![]() However, it was not easy to fight because the terrain was difficult to fight a war, but he pressed on and won. He later went to Italy to fight the Lombard War. He conquered the war and Hunold, the aquitanian leader, surrendered together with his province to Charles I. The war had begun during the rule of his father, so when Charlemagne took the throne, he decided to bring it to a conclusion. ![]() ![]() The first military action he undertook was the Aquitanian War. He was a good military strategist and led his kingdom in various wars. Besides, he wanted to increase his kingdom and spread Christianity far and wide. He conducted several military campaigns for a number of reasons, such as protection of his kingdom against internal and external forces that sought to bring about separatism. Militarized stateįirstly, Charlemagne’s rule was militaristic during the Middle Ages. The paper will look at the following issues: Charlemagne’s life militarized state, church and society and reforms in administration. ![]() The two writers provided different views on Charlemagne’s life as they knew him from different sides. On the other hand, Nokter, a musician and a monastic scholar, wrote his account of Charles the Great’s life fifty years after his passing. ![]()
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![]() 'Magicians' has the benefit of updated research on the possible events of the end of the last ice age, and older structures around the world which hadn't been discovered in 1995. 'Fingerprints' has lengthy descriptions of travel episodes, which sometimes add character to the story (such as when he climbed the Great Pyramid), but sometimes make the narrative slow to a crawl. ![]() I'm glad I read "Magicians of the Gods" first, the sort of sequel to this one, because in the 20 years between 'Fingerprints' and its sequel, he's become a better writer. This is Graham's hypotheses for why many cultures attribute their knowledge of writing, agriculture, and time keeping to a previous race of "gods" - they were probably referring to ancestors who had learned and passed on their great skills. First of all, to be clear for the skeptics, when Graham Hancock says "lost civilization," he usually means something more akin to a lost culture of advanced knowledge, which at one time or another informed many "lost civilizationS" such as the Egyptians and the Maya he doesn't believe those two cultures directly influenced each other, just that they both inherited older traditions of myth and astronomy which had been spread around the world before written history began. ![]() He has a beautiful British accent and is a very good reader. I love all the Graham Hancock titles I've read/listened to so far, and having Graham narrate it is icing on the cake. ![]() ![]() ![]() If it wasn’t hard enough falling in love across the aisle, the political scheming of a shady third-party candidate could cause Dean and Dre’s world to explode around them. But as Dean and Dre’s meet-ups on the campaign trail become less left to chance, their friendship quickly becomes a romantic connection unlike any either of the boys have ever known. The only problem is that Dre Rosario’s on the opposition he’s the son of the Democratic nominee. But still that doesn’t mean Dean wants to be part of the public spectacle that is the race for the White House-at least not until he meets Dre. The Official Description: When Dean Arnault’s mother decided to run for president, it wasn’t a surprise to anyone, least of all her son. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2014, Winn directed the film The Assault, a bold, gritty and all-too socially relevant tale of a vulnerable, young girl who is the victim of a violent sexual assault and somehow becomes a pariah in her own community, due to the power and influence of social media, and the societal pressures facing today's suburban youth. To date, Winn's most commercially successful work has been The Fat Boy Chronicles, a heartfelt and unflinching coming-of-age film that remained in the Top 10 most rented family movies on Netflix for over five years. His ability to consistently deliver first-rate work and stirring performances demonstrates his vision and versatility. Winn's colleagues and former cast members attribute his continued success to his innate ability to inspire stellar performances from his actors as well as his intuitive talent for making films that are cerebral, emotionally charged, entertaining, and relevant. With 20 years of extensive production experience under his belt, Winn has executive produced two feature documentaries and directed the award-winning feature documentary Spiral Bound. Director Jason Winn is an independent Director and Producer best known for such works as the critically acclaimed feature film The Fat Boy Chronicles, Lifetime Movie The Assault, and the soon-to-be-released family action-comedy Shifting Gears the horror film Dead Thirsty and the adult drama Let's Make it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Initially produced in 1993, The Caterpillar now contains a completely rewritten text with exciting tactile illustrations containing textures and objects rather than the raised line drawings used in the original book. As the story concludes, the caterpillar is shown what he will soon become, a beautiful butterfly which can be detached and reattached to the last page. Whether it is a brick wall, a fence, or a foot, the caterpillar finds himself crawling over various tactile surfaces throughout the course of this book. Right away, you are introduced to a fuzzy caterpillar who lives in the narrator’s back yard. This read-aloud tactile storybook with large print/braille text (contracted UEB) is designed to assist young children in developing key literacy skills such as listening comprehension, phonological awareness, oral language, and object/ shape recognition. The Caterpillar is a fun and engaging book that can be enjoyed by people with or without visual impairment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Matt Haig so beautifully explains and brilliantly describes the abundance of wonders in life and also on this amazing planet of ours. A discomfort zone, a stagnation zone, an unfulfilled zone”. ”We call this the ‘comfort zone’ but often it is the opposite. "It's not always easy, sure, but there is comfort in knowing it is possible to view any single thing in multiple ways." It is not a magic pill or a heavenly miracle, but every word in this book is about hope, is about survival, is about going through today because tomorrow the Sun shall rise again! A Comfort Hope. All we need is a plan, and a little determination”. The acceptance that if we are suddenly lost in a forest, there will be a way through. ![]() ”Hope, in its simplest form, is the acceptance of possibility. The thing with feathers, as Emily Dickinson said. Hope always involves a soaring and a reaching. When going through times that are insane, crazy, down, low, despair or depressed, all a person need is a hand that holds their hand, assures them and stays with them till they can again breathe normally. "Our mind might make prisons, but it also gives us keys." "It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learned while we are at our lowest." The words in this book are like a comforting hug. