![]() ![]() “Only if you say please,” I retort, and her ears twitch. Mistress Zembi is waiting for her consultation.” Aiyah, where is that lazy man? He was meant to refill our stock of monsoon berries an hour ago!” She waves a hand. “I’ll pretend you’re talking about your father. “Still a nuisance.”Ī smirk rises up to challenge my own. ![]() “Well,” she says with a click of her tongue. She’s been calling me that for as long as I can recall. I swipe the back of my hand over my forehead. Feline eyes rimmed with black graying hair flowing softly over pointed cat ears. I’m working at a particularly stubborn stain when Tien’s face appears over the edge of the barrel. The sixth is empty, filled instead with me-admittedly also pungent after an hour’s hard work scrubbing dried residue from the buckled wood. The six tubs are lined along the back of the store, so big they reach my shoulders. Beneath it all, like the shop’s familiar heartbeat, comes the bubble of the mixing barrels where we brew our herbal medicines. ![]() Sunlight streams in through the slatted windows, drowsy with cicada song. Not even noon yet and it’s already packed with customers, the room bright with chatter, Tien’s brusque voice cutting through the thick summer air. ![]()
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![]() In this guide, we’ll discuss her evidence for how a handful of companies and politicians have exploited oil and gas reserves worldwide, both for profit and to serve dangerous political ends. Ultimately, she argues that only full transparency and strict environmental regulation can protect the planet from devastating accidents and corporate greed. Pointing the finger primarily at Russian politicians like Vladimir Putin and American energy magnates like former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, Maddow contends that over the past 40 years, the industry has wreaked havoc on the environment, developing economies in the third world, and international relations, especially in Eastern Europe. In Blowout, journalist and MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow aims to expose the corruption and exploitation underlying the oil and gas industry. Book Rating by Shortform Readers: 4.6 ( 117 reviews) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel satirizes the press’s tendency to sensationalize stories and its willingness to overlook the truth in pursuit of a good story. ![]() Satire is a dominant theme in “Scoop.” Waugh uses humor and irony to critique the media industry and expose its flaws and foibles. The novel explores the challenges of seeking the truth in a world of competing interests and perspectives. The characters in “Scoop” are all searching for the truth, but they are often stymied by conflicting agendas and incomplete information. Through his portrayal of the fictional African country Ishmaelia, Waugh highlights the often-haphazard nature of international conflict and the human toll it takes. War and its absurdities are explored in the novel. The theme of the media’s power and influence is central to “Scoop.” Waugh satirizes the media industry and exposes the ways in which it can shape public perception and manipulate the truth. Add a header to begin generating the table of contents Themes □ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She describes the soup in a discouraging, or perhaps proprietary, way: “It’s made with a dark-green leaf, like a gelatinous spinach. But if you ask where she’s from she says “Cairo” and if you ask her about the soup she says, “ Melokhia, a soup no one but we Egyptians like”-which, she also says, is why she followed the smell to a stranger’s door that day, rang the bell, introduced herself to the Egyptians inside (they were not at all surprised), and was promptly invited in for lunch. She has lived in London for more than fifty years, and she carries a British passport, holds respectably British left-wing views, owns a big house in Hampstead Garden Suburb, and has written ten cookbooks in the English language, including “A Book of Middle Eastern Food” and “The Book of Jewish Food,” and is finishing an eleventh, about the food of Spain. Some years ago, Claudia Roden was walking down a hall in an apartment house in North London, on her way to a friend’s, when she smelled a soup that reminded her of home. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Biography: Andy Lee (Author) Hamish and Andy are an Australian comedy duo formed in 2003 by Hamish Blake and Andy Lee.They currently host the radio program Hamish and Andy for the Drive Home, which airs nationally on the Hit Network.They are most well known for their successful drive-time radio show, 'The Hamish & Andy Show' and their smash- hit Nine Network series 'Hamish & Andy's Gap Year'.Heath McKenzie (Illustrator) Much loved Australian illustrator, Heath McKenzie has truly brought Andy Lee's monster character to life!Heath McKenzie lives in Melbourne and has published over 100 titles, having worked withclients worldwide.Heath has published books with Scholastic, Penguin, The Five Mile Press, Walker Books, Random House, Black Dog, and many more. ![]() ![]() ![]() Possibly my favourite stories were The Tale of the Apple and The Tale of the Handkerchief. However, more important to me was the fact that we were given the chance to see the backgrounds of the witches and nasty stepmothers, who weren’t necessarily always bad. I found this feminist take on the tales interesting and liked the message of some of the stories. Their lives don’t end with living happily ever after, married to prince charming. All