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![]() ![]() Their adventures where continued in a concluding one-shot named New Avengers Finale and then into the ongoing Avengers Vol.4 and New Avengers Vol. This groundbreaking series by writer Brain Michael Bendis brought the Avengers to new heights! After the conclusion of Siege in issue 64, the team reformed once more. After the events of Avengers Disassembled, a new group of Avengers was created from the ashes. ![]() ![]() He has helmed a renaissance for Marvel's popular Avengers franchise, writing every issue of New Avengers and launching Avengers, Mighty Avengers and Dark Avengers. The series is a revamp of the Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch, Danny Miki, Mark Morales, Allen Martinez, Vinktor Olazaba, Frank DArmata, Albert Deschesne, and Richard. Award-winning comic-book creator Brian Michael Bendis is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics today. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It was supposed to be a home where they could raise their three-year-old daughter and grow old together. And when she loses her heart to a fellow volunteer, Ellie discovers the frightening true nature of the people living in Round Hill.Īrchitect Kayla Carter and her husband designed a beautiful house for themselves in Round Hill’s new development, Shadow Ridge Estates. But as Ellie follows her ideals fighting for the civil rights of the marginalized, her scandalized parents scorn her efforts, and her neighbors reveal their prejudices. ![]() She’s chosen to spend her summer break as a volunteer helping to register black voters. Enrolled in college and all but engaged to a bank manager, Ellie isn’t as committed to her expected future as her family believes. Growing up in the well-to-do town of Round Hill, North Carolina, Ellie Hockley was raised to be a certain type of proper Southern lady. A community’s past sins rise to the surface in New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain’s The Last House on the Street when two women, a generation apart, find themselves bound by tragedy and an unsolved, decades-old mystery. ![]()
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The Sweetheart Deal by Miranda Liasson6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Have they discovered the perfect recipe for success. It's a sweetheart deal where everyone gets what they want-until feelings between the faux newlyweds start seriously complicating the mix. The deal is simple: Tessa and Leo marry, live together for six months, and then go their separate ways. ![]() Leo knows that the Castorinis and the Montgomerys hate each other, but a marriage might just force these stubborn families to work together and blend their businesses for success. That is until Tessa's mortal enemy-deliciously handsome (if arrogant) chef Leo Castorini, who owns the restaurant next door-proposes a business plan.to get married. It's enough to make a woman bake her troubles away, dreaming of Parisian delicacies while she makes bread at her mother's struggling boulangerie. Pastry chef Tessa Montgomery knows what everyone in the teeny town of Blossom Glen says about her. Entangled Amara, 8. From the bestselling author of the Angel Falls series, two enemies say "I do" in the first irresistible book about Blossom Glen. ![]()
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The vampyre 18196/29/2023 ![]() ![]() To pass the time during the exceptionally rainy weather, the occupants of the Villa Dioodati read ghost stories to each other and then decided that they would each write a ghost story of their own, holding a competition to see who could write the best one. 1816 became known in Europe as The Year Without a Summer, the consequence of the eruption of Mount Tambora in present-day Indonesia in 1815. Polidori wrote the story in June 1816 while staying at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva in Switzerland with Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary W. ![]() ![]() The mistake was rectified on the cover of later editions. It was first published in book form later the same year, again initially attributed to Byron. It was first published on Apin The New Monthly Magazine, in which it was incorrectly attributed to Lord Byron. "The Vampyre A Tale" is a short work of fantasy horror fiction by the English writer and physician John William Polidori. Front cover of a recent edition of "The Vampyre". ![]()
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The code breaker david kahn6/29/2023 ![]() Today’s use of cryptography is obviously many orders of magnitude removed from the methods used even a hundred years ago. The first known uses of encryption are believed to date back at least 2,500 years, and some believe they can be seen in hieroglyphs known to be 4,000 years old. The term cryptography is said to be derived from the Greek words krypto, which means hidden, and graphene, which means writing. Online master’s in information securityĪ cryptanalyst is tasked with using or interacting cryptography, often while thinking about offensive or defensive cybersecurity.Computer science with cybersecurity emphasis.CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+).Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP).Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). ![]()
