![]() ![]() The character of Eddie Brock is fascinating in Venom: Lethal Protector #2. The conclusion of it is a brutal and sudden shock. The final fight actually mirrors the one that opened the first issue, especially considering the people involved and how it finishes. It is often a case of Venom or the other characters using incredibly convenient objects near to them to defeat their enemies, leading to some ridiculous yet comical moments. The fight scenes have a very ’90s feel to them, which the rest of the issue also brings, but that is due to the humor of it. ![]() ![]() From a brief fight with a classic Spider-Man villain to an encounter with a member from Eddie’s past, Venom appears revitalized by the end of the issue. His wounds aren’t healing, and he is truly on his own. Brock starts at a really low point as his Symbiote is unresponsive. After Humbug humiliates and nearly kills Eddie Brock’s Venom Symbiote, Brock goes out hunting for those that are trying to destroy him. Venom: Lethal Protector #2 is published by Marvel Comic, written by David Michelinie, with art by Ivan Fiorelli, colors by Bryan Valenza, and letters by Travis Lanham. ![]()
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Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. ![]() But, in fact, a person's sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. ![]() “Love is blind, they say sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. ![]() ![]() Today, the timeless best-seller is still highly popular among entrepreneurs and business professionals. ![]() Since its publication in 1936, the book has sold over 15 million copies. Today, the world-renowned businessman still credits the book as a huge factor in his success.īut Buffett isn’t the only person who’s learned life-changing lessons from How to Win Friends and Influence People. Buffett not only got over his stage fright-he also proposed to his wife half-way through the training. ![]() Positively impacted by Carnegie’s work, he signed up for a class at the Dale Carnegie Institute in New York City when he was 21. For instance, the idea of standing in front of a crowd made him physically ill. ![]() As a young man, Buffett severely struggled with people skills and public speaking. Carnegie's Timeless Lessons on the Art of InfluenceĪt age 15, Warren Buffett discovered a copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie at his grandfather’s house.Why Was How to Win Friends and Influence People Written?. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Because I know what’s going to happen, I focus on how and why it happens, or how scenes are grouped thematically, rather than wondering what will happen next. For me, though, this approach works beautifully. The choice to tell such a beloved, linear story in a non-linear way was controversial. Reading novels with split timelines gives me a similar feeling to watching Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of Little Women. In a book with multiple timelines, discrepancies between characters’ points of view become obvious in ways that readers usually discover only at the end of a more linear story. They can work especially well in contemporary literary fiction, thrillers, and historical fiction. Split timelines can be found in any genre. ![]() In May 2022, Neha Patel noted that a nonlinear structure allows authors to explore recurring themes and motifs without the constraints of a traditional, linear narrative. When a book has multiple timelines, though, it can immediately contrast historical periods or show how trauma changes people. The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a remarkable accomplishment of storytelling.'NPR 'Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today.'Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen A 2020 ALA Booklist Top Ten SF/F Debut A Book Riot Must-Read Fantasy of 2020 A Paste Most Anticipated Novel of 2020 A Library Journal Debut of the Month. A novel that follows one protagonist over a lifetime can be equally revealing. ![]() I love multi-generational novels, which can show how relationships gradually change over decades or how historical events affect families. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here is exciting space opera full of colorful, absorbing SF action on an alien world, as only Andre Norton can write it.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. These two novels are science fiction adventure at its best. Storm, a former soldier with telepathic connections to a group of genetically altered. Only Storm and his half-brother Logan Quade can penetrate the Norbies' clan secrets and discover what is behind the threat of an uprising that could destroy the tenuous peace between the colonists and the aliens who share their planet. The Beast Master is the first book in Nortons Hosteen Storm series. In Lord of Thunder, Storm's beast master skills and animal partners are needed to unravel the mystery behind a huge gathering of the indigenous Norbies. With his homeworld gone, Storm emigrated to the colonized frontier planet Arzor, where he would have to help fight a holdout Xik force that has brought the war to his adopted home. Hosteen Storm Navaho commando and master of beasts is drawn to the planet Arzor, to kill a man he has never. Telepathically linked to his team animals, Storm served valiantly in the war that eventually defeated the alien Xiks, though victory could not prevent the aliens from destroying Earth. The Beast Master by Andre Norton (review). ![]() ![]() Storm, a Navajo from the American southwest, served in the Planetary Confederacy forces as a Beast Master teamed with an African eagle, a meercat, and a dune cat. In 1959 Andre Norton published