The Escapist by Gabriel Filippi5/30/2023 ![]() The following day, those same horses would carry some of the climbers on our team higher still while I shook and shuddered in my tent, utterly drained.įor Gabriel Filippi, one of the most accomplished alpinists in Canadian history, the stakes are higher, the brushes more ominous. Feet turned to sludge, stomach thrashing, lungs constricting, I slipped in and out of consciousness before vomiting under the watchful (read: judgmental) eyes of the horses tied up in the rubble. For me, it was altitude sickness, which I felt, acutely, for the first time two years ago at 13,000 feet, high in the Peruvian Andes. ![]() No aspiring alpinist ever forgets their first brush with mountain danger. ![]()
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The Book of Paul by Richard Long5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The show comprising works from the Kaldor collection at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is curated by Anthony Bond. The Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, perched high above a vast canyon of blue-green eucalypts, seems a fitting location for Landmarks, an exhibition dealing with the landscape beyond its appearances. This reassurance has come from objects and experiences that transcend political agenda and refuse any simplistic interaction of ideas in objects and experiences that physically and psychically anchor me in actual, rather than virtual, time and space. ![]() Over recent weeks I have found reassurance in objects and experiences, in Sydney and its surrounds, that offer pause from the bombardment of information. ![]() The turn of the key novel5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the unraveling events that led to her incarceration. ![]() What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare-one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten-by the luxurious “smart” home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss-a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. Book Summary: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware ![]() All warrior cats books5/30/2023 ![]() The fifth sub-series, Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015) details the formation of the Clans. The third sub-series, Power of Three (2007–2009), centers around three prophesied cats with extraordinary powers, and the fourth sub-series, Omen of the Stars (2009–2012) details said cats using their powers to defeat evil spirit cats. Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006) continues with a focus on the next generation of cats, and chronicles the four Clans' journey to a new home. ![]() It details the adventures of a "kittypet" ( housecat) named Rusty who joins ThunderClan, one of the warrior cat clans who inhabit the forest. The first, Warriors: The Prophecies Begin, was published from 2003 to 2004. There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes. ![]() Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. ![]() Anita blake novels in order5/30/2023 ![]() I have missed Anita and her men from the beginning, and I’m glad I’m revisiting the series. It’s like I’m reading it for the first time again. I read Blood Noir back in 2010 for the first time, and I’m rereading it after twelve years. ![]() ![]() Hamilton’s Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series. Readers can't get enough of the #1 New York Times bestselling author.Ī favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean- Claude's reign, and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power.īlood Noir is the sixteenth book in Laurell K. Purchase at Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Published by Berkley Books on June 1, 2008 This book may be unsuitable for people under 18 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. ![]() Rebel lu5/30/2023 ![]() Lu and Ben weren’t exactly boring, but I didn’t really care about them either. Although I did notice he started out as a very witty and sarcastic Jack Sparrow-esque pirate, but this side of him soon took a backseat and he became a bit more dull. Lu and Vex meet each other early on in the book and decide to work together, while Ben has a separate storyline and won’t meet the others until the last few chapters. The story is split up between Grace Loray and Argrid. The botanical magic of Grace Loray is considered heresy by the Church, but Ben is fascinated by it. And finally there’s Benat (Ben), the crown prince of rival nation Argrid. When the raiders are accused of the delegate’s abduction, he agrees to help Lu find out the truth. Devereux (Vex) is a stream raider who sells magical plants on the black market. When a delegate vanishes during peace talks, she suspects there is something dangerous going on. Adeluna (Lu) helped the island of Grace Loray overthrow its oppressor and is now trying to adjust to life in the new regime, in which her parents have an important role. In These Rebel Waves, we follow three main characters. Does the book deliver? Or does it capsize? ![]() We were promised pirates, adventure and botanical magic. ![]() Today I want to talk about These Rebel Waves, by Sara Raasch. Yarr! It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another