Author: Elaine Cunningham
Genre: Fantasy
Date Finished: April 25, 2010
The final story of Liriel.
The Magician's Apprentice
Author: Trudi Canavan
Genre: Fantasy
Date Finished: April 21, 2010
A precursor to her Black Magician Trilogy, this book takes place centuries earlier, before the Magician's Guild, before healing magic had been discovered.
It starts off as the story of Tessia, daughter of a village healer who aspires to be a healer herself, even though women may not have that role. When she is discovered to be a natural magician, her life changes course. She is taken as the apprentice of her father's lord, Lord Dakon where she is introduced to the study of magic.
When dissidents from the near by country of Sachaka invade, as an apprentice, Tessia is drawn away to the war to support her master.
Genre: Fantasy
Date Finished: April 21, 2010
A precursor to her Black Magician Trilogy, this book takes place centuries earlier, before the Magician's Guild, before healing magic had been discovered.
It starts off as the story of Tessia, daughter of a village healer who aspires to be a healer herself, even though women may not have that role. When she is discovered to be a natural magician, her life changes course. She is taken as the apprentice of her father's lord, Lord Dakon where she is introduced to the study of magic.
When dissidents from the near by country of Sachaka invade, as an apprentice, Tessia is drawn away to the war to support her master.
The Adventure of English
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Genre: Non-Fiction (Linguistics)
Date Finished: April 16, 2010
This is an interesting book that traces English from it's humble beginnings as a marginal tribal language of a people who migrated to the British Isle's in search of land, through Alfred the Great, the Danes, William the Conqueror, 3 centuries of French rule, Chaucer, Shakespeare, the British Empire, Australian English, American English, Jamaican English and Indian English.
There is also a really great series of four DVDs that covers the same material.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Linguistics)
Date Finished: April 16, 2010
This is an interesting book that traces English from it's humble beginnings as a marginal tribal language of a people who migrated to the British Isle's in search of land, through Alfred the Great, the Danes, William the Conqueror, 3 centuries of French rule, Chaucer, Shakespeare, the British Empire, Australian English, American English, Jamaican English and Indian English.
There is also a really great series of four DVDs that covers the same material.
Language Death
Author: David Crystal
Genre: Non-Fiction (Linguistics)
Date Finished: April 13, 2010
A small book that discusses the death of languages in the world, why we should care about language death, how the death occurs and what can be done to reverse language death.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Linguistics)
Date Finished: April 13, 2010
A small book that discusses the death of languages in the world, why we should care about language death, how the death occurs and what can be done to reverse language death.
Freedom's Landing
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Genre: Fiction (Science Fiction)
Date Finished: April 6, 2010
Earth's invasion and the enslavement of humanity happened some months ago at the beginning of the story when we are introduced to Kris Bjornson, a former university student from the Seattle area, now an escaped slave on an alien world.
When she is recaptured, the Catteni overloads decide to dump her on a new, 'empty' planet with a bunch of other troublesome slaves. There, the ex-slaves band together and begin to build a colony.
Genre: Fiction (Science Fiction)
Date Finished: April 6, 2010
Earth's invasion and the enslavement of humanity happened some months ago at the beginning of the story when we are introduced to Kris Bjornson, a former university student from the Seattle area, now an escaped slave on an alien world.
When she is recaptured, the Catteni overloads decide to dump her on a new, 'empty' planet with a bunch of other troublesome slaves. There, the ex-slaves band together and begin to build a colony.
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