The Beast Master, a fast-paced science fiction adventure that introduced to readers a new kind of hero, Hosteen Storm. ![]() ![]() ![]() And though he never planned on true love, Adrian is definitely in danger of losing his heart.About the AuthorTracy Anne Warren grew up in a small central Ohio town. ![]() Yet this marriage of convenience brings the groom more than he bargained for when he finds his sweet, innocent wife surprising him at every turn. Adrian thinks he knows exactly what he’s gotten himself into: Jeannette may be flighty and, well, a bit self-involved, but she’s the picture-perfect wife to carry on the Winter name. Soon shy Violet is a high-society wife, trying to keep her real identity a secret while living out the fantasies of her wildest dreams. But when Jeannette refuses to go through with the ceremony mere minutes before it is to begin, soft-spoken Violet finds herself walking down the aisle and taking vows in her sister’s place. Problem is, he’s set to marry Violet’s vivacious, more socially polished look-alike twin sister, Jeannette. Here comes the substitute bride.Violet Brantford has always longed for the passionate embrace of Adrian Winter, the wealthy Duke of Raeburn. ![]() ![]() Alinor's son is determined to stay clear of the war, but, in order to keep his own secrets in the past, Livia traps him in a plan to create an imposter Prince of Wales-a surrogate baby to the queen. The rewards are life-changing: the family could return to their beloved Tidelands, and Alinor could rule where she was once lower than a servant. Instead, Alinor and her daughter Alys, have been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege. ![]() Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister, Alinor, that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant, Rowan, to join the rebel army. ![]() But the people are bitterly divided, and many do not welcome the new king or his young queen. King Charles II has died without an heir and his brother James is to take the throne. It is 1685 and England is on the brink of a renewed civil war. ![]() The "superb" ( People ) Fairmile series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue and political upheaval in 17th-century England. ![]() ![]() ![]() At the last minute, she decides to pull the fire alarm, hoping it will distract the pretties. At Peris’ suggestion, she uses a bungee jacket to jump off the roof of the dorm. Tally finds that her discarded pig mask has disintegrated into the elevator floor and so she must flee another way. ![]() He seems unhappy to see her but reticently confirms that they are still best friends, even though he has only written her once since turning pretty. She searches for Peris and eventually finds him alone in an elevator. Tally creates a stir as the only person there in a pig mask, and is therefore unable to maintain a low profile. In New Pretty Town, Tally dons a pig mask that has been spit out of a passing drum machine, so as not to be spotted.Īt Peris’ dorm, there is a white-tie party going on. ![]() Peris' birthday is three months and two days before Tally’s, which means he has already undergone the extreme cosmetic surgery that transforms 16-year-olds from uglies into pretties. Tally sneaks out from her bedroom in Uglyville across the old bridge to New Pretty Town to see her erstwhile best friend Peris. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are accounts of the Constitutional Convention, as well as Franklin's invention of the now infamous "Don't Tread on Me" flag that has been co-opted by neo-militia movements. Franklin never arrived at that point in his Autobiography and the writings here cover the early disputes as well as Franklin's ambassadorships to London and Paris. It should be noted that those seeking a lot of insight into the Revolution will not find much here. But several of the works collected here detail his other achievements in wit and reason, including a healthy collection of Poor Richard writings, early printing pranks, and the writings of the early Revolutionary era. The most important, and best, is The Autobiography, a breezy recollection of his curious mind and the rationality behind many of his best inventions, some of which are only recollected in that book. This splendid and thorough collection gathers in one place the most essential self publications of the greatest and most important self publisher in American history, Benjamin Franklin. ![]() ![]() ![]() Interestingly, a number of precursors of future events can be found in this study - for example, the United States’ first (but far from last) conflict with an Islamic power, and the lessons the young Theodore Roosevelt drew from the War of 1812 and would later put into effect during his own presidency. S&S Audio, 29.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-7435-3684-4 Its hard to imagine a better place for listening to this shrewdly abridged. ![]() Out of the careers of these ships and their officers Ian Toll spins a fascinating and rip-roaring story of battles at sea (and no less vicious political infighting ashore) which rivals anything in Patrick O’Brian’s fiction - in fact, O’Brian made free use of these historical incidents in writing some of his own Jack Aubrey novels. ![]() In the end, George Washington’s administration decided to build six large frigates more powerful than comparable ships in other navies - one of these six being the still-surviving USS Constitution now on view here in Boston. ![]() Few people realize how close the United States came to not having a Navy at all - Jefferson, for one, insisted that the equivalent of the Coast Guard would be perfectly adequate. Toll Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. ![]() |