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It is sumptuous and grandiloquent, and an utter joy to read. Watching the two star-crossed lovers steal longing glances midst heavy breathing and racing hearts… love is grand, no?įirst, buy this novel. Tanus is virile, beautiful – the pinnacle of manly excellence, warrior virtue and athleticism, and in his prime. Lostris in turn pines for the heroic and tragically down-trodden soldier, Tanus, hated and loathed by Intef but adored by Taita, who knows the secret behind the downfall of Tanus’ father and the thwarting of Tanus’ destiny that seems to dog his efforts to rise through the army ranks. Taita must endure Lostris’ youthful petulance and whims while inuring himself ever more to Intef’s favour under the watchful eye of Intef’s cruel torturer, Rasfer, who once cut Taita’s manhood from him. He pines for the budding womanhood of his charge, Lostris, daughter of the Pharaoh’s vizier and second most powerful man in all Egypt, Lord Intef. Taita is an eloquent, arguably conceited eunuch of no small cerebral aptitude living in ancient Egypt. “Vivid and fascinating…Packed with passion, war, intrigue and revenge.” This book was not anything close to what I had been expecting and I’m still not sure what the fuck I read. Reading Majesty felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. I absolutely adored American Royals and I was really looking forward to reading this sequel. I’m a huge fan of Katherine McGee’s books: they’re full of delicious drama, juicy secrets, complex characters, and angsty romance. If I was going to predict my biggest disappointment of the year, Majesty would never have even crossed my mind. Edit 12/08/21: There is a God, and we're getting a third book! I have the utmost faith in the author that all of the unresolved issues will now get finished!ĪRC provided by Random House Children's through NetGalley.īuckle up kids, you’re in for one hell of a review. In his latest book, Enlightenment Now, he drives this point home with a new battery of statistics, in an effort to show that health, prosperity, and overall happiness are also on the rise. In The Better Angels of Our Nature, he showed that violence had in fact declined through the ages, whether it be in terms of human sacrifice, slavery, homicide rates or armed confict, and that empathy and self-control had gradually overcome. Named one of Time's “100 Most Influential People in the World”, Harvard Professor Steven Pinker rose to fame with his detailed studies of human cognition and bestselling science books. More importantly, in this age of mass media fear mongering, he’s been the champion of a unique brand of optimism, entirely based on facts. In BI: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality, Shaw probes the science and culture of attraction beyond the binary. Despite statistics that show bisexuality is more common than homosexuality, bisexuality is often invisible. Ask people to name famous bisexual actors, politicians, writers, or scientists, and they draw a blank. It’s an admission, she writes, that usually causes people’s pupils to dilate, their cheeks to flush, and their questions to start flowing. For psychologist and bestselling author Julia Shaw, this is both professional and personal-Shaw studies the science of sexuality and she herself is proudly and vocally bisexual. A provocative, eye-opening, and original book on the science of sexuality beyond gender from an internationally bestselling pop-psychologistĭespite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decades in regards to sexuality, the subject remains one of the most influential but least understood aspects of our lives. Although it's 44 years old and isn't only about romance novels, it has a lot to say that's relevant to the popular romance genre in the year 2020 - and Angela and I call on many examples from more recent books you may be familiar with as well as other examples from pop culture. Angela Toscano, a romance scholar, writer, and researcher joins Shelf Love to discuss literary critic Northrop Frye's 1976 book The Secular Scripture: A study of the structure of romance. Structuring Romance: The Secular Scripture pt 1 with Dr. Although it's 44 years old and isn't only about romance novels, it has a lot to say that's relevant to the popular romance genre in the year 2020 - and Angela and I call on many examples from more recent books you may be familiar with as well as other examples from pop culture.įor example, how is the structure of romance fundamentally different from that of literary, epic works? Why is "mere entertainment" so derided by the academy and what's wrong with the phony infinite? What's the difference between a maze with no plan and a maze, not without a plan? How does romance focus on the polarity between the idyllic world we want and the subterranean world we don't want, but not the life we have? And how does the dog always by Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-bookA failing marriageThe loss of their child a year ago devastated Joanna and Joshua. 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The two set out to find the witch who transformed Eadric to begin with so they can have her explain what went wrong and undo the spell. Instead of returning Eadric to his human form, Emma becomes a frog. When she retreats to a pond outside the castle for some solitude, she meets Eadric, a talking frog who claims to be a prince under a curse.Įadric finally convinces Emma to break his spell by kissing him, only something goes wrong. Her aunt and mentor, also the country’s most powerful witch and protector, teaches Emma to use spells and control her power, something Emma struggles with and has very little confidence about for much of the story. Probably the most significant departure from the familiar fairy tale which inspired this story is that Princess Emeralda (Emma) is also a witch. The Frog Princess (Tales of the Frog Princess #1) Which actually made me feel better, because it took me a lot longer to read than I anticipated! Here’s a quick take on each of the first three books in the series. Only after I finished did I realize it was actually the first three books in the series packaged together as one e-book. Baker, and for some reason thought it was a short story collection. I started reading an e-book version Tales of the Frog Princess by E. In fact, it has already been key to solving several mysteries of why seemingly healthy people appear to suddenly fall into a mental inferno. Molecular research has transformed our understanding and treatment of cancer in recent years, and now it is beginning to do the same for brain diseases. It is demoralizing and infuriating to think about how, nearly 15 years later, no breakthrough cure or proven prevention strategy has panned out.īut neurologist Sara Manning Peskin argues in "A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain" that we could be on the brink of a revolution in confronting diseases like this because scientists have a better handle on how molecules work in the brain. As a budding health reporter, I tried to learn everything I could about Alzheimer's and wrote about new research on preventions and treatments that everyone wanted to believe had potential. M y grandmother was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease when she died in 2007, not long after I graduated from journalism school. This article originally appeared on Undark. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization - copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost - they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task.Īs Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved front the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars" - and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. The untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (Hinges of History, Vol 1) How the Irish Saved Civilization : The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role CenturyOne Bookstore Main Page |