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7/6/2023 0 Comments One hundred days woodward![]() ![]() In these engrossing memoirs, Admiral Sandy Woodward, Task Force commander from the aircraft carrier Hermes, takes us from day one to day one hundred of the conflict from sailing through the waters of the Atlantic with hopes of a political settlement fading, and war becoming increasingly likely, to the repulse of the Argentinian navy and the daring amphibious landing at San Carlos Water. ![]() On 5 April 1982, three days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands, British armed forces were ordered to sail 8,000 miles to the South Atlantic unaware of what lay ahead of them or whether they would be committed to war with Argentina. The bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the Falklands War, written by the commander of the British Task Force. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Wingmen by Ensan Case![]() ![]() ![]() The edition reportedly includes two scenes edited out by Scribner sixty years ago. The appearance this month of a new, digital edition of James Jones’s World War II classic, From Here to Eternity (1951), is good news not only for general readers but for fans of m/m historical fiction. As another wingman watches–and waits for the beautiful woman who loves Jack–Hardigan and Trusteau cut a fiery swath through the skies from Wake to Tarawa to Truk, there to keep a fateful rendezvous with love and death in the blood-clouded waters of the Pacific. But a more subtle kind of hell was brewing in his feelings for rookie pilot Fred Trusteau. Jack Hardigan’s Hellcat fighter squadron blew the Japanese Zekes out of the blazing Pacific skies. ![]() The Skyler Foxe Mysteries by Haley Walsh.2½ stars 3½ Stars 4 stars 4½ Stars 18th Century 19th Century 1920's 1930's 1940's 1950's 1960's Advent Calendar Age of Sail Alex Beecroft America Charlie Cochrane ebook England Erastes Essential Reads Fiction five stars novella Regency Reviews short stories three stars Victorian Western World War II ![]() ![]() ![]() These interdisciplinary concerns provide, in turn, the framework for the analyses of works of American literature that mirror their times and mores. It misses no opportunity to flesh out both the historical premises and the political promises behind the social policies and political events of the period. It insists, in short, on its exceptionalism.Īmerican Utopia and Social Engineering sets out to correct this amnesia. It insists on forgetting what preceded the headlines of today and on denying continuity with history. America insist on ignoring the context of its present dilemmas. Worst of all, perhaps, it is afflicted with chronic and acute ahistoricism. The United States today is afflicted with political alienation, militarized violence, institutionalized poverty, and social agony. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Horrorstör book![]() ![]() Right now, everything looks very promising. Longtime Alone in the Dark fans will also want to check out the game's pre-order bonuses, which will include skins based on the 1992 game. The game looks gorgeous, and the team clearly has a lot of reverence for the IP the preview video even featured Alone in the Dark creator Frederick Raynal, who had a lot of praise to share about the new game. That said, I came away from the preview very impressed. Without getting a chance to actually go hands-on with Alone in the Dark, it's difficult to tell whether THQ Nordic will be able to deliver a game that truly lives-up to the original. Last but not least, the game will feature a "doom jazz" soundtrack meant to add to the tension. Of course, it also looks like the game will have plenty of enemies to contend with, and they look significantly creepier than they did 30 years ago. The recreated locations look absolutely stunning, and the atmosphere seems like it will be a huge draw for fans of the genre. ![]() Like those remakes, Alone in the Dark has abandoned the fixed-camera system seen in the original in favor of an over-the-shoulder perspective. ![]() Most notably, the atmosphere and visuals bring to mind Capcom's Resident Evil remakes. While Alone in the Dark is clearly inspired by the 1992 game, the reimagining seems to take a lot of inspiration from other games in the survival horror genre. ![]() ![]() She is remarkably intelligent and knowledgeable, but is determined no one will ever find that out. She looks and behaves exactly as people seem to expect a concierge will look and behave - dumpy, unattractive, slow, uneducated - but secretly she spends her free time reading literature and philosophy and watching art films. We start with Renée, a woman in her 50s who works as a concierge for a building populated by wealthy families. There are two narrators in this novel, and the book moves back and forth between them. But as I read on I began to change my mind, and by the time I reached the middle I was entirely won over and stayed won over all the way through. As I read the first few pages I felt some resistance because the voices were unfamiliar and the feelings the characters described struck me as odd and unbelievable. ![]() ![]() ![]() But sometimes all that is just beside the point, and I think that’s true in Barbery’s book. ![]() Sometimes, with certain kinds of books, yes, they are important, as some books set up an expectation that the events they describe could possibly happen and the characters in them are ones you could possibly meet. Muriel Barbery’s novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog has me thinking about the ways plausibility and realism aren’t necessarily that important in fiction. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Kaguya-sama by Aka Akasaka![]() ![]() 18 by Aka Akasaka Paperback 9.99 Paperback 9.99 eBook 6.ĭespite its dark themes, the anime features bright and colorful visuals, quirky character designs, and excessive use of colors. ![]() In the previous episode, "Manga-Based TV Drama," Aqua took center stage as the male Hoshino twin became involved in a TV drama with Kana Arima, the child actor he met in the first episode. Arima revealed that she was working on a TV drama and convinced Aqua to join as an actor. If you like Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, VIZ Editors recommend: Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan. He agreed only after learning that someone on the set might have a connection to his mother, Ai Hoshino, who died under mysterious circumstances. The episode ended with Aqua obtaining a sample of DNA from his target to help uncover the truth behind his mother's death. Before the credits rolled, Aqua declared that he would "go out with a bang" upon returning to filming. ![]() ![]() ![]() In “Vampires in the Lemon Grove,” two vampires suck on lemons to quench their thirst, but really the lemons are symbolic of their withering relationship. “Vampires in the Lemon Grove,” “The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979,” and “Dougbert Shackleton’s Rules for Antarctic Tailgating” each utilize surreal elements, but are, at heart, relationship stories.Įach story in the collection utilizes animals or ghost-like creatures to reveal something deeper. In each of these stories, characters are tormented by their inability to change the past. For example, in “Reeling for the Empire,” “The New Veterans,” and “The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis,” monstrous characters like silkworm hybrids, a living tattoo, and an abject doll are used as metaphors to reveal the deeper psychological issue of haunting regret. Many of the stories were published independent of each other before the collection was published, but most of them are thematically connected. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments On point annabeth albert![]() ![]() Book! First, I love the series and it’s original spinoff. I love this series and this is my fav so far! ![]() This is book three in the Out of Uniform series. Man to man, friend to friend, lover to lover. Now, in the lonely, desperate hours awaiting rescue, the real challenge - confronting themselves, their future and their desires - begins. Until their next mission throws Ben and Maddox closer together than ever before, with only each other to depend on. But Ben's still reeling from a relationship gone to hell, and he's not about to screw up his friendship with Maddox, too. He needs Ben by his side forever - heart and soul.īen admits he likes what he's seen - his friend's full lower lip and the perfect muscles of his ass have proved distracting more than once. It isn't smart, falling for his best friend and fellow SEAL, but 10 years with Ben has forged a bond so intimate Maddox can't ignore it. Pushing 30, with his reenlistment looming, decorated navy sniper Maddox Horvat is taking a long look at what he really wants in life. ![]() |