![]() ![]() In this world, the reader is taken on a search for the Truth in a more literal sense than one would expect. ![]() But a world where adult concerns of poverty, injustice, prejudice, politics and economics are all too real. In this world, the reader is taken on a search for the Truth in a more literal sense than one would expect.Omega returns the adult reader to the world of childhood imagination: a world populated by the fantastic, the fabulous and the thoroughly improbable. Omega returns the adult reader to the world of childhood imagination: a world populated by the fantastic, the fabulous and the thoroughly improbable. ![]()
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![]() Lovecraft, with a style and vision all her own, Hailey Piper’s ‘The Worm and His Kings’ is a nightmarish novella that will linger with you long after putting the book down. ‘We sing the song that pierces the Universe and bring the world to its knees’Īn unholy melding of ‘Books of Blood’ era Clive Barker and the cosmic terrors of H.P. The writing is dense and smart and bloody and sensual and grimy with little surprise smatterings of levity - all those things I loved the most about Barker's early books are here and it made me incredibly happy. ![]() The comparisons to early Clive Barker, particularly his Books of Blood series (have you read 'em?! drop everything if you haven't because you need to read 'em!!), are very apt here. She’s a fantastic character with a painful history and even though this story tried to break my brain and my heart, I could not stop reading it. ![]() I crossed every finger and toe I possess hoping that Monique would make it through this wild Worm King mind-bending world and come out the other side with everything her heart desires. The Worm and His Kings has a strong lead who you’ll hope finds everything her heart desires. ![]() I'm not going to write a plot-filled review because so many before me have done it so well and because I am very lazy and I think your time would be better spent reading this book of cosmic horror rather than reading my mishmash of words to describe the story. ![]() ![]() ![]() But leaving Magnus to live out his curse alone isn't an option because-heaven help her-she's fallen for him. ![]() Death is the most likely outcome if she stays, the reason every debtera before her quit. If Andromeda wants to earn a living, she has no choice.īut she quickly realizes this is a job like no other, with horrifying manifestations at every turn, and that Magnus is hiding far more than she has been trained for. and that almost a dozen debtera had quit before her. ![]() Never mind that he's rude and demanding and eccentric, that the contract comes with a number of outlandish rules. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rorschach reaches out to hire her, she takes the job without question. ![]() Now her only hope of steady work is to find a Patron-a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn't thrown her out before she could earn her license. "An intricate magic system, a grimly humorous Black heroine, AND a heart-thumping romance? This book leaves nothing wanting." - Jordan Ifueko, New York Times bestselling author of RaybearerĪndromeda is a debtera-an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a story that has three main scenarios, all of which lead to the message that this book is sending: (1) why men and women attempt to enter the United States from Mexico, Central and South America illegally, and (2) the horrific perils they face when they attempt to enter without a permit. We will leave you guessing just who this is and how it works out. Each novel in the series features a unique wedding. ![]() ![]() Lovers of romantic suspense will enjoy the light-hearted moments between Mike, his girl, friends and family, as well as his super dog, Lady, who has been a favorite of readers of this series. Mike has a girl friend, Juliette who he continues to see, during his off hours. At one point he is called away from Carson City to reinforce and help patrol the border, with its smugglers, snipers and dangerous desert conditions.Īlso, he is trying to infiltrate the West Coast Drug Cartel in order to learn more about their operations and bring them to justice. Mike McBride, stationed in the fictitious town of Carson City, New Mexico, deals with multiple incidences of crime in his town and along the border with Mexico. One thread of the plot deals with a poor immigrant from South America making the terrible journey up through Mexico to cross the border into the United States. The book is incredibly exciting, and timely. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Davis Reader presents eighteen essays from her writings and interviews which have appeared in If They Come in the Morning, Women, Race, and Class, Women, Culture, and Politics, and Black Women and the Blues as well as articles published in women's, ethnic/black studies and communist journals, and cultural studies anthologies. Expanding critical theory, contemporary progressive theorists - engaged in justice struggles - will find their thought influenced by the liberation praxis of Angela Y. Challenging the foundations of mainstream discourse, her analyses of culture, gender, capital, and race have profoundly influenced democratic theory, antiracist feminism, critical studies and political struggles.