![]() ![]() They briefly fought but ceased as they shared world weariness and soon after got to know one another and eventually fall in love. Having the foresight of the future regarding her son's journey, Faye eventually met Kratos, her future husband. ![]() ![]() At some point, she cooperated with Týr in hiding the Realm Tower to Jötunheim, cutting her off from her home in an effort to preserve her kin from Thor's genocide. Even Kratos, her future husband, respected her fighting skills, saying she fought beautifully. She was also known to be a fearsome and respectful warrior in her own right, even drawing the attention of Thor, one of the most powerful Aesir. Her real name was Laufey, and, according to Mimir, she was renowned as a great giant heroine, known as Laufey the Just, for her deeds in helping the weak and helpless and opposing the cruel Aesir and their king, Odin. Although she lived as a mortal, Faye was, in fact, a Giant (Jotünn) of Jötunheim-concealing her true nature from her family for reasons unknown. She is the second wife of Kratos and the mother of Atreus. ![]() 08 March 2010 In the God of War Series God of War (2018) įaye is only seen in-game as a corpse wrapped in sheets and later cremated, but is a crucial character mentioned extensively in God of War. ![]()
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![]() And in squalid, overcrowded hospitals, doctors remained baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high.Īt a time when surgery couldn't have been more dangerous, an unlikely figure stepped forward: Joseph Lister, a young Quaker surgeon. This was an era when a broken leg could lead to amputation, and surgeons were still known to ransack cemeteries to find cadavers. ![]() Victorian operating theatres were known as 'gateways of death', Fitzharris reminds us, since half of those who underwent surgery didn't survive the experience. In The Butchering Art, historian Lindsey Fitzharris re-creates a critical turning point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed surgery from a brutal, harrowing practice to the safe, vaunted profession we know today. ![]() ![]() Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris, read by Sam Woolf. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: Akwaeke Emezi, book reviews, books, SF/F Maybe that’s part of why I didn’t get involved as much! Rating: 3/5 It’s a really quick read, and I enjoyed the background it gave to Pet, but it didn’t quite speak to me in the same way, even though I fully understood Bitter’s insecurities and fears. Then Bitter finds her magic, and things open up, giving us access to more of the background of Pet: the angels and the takeover of the city. I didn’t love it as much as I hoped it felt very topical, particularly when a character loses an eye during a protest, and for the first half of the book seemed mostly to be a chronicling of current events in lightly fictionalised form. It makes more sense of Bitter’s reactions to Pet, and the world which Jam and Redemption live in. Bitter is Jam’s mother, and this covers the period leading to the upheaval that made Lucille such a utopia for Jam. ![]() Bitter is a prequel to Pet, and it’s slightly unfortunate that some of the important details from Pet have now slipped my mind, because I think that would’ve helped significantly in finding my feet again in the world. ![]() ![]() PopPop, Nora's grandfather, was an enslaved man who played the fiddle for his enslaver, Thomas Marks. "You know my PopPop used to play fiddle, don't you? I loved hearing him when I was a little girl," she tells her grandson. She encourages Ray to follow his passion because she understands it. In the beginning, there is only one person who believes in Ray - his Grandma Nora, who delights in her favorite grandchild's musical gift. ![]() If Ray were a white teenager, he'd be considered a prodigy, but most people do not take this young Black violinist seriously. But Ray loves playing the violin, and he plays it well. "You could have been making good money at Popeyes by now," she tells him. His mother, who doesn't understand her son's obsession with "that fiddle," wants him to graduate early so he can get a job to help pay the bills. Rayquan (who prefers to be called Ray) McMillian is a senior in high school with lofty aspirations. Taking inspiration from his day job as a music teacher, Slocumb has orchestrated an engaging and suspenseful story about an aspiring musician and his great-great-grandfather's violin. In the crowded world of fiction, that's no small accomplishment. When I opened Brendan Slocumb's debut novel, "The Violin Conspiracy," I was immediately transported to a place I'd never been, surrounded by characters I'd never met. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think it came about because my husband and I are both Jewish but came from completely different Jewish upbringings. It was a really unexpected exploration of identity that started with my relationship. How did your cookbook Jew-ish come about? "I've been very blessed to be a recurring character on a lot of these daytime talk shows in the food world, which has been great, but naturally, I want it all to myself." If we can inspire someone to feel more confident, feel a little bit more passionate, a little more joy in the act of cooking, that's the true goal." While another book is in the works, he hopes to take his ever-growing social media following to TV. If it doesn't taste good, then we failed. ![]() "Great food? That's a baseline, everything has to taste good. Start to finish, the process of making it and serving it to people pretty much hits every moral and ethical lesson you should get in life." Ultimately his goal is to inspire others to cook more. ![]() "Challah is a force of connection and community and nourishment. ![]() We have beautiful cuisine, and it's continued to evolve." One of the ways Jake is proving his point is with his wildly popular social media presence on Instagram and TikTok (2 million-plus followers) where his bread is beloved. Jake Cohen, author of the cookbook Jew-ish, is on a mission to make Jewish food mainstream. