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![]() However his novel's distinction lay in its well-researched Victorian science and its inventive contribution to the science-fiction subgenre of time travel-Verne's innovation was the concept of a prehistoric realm still existing in the present-day world. The category of subterranean fiction existed well before Verne. Eventually the three explorers are spewed back to the surface by an active volcano, Stromboli, located in southern Italy. He, his nephew Axel, and their Icelandic guide Hans rappel into Iceland's celebrated inactive volcano Snæfellsjökull, then contend with many dangers, including cave-ins, subpolar tornadoes, an underground ocean, and living prehistoric creatures from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras (the 1867 revised edition inserted additional prehistoric material in Chaps. Professor Otto Lidenbrock is the tale's central figure, an eccentric German scientist who believes there are volcanic tubes that reach to the very center of the earth. It was first published in French in 1864, then reissued in 1867 in a revised and expanded edition. ![]() Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, is a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne. ![]() ![]() ![]() M.R Carey has certainly left the best to last with The Fall of Koli, this is a truely outstanding end to the trilogy, full of action and totally gripping. ![]() In a way its always sad when I come to the end of a trilogy, knowing that it is the final installment and that I will no longer return to this world or these characters again. As Koli and his friends face an unknown future, this fantastic post-apocalyptic story comes to a brilliant end. ![]() Rather than the hope they were looking for, they find themselves in a nightmare where their lives are threatened. Following on from the second book, The Trials of Koli, Koli, Cup, Ursula and Monono finally found the signal transmitted by The Sword of Albion, but it is far from what they expected. 2021)Īs there is no offical book blurb on Amazon or on the back of the book, apart from that it is the third and final instalment in The Rampart Trilogy, I will put my book description here. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She discusses a failed marriage and her tense relationships with colleagues. Pepperberg recounts her own childhood, revealing that her parents were emotionally distant and controlling. During their thirty years together, Alex could never be her pet, but he was also never just an experimental subject. This sets the stage for Pepperberg to admit that she struggled, throughout Alex’s life, to maintain the emotional distance from him necessary for scientific objectivity in her work. The book is framed by the story of Alex’s death: “How much impact could a one-pound ball of feathers have on the world? It took death for me to find out.” Pepperberg relates the experience of reading Alex’s obituaries in mainstream newspapers, pointing out that many people who never met Alex were touched by his intelligence and personality. Alex & Me is a personal memoir, focusing less on Pepperberg’s findings and more on her relationship with Alex. According to Pepperberg, Alex demonstrated the intelligence of a two-year-old human at the time of his death, the highest level of intelligence exhibited by a non-human animal. It recounts her thirty-year experiment with an African Grey parrot named Alex (short for “Avian Learning Experiment”). Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence - And Formed a Deep Bond in the Process is a 2008 memoir by American animal-intelligence researcher Irene Pepperberg. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Moreover, a review by Booker and Herr found that many pain assessment tools lacked evidence of their validity and reliability in ethnically diverse populations. For example, a review of the cultural adaptations of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale found that construct (ie, varying correlation with other pain scores) and structural (ie, differences in subscales) validity varied across translated versions. ![]() The influence of the cultural and ethnic background on an individual’s pain experiences and reporting behaviors makes it challenging to develop tools for self-reporting pain that are acceptable and valid across ethnic groups. ![]() In turn, these inequalities may impact the quality and content of patient-provider communication on pain. A person’s cultural and ethnic background may affect the way he/she perceives, experiences, and communicates pain, and people from different ethnic groups tend to give different meanings to pain. Inequalities in pain may be partly explained by the influence of culture and ethnicity on pain perception and reporting. Influence of Culture and Ethnic Background on Pain Experience ![]() ![]() ![]() Dreamer ( Roc, 2001) - Gaylactic Spectrum Award nominee ISBN 3-5.He currently writes science fiction and fantasy novels under two names and lives in Michigan with his husband, where he teaches English. ![]() ![]() He went to Central Michigan University, where he earned two bachelor's degrees: one in German/speech and one in English/health education, and to Seton Hill University, where he earned a master's degree in English. At twelve years of age, he