![]() ![]() Nor yet does the pure maiden Hestia love Aphrodite's works. Nor does laughter-loving Aphrodite ever tame in love Artemis, the huntress with shafts of gold for she loves archery and the slaying of wild beasts in the mountains, the lyre also and dancing and thrilling cries and shady woods and the cities of upright men. She first taught earthly craftsmen to make chariots of war and cars variously wrought with bronze, and she, too, teaches tender maidens in the house and puts knowledge of goodly arts in each one's mind. First is the daughter of Zeus who holds the aegis, bright-eyed Athene for she has no pleasure in the deeds of golden Aphrodite, but delights in wars and in the work of Ares, in strifes and battles and in preparing famous crafts. ![]() Yet there are three hearts that she cannot bend nor yet ensnare. Muse, tell me the deeds of golden Aphrodite the Cyprian, who stirs up sweet passion in the gods and subdues the tribes of mortal men and birds that fly in air and all the many creatures that the dry land rears, and all the sea: all these love the deeds of rich-crowned Cytherea. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Fast moving and bloody, this is an adventure that is not for the faint hearted. David re-creates Georgian Ireland, vividly weaving the hero Lorn’s mission to bring Colonel Black, a maverick brutal monster who kills for pleasure to justice, into a wealth of period detail and description. ![]() “Liberty or Death” the debut novella of David Cook is a tour de force, a superb struggle through the battles of the Irish troubles of 1798. ![]() The inaccuracy of the Brown Bess appears to be based upon two factors: The British army did not teach or emphasize individual marksmanship and they used undersized balls for speed of reloading. On a whim, I did a little research and found that with properly sized balls, modern shooters have found the Brown Bess, from which the carbine was derived, to be accurate against man-sized targets at 50 yards. I was planning to offer some criticism of a character "drawing a bead" on and shooting a rebel with a smooth bore cavalry carbine. In addition to the story of men and women in battle, there is also a manhunt and a mystery. Even in the medium of a novella, he is able to develop his characters enough to make them interesting. His writing is full of historical detail and descriptions of people and places. Cook is both a good writer and a good story teller. I read Cook's collection of short stories, BATTLE SCARS, which led me to try this novella of the Irish rebellion (or fight for liberty) during the Napoleonic wars. ![]() ![]() A small wooden packing crate sufficed for a coffin. The men, in total silence, made way for her. She stood up, shaking, then picked up the dead baby, careful to not let the spillage fall to the floor. “We know it weren’t easy, but it hadda be done,” he said. ![]() But then those same eyes strayed past her, to the table. ![]() Now more men peered into the room, long-faced, eyes chiseled in determination yet somehow feeling for her. A broth of chicken stock simmered on the stove.īut now the man’s eyes thinned in query. They’ll be back soon, she realized, gazing affrighted at the mantle clock. Of course, they’d want to see the baby’s body-they’d insist. She set the swaddled bundle on the heavy table. “It hadda be done, ya know that, don’t’cha?” The man’s eyes looked blank in their hardness. There could be no comfort here, no consolation. They’d heard her sobs, of course-but at least they’d stayed out of the room while she’d done it. ![]() She stove the baby’s head in with a cast-iron skillet. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This digital edition October 2010 © Necro Publications ![]() ![]() I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my friends friends for clogging my Goodreads feed with updates of binge reading books by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. The sexy, heartwarming, and hilarious "prequel" to This Heart of Mine-Susan Elizabeth Phillips's New York Times bestselling blockbuster-It Had To Be You is an enchanting story of two stubborn people who believe in playing for keeps. ![]() So why is Dan drawn to the shameless sexpot like a heat-seeking missile? And why does the coach's good ol' boy charm leave cosmopolitan Phoebe feeling awkward, tongue-tied. And the sexy new boss is everything Dan despises-a meddling bimbo who doesn't know a pigskin from a pitcher's mound. And Phoebe is definitely not ready for the Stars' head coach, former gridiron legend Dan Calebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind. The Windy City isn't quite ready for Phoebe Somerville-the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. Published by HarperCollins e-books on May 14th 2013 ![]() It Had to Be You (Chicago Stars, #1) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips ![]() |