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I never for one moment felt out of my element, yet this was achieved without info-dumps or long, boring narrative passages. To the contrary, the way Jeannie weaves the setting and culture of Tang Dynasty China into this book is nothing short of masterful. ![]() I’m pleased to say this was absolutely not a problem. After all, what do I know about China in 968 AD? I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to immerse myself in the world of the book because it would be too unfamiliar. Despite the great buzz I was hearing and the fact that I knew the manuscript had won the 2009 Golden Heart, I wasn’t sure I would connect with the characters or the story. I have to admit, I was a little apprehensive when I started reading Butterfly Swords. Mainly, that’s because I can say with all honesty that I didn’t know Jeannie before I heard about this book and, although I met her at the RWA conference in Orlando and consider her a friend, I would have read and loved this book regardless. I know, I know–I don’t do reviews, right? Well, in this case, I’m making an exception. ![]() ![]() The most annoying thing about Lauren Conrad is not the fact that she cut up perfectly good books. I got to thinking afterwards – who is the antithesis of Lauren Conrad when it comes to words of wisdom on writing for young people? The answer is Katherine Paterson. When I was researching the paper, I read a lot about Lauren’s views on writing. Thankfully only the first book of the trilogy was out at the time. I also wrote an unnecessarily long paper about Lauren Conrad and transmedia in library school. ![]() Even Heidi and Spencer were following me for awhile (if you don’t know who those people are, you are richer for it). ![]() I used to tweet about it a lot way back in ’09. I have a deep and complex love/hate relationship with Lauren Conrad that is mostly hate. But it was a cute outfit! I’m going to go take a picture of it right now to prove it to you. ![]() Okay, full disclosure: I also own a Lauren Conrad for Kohl’s white blazer. It’s not the kind of thing I should probably admit publicly, but I have seen every single episode of Laguna Beach, The Hills and The City. Yes! LC is back in the news! Ya heard she went all Edward Scissorhands on Snicket, yes?īehold this awesome photo I threw together in library school using Microsoft Word, cut and paste and alotta heart (I don’t have Photoshop, obvs). ![]() ![]() Printed two colour letterpress on Magnani Mouldmade 130gsm paper by Pat Randle at Nomad Press, this edition features unique bindings, case and title setting.īound in finest Harmatan black goat with 2 blue leather labels and an inlay on the front board with 2 hits of foil stamp designs unique to this edition. Just 26 editions of the lettered state will be produced. Anybody who orders more than one of either will have their order refunded and cancelled. This means you can buy a numbered and standard, but NOT more than one of either. There is a limit of one edition per household. ![]() The jacket will not feature any text, and books two and three have already been taken into account with this design. This striking Dustjacket for our standard edition depicts the Bloody Nine himself, Logen Ninefingers and the irritable Ferro Maljinn. Tommy Arnold is producing 9 colour illustrations ( 1x Dustjacket exclusive to the Standard Edition, 1x Endpaper and 7 portrait pieces within the book). Nominated for a Locus award in 2006 the year after it’s release, it has since gone on to critical acclaim. This is Joe’s first work and foray into fantasy literature and is regarded as one of best examples of contemproary fantasy available today. We are producing three states of each book and each has it’s own limitation and unique design features: Our edition is illustrated by the incredible Tommy Arnold. ![]() ![]() The Blade Itself is the first novel in “ The First Law” Trilogy by British Author Joe Abercrombie. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve said this throughout my reviews of the series several times, and I have to say it once again that I think Weeks is one of the smartest writers in the genre when it comes to plot twists and revelations. “Of all the things that die, hope is the most easily resurrected.” However, although I had a wonderful time with this book and series, I can’t deny that I had issues with the way Weeks resolved the series allow me to dive into that later, but first, I want to elaborate on the parts that I loved as spoiler-free as possible. ![]() Don’t get me wrong, as far as enjoyment goes I’m still giving this book a 4 stars rating I was engrossed, wasn’t bored, and I finished this 392,000 words tome within five days. Now that I’ve read it, I have to say that I’m both satisfied and also disappointed with it. This is one of my-along with many fantasy readers-most anticipated books of the year, to make sure that I’ll be able to appreciate it fully, I even binged reread the series from the beginning-something I rarely do-in preparation. Here we are, nine years since The Black Prism was first published, The Burning White-the fifth and final installment in the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks-is finally out and with it, the Lightbringer pentalogy is officially over. ![]() Review copy provided by the publisher-Orbit-in exchange for an honest review.Įpic, engaging, well-written, and surprisingly full of theology. ![]() |