation, Eragon had mentioned that he prefers to wield a sword and a shield, but that he rarely had a shield at his disposal. ![]() Brisingr was a hand-and-a-half sword with a curved cross-guard and a slightly longer hilt than usual. ![]() Heart Adrift by Laura Frantz6/22/2023 ![]() Will a war and a cache of regrets keep them apart, or can their shared vision and dedication to the colonial cause heal the wounds of the past? Bestselling and award-winning author Laura Frantz whisks you away to a time fraught with peril–on the sea and in the heart–in this redemptive, romantic story. But when the colonial government asks him to lead a secret naval expedition against the French, his future is plunged into uncertainty. ![]() ![]() But she longs to find something worthwhile to do with her life.Ĭaptain Henri Lennox has returned to port after a lengthy absence, intent on completing the lighthouse in the dangerous Chesapeake Bay, a dream he once shared with Esmée. Having reached her twenty-eighth birthday, she is reconciled to life alone after a decade-old failed love affair from which she’s never quite recovered. Chocolatier Esmée Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Will a war and a cache of regrets keep them apart? Or will a new shared vision reunite them? ![]() A Virginia chocolatier and a privateering sea captain collide once more after a failed love affair a decade before. ![]() Mark of the raven by morgan l busse6/22/2023 ![]() By accessing, viewing, and posting any content to any LightSail Education site on the internet, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the follow terms of use as well as the terms of use by the specific company that owns and operates the social media site (i.e. The purposes of our social media pages is to encourage and support parents and children in their pursuit of literacy along with a free exchange of ideas and commentary regarding the topics we choose to post, including print, video, and multimedia images. ![]() We would love for you to follow us on these platforms and join our ongoing discussion about literacy and lifelong learners, along with your experiences with LightSail.īy posting on any LightSail Education Social Media Page or associated page, you agree to these terms: LightSail Education has several active social media & other communities online including, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Blog pages. ![]() Called birdy book6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() She felt the same way when her uncle visited and told stories about his crusades. But whenever she tried to have an “adventure” or not act like a proper lady, she got punished. What a dilemma… ![]() Throughout the story, Catherine kept a journal of her daily activities. At one point, she visited her brother in a monastery and was jealous that he was allowed to work away from home while she must stay home and do lady-like tasks. Do you ever feel trapped, like you can’t do anything you want? In Catherine, Called Birdy, this is exactly how the main character, Catherine, felt. The story took place in medieval Europe, where most marriages were arranged by the parents of both sides. However, some peasants were allowed to chose who they married, and Catherine thought that was unfair. Who knows what kind of suitor her beastly father will choose? ![]() Naruto vol 726/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Both series are produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, and air on TV Tokyo. The second, named Naruto Shippuden ( ナルト 疾風伝, Naruto Shippūden, literally, Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles), is based on Part II. The first anime series, also titled Naruto, covers the entirety of Part I over 220 episodes. Several adaptations based on Naruto have been made, including two anime series and seven feature films. Viz Media licenses the Naruto manga for an English adaptation in North America, where it is serialized in the American Shonen Jump and released in volume format. All subsequent chapters belong to Part II, which continues the storyline from Part I after a two and a half year ellipsis. The first 244 chapters are known as Part I, and constitute the first part of the Naruto storyline. Shueisha later collected these chapters in tankōbon bound volumes. The series began its serialization in the issue 43 from 1999. The series focuses on titular hero and protagonist named Naruto Uzumaki, a ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village with supernatural ninjutsu abilities, who is the host of Nine Tailed Fox and dreams to become Hokage in order to receive respect from the villagers and to protect them from any upcoming threats. ![]() The Naruto manga is written by Masashi Kishimoto and published by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump. The cover of the first Naruto tankōbon released in Japan by Shueisha in March 2000. ![]() |