![]() ![]() ![]() It is a coming of age story set in a military academy in the countryside, in which three young cadets cruelly torment a younger comrade. The young man took a fresh, more philosophical look at his stint in the cadet school, and used his experiences there for his 1906 debut novel, The Confusions of Young Törless. ![]() Image: picture-alliance/Imagno/Austrian Archives Breakthrough with 'The Confusions of Young Master Törless' He quickly hooked up with popular artists and educated circles in the German capital. In 1903, he enrolled in philosophy and psychology classes in Berlin, a turning point in Musil's biography. ![]() However, after previously consulting with his father, the young man broke off his artillery officer training at the Imperial and Royal Technical Military Academy in Vienna, and later his mechanical engineering studies in Brno. If Musil now counts among the titans of 20th century literature, alongside the likes of France's Marcel Proust or Ireland's James Joyce, heīorn on November 6, 1880, the only son of an engineer near the Austrian city of Klagenfurt, Robert Musil attended various military schools from 1892 on at his father's request. "There is no other living German writer whose fame after his death is so certain," said Literature Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Mann on Jabout his young colleague Robert Musil. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Stuart gibbs waste of space![]() ![]() I was just stuck with them, and the only other boy my age, Roddy Marquez, wasn’t much fun to hang out with. There were other kids at MBA, but I hadn’t been given any choice in selecting them. Not only did we have to deal with the same lousy dehydrated food and cramped sleeping spaces and sadistic toilets as the adults, but there were a host of other problems for kids. But as hard as it was for the adults, it was even worse being a kid there. It turned out, living on the moon was far more difficult than anyone had predicted. When NASA had recruited us, they had made it sound like MBA would be the most exciting, amazing, incredible place in the universe. Along with a handful of other scientists and their children, we lived at Moon Base Alpha, the first human settlement in outer space. ![]() We were some of the first lunar colonists. ![]() Now, before you start thinking that my father was the biggest cheapskate on earth, there are a few things you need to know:įor starters, my father couldn’t have been the biggest cheapskate on earth, because we didn’t live on earth. For my thirteenth birthday, my father gave me the greatest present I could have ever hoped for: He took me outside to play catch. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella![]() ![]() Survive the Trials.Īll Alice Liddell wants is to escape her Normal life in Oxford and find the parents who abandoned her ten years ago. Published by Enclave Publishing on July 12, 2022īuy on Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository ![]() – This is open Internationally and hosts selected will receive a digital copy of The Wonderland Trials. ![]() – We are looking for 10+ bookstagrammers who’d like to feature the book in their feeds on July 12th, 2022. We cannot wait to celebrate this epic release with you! □ Make sure you read the full synopsis below & to sign up if you are interested. The Wonderland Trials is a topsy-turvy fantasy where players become prey, a sip of the wrong tea might as well be poison, and a queen’s ways do not always lead one where they ought to go. We are celebrating the upcoming release of The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella with a release day tour and we’d love your help! This will be a one-day tour and it will take place on July 12th, 2022. Hi friends, today we have fun new tour sign ups! ![]() ![]() ![]() Nor does it stop her boyfriend, who also happens to be immune to magic, from dumping her because she is too grounded, too normal. But that doesn’t change the fact that the guy of her dreams only seems to think of her as a friend, possibly a kind of sister figure. The fact that she sees them for what they are, and can spot traps and stealth attacks by magic, makes her services to the company invaluable. Every day she works with women who wear wings, a giantess, an ogre, a talking frog, gnomes, gargoyles, you name it. As executive assistant to the CEO, she reports directly to Merlin himself. It sells its wares to the wizards, fairies, sprites, and other magical beings who call New York home. Her company is called Magic, Spells, and Illusions. Based on the adventures of a Texas belle who finds adventure, romance, and professional fulfillment in New York, it combines the appeal of a Sex and the City spoof with the charm of a modern, urban fairy tale.Īfter a rocky first year in the Big Apple, Katie has a great job that relies on her ability to see through magical deceptions and glamors. And now I find that the Katie Chandler series has grown to seven books. But it was such a funny and magical book that continuing with the series has often been on my mind. because, frankly, I’m a guy, and chick lit isn’t my thing. It’s been quite a few years since I read Enchanted, Inc. