![]() ![]() Let’s start with issue #1: The issue starts off with Elongated Man and Firehawk watching a mysterious box (which we find out contains one of Lex Luthor’s armors). But I will discuss that more after I do an issue by issue retrospective. There are a lot of characters that are in this story that either haven’t appeared in the New 52 universe or haven’t been portrayed as well as they once were. How does it stand up 10 years later? Continuity-wise: it never happened because DC relaunched the whole line with their New 52 initiative. I just love the way he accentuates the heroes’ bodies and makes them look like gods, which is ironic because this series shows how human our heroes really are. ![]() One of the things that initially drew me to this series was the fantastic covers by Michael Turner. It was much more personal and that is what I loved about it. To me this specific crisis was very unique because it was not on a big scale like Crisis on Infinite Earth’s or Infinite Crisis. If there is one thing DC comics are known for, it is their crises. The DC Universe had a completely different landscape back then. And I remember when it first came out people either loved it or hated it and I was one of them that loved it. I had only been reading Comics for a few years at that point and it was one of my first BIG DC events. ![]() It’s hard for me to believe that it has been 10 years since Identity Crisis came out. ![]() This review does contain “spoilers,” but since it’s been out for 10 years, I’m not all that worried about spoiling things for people. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The paternal grandfather of Robert Graves was bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1866 to 1899. An enormous success when it was first issued, it continues to find new readers in the thousands each year and has earned its designation as a true classic. ![]() Paul Fussell has hailed it as ""the best memoir of the First World War"" and has written the introduction to this new edition that marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of the war. Tracing his upbringing from his solidly middle-class Victorian childhood through his entry into the war at age twenty-one as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this dramatic, poignant, often wry autobiography goes on to depict the horrors and disillusionment of the Great War, from life in the trenches and the loss of dear friends, to the stupidity of government bureaucracy and the absurdity of English class stratification. Good-Bye to All That bids farewell not only to England, but also to a way of life. In this autobiography, first published in 1929, poet Robert Graves traces the monumental and universal loss of innocence that occurred as a result of the First World War. ![]() ![]() ![]() While the entire book is told through January’s first person point-of-view, Gus’s character and all of his struggles become just as heavy and important the more she learns about him. The journey this little bet takes these characters on forces them to not only get to know one another better, but to look more deeply into their own lives as well. ![]() They trade genres, with January penning the next Great American Novel and Gus trying his hand at writing a rom-com, and whoever sells their book first wins the loser’s full support and endorsement. After a misshapen meeting at the local community’s book club, the two decide to make a bet. Her next-door neighbor winds up being none other than her old college rival, Augustus Everett, a literary fiction author. 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Then there were the times when the characters did things that were so completely unexpected that I was completely floored.īut what really sold this as a five star read for me? The fact that I could see this being a movie, or even a television mini-series. The alternating points of view not only gave you insight into what was happening when the characters weren't together, but also as to in some instances, why characters did the things they did. The characters were well developed, including all the little quirks that made them seem real. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If anything, this story makes me want to go back and read the first one as well. Having not read the first in this duo, I was worried that I would not be able to understand this story, however that is not the case. This was such a captivating game of cat and mouse that I was drawn in immediately. ![]() ![]() How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Mohsin Hamid's third novel, confirms that this radically inventive storyteller is among the most important of today's international writers. Stealing its shape from the self-help books devoured by ambitious youths all over “rising Asia,” the novel is genre-bending and playful but also reflective and profound in its portrayal of the thirst for ambition and love in a time of shattering economic and social upheaval. From the best-selling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia tells the story of an anonymous man's journey from impoverished rural boy to tycoon in an unnamed contemporary city in “rising Asia,” and of his pursuit of the nameless “pretty girl” whose path continually crosses but never quite converges with his. ![]() ![]() Imagine being able to try on all the possibilities of your life if you’d just made a slightly different decision along the road and you have The Midnight Library. Regret that you didn’t date that cute coworker? There’s another reality where you did and now have two kids with him. Regret that you never went to college? There’s another reality where you did. 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He thinks I’m a naive temple girl, who will bend easily to his demands. With a growing danger in the east and a precarious throne in the west, he steals me away from the sacred temple with daring plans all his own. He’s cunning, sensual, cruel…and he thinks that everything has a price. Only, he’s not the gentle male I always imagined. He’s the one I see in my dreams, all ruthless, merciless strength and a tempting smirk to match. Then a horde king-with molten eyes and the body of a battle god-shows up at the temple’s gates, demanding entry. I am the secret they could never let free. The priestesses have risked everything to keep me hidden from the dangerous hordes that roam the wild lands and the greedy king that sits on the throne in Dothik. ![]() Half-Dakkari, half-human, the first of my kind. My nights are spent pouring over the great stories of warrior kings and the queens that stole their hearts. My days are spent caring for an ancient temple and staying out of the priestesses’ way. High in the icy northlands of Dakkar, I’ve lived a sheltered, predictable, and safe life. The final book of the Horde Kings of Dakkar series is here… ![]() ![]() ![]() You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. 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