Vagueness, vanity, morbidity, self-consciousness, lack of Ideals, a soft snow-drift of purposeless arguments and feckless delays, a sniffing at revolution — such is the picture: the few people who do anything quickly pass out of it: the hero goes on wondering about himself. E. H. Carr p...
In this legendary gag manga, Shigeru sends the famous Ninja on a wild, eye-popping adventure: Sarutobi encounters cowboys and aliens, spaceships and sailing ships, mid-60s celebrity cameos, mushroom clouds, detectives with squirt guns, and more in a delightful and ever-surprising world. Available...
And introducing my previous series, theDestiny’sRebeltrilogy: Welcome to the world of Anestra and the Western Coast! Enter an imaginary world of castles and kingdoms, swords and sailing ships, gods and a sacred relic, and follow the fortunes of Kat (Princess Katelin of Anestra) as she st...
“You’re getting along really well and then this great battleship comes steaming in and you think, well my wooden sailing ships are never going to be able to deal with that.” William Gibson‘s Bridge adventure Idoru (1996). The sequel to 1993’s Virtual Light removes us from San ...
“‘I’m talking about these people who have ended up in one life instead of another and they are just so disappointed. Do you know what I mean? They’ve done what’s expected of them. They want to do something different but it’s impossible now, there’s a mortgage, kids, whatever...
Five Things Nobody Told Me about College As I type this, I am in my university dorm room. A year ago, when I was awaiting to hear the results of my college applications, I often went to websites for some type of insider look on what college would be like. However, there’s only ...
In the very beginning , Van Weyden knows little about sailing, and he thought that It seems as simple as A, B, C. They know the direction by compass, the distance, and the speed. I should not call it anything more than mathematical certainty. (The Sea Wolf , P2) and he thinks ...
I write southern historical fiction and local history. The two novels I'm writing are set in Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1760s. My weekly blog is about my journey as a writer and a reader.
Charles Dickens, in his sketchNight Walks, passes Billingsgate in the disappointed hope of finding some market people about at that late hour(The Uncommercial Traveller). ZoomDictionaryGoogleWikipediaAerial 7Aerial 6Back Bishopsgate(Map: D-11) - London Ward named for the northern gate in the wall...
“I thought it would be an immediate success. I was so enthused about the cart and the advertising we had put around the cart being put on the market,” Goldman told CBS television reporter Charles Kuralt in a 1977 interview. “I went down to the store the next morning about 10 o’clo...