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s not sure what she will find - her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region. You have to save me.Īfter receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. Have you read it? We also recommended it in our Horror Romance Rec League.įrom the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes a reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico - and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets. ![]() Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is $2.99! This could be a leftover Prime Day or Kindle Daily Deal, so it could expire at any second. ![]() ![]() Urn:lcp:collectedstories0000ving:lcpdf:c9ff6426-84cf-4ed9-8388-dad6a6708d73 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier collectedstories0000ving Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2t03mnc5b2 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0312873735 Lccn 2001053966 Ocr tesseract 5.3.0-1-gd3a4 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9917 Ocr_module_version 0.0.18 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA404311 Openlibrary_edition ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:12:02 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40815523 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() And she learns that ashes don’t necessarily signify an end. As Stella’s community-her world-is upended, she decides to fight fire with fire. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something they’re never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasn’t bothered them for years. Stella lives in the segregated South-in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Draper presents “storytelling at its finest” ( School Library Journal, starred review) in this New York Times bestselling Depression-era novel about a young girl who must learn to be brave in the face of violent prejudice when the Ku Klux Klan reappears in her segregated southern town. 2016 Audie Award Finalist for Middle Grade When the Ku Klux Klan’s unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella’s segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this Depression-era tour de force from Sharon Draper, the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() “ Sally Bowles” appears in several of the stories within the novel but is introduced for the first time here. ![]() Fast-forward a few years and the inhabitants of this house are all living very different, conflicting lives, but reading about their comradeship in this opening section you would never believe that these individuals would over time distance themselves from one another because of the choices they go on to make. Schroeder is head of this particular household, which alongside Christopher, included a Bartender, a “Lady of the Night”, a Jew and a Nazi supporter. ![]() Choosing the right room was therefore key – imagine living in a house full of people you couldn’t relate to? Frl. Unlike today where a house would be home to one family it was apparent that during this time maximising occupancy for rent was vital to survival. Drawn from England to Berlin we read about the dwelling Christopher Isherwood has opted for and the characters he shares the space with. “A Berlin diary (Autumn 1930)” helps to set the scene. Split into six short stories, all with inter-linking characters, we trapeze through 1930’s Berlin, getting a brief glimpse of what Germany must have been like before the imposing regime of Hitler embarked on his epic take-over. Want to know what Germany was like pre WWII? Christopher Isherwood highlights the highs and lows of life in Berlin in his short biographical observations expertly put together within this novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() The weather in Montana is getting cold – much colder than their home in Texas – and the stress of keeping up appearances and being hungry and cold is starting to wear on Lulu. Lulu, afraid and distrustful of adults, keeps the girls’ father’s disappearance a secret – he’s done this before, right after their mother died – and tries to keep their RV park bill paid, get food from the pantry, and navigate both her and Serena’s school schedules, hoping upon hope that no one will discover their secret and separate the sisters. Daddy tells the girls it will get better, and they hope it will, until the morning when the girls wake up and their father is gone. It’s not so bad the Suburban has a big back seat, the showers in the RV park aren’t too far away, and the food pantry is near enough to get their food to keep in the car. Twelve year-old Lulu and her younger sister, third grader Serena, live in their car with their father. ![]() |