The Ministry of Nostalgia
The Ministry of Nostalgia

Author: Owen Hatherley

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2016-01-19

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1784780774

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In this brilliant polemical rampage, Owen Hatherley shows how our past is being resold in order to defend the indefensible. From the marketing of a "make do and mend" aesthetic to the growing nostalgia for a utopian past that never existed, a cultural distraction scam prevents people grasping the truth of their condition. The Ministry of Nostalgia explodes the creation of a false history: a rewriting of the austerity of the 1940s and 1950s, which saw the development of a welfare state while the nation crawled out of the devastations of war. This period has been recast to explain and offer consolation for the violence of neoliberalism, an ideology dedicated to the privatisation of our common wealth. In coruscating prose-with subjects ranging from Ken Loach's documentaries, Turner Prize-shortlisted video art, London vernacular architecture, and Jamie Oliver's cooking-Hatherley issues a passionate challenge to the injunction to keep calm and carry on.

Keep Calm and Carry on
Keep Calm and Carry on

Author: Bex Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781904897347

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"'Keep Calm and Carry On' has become one of the most recognisable slogans of the twenty-first century. But where is it from and why has it resonated so strongly with the modern British public? This book reveals the truth behind the now infamous poster, tracing its origins to the Second World War, when it was created to allay public panic in the event of a German invasion. Of course this feared invasion never happened, and the poster would have been resigned to the dusty shelves of history were it not for a chance discovery by the owners of Barter Books in 2001. Later seized upon as an encouragement in the economic crisis, 'Keep Calm' went on to become arguably the most successful meme in history. This book tells the story of that phenomenon, including colourful posters and archive photographs throughout."--

Keep Calm and Sparkle On! (The Wish List #2)
Keep Calm and Sparkle On! (The Wish List #2)

Author: Sarah Aronson

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2017-12-26

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0545941601

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When a wish come true is not what it seems . . . Isabelle has finally made it to Level Two of Fairy Godmother Training -- but just barely. She'll really have to step it up if she wants to pass the next challenge.Level Two of training comes with a twist, however. Isabelle's newest practice princess isn't who she expected -- and granting the new girl's wish means making her old princess, Nora, really unhappy.What's a godmother to do? Isabelle will need more than a few magic sparkles to make everyone happily ever after this time!

Storm Born
Storm Born

Author: Richelle Mead

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1420106384

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A spirit hunter is the target of deadly danger and Otherworldly lust in a paranormal thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Vampire Academy. Eugenie Markham is a powerful shaman who does a brisk trade banishing spirits and fey who cross into the mortal world. Call her a mercenary if you want, but it’s just business to her. Until now. Hired to find a teenager who’s been taken to the Otherworld, Eugenie encounters a startling prophecy—one that uncovers dark secrets about her past and claims that her first-born will threaten the future of the world. Now Eugenie is a hot target for every ambitious demon in the Otherworld, and the ones who don't want to knock her up want her dead. Eugenie handles a Glock as smoothly as she wields a wand, but she needs some formidable allies for a job like this. She finds them in Dorian, a seductive fairy king with a taste for bondage, and Kiyo, a gorgeous shape-shifter who redefines animal attraction. But with enemies growing bolder and time running out, the greatest danger is yet to come, and it lies in the dark powers that are stirring to life within Eugenie herself. "Storm Born is my kind of book -- great characters, dark worlds, and just the right touch of humor. A great read." --Patricia Briggs

Discovery of a Queen
Discovery of a Queen

Author: Elizabeth Brown

Publisher: Elizabeth Brown

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1954393008

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My sisters have been in a magical slumber for centuries, my mother, the last great battle queen is dead, leaving me to face the world alone. I’m the last of my kind. A queen, not entirely shifter and not entirely witch but a perfect blend of both. I’ve been living in hiding for over four hundred years, avoiding ties with the supernatural community, specifically the Council and the Alpha of all alphas, like the plague. That is, until I find myself challenging for alpha of the New England pack in front of both the shifter and witch communities. Now, I’m the leader of both. Fuck, I’m the leader of both. I’ve put myself square in the Council’s sight, my time in hiding forcibly over. But the Council is the least of my problems. Malick, the oldest Archdemon to walk the earth, is still alive despite my mother's best efforts. His legion growing in number by the day. I may want to keep myself and my new community away from his legion, but I know that the only way we’ll ever be safe is to kill him. Countless queens have tried. All of them failing even with their alpha dragon mates and supernatural communities. I’m going to have to work with the Alpha, Caleb, and the Council if I want to end Malick and wipe out his legion for good. Unfortunately, Caleb also happens to be my mate, as in soulmate, together forever, never to be parted, partners in crime. I know that he won’t let me go after we’ve finished wiping Malick from the face of the earth. But I refuse to be subject to the Council’s control. I also need to find a way to wake my sisters because what’s coming for us is far worse than Malick and there are no guarantees there will be any survivors.

