![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Men of the Otherworld doesn't really advance this fantasyverse onwards, nor is it intended to, and so perhaps it's more one for the dedicated fan than the casual reader. You simply can't fail to like these good-natured and pacy books. The last story, Kitsunegari, is all about Jeremy's mother.Īs ever, I thoroughly enjoyed the read. We then get two novellas, Savage and Ascension, in which we see Clayton Danvers' progression from feral orphan to pack bodyguard and the story of how he fell in love with - and infected - Elena. It all starts with Infusion, a short story about the childhood of the Alpha wolf, Jeremy. I cheered, because the lycanthropes are by far my favourite creations in this urban fantasy. Here, we find four of them published in book form, with Armstrong's royalties going to charity. ![]() Apparently, fans over at Armstrong's vibrant and busy home on the web have been very keen on getting some backstory on the guys though, and Armstrong duly obliged with some short stories and extra chapters which she shared with them online. Fun and for charity, but perhaps more for the avid fan than the general reader.Įver wondered about the men in Kelly Armstrong's Otherworld fantasyverse? They get involved in all the action, of course, so you probably fancy at least one of them, don't you? But you rarely get much of a look at the inside - after all, this series is all about the girls. Summary: Two novellas and two short stories filling in some of the backstory to Armstrong's female-dominated series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Everywhere IP policies are being re-written to encourage open innovation and to source knowledge from wherever it may best be found. Drawing out the commercial implications of the changes that are happening within Europe's framework for innovation, like the arrival of the unitary patent, this Handbook reviews how EU programmes such as Horizon 2020, the Innovation Union and the European Research Area are measuring performance against a target of creating more growth from IP ventures.In parallel, the contributors discuss the new terms on which leading players in business and research are looking to engage partners in sourcing ideas and fast-tracking innovation. ![]() But for many in Europe, IP can still seem complicated to acquire, expensive to maintain and hard to enforce.Drawing on a wide range of expert contributions, The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management is a practical and easy-to-follow account of how IP comes into play at various stages of ventures and delivers commercial success and real competitive advantage. When managed well, IP can become the most enduring form of competitive advantage, creating streams of revenue well into the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lowlights: For me it fell on the details and I need a bit more information. ![]() Highlights: The overall writing style of the author. ![]() Opening Line: “WHILE THUMBING THROUGH A MESSAGE ON HIS cell phone, David Cameron bit into his freshly toasted bagel.” The blurb describes very well the story and it’s not reliving too many details which is nice. By the end of this short story, I wanted to know already what was going on. We are thrown in as chaotic changes occur around the world of the main character David Cameron. It has lots of details of the surrounding, but it lacks the detail of emotions and characters, but again it’s very short. The love interest is short here and kills that were very crude, but still wasn’t sure by whom they were made.īreakfast is Severed is a well written short story. The main character David Cameron, seems like a strong character, but again it was too short and a lot of details about him were missing, for me. It was a very fast paced read as you are thrown to story in mid action. It was a bit confusing for me with all the action, but the reason for it was not sure to me. The premise of the story looks very interesting and I think I would like to read the full book and see where and how things will change. It’s a very short story, more like a teaser for the full length book to come. Note: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() The more symmetrical and even everything is, the better the airplane will fly.Ĭreated by Marilyn Singer, “a reverso is a poem with two halves. Symmetry is very important when you fold a paper airplane. Take pictures or make a list of the items you find. Look for things in nature that have symmetry like leaves, insects or animals. ![]() Activities to Explore Symmetry, Rain or Shine! That line is called the line of symmetry. Something has reflectional symmetry if you can draw a line down the middle and see that both sides are mirror images of each other. ![]() Leaves, butterflies and other insects are natural examples of reflectional symmetry, also known as mirror symmetry. Discover items, activities and books to teach kids about geometry and reasoning.īy Valerie Suttee, Branch Manager, Richard Byrd LibraryĪccording to Christy Knuchel in Teaching Symmetry in the Elementary Curriculum, “learning about symmetry gives children a good sense of geometric principles and calls on their mathematical reasoning abilities.” Springtime activities like hiking and gardening offer great opportunities for kids to explore symmetry in nature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Frightened, Donna knocks him back with the car door, only to send him into a ditch. Their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and they're surprised by large, sinister man. 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Armed with Instamatics and video camcorders, these poor souls enter the forbidden house, never to return. Visitors flock to see the Beast House with its blood-soaked corridors and creaky doors. The Cellar is Richard Laymon's debut novel as well as the first part of the Beast House trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The series follows the adventures of five handsome, heroic boys: Seiya. ![]() As if that weren't enough, the all-powerful Thanatos attacks Seiya through the person the Pegasus Knight most wants to protect: his long-lost sister Seika!