The Clockmaker's Tale: and other stories
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In The Clockmaker’s Tale: and other stories, Ian Williams takes us to the near future and beyond....
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Lazarus, Vol. 3: Conclave
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In a dystopian near-future, government is a quaint concept, resources are coveted, and possession is...
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 11
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In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems...
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
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From one of the country's most admired political thinkers, an urgent wake-up call to American...
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BookwormMama14 (18 KP) rated The Healer's Apprentice (Hagenheim, #1) in Books
Jan 2, 2019
Rose is a kind and gentle young woman with a gift for storytelling, and a passion for life and Lord Hamlin, however, he is already betrothed. She struggles find her destiny. She thinks she knows what she wants in life, but it isn't until she lets go and hands her future path over to God that she begins to feel peace. Wilhelm, Lord Hamlin, has never had a problem fulfilling his duty as the future Duke. But when he meets Rose his life is turned upside down and he is conflicted by the pull of his heart and his responsibility as his father's heir.
A sweet romance and a life lesson, that when we follow God's calling and do the right thing, He will bless our path. Although it may be in a way we least expect.
I am so glad I finally read this story and look forward on catching up on the rest of the Hagenheim series in the near future. Don't miss A Noble Servant, book 3 of the THornbeck series, releasing in May!
ClareR (5733 KP) rated Always Greener in Books
Feb 27, 2020 (Updated Feb 27, 2020)
The first couple of chapters were a little hard-going, but I'm glad I persevered. It's a satire of the reality TV that we have today, and J. R. H. Lawless has taken it to it's furthest point, it's most outrageous end. To be fair, I'm sure it could probably be even more heartless, invasive and damaging, but the contestants are saved, to a certain extent, by a host with a conscience.
I did really enjoy this - but I can't say as it made me feel particularly positive about the future: people used as guinea pigs for drugs and procedures untested on anyone else, with fatal consequences; suicide so commonplace, that it has become a steady job for a group of people who clean up after them - what a way to make a living; the total lack of empathy for people who are less fortunate, reduced merely to a prime-time, all-the-time, streaming slot.
Not a future I would want, but a great book, nonetheless. Its a good read!
Many thanks to NetGalley for my copy of this book to read and review.
If I Were A Weapon (All These Gifts #1)
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See the future. Set things on fire. Fall in love? A superpowered sci-fi romance. When dying alien...
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Miguel Covarrubias (143 KP) rated Maniac in TV
Apr 23, 2019
Shadowplay (Micah Grey #2)
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Old magics are waking. But will the world survive their return? Micah Grey almost died when he...
Lowex Building Design for Zeroemission Architecture
Hansjuerg Leibundgut, Marcel Bruelisauer, Matthias Mast and Forrest Meggers
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Zero emission during operation - this has to be the target for buildings in the near future. This...