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In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.
Lin Chong is …
I would like to see us have a trifle less approbation from men and a trifle more fear.
Etwas fühlt sich falsch an: Wenn wir lächeln, obwohl wir eigentlich streiten möchten. Wenn wir unsere Freundinnen ghosten, weil wir …
Rosa Luxemburg ist gerade wegen ihrer Haltung zur Demokratie in Bewegung und Staat eine der …
Diese [die sozialdemokratische Aktion] wächst historisch aus dem elementaren Klassenkampf heraus. Sie bewegt sich dabei in dem dialektischen Widerspruch, dass hier die proletarische Armee sich erst im Kampfe selbst rekrutiert und erst im Kampfe auch über die Aufgaben des Kampfes klar wird. Organisation, Aufklärung und Kampf sind hier nicht getrennte, mechanisch und auch zeitlich gesonderte Momente, wie bei einer blanquistischen Bewegung, sondern sie sind nur verschiedene Seiten desselben Prozesses. Einerseits gibt es - abgesehen von allgemeinen Grundsätzen des Kampfes - keine fertige, im Voraus festgesetzte detaillierte Kampftaktik, in die die sozialdemokratische Mitgliedschaft von einem Zentralkomitee eingedrillt werden könnte.
— Sich nicht regieren lassen by Lutz Brangsch, Miriam Pieschke (Page 51 - 52)
Aus dem Aufsatz "Organisationsfragen der russischen Sozialdemokratie" von 1904, eine Kritik an Lenin.
In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the …
In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the …
Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - her medium of choice is …
Wole Talabi: Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023, DAW)
Shigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company, reluctantly answering prayers of his few remaining …
In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.
Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training …
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to …
Rosa Luxemburg ist gerade wegen ihrer Haltung zur Demokratie in Bewegung und Staat eine der interessantesten Figuren in der Geschichte …
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Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - …
With an immortal carnivorous sourdough starter named Bob (who may or may not count as a familiar).
In case that's not enough to convince you:
Teenage assistant baker Mona's only magic talent is with bread. She can make it staler or fresher, keep it from burning, make gingerbread men dance, and occasionally something more dramatic like Bob. (Bob was an accident, but he's quite handy around the bakery.) She wasn't prepared to be suspect number one in a rash of wizard murders, live on the run, or to protect the city from a threat as its only remaining mage.
Fun characters, fun concepts, and a quest that runs through the city's worst slums to the palace. Mona has to navigate both from her comfortable shopkeeper's life, learning what happens when the system she relied on to protect her is turned against her. And how the system can be manipulated against …
With an immortal carnivorous sourdough starter named Bob (who may or may not count as a familiar).
In case that's not enough to convince you:
Teenage assistant baker Mona's only magic talent is with bread. She can make it staler or fresher, keep it from burning, make gingerbread men dance, and occasionally something more dramatic like Bob. (Bob was an accident, but he's quite handy around the bakery.) She wasn't prepared to be suspect number one in a rash of wizard murders, live on the run, or to protect the city from a threat as its only remaining mage.
Fun characters, fun concepts, and a quest that runs through the city's worst slums to the palace. Mona has to navigate both from her comfortable shopkeeper's life, learning what happens when the system she relied on to protect her is turned against her. And how the system can be manipulated against itself. She makes mistakes in the process -- sometimes annoying mistakes, but the kind that makes sense for a teenager to make.
Also: Lots of creative uses of very specific magic abilities. One mage can only work with water...but they can use it to make two surfaces vibrate in sync to transmit sound. Another can only work with air...but is able to use smell and gases to strong effect. Another can only reanimate dead horses.
My 12-year-old son loved it, so of course I had to read it too. Definitely recommended!
Cross-posted from my website.
Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - …
“You didn’t fail,” I said. “They wouldn’t let you succeed. It’s different.”
Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - her medium of choice is …
