Review 2: Magician: Apprentice – Riftwar Book 1 audiobook by Kindle Customer It wasn’t.Īdditionally, the e-book conversion for this and following books was done with OCR (optical character recognition-basically scanning each page into digitized, editable text), has left it with multiple spelling errors-place where the correct letter is “e” but the software reads it as “c,” for instance. It’s like Feist saw how George Lucas edited the original Star Wars trilogy for the DVD release and thought it was a great idea. They don’t change the story much, but the additions-especially in the beginning-turn Pug from a relatively somber, quiet apprentice into a total douche. Review 1: Magician: Apprentice – Riftwar Book 1 audiobook by SquidĪs thrilled as I am that the Riftwar Saga has finally come to Kindle, I loathe Feist for going back and tacking on numerous sections that were edited out in the original version. Here are the top 3 reviews and comments that readers love about this fascinating book. Pug’s strange magic one day permanently changes the fate of the two worlds. In the forest on the shores of the Isles kingdom, the orphan boy Pug comes to study with the master magician Kulgan.Ĭourage to win the court position and the heart of the lovable princess, he is uncomfortable with the usual ways of witchcraft. Magician: Apprentice is the first science fiction novel in the Riftwar series by author Raymond E.
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This is such a romantic read laughter, swoons, teary-moments, The Score has got it all and then some! Elle Kennedy once again delivers a fun and delightfully memorable romance” -Katy Evans, New York Times bestselling author OL12484W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.06 Pages 342 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0786289481 Curatenote shipped DonorĪllen_countydonation Edition 1st Simon Pulse ed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:57:43 Boxid IA130720 Boxid_2 CH103901 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York, N.Y. Draper about a young woman named Amari who is taken from her village in Africa and sold into slavery in the United States. Atul Gawande talked about his book Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, published by Metropolitan Books. He is also a staff writer for the New Yorker and a 2006 MacArthur Fellow.ĭr. Gawande is a general surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He responded to audience members' questions. Topics included the malpractice system, doctors' earnings, field surgery in Iraq, doctors' participation in lethal injections, the influence of money on the medical system, and the practice of hand washing. In his essay collection he wrote about the challenges that confront his profession. Atul Gawande talked about his book Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, published by Metropolitan Books. Atul Gawande’s novel, Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, shows ways to succeed in the medical profession. Torn is fast-paced and will engage you from the very first page.” - Fiktshun “Amanda Hocking has created a unique tale in this genre that has become extremely crowded with stories from both indie and veteran authors. If she makes the wrong choice, she could lose everything, and everybody, she's ever wanted…in both worlds.Īs a special gift to readers, this book contains a new, never-before-published bonus story, "One Day, Three Ways," set in the magical world of the Trylle. Torn between her heart and her people, between love and duty, Wendy must decide her fate. But that means walking away from Finn, her handsome bodyguard who's strictly off limits…and Loki, a Vittra prince with whom she shares a growing attraction. With the threat of war looming, her only hope of saving the Trylle is to master her magical powers-and marry an equally powerful royal. She shares a closer connection to her Vittra rivals than she ever imagined-and they'll stop at nothing to lure her to their side. Now she's about to learn that there's more to the story… When Wendy Everly first discovers the truth about herself-that she's a changeling switched at birth-she knows her life will never be the same. Step into the world of the Trylle, and prepare to be enchanted…. Amanda Hocking is an indie publishing sensation whose self-published novels have sold millions of copies all over the world. She was a fascinating person, incredibly astute and aware of women struggles. In the late 1970s, in New york City, Kate was a friend, although for a short period because I moved away and lost contact. Intellectually challenging, particularly as a man, but very rewarding if one is dedicated to remaining teachable. Highly recommended, but not a pleasure read. It can be depressing to discover what has not changed in the 50 years since the book was first published, but it also makes clear what is still on the agenda. However, it is seminal work, if you’ll excuse the term, and I believe it is something with which anyone dedicated to feminism should be familiar. The book was written in and in the sensibilities of the mid seventies, so, readers