![]() ![]() Yet how did the Germans achieve their pre-eminence beginning in the mid-18th century? In this fascinating cultural history, Peter Watson goes back through time to explore the origins of the German genius, how it flourished and shaped our lives, and, most importantly, to reveal how it continues to shape our world. ![]() But this genius was cut down in its prime with the rise and subsequent fall of Adolf Hitler and his fascist Third Reich-a legacy of evil that has overshadowed the nation's contributions ever since. In the early decades of the 20th century, German artists, writers, philosophers, scientists, and engineers were leading their freshly-unified country to new and undreamed of heights, and by 1933, they had won more Nobel prizes than anyone else and more than the British and Americans combined. ![]() From the end of the Baroque age and the death of Bach in 1750 to the rise of Hitler in 1933, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force more influential than France, Britain, Italy, Holland, and the United States. ![]()
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Mist ( Spanish: Niebla) is a novel written by Miguel de Unamuno in 1907 and first published in 1914 by Editorial Renacimiento.Įntitled as Fog. ![]() ![]() She is the author of two 1 New York Times bestsellingseries the Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy and the Stalking Jack the Ripper quartet. I truly enjoyed this series and can’t wait for the third book to come out and continue reading Emilia’s story. In her spare time she reads steamy romance novels, cooks all kinds of food with her family and friends, and drinks entirely too much tea while discussing life’s finer points with her cats. In the second book Emilia learns that she knows even less about hell than she thought, everything works differently there, the realm itself enhances your most darkest desires which doesn’t help with her budding feelings towards Prince Wrath who she’s not sure if she can rule him out yet as a murder suspect. The first book ends with Emilia signing her soul over to the devil to become his wife and Queen, the only reasons she makes this sacrifice to save her family and to figure out who in the underworld had her sister killed and why they did it. The reader also only knows what Emilia knows so they themselves feel the frustration and stress she feels while figuring out all these secrets that everyone in her life has kept from her. This series is very detailed with amazing world building, intricate plot and plot twists. ![]() Being a witch in a highly Christian era and country makes her life difficult as she has to hide her identity her whole life. ![]() The story has a rich Italian culture as our main character is born and raised in Italy. ![]() ![]() By the time his father died, Elric had learned a great deal, and took the Ruby Throne as one of the most powerful sorcerers the world had ever seen. Elric's Childhood, while lacking the love of his father, was a time of sorcerous and academic education. His mother died in childbirth and his father, Emperor Sadric the Eighty-Sixth, blamed her death entirely on his sole, thin-blooded son. This changes, for better or worse, when he obtains his sword, Stormbringer.Įlric was born the only heir to the Ruby Throne of Melniboné. Weak and sickly from birth, Elric is forced to subsist on drugs and potions to sustain his strength and health. He carries Stormbringer in a scabbard at his belt, and wears the ancient Ring of Kings on his left hand. When not in armour, Elric favours all-black garb, but has been known to dress as a mercenary, donning wildly clashing barbarian attire. Elric is normally attired in traditional Melnibonéan armour with a signature dragon helm. He is very tall, slender to the point of gauntness, yet elegantly muscled. He was born with albinism, making his flesh pale, his hair white, and his eyes a deep crimson. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody."Įlric is a Melnibonéan, and as such, he is not exactly human. ![]() ![]() "It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh and the long hair which flows below his shoulders is milk-white. ![]() ![]() This season will not feature cliffhangers, and fans will be able to say goodbye to their favorite characters. Klune’s new book, Green Creek, is released, it will be the final book in the Green Creek series. Klune’s Green Creek Series Comes To A Close Carter, a feral wolf, takes the road with the intention of leaving his pack behind, his family and his only friend. From Heartsong to Brothersong, four distinct perspectives describe the experience of losing your mind, so we created Feralsong, a short story that follows Heartsong and Brothersong before coming to an end. In each book in the series, the leader of the pack describes how they will fight back against people who want to take their family and home away from them. The Bennett Pack, made up of witches, humans, and