In the last ten years there has been a conscious effort by some writers of Fantasy fiction, particularly in Britain, to move away from the over-familiar and increasingly worn cliches of epic Fantasy created by genre greats like the British writer J.R.R. Tolkien (‘The Lord of the Rings’) or the Irish writer C.S. Lewis (the ‘Narnia’ series), and to venture into new forms of the field more suited to modern reality, with a contemporary urban feel to the most supernatural or imaginative of settings. Nicknamed by some as the ‘New Weird’ wave, a small generation of authors have emerged…
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China MieVille’s ‘Perdido Street Station’
In 2003, DC newcomer Gail Simone took over from Chuck Dixon as the writer for “Birds of Prey”, an all girl super hero comic starring Barbara “Oracle” Gordon and Black Canary. She decided to add Huntress to the team and the combination of these three characters and Simone’s flare for mixing drama with wit and action resulted in her 5 year run being one of the finest of the decade. Let’s be honest, strong women have not been given a fair hand in the entertainment world.
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Birds of Prey – The Gail Simone Years
Gregory pens an intimate tale of deceit, deception, greed and vanity with “The Red Queen. Young Margaret Beaufort believes she is called by God. She also believes that it is her responsibility to give the House of Lancaster its next heir.
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Book Review for "The Red Queen"
It’s still not clear to most of us why Harry Potter became a rage among the readers and Artemis Fowl did not (though a strong fan following for the later series also cannot be denied). We should be just glad that we got both the series almost at the same time. There are, of course, some similarities between the two characters. Both of them live in a world of magic though it’s secret (the magic world) and has to remain that way. The way J K Rowling has written Harry Potter is slightly conservative, but Artemis Fowl innovates his way out of trouble (and creates anarchy).
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Artemis Fowl and The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer – Book Review
Dr. Russell L. Blaylock M.D. has written a compelling book detailing the results of numerous studies of the effects of what he calls “excitotoxins” in the brain. “Excitotoxins,” such as glutamate (Monosodium Glutamate, commonly called MSG) and Aspartate (such as the artificial sweetener, NutraSweet) are among the over seventy types of special amino acids present in the brain that are known to be largely present in most packaged processed foods available today.
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Excitotoxins – The Taste That Kills – (A Review of Chapters 1 and 2)
Building wealth is an inside job. If you want your prosperity to grow on your outside, then you will have to grow on the inside. Why is this? The way we think directly impacts what decisions we make and the actions that we take. If you want to become wealthy, then you are going to have to think and act like the wealthy do.
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Wealth Tips From Books – Five Essential Wealth Building Books to Read
Losing body fat can be a struggle at the best of times. Emotional, physical and mental problems are all too frequent when trying to burn fat, unless you have the best workout books for fat burning. There are some shockers out there, there are ones that give you mediocre information, and then there are ones that will take you from being whatever size you are, to a perfect beach body if you put in the work.
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Workout Books For Fat Burning – Burn The Most Fat With The Best Book
Mockingjay is the third and final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy, following Hunger Games and Catching Fire. If you haven’t read these books, I would highly recommend them. They aren’t uplifting, humorous, or light but a good read still.
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Mockingjay Book Review (Hunger Games Series)
Dorothy I. Riddle brings the reader to a state of self actualization with brilliant observations coupled with persuasive arguments on the subject of existence in “Principles of Abundance for the Cosmic Citizen: Enough for Us All, Volume One.” Expertly written with hundreds of cohesive summaries of other quoted intellectuals, writers, philosophers and scientists, Dr. Riddle reveals to the reader an array of research and evidence to support her views.
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Principles of Abundance for the Cosmic Citizen – Author, Dorothy Riddle – Book Review
