![]() ![]() ![]() It discusses the institutional interpretations of the critical developments of economic history such as, the Industrial Revolution and the Great Divergence, with an emphasis on differences between the two scholarly traditions, namely, the Original Institutional Economics and the New Institutional Economics. Besides examining different approaches to technology and its impact on economic and social life, it analyzes the role of institutions in history. This thesis is an attempt to reassess the long debated issues of economic history from the perspective of institutional economics. ![]()
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![]() as Homer the Tortoise), 1949 Four Farthings and a Thimble, 1950 A Castle and Sixpence, 1951 Benbow and the Angels, 1952 The Family That Grew and Grew, 1952 Treasure Trove, 1952 Homer Sees the Queen, 1953 The Young Magicians, 1954 Lions in the Potting Shed (in U.S. ![]() Publications: The Fighting Cocks, 1949 Nonsense Said the Tortoise (in U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Sweet Series is made up of six books. In this series, Caelen and Rionna get married and she returns as wife to the laird of the McDonald clan. The McCabe trilogy began with the book “In Bed With A Highlander”, the second book “Seduction Of A Highland Lass”, and the third book, “Never Love A Highlander”. ![]() She followed up this series with the McCabe trilogy. ![]() Sexy and historical, the series follows a woman who falls for a Scottish highlander man. It’s the erotic story of a clandestine love affair between members of two different clans. The series is a romantic historical novel set in Scotland. The Mongomerys & Armstrongs series was Maya Banks’ first published work. She frequently makes appearances at writer’s conferences and does public speaking events. She has been on the New York Times #1 Bestseller List and is a bestselling author of romance novels in USA Today. Maya loves to hunt and go outdoors and fish with her family when she’s not writing. Maya Banks has a husband and three children and lives in Texas with their pet dog. She has written a number of books and series, including the Montgomerys and Armstrongs series, the McCabe trilogy, the Sweet Suspense series, the KGI series, Colters’ Legacy, and more. Maya Banks is an American author of contemporary romance, Scottish historical fiction, erotic romance, and romantic suspense. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Professor Gerald Lambeau posts a difficult combinatorial mathematics problem on a blackboard as a challenge for his graduate students, Will solves the problem anonymously, stunning both the students and Lambeau. He works as a janitor at MIT and spends his free time drinking with his friends Chuckie, Billy, and Morgan. ![]() ![]() Twenty-year-old Will Hunting of South Boston is a natural genius who is self-taught and been recently paroled from jail. In 2014, it was ranked at number 53 in The Hollywood Reporter 's "100 Favorite Films" list. At the 70th Academy Awards, it received nominations in nine categories, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won in two: Best Supporting Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for Affleck and Damon. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $225 million during its theatrical run against a $10 million budget. It stars Robin Williams, Damon, Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver. Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American psychological drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. ![]() ![]() THE QUEEN'S SECRET was an good conclusion to this duology. With a little more consistency in character development and more development of the plot itself, this could have been a decent read. I'm really tired of conclusions of duologies being so rushed and not getting the ending that characters or readers deserve. ![]() ![]() I don't want spoilers, so I won't elaborate on that but I just did not love that ending. ![]() And all that rushing through the plot left me with an ending I found to be utterly inconsistent with the character development of the first book. Even Lilac and Cal had their self-pitying moments of miscommunication that was just so grating to read. Not just that, but the characters themselves were just awful. This book reads so dang rushed, like the author was just trying to finish it without tying up all the loose ends, of which there were an abundant amount come book's end. But other than that? Well, I was left wanting more from this book. ![]() Also, De l a Cruz's writing style and her worldbuilding are both pretty solid. I loved the forbidden romance between Lilac and Cal and all of the tension it caused both for them and for the plot as a whole. I liked the premise of Lilac having to juggle her love for Cal and her duty to her country and her husband. ![]() ![]() ![]() And, when Jewish spies were sent in to the Land of Israel and came back with reports of great dangers, it was the men who refused to enter. ![]() While the Jewish people wandered through the desert, the men repeatedly complained to Moses and even asked to go back to Egypt. Who, in the face of adversity, held steadfast to her trust in the Almighty, even when those around her did not. After Moses received the Torah from God at Mount Sinai, he offered it first to the Jewish women, for he knew that if they accepted it, it would become part of the Jewish people for all time. The one who was offered the Torah first from Moses. Their faith and foresight were said to have merited the redemption from Egypt of the entire Jewish people. The women realized that God would indeed save them and bring them out of Egypt, so they went to their husbands in order to bring more Jewish children into the world. When Pharaoh decreed that all first-born Jewish males should die, the men decided to refrain from relations with their wives so as not to bring any more children into this world. If not for her, the Jewish people would still be enslaved in Egypt. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m also actively seeking nonfiction, speculative fiction, young adult and new adult GLBTQ titles regardless of a romantic element. In the GLBTQ market, I am always looking for more erotic romance and sweet romance stories featuring characters who identify as “queer”. Am also looking for hard science fiction romance (space opera, interplanetary adventure with a romance story at its core) and erotica featuring accurate depictions of the BDSM lifestyle. Would love to see a historical romance set in 1920s through 1940s or during the 1980s in the South, specifically. In the Erotica & Romance market, I’m particularly interested in contemporary romance stories featuring persons of color, intercultural relationships, small-town contemporary romances and historical romance set outside of the Victorian period. ![]() I’m actively acquiring romance titles in all sub-genres and young adult fiction, new adult and speculative fiction in the Gay & Lesbian market as well as erotica with or without a romantic element. ![]() ![]() The books tend to fall in the gray zone between memoir and fiction. Sara moved back to California where for 25 years, she alternated between writing for television and writing books. Her work is collected in the textbook, The Literary Journalists, by Norman Sims. She was one of the group who developed the craft of literary journalism, combining the techniques of fiction with rigorous reporting to bring real events and people to life. Returning to New York, she worked as a free-lance journalist for magazines ranging from Harpers, Esquire and the New York Times to Rolling Stone. Her first job was with the Boston Globe, where she became a national correspondent, covering everything from the election campaigns of Bobby Kennedy and Richard Nixon to the Woodstock Festival and the student strike at Columbia. She went to Berkeley in the Sixties, where the rite of passage was to "get stoned, get laid and get arrested."Īfter Berkeley she headed for New York to attend the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Sara was born in 1943 and grew up in California. ![]() ![]() In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy which was edited by Timothy Truman followed by Cat Yronwode for the bulk of its 50 issue run. He contributed stories to the Hama edited re-boot of Savage Tales highlighted by a number of western stories illustrated by John Severin. Writing under the name "Charles Dixon", he would eventually take over the lead feature of Conan on a semi-regular basis. Editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' Savage Sword of Conan. Career 1980s Ĭhuck Dixon's earliest comics work was writing Evangeline for Comico Comics in 1984 and then for First Comics. ![]() ![]() He is a graduate of Upper Darby High School (1972). Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s.ĭixon was born in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Upper Darby, reading comics of all genres. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is written as a series of journal entries made by Piranesi as he records his day to day life within the House. Throughout the book Piranesi must aid the Other in his quest to uncover this Knowledge. An enigmatic character, The Other believes there is A Great and Secret Knowledge hidden somewhere in the World, and once discovered it will grant untold power. There is one more living person within the House too though – The Other. We also see that Piranesi is fairly secluded, his company consists of the array of statues found in each ‘vestibule’, and the bones of the dead. The House is frequently hit with Tidal waves, floors are regularly flooded, and Piranesi spends his days tracking where and when the waves will strike next. You see The World Piranesi lives in is the House, consisting of a multitude of hallways, corridors and rooms, a labyrinth if you will. Our main protagonist, Piranesi, is a man who believes he is in his thirties, and we immediately see he’s confined inside a house quite like no other. Piranesi begins with Clarke throwing us into the middle of the story. ![]() Clarke whisked me away on a surreal, magical and somewhat sinister journey, written with such grace. However, with Piranesi being rather short, at around 245 pages, I thought this would be a perfect read to sample the author’s work, and I was not left disappointed. I had heard much praise for her previous novel Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell, but I hadn’t actually read it myself. ![]() Piranesi, by award winning author Susanna Clarke, is a novel which left me awed by its charm and beauty. ![]() |