werewolves, is made up of witches, humans, and werewolves. TJ Klune’s Green Creek Series tells the story of the Bennett Pack through the eyes of TJ Klune. ![]() ![]() The series is currently on hiatus, but the author has said that she plans to write more books in the future. The series began in 2006 with the first book, The Green Creek Chronicles, and the most recent book was published in 2012. ![]() The green creek series is a set of books that follow the adventures of a group of friends who live near a creek. ![]() ![]() ![]() Difficult early yearsīorn Phoebe Anne Moses (her last name has also been recorded as Mosey, Mauzy, or Mozee) in rural Ohio in 1860, Oakley lived in poverty and suffered much hardship early in As a part of the notorious Wild West Show, she became renowned as a western hero even though she had never lived in the West. She performed her feats in stage shows around the world, but her real fame came from her performances in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Speeding around an arena on horseback or on a bicycle, Oakley could hit targets. She could shoot a moving target behind her back while looking at the reflection in a knife blade. From thirty feet, her bullet could split a playing card-held with the thin side facing her-in two. A small woman-five feet tall, one hundred pounds-she could handle several heavy rifles at one time to shoot down flying glass balls. In fact, her ability with guns seemed magical to many fans. September 2, 1885.Īnnie Oakley was one of the best sharpshooters of her time. "The largest share of applause was bestowed on Annie Oakley, a young girl whose proficiency with shotgun and rifle seems almost miraculous." ![]() ![]() ![]() Palm trees, architecture, dress, and Arabic writing on the flag convey a sense of place and culture. The artist uses color to evoke mood, moving from a yellow sky to orange, to deep maroon during the bombing, and then blues and pinks with doves flying aloft as the librarian hopes for a brighter future. It is in the illustrations, executed in acrylic and ink in her signature style, that Winter suggests the impending horror. Dewan, Winter artfully achieves a fine balance between honestly describing the casualties of war and not making the story too frightening for young children. In telling this story, first reported in the New York Timeson July 27, 2003, by Shaila K. When the fighting moved on, this courageous woman transferred the 30,000 volumes to her and her friends' homes to await peace and the rebuilding of a new library. ![]() In spite of the government's refusal to help, she moved the books into a nearby restaurant only nine days before the library burned to the ground. Grade 2-4 - When war seemed imminent, Alia Muhammad Baker, chief librarian of Basra's Central Library, was determined to protect the library's holdings. ![]() ![]() With this free flow, the story is allowed to develop deeply and more intriguingly. Not that the other characters are insignificant but with this one character the other characters’ stories are built. ![]() The book entirely focuses on one character. The book is one of its own and one can never think that’s it’s a series in a continuing saga. The series is such master created that there are is nothing missing in any short fall in any of the three books. Events in the first book A Shadow Of All Night Falling isn’t straightforward known because the plot is quite twisted and the book doesn’t take a particular order. Although the book series is not that much aligned together, there is great sense in what the writer tries to create and brings about to the reader. The Dread Empire trilogy by Glen Cook is one of the best examples of what fiction writing is all about. ![]() ![]() The beautiful Admiral Daala, still very much alive and more driven than ever to destroy the Jedi, has joined forces with the defeated Pellaeon, former second in command to Grand Admiral Thrawn. But there is worse news yet: the Empire lives. ![]() This planet-crushing power will be in the ruthless hands of Durga the Hutt - a creature without conscience or mercy. The disturbing piece of information is that the evil Hutts, criminal warlords of the galaxy, are building a secret superweapon: a reconstruction of the original Death Star, to be named Darksaber. Yet brewing on Tatooine is news that will shake Luke and Han and threaten everything they value. Tormented and haunted, Luke cannot rest until Callista is a Jedi in the fullest sense, for only then will the link between their minds and souls be restored. ![]() Luke is hoping the old Jedi Knight's spirit will tell him how to help his love, Callista, regain her lost ability to use the Force. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, cloaked by the Force and riding with the hostile Sand People, have returned to the dunes of the desert planet Tatooine in hopes of finding what Luke so desperately seeks: contact with Obi-Wan Kenobi. ![]() |