Genius world records 20226/8/2023 ![]() Plus, we've reached out to some of the young people who refuse to let their age be a barrier to success. ![]() ![]() Celebrate the greatest sporting achievements, the most daring adventurers and the latest technological developments. ![]() Discover the stats, facts and figures behind the world's most popular videogames, movies, TV shows and media channels.Meet the people breaking records with their incredible bodies and exceptional minds.Venture into the natural world for thrilling encounters with the most extreme plants and animals.Understand the challenges being faced by our planet because of climate change and find out what's being done to reverse the decline and build a better future.So, join us as we take a deep dive into GWR 2022. The changing pace of the last year has also given us the opportunity to take stock of our planet and explore the current state of the environment, as seen through our unique record-breaking lens. As ever, Guinness World Records is there to document and ratify these remarkable accomplishments, and our fully updated 2022 edition is a celebration of the tenacity and determination of the human race. ![]() Global pandemics and lockdowns haven't stopped record breakers from achieving spectacular things: indeed, they've given many people the chance to focus on their ambitions and attain goals beyond their expectations. ![]()
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Michael crichton pirate6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ‘Pirate Latitudes’ follows very much in that vein. Best known for techno-thrillers like ‘The Andromeda Pressure’, ‘The Terminal Guy’, and also ‘Prey’, Michael Chrichton was just as proficient at historical stories and also caper stories, in some cases successfully combining both as in ‘The Great Train Robbery’. I definitely recommend guide to any person that took pleasure in several of his various other jobs. ![]() The story is engaging from the beginning, as well as the personality growth gets on par with some of his best jobs like Jurassic Park. ![]() I am pleased to report that those worries were misguided, as well as Pirate Latitudes is a fantastic novel that is 100% classic Crichton. As a long period of time Crichton fan, I had some doubts heading right into this book due to Crichton’s death prior to magazine, and also fret that editors would not stay with the vision or tone that Crichton had. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even if there weren’t a gnome dressed in my old lacrosse goggles and a cherry-red thong donated by one of my roommates staring out the window, it wouldn’t take a stranger long to realize a bunch of UNS athletes live here. My suitcase bumps against the wooden stoop as I haul it along behind me up to the front door. ![]() “It’s good to be back,” I mutter as I charge through the little patch of dirt and struggling weeds we call a yard. His name is CJ Junior, and my whole face splits into a grin as I raise two fingers to give him a salute. ![]() My Uber driver takes off up the darkening street, and I turn to watch the car round the corner before looking back at the gnome. I pause in the middle of the sidewalk, the clatter of my suitcase wheels on the pavement coming to an abrupt stop. There’s a gnome wearing a thong and a pair of lacrosse goggles in our front window. ![]() Something fabulous alexis hall6/8/2023 ![]() Even about which Tarleton he should be pursuing. Bonny is unreasonable, overdramatic, annoying, and…beautiful? And being with him makes Valentine question everything he thought he knew. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella and prove to her that he’s not the cold-hearted cad he seems to be.ĭespite copious misgivings, Valentine finds himself on a pell-mell chase to Dover with Bonny by his side. Bonaventure 'Bonny' Tarleton, has also grown up…romantic. The verdict: mostly quite good with moments of brilliant, but also moments of not good at all. ![]() So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine’s proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again.Īrabella’s twin brother, Mr. Quickly on the heels of reading Alexis Hall’s Boyfriend Material last month I requested Something Fabulous from the library keen to see how Hall’s voice translated from contemporary romance to historical. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up…romantic. It was always his father’s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally. From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke who’s betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are excitedly expecting visitors from afar but as a winter storm begins to rage, the family fears for the safety of the travellersĬataloging source ICrlF 1940- Greenwood, Barbara Dewey number 394.2663/0971 Illustrations This dramatic story set in the snowy backwoods follows the Robertson family as they prepare for Christmas in 1841.Includes several pioneer Christmas games and activities In 1841, a pioneer family festively prepares for Christmas and eagerly awaits the arrival of their cousin and his pregnant wife, but their excitement turns to worry when a winter storm arrives with no sign of their very special guests. ![]() ![]() Christmas - Canada - History - 19th century - Juvenile literature.Frontier and pioneer life - Canada - Juvenile literature.Label A pioneer Christmas : celebrating in the backwoods in 1841 Title A pioneer Christmas Title remainder celebrating in the backwoods in 1841 Statement of responsibility written by Barbara Greenwood illustrated by Heather Collins Creator ![]() The dark is rising author6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() After attending Oxford, where she became the first woman to ever edit that university's newspaper, Cooper worked as a reporter and feature writer for London's Sunday Times her first boss was James Bond creator Ian Fleming.