![]() ![]() Rockefeller of Standard Oil among others. Then there were the ruthless industrialists: the Rothschilds and Nobels developing Russia’s oil resource until the Bolshevik Revolution, Henri Deterding of Royal Dutch Shell and the relentless development of Pacific resources, and our own J.D. Some of it reads more like fiction (You can’t make this stuff up!), especially the stories of the people exploring for oil in the late 1800’s: George Bissell and the use of oil as medicine “Colonel” Edwin Drake in Titusville and the Shoe and Leather Petroleum Company John Galey who claimed he could smell oil in the ground Dad Joiner and Doc Lloyd and their unlikely discovery of the East Texas oil field. The Prize is as much a history of the twentieth. ![]() ![]() This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth power that has always surrounded oil. Deemed "the best history of oil ever written" by Business Week and with more than 300,000 copies in print, Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power has been extensively updated to address the current energy crisis.ĭaniel Yergin’s book is a treasure trove of interesting information that can capture the interest of people. The Prize: An Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power is a compelling documentary series that explores the tumultuous history surrounding the global hunt for crude oil. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In both series there is a powerful female character that is in charge. She has to maintain order in Faerie and keep everything under her control. Later in the series Jude becomes the brain behind all of Cardan’s decisions and finds she is a powerful political leader. Jude throughout the series finds out she is good at defying people and causing bloodshed. Cardan is the youngest prince and he and Jude hate each other. To live at the court she has to trick the cruel prince named Cardan. She wants to live in the High Court of Faerie instead of the human world. The Cruel Prince series follows a human named Jude. The first 3 books are in Juliette’s POV while the others are in multiple POVs. The series has a big plot twist that no one expects in the last 3 books. Throughout the series she finds connections with many characters and she truly finds meaningful relationships. ![]() As a child Juliette was neglected for being they way she was. We follow her through her challenges of finding herself and struggling with being wanted. ![]() The Shatter Me series involves the main character, Juliette, who has the ability of the touch of death. The Shatter Me series consists of 6 books and 5 novellas while The Cruel Prince series consists of 3 books. The Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi and The Cruel Prince series by Holly Black are both amazing fiction book series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the novel goes on and Jonny prepares for his return home to the rez, he begins to piece these contradictions together, finding meaning in their ruptures. Jonny’s life is a series of contradictions: breaking and healing, pain and love, sorrow and joy. In these seven days we are exposed to a whirlwind of stories - stories about love, trauma, sex, kinship, ambition, his connection with his kokum (grandmother) and his first love (Tias). We follow Jonny’s life over the course of a mere seven days, before he has to return home for his stepfather’s funeral. Jonny, a gay NDN (shorthand spelling for Indian, a term that some Native Americans in the United States use to refer to themselves) who identifies as Two-Spirit Indi-queer, grows up on the reservation (rez) and eventually decides to leave for the big city of Winnipeg, where he becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes his NDN identity to make ends meet. “Jonny Appleseed” is a transformative book with a riveting plot and salient themes that will move any reader. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Pittsburgh of the Maxson family is a town where Troy and other men of his generation fled from the savage conditions of sharecropping in the south. ![]() Wilson asks his audience to put together what they know of American history with the way his various characters experience and perceive history through their own, often conflicted eyes. Maxson represents an amalgamation of Troy's history in the south and present life in the north that are inextricably linked. Troy's last name, "Maxson," is a compressed reference to the Mason-Dixon line, considered as the imaginary line originally conceived of in 1820 to define the separation between the slave states and the free states. In Fences as in Wilson's other plays, a tragic character helps pave the way for other blacks to have opportunities under conditions they were never free to experience, but never reap from their own sacrifice and talents themselves. Fences ends in 1965, but the themes of the play directly place its consciousness in a pre-civil-rights-movement, pre-Vietnam-war-era psyche. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stage adaptations have toured internationally, a film adaptation is rumoured, and it has inspired several unofficial sequels and knock-offs.īut I think it's rubbish, and I want to say why. Better judges than me, including the late, lauded American writer, David Foster Wallace, saw Screwtape as a classic. The book's flaws may not be as significant as they seem to me, and I expect I don't fully appreciate its redeeming qualities, such as they are. So, I'll admit, my view of things is a little jaundiced. It steered me towards a superstitious, histrionic way of thinking about spiritual matters - a way of thinking that's disdained not only by religious sceptics, but also by most mature Christians. I read Screwtape as an impressionable adolescent, and it did a number on me. He also wrote The Screwtape Letters: a noxious little book that should at last be recognised for what it is. He produced an influential and wildly popular piece of fantasy with The Chronicles of Narnia, and influenced millions with his Christian apologetic works. ![]() He was an eminent scholar of medieval and renaissance literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() During his lifetime he received numerous awards, including a Pulitzer in 2007. Primarily known for his successes in science fiction, Bradbury also worked on various horror and mystery stories, as well as screenplays and television scripts. His career as a writer included such notable works as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and I Sing The Body Electric. ![]() In 1947 he married Marguerite McClure and they had four daughters. Unable to join the military in World War II due to his poor eyesight, he began publishing science fiction stories. Growing up during the Great Depression, Bradbury began writing at the age of 11. Here, humanity experiences a second Genesis. ![]() They are going to show their children some real. Meanwhile, the real purpose of their trip is revealed. They ride on the canals of Mars and explore the ancient and abandoned Martian cities. Dad, Mom, and the kids leave their rocket ship for a picnic. Lest the students feel Bradbury's work is entirely pessimistic, the final chapter of The Martian Chronicles, 'October 2026: The Million Year Picnic,' could be read. The Million Year Picnic (1946) short story by Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920. Bradbury's nightmarish prediction is not an impossibility and can lead to discussion and debate. Feldstein (1925-2014) was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics (particularly in the science fiction genre) and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satirical magazine Mad. Will Elder (Hall of Fame, 2003) was also known for a 45-year stint with Cracked magazineĪnd for being one of Mad's founding artists.Īlbert B. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Standard Delivery: Free (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £2.49 (reduced rate, 1-2 working days)Įxpress Delivery: Free (1-2 working days) Standard Delivery: £2.99 (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £4.99 (1-2 working days) ![]() If any items are missing from your delivery, please allow 2 working days for the rest of your order to arrive before contacting us at of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! Items from our extended range section are dispatched separately. We sometimes split orders between multiple parcels. Please note orders are only processed Monday-Friday. The orders go into our warehouse to be picked, packed and consolidated into one parcel where appropriate. We aim to process and dispatch our orders within 24 hours. ![]() ![]() ![]() One night, however, in the middle of a violent storm, he discovers a strange woman who seems to have wandered into the castle seeking warmth. Undaunted, Rupert travels to the Land of the Blue Mountains, where he befriends the local peasantry by purchasing them a stockpile of weapons with which to defend themselves from an impending Turkish invasion. ![]() When Rupert Saint Leger is unexpectedly named heir to his uncle's fortune, he is even more surprised to learn the details of the inheritance: before receiving control of the estate, worth over one million pounds, he must live for one year in a secluded castle on the Dalmatian coast. Written just before the outbreak of the Balkan Wars, The Lady of the Shroud is a prophetic and politically informed work of fiction that helped to establish the Irish master of Gothic horror's reputation as a leading writer of the early-twentieth century. The Lady of the Shroud (1909) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. ![]() ![]() ![]() A prologue informs us he’s actually the son of Sun Wukong (Daniel Wu), also known as the Monkey King - a legendary figure and protagonist of the classic novel “Journey to the West.” With his father’s stolen staff in hand, Wei-Chen has come to Earth from Heaven in search of a MacGuffin he calls the Fourth Scroll, which he believes can help quell an uprising against Heaven’s Jade Emperor. And when a new student named Wei-Chen (Jim Liu) shows up, Jin gets assigned to show him around, clearly because Wei-Chen is also Chinese.īut Wei-Chen is not what he seems. His coach and classmates keep calling him “Jim.” A teammate quotes a catchphrase from an old sitcom that trades in ugly stereotypes. Every day, Jin deals with microaggressions that stop just short of explicit racism. Loosely based on Gene Luen Yang’s 2006 graphic novel and created by Kelvin Yu of “Bob’s Burgers” and “Master of None,” “American Born Chinese” revolves around Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a rising sophomore desperate to fit into his majority-white high school - so much so that he’s ditched his nerdy friends who like comics and cosplay for some soccer jocks, and shoplifts a trendy jacket his mom deems too expensive to buy at full price. ![]() ![]() ![]() 5280: The Denver Magazine I truly enjoyed Running Away, not only because it seemed so real, and was so well-written, but because I could feel Robert’s struggle. The NHBC figures cover about 80 percent of the industry and are based on payments by homebuilders for insurance on projects that usually start within a few weeks, though sometimes later. Comical and honest, Powell takes readers on a yearlong journey of sore muscles and mental fatigue as he trains in Boulder to transform from couch potato to Boston Marathon qualifier. The NHBC said that followed two exceptionally strong years, adding that 2015 was still historically very strong. New home registrations in London, which accounts for about a fifth of the British total, fell by 9 percent in 2015 as a whole to 25,994. ![]() ![]() In the final three months of 2015, 38,594 new homes in Britain were registered, only 0.6 percent more than in the same quarter of 2014. “There needs to be an emphasis on small housebuilders,” Andrew said, pointing out that large and medium-sized companies have driven the increase in housebuilding in recent years. It’s heading in the right direction but I can’t guarantee we’ll get to (200,000),” Peter Andrew, deputy chairman of the House Builders Federation, told reporters at an NHBC briefing. “It’s a challenge, we’re already at 170,000 completions. ![]() |