Įven for readers who primarily know her as a revolutionary of the late 1960s and early 1970s (or as a political icon for militant activism) she has greatly expanded the scope and range of social philosophy and political theory. Davis has written on liberation theory and democratic praxis. This volume incorporates three decades of writing from this revolutionary figure whose analyses of culture, gender, capital, and race have expanded the scope and range of social and political theory.įor three decades, Angela Y. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “James Patterson is America’s greatest storyteller,” said Michael Pietsch, HBG CEO. publisher, Hachette Book Group, reported that the author has had 100 #1 New York Times bestsellers over his career and that his backlist of adult fiction and nonfiction stands at 179 titles. That kind of sales breadth is a testament to just how well Patterson’s books have sold across the different print formats, as well as to the number of titles out in the market. His top 10 bestselling titles sold just about 12 million copies, meaning that the rest of Patterson’s oeuvre racked up sales of 88 million copies in total. Like many of his bestsellers, those two are parts of series, and books in the Women’s Murder Club and Alex Cross series have fared particularly well. Patterson’s top-selling print book as measured by BookScan is Honeymoon, which edged out 3rd Degree for the #1 spot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. ' Lessons triumphantly achieves its primary aim of conveying the "commonplace and wondrous" intertwining of global history and everyday life' Daily Telegraph A wonderful author has delivered another mesmerising, memorable novel' Independent McEwan's best novel in 20 years' New Statesman ![]() 'Lessons is deep and wide, ambitious and humble, wise and substantial. Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. But for so many of us, old wounds run deep. ![]() The mesmerising new novel from Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement. Epic, mesmerising and deeply humane, Lessons is a chronicle for our times - a powerful meditation on history and humanity through the prism of one ordinary man ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She became a star at age 19 after playing Princess Leia in the first “ Star Wars” trilogy in the 1970s. Wishful Drinking is Carrie Fisher’s stage production of her autobiographical book of the same title. World of Wonder Productions produced this film version for HBO combining her her one-woman stage performance, which was taped before a live audience, with archival footage.Īn actress, screenwriter and bestselling author, Carrie Fisher is the daughter of the late singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, known as “America’s Sweethearts” in the late 1950s. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some of them are there right from the beginning, others don't come along until Roman or Anglo-Saxon or Norman times. It does so by focusing on several families and their ups and downs over the centuries. ![]() Sarum tells the entire, and I mean entire (up to the point it was written, circa 1985) history of England via the cathedral city of Salisbury, once known as Sarum, which sits at the confluence of five rivers and has been a population center for thousands of years, as evidenced by the fact that Stonehenge sits on the edge of Salisbury Plain. I cannot vouch for its historicity (it was written in the 80s, and I think there has been a little bit more archeological evidence uncovered about Stonehenge now, plus I never trust any history written about the pre-Roman Celts because the fact is, we don't know shit about them), but Rutherfurd at least does a credible job of convincing me he did the research. I think the obvious comparisons are probably Ken Follett, James Michener, Philippa Gregory, and Morgan Llewellyn, except that to be honest, I've only read Llewellyn. Really, whatever we think we know is probably bullshit. ![]() ![]() ![]() She has written a book that is both profoundly sad and hopeful at the same time. Based on a true story from Japan, this is a beautiful tribute to a historic dog."-Book Sense Pick of the List, Fall 2004 "Lesléa Newman has done an amazing thing. He is loyal, brave, gentle, and childlike. I love it."Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Award-winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall "This will be popular with dog lovers consider having a packet of tissues on hand." Booklist, "Hachiko embodies all the best qualities of a dog. The voice and the art are authentically Japanese, though the heart of the book and its meanings cross all cultures. When the world needs such a story, Hachiko Waits shows us the very best in life: loyalty, devotion, our ability to love, to nurture, to care about someone other than ourselvesall taught by a beloved, intelligent and heroic dog. Based on a true story from Japan, this is a beautiful tribute to a historic dog."Book Sense Pick of the List, Fall 2004 "Leslea Newman has done an amazing thing. Based on a true story from Japan, this is a beautiful tribute to a historic dog., "Hachiko embodies all the best qualities of a dog. ![]() Hachiko embodies all the best qualities of a dog. ![]() |