The dragon waiting by john m ford5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() His Star Trek novel, "The Final Reflection," created Klingon fandom and changed the way the franchise approached its perennial bad guys. His expansion to Paranoia is one of the wittiest RPG sourcebooks ever published. He published an eerily prescient cyberpunk novel about "the Web" four years before Neuromancer, and eight years before Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web. Ford – "Mike" to his friends – was brilliant, witty, and multitalented, an accomplished RPG designer, poet, and half-a-dozen kinds of novelist. ![]() John M Ford's sudden death in 2006 – a heart attack – left his legion of friends and fans bereft and reeling. Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading.Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.John M Ford's "Aspects": An unfinished masterpiece by a legend of science fiction and fantasy. ![]()
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Nancy maclean author5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Nancy MacLean’s Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America (Viking / Penguin Random House) is a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award in Nonfiction. In preparation for the ceremony, and to celebrate all of the wonderful books and authors nominated for the awards this year, Literary Hub will be sharing short interviews with each of the finalists in all four categories: Young People’s Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. ![]() The 2017 National Book Awards (also known as the Oscars of the literary world), will be held on November 15th in New York City. ![]() The jesus storybook bible deluxe edition5/23/2023 ![]() The Deluxe Edition, which we bought, also includes CD’s of narration of all of. When we read the Bible, we should see and understand that it’s ALL about Jesus. Jago lives in Cornwall, England, with his wife and daughter. The Jesus Storybook Bible breaks the Bible down into 44 short stories, but underneath them all is THE story of the Bible: God’s redemption of the world through his Son, Jesus. ![]() Jago is an accomplished illustrator with several prestigious awards to his credit, including a Macmillian "Highly Commended" Award for Children’s Illustration in 2003, an AOI Silver Award in 2004, and the National Literacy Association Wow! Award. Sally was born in Africa, educated in England, studied at the Sorbonne, and now lives in New York City. Her books are written for children (although a lot of adults are reading them, too) and include: The Jesus Storybook Bible, an ALA Notable and winner of the Platinum Book Award Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing, winner of the Association of Christian Publisher’s Adult Devotional Book of the year and the Christopher Medal winner, Baby Wren and the Great Gift. ![]() Sally Lloyd-Jones is an award-winning New York Times bestselling writer of over 30 books for children. ![]() The bride test book5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffinįirst published in 2019 in the United States of America by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.įirst published in 2019 in Great Britain by Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd. ‘A vividly romantic tale filled with depth, humor and a universal sense of humanity.’ ‘An absolute delight-charming, sexy, and centered on a protago nist you love rooting for.’ ‘A riveting, compulsively readable romance that brims with feeling and warmth.’ ‘Hoang knocks it out of the park with this stellar debut.’ ‘Hoang’s witty debut proves that feelings are greater than numbers, no matter how you add things up.’ It also might just be the best book you read all year.’ ![]() ‘ The Kiss Quotient is the perfect balm for any reading slump and a wonderful palate cleanser for the summer. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay ‘This is such a fun read, and it’s also quite original and sexy and sensitive.’ ![]() Yaa gyasi book5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Extraordinary for its exquisite language, its implacable sorrow, its soaring beauty, and for its monumental portrait of the forces that shape families and nations, Homegoing heralds the arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. ~~GOODREADS DESCRIPTION~~Ī novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also becomes a truly great American novel. I have to admit that I like the meaning of the title of the book much more than the book itself. I searched online & saw this: The title (Homegoing) is taken from an old African-American belief that death allowed an enslaved person’s spirit to travel back to Africa. I suppose the name of the book Homegoing itself is the purpose of the book. I was expecting so much from it, but like many times before, my expectations lead to disappointment. Hi Readers! I recently read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. ![]() Billy summers by stephen king5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() You won't put this story down, and you won't forget Billy. ![]() It's about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption. This spectacular can't-put-it-down novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. Can't believe a novel with a simple plot is written so perfectly. ![]() But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. Now, Deadline is reporting that King’s 2021 crime novel. