![]() ![]() Then also a leathery note, walnuts and a faint winey touch. More full-bodied than the nose suggested. Dark chocolate again, as well as some Mon Chéri andd caramel. Some charred meaty notes and tobacco too. Mouth: a lot of savoury (oxidative) notes again. Interestingly you mostly get dark aromas yet it feels a little thin in the middle. Whiffs of dark chocolate and coastal touches. ![]() ![]() On the other hand there’s a hint of mulching leaves, burnt hazelnuts, savoury cereals and wet wood. Nose: on the one hand there are classic sherry markers like pancake syrup, brown sugar and rum and raisins. Nowadays Cream sherry casks are not very common for whisky maturation, but let’s not forget it’s still the most popular sherry style worldwide (for drinking, I mean). Most of the casks arriving in Scotland before the 1990s contained such blends.īunnahabhain Canasta Cask Matured (51,2%, OB for Fèis Ìle 2023) It is a combination of around 75% dry Oloroso and 25% Pedro Ximénez, blended at a young age and matured for at least 6 years. You will probably remember that Canasta is a Cream sherry from Bodegas Williams & Humbert. I already tried a Bunnahabhain 2014 Canasta butt some time ago. For Feis Ile 2023 Bunnahabhain had three bottlings: a 17 year-old Mòine Triple Cask, a 1998 Manzanilla Cask finish and this Bunnahabhain Canasta Cask. ![]()
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Most fans would say that his signature work for DC was his collaboration with Greg Rucka and Michael Lark on Gotham Central. ![]() Ed Brubaker is one of the most celebrated writers in comics. ![]() ![]() Short fiction has substantially less room to accomplish these objectives, and “The Waiting Stars” manages it. In my experience, good science fiction either makes you think or makes you feel, and uncommonly it does both. Upon reading De Bodard’s story - in which the two protagonists are in positions that couldn’t be more different, as one is unhappily but comfortably institutionalized and the other is evading government operatives - it is my opinion that it certainly deserves winning all three of those awards. It includes Aliette de Bodard’s “The Waiting Stars,” which won this year’s Nebula Award for best novelette and was also nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards. Within it you’ll find familiar names such as Joan Slonczewski, Melissa Scott, and Ken Liu, in addition to in all likelihood some new-to-you authors whose writing it is an immense pleasure to become acquainted with. ![]() Holt its sixteen stories all feature female protagonists. ![]() The Other Half of the Sky is a 2013 science fiction anthology edited by Athena Andreadis and Kay T. ![]() ![]() Thus he reconstructs the world of Rojas, country lawyer and converso, the social, religious, and intellectual milieu of Salamanca, of Spain during the Inquisition, of the converted Jew. Oilman, without speculating as rigorously and as learnedly as possible both on how it came to be and on how it could come to be. 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It also includes a few previously unpublished Learning Curves short stories!Įlena Mendez has always been career-first with only two semesters of law school to go, her dream of working as a family lawyer for children is finally within reach. This omnibus contains all of the original published stories in the Learning Curves series. ![]() ![]() To end Chapter 2, he discusses their role in post-World War I Germany and in the economic crisis in Argentina in the late 20th century. Ferguson highlights the important role bonds played in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte of France and the defeat of the Confederacy during the US Civil War. Like credit, bonds began in northern Italy, where they were first used by governments to fund wars. 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He was taught by Martini and met Nardini, Jommelli, and Burney. ![]() ![]() ![]() where the boy's genius was everywhere acclaimed. 2 operas, La finta semplice and Bastien und Bastienne. Further visits to Vienna were made in 17 and Mozart comp. After visits to Holland and Switzerland, the Mozart family returned to Salzburg in Nov. Bach, and singing with the castrato Manzuoli. While in London, Wolfgang studied with Abel, comp. 1764 they arrived in London and were received by George III. They spent a fortnight at Louis XV's court at Versailles. In 1763 a longer journey began, from Munich, Augsburg, Frankfurt, and other cities to Cologne, Brussels, and Paris. They first visited Munich and Vienna in 1762. player and in 1762 Leopold decided to present his children's talents at various European courts. His elder sister Maria Anna (1751–1829) was also a brilliant kbd. Son of Leopold Mozart, Vice-Kapellmeister to Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Mozart showed exceptional musical precocity, playing the klavier at 3 and composing at 5. Austrian composer, keyboard-player, violinist, violist, and conductor. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ( b Salzburg, 1756 d Vienna, 1791). ![]() |