![]() ![]() Fisher provides advice on diversification, timing the market, and the importance of investing for the long-term. The second part of the book, "Conservative Investors Sleep Well," focuses on how to build a portfolio that minimizes risk while still providing solid returns. Fisher stresses the importance of understanding a company's management, products, financials, and industry trends to identify potential winners in the stock market. ![]() The first part, "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits," provides an overview of Fisher's investment philosophy and his approach to analyzing stocks. ![]() First published in 1958, this book provides readers with a thorough understanding of how to analyze stocks and invest in companies that have the potential for long-term growth. Fisher, a well-known investor and founder of Fisher & Company. "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" is a classic investment book written by Philip A. ![]()
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![]() ![]() However, while there, she discovered she could live on her income as a novelist, and she has been writing novels ever since. Hawk of May was published while she was preparing for University of Cambridge exams.īradshaw decided to stay in Cambridge for another year to write another novel and think about what to do for a career. She went on to advanced study at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she studied Classical philology. She attended the University of Michigan, where she won the Phillips Prize for Classical Greek in 19, as well as the Hopwood Prize for fiction for her first novel, Hawk of May. Gillian Bradshaw was born in Falls Church, Virginia, and spent part of her youth in Santiago, Chile. ![]() She has also written two novels set in the English Civil War. Her serious historical novels are often set in classical antiquity - Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Byzantine Empire, Saka and the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Imperial Rome, Sub-Roman Britain and Roman Britain. Gillian Marucha Bradshaw (born May 14, 1956) is an American writer of historical fiction, historical fantasy, children's literature, science fiction, and contemporary science-based novels, who lives in Britain. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Do you know nothing of society life, you little fool?” he said, shaking her. Startled, she pulled against his grip, but he squeezed tighter. Instead he reached out and gripped her by both arms, pulling her round to face him. When he didn’t move, she reached past him towards the doorknob, certain he would stand aside when he realised she had no intention of staying to listen to any more of this rubbish. ![]() In a flash Richard leapt from his seat and reached the door before her, slamming it shut in the startled Martha’s face and standing with his back to it. She made her way towards the door, which started to open as she reached it. Maybe you can bag yourself a wealthy heiress.” “If you want promotion you will have to concoct another plan. Then you want me to sell myself into slavery to some court fop so that you can get promotion.” She threw her napkin down on the table and stood up, her meal untouche d. “Not only do you want me to be disloyal to my mother by cultivating a friendship with people who rejected her for no good reason, but you also want me to go cap in hand, begging for favours from them. “You ask too much of me,” she said after a moment. ![]() ![]() It is a roller-coaster of a read, beautifully written. I highly recommend this novel for readers who enjoy Giles Kristian, Angus Donald and Bernard Cornwell. Highlights are the attack at Sainte Bernice and the wicked Countess, Catherine de Val, a malevolent, beautiful woman who rules Felice and who is superbly characterised. It is an exceptionally well-written book with such vivid prose it easily transports the reader back into the high medieval world. The novel’s characterisation is thoroughly rounded and convincing. The historical background is fascinating, accurate and thoroughly researched. The narrative is exceptionally pacey and atmospheric it has heart. This is a gripping story of pitched battles and treachery, portraying honour, loyalty and determination. ![]() He sees his name blackened, men slaughtered, and his son hunted by enemies close to the French crown as he tries along with the King’s negotiator, Thomas Chandos, to bring recalcitrant defaulters under English control. For five years mercenary bands and warring lords have fought over the French kingdom, and now Thomas Blackstone battles to enforce Edward’s claim. ![]() ![]() Edward III has agreed a treaty with the captive French king, John II, by which John ceded tracts of territory to the English. /rebates/2f97804510911472fScourge-Sharman-Nick-04510911402fplp&. It is a gritty novel set at the height of The Hundred Years’ War as Thomas Blackstone, the series protagonist, fights to impose English rule on France. Scourge of Wolves is fifth in The Master of War series and, this said, it stands alone. ![]() ![]() ![]() He seemed to act out of selfishness and spite even though his mission was to make his people realize that the Masarwa, long regarded as being at the bottom of the human totem pole, were people like everyone else. Throughout the read, I often wondered why the novel was titled after him and not Margaret Cadmore, the Masarwa, whose story it seemed was the one being told, from her birth, to her adoption and upbringing, to her trying to integrate into a Batswana village, and to her marriage. Maru, the man, is next in line to be chief of the small Batswana village, Dilepe where old practices die hard and prejudices linger. Maru, the novel, begins with the end and then spends the rest of the time reflecting upon the past. In either case, this is my first novel by Bessie Head, a South African who grew up in Botswana, and is supposed to be one of Africa’s best-known writers. It’s a Heinemann African Writers Series book, which is notable because when I was a young teenager in Ghana (where I first encountered the series) I thought I would one day finish reading all the books in the series. ![]() ![]() I can see myself discussing this in an advanced level literature class. Who would have thought a tiny book, a novella of sorts, would have so many heavy themes. It left my head reeling with so many questions and so many thoughts. I picked up this thin book for a quick read on a recent trip. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kraken takes the reader on a wild ride through the world of squid science and adventure, along the way answering some riddles about how the human brain works, what intelligence really is, and what monsters lie in the deep. Williams also examines other equally enthralling cephalopods, including the octopus and the cuttlefish, and explores their otherworldly abilities, such as camouflage and bioluminescence. More than just calamari, squid species are fascinatingly odd creatures, with much to teach us about our own species, not to mention the obsessive interest so many of us can't help but have for the enormous beast that is the giant squid, which is quick to attack sperm whales, and even submarines and boats. In Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid, journalist Wendy Williams introduces one of the ocean’s most charismatic, monstrous, enigmatic, and curious inhabitants: the squid. Aprašymas The enthralling examination of one of the most popular and most intriguing animals in the deep blue seaThe ocean is the last remaining source of profound mystery and discovery on Earth with eighty percent of it still largely unexplored thus, it is of perennial fascination. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Der Film, der auch von der deutschsprachigen Kritik gelobt wurde, erhielt den Oscar als bester fremdsprachiger Film und in Spanien einen Goya. Bereits nach wenigen Monaten war In ihren Augen in Argentinien die meistgesehene einheimische Produktion seit 35 Jahren. Der Regisseur Juan José Campanella vermischt das Genre Krimi mit einer melodramatischen Liebesgeschichte vor dem Hintergrund der in Argentinien aufziehenden Militärdiktatur (1976–1983). Er basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Eduardo Sacheri, der auch am Drehbuch mitschrieb. In ihren Augen (El secreto de sus ojos) ist ein argentinischer Spielfilm aus dem Jahr 2009 mit Ricardo Darín in der Hauptrolle.lícula de llengua estrangera, després de La historia oficial (1985).lícula argentina en guanyar l'Oscar a la millor pel.lícula argentina més reeixida del 2009 i una de les més taquilleres de la història del cinema argentí, amb més de dos milions i mig d'espectadors. ![]() El film, una coproducció realitzada amb capital local i espanyol, va aconseguir ser la pel La protagonitzen Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella, Javier Godino i. la La pregunta de sus ojos d'Eduardo Sacheri, qui va coescriure el guió amb Campanella.lícula argentina de drama i suspens dirigida per Juan José Campanella i estrenada l'any 2009. ![]() ![]() One of the exciting things about being a book blogger is being able to read review copies before a book or series is published. But with alliances being formed, betrayals taking shape, and ruthless revenge haunting the queens’ every move, one thing is certain: the last queen standing might not be the strongest…but she may be the darkest. ![]() The two queens have been shamefully faking their powers, taking care to keep each other, the island, and their powerful sister Mirabella none the wiser. Katharine is unable to tolerate the weakest poison, and Arsinoe, no matter how hard she tries, can’t make even a weed grow. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. And it’s not just a game of win or lose…it’s life or death. ![]() Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions.īut becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. ![]() Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Related Posts: Antigoddess (Antigoddess #1), Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1)Įvery generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. ![]() Title: Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1)įind it on the web: Buy from Amazon // Goodreads Date Completed: September 7, 2016 ![]() ![]() Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personalityof humankinds inclination toward evil, in whatever form that is. Decades ago our ancestors realized that it is not political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. They stand on the precipice of adulthood, and it is now up to them to decide what kind of people they will be. ![]() Welcome to the day we honor the democratic philosophy of our ancestors, which tells us that every man has the right to choose his own way in this world. And on the day of her Choosing Ceremony, her choice shocks her community and herself. She displayed equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless and Erudite, revealing that she wasdivergenta secret that shes determined to keep hidden, because in her world, what makes you different, makes you dangerous. ![]() Her aptitude test should have shown her which of the five factions she belonged in. ![]() In DIVERGENT, society has been divided into five factionsCandor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent).īeatrice Prior has come of age and must choose between staying with her family in Abnegation and transferring to another faction. Now that Ive read the book, I was pleasantly surprised by how close the studio stuck to the storyline. Truth be told, I saw the movie firstsomething I almost never do. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet while Lymond seeks victory on the battlefield he is haunted by his troubled past – chiefly the truth about his origins and his marriage (in name only) to young Englishwoman Philippa Somerville. There he is leading an army to rout the hated English from Calais. ’It is 1557 and legendary Scottish warrior Francis Crawford of Lymond is once more in France. ‘She is a brilliant story teller, The Lymond Chronicles will keep you reading late into the night, desperate to know the fate of the characters you have come to care deeply about.’ The Times Literary SupplementCheckmate is the sixth and final book in the series -–‘If they place the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left and ask me to give up my mission, I will not give it up until the truth prevails or I myself perish in the attempt. THE PERFECT GIFT for fans of A Game of Thrones. ![]() |