![]() ![]() Peter’s Basilica is finally consecratedġ934 – Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey, converts the Hagia Sophia to a museumĢ020 – President Recep Ergodan, Turkey’s current leader, decreed the Hagia Sophia to be a mosque again Peter’s Basilica begins in Italy to replace the Hagia Sophiaġ616 – The Blue Mosque is built across from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbulġ626 – St. ![]() 532 – The original Hagia Sophia was destroyed during the Nika Riotsĥ37 – The current architectural wonder is completed during the reign of Justinian and Theodora the Greatġ204 – Converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral, after Western crusaders sack Constantinopleġ261 – Returned to the Eastern Orthodox Churchġ453 – Converted to a mosque after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turksġ507 – Construction of St. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Globe and Mail book reviewer wrote that "It's hard to know what's been happening to Alistair Maclean since he wrote such solidly constructed thrillers as When Eight Bells Toll and The Guns of Navarone. It is soon clear that Smith's real purpose has little to do with archaeology, and more to do with revenge. The entourage faces giant anacondas, giant spiders (only mentioned in a conversation), cannibalistic natives, and so on, discovering a settlement of Nazi war criminals and their descendants, living as if the Third Reich had never ended. A wealthy millionaire, Smith, hires Hamilton, allegedly an expert on the jungle, to lead him to the ruins of a lost Indian civilization recently discovered in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle in Brazil. One of the Germans is left behind by his partner, while the other escapes by submarine from Wilhelmshaven. In 1945, with the Allies approaching, two German officers ransack a monastery in Greece and make plans to escape with the loot. ![]() As with most of MacLean's novels, it depicts adventure, treachery, and murder in an unforgiving environment, set this time in the steamy jungles of South America. River of Death is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1981. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was a mentor with a genuine interest in helping budding writers to flourish. I will continue in the tradition of the previous Coordinating Judge, David Farland. ![]() Hubbard's vision of promoting and nurturing young writers has given thousands of talented people a forum in which their work can be seen and appreciated. Jody stated, "I am honored to become the Coordinating Judge for the Writers of the Future Contest." She went on to say, "I consider this to be the best short fiction contest anywhere. She also runs the two-day writers workshop at Dragon Con. ![]() She has taught in numerous writing workshops and participated in hundreds of panels covering the subjects of writing and being published at science-fiction conventions. Since 1987 Jody has published over 50 novels and more than 170 short stories, specializing in science fiction or fantasy action novels and humor. Jody has been a Contest judge since 2016 and has a long history of helping aspiring writers. ![]() Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Contest following the recent and untimely passing of David Farland. Jody Lynn Nye LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, Janu/ / - New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jody Lynn Nye is warmly welcomed as the Coordinating Judge for the L. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is one problem: Kate O’Mally is not a Christian. He’s interested in her no doubt, and he wants to know her secrets. Kate’s different from all the women Dave has met. However, Henderson just threw you right in, and had you fend for yourself while you discover Kate’s background story, while she also, struggles not to fall in love. Usually, they introduce the characters, give you a good background story on them, focus on the world building, and THEN they start the ‘drama’ of the series. Kate O’Mally (a negotiator) is trying to calm the potential bomber down, and free the hostages. I particularly enjoyed that Henderson did this, because it was different from many books I’ve read. ![]() The first chapter threw you right into a bombing threat at a bank. This book was absolutely amazing!! I love it so much. I have never really been into adult novels, (I’d rather read young adult, because they usually have cleaner content) but I thought it would be interesting to try something new, so I picked up Dee Henderson’s six book series The O’Mally Chronicles. Hello everyone! I recently decided to steer away from my usual dystopian genres, and enter the world of Christian, romance, adult fiction. ![]() ![]() In this mesmerizing book, Hancock merges cutting-edge science with historical. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Graham Hancocks Underworld, his latest work of archaeological detection. You will be captivated by Underworld, a provocative book that is both a compelling piece of hard evidence for a fascinating forgotten episode in human history and a completely new explanation for the origins of civilization as we know it. Guided by cutting-edge science, innovative computer-mapping techniques, and the latest archaeological scholarship, Hancock examines the mystery at the end of the last Ice Age and delivers astonishing revelations that challenge our long-held views about the existence of a sunken universe built on the ocean floor.