![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the country fought its bloody Civil War, the city was torn apart by deadly riots. Yet a country that had already rent itself asunder once did so again over slavery. The British settlers and merchants followed, with their aristocratic governors and unpopular taxation which led to rebellion, war, the burning of the city and the birth of the American Nation. The novel begins with a tiny Indian fishing village and the Dutch traders who first carved out their hopes amidst the splendour of the wilderness. A sweeping, epic novel of the greatest city in the world.įrom the empty grandeur of the New World to the skyscrapers of the City that Never Sleeps, from the intimate detail of lives long forgotten to those lived today at breakneck speed, Edward Rutherfurd's acclaimed novel is a true epic. ![]()
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![]() Grief-stricken and confused, Iris is convinced it must all be a huge misunderstanding. But on the morning Will flies out for a business trip to Florida, Iris's happy world comes to an abrupt halt: another plane headed for Seattle has crashed into a field, killing everyone on board and, according to the airline, Will was one of the passengers. Iris and Will have been married for seven years, and life is as close to perfect as it can be. Why did Will lie about where he was going? And what else has he lied about?"-Back cover. ![]() ![]() About the Book "Iris and Will have been married for seven years, and life is as close to perfect as it can be. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But in another way, it was really empowering because I felt like if I could give it form or expression I could look at it and I could talk about it directly rather than being scared of it. It was really hard, especially at first, to write about this thing that’s been such a big part of my life. ![]() The word triggering has become so broadly used in popular culture, but anyone who has experienced an anxiety attack knows how badly they want to avoid it. I still can’t really talk directly about my own obsessions. And so Aza has somewhat different focai of her obsessive concerns and the behaviors she uses to manage them. I had to write with enough distance from myself to make it OK, to make it feel safe. What was it like to write about the specific type of OCD and anxiety you’ve suffered from? You’ve been extremely open about talking about your own struggles with mental illness. ![]() ![]() ![]() Something is lurking in the deepest waters, devouring all the words that are no longer used. But once youve done it, everything will be perfectly clear. What if the Right way is the wrong way, or the Left way is the right way? Lauren asked. ![]() One of these paths is the true way, and will take you where you need to go but you can only know which is which once you have gone along the way of your choice for some time. ![]() You see, very few people have ever reached the castle itself, and no one has been there since I have been here, but I can tell you one thing.if you keep going straight through the forest, it will end. I cant tell you which way to go, since I have no idea. That is the first step, and that is good. But you have found your way to the Enchanted Islands, said the hermit. Book Synopsis Were trying to get to the castle of the Wise Enchanter, Michael said. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It had been a long day at work, her feet were killing her, and all she wanted was to get home. Sasha rolled her hand to hurry Bobbi along. When you kill me.” The relaxed afro curls in her short Mohawk flopped a little as she shuffled from side to side, and Sasha could see a sheen of sweat on her upper lip. Bobbi Johnson’s confessions ranged from eating the last chocolate biscuit when Sasha was PMSing to… Well, just about anything was possible.īobbi’s dark-skinned face cracked into a wide smile, her coal-dark eyes twinkling with amusement. Sasha Adams sighed inwardly, straightened her back, and spun to face her best friend. Faye, I particularly owe the potpourri moment to you.Īnd lastly, to all of you who have taken the time to pick this book up and read it. To all my family-without you, there would be little inspiration for all the funny moments in this book. ![]() My lovely beta readers, Louise and Wendy, your help made this book much better and funnier than it would have been otherwise. Your help, encouragement, and support through all my writing endeavours is truly appreciated. Thank you to the team at Ylva-Astrid, Daniela, Michelle. There were so many times you left us all lost for words, Grandad. ![]() ![]() Borribles are anarchist lawyers, “outcasts, but unlike most outcasts they enjoy themselves and wouldn’t be anything else.” They are urchins gone elf, living in loose neighborhood tribes, squatting in abandoned buildings and shoplifting their food they have no leaders or laws beyond a collection of proverbs (“Don’t get caught”), which they frequently cite in their arguments. Sometimes it’s given out that a kid down the street has been put into care: the truth is that he’s been Borribled and is caring for himself someplace. A child disappears and the word goes round that he was ‘unmanageable’ the chances are he’s off managing by himself. ![]() It doesn’t matter where they come from as long as they’ve had what is called a bad start. Normal kids are turned into Borribles very slowly, almost without being aware of it but one day they wake up and there it is. What’s a Borrible? What’s a Rumble?