Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() The protagonist, Lester Ferris, is a childless former soldier just shy of 40, who has been sent to the island of Mancreu. Tigerman may be – very broadly – realistic, but it asks similar questions about damaged heroism and idealistic villainy. There have been more and more superhero novels of late, from Lavie Tidhar's The Violent Century to Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible, as well as graphic forms becoming more self-conscious and self-critical (Mark Millar's Superior and Jupiter's Legacy and Rob Williams's The Royals: Masters of War, for example). ![]() That said, it is also his take on the superhero novel. Tigerman is the same in many ways, though the empathy is more plangent and the ideas more frightening. ![]() He manages a very delicate balance, in that the books are gloriously exuberant and entertaining (I hope they were as terrifically fun to write as to read), but also emotionally affecting and intellectually satisfying. ![]() W ith his first two novels, The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker, Nick Harkaway swiftly established himself as a writer of prodigious imagination, with the capacity to combine hi-jinks plotting with high concepts: we've had ninjas, pirates, octogenarian spies, leagues of undertakers and mechanical bees that might induce the apocalypse. ![]()
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Evanovich knight and moon book 36/7/2023 ![]() ![]() They have some of that classic Evanovich heat going on between them too, but we have to wait until the next book to really see where that goes.Ĭurious Minds had me engaged. ![]() Riley is a fiery redhead from Texas and once she lets loose, you better not be in her way.īut Emerson and Riley work well together. She is nearly the exact opposite of Lizzy. I’m not saying that the characters are much alike, just that I get the same feeling.Įmerson Knight doesn’t have any of the same mystical powers that Diesel has, but, then again, there might be a little something going on there, and Riley Moon is not anything like Lizzy. I got the same vibe from this book as I had when I read some of the Lizzy and Diesel books. Curious Minds is the beginning of what promises to be another fun one. I have enjoyed reading all of their collaborative series. Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton make a good writing team. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The mole comes across a bird, a horse, a hare, a goat, a cow and a pig and they all have a dump in front of the mole to show him their faecal matter. The book was first published by Peter Hammer Verlag in 1989 it was soon translated and became an international success.Ī mole who is just emerging from his hole gets his head shat on by an unidentified animal he is certain that it doesn't belong to him and sets out on a mission to discover to whom it does belong. The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business or The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit (German, " Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat", literally " About the little mole, that wanted to know, who 'did' on his head") is a children's book by German children's authors Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch. ![]() The historian vampire book6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() After exploding across the literary canon, vampires went on to colonize film and television now, they’re a backbone of popular culture, raking in millions of dollars across properties like True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, and Twilight. In that novel, the archetypal rules were set: vampires hate garlic, transform into bats, and can be killed by a wooden stake run through the heart.Įver since Dracula was published to massive acclaim in 1897, vampire mania has waxed and waned, but it’s never died out entirely (much like vampires themselves). Though works like John Polidori’s “The Vampyre” and Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla popularized these undead bloodsuckers, no work of literature did more to define or influence vampire fiction as Bram Stoker’s Dracula. These creatures of the night have haunted our imaginations for millennia, but it wasn’t until the 1800s that vampires as we know them today entered our literary consciousness. ![]() Long before vampires took over our screens, they took over our bookshelves. ![]() The unhoneymooners genre6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And now there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who just happens to be the best man. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she’s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. ![]() ![]() Other honors include a fellowship from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and shortlist inclusions for The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, the Ursula K Le Guin Prize, and the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, as well as long list inclusions for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award. His work has appeared in publications such as Conjunctions, The Southern Review, ZYZZYVA, Tin House, Iowa Review, Lightspeed Magazine, and One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories, and has been listed as notable in Best American Non-Required Reading and the Best Horror of the Year. SEQUOIA NAGAMATSU is the author of the National Bestselling novel, HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK (2022), a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and the story collection, WHERE WE GO WHEN ALL WE WERE IS GONE (2016). ![]() Scars cheryl6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Since her own mother is too self-absorbed to hear her cries for help, Kendra finds support in others instead: from her therapist and her art teacher, from Sandy, the close family friend who encourages her artwork, and from Meghan, the classmate who's becoming a friend and maybe more. To relieve the pressure, Kendra cuts aside from her brilliantly expressive artwork, it's her only way of coping. If she lets her guard down even for a minute, it could cost Kendra her life. Frightened, Kendra believes someone is always watching and following her, leaving menacing messages only she understands. ![]() ![]() Kendra, fifteen, hasn't felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially because she still can't remember the most important detail- her abuser's identity. ![]() Nora roberts the choice 20226/5/2023 ![]() And soon, united with him and with all of Talamh, she will seek out those in desperate need of rescue, and confront the darkness with every weapon she has: her sword, her magicks–and her courage… It’s Keegan who’s at her side when the enemy’s witches, traitorous and power-mad, appear to her in her sleep, practicing black magick, sacrificing the innocent, and plotting a brutal destruction for Breen. She rededicates herself to writing her stories, and when his duties as taoiseach permit, she is together with Keegan, who has trained her as a warrior and whom she has grown to love. It’s also a time for celebrations–of her first Christmas in both Talamh and Ireland, of solstice and weddings and births–and daring to find joy again in the wake of sorrow. Breen spreads her wings and realizes a power she’s never experienced before. With the enemy cast out and the portal sealed, this is a time to rest and to prepare. ![]() Her grandfather, the dark god Odran, has been defeated in his attempt to rule over Talamh, and over Breen–for now. ![]() Now she is in Talamh, trying to heal after a terrible battle and heartbreaking losses. But portals allow for passage in and out–and ultimately, each must choose their place, and choose between good and evil, war and peace, life and death…īreen Siobhan Kelly grew up in the world of Man and was once unaware of her true nature. Talamh is a land of green hills, high mountains, deep forests, and seas, where magicks thrive. 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Launched over thirty-five years ago, Vogue Knitting has set the bar for knitting, working with the biggest and most talented names in fashion today Vogue is a name synonymous with fashion and style, and when it comes to knitting, nothing equals the impact of Vogue Knitting. Vogue Knitting is the hand-knitting world's style leader and the magazine knitters turn to on a regular basis for inspirational patterns, chic styling and compelling techniques. ![]() Foundation by isaac asimov6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. ![]() Apart from his world-famous science fiction, Asimov also wrote highly successful detective mystery stories, a four-volume History of North America, a two-volume Guide to the Bible, a biographical dictionary, encyclopaedias, and textbooks, as well as two volumes of autobiography. The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION It is the year 12,020 G.E. Isaac Asimovs Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City de. He won the Hugo Award four times and the Nebula Award once. We found 1446 book recommendations similar to Foundation. Asimov wrote hundreds of short stories and novels, including the iconic I, Robot and Foundation. Thereafter he became a regular contributor to the leading SF magazines of the day. First published in 1951, Isaac Asimovs space saga Foundation tells the story of a secretive science institute that tries to save a galactic empire from the. ![]() Asimov's career as a science fiction writer began in 1939 with the short story 'Marooned Off Vesta'. After a short spell in the army, he gained a doctorate and worked in academia and chemical research. He grew up in Brooklyn and attended Columbia University. Foundation (1951) Foundation and Empire (1952) Second Foundation (1953) Foundations Edge (1982) Foundation and Earth (1986) Prelude to Foundation (1988). |