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Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery6/29/2023 ![]() Lucy Maud Montgomery was one of Canada’s most beloved and successful authors. Chapter 37: The Reaper Whose Name Is Death.Chapter 31: Where the Brook and River Meet. ![]() Chapter 30: The Queen’s Class Is Organized.Chapter 27: Vanity and Vexation of Spirit.Chapter 25: Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves.Chapter 24: Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert.Chapter 23: Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor.Chapter 21: A New Departure in Flavorings.Chapter 20: A Good Imagination Gone Wrong.Chapter 19: A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession. ![]()
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Marilynne robinson new book6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Their intimacy holds the promise of a kind of redemption, but there’s pain in it, too. This is a love story, the best kind, in that both parties-Lila and John-are taken by surprise by their feelings for each other, and are changed by each other. Via email, we discussed their connection-and what attracts her to characters who fall outside social conventions. ![]() Fiercely intelligent, Lila is Robinson’s most powerful character to date her courtship with John, touchingly tender as they win each other’s trust, is the centerpiece of this masterly inquiry into the comforts and limitations of love. To him, warily, she relays her story, challenging him to reconcile it with the tenets of his faith. First glimpsed in Gilead, we see here how Lila meets and falls in love with the widowed Reverend John Ames. Lila (FSG) is the story of a stranger’s unmaking-a process that, we understand from the outset, will not be without internal violence. ![]() In **Marilynne Robinson’**s third novel set in an imaginary town in the Midwest, a young woman appears, solitary and searching, her single prized possession the knife that belonged to the migrant drifter who raised her. ![]()
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![]() “It’s like watching a slow-motion train wreck.” ![]() “I feel like my entire adult life has been spent in observation of this epistemic trauma,” Zuboff said. Today, she said, virtually all of the world’s information is in digital format. ![]() Zuboff said that 2007 was a watershed year when digitization of the world’s information was largely complete, having climbed from 1 percent of global information in 1986 - including words, cultural assets, laws, languages - to 25 percent in 2000 to 97 percent in 2007. Zuboff, an emerita Harvard Business School professor and internet privacy advocate, said the outpouring of concern she’s seen at stop after stop on what has been a 14-month speaking tour for her latest book has given her hope that people are finally waking up to the dangers of freely sharing their data with tech companies like Facebook and Google. For the first time since 2007, Shoshana Zuboff is feeling optimistic. ![]()
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This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews6/28/2023 ![]() Hundreds of paper lanterns are set afloat on the night of the Autumn Equi¬nox Festival, and narrator Ben and four pals vow to follow them on bicycles to discover where they go. Hand this title to fans of whimsical or unpredictable adventures such as Neil Gaiman’s Fortunately, the Milk or Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. ![]() For readers who want an escapist fantasy with a light touch. Imprecise linework mirrors the fluidity of the book’s reality, and Ben has a Harry Potter–like appearance. The palette is dominated by an inky, navy blue sky infused with ethereal blue stars, occasionally interrupted by vibrant, warm hues. ![]() This is a charming read, thanks to adventurous Nathaniel, who remains steadfast and self-assured despite enduring verbal bullying from the other boys, in contrast to insecure, timid Ben. The two boys discover wonders around them: an anthropomorphized bear, a potion maker, and more. But one by one, each rider turns back until the only ones left are narrator Ben and perpetual tag-along Nathaniel. ![]() This year, they make a pact to follow the lanterns for as long as possible and discover where they go. ![]() And every year, a group of boys ride their bikes along the river to follow the lanterns, always stopping partway through. Each year, during the Autumn Equinox Festival, the townsfolk release lanterns into the nearby river in honor of a local folk song. ![]()
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Cs lewis christian books6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The book tells the story of the four siblings as they climb through a wardrobe and enter the world of Narnia, where they meet Aslan, the great lion, and battle the evil White Witch.Īslan is a powerful and majestic character who represents all that is good and just in the world. The first book in the series, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, is a timeless classic that has been beloved by readers of all ages for generations. Each book in the series follows the children as they embark on incredible adventures, meet unforgettable characters, and ultimately fight to save Narnia from evil forces. The series tells the story of four siblings, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, who discover a magical land called Narnia. Lewis, the series is a masterpiece of fantasy literature that has inspired countless adaptations, including films, TV shows, and stage productions. The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven books that have captured the hearts and imaginations of readers for decades. ![]() |