of the female characters have their own mind and make their own choices – often helped along by other women. The tales are wonderfully empowering to women. The thing that many readers have found particularly special about Kissing the Witch, is that everything is told from the female perspective. The readers are kept interested because they want to learn more about the character and understand why they have become a witch, a fairy Godmother or how they came to live a secluded life in a cave. ![]() Each tale is connected to the one before, with the secondary character from the first telling her own story, and then passing on the pen to the next woman. The further in you get, the more surprises you find. ![]() Reading this chain of stories is like opening a Russian doll. I read Kissing the Witch in two sittings because, although it’s a collection of short stories, I found it hard to put down. This review at Iris on Books caught my eye a few months ago and the book was added to my wish list straight away. ![]() ![]() ![]() I will be reading the next book in this series because I HAVE to know what happens. I'm not going to give you anymore of the details of this little gem you're just going to have to read for yourself. With the meeting of Agent Underwood, this short story really takes off & Knight gets off!! The sexy times in this book were erotically satisfying. Knight has feelings for Ms Underwood and she's made his creepy, stalker wall of fame in his house. Of course like every man we read about, Knight's world shifts when he meets Special Agent Kathleen Underwood. Now Knight needs to get that rush back by trying to recreate that night. He used to want to be someone better that of course was until his first kill. ![]() Knight has his deep rooted reasons for the way he is. Knight doesn't like it either.Īlthough Knight is a serial killer he also has a dominant, charming, romantic side to him that I just couldn't resist falling for. He has numerous alias identities, including Samuel Knight, which help to insure nobody can identify him as the Greek Death.yes that's what the press has named him. ![]() Samuel Knight is a FEMA crisis worker by day and your friendly serial killer at night. While this story was out of my comfort zone, I really did find it brilliantly written. Those of you that know me are probably thinking WTF did Shannie read. 4 HELP.I Have the Hots for a Serial Killer Stars!! ![]() ![]() Boston of the 1970s was home to an unparalleled racial tension unmatched, even, by race relations in the American South. To begin, the novel’s setting, at first, is Boston, in the 1970s. It is about the extent to which we choose our own identities, and the extent to which they are chosen for us by fate. This novel spoke to me personally because it is not just about race, it is about the experience of developing a complete identity out of the many possibilities one has available and then feeling as if one has lost something by doing so. That is a theme of it that lends it its authenticity and emotional impact - but it is not the only theme. ![]() On its face, it is about race and what it is like to belong neither fully to the world of White Americans nor to the world of Black Americans. ![]() The book I have chosen to review for this essay is Caucasia, by Danzy Senna (Senna). ![]() ![]() Ultimately, he shows us how humans may someday achieve a form of immortality and be able to leave our bodies entirely, laser porting to new havens in space. We travel beyond our galaxy, and even beyond our universe, as Kaku investigates some of the hottest topics in science today, including warp drive, wormholes, hyperspace, parallel universes, and the multiverse. Human civilisation is on the verge of spreading beyond Earth. He then journeys out of our solar system and discusses how new technologies such as nanoships, laser sails, and fusion rockets may actually make interstellar travel a possibility. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku, read by Feodor Chin. The quest for immortality makes people lose their humanity. He reveals the developments in robotics, nanotechnology, and biotechnology that may allow us to terraform and build habitable cities on Mars and beyond. RT JordanSchachtel: Listening to Joe Rogan with Michio Kaku. Michio Kaku presents a compelling vision of how humanity may develop a sustainable civilization in outer space. With irrepressible enthusiasm and a deep understanding of the cutting-edge research in space travel, world-renowned physicist and futurist Dr. We are entering a new Golden Age of space exploration. ![]() ![]() The pair are instantly attracted and quickly fall into bed, leading to some steamy scenes but not enough buildup to really get readers on board with their love story. While waiting for his solicitor to verify her identity, Nicholas hires Iris to appraise his library, hoping there’s enough value to clear his financial ailments. Unaware that she was named in the duke’s will, Iris Barrington calls on Nicholas hoping to gain access to his library to search for a Psalter her grandfather was accused of stealing and so clear his name. So he’s shocked when she shows up at his door. ![]() Two of these women have already accepted their inheritance, but Nicholas Radnor, the new duke, has yet to locate the third. The eccentric late duke left fortunes to three unrelated and unsuspecting women, much to his avaricious family’s chagrin. The mystery of the Duke of Hollinburgh’s murder comes to a suspenseful close in bestseller Hunter’s final A Duke’s Heiress Regency (after Heiress in Red Silk). ![]() |