īorribles, in Michael de Larrabeiti’s razor-sharp novel, are “feral Peter Pans,” to cadge a phrase from the New York Times, pointy-eared children who never grow up: The two Borribles quickly capture the Rumble and then. ![]() While on patrol one night in London’s Battersea Park, Knocker and his buddy Lightfinger discover a Rumble trespassing on their home turf. ![]() ![]() ![]() Set in Chicago, The Screaming Mimi concerns a string of slashing murders of pretty, young women. But it wouldn’t hurt to get introduced to Brown’s work in this vein via the novel under discussion here. If you don’t know his mystery stories and are interested, I suggest you begin with his first such book, the Edgar Award-winning The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947). The Screaming Mimi was the fifth in a long run of crime novels penned by Brown (1906-72), who also wrote sci-fi books and a ton of short stories. Let’s look inside that film a little, in relation to Brown’s literary effort. In any case, regardless of what anyone thinks about the connection between that feature film and Brown’s novel, there is no such controversy when it comes to the 1958 movie that shares the book’s title. Truth be told, though, the film’s story is far from a straightforward adaptation of the book’s plot. ![]() ![]() I’ve read that Argento eventually came around and confessed that his movie owes a debt to Brown’s novel. In that post, I mentioned that while many have always considered it a given that the Italian director’s superb debut is based on The Screaming Mimi-a 1949 American crime novel by Fredric Brown-Argento didn’t credit the book as such at the time. In 2014, I wrote an appreciation of Dario Argento’s 1970 giallo film, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. ![]() ![]() And you'll find practical and even inspiring ideas for what you can actually do to help humanity thrive on this - our only - planet. ![]() This book will shock you, surprise you - and then make you laugh. For the first time you'll find big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of the day laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots - questions of how we live and think. ![]() There is No Planet B maps it out in an accessible and entertaining way, filled with astonishing facts and analysis. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? Should we frack? How can we take control of technology? Does it all come down to population? And, given the global nature of the challenges we now face, what on Earth can any of us do? Fortunately, Mike Berners-Lee has crunched the numbers and plotted a course of action that is practical and even enjoyable. ![]() Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics - the list of concerns seems endless. ![]() ![]() The series is comprised of four books: Dealing with Dragons (1990), Searching for Dragons (1991), Calling on Dragons (1993), and Talking to Dragons (1985). Most of all I learned the one set of skills that has remained important throughout my life: how to deal with dragons. ![]() ![]() Inside their pages I met my earliest role models that didn’t walk out of folklore or history books: Princess Cimorene and King Kazul. I was about seven years old when I found the blue and grey and black hardcover books in my elementary school library: Patricia C. My PhD might be on Disney and fairy tale adaptations now, but the princess I looked up to when I was younger (and still, now) was never found on the shelves of one of their stores, or in their animated films. In today’s blogpost, Michelle Anjirbag shares a personal reflection about childhood ‘reading memories’ – the particular stories which have had a formative and longlasting influence, shaping who she was then and now…. ![]() ![]() ![]() At first you’d probably like to be anywhere else in the world. Sitting in the back corner drinking his weird liquor that he brought himself, he grabs you and a few cousins around the arm to regale in his funny anecdotes as you kids collectively roll your eyes in disdain. It reminds me of listening to that kooky uncle at the family reunion or annual BBQ. Whether it’s biblical, modern day, or a strange mash-up of the two, each piece does try to say something to give you thought after its brief conclusion. ![]() There’s an assortment of different setups for each story, and all contain at least a tinge of sex appeal. This isn’t a “comedy” book per se, but how can you not like a story that gives you Adam and Eve’s Beer Garden of Eden and the lesser-known “Tree of Sexy Good Times?” The mini-stories champion humor over sex for the most part, but there’s still plenty of passion to go around. ![]() There’s a fair mix of “fade to black” sexual activity along with the more direct approach as the stories progress. The cover is billed of course as 69 “stories,” however, for the most part I’d consider them “thoughts” or “anecdotes.” With each piece around a page or two in length, each story provides a nice setup and payoff that will more often than not leave a smile on your face with a fair and even glint of a sexy notation. Thong of Thongs: 69 Sexy Jewish Stories by Kitty Knish is a compilation of sexy shorts with a plethora of different takes on the human experience, delivered with a good Jewish sense of humor. ![]() |