![]() ![]() In the first story, Iris meets with prisoner Leonard Howard, with whom she speaks in sign language, which she knows because her sister is deaf. She knows everyone at the courthouse, and she knows what to plead and who to cajole. After over thirty years at the Douglas County Public Defender’s Office in Omaha, Ms. Murphy’s style does not matter to the felons. ![]() Known around the courthouse by the cops and prisoners as “The Bird,” Murphy is the centerpiece of this gentle collection of stories with interconnected characters, each with a different perspective on Iris: Iris Murphy is a small, beautifully dressed public defender in Omaha. “The Enigma of Iris Murphy” by Maureen Millea Smith (Livingston Press, $17.95) For readers, it means a cool drink, a comfy spot in the shade and permission to catch up on fiction from Minnesota writers. ![]() Lazy days of summer means different things to different folks. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Would you mind returning the wreckage and bodies of the crew to us at your soonest convenience?” “Excuse me.” Said the message, “One of our space ships crashed on your planet. ![]() I really hope you enjoy these stories, at least as much as I did writing them! “The Ghost And The Machine” (2019) examines the technology of the matter transmitter – and its effects on the human psyche. “The Broken-tipped Sword” is a 2020 tale about the start of the Gimp War, when Earth is attacked by the Ruminarii – and which sets the scene for the Galaxii Series. “Midnight Station” (2014) is an unusual take on the vampire genre. “The Storming Of Area 51” was inspired by current events in which the much-publicized social media event actually takes place, and – well, read for yourself! Gleeb” – Things take a turn for the surreal when one of the guest speakers on a midnight talk radio show about “those mysterious crop circles” turns out to be an alien wearing a disguise (2018). The diplomats receive a rather sharp welcome on the small planet inhabited by strange little green men who don’t like to be laughed at by tall aliens with exposed shins. “Little Green Men” is a story I wrote in 2014 about a diplomatic mission to recover the bodies of some passing clowns who crashed there on the way to a convention. Without further ado, I’m proud to present the long-awaited second installment of my short stories: “Space Sucks Too!” I’ve always enjoyed reading and writing short stories, especially science fiction short stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now with Cherisse’s sister marrying one of his good friends he can’t escape her as the wedding activities keep throwing them together. To him she’s always been a stuck-up brat who seeks attention, even while he secretly harbored a crush on her. Keiran doesn’t know what to make of Cherisse now. Avoiding him is impossible, especially when Keiran’s close friend is the one marrying her sister, and he’s the best man to her maid of honour. ![]() ![]() Turns out for the first time in ages, she and Keiran King, the most annoying man ever, are on the island at the same time. ![]() But her mother’s matchmaking keeps intensifying.Ĭherisse tries to humour her mother, hoping if she feigns interest in the eligible bachelors she keeps tossing her way, she’ll be off the hook, but things don’t quite go as planned. When Cherisse’s younger sister reveals she’s getting married in a few months, Cherisse hopes that will distract her mother enough to quit harassing her about finding a guy, settling down and having kids. After a public meltdown over her breakup from her cheating musician boyfriend, Cherisse swore off guys in the music industry, and dating in general for a while, preferring to focus on growing her pastry chef business. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Strega Nona, his most endearing character, originated as a doodle at a dull faculty meeting at Colby Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, where dePaola was a member of the theater department. He worked on over 270 books in more than half a century of publishing, and nearly 25 million copies have been sold worldwide and his books have been translated into more than 20 languages.Īuthor Lin Oliver mourned his loss, tweeting that “He was a creator of beauty and a beloved friend.” New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu issued a statement, praising dePaola as “a man who brought a smile to thousands of Granite State children who read his books, cherishing them for their brilliant illustrations.” He was badly injured in a fall last week and died of complications following surgery. CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) - Tomie dePaola, the prolific children’s author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy, died Monday at age 85.ĭePaola died at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, according to his literary agent, Doug Whiteman. ![]() ![]() He’d been shot, cut, burned, broken, tortured, but this was different. Hugh stood at the window while it pierced him with needle teeth and shredded him, skinning one thin layer at a time. Playing with tropes of addiction, Andrews depicts Hugh’s severance from Roland’s power––the “void”––as a debilitating form of withdrawal: ![]() As the final conflict between Kate and Roland picks up steam in the background, we find Hugh getting wasted in taverns to cope with the loss of his magical connection with Roland, which has been his wind and sail since childhood. ![]() Iron and Magic is the story of what happens to Hugh d’Ambray, Roland’s cocky warlord, after he is banished from Roland’s army for failing to deliver Kate Daniels into his master’s creepy paternal clutches. And while Iron and Magicis a fun visit to one of my favorite fantasy destinations, it doesn’t pack the same punch as the Kate Daniels books. After falling in love with the Kate Daniels series back in 2016, I was excited to learn that Ilona Andrews had released the first installment of a spin-off trilogy set in the same world. ![]() ![]() ![]() “If you ever watch the ‘Miracle’ movie, Herb Brooks talks about that: No one will remember what they did in the Miracle on Ice if they didn’t win the next game to win the gold,” Pastner said. In Pastner’s scenario, Providence was Finland. ![]() 10 seed Providence in the Southeast Region final, for the right to head to Indianapolis for the Final Four.