![]() ![]() An illusionist extraordinaire, King peoples all his fiction, long and short, with believable characters. The introduction and illuminating notes about the derivation of each piece are invaluable autobiographical essays on his craft and his place in the literary landscape. Together with Night Shift and Skeleton Crew, this volume accounts for all the stories King has written that he wishes to preserve. Watson, a poem about Ebbet's Field and a brilliant New Yorker piece on Little League baseball) that even the author, in his introduction, acknowledges make up ``an uneven Aladdin's cave of a book.'' There are no stories fans will want to skip, and some are superb, particularly ``You Know They Got a Hell of a Band,'' in which a husband and wife drive through a town that may literally be rock-and-roll heaven ``The Ten O'Clock People,'' about unredeemable smokers and ``The Moving Finger,'' which chronicles a digit's appearance in a drain. This is a wonderful cornucopia of 23 Stephen King moments (including a teleplay featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. ![]()
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Early drafts of the poem were titled “Anthem for Dead Youth.” Changing “Dead” to “Doomed” not only makes the title more powerful, it conveys a sense of helplessness: The men were doomed-ill-fated-from the beginning. Owen’s concern is with the cruelty and savagery of war and the terrible toll it takes on human life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her feelings become confused, however, when their teacher announces a business competition with a cash prize and Flávia decides to go with the same idea as Nishat: henna tattoos. ![]() Enter Flávia.įlávia is the beautiful biracial (black Brazilian and white Irish) girl that Nishat can't seem to get out of her mind. It feels like her sister, Priti, is the only one on her side. This tension at home is in addition to already feeling like a pariah at school, after the most popular girl in her year decided to spread racist rumours about her. Nishat is Bangladeshi, Muslim and gay she just came out to her parents and was met with an uncomfortable silence, so she is understandably heartbroken at their reaction. Jaigirdar sets her story in a Catholic Girls' High School in Dublin. I requested an arc of The Henna Wars on a whim, but soon found myself completely engrossed in this story about prejudice, culture, appropriation and romance. This was such a perfect blend of serious and sweet. When matters of the heart are involved, it's difficult to be careful. ![]() ![]() Thomas pitched “The Sunbearer Trials” as a cross between the beloved Percy Jackson series and the Hunger Games trilogy. More: These are the authors to see at Texas Book Festival, from food to fiction Thomas was scheduled to appear, but he had to cancel because of illness, according to his publisher. "The Sunbearer Trials" was one of the young adult picks for the Texas Book Festival, which is Nov. 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First she'll have to protect the Moon Maiden, pretend to be a human ( ick), and survive a family reunion. ![]() Then Sesha, the charming son of the Serpentine Governor, calls on Pinki for help in defeating the resistance, promising to give her what she most desires in return - the ability to control her fire. There is also the teeny tiny detail of not yet being able to control her fire breathing and accidentally burning up school property. From New York Times bestselling author Sayantani DasGupta comes the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Force of Fire. But she has more important things to worry about, like maintaining her status as fiercest rakkhosh in her class and looking after her little cousins. Pinki hails from a long line of rakkhosh resisters, demons who have spent years building interspecies relationships, working together to achieve their goal of overthrowing the snakey oppressors and taking back their rights. ![]() From New York Times bestselling author Sayantani DasGupta comes the story of a demon who must embrace her bad to serve the greater good. ![]() ![]() ![]() When I venture into the world of adult books, it tends to be in the genre of magical realism like Sarah Addison Allen's books. Leslye Walton's writing style is simply magical. ![]() It is a story of heartbreak, but ultimately, one of love. The entire family is both blessed and cursed with an ethereal strangeness that follows from one generation to the next. The torch is then passed to Ava's mother, Viviane who experiences the loss of a beautiful love and is left with a pair of twins: Ava with the wings of an angel and Henry who rarely emerges from the world in his mind. ![]() It continues through the life of Ava's grandmother Emilienne and tells the tale of her 4 great loves, all of whom came to a disastrous end. The story follows her great grandparents as they immigrate to America anticipating an easy life and streets paved with gold. It is told through the eyes of teenage Ava Lavender, born under the strangest of circumstances and possessing a pair of dappled wings. This book is so incredible, yet so difficult to describe. ![]() ![]() Grace Cavendish, Patricia Finney (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating 2,779 ratings published 2004 14 editions. OL5719515W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 89.81 Pages 218 Ppi 300 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0307536386 Average rating: 4.02 10,776 ratings 507 reviews 15 distinct works Similar authors. Sanrafaelpubliclibrary External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:12:59.063555 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1155601 Boxid_2 BWB220140927 City New York Donor Book 1, Assassin: Lady Grace Cavendish grew up at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This untold episode will also star Beast and a host of missing mutants, and reveal the secret behind Wolverine’s costume! Having redefined the merry mutants in two seminal runs on the book, Roy Thomas, at long last, returns to the saga of the X-Men! For the first time, readers will get new insight into Wolverine’s government missions before his recruitment by Professor X (including unrevealed details on his battle with the green goliath in the iconic HULK #181-#182). Teaming up with artist Dave Wachter, Thomas will revisit the early publication days of one his greatest co-creations–WOLVERINE! The writer behind some of the X-Men’s most memorable Silver Age adventures will pen a new story set after his final issue and before GIANT-SIZE X-MEN. New York, NY- FebruX-MEN LEGENDS, the series where X-Men’s most celebrated creators return with new, in-continuity stories set during their classic runs, is back this May with an all-new #1! Coming on board to launch this extraordinary new era of the series will be industry pioneer Roy Thomas. ![]() |