5/30/2023 0 Comments The highland witch susan fletcher![]() ![]() Leslie seeks any information that will condemn the Protestant King William, rumoured to be involved in the massacre, and reinstate the Catholic James. The era of witch-hunts is coming to an end - but Charles Leslie, an Irish propagandist and Jacobite, hears of the Massacre and, keen to publicise it, comes to the tollbooth to question her on the events of that night, and the weeks preceding it. She is imprisoned, accused of witchcraft and murder, and awaits her death. Fifty miles to the south Corrag is condemned for her involvement in the Massacre. ![]() Many more died from exposure in the mountains. The Massacre of Glencoe happened at 5am on 13th February 1692 when thirty-eight members of the Macdonald clan were killed by soldiers who had enjoyed the clan's hospitality for the previous ten days. ![]()
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![]() ![]() MacPherson, Nick Simmons, Gene Simmons Artist: Jeff Zornow. ![]() none other than fellow legend Todd McFarlane! Horrific chills and thrills await. House of Horrors (Gene Simmons ) 1 VF/NM IDW in Comic Books > Modern Age. And to make this launch even more special, the first issue features a cover by. Up first, this quarterly anthology of tales of terror, all presided over by the man in black, Gene Simmons, who also scripts all his own dialogue for the comic. Gene Simmons House of Horrors kicks of an all-new line of comics created by the rock legend. you've entered the home of SIMMONS COMICS GROUP and there's no turning back. You knock at the door of the old mansion up on the hill, and who answers? Your host, none other than Gene Simmons, beckoning you inside. Gene Simmons, Dwight MacPherson, Leah Moore & John Reppion, Chris Ryall, Sean Taylor, Tom Waltz (w) Jon Alderink, Grant Bond, Esteve, Zornow, more (a) Todd McFarlane (c) ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Nightmares segel![]() ![]() Regular kids who read it shouldn't be scared. What I Liked: The fact that Charlie and Jack are brothers. (Um, I don't know Jason Segel personally, but I'll let the publicist who gave us the audiobook know.) The guy who wrote it did a good job reading it too. Awesome.ĭid you the like the audiobook? Yeah. ~ Interview with my 9 almost 10 year old ~ĭescribe Nightmares in five words: Fun. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world-that’s a line that should never be crossed.Īnd when your worst nightmares start to come true.well, that’s something only Charlie can face. What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.ģ.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. ![]() His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.Ģ. ![]() Jason Segel, multitalented actor, writer, and musician, teams up with New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Miller for the hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares!, the first audiobook in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town. A New York Times Bestseller written and narrated by Jason Segel! ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Octavia butler xenogenesis series![]() ![]() ![]() With that being said, this series made me furious-not because of the writing style, but the premise behind the series. This is the second volume in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series, a powerful tale of alien existence. When the resisters kidnap young Akin, the Oankali choose to leave the child with his captors, for he - the most "human" of the Oankali children - will decide whether the resisters should be given back their fertility and freedom, even though they will only destroy themselves again. These resisters are sterilized by the Ooloi so that they cannot reproduce the genetic defect that drives humanity to destroy itself, but otherwise they are left alone (unless they become violent). ![]() On a rehabilitated Earth, this "new" race is emerging through human/Oankali/Ooloi mating, but there are also "pure" humans who choose to resist the aliens and the salvation they offer. more » h one - the aliens are compelled to genetically merge their species with other races, drastically altering both in the process. The Oankali and Ooloi are part of an alien race that rescued humanity from a devastating nuclear war, but the price they exact is a hig. But Akin actually has five parents: a male and female human, a male and female Oankali, and a sexless Ooloi. In this sequel to Dawn, Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy named Akin. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Six degrees of climate emergency![]() ![]() The book explains how the release of methane hydrate and the release of methane from melting permafrost could unleash a major extinction event. Special coverage is given to the positive feedback mechanisms that could dramatically accelerate climate change. The effects are also compared to paleoclimatic studies, with six degrees of warming compared back to the Cretaceous. The second chapter describes the effects of two degrees average temperature and so forth until Chapter 6 which shows the expected effects of an increase of six Celsius degrees (6 ☌) average global temperature. ![]() The first chapter describes the expected effects of climate change with one degree celsius (1 ☌) increase in average global temperature since pre-industrial times. The book looks and attempts to summarize results from scientific papers on climate change. Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (358 pages), ISBN 978-0-00-720905-7 is a 2007 (2008 in the US) non-fiction book by author Mark Lynas about global warming. ![]() ![]() ‘I had hoped to save The Family Upstairs for my holiday, but failed miserably. 