![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Damiata suspects that the killer she seeks is one of the brutal condottierri, and as the murders multiply, her quest grows more urgent. Once there, Damiata becomes a pawn in the political intrigues of the pope’s surviving son, the charismatic Duke Valentino, whose own life is threatened by the condottieri, a powerful cabal of mercenary warlords. When Pope Alexander dispatches a Vatican courtesan, Damiata, to the remote fortress city of Imola to learn the truth behind the murder of Juan, his most beloved illegitimate son, she cannot fail, for the scheming Borgia pope holds her own young son hostage. Against a teeming canvas of Borgia politics, Niccolò Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci come together to unmask an enigmatic serial killer, as we learn the secret history behind one of the most controversial works in the western canon, The Prince. ![]()
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Jocks (Chicago 0.5) by Elizabeth Marx (Goodreads Author) 3. ![]() ![]() It can be a great learning resource, but is a bit hard to get into.Ĭross Stitch: A beginner’s step-by-step guideĪ general beginners book with a slant on smaller projects, this book offers clear and concise advice without going off topic. We have a full review here.Ī staple in many cross stitchers collections, the Jane Greenoff Cross Stitch bible has been updated a series of times over the years, and covers everything from the very basics, so complex theories and stitches. Its fun, chatty and includes some awesome modern patterns. Perfect for the beginner, it doesn’t get too technical, and everything it written with an entertaining edge. ![]() Best Books For Beginners The Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch ![]() With so many cross stitch books out there, I’ve read my way through a library just to give you a rundown of the best cross stitch books, categorized by difficulty. ![]() ![]() ![]() People often believe that the years immediately prior to AD 1000 were, with just a few exceptions, lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet reached North America, and that the farthest feat of sea travel was the Vikings' invasion of Britain. argues that the year 1000 was the world's first point of major cultural exchange and exploration"-īook Synopsis From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a groundbreaking work of history showing that bold explorations and daring trade missions connected all of the world's great societies for the first time at the end of the first millennium. ![]() ![]() But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Mayan temple murals in Chichen Itza, Mexico? Could it be possible that the Vikings had found their way to the Americas during the height of the Mayan empire? Valerie Hansen. About the Book "It was long assumed that the centuries immediately prior to AD 1000 were lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet discovered North America, that the farthest anyone had traveled over sea was the Vikings' invasion of Britain. ![]() ![]() ![]() Always though events are closely anchored to one or another universally human fear: the fear of paralysis the fear of abandonment the fear of dying the fear that one's children are in danger the fear of being trapped. The novel asks you to banish any thoughts like "what is going on?" from your mind as you read, and to yield to its unhinged and unexplained storytelling style.Īs in a real fever dream-as in a nightmare-the events in the novel move in shuddering and unpredictable ways, from the mundane to the terrifying and back again. ![]() The story is told in dialog, and neither of the participants in the conversation are fully connected with a rational world of cause-and-effect. As I read I was gripped by a suffocating sense of dread that never let up. I finished the story last night and I'm still magnificently unsettled. ![]() ![]() ![]() I absolutely loved seeing this club, and seeing Ally and Lisa interact with other people. We are introduced to the BDSM club, the Crimson, that Alan custom makes the sets for. This volume also talks about fetish models and S&M performers. Again, having communication and compatibility with your partner is a must, because safety will always be the greatest priority in a BDSM relationship of any kind or level. Self-bondage is heavily discussed in this issue, with an even heavier emphasis on the importance of safe rope play. 1, even though I will say this volume is very, very important and this topic is a needed one. So, I think that is why this volume didn't speak to me as much as Vol. Obviously I'm not judging either path people choose to take, but, personally, I am much more interested in the fantasy aspect rather than the lifestyle choice. Some people view BDSM as a getaway or a fantasy from their real life, but others want to make BDSM a lifestyle. This volume heavily talks about the importance of communication with your partner. ![]() Luckily for me, this is very much my cup of tea and Sunstone will always have a very special place in my heart, even though this volume wasn't my favorite. If that's not your cup of tea, nothing I can say in this review will sway you to pick this amazing graphic novel series up. ![]() ![]() She raised her family and then embarked on her own career of writing the stories that had been begging to be told. About Debbie Lynne Costelloĭebbie Lynne Costello has enjoyed writing stories since she was eight years old. The stakes are high, secrets prevail, and treason is just a kiss away. With old wounds in need of healing and adversaries who would ruin their chances at true love, both must learn to trust in a way they never knew possible. But the woman is the least of his worries with the turbulence brought on by threats of another border war and by King Richard’s distrust of the nobles. After several attempts to lure the truth from her, he determines she is as deceitful as his late fiancée who nearly cost him his life. Bryce Warwick discovers the “boy” caught with his livestock is actually a young woman. ![]() ![]() However, when she is caught stealing from an English laird, his unexpected kindness begins to melt away her hatred and strums lonely heartstrings longing for love. Deirdre Mackenzie has spent her life hiding from her father and hating the English. ![]() ![]() ![]() Later in the decade, Bridges was the husband of union organizer "Norma Rae" (1979) and entered the following decade with a starring role in the biopic "Heart Like a Wheel" (1983). Following a praised turn as reporter in "Gaily, Gaily" (1969) and a starring role in Hal Ashby's directorial debut, "The Landlord" (1970), he made his first of several collaborations with director Peter Ustinov in the satirical comedy, "Hammersmith Is Out" (1972). Graduating into more adult roles in the late 1960s, Bridges was a diversely talented actor who fit comfortably into a number of genres - drama, comedy, historical biopics, and even science-fiction. ![]() An Emmy and Golden Globe award winner, actor Beau Bridges - the eldest son of actor Lloyd Bridges and brother of Jeff Bridges - developed into an amiable character actor after beginning his career as a child star in such films as "Force of Evil" (1948) and Lewis Milestone's "The Red Pony" (1949). ![]() ![]() ![]() "There's no blessing that can't be a disaster, and no disaster that can't be a blessing," writes the author, who on 14 February will also release a new "complete" edition of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The short ebook tells of how Bach met his "spirit guides" – including Jonathan – following his plane crash, when his plane, known as Puff, clipped a power line. And "Kindle Singles gave me the opportunity to share my story immediately." "But after I was very nearly destroyed in an accident aboard my seaplane, I wondered if it were not an accident at all, but a test," he said in an announcement from. He has now touched on Jonathan again, both in a just-published followup to his 1977 spiritual memoir Illusions written after he nearly died in a plane crash in 2012, and in a new edition of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, out later this week and including "the never-before-published Part Four".īach said he never intended to write Illusions II, which has just been released as a Kindle Single and is his first comment on his near-death experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() It further suggests a need for a distinct understanding of teaching authority that is not modeled on political authority. It is argued here that there is little basis for concluding that the Analects is fundamentally authoritarian in its depiction of teaching. The master-student relationship, while undoubtedly hierarchical, did not involve complete submission by the student. Questioning the master is often a good quality in a disciple. In contrast to later depictions of Kongzi, he is not presented as infallible in the Analects, and his students do not always accept his opinions. Masters are not generally considered to be like fathers, and students have more room to dispute with their master than previously recognized. By studying the roles of master and students and the relationship between them in the Analects, it attempts to show that according to this text the master did not occupy a position of complete dominance over the student. The Analects is a compendium of the sayings of Confucius (551479 b.c.e.), transcribed and passed down by his disciples. This article takes issue with the stereotype of "Confucianism" as authoritarian, a view common in discussions of modern China as well as in scholarship on early China. ![]() |