![]() Karys is the author name for all books co-written by me and my sister, Maria (whom you may know from bookstagram as There has never been an adventure worth having or trouble worth getting into if not together. Thank you for stopping by! Feel free to browse my Carrd to learn more about me and my projects.Ĭ.M. If you know me even a little bit, you know I'm a huge Taylor Swift fan and may have witnessed my shameless Måneskin obsession. The spicier, the better! I'm also a lover of all things cozy, the color gold, animals (especially dogs and lions), and music. ![]() I'll give anything a try, but my greatest loves are fantasy books and romance. Karys alongside my sister, and I host monthly read-alongs for new releases with my best friend. I'm the proud co-founder of a book tour company that helps indie authors reach a wider audience for their books, I'm a published author under the pen name C.M. Mission accomplished! Today, books are the center of my everyday life. ![]() In 2016 I opened an Instagram page to share my love of books and find my people. My love for stories sparked when I read The Hobbit in a Bellevue elementary school, and it stuck with me ever since. ![]() Hi there! I'm Chiara, a 28-year-old Italian who loves reading and writing.but not in Italian. ![]()
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![]() This is very much a political biography rather than a personal one, a 'life and times' of Machiavelli rather than a psychological study of the man. Drawing on his letters, political writings, hard-hitting satirical dramas, and conversations with kings and popes, Be Like the Fox reveals Machiavelli as an unlikely hero for our times. Forced out of politics and prevented from speaking freely, Machiavelli had to use his skills of foxlike dissimulation to defend democracy in an era of tyrannical princes. ![]() But despite his heroic efforts, the Medici soon swept back into power. Machiavelli dedicated his life to this struggle for freedom. In Be Like the Fox, Erica Benner takes us back to Renaissance Florence, where newly liberated citizens fought to build a free republic after the Medici princes were exiled. ![]() ![]() “Remarkable, engaging.… Be Like the Fox can be read with pleasure by anyone interested in the craft of politics and the life of ideas.”― New York Times Book Review In the five hundred years since he wrote The Prince, Machiavelli’s name has been linked to tyranny and the doctrine that “the ends justify the means.” But that is not what he stood for. ![]() ![]() After its fiftieth issue (July 2009), the series was renumbered to match the numbering of all the volumes of the title (454, 13, 50, 32, and 50), and volume 1 resumed publication with issue #600, with Brubaker remaining as writer. It was the fifth Captain America series with this title to be published, following series that ran from 1968–1996, 1996–1997, 1998–2002, and 2002–2004. It starred the superhero Captain America, and was written by Ed Brubaker. ![]() 5) was an ongoing comic book series published from January 2005 to July 2009 by Marvel Comics. ![]() Steve Epting, Michael Lark, Mike Perkins, Butch Guice, Luke RossĬaptain America (vol. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Meet the intense and sexy bad boy bikers of the Chaos Motorcycle Club in Carissa and Joker's story from Kristen Ashley's New York Times bestselling series. Now, as Joker's secrets are revealed and an outside threat endangers the club, Joker must decide whether to ride steady with Carissa-or ride away forever. A good girl like Carissa is the least likely fit with the Chaos Motorcycle Club. While catching her is irresistible, knowing what to do with her is a different story. Today, he's the hard-bodied biker known only as Joker, and from the way Carissa's acting, it's clear she's falling fast. In high school, Carson Steele was a bad boy loner who put Carissa on a pedestal where she stayed far beyond his reach. Now a struggling, single mom and stranded by a flat tire, Carissa's pondering her mistakes when a vaguely familiar knight rides to her rescue on a ton of horsepower. ![]() Money, marriage, motherhood: everything came easy-until she woke up to the ugly truth about her Prince Charming. Once upon a time, Carissa Teodoro believed in happy endings. ![]() ![]() And with him, the semi-official beginning of the Silver Age of comics. ![]() But it’s issue #4 that really hit the stride.įor Showcase #4 is the first appearance of Barry Allen, the Silver Age Flash. The second and third issues featured animal stories (one with great Joe Kubert art) and frogmen respectively. Sadly, this was not turned into a continuing series, but Fireman Farrell has made cameo appearances in DC comics ever since. Then he battles a circus blaze, and appears on a TV program modeled after Edward R, Murrow’s “See It Now.” The foils in each story are foolish men who ignore Farrell’s wise advice about fire safety and must be rescued. In the first story, he graduates from firefighter school. “Fireman Farrell” was about the son of a famous firefighter who follows in his father’s footsteps. The first issue featured the subject they’d gotten an overwhelming demand for–firefighters! ![]() ![]() ![]() So they came up with Showcase, a series where a concept would be tried out for an issue or three, and if all went well, would be promoted to its own continuing title. In Ouroboros fashion, DC’s line of black and white reprint comics returns to its roots.īack in 1956, National Comics (DC) had more ideas for comic books than they had publishing slots to put them in, and readers asking for dozens of different concepts. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since no man has any natural authority over his fellow men, and since force is not the source of right, conventions remain as the basis of all lawful authority among men. This ambiguity emerges in the fact that the general will requires no support from history, tradition, or custom (such as monarchy), but it also "is always right" that is, there are no checks on its power. ![]() Rousseau’s concept of the "general will" can be, and has been, interpreted as simultaneously providing the origins of democracy and of totalitarianism. Rousseau believed that life in society was essentially corrupting, but that men (it is not clear whether women figured in the social contract) could achieve true morality by joining in the social contract and living under laws that they themselves made. He wrote on an astounding variety of topics, including a best–selling novel ( Julie or the New Heloïse, 1761), a major tract on education ( Émile, 1762), and the work selected here, The Social Contract (1762). Unlike Voltaire and Montesquieu, both of whom came from rich families, Rousseau faced poverty nearly all his life. 1778), he had to support himself as a music copyist. Jean–Jacques Rousseau was the maverick of the Enlightenment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When she agrees to find a stodgy duke a bride who is dignified and unapproachable, Adalyn has no idea what she’s in for-especially after the dull duke kisses her-and she finds he’s not quite what he seems. Her cousin, Tessa, has made a love match and has a new baby, causing Adalyn to rethink her stance on marriage. Lady Adalyn Porter is not easily intimidated and is a leader in Polite Society, occasionally matching couples together. The shy duke meets a matchmaking beauty of the ton who, while unsuited to be his duchess, promises to help Ev find an appropriate woman to become his wife. Major Everett Wayland is stunned when his brother is murdered, making Ev the Duke of Camden. ![]() A kiss that should be wrong but is more than right. An opinionated beauty with no interest in marriage. Welcome to Second Sons of London, a new Regency Historical Romance series by bestselling author Alexa Aston, where seven men who are second sons lay claim to fabulous wealth and lofty titles and fulfill their destinies when they find their soulmates.Ī serious duke who has been shattered by war. Second sons do their duty and serve in the military-unless fate intervenes and turns their lives upside down. ![]() ![]() ![]() A real page-turner, this will have readers checking behind themselves and refusing to go anywhere alone." - Booklist "Derting's first novel demonstrates unusual skill in weaving together contemporary teenage preoccupations with its paranormal plot twist. ![]() ![]() I did know I wouldn't be getting anything done until I read the whole book." - Melissa Marr, author of WICKED LOVELY "You'll be drawn in by the love story-and kept up all night by the suspense." - Claudia Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Stargazer "First-time novelist Derting has written a suspenseful mystery and sensual love story that will captivate readers who enjoy authentic high-school settings, snappy dialogue, sweet romance, and heart-stopping drama. "The romance and the mystery in THE BODY FINDER were so intense that I didn't know whether to hold my breath or scream. ![]() ![]() ![]() Set in 10.5pt Apollo by Midland Typesetters, Australia The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or ten per cent of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act.Ĭover design by Josh Durham, Design by Committee No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Lonesome Howl – a Notable Book in the 2007 CBCA awardsĪll rights reserved. The simple gift – shortlisted in the 2001 CBCA awardsīy the river – Honour Book in the 2005 CBCA awardsĪnd winner of the Ethel Turner Prize in the In the 1998 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards His website at Love, ghosts & nose hair – shortlisted in the 1997 CBCAĪwards and the NSW Premier’s Literary AwardsĪ place like this – shortlisted in the 1999 CBCA awardsĪnd the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and commended Steven lives in the Blue Mountains with his wife and sons. Teachers about stories, poetry, soccer and even golf. Now, he’s a full-time writer and performs At school, his favourite subject was soccer, and heĭreamed of football glory while he worked at various jobs, ![]() ![]() STEVEN HERRICK was born in Brisbane, the youngest of sevenĬhildren. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The weather, the temperature is also very different from Europe,” Clément continued, “we had during the day, I was well at the refreshment station. The two came together at around the ‘No Hands 2’ checkpoint, about 58.7 Km into the race, and were near enough neck and neck for the rest of the race, which saw them contend with at least 5,181m of elevation gain. “It was a sweet battle with Lao, all the way through the final stretch and those last meters.” “It’s a great course, more rolling hills compared to the steepness of what I’m used to in Europe,” Clément said, “it was wonderful to discover the Auburn area, with its canyons and its atmosphere. ![]() The route included part of the Western States Trail, the leg-burning K2-climb, the American River and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Marathon des Sables: Rachid El Morabity says withdrawal was ‘form of protest’ against ‘injustice’Ĭlément outsprints Luo to win Runners at The Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB 2023 Ĭhinese runner Can-Hua Luo and Swiss runner Mathieu Clément both crossed the finish line in Auburn with 17:05:16 on the clock, with the Swiss runner sniping his Chinese opponent on the finish line of the gruelling 100-mile race by two tenths of a second. ![]() |