![]() ![]() Russell was writing all this at the depths of the Second World War, when the spectre of a world bent under the yoke of Nazism had finally convinced the old pacifist that some wars might actually be worth fighting. I have seen cruelty, persecution, and superstition increasing by leaps and bounds, until we have almost reached the point where praise of rationality is held to mark a man as an old fogey regrettably surviving from a bygone age.” ![]() ![]() I have seen great nations, formerly leaders of civilization, led astray by preachers of bombastic nonsense. He presses the point: “On the contrary, I have seen the world plunging continually further into madness. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favour of this statement, but so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it, though I have searched in many countries spread over three continents.” So goes the characteristically dry opening to Bertrand Russell’s 1943 essay An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish. “Man is a rational animal-so at least I have been told. ![]()
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The tales are followed by an interpretation of its origin and significance. ![]() Each myth is presented in the voice of a narrator, and each God or Goddess is introduced as they are born. This book was first released in 1996 and it is a fairly scholarly study of the myths, relating them to the way the ancient Greeks lived and thought. We open our tour with the single volume edition of The Greek Myths, retold by Robert Graves. ![]() Editor: Robert Graves | Illustrator: Grahame Baker ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thrown into the universe at the helm of a stolen ship-with the dubious assistance of a rebellious spacesuit, an android death enthusiast on his sixtieth lifetime, and a ball of fluff with an IQ in the thousands-Sarya begins to uncover an impossible truth. That is, until an encounter with a bounty hunter and a miles-long kinetic projectile leaves her life and her perspective shattered. Or whether she really is-impossibly-the lone survivor of a species destroyed a millennium ago. Again.Īnd most days, she can almost accept that she'll never know the truth-that she'll never know why humanity was deemed too dangerous to exist. Or making sure her adoptive mother doesn't casually eviscerate one of their neighbors. Like hiding her identity among the hundreds of alien species roaming the corridors of Watertower Station. Most days, she's got other things on her mind. ![]() Most days, Sarya doesn't feel like the most terrifying creature in the galaxy. Sarya is the civilized galaxy's worst nightmare: a Human. The last human in the universe is on the run from a godlike intelligence in this rip-roaring debut space opera. Published by: Del Rey Books on March 24, 2020 ![]() ![]() ![]() It was even more disappointed and annoying because of how good she was earlier. ![]() Seriously, I don't use the term muttonhead lightly, but Muttonhead. He mellows toward the end and gets pretty gallant about working for the heroine but by then, I wanted to deuces him.įor 70% of this story the heroine was strong and leveled headed but when the hero turns the corner and it looks like he really does have feelings for her, she devolves into an angst for angst sake character denying they could ever be together. There was also an icky feeling to how he pursued and came at the heroine, you know, his employed, at his mercy, governess. "What in God's name are you-"įor 40% of this story the hero was unnecessarily rude, the saying "honesty without tact, is cruelty" needs to be written on a chalkboard 100 times by him. ![]() She blinked and swiped her disheveled hair out of her face-and saw her abductor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Plum manages to find Logan and get the artifact from him, but he takes off before she can apprehend him. Also like Cubbin, their surgeon was a man named Craig Fish, and the same nurse, Norma Kruger, was on duty when they disappeared. Geoffrey Cubbin isn’t the only man who hasn’t disappeared from the hospital three others have met the same fate, two of them with a criminal record like Cubbin. Plum is also working as a bodyguard for security firm owner Ranger, because Robert Kinsey, who was on the same small unit of specialists as Ranger when they served a tour of duty in the Middle East, has been receiving threatening messages. Then there’s the case of Brody Logan, who stole and smuggled a religious artifact, Tiki, from Hawaii. ![]() Geoffrey Cubbin is on the run after embezzling five million dollars from the retirement home where he worked as an accountant he disappeared from the hospital following appendix surgery. Two of them are criminals who are out on bond. New Jersey-based bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is working on three cases. Orin Carr, who was on the same special unit in the Middle East as Ranger and Kinsey, is behind the threats. Plum gives Tiki back to Logan and sends him back to Hawaii. Quickie Spoiler: Geoffrey Cubbin was smuggled out of the hospital to have his organs harvested by a crooked doctor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nothing happens but by ‘the counsel of his will’-the infinite wisdom of his plan (692–93).” … Therefore, the extent of his providence is total. Piper helpfully summarizes: “God has revealed his purposeful sovereignty over good and evil in order to humble human pride, intensify human worship, shatter human hopelessness, and put ballast in the battered boat of human faith, steel in the spine of human courage, gladness in the groans of affliction, and love in the heart that sees no way forward (13).” Moreover, “ providence is the purposeful sovereignty that carries those plans into action, guides all things towards God’s ultimate goal, and leads to the final consummation. In John Piper’s recently published Providence, readers will find deep convictions about the pastoral values of the doctrine. ![]() As Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) rightly stated, the Christian doctrine of providence is not merely a true explanation of the world, but also “a glorious confession of faith.” Because of the vital link between the doctrine of providence and the religious life of Christians, it can even be said that, without the correct understanding of divine providence, believers will have confusing responses to the reality they experience, and struggle to gain meaningful interpretations of their sufferings, trials, and even joys. ![]() ![]() While this is the fourth instalment, you don’t have to read the original trilogy to understand Impostors, so never fear! If you want context about who Tally Youngblood is (the protagonist in the first trilogy) then Wikipedia it or read the original books first. This is the fourth instalment in Westerfeld’s Uglies world! (And the first in a new four book saga!) After adoring the Uglies trilogy as a teen, I was SO EXCITED to receive Impostors and re-enter this gritty sci-fi world. As the stakes grow higher and higher, Frey must decide whether she can trust him – or anyone in her life. Everyone thinks she’s her sister – but Col, the son of a rival leader, is starting to get close enough to tell the difference. Frey has never been out in the world on her own – until her father sends her in Rafi’s place to act as collateral for a dangerous deal. While Rafi has been taught to charm, Frey has been taught to kill. ![]() This is because Frey is Rafi’s double, raised in the shadow’s of their rich father’s fortress. ![]() Frey and Rafi are inseparable… but very few people have ever seen them together. ![]() ![]() ![]() The grisly death of the hermit outsider in a tight-knit neighborhood prompts a young mom to yearn for solitude. What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better Jody Hobbs Hesler ![]() ![]() “Imaginative and penetrating, these often brutal, occasionally humorous stories are crime fiction at its best.” -Zakariah Johnson, author of Mink: Skinning Time in Wisconsin To pre-order directly from the press, email Praise for The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories In The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories, Jeff Esterholm explores what happens when people slip their moorings and are set adrift. It was as if the people and region, an area in the distant past promoted by developers as the next Chicago, had slipped the moorings and drifted, minus captain and crew, on the waters of Lake Superior. The prospect of something better could not gain purchase on the south shore of Lake Superior. ![]() Occasionally, the locals glimpsed opportunity, but, just as quickly, it was gone. It was a port city: sketchy men fresh-faced boys salesmen with their sample cases able-bodied seamen. But even in 1941, in Port Nicollet, Wisconsin, a certain taint grew and spread. The last good time in the Great Lakes region, the so-called Third Coast gouged into the Upper Midwest of America, was in the shipbuilding era of the two world wars. The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories Jeff Esterholm The Legacy Series New and emerging voices in short fiction ![]() |