review. ![]() House of day house of night5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Her home in Krajanów in a multilingual and multicultural region near the Polish-Czech border serves as the backdrop and inspiration for several novels. Boundaries and border crossings - both physical and psychological - remain vital elements in her work. Since then, she has risen to critical acclaim worldwide, winning Poland’s Nike Award, the Brückepreis for promoting mutual understanding between European nations, and the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature “ for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life”. ![]() Tokarczuk’s first collection of poems was published in 1989, and her first novel in 1993. The lecture title, “The Tender Narrator”, elegantly describes Tokarczuk’s unique narrative style: rather like a therapist’s, her approach to writing is marked by love, gentleness, and genuine curiosity about her characters’ lives and motivations.īorn in Sulechów, Poland, in 1962, she originally worked as a clinical psychologist before starting to write - first poetry, and later the novels that brought her international recognition. “Tenderness is the art of personifying, sharing feelings, and therefore discovering endless similarities,” Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk said in her Nobel Prize talk in 2018. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was his good friend, Edward Adrian Wilson, expedition zoologist (and the man most responsible for Cherry-Garrard's successful petition to join Terra Nova), who got the bright idea: why don't we slip over to Cape Crozier, on the eastern tip of Ross Island, where the Emperors penguins breed, and collect a few fertile eggs, so that we can study the embryological development of this most mysterious of all the penguins? Amazingly, he convinced Cherry-Garrard and a third crew member, Birdie Bowers, to come along. Cherry-Garrard is instead remembered for his participation in, and account of, a preliminary expedition, undertaken while they were in Winter Quarters in June of 1911, waiting for the southern winter to pass and allow their assault on the South Pole. ![]() But Cherry-Garrard was not one of the 4 team members selected by Scott to accompany him to the Pole, and therefore he was not one of the five who froze to death on the Antarctic ice on the way back from 90° south in March of 1912. Cherry-Garrard, schooled in Latin and Greek and with no cold-weather experience, was the last man chosen by Robert Scott for his Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13, in his attempt to reach the South Pole. ![]() ![]() Apsley Cherry-Garrard, an English polar explorer, was born Jan. ![]() ![]() The manuscript of Copernicus' work consists of 21 notebooks (so-called contributions), each of eight, ten and twelve cards. This had a direct impact on politics, science, religion and philosophy of modernity. By adopting the principle, the astronomer revolutionised the perception of the world from a historical point of view. Although the view that the Earth is not at the centre of the universe and circulates around the Sun was expressed long before Copernicus, it was he who proved it in a scientific and indisputable way. Reflections on geocentric astronomy led him to the conclusion that it is a collection of random hypotheses.Ĭopernicus' proving that it is the Earth that orbits the Sun was a huge breakthrough in human history. ![]() However, at the basis of his system, more than calculations, lay a meditation on the harmony of the cosmos. Copernicus was an eminent mathematician and astronomer who did not miss a single detail of sky observation. The original was inscribed on the UNESCO " Memory of the World" list in 1999 and is kept in the Jagiellonian Library.ĥ00 years ago Nicolaus Copernicus began work on the most valuable Polish book, the famous " De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" or " On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres". Written by Copernicus himself in Greek and Latin, the manuscript is called humanistic italics by specialists. We present you facsimiles of the most valuable manuscript in Poland, that is the work of Nicolaus Copernicus' life, containing a lecture on heliocentric theory. ![]() ![]() As for Alan Gratz’s living situation, they maintain a low-key lifestyle in a private residence. While the exact salary and earnings are currently unknown, we are diligently working to obtain this information from reliable sources and will update it as soon as possible. ![]() Their accomplishments in this field have led to significant financial gains and opened up exciting new opportunities for growth and success. Through hard work, dedication, and exceptional talent, Alan Gratz has achieved great success and earned a reputation as one of the most skilled professionals in the industry. In accordance to several reputable sources like Forbes and Business Insider, Alan Gratz’s estimated net worth is around $5 million.Īlan Gratz has established a successful career in Younger Grownup Writer, which has become their primary source of income. ![]() ![]() Alan Gratz is one of the wealthiest and most popular Younger Grownup Writer in the industry. ![]() |