too young to be familiar with that era, will miss the connections, the nuanced points of view, the author is trying to make. In those places where I was unfamiliar with the work, I simply had to accept her interpretation, which I am always hesitant to do. It’s intense in that it assumes that you are as well read as the author in the works she reviews, some I knew well, some I did not read but was familiar enough with the work, some were works I would like to read someday and others, like Norman Mailer, I have no desire whatsoever to read. Basically an academic critique of culture, but primarily of literature, from a feminist perspective. It is read by John Polk, and even with poor audio quality, is far superior to kindergarten audio-torture version offered by Audible.Įxcellent Hard SciFi done right! AWFUL narration If you dig, you can find an old cassette recording of Diaspora online. If it does, pick up some of his books in another format. If the voice doesn't bother you, you are in for some seriously mind blowing hard sci-fi. I then discovered to my horror that this narrator reads almost all of the newly released Greg Egan material. I heard a whiny, nasal, mosquito buzzing voice, reading at kindergarten speed, and then using some of the most comically exaggerated and poorly executed accents I've ever encountered in a professional production. and then checked to make sure it wasn't April 1st. When they did, I immediately went to purchase Diaspora, one of the best books, sci-fi or otherwise, that I've ever read. I waited years for audible to release his works. Greg Egan is arguably one of the greatest sci-fi authors of our time, and without reservation my favorite. 'Cotterill is one of the best things to happen to crime fiction in years.' Age. Just how is this arm connected to the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos? What will the autopsy reveal? Can Siri decipher the messages of the departed souls that fill his dreams? And will they lead him to discover the identity of the arm's owner and find the answer to the puzzle of his death? With a great sense of fun and a lively, loveable cast of characters, Disco for the Departed will delight fans of The Coroner's Lunch and Thirty-Three Teeth and win Cotterill a whole new bunch of readers. Leaving Geung guarding the morgue, Siri and Dtui land in a remote mountain village where a mummified arm is protruding from recently buckled concrete paving. His assistants - the gorgeous, clever, fat Nurse Dtui and the slow but irreplaceable Geung - have helped Dr Siri out of scrapes before in The Coroner's Lunch and Thirty-Three Teeth. In Vientiane's Mahosot Hospital morgue, 73-year-old Dr Siri Paiboun, national coroner of Laos, handles the fatalities at the state hospitals, and the odd murder. Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2008 National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia.Disco For the Departed / Colin Cotterill Book Bib IDīook, Online, Online - Google Books It would also make an excellent, book club book. If you want a short, enjoyable book full of life and thoughtfulness, this could be your summer beach read. It touches a reality most of us can relate to–while staying simple and optimistic–and it also contains both humor and magic. It definitely has some charm to recommend it. The style becomes integral to what is happening in this quirky, special book, though I do wish the whole thing had been more developed and, well, longer. Doesn’t change the reality, though.) By about a quarter through the rather short book, however, I had adjusted and was enjoying the book. (I am reminded that I can hardly fault an author for having a style that takes some adjusting to, as mine is easily faulted for this same thing. The style is choppy and brief, and the tone is just different. I wanted it to be my next, favorite book, but it just couldn’t live up to my bloated expectations. And I love the movie, am a huge fan of Tim Burton. It is magic realism, which is my favorite genre. It was recommended by lots of people as well as generally the state of North Carolina. I have been intending to read it for years. I may have let this book build up too much before reading it. Blood Lite was co-authored with Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher and Charlaine Harris. Not That Innocent was co-authored by Kresley and Gena Showalter. Playing Easy to Get is co-authored with Jaid Black and Kresley Cole. Elrod, Esther Friesner, Lori Handeland, Charlaine Harris and Susan Krinard. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding was co-authored with L.A. Man of My Dreams was co-authored with Suzanne Forster, Virginia Kantra and Maggie Shayne. Midnight Pleasures is co-authored by Amanda Asley, Maggie Shayne and Ronda Thompson. The Belador Code series, Whispered Lies and Silent Truth are co-authored with Dianna Love. Notes: Born of Ice is also titled Paradise City. Gilded Glass: Twisted Myths and Shattered Fairy Tales Weird Tales #363: The Return of The Magazine That Never Dies Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Showįive Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Vampire |