moved to the outskirts of Midland, Michigan, then later to Saginaw, where he graduated from high school. Piziks was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and grew up in the small town of Wheeler, Michigan. He is also a member of the Book View Cafe writers co-op. He has also written science fiction books with LGBT themes under his " Steven Harper" pseudonym and has been nominated for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for his novels four times without winning, a record. Piziks writes mostly science fiction, fantasy, steampunk, and film and television series novelizations. Steven Harper Piziks is an American author of science fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Especially with sci-fi I’ll be picking up some more books from the library. So here I’ve gone through books I own or books that my library has (which is why some have the dutch title behind them). The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden ![]() Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimanĭown Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon by Mary Fan Luckily Sci-Fi month is still upcoming so that should give me a bit more motivation to pick up a few of those. I haven’t been picking up a whole lot of sci-fi so that is where I need to focus on a bit more. I’m going to have to find a few books that are more specific towards certain prompts. But it is going to be a little harder from here on out. At this halfway point I have hit 28 prompts of 52. Its a bit of a long post but I hope I’ve made it easier by now using tables. In the next 6 months I want to pick more books for my tbr that fit with the prompts. The first six months I just looked to see what could fit as I read it. Now that we have hit about the middle point of the year I am creating a post just to look at how I’m doing with the reading challenge and seeing what I still want and need. ![]() ![]() ![]() Manette is not susceptible to the violence of the revolutionaries, because they respect the fact that he was a prisoner in the Bastille. He nervously hears the sounds of conflict on the streets and praises God that no one he loves is in Paris, at which point Doctor Manette and Lucie rush into his room with the news that Darnay is in prison. Lorry occupies rooms in Tellson's Bank in Paris, preoccupied with the fact that the noblemen will not live to collect their money. He paces in his room and begins to understand what drove Doctor Manette to shoemaking. Darnay is thrown into the La Force Prison, where he finds the other prisoners surprisingly genteel. Defarge reveals his identity and the fact that he knows that Darnay is married to Lucie Manette, but he refuses to help. ![]() When he reaches Paris, Darnay is condemned to prison in La Force. A decree had been passed the day Darnay left England, authorizing the sale of the property of emigrants and condemning those who return to death. When they enter the town of Beauvais, people shout "down with the emigrant!" and Darnay knows he is in trouble. When he nears Paris, he is woken in the middle of the night and told he is to be sent to Paris with an escort, which he is forced to accept and pay for. The disorganization of France makes Darnay's trip long, and he is questioned at every step. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, more than ever, people are drawn to (or in some cases enraged by) the idea of a woman claiming her own power. But due to the current political climate, the witch is certainly having something of a renaissance. What do you think the impetus for stories about witches, specifically those centered around women regaining their power was? Was there a reason if felt like the right time to put Immanuelle’s story into the world?Īlexis Henderson: The witch has long been a symbol of feminine rebellion. Roarbots: The books coming out now were written, for the most part, a few years ago. In anticipation of the book’s release on July 21st, Alexis was kind enough to answer some questions about writing The Year of the Witching, Imannuelle’s journey, and her own inspirations. ![]() We here at the Roarbots loved Alexis Henderson’s debut novel The Year of the Witching (we screamed about it riiiiiiight here). ![]() ![]() ![]() Understood what danger she might be in, and later in life she makes a mistake Punished and judged those who had fallen foul of men’s selfish seductions.Įmmeline is punished throughout her life for the crime of another, she hadn’t The injustices and cruelties that existed for women and girls in a society that The reader’s anger for Emmeline builds gradually, Judith Rossner reveals ![]() Immediately compelling, Emmeline spans a period ofĪbout sixty years, though the majority of the story takes place in the 1840sĪnd 50s. It is also, devastatingly, largely a true story, based on the life of Emeline Bachelder Gurney. This novel Ellmann claims – and I absolutely agree – is a howl against the patriarchy. Yet it is that novel which made the author’s name. I haven’t read that earlier novel, which according to Lucy Ellmann in her afterword to this edition is not nearly so well written as Emmeline, calling it a sub-porn peep show. Emmeline is Persephone book number 123, reissued by Persephone in 2017, it’s an American historical novel first published in 1980, by the author of Looking for Mr Goodbar. ![]() |