But the location might be the biggest mystery of all. Ross has a feeling that Amy is the key to figuring out what happened in the Congo and to beating the consortium. Nightmares of a place that just happens to be where the ERTS expedition met their fate. She has always been an amazing student until recently when she has started to have nightmares. ERTS funds Project Amy, which is a research endeavor by Doctor Peter Elliot to teach a Gorilla, Amy, ASL. She wins over her boss's objections and also gets him to agree to something a little unconventional. When the first team is attacked and killed, possibly by gorillas, Karen Ross, despite her youth, begs to lead the follow-up expedition to not only find the diamonds but find out what really killed the first team. They are fighting against a consortium of Japanese, Dutch, and German corporations so time is of the essence. has a contract in the Congo to find a source of blue diamonds that can be used as a power source. To Buy (different edition than one reviewed)Įarth Resources Technology Services Inc.
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Books published under this imprint can be classified as ‘clean reads.’” “This is very important as I do not accept books with profanity and/or graphic sex scenes. Readers interested in being considered for publication can visit “Read the submission guidelines,” she cautions. I really love working with new writers and finding that diamond in the rough, so my imprint is more of a mentorship because I work closely with each new author to bring out the best in their projects,” she said. I am very excited about this venture because I get to work with new voices and fan favorites. “I have a new imprint under the Brown Girls Books banner: Jacquelin Thomas Presents. That ministry has resulted in her expanding her career from writer to publisher. I also consider my writing a gift from God, and it is my ministry.” I’ve been writing since I was in the third grade, Writing has always been my passion, and when I tried to walk away from it a few years ago, I was pulled back in by my love of written word. “I did not really pursue writing,” she said. Thomas burst onto the literary scene in 1997 with her novel Hidden Blessings, and since that time has published more than 50 books, including her latest, Jezebel’s Daughter, which was released in June. Prolific author Jacquelin Thomas has a passion for writing and for helping aspiring authors launch their writing careers. As the narrator knows how it would feel to be treated unfairly from the Japanese, like when the narrator had his culture taken away from him and being beaten constantly from the Japanese all because the Koreans are seen as inferior through the Japanese’s eyes. Being nicer to the Japanese may not benefit the narrator and his people now, but as times change the narrator and his father know that peace would be the best for their people. He took his time to really think about what the right thing to do was. The narrator may not have been willing to let the man and his wife in if he just thought about it for a few seconds. “Get up”, the narrator says to the man and his wife, “My father would have saved you” (159). The following passage supports my reasoning: “Please help us! Please help us!”, he is saying. The narrator and his father came to the conclusion that making peace with the Japanese and forgetting all their past mishaps would be beneficial for the Korean and the Japanese people. The Koreans realized that in the long run, making the Japanese suffer would be useless and a waste of time. Temporarily, the Koreans people wanted to take revenge on the Japanese for causing great suffering for the people. Back when Koreans and Japanese had a rough relationship the Japanese kept the Korean people hostage, increased famine for the Koreans, and forbid the from practicing their culture. A wise man would know not to fight violence with violence. Moreover, while I had an idea of the whole meaning of Wild Bluff ranch, it was only when one character said it aloud that I was really sure it was a some sort of special team of operative secret agents.Īnyway the secret agent side of the story wasn't really my cup of tea, wherelse I enjoyed the private interactions between the men. The result? I struggled with the beginning of the story to grasp all characters (this is really a choral book, with minimum two couples front stage, Zander/Marshall and Grant/Roger, and some other in the background) and their involvement with each other. Elisa_rolle Hands up: I did probably make a mistake, I read Colorado Fire not only without having read Colorado Wild before, but also without having basically any idea of what the series was about. The Lorax raises ethical issues regarding the environmental impacts of our actions, the moral implications of success, possible dangers of ambition, and the proper way a culpable person reacts and attempts to make amends. Read aloud video by Danny DeVito Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion The story is also a hopeful account ending with the possibility of environmental restoration when the Once-ler accepts responsibility. The environment is completely decimated before the Once-ler realizes the harm he caused. He tries to convince the Once-ler to stop, but to no avail. The Lorax represents the interests of all the creatures whose lives are affected negatively by the environmental degradation. Seuss introduces the Once-ler, a reckless Thneed entrepreneur whose unfettered ambition leads to the destruction of the immediate environment. The Lorax is a cautionary tale primarily about a person’s responsibilities to the environment. Seuss story addresses one’s impact on the environment, complexities surrounding success and ambition, and taking responsibility. Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary This Dr. The hotel's architectural highlight is the restored circular glass skylight found in the restored palm court. Described as "one of the finest examples of working Art Deco architecture in Europe", the Grade II listed white art deco hotel was built in 1929. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are also said to have been visitors, along with The Beatles who stayed in the hotel before playing a concert in Plymouth. According to estate agents Knight Frank President Eisenhower and Winston Churchill are rumoured to have met at the hotel before D-Day. The listing also suitably comes with a writer's retreat - called Christie's beach house - built on the edge of a cliff. The21-acre private island is now on sale and includes a 25-room hotel, pub and beach house. It was used as the setting for And Then There Were None and became the inspiration for the Hercule Poirot mystery Evil Under the Sun. Burgh Island off the coast of south Devon was used as a retreat by 'The Queen Of Crime' in the 1930s. A small island that inspired several Agatha Christie murder mysteries has been put on sale - for £15million. This is the Audiobook Cassette Library Edition in vinyl case. These six stories include: Rumpole and the Younger Generation, Rumpole and the Alternative Society, Rumpole and the Honourable Member, Rumpole and the Married Lady, Rumpole and the Learned Friends, and Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade. In this first title of the popular series featuring Rumpole, all of the major characters who occupy the Rumpole stories make their introductions: the sneaky, slightly effeminate Erskine Brown, the bumbling Guthrie Featherstone and various and sundry other lawyers and clerks whose lives weave in and out of these stories. He is not a particularly gifted attorney, nor is he particularly fond of the law by courts if it comes to that, but he’d rather be swinging at a case than bowing to his wife Hilda, She Who Must Be Obeyed. Horace Rumpole, the irreverent, iconoclastic, claret swilling, poetry spouting barrister at law, is among the most beloved characters of English crime literature. These six short stories introduce all the lovable or not so lovable characters from the delightful Rumpole series. Gabaldon manages to make this science fiction premise seem plausible, and even rational. These things happen, but they happen slowly, after Gabaldon has meticulously accumulated so much detail that as a reader you find you don't even have to suspend your disbelief. This summary does absolutely no justice to the craft of the book, however. Turns out that the stones are a time portal, and Claire is thrown back some 200 years to a very different Scotland, one on the verge of rising against England in hopes of returning the Stuart kings to the throne. Reunited with her historian husband Frank after they both served in WWII, they are enjoying a second honeymoon when Claire finds herself amid a circle of standing stones on Midsummer's day. It tells the deeply Scottish story of Claire Beauchamp (pronounced "Beecham") Randall, an English woman in Scotland of 1946. Where to start? "Outlander" was the first book in this series, and Gabaldon's debut. In the latter case, this review will probably not be helpful. Is there any point in trying to summarize this book? Or even review it? As the seventh doorstop sized novel in this series, there is so much incident, so many characters, that either you know the series and love it enough to make it this far, or you don't. Revolving around the palace Rahul grew up in Hyderabad, the events of the past gradually build up an exquisitely charming picture of a bygone era. However, he earns enough sympathy from Andrew in the course of the novel as his past gets charted out in detail. His partner Andrew is inclined towards judging Rahul badly for his silence in the beginning. The entire novel dwells on his life-long silence on his sexual orientation and identity. Rahul’s “coming out” is already anticipated in the beginning though it actually happens at the end. The story takes the readers back to 1970’s Hyderabad. Rahul decides to tell his story, the truth that Andrew doesn’t know. They love each other intensely, yet Andrew makes it very clear that he will never come back till Rahul comes into terms with himself and his family about his orientation and identity. What happens from there is a series of emotional yet hostile conversations between them over the question of Rahul’s “coming out”. One morning a scuffle breaks out between Rahul and his live-in partner Andrew in San Francisco regarding a visit by a relative so Rahul can meet a suitable girl. A bildungsroman novel, My Magical Palace is a fast paced narrative about love and longing, loss and betrayal. The magical part about My Magical Palace is Kunal’s ease for storytelling and his ability to create a bygone era- the 1970’s Hyderabad in all its beauty and offensiveness. The author bemoans the fact that the geisha are declining and soon would not exist any longer. This may very well be the most comprehensive account of the geisha and their culture available to general readers. The book maintains its momentum throughout, which is itself a considerable feat. Downer is brilliant at sustaining interest with little snippets of conversations and small biographies of the interesting people she meets. I liked how detailed and chatty this book was. I am fascinated by Japanese culture and since geisha is a Japanese thing - here I am! Geisha is a look behind the scenes at how the system works and its history. Lesley Downer is a British author and historian with a hefty experience of Japanese culture and history. But these seem to be the same book, so I am reviewing it here. My copy of the book is called Geisha: The Remarkable Truth Behind the Fiction. |