![]() ![]() Sally Skellington is officially, the Pumpkin Queen, a title that has never been bestowed before. This book is on the short side, the audio book is 6 hours and 28 minutes long. I honestly don’t think it was all that scary, but that’s what it’s considered. This would be considered a fantasy/horror fiction. Was it worth the wait? Let’s see what you think. *Not sponsored or affiliated, it’s just what I use for audiobooks. But is it worth reading? I actually found out about it 4 days before it’s release and pre ordered it immediately on Audible.* I collect just about any NBC thing I can get my hands on, but I think we should take a look an see if its right for you with a Long Live The Pumpkin Queen Review! (the rhyming was not intentional) The book has been an instant best seller for the simple fact that so many of us love the movie. Long Live The Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw is the long awaited sequel to The Nightmare Before Christmas movie. Long Live The Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw ![]()
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![]() ![]() Say that to all candle makers who missed the memo that electricity was going to disrupt their business. “No remaining human job will ever be safe from the threat of future automation.” Critics or sceptics will say to this, that there has always been a talk of amazing futuristic innovations that haven’t really actualised yet. On your future career prospect: soon you might not have one Some critics may argue that we’ve heard all this before but hopefully this time we’ll listen to the present-day voice of Cassandra.ģ68 pages and Kindle typical time of non-speed reading of it is 7 hours and 6 minutes but with this in-depth summary, you’ll be up to speed on it in minutes (especially if you just read the micro-summary of this summary at the end of the blog or watch Harari talk about his new book). 21 chapters/lessons are organised into five categories/parts: Part I: The Technological Challenge, Part I: The Political Challenge, Part III: Despair and Hope, Part IV: Truth and, finally and Part V: Resilience - and has tips on how to navigate the future we face – with the power of clarity. ![]() This time he focuses on the present time and the problems and issues we’re facing (terrorism, fake news and immigration) and offers some solutions. ![]() Summary of 21 Lessons for 21 Century by Yuval Noah HarariĢ1 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari – the third book by the acclaimed author of Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow and Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. ![]() ![]() The result was a remarkably resilient movement forged in a racist world that had little tolerance for radicals.Īfter discussing the book's origins and impact in a new preface written for this twenty-fifth-anniversary edition, Kelley reflects on what a militantly antiracist, radical movement in the heart of Dixie might teach contemporary social movements confronting rampant inequality, police violence, mass incarceration, and neoliberalism.Īuthor and historian Robin D. ![]() Kelley reveals how the experiences and identities of these people from Alabama's farms, factories, mines, kitchens, and city streets shaped the Party's tactics and unique political culture. The Alabama Communist Party was made up of working people without a Euro-American radical political tradition: devoutly religious and semiliterate black laborers and sharecroppers, and a handful of whites, including unemployed industrial workers, housewives, youth, and renegade liberals. ![]() A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the "long Civil Rights movement," Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and '40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality. ![]() ![]() Gall, Sur les fonctions du cerveau et sur celles de chacune de ses parties (Paris: Ballière, 1822–1825). A subsequent revised version of the same work, which was aimed at a general public, omitted the name of Spurzheim. The first two volumes of the work were coauthored by Johann Spurzheim. He subsequently published (albeit in limited circulation) a massive four-volume work in French, entitled Anatomie et physiologie du système nerveux (Paris: E. Commissaire des Institutes und den Bemerkungen der Verfasser über diesen Bericht (Paris und Strasburg: Treuttel und Würtz, 1809). ![]() Ein dem französischen Institut ueberreichtes Mémoire von Gall und Spurzheim nebst dem Berichte der H. Gall did not publish an authorized version of his findungs until his 1806 Untersuchungen ueber die Anatomie des Nervensystems ueberhaupt, und des Gehirns insbesondere. ![]() ![]() In most fantasy novels, the hero is a brave knight who saves the damsel in distress. These themes are not heavy-handed or preachy, but rather seamlessly integrated into the story.