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![]() ![]() Contrary to the fantastical premise, the novel turns out to be a celebration of the ordinary: ordinary revelations, ordinary people, and the infinity of worlds seeded in ordinary choices. What’s the best that could happen in your life, and what’s the worst? What can you change, and what can’t you? These are big questions that are difficult to respond to with elegance and depth, and sometimes in moments of Nora’s elation or suicidal lows, the narration lapses into the trite and obvious – “the prison wasn’t the place, but the perspective” “the paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life”. The whole novel has the air of a skilful exercise designed to confront depression and anxiety. For those readers who might be put off by speculative fiction, The Midnight Library is a charming way into the genre. While the concept does fly high, it also flies straight. This is a streamlined novel no side plots, no broad cast of characters, no twists of fantasy for the sheer joy of it. It’s a beautiful concept, but Matt Haig doesn’t explain it in any depth his concern is the psychological effect that seeing all these versions has on Nora – and on her willingness, or unwillingness, to live. The foundation of the idea is the many worlds theory, in which a new universe blossoms from every choice and decision. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His only hope of survival is to escape across the arid Scablands to Memphis, a city the opposite of the Sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful, infinitely Godless, and deeply corrupt.īut the Redeemers want Cale back at any price. He is so used to the cruelty that he seems immune, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he will have to leave this place, or die. He is strange and secretive, witty and charming, violent and profoundly bloody-minded. ![]() He has long-forgotten his real name, but now they call him Thomas Cale. He is perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old - he is not sure and neither is anyone else. In one of the Sanctuary's vast and twisting maze of corridors stands a boy. Most of its occupants were taken there as boys and for years have endured the brutal regime of the Lord Redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one singular purpose - to serve in the name of the One True Faith. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a vast and desolate place - a place without joy or hope. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary." The Left Hand of God is a stunning first installment in a remarkable epic trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page. It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. ![]() ![]() Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. Nina and her cat Phil made me contemplate my life as a thirty-something living in a city a little less hipster than LA. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)Ģ. Completely change her name and appearance. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?ġ. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. They all live close by! They're all-or mostly all-excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. ![]() If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book. The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own.shell. The author of Other People's Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone's radar. Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful."-#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be - the mythological epitome of a savage, ruthless killer - which is, in reality, no more than the reflected image of ourself." - from the new preface to Never Cry Wolf. The story follows the true story of Farley Mowat. Never Cry Wolf is one of the brilliant narratives on the myth and magical world of wild wolves and man's true place among the creatures of nature. Never Cry Wolf is a 1963 nature account written by Canadian writer and environmentalist Farley Mowat. As Mowat comes closer to the wolf world, he comes to fear with them on onslaught of bounty hunters and government exterminators out to erase the noble wolf community from the Arctic. Contact with his quarry comes quickly, and Mowat discovers not a den of marauding killers but a courageous family of skillful providers and devoted protectors of their young. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their waves. ![]() Never Cry Wolf is about Mowat’s adventure as he studies wolves in the Northern Canadian Plains. In Farley Mowat’s book, published in 1963, he makes us rethink why we are still at war with this species. ![]() Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farely Mowat to investigate. Mowat’s rhetorical strategies Wolves for thousands of years have been one of man’s greatest enemies. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Garfield has a talent for being sparked to life by esoteric enthusiasm and charming readers with his delight * * The Times * *Ī sort of museum between hard covers. Witty, erudite and entertaining * * Esquire * * Mauve Simon Garfield Faber & Faber, Science - 240 pages 11 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified Mauve is the. Simon Garfield's history of the synthetic dye industry mixes chemistry and social history into quite a colourful tale * * Observer * *Ī one-man Blue Peter team for intelligent adults, a great British explainer * * Observer * * Thoroughly researched and beautifully written * * New Scientist * *īy bringing Perkin into the open and documenting his life and work, Garfield has done a service to history * * Chicago Tribune * * Book in very good+ condition with light tanning. A book about science which also happens to be a miniature work of art * * Daily Telegraph * * Mauve: How one man invented a colour that changed the world - Canons (Paperback) Simon Garfield (author) Sign in to write a review. Mauve by Simon Garfield Seller Lems Bookshop Published 2001 Condition Very Good+ Description: The story of William Perkin who at the age of eighteen made a discovery that would make him the richest chemist in Britain - and would change the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The town is filled with other well drawn characters including Gus the “loveable drunk” who lives in the church basement, Karl the son of the richest family in town whom his sister is dating, Morris the town bully, and Emil the great musician who is both physically and mentally scarred from his earlier life. Thirteen year old Frank Drum tells how death visited his community that summer in the forms of “Accident, Nature, Suicide, Murder.”įrank’s father is a preacher who was changed by the war, his mother is a talented musician who thought she was marrying a soon to be lawyer, his younger brother has a horrible stutter, and his older sister is headed for Julliard in the fall. The story is set in 1961 in a small town in Minnesota. So glad I did, as I really liked this one. ![]() But since she has been relentless, I decided to give him another chance and read Ordinary Grace. Last year, based upon her recommendation I read his book The Tender Land, and didn’t much care for it. A librarian friend, whom I usually agree about books with, has been singing the praises of William Kent Krueger for quite a while now. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From their interrogation of Sax (where he spoke exclusively in inhuman tongues) to a related drug raid on a seedy rock club rife with arcane symbols and otherworldly lyrics, they suspect that they are on the trail of something awful… but nothing can prepare them for the creeping insanity and unspeakable terrors they will face in the small harbor town of Innsmouth. Comic book legend Alan Moore (WATCHMEN) and brilliant artist Jacen Burrows deliver a chilling tale of Lovecraftian horror Brears and. The path to Providence begins here! Collecting THE COURTYARD and NEONOMICON, the epic tome has all of the stories that lead into PROVIDENCE! Comic book legend Alan Moore and brilliant artist Jacen Burrows deliver a chilling tale of Lovecraftian horror! Brears and Lamper, two young and cocky FBI agents, investigate a fresh series of ritual murders somehow tied to the final undercover assignment of Aldo Sax -the once golden boy of the Bureau, now a convicted killer and inmate of a maximum security prison. Alan Moore Neonomicon Graphic Novel New Printing (Mature) EUR € 19.95 I do think some of the stuff is pretty dull, and as such I might be throwing myself into the lions den here - but theres some really nice stuff in here that Ive enjoyed as well. ![]() ![]() °❈° Accomplished and experienced moderators and owners. °❈° The choice of several races vampires, werewolves, magical beings, and the Fae! °❈° ACOTAR inspired lore, with our own unique spin and additions. Become a High Lady, High Lord, Knight, Spymaster the choice is yours and always yours! You hold the fate of entire courts in the palm of your hands and lead them toward greater power… or inevitable destruction. In the world of Blood and Starlight, you will be able to seize the power of one of the Seven Courts for yourself. Thus, the Seven Courts of Prythian were founded and spread across the map, eventually becoming home to vampires, werewolves, the Fae, and those with magical abilities. ![]() Yet the God of Night found distrust in such laws and desired for Seven Courts to be created for the sake of seeing who would eventually come out on top. Days of Blood & Starlight Hazael has a change of heart after leaving the human world with his siblings and begins to show some regret over killing the chimaera. Before the world began, the Beings of Old created a series of laws to allow various species to live in harmony and peace, desiring a world that would not only become their home but would thrive under the magic each species held. ![]() ![]() ![]() Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white-her complexion is dark because she is African American. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. ![]() Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection.īut Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. ![]() In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. ![]() Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post!Ī remarkable novel about J. The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! ![]() |