ĭECOURCY: Ranking the remaining 16 teams in the NCAA tournament On March 21, 1997, at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center in Alabama, in a Sweet 16 at the NCAA Southeast Regional, Arizona astonished the college basketball world by defeating the overwhelming pre-tournament favorite.Īnd then they had to get ready to do it all again, against a team with even more defeats and less prestige than these surprising Wildcats. It was the next game that was the gold medal game.” team beat the Russians in that hockey game, it wasn’t the gold medal game. ![]() “Because not everybody remembers when the U.S. “It was very similar – and it’s not in the same level of magnitude – but it was very similar to the Miracle on Ice,” Josh Pastner told the Sporting News. The Arizona Wildcats would not have won their only national championship without conquering those three giants of the sport, of that season, and yet the victory that made the greatest difference in the maddest of March title runs was none of the above. In less than two weeks, they defeated Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky, the three programs that have won more Division I basketball games than any other. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Rook cannot stand by and watch as the Warlord runs roughshod over the citizens of Swindle, the way the Collectivists did on his homeworld. Rook has been in the smuggling business long enough to know that it’s best to take the money and not ask questions. The client: a man known only as the Warlord. His latest mission: steal a top-of-the-line mech called the Citadel and deliver it to the far-flung planet Swindle, a world so hostile even the air will kill you. Now, Jackson Rook is a criminal, a smuggler on board the Multipurpose Supply Vehicle Tar Heel. ![]() But that was a long time ago, on a world very far away. Raised from boyhood to pilot an exosuit mech, he’d fought gallantly for the rebellion against the Collectivists. THRILLING SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHORS LARRY CORREIA AND JOHN BROWN ![]() ![]() ![]() Over thirty years later she observed, "I was going also, it must be said, not only from a family circle to entire solitude, but also from comparative wealth to poverty" (195). The death of her father left her with a relatively modest annuity and the beginnings of a career as a writer. then almost invariably comes to her the order to leave it all, tear herself out of it,-and go to make (if she can) some other home elsewhere." 1 After serving as her widowed father's companion, hostess, house manager, and general caretaker for nearly twenty years, the thirty-four-year-old Cobbe decided she should not live with her oldest brother and his wife in the family home. In her autobiography, the unmarried feminist journalist, Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904) begins a chapter ominously titled "Uprooted": "It is one of the many perversities of woman's destiny that she is, not only by hereditary instinct a home-making animal, but is encouraged to the uttermost to centre all her interests in her home every pursuit which would give her anchorage elsewhere (always excepting marriage) is more or less under general disapproval…. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Ferguson shows, governments must learn to become less bureaucratic if we are to avoid the impending doom of irreversible decline. Drawing from multiple disciplines, including economics and network science, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe offers not just a history but a general theory of disaster. Why? While populist rulers certainly performed poorly in the face of the pandemic, Niall Ferguson argues that more profound pathologies were at work - pathologies already visible in our responses to earlier disasters. Yet the responses of many developed countries to a new pathogen from China were badly bungled. But when catastrophe strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York Times A compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from 'the most brilliant British historian of his generation' (The Times) Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Dettagli prodotto Casa editrice Penguin Books Ltd Pubblicato 2021 Lingua English Pagine 512 Info 512 Pagine ISBN 978-0-14-199556-4 Hauptbeschreibung ![]() ![]() Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. This book collects more than 40 lace accessories, shawls, sweaters and dresses from 'Vogue Knitting' magazine to create a diverse and beautiful collection. ![]() A great collection for both those just starting to dabble with lace and those experienced in the technique, Vogue Knitting Lace packs beauty and value into a stunning package. Fingerless gloves, hats, shawls, pullovers, cardigans, and dresses are all included, varying in complexity from small lace inserts to easy repeats to overall complex patterning. Diverse in every possible way, this collection includes many different types of projects over a range of skill levels. Delicate yet bold, lace is one of knitting's most beloved and beautiful techniques. Delicate yet bold, lace is one of knitting's most beloved and beautiful techniques. Vogue Knitting Lace collects more than 40 lace accessories, shawls, sweaters, and dresses from Vogue Knitting magazine for a diverse collection that will leave knitters breathless. ![]() Vogue Knitting Lace collects more than 40 lace accessories, shawls, sweaters, and dresses from Vogue Knitting magazine for a diverse collection that will leave knitters breathless. ![]() |