įilled with exhilarating accounts of his own participation in dives off the coast of Japan, as well as in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Arabian Sea, we watch as Hancock discovers underwater ruins exactly where the ancient myths say they should be-submerged kingdoms that archaeologists never thought existed. In this explosive new work of archaeological detection, bestselling author and renowned explorer Graham Hancock embarks on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a mythical lost civilization hidden for thousands of years beneath the world’s oceans. What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins that have never been found-until now. ![]() ![]() ![]() The reefs of bus cables against cloudline. A waist dawning in a white brick stairwell, salt under your fingernails, the morning’s widow’s walk around the seawall, gulls chanting your name, the climb to the turret where you grew up. Teen-steamed glass booth in the long wait of spinal tap rain. Are you sure about leaving, again, this time? You can cut your ties with stories but not with certain bus stops. On this city hill, they leave computers in the alleys for students who rove in hungry from the forests, rise with the heat from basement suites. You sold this friendship to the pawnshop three different times before it finally went. ![]() The ocean slumps at the end of the phone line. Streets, daylighted gutter creeks, morning shoulders, your legs still walking home. There are entire neighbourhoods you need to forgive. ![]() ![]() ![]() My childhood was the most uneventful part of my life, I think." He reports, however, that there was friction within his family, as in an interview he states: Wallace states, of his childhood, that "I was completely average in every way. He currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife and son. Wallace did not graduate from college until May 2008, instead taking a job with a trading company in Nagoya, Japan. His first job was as a veterinary assistant cleaning cages. He attended Emory University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying English and philosophy. Wallace was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and he has three sisters. His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies and magazines, including The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. His other books include Ray in Reverse and The Watermelon King. He is best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions. Daniel Wallace (born 1959) is an American author. ![]() ![]() ![]() Berlin is one of the high-water marks of the medium: rich in its well-researched historical detail, compassionate in its character studies, and as timely as ever in its depiction of a society slowly awakening to the stranglehold of fascism.īerlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens―Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. an ending so electrifying that I gasped."― New York Times Book Reviewĭuring the past two decades, Jason Lutes has quietly created one of the masterworks of the graphic novel golden age. ![]() "The magic in Berlin is in the way Lutes conjures, out of old newspapers and photographs, a city so remote from him in time and space. Best of 2018 nods from the Washington Post, New York Public Library, Globe and Mail, the Guardian, and more! ![]() ![]() ![]() Streets of Laredo (1993) – set in the early 1890s.Lonesome Dove (1985) – set in mid-to-late 1870s.Dead Man’s Walk (1995) – set in the early 1840s.Comanche Moon, set in the 1850s-60s, was published in 1997. Dead Man’s Walk is set in the 1840s and was published in 1995. ![]() I gave my sister a copy of the book when she moved to Laredo in the ’90s, but I don’t remember reading it.Īfter Streets of Laredo, McMurtry turned his attention to earlier time periods. In 1993 McMurtry published a sequel, Streets of Laredo, which is set in the 1890s. The novel and its subsequent movie adaptation were huge hits. Lonesome Dove, the novel, is set in the 1870s and was published in 1985. Book blogger Liz Dexter is re-reading some of her favorite McMurtry novels this year which prompted me to look at his oeuvre (as fancy bibliophiles say). I was captivated by McMurtry’s novel, Lonesome Dove, when I first read it in the 80s or 90s. It’s a four-book series, or a tetralogy, as exacting bibliophiles say. One of my goals this year is to read Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Great rollicking fun! Prepare to laugh and swoon and grin your pants off. A shot of pure joy.” #1 NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR EMILY HENRY I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the first time. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center’s signature heart-tugging depth. ORDER the AUDIBOOK at LIBRO.FM ORDER the AUDIBOOK at AUDIBLE ORDER the AUDIOBOOK at KOBO NYT and #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHRISTINA LAUREN The feel-good, unabashedly romantic, deliciously witty binge-read of Summer 2022! An instant New York Times bestseller! A USA Today bestseller! Recommended by #1 NYT bestselling author EMILY HENRY at the back of her blockbuster summer 2023 novel, Happy Place! Named one of the funniest romance novels of the year in the Washington Post ! An Amazon Editors’ Pick for Best Books of the Year 2022 – Romance Category! Nominated for Goodreads’ Best Books of the Year 2022! Nominated for 2022 Book of the Year at Book of the Month Club! A People Best New Books pick! #2 on the Indie Next Great Reads List for August 2022! Book of the Month’s most popular read for July! A Library Reads Pick! Nominated for SheReads Best of 2022 Awards! ![]() |