Īnother unique aspect of Discworld is the way Pratchett subverts traditional fantasy tropes. In “ Thief of Time,” he explores the concept of time and its effect on humanity. For example, in the book “ Small Gods,” he tackles the topic of organized religion and the dangers of fanaticism. One of the most fascinating aspects of Discworld is the way Pratchett weaves real-world issues into his fantastical world. The series is divided into several sub-series, each with its own set of characters and themes. ![]() It’s a place where magic is real, witches are respected members of society, and death is a character himself. The Discworld series is set in a world complete with its own geography, religions, and politics. ![]() The grace, wit, and astute observation that he brought to his characters and the world they inhabit make his books a delight to read. Discworld is not a typical fantasy world it’s a flat planet resting on the backs of four elephants, which are in turn carried by a giant turtle swimming through space. Pratchett’s literary genius lies in his ability to create a richly detailed world with its own set of laws and logic. An Introduction to Terry Pratchett’s Literary Genius ![]() ![]() ![]() Though the couple love Ruth as if she were their own daughter, they tell her to go north with her sister and to do what she says. She has been living with an elderly slave couple and a young boy named Aberdeen since being sent south in 1776. Instead, Ruth is cold and won't even look at her sister. ![]() Now, as runaway slaves, they have already walked nearly 1,000 miles from Pennsylvania to Virginia to South Carolina in search of Isabel's younger, epileptic sister, Ruth, and dodging British and Continental patrols, armed Loyalists and bounty hunters along the way.īut when they finally find Ruth, Isabel doesn't get the reception she had been hoping for. Three years have gone by since Isabel and Curzon escaped from Valley Forge and their enslavement by the cruel, sadistic Mister Bellingham. And while Chains was told from Isabel's point of view, and Forge was told from Curzon's point of view, in Ashes the story is again narrated by Isabel. ![]() Ashes continues the story of Isabel and Curzon begun in Chains and continued in Forge, picking up the threads of their story 3 years later, beginning on June 25, 1781, and ending on November 5, 1781. ![]() ![]() ![]() Making an empowered decision requires accurate information." "Misinformation is the opposite of feminism. "I'm really just trying to give women information so they can make informed choices," Gunter tells NPR. ![]() ![]() In an era of political attacks on women's reproductive choices and at a time when Internet wellness gurus are hawking dubious pelvic treatments, getting women evidence-based information about their health can be a challenge, she says. The California gynecologist is on a quest to help women get the facts about their own bodies. Jen Gunter wants you to understand your own vagina. In The Vagina Bible, gynecologist Jen Gunter dispels myths about the female body. ![]() ![]() ![]() While the backdrop is a grand part of history I believe we should all be ashamed of and should be far more removed from than we are at this point in time, it provides Clark quite a sandbox to play in with this characters. This novella was an absolute gut-punch from start to finish, and I honestly cannot find a single fault in it. If you don’t find a story with a female, African-American bootlegger with a magic sword that hunts racist monsters appealing, you’ve come to the wrong review. While that sentence alone does not sum up all that Clark has fed into this 192 page novella, it gives you a small glimpse into what you can expect to find within. ![]() Clark is at the top of his game and needs to be on every bookshelf in the world.ĭark fantasy meets historical fiction meets supernatural horror. This is, hands down, my favorite novella of 2020 and nothing is going to knock it off that pedestal. Ring Shout is the best thing I’ve read from Tor.com since The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. ![]() This did not influence my thoughts or opinions. Thanks to the publisher and author for an advance reading copy of Ring Shout for review consideration. ![]() ![]() full of unexpected delights-everything a modern novel should be." The Denver Post "A charismatic storyteller. also one of the most entertaining." -Mario Vargas Llosa, "Bawdy, brilliant, human and humorous. No other Latin American writer is more genuinely admired by his peers, nor has any other exerted so great a creative influence on the course of Latin American fiction."-"The New York Times Book Review" "A sentimental masterpiece."-"Los Angeles Times" "Poetic, comical and very human."-"Chicago Tribune" "One of the greatest writers. ![]() full of unexpected delights-everything a modern novel should be."-"The Denver Post" "A charismatic storyteller. also one of the most entertaining." Mario Vargas Llosa, "Bawdy, brilliant, human and humorous. ![]() No other Latin American writer is more genuinely admired by his peers, nor has any other exerted so great a creative influence on the course of Latin American fiction."The New York Times Book Review "A sentimental masterpiece."Los Angeles × "Poetic, comical and very human."Chicago Tribune "One of the greatest writers. ![]() full of unexpected delights-everything a modern novel should be."The Denver Post "A charismatic storyteller. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With unforgettably vivid characters and propulsive storytelling, Joan is a thrilling epic, a triumph of historical fiction, and a feminist celebration of one remarkable - and remarkably real-woman who left an indelible mark on history. Saints Michael and Catherine told her what to do to save France from the marauding English, who in 1415 had won a decisive Joan of Arc heard voices. The battlefield and the royal court are full of dangers and Joan finds herself under suspicion from all sides - as well as under threat from her own ambition. Chen Book review The TLS Joan of Arc heard voices. Reckless, steel-willed and brilliant, Joan has survived a childhood steeped in both joy and violence to claim an extraordinary - and fragile - position at the head of the French army. Yet out of the chaos, an unlikely heroine emerges. A stunning feminist reimagining of the life of Joan of Arc - perfect for fans of Cecily, Ariadne and Matrixįrance is mired in a losing war against England. ![]() |