Īs the Greatest Eclipse descends, the Battle of the Gods reaches its climax. Buy a cheap copy of Knights of the Zodiac, Vol. Seiya is no match for Hypnos and Thanatos, the immortal guardians of Hades, who have already captured Athena and trapped her in a deadly prison. Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya) has been a hit in Japan (where it is known as simply Saint Seiya), as well as many European countries including Spain, France, and Italy.Ĭrossing from Hades to Elysium, the Bronze Knights find themselves in a world beyond anything they've encountered. ![]() Seiya, along with the other Bronze Knights, must train hard to earn their ""Cloths,"" and take on other challenges as well. The Saint Seiya anime (also known as Knights of the Zodiac), based on the manga series of the same name by Masami Kurumada, was produced by Toei Animation. The series begins with the story of Seiya, the main hero, who is one of Athena's Knights. ![]() ![]() ![]() The secret deal they’ve struck with the rebel angels is darker than anything Stark has encountered. When one of Stark’s closest friends is poisoned with the black liquid, Stark and Candy have to go to the only place where they might find a cure: Hell.īut standing in their way are the damned souls who, even after death, still work for Wormwood. ![]() Stark’s plans change when he meets a dying angel who gives him a vial of a mysterious black liquid that could be a secret weapon in the ongoing war between angels who want to allow human souls into Heaven and rebel angels willing to die to keep them out. ![]() He needs a little action, and now Abbott wants Stark and Candy to investigate the disappearance of a young boy-and help uncover council members who might be tied to Wormwood’s power brokers. For a man who’s most recently met Death-and death’s killer-a few months of normal life is more than he can handle. The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub Rosa council, couldn’t come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. Sandman Slim returns in a stunning, high-octane thriller filled with the intense kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. ![]() ![]() ![]() This loose, multiracial, polymorphously perverse, generation-spanning cast lives mostly in present-day England, but they have roots elsewhere. Most of the rest of the stories in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours are linked, with major characters in one story later turning up as minor characters in another. “Her greatest material treasure was an egregiously shiny bit of tin she’d won at a fairground coconut shy this fact can’t be denied.” “Her taste lacked refinement,” she remarks of the foundling, now grown into a laundress named Montserrat. Then there’s the utter confidence of Oyeyemi’s voice and the way it dips into a conversational mode every now and then to make you feel as if you’ve been waved into a gossipy circle to get the real lowdown. ![]() ![]() Oyeyemi’s new short story collection, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, contains nine tales, the first of which begins, “Once upon a time in Catalonia a baby was found in a chapel.” Hardly innovative, those familiar four words followed by that mysterious foundling, but there’s a reason why old wives have been using such devices for centuries: They work. ![]() The most gifted writers-and the precocious British author Helen Oyeyemi, barely into her 30s with five novels and two plays to her name, is one of them-have their tricks for conquering this inertia, and some of the best tricks are old ones. ![]() ![]() ![]() I love Virgil! This series is lighter than the Lucas Davenport series and there are usually a few laugh out loud moments courtesy of Virgil, Shrake and Jenkins, and slightly bumbling bad guys. What did you love best about Escape Clause? "You mess around with Sparkle," Frankie told Virgil, "you could get yourself stabbed."ĥ stars for Virgil lovers. For another.she thinks Virgil's kind of cute. For one thing, her research into migrant workers is about to bring her up against some very violent people who emphatically do not want to be researched. ![]() Virgil's relationship with his girlfriend, Frankie, has been getting kind of serious, but when Frankie's sister, Sparkle, moves in for the summer, the situation gets a lot more complicated. Some of them are a great deal more extreme than others - as Virgil is about to find out. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Two large and very rare Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are "pure reading pleasure" ( Booklist). ![]() ![]() Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. ![]() ![]() Miss Pettigrew - a kind of aberration not at first welcomed by her publishers, but later a bestseller - is a fairy story. Watson wrote and published six novels in the late 1930s, and was something of a celebrity in her day. about a governess and and the night-club singer who employs her. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. She wrote six novels in all, but after the birth of her son in 1941, she stopped writing and lived quietly in Newcastle for the rest of her life. ![]() Winifred Watson (1907–2002) grew up in Newcastle and was a secretary until, in 1935, she married Leslie Pickering, the manager of a timber firm. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is now available as an audio book read by Academy Award–winning actress Frances McDormand, who stars in the film as the down-and-out governess Miss Pettigrew, who finds herself caught up in the life of Delysia LaFloss, a glamorous aspiring actress played by Amy Adams. “ Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is perhaps the happiest, most ebullient piece of fiction ever written for adults.”- Newsday ![]() “ Miss Pettigrew is irresistible, a perfect mix of wistfulness and joy, substance and froth.”-Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring ![]() “Don’t let this delightfully frothy drawing-room comedy get lost between the sofa cushions.”. ![]() |
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