![]() Batman - Batman's self-named monthly title, which debuted in 1940 (issue #1 featured the first appearances of the Joker and Catwoman).Written by Mariko Tamaki since issue #1034 (March 2021). After issue #881 its numbering was reset to #1 for the New 52 reboot, then 52 issues later the original issue count was restored from #934 onwards for the DC Rebirth relaunch. It has shifted in focus several times over its history but generally acts as a secondary Batman title. Various other characters have starred in backup stories over the years, including the Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, and Black Canary, the Elongated Man, and The Question. Originally an Anthology Comic, Batman debuted in issue #27 in 1939 with the story "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" and has headlined it to this day, apart from 2009-2010 when Batwoman took over the book. ![]() Detective Comics - DC's longest-running still-published comic series, with the greatest number of issues (although for a long time it was overtaken by Action Comics). ![]()
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![]() She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.Īgatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. ![]() Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. ![]() ![]() Skip the rest of this blog and go read Middlesex now. The closest I can think of is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugeindes, which isn’t even that close but is amazing, and probably is one of the best novels I have ever read. I’ve not read many in which the protagonist is gay, and a lesbian. (Amendment: I guess I do read a lot of books with gay main characters, though many of those involve the gay male best friend archetype. Honestly, the book description didn’t intrigue me that much (mainly because it didn’t offer much plot reveal-more on that in a bit), but I usually don’t read books with homosexual main characters, so the idea of going outside my usual tipped me over the edge, and I clicked to order Stray City, by Chelsey Johnson, from the library. ![]() I figured with the stars aligning like that, I HAD to read this book. I won’t lie – I mainly picked this title because of the author’s name (shout out to the CJ’s!) and the fact that there is an adorable orange cat on the front cover that looks very much like MY adorable orange cat. ![]() ![]() ![]() I didn’t want to be limited by what I happened to know about love and loss. ![]() I knew when I was looking for Ana, Patrick, and Claire that their stories had to be true, because within them would be nuances I’d never noticed before and realities I couldn’t have invented. I wrote this book because I know what it is to feel fundamentally unlovable. In the years full of almost-relationships, I thought, “I cannot handle another rejection,” and then found myself turned down by someone I wasn’t even sure I liked. This book was born in the hours I’ve waited for men to message me back and who never did… ![]() The fact we are now unloved seems so much more important than the reality that we once were. When we’re thrown into the chaos of heartsickness, we focus so much on the end. That their pain is at once unique and universal. I wrote this book for the person who doesn’t want to be told that this too shall pass. Heartsick unpacks the destruction of love by following the true stories of three lives altered by a major heartbreak. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If they have any hope of saving both their worlds, they will have to stand side by side against the tide of war. Together, Diana and Alia will face an army of enemies-mortal and divine-determined to either destroy or possess the Warbringer. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued by a mysterious girl of extraordinary strength and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer-a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery. Even worse, Alia Keralis is no ordinary girl and with this single brave act, Diana may have doomed the world.Īlia just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. ![]() But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law-risking exile-to save a mere mortal. Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Leigh Bardugo, this graphic novel adaptation brings to life Diana's first adventure beyond the hidden shores of Themyscira.ĭiana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. She will become one of the world's greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. ![]() ![]() ![]() |a Boxcar children (Albert Whitman & Company) ![]() |a Boxcar children (Fictitious characters) |v Juvenile fiction. |a What will the Aldens discover on a vacation to a deserted island? Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading with a Boxcar Children classic. Due to her poor health, she never finished high school and studied with a tutor. She wrote The Boxcar Children because she had often imagined how delightful it would be to live in a caboose or freight car. But soon they discover clues that they are not alone. Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut on April 16, 1890. Gertrude Chandler Warner GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER was born in 1890 in Putnam, Connecticut, where she later taught school. ![]() |a 1 volume (unpaged) : |b color illustrations |c 24 cm. Blue Bay Mystery: The Boxcar Children Mysteries, Book 6 Show full title Written by Gertrude Chandler Warner Narrated by Aimee Lilly 5 / 5 ( 113 ratings ) About this audiobook The Aldens are excited to visit a deserted South Seas island. |a Chicago, Illinois : |b Albert Whitman & Company, |c 2020. |a Blue Bay mystery / |c based on the book by Gertrude Chandler Warner. ![]() ![]() The fact that a Blinkist summary can be read in under fifteen-minutes means that you can read at least one book a day without adding too much to your regular routine. When discussing efficiency, we almost cover a lot from the last section. With my Blinkist account, I also have a library of thousands of books to choose from at any given moment, rather than whatever I can find at the local library or book store. ![]() With my Blinkist app, I can read in those spare pockets of time throughout my day, along with listening to the audio while I’m driving or at the gym. While books are equally as accessible as they once were, tech is now engraved as a mainstay. However, now, things are a little different. ![]() ![]() Now, twenty years ago, you would have said that a book is more accessible than a computer program. When I look at how easy something is to do, there are a few things I think about.įor starters, how accessible something is. ![]() ![]() ![]() Surprisingly, it didn’t end with all of them dead, which I had expected once Blake added the presence of the Legion Queen. This book was less about character development as much as it was about learning the fates of the three queens. The fate of the island lies in the hands of its queens. Bonds will be tested, and some broken forever. In this conclusion to the Three Dark Crowns series, three dark sisters will rise to fight as the secrets of Fennbirn’s history are laid bare. ![]() Without him, who can she rely upon when Mirabella arrives, seemingly under a banner of truce? As oldest and youngest circle each other, and Katharine begins to yearn for the closeness that Mirabella and Arsinoe share, the dead queens hiss caution-Mirabella is not to be trusted. But her attack on the rebellion exacted a high price: her beloved Pietyr. Queen Katharine’s rule over Fennbirn remains intact-for now. Arsinoe must find a cure, even as the responsibility of stopping the ravaging mist rests heavy on her shoulders, and her shoulders alone. Jules’s legion curse has been unbound, leaving her out of her mind and unfit to rule. After the battle with Katharine, the rebellion lies in tatters. ![]() ![]() ![]() The impact of dramatic transformations happened between the last decade of socialist period and the first two decades of post-soviet Moldova history still constitutes a disputable topic among specialists from different fields, as well as the emerging public history discourses on memory, identity and nation-building. ![]() A Photographic Research Project by Ilya Rabinovich will be of great interest for a large audience of people from the lovers of photography, museums, history or Moldova‘s cultural life to the consecrated scholars studying visual arts, philosophy, ethnography, museology or memory and identity through the investigation of complex interrelationship between ‗gaze, diaspora, trauma‘ (p. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a stand-up, he was a semi-finalist in the So You Think You’re Funny competition. ![]() He also writes comedy scripts, principally (and inexplicably) for Norwegians, and wrote for Afterliff, the sequel to John Lloyd and Douglas Adams’ bestseller The Meaning of Liff. Sequel to Until Tomorrow (RC 55037/BR 14443). He has directed, performed and guested with various improv outfits including Marcus Brigstocke’s Unavailable for Comment, Monkey Toast, Folie à Deux, Grand Theft Impro, and Baby Wants Candy. The sequel to Psycho and Psycho II continues the story of Norman Bates. His many guest appearances include John Lloyd’s Museum of Curiosity Live, Literary Death Match and BBC Two’s Only Connect. His début solo show Round One was a sell-out at the Edinburgh Fringe. He is one of the stars of BBC Two’s No Such Thing As The News and two-time Chortle Award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, and he hosts the critically acclaimed : The Private Eye Podcast. Andrew Hunter Murray writes comedy for BBC Two’s QI and for Private Eye magazine. ![]() |