![]() ![]() ![]() It was after the fall of the Republic that Machiavelli composed his main political works: The Prince, the Discourses, and The History of Florence. Is his sinister reputation deserved? In answering this question Quentin Skinner traces the course of Machiavelli's adult life, from his time as Second Chancellor of the Florentine republic, during which he met with kings, the pope, and the Holy Roman Emperor to the fall of the republicin 1512 to his death in 1527. ![]() Niccolò Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil so that good may come of it, and his name has been a byword ever since for duplicity and immorality. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Two years later Delaney is nursing a broken heart. It may be years later, and still their face is the one you dream about.” ![]() ![]() “Legend says the first person you kiss at the party is the one you’ll never forget. She’s not big into guys who are players, both on and off the field, and he seems to be just that, especially when he disappears after giving her a single kiss and leaves her to ponder the legend he shared. It’s Freshman year at Waylon University when Delaney finds herself at a bonfire party where she catches the eye of a super attractive guy who turns out to be the star defensive linebacker for the university. She isn’t one to be fazed by a set of broad shoulders.Īfter the semester ends, will the bad boy land the nerd girl or will the secrets they keep from each other separate them forever? Too bad for him Delaney’s sworn off dating athletes forever after her last heartbreak.īut Maverick wants more than one night and refuses to give up on winning Delaney’s heart. The most talented football player in the country. ![]() One sexy hook-up later, her mind is blown and the secret’s out. She knows she shouldn’t, but what else is she going to do with her boring Valentine’s Day? His dare? Spend one night in his bed-a night he promises will be unforgettable-and she can solve the mystery of who he is. The late night text is random, but “Bad Ass Athlete” sure seems to know who she is… ![]() ![]() The easy answer is that the idea for A Song For A New Day came from a story called “Our Lady Of The Open Road” that I wrote a few years ago. ![]() Ha! I’d like to say I was, but I honestly can’t remember. Where did you get the idea for A Song For A New Day? Or, more specifically, what venue were you playing music in when you came up with it? Then she gets a job that sends her out into the world - into Luce’s world, specifically. Rosemary Laws grew up entirely in the After, working for an online megacorporation that makes sure nobody ever has to leave the safety of their home. In the new After, congregation laws have been enacted, supposedly for the protection of the people, and she has to find new ways to get her music out there. It’s about music and human connection and making art in troubled times, I guess? Um, Luce Cannon is a musician who was just on the cusp of making it big when events transpired to turn everything she had known into a Before. ![]() To start, what is A Song For A New Day about? In the following email interview, Pinsker talks about how her life as a musician, and as a person, inspired this story, what she listened to while writing it, and what other music books she read in preparation to writing hers. So it probably won’t surprise anyone that her first novel, A Song For A New Day ( paperback, Kindle) is a musical dystopian sci-fi story. ![]() To others, she’s a singer / songwriter, most recently with the band The Stalking Horses. ![]() To some, Sarah Pinsker is a writer of science fiction stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() I guess if I was describing the plot of THE WALL OF WINNIPEG AND ME, I'd say it's one part Devil Wears Prada, one part The Proposal, and one part Muriel's Wedding. Sal, with her iron backbone, was of no endless source of amusement to me, whereas Vanessa felt much more timid and doormatty. I also did not like Vanessa as much as I liked Sal. I felt like Aiden was much less endearing than Kulti, maybe because Kulti's gruffness made sense, whereas Aiden just kind of looked like a jerk. THE WALL OF WINNIPEG AND ME falls squarely between those two extremes. Calling it a "piece of sh*t" would be generous, because at least sh*t can be used as fertilizer, but this garbage was utterly toxic and I loathed it. Take KULTI, which is an amazing book and movie-worthy in terms of pacing and plot, and then take LINGUS, which deserves to be blasted into the sun because I think it's unspeakably awful. ![]() It's fascinating to me how her style can remain consistent and yet the quality of how she applies it can vary so much. ![]() So at this point, I think I'm well on the way to becoming an unofficial Mariana Zapata expert, having read 5 of her books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nederlander, LaChanze, John Gore, Patrick Catullo, Aaron Glick Producers: David Stone, Atlantic Theater Company, James L. Chambers, National Black Theatre, Tim Levy, Bards on Broadway, Bob Boyett, Ghostbuster Productions, James Ijames, Cynthia Stroum, Audible, Adam Cohen, Blake Devillier, Firemused Productions/JamRock Productions, The Forstalls, Iconic Vizion/Corey Brunish, John Gore Organization, Midnight Theatricals, David Miner, Robin Gorman Newman/PickleStar Theatricals, Marc Platt, Play on Shakespeare, The Wilma Theater, Colman Domingo, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Jones, Dylan Pager, Roundabout Theatre Company, Oskar Eustis, Patrick Willingham, Mandy Hackett, Sade Lythcott, Jonathan McCrory Producers: No Guarantees, Public Theater Productions, Rashad V. Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Williamstown Theatre Festival ![]() Producers: Second Stage Theater, Carole Rothman, Khady Kamara, Atlantic Theater Company Harris, Lena Waithe, Tucker Tooley Entertainment, CJ Uzomah, Ann Cox, Gina Purlia, Bob Yari, Marvin Peart, Colleen Camp, Marvet Britto, Jeremy Green, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jillian Robbins, The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Patrick Willingham, Mandy Hackett Bourkoff, 59th & Prairie Entertainment, RuPaul Charles, I'll Have Another Productions, Jeremy O. ![]() Producers: Lee Daniels, BET: Black Entertainment Television, Len Blavatnik, Ron Burkle, Aryeh B. ![]() ![]() ![]() Those torturously beautiful sins that provoke our deepest, most deviant desires. It’s the lovely bad things that steal into our thoughts in the middle of the night and tempt us across the line between good and evil. ![]() She’s desperate for the answer, and she’ll do anything to uncover it-even make a deal with me, dangling freedom like bait on a hook.īut she’s far more tempting to sink my teeth into than any lure. ![]() James thinks of all the cryptic eyes watching her in the killing fields… I wonder if the hairs on her delicate nape lifted away, if a thrilling shiver raced over her soft skin. Really, eyes are the windows to the soul? Then I wonder what little Halen St. ![]() And now, to get answers, I’m forced to make a deal with the devil himself. He’s the leading expert on all things Nietzsche and occult. I fear falling into Kallum Locke’s pitch-black soul.īut after I’m called to a crime scene to investigate the most gruesome act of violence to descend on the legendary town of Hollow’s Row, I have no choice but to turn to Kallum, to the man I had locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane. They say eyes are the windows to the soul-but when he looks at me through hues of slate-green and flaring blue embers, I’m terrified of what’s watching me from behind his clashing gaze, something primal and feverish that threatens to melt me like fire in ice. ![]() ![]() ![]() So, the board / conflict is pretty firmly cemented the stakes are higher, and we still have the Rokura - the superweapon - in the hands of Cade Sura. Praxis, though, isn’t taking this opposition lightly, and they’ve responded by doubling down on their cruel control. They’ve gone from a small resistance movement to a real threat against the Praxis kingdom, rallying systems and forces to their side. In We Are Mayhem, we follow our ragtag Renegades group in the days following their major victory that closed Black Star Renegades. It takes place very soon after the events of Black Star Renegades a few months separates the two books. ![]() In the following email interview, Moreci discusses what inspired and influenced this second space novel, as well as the comic books he’s also been writing.įirst off, what is We Are Mayhem about, when does it take place, and how does it connect, both narratively and chronologically, to the previous book in this series, Black Star Renegades? With We Are Mayhem ( hardcover, Kindle), writer Michael Moreci is continuing the sci-fi space opera saga he began last year with Black Star Renegades. ![]() ![]() ![]() Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog ” Corey Hawkins, “Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog ” Sean Hayes, “Good Night, Oscar ” Stephen McKinley Henderson, “Between Riverside and Crazy ” Wendell Pierce, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.”īest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Jessica Chastain, “A Doll’s House ” Jodie Comer, “Prima Facie ” Jessica Hecht, “Summer, 1976 ” Audra McDonald, “Ohio State Murders.”īest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Christian Borle, “Some Like It Hot ” J. ![]() ![]() ![]() Includes a Reading Group Guide and an excerpt from A summer affair (2008)Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:07:27 Boxid IA1865314 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Soon Josh is part of the chaotic household, acting as babysitter, confidant, and, eventually, something more, while the women confront their pasts and map out their futures They're all trying to escape from something: Melanie, after seven failed in-vitro attempts, discovered her husband's infidelity and then her own pregnancy Brenda embarked on a passionate affair with an older student that got her fired from her prestigious job as a professor in New York and her sister Vickie, mother to two small boys, has been diagnosed with cancer. Burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues, the women - two sisters and one friend - make their way to the sisters' tiny cottage, inherited from an aunt. It's summer on Nantucket, and as the season begins, three women arrive at the local airport, observed by Josh, a local boy, home from college. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth - Collects vol. It’s also a darkly comedic sass-and-sorcery series starring Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief." - WorldCat - ISBN 1607069458 - Kindle ![]() "Who are the Rat Queens? A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they’re in the business of killing all god’s creatures for profit. Rat Queens #24 Rat Queens #23 Rat Queens #22 Rat Queens #21 Rat Queens #20 Rat Queens #19 Rat Queens #18 Rat Queens #17 Rat Queens #16 Rat Queens Special: Swamp Romp Rat Queens #15 Rat Queens #14 Rat Queens #13 Rat Queens #12 Rat Queens #11 Rat Queens Special: Neon Static Rat Queens #10 Rat Queens #9 Rat Queens #8 Rat Queens #7 Rat Queens #6 Rat Queens Special: Orc Dave #1 Rat Queens #5 Collections Trade Paperbacks Please check your local comic shop for copies of this issue. This is the current issue, and therefore no story information will be posted about this issue. Faeyri - Betty's romantic interest, who doesn't want all that adventuring drama.Gerrig Lake- leader of the Merchant's Guild.Orc Dave - Quiet Orc Druid, part of Four Daves.Tizzie - Prim & Proper Wizard, leader of the Peaches.Sawyer Silver- Guard Captain, reformed assassin.Violet Blackforge - Hipster Dwarven Fighter. ![]() Publication Dates Last Issue Rat Queens #24: Current Issue Rat Queens #25: Next Issue none scheduled Status ![]() |