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Captain by Jonathan P. Brazee![]() He’d risen up through the ranks quickly, with two meritorious promotions, the last one a battlefield promotion for valor on Case’s World. This was the sergeant’s fifth campaign, but his first as a squad leader. ![]() Small green triangles being projected onto his visor represented each of the men in the squad, and all were moving in the squad V formation, two fire teams out front, one trailing between them. Sergeant John Nbele barely glanced at his heads-up display as he climbed the huge rise of tailings leading to the open-pit mine. Original Cover Art by Almaz Sharipov Atacama ![]() All remaining typos and inaccuracies are solely my fault. And most of all, thanks to my editor, Anne Gentilucci for making me a better writer. ![]() A special shout out goes to my comrades at VFW Post 9951 in Bangkok for their help and to the Royal Marines at the Once A Marine website for teaching me about British Royal Marine traditions and slang. I want to thank all those who took the time to pre-read this book, catching my mistakes in both content and typing. ![]() All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Anna james pages and co![]() ![]() If you want to join us, head on over to our Twitter account and just join in on the fun!īut back to the books! The second book in the series, Tilly and the Lost Fairy Tales, Ellie and I read for the Hypeathon readathon in June I think. We’ve been doing this for a few months now and it’s so harmonious and lovely, I’m so happy Ellie, Holly and I created this book club. We have a lovely group of middle grade lovers and every month we read at least one book together. The first book in the Pages & Co series by Anna James, Tilly and the Bookwanderers, was part of our Middle Grade Marvels book club. Will you please take a moment to appreciate these beautiful covers? Aren’t they so magical and beautiful and absolutely enchanting? The best thing about them is that every time you look at them, you find something else to admire, and after you’ve finished reading, something else that you recognise from the story, and I absolute love that. ![]() ![]() ![]() Prompted by three strange carnival fortune-tellers and the surfacing of his mysterious and reclusive neighbor, Samuel begins his search for the Tree of Life–the only thing that could possibly bring his mother back. As he recalls the tumultuous events that launched a surprising journey, Samuel can still hardly believe it all happened.Īfter his mother’s death, twelve-year-old Samuel Chambers would do anything to turn back time. The summer his mother died in a tragic accident. The summer that lightning struck the big oak tree in the front yard. ![]() It was the summer of storms and strays and strangers. I still see them from time to time, but I am slowly weaning myself off reading them.įormat – ebook, paperback, hardcover, audio I used to read them all the time, but I don’t find it helps in any tangible way – the good ones sort of roll off my back, and the bad ones hurt a little too much. ![]() 11) Do you read all the reviews left for your book(s)? ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Anne rice the witching hour series![]() ![]() ![]() “We have an enormous amount of ambition for these iconic works, which have captivated and entertained millions of fans around the world, so it is gratifying to be moving so quickly from the Interview greenlight to exploring a second series with such talented and accomplished writers and creators as Esta and Michelle,” said Dan McDermott, president of original programming at AMC Networks and AMC Studios. Johnson and Spalding both have overall deals with AMC. In announcing the Vampire series order, AMC enlisted Mark Johnson ( Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) to steer its Rice franchise. Mayfair Witches is the second in AMC’s planned Rice universe and joins Interview With the Vampire, which was picked up to series last summer after the cabler landed rights to both titles and 16 others as part of a deal with the author in May 2020. AMC Reverses Renewal for 'Soulmates' Anthology (Exclusive) ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Make Me Yours by Tia Louise![]() He needed help, and it was the Christian thing to help a man in need. And when he scoops up his adorable four-year-old daughter Lillie and blows raspberries on her tummy while she squeals with delight, my ovaries literally explode.īumping into him at our local pub that night slightly drunk and overly frustrated was a total accident. Ruby Banks: Remington Key is distant, brooding, and ridiculously sexy. So what if I’ve been alone since forever? I’m focused on launching my new business, not bedding the sexy siren who sleeps down the hall.Īt least that’s what I keep reminding myself… ![]() I was clearly drunk the night I offered a gorgeous girl in a bar $500 a day to be my live-in nanny. My life was set in stone-all I had to do was live it.įast-forward four years, and I’m alone, raising my daughter, caring for my mother-in-law, and trying to keep my stuff together. Live-in nanny? What could go wrong? Remington Key: I left the Navy, scored a billion in tech, then married my high school sweetheart. ![]() He’s a billionaire single dad who needs help. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Recursion crouch![]() ![]() If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.Īs Barry searches for the truth, he comes face to face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease-a force that attacks not just our minds, but the very fabric of the past. It's why she's dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. ![]() That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome-a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. ![]() |