The Queene's Cure
The Queene's Cure

Author: Karen Harper

Publisher: Dell

Published: 2009-02-04

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0307566137

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Karen Harper’s crowd-pleasing Elizabeth I Mystery series, hailed as “extraordinary” by the Los Angeles Times, continues with this marvelous, majestic novel. The Queene’s Cure transports us into the shadowy world of sixteenth-century medicine, as an enlightened young queen seeks the cures that could heal a realm and transform a land.... In late summer of 1562, within a bedchamber at Whitehall Palace, Elizabeth Tudor prays for the recovery of the delirious, fever-racked friend who has served her for twenty-six of her twenty-nine years. Ten days later, with loyal, handsome Lord Robert Dudley by her side, the queen leads her retinue to London’s Royal College of Physicians to enlist two learned doctors in the raging battle against disease and pestilence. She knows she has no trusted allies in Peter Pascal and John Caius, ardent Papist sympathizers with long-standing grievances against the Tudors. Yet even the stalwart queen is shaken when a frighteningly lifelike effigy of herself ravaged by pox turns up in her royal coach. Elizabeth’s fear that the counterfeit corpse is a harbinger of impending tragedy comes to fruition when ever more terrifying transgressions penetrate the very heart of her royal precincts. With the help of her Privy Plot Council and an intriguing healer whose curative arts are at odds with the dangerous Royal College, Elizabeth resolves to unmask a murderer who wears a false face and is beset by the vilest humours of the soul. But when she herself falls ill, an entire realm is caught in the grip of a treasonous conspiracy to take a queen’s life and throne. Peopled by a rich cast of fascinating figures from the swirling mists of history, The Queene’s Cure brings a vibrant, violent age unforgettably to life. Racing to a chilling climax where ordinary men play God and where Elizabeth Tudor could meet the same fate as her mother, Anne Boleyn, this is a gripping and captivating story of an indomitable young monarch...fighting for her life, her realm, and her rightful crown.

100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know
100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know

Author: Frank Erwich

Publisher: New In Chess

Published: 2024-09-01

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13: 9083387739

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Chess is 99% tactics. A tactical pattern is all about immediate threats that produce immediate results. Learning the 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know will dramatically improve your performance. This book is the long-awaited middlegame companion to 100 Endgames You Must Know, the all-time bestseller of all chess books published by New In Chess. In three hundred pages, experienced chess trainer Frank Erwich teaches you all the tactical patterns that - occur most frequently - are easy to learn - Explain ideas that are useful in practical games You will get a huge amount of clear, concise and easy-to-follow chess tactics instruction, ideal for every post-beginner, club player and candidate master who wants to win more games.

Happily Inner After
Happily Inner After

Author: Deidre Madsen

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2015-08-03

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1504336542

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Getting the love you want, and keeping the love you have, are two entirely different things. For many of us, being able to first and foremost attract Mr. Right into our lives can be insurmountable. Once attracted, often the next daunting hurdle is keeping love alive and well, without sabotaging our happiness. Happily Inner After is a complete system of easy-to-do exploratory exercises using lucid imagination and internal archetypes. Your wildest dreams of having a fulfilling love life can now come true. Deidre Madsen can help you find and keep the love of your life. Like a song from the Jane Austen-inspired, Hindi Cinema Bollywood film, Bride and Prejudice, Anu Maliks romantic lyrics suggest: Show Me the Way; Take Me to Love!

The Elf Queen's Daughter
The Elf Queen's Daughter

Author: Breanna M. Seymour

Publisher: Booktango

Published: 2015-12-18

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1468967320

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The Elf Queen's Daughter is the first of Breanna Seymour's Epic Series, The Constance Chronicles. When Constance finally decides to read the diary her mother left her, she finally realizes that not only has her entire childhood been a lie, but her father is really an evil elf king from another world. In the other world Ivan was sought out by the dragon Blon and sent to our world to find a specific special girl named Aspyn. Constance's mother, Aspyn, goes through so much trouble trying to fight a star-crossed love and make her way back to her own home once again. Join Constance, Ivan, Aspyn and many more interesting characters in the epic fantasy adventure!

The Queen's Rise
The Queen's Rise

Author: Bethany Atazadeh

Publisher: Grace House Press

Published: 2024-10-01

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13:

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The Queen's Rise omnibus contains three full length YA Fantasy novels, two exclusive bonus scenes, character art, a map, a reading playlist, and more! Imagine if the evil fairy tale queen wasn’t born wicked… Jezebel is just an innocent girl harboring a dangerous shape-shifting ability. If anyone discovers her secret, they’ll fear and shun her at best. At worst, they’ll try to remove it… killing her in the process. But when a portal to the human world offers the perfect opportunity to slip away, she seizes her chance to explore her power. Until someone sees. Someone Jezebel thought she could trust. Exploiting her power for his own gain, small demands turn into ruthless blackmail until Jezebel’s caught between two impossible choices: keeping her freedom or her innocence. In a gripping tale of betrayal and self-discovery, The Queen’s Rise brings a captivating twist to classic fairy tales like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast… showing how even the darkest queens aren’t the villains in their own story. If you love fairytale retellings like The Lunar Chronicles and supernatural abilities like the Graceling series, then you’ll love the Queen’s Rise series! This omnibus includes three novels—The Secret Gift, The Secret Shadow, and The Secret Curse—along with two exclusive bonus scenes. Set in the same universe of The Stolen Kingdom series, it unveils an origin story of a minor character. You do not need to read one series before the other; both series stand on their own.