Ĭooper wrote her first book for young readers in response to a publishing house competition "Over Sea, Under Stone" would later form the basis for her critically acclaimed five-book fantasy sequence, "The Dark Is Rising." The fourth book in the series, "The Grey King," won the Newbery Medal in 1976. ![]() As a child, she loved to read, as did her younger brother, who also became a writer. ![]() ![]() Susan Cooper was born in 1935, and grew up in England's Buckinghamshire, an area that was green countryside then but has since become part of Greater London. Susan Cooper's latest book is the YA novel "Ghost Hawk" (2013) ![]() Sabriel novel6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() I recommend this book for ages 11+, especially for teens and tweens looking for a dark, enticing novel, filled to the brim with determined heroes and heroines, and a little romance. The writing brings you into the world of Charter Stones, Mordicants, and of course, Magic! Sabriel still remains strong, and continues to fight until she has won. She deals with death on a daily basis, and has gone through a lot of trauma. I enjoyed Sabriel because of how Sabriel refuses to back down, even though she is one small girl facing incredibly complex problems, like how to rescue her own father from Death. Sabriel must find a way to free her father from death before he reaches the ninth, and final gate, or face the tremendous responsibility of protecting two entire kingdoms from the Dead. Sabriel Garth Nix 4.16 200,960 ratings9,101 reviews Want to read Kindle 11.99 Rate this book Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. When her father sends her his necromancing tools via undead messenger, her assumptions are confirmed. When one night Sabriel’s father, the current Abhorsen, misses their monthly check in, Sabriel assumes the worst. ![]() Unlike the other necromancers who raise the dead, Sabriel and those of her bloodline, (nicknamed Abhorsens) lay the dead to rest, and make sure they stay there. ![]() ![]() However, Sabriel’s magic is far more complicated than simple Charter Spells-she is a necromancer. The College teachers Charter Magic, a simple form of magic. Sabriel by Garth Nix is the story of Sabriel, a recent graduate of Wyverley College, a school for girls in Ancelstierre. ![]() ზარხუფი by Sylvia Plath6/6/2023 ![]() An overview of Sylvia Plath's life and work, along with a number of her poems to explore. Check out this recording of Plath reading a selection of her earlier poems, most of which were featured in The Colossus, her only book published during her lifetime. ![]() ![]() A brief essay by Neve Akridge about the significance of mirrors in women's literature ![]() An interview with the poet by Peter Orr for the BBC, in which she talks about her influences and process. ![]() ![]() Blood seeped slowly out from under her enormous Afro. That’s me.” Or she said, That’s me in that booth.” Then Richard Roundtree or Gloria Hendry or Fred Williamson sprayed the room with gunfire, and my mother slumped over the table, her mouth open, her eyes closed. The movies made their nonsensical way along, and then suddenly my mother said, See, see, there I am, behind that guy, laying on the ground. ![]() They said, That’s baaaad” as percussive, synthesized music perked behind them. They all wore leather and bright-colored, wide-legged pants made of unnatural fibers. When I was little, sometimes she woke me late at night and we sat down in front of the television to watch a bleached-out print of a movie with a lot of guys with big guns and bigger Afros. ![]() She was the third girl from the left in the fight scene in Coffy. These are her credits: Girl in Diner, Murder Victim #1, Screaming Girl, Junkie in Park. Then there were the little ones that blew in and out of the dollar theaters in Cleveland and Detroit and Gary inside of a week, until the last brother who was willing to part with $1 had done so: TNT Jackson and Abby and Savage Sisters. You know the titles of some of the big ones: Shaft and Super Fly and Blacula. Her movies were all made in the early 1970s, before I was born. ![]() She still has honey-colored skin and eyelashes that make you think of fur or feathers. ![]() In some ways, she doesn’t look very different from the way she did back then. ![]() ![]() ![]() The other girls fill their time with signing each other’s autograph books that Nellie sneers are out of date. I would think a fifteen year old boy might enjoy having two girls interested in him. Let’s recap – Cap probably thinks Mary won’t reject the candy or him and Nellie’ throwing herself at him. Laura wonders how Cap can look helpless and pleased at the same time. The next day, Nellie keeps him with her for the rest of recess when he tries to bring candy. Cap stands helplessly before walking out. How Sweet! Nellie intercepts and grabs the candy before he can offer it to Mary. Before Nellie can respond, Cap comes in with candy for Mary Power. Mary isn’t around so Laura tells Nellie what she thinks of that remark. Nellie points out that her family isn’t so poor that they need Nellie to teach. She only has a little over a year before she can take the teacher’s exam. Nellie works on her sewing while Laura studies. ![]() ![]() The older girls spend recess watching the boys play outside. The boys have come back to school, chief among them, cute, heroic (remember him, Almanzo and the wheat?) Cap Garland. Miss Wilder has left, and a good teacher has taken her place. They’ve seen each other, but for the first time in this chapter they have a chance to really speak, and forget blizzards, grasshoppers, etc, we have teenage angst as our main problem. If anyone saw the sign-ups, I pretty much begged for this chapter. ![]() |