'Whenever I pick up a Lisa Jewell novel I know I'm in for a compelling, immersive and unputdownable read and The Family Upstairs is one of her very best' CL TAYLOR ![]() Lisa’s Jewell’s The Family Upstairs glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper. ' Few writers of psychological suspense devise such swift, slippery plots fewer still people their stories with characters so human and complex. She’s always great but this is next level stuff.' SARAH PINBOROUGH Great characterisation, a fascinating and dark set up and a great conclusion. 'I had an unrelentingly pleasurable and thrilling for-God’s-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read. It takes huge talent to establish a whole world in the turn of two pages.' ERIN KELLY ‘ You don't read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it. 'Rich, dark and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunnit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.' RUTH WARE Close to them is a hastily scrawled note.Ī compulsive new thriller from Lisa Jewell. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. ![]() ![]() In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. ‘A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.’ IAN RANKINįROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments War storm book review![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Okay, first things first, this series is finally over! I’m finally at peace and can finally close the door on that series forever! I have very mixed feelings about this series finale. In the epic conclusion to Victoria Aveyard’s stunning series, Mare must embrace her fate and summon all her power… for all will be tested, but not all will survive. Will victory be enough to topple the Silver kingdoms? Or will the little lightning girl be forever silenced? War is coming, and all Mare has fought for hangs in the balance. But Maven is driven by an obsession so deep, he will stop at nothing to have Mare as his own again, even if it means demolishing everything – and everyone – in his path. Cal’s powerful Silver allies, alongside Mare and the Scarlet Guard, prove a formidable force. Now determined to protect her heart – and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods like her – Mare resolves to overthrow the kingdom of Norta once and for all… starting with the crown on Maven’s head.īut no battle is won alone, and before the Reds may rise as one, Mare must side with the boy who broke her heart in order to defeat the boy who almost broke her. Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal’s betrayal nearly destroyed her. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “It’s another day, full of promise and possibility, another opportunity for you to step over whatever people you step over on your way to wherever the hell you go at this weirdly stupid hour.” Mia raises her hand like she wants the phone back, but it’s my turn. Drummond, so confident of his superiority to the rest of the human race. ![]() What else is Lizzie to do but pose as his call service when her job and much needed bonus are on the line? Rude and he’s ran them all off with his curt manner. She needs the bonus she’ll earn by lasting 30 days on the job (red flag!!!!) and he needs a 4:30 am wake up call, only no professional call service will touch him with a ten foot pole no matter his status. Lizzie is a marketing/social media strategist contractor for his company. Prickly, uptight, self loathing and more than a little surly, CEO Billionaire Theo Drummand is a brilliant scientist and develops live saving materials for first responders and medical facilities. ![]() I stayed up all night reading it (putting it down was just not an option) and I was cackling only when I wasn’t fanning myself feverishly and only fanning when I wasn’t swooning! The Billionaire’s Wake Up Call Girlby Annika Martin (Carolyn Crane’s sexy, smexy alter ego) is the epitome of Wistful/Wanton! It is also hilarious and unbelievably entertaining. ![]() ![]() Nichothodes Koryfoides) is a boy living in our own England who dreams about becoming a magid and travelling to other worlds. When Roddy and Grundo try to warn the adults around them of the plot, they are not believed, and Roddy ends up making a spell to ask help of someone from another world – unfortunately, the only person she manages to find is Nick. ![]() Roddy and her best friend, Grundo, uncover a sinister plot involving Grundo's mother and the new "Merlin" – the magical governor of Blest – to take over the throne and the magic of the universe. The King's Progress is a mobile Court that continuously roams the Islands of Blest (our England) to contain and control the natural magic in the world. ![]() Arianrhod), daughter of two magicians who serve the King of Blest, has traveled with "the King's Progress" her entire life. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments The house edward lee![]() ![]() Lee is cooking for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee to celebrate 70 years of alliance between the two nations.įor Lee, who is Korean-American, the dinner recognizing the partnership between South Korea and the United States has a personal meaning. “Then I thought, ‘Oh, my God, this is something big’.” “At first it didn't quite settle in and then I started telling my friends and my family and everyone was, you know, overreacting and panicking,” Lee said. Lee said he didn’t know he was on a short-list of chef’s to cook a state dinner, and it took a while for the moment to sink in. “It's a high-stakes dinner, probably the biggest thing that I've done in my career, because it's not just VIPs, it's minutes, there's diplomacy involved here,” Lee said. Foreign leaders and their spouses are invited to have dinner with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. State dinners at the White House are used to welcome and honor visiting international heads of government. ![]() |