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Steve’s 2023 Year in Books
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Steve Bivans
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Tolkien, Stephen King, Daniel Quinn
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October 2012
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Size Matters: The Viking Siege of Paris and the Bridge at Pontoise
According to Abbo of St-Germain-des-Prés,in 885, the Northman Sigfried and 40,000 Vikings ascended the Seine river in 700 boats and besieged the glimmering city of Paris for nearly a year, only deigning to depart after Charles the Fat paid them 700 lbs of silver.
Almost ever since, scholars have attempted to use these numbers to answer an important question; how la
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like a beautiful ton of bricks This is simply one of the most beautifully written books in any language. The WORDS! Omg the words. Hit me like a beautiful ton of bricks. |
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Wanna drink the blood of your enemies? get to f’n work! As a street food vendor myself, I can say that Ms. Shipman’s book is a kick in the ass and an inspiration to anyone thinking about getting into business or for those of us who hit the inevitable ...more |
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Chris, the guru of Gratitude, has again given us a jewel. Through his own personal story, he reveals that Grief is simply the price of Love, and that with Gratitude, we can transform our grief into life itself. Read it. You'll thank me later. ...more |
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Chris, the guru of Gratitude, has again given us a jewel. Through his own personal story, he reveals that Grief is simply the price of Love, and that with Gratitude, we can transform our grief into life itself. Read it. You'll thank me later. ...more |
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a delightfully magical read Another Blenkinsop triumph! If you love magical tales and girl power then you’ll love Kitty Tweddle! Plus, pirate treasure and sea monsters! |
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“But of all the women, Éowyn is the strongest, quite frankly, because of her weakness: she's only human. She has no special powers, no immortality, only her innate grit and drive to be something more than just a shield-maiden. And nothing whatsoever will stay her on her course. In the end, she, and her faithful companion Merry, take down the Witch King HIMSELF! She kills the one servant of Sauron that no man can kill; she kills Fear itself in what is arguably the most dramatic moment in the books. I think it is significant that the embodiment of Fear in The Lord of the Rings is slain by a woman. In fact, only a woman is capable of doing so.”
― Be a Hobbit, Save the Earth: the Guide to Sustainable Shire Living
― Be a Hobbit, Save the Earth: the Guide to Sustainable Shire Living
“After ripping through The Hobbit, I read The Lord of the Rings, and the darkness of that story enveloped me in a way that is impossible to explain. I was THERE, in a very real sense. The fear was palpable in the presence of the black-cloaked Ringwraiths, and I could taste the sulfurous fumes of Mt. Doom. I could smell the sweat of horses and hot leather and hear the clash of battle as I rode with the Rohan on the fields of the Pelennor. I bled and died with the sun-king, Theoden. I rose again with Eowyn’s defiance of the Witch King. I soared with the Eagles as they swept the broken and bloody body of Frodo and his companion Samwise the Brave from the smoking crags of the fiery mountain. There has never been such a story, and I don’t think there ever shall be again.”
― Be a Hobbit, Save the Earth: the Guide to Sustainable Shire Living
― Be a Hobbit, Save the Earth: the Guide to Sustainable Shire Living
“Frodo did not destroy the Ring; Gollum did. This is something he would always be reminded of, especially since the very finger that bore the Ring was missing. In the end Frodo had failed. His will was not strong enough to complete the deed. However, it is doubtful if anyone else could have completed it either. The great King Isildur had failed in the same spot at the Cracks of Doom. No one else had even attempted it, nor were they willing to try; only Frodo had the courage to carry the burden to the fire. For lacking the strength to throw it in we should forgive him.”
― Be a Hobbit, Save the Earth: the Guide to Sustainable Shire Living
― Be a Hobbit, Save the Earth: the Guide to Sustainable Shire Living
“In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.”
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“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
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“For you little gardener and lover of trees, I have only a small gift. Here is set G for Galadriel, but it may stand for garden in your tongue. In this box there is earth from my orchard, and such blessing as Galadriel has still to bestow is upon it. It will not keep you on your road, nor defend you against any peril; but if you keep it and see your home again at last, then perhaps it may reward you. Though you should find all barren and laid waste, there will be few gardens in Middle-earth that will bloom like your garden, if you sprinkle this earth there. Then you may remember Galadriel, and catch a glimpse far off of Lórien, that you have seen only in our winter. For our spring and our summer are gone by, and they will never be seen on earth again save in memory.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.”
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“I look East, West, North, South, and I do not see Sauron; but I see that Saruman has many descendants. We Hobbits have against them no magic weapons. Yet, my gentlehobbits, I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.”
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