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. It’s already been a good week for Stephen King, with an adaptation of his short story The Boogeyman landing a movie order from Hulu. ![]() 1 bestseller Stephen King, whose 'restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained' ( The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job.īilly Summers is a man in a room with a gun. Exclusive Edition with exclusive endpapersįrom legendary storyteller and No. ![]() Carve the mark book5/22/2023 ![]() EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. ![]() We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. ![]() ![]() Reprinted in 2023 with the help of original edition published long back. 70 Unique Leather Bound Edition having Spine and corners bind with leather with Golden Leaf Printing on round spine. ![]() Heartbeat book by danielle steel5/22/2023 ![]() But does he need the heartache of another man's baby, another wife? Neither does. a woman he really loves, a real family again. And the very sight of her suddenly makes him want more in his life. The question was: did he mean it? He did.īill Thigpen and Adrian Townshed collided in a supermarket. In as enviable life they'd worked hard for - the American Dream. His life is in perfect balance, he thinks.Īdrian Townshed thought she had everything: a job she liked as a TV production assistant and a handsome husband who was a rising star in his own field. Top-of-the-chart ratings, good-natured casual affairs, and special vacations with his two young sons. Now, nine years later, living alone in Hollywood, even without his wife and kids, his life and success are still reasonably sweet. Read full overviewīill Thigpen, writer producer of the No.1 daytime TV drama was so busy watching his career soar that he never noticed his marriage collapse. Now, nine years later, living alone in Hollywood, even without his wife and kids, his life and success are st. Bill Thigpen, writer producer of the No.1 daytime TV drama was so busy watching his career soar that he never noticed his marriage collapse. ![]() Jane austen the secret radical review5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() They weren’t bad, they just felt unnecessary and broke up the fascinating history Kelly worked so hard to tie together and present in this neat little package.īasically she breaks the book into Austen’s finished novels and describes the overarching theme. She took a letter or a couple of letters and attempted to write a scene from Austen’s point of view. Honestly, what I think hurt the book more than it helped the book was Kelly’s addition of the creative nonfiction pieces at the beginning of each chapter. She provided more detail of course, especially when it came to names and places, but overall there just weren’t a lot of revelations. Sure Kelly highlighted a few things that I missed when reading Austen, but really she just expounded upon the things that those of us who don’t read Austen ONLY as a romance novelist, but as a social commentator hopefully picked up on. I mean that’s why I requested a copy from the publisher.* I was hoping as the 200th anniversary of Austen’s death rapidly approaches there’d be something completely new and innovative to talk about, but there wasn’t. With a title like Jane Austen, the Secret Radical, you’d expect there to be revelations of sorts and yet there weren’t. ![]() Perhaps I’m too smart for my own good, but overall this book was a bit disappointing. ![]() Henry james the turning5/22/2023 ![]() The main action of the story begins as the governess arrives at the manor’s house and takes charge of the two children. Throughout the novel, James uses elements of the gothic to heighten the sense of confusion and ambiguity involved in his story Turn of the Screw. In spite of the comfort of the home, she arrives with explicit instructions to never bother the employer, their uncle, in any way. The story that follows is supposedly her story of a time when she worked as a governess to care for an orphaned boy and girl at her employer’s remote country estate. She was dead at the time the story started, even though she was suggested to have been a relatively younger woman, but no explanation was provided as to what might have caused her death. One of the characters, a man who has been silent for most of the evening, introduces the story he has to tell us something that will bother everyone to a greater extent than anything they’ve heard so far, but he heightens the suspense for his story by announcing that he has to send away for the notes of a woman he once knew. ![]() It starts as a group of friends share ghost stories around a fireside. ![]() A Turn of the Screw is essentially a simple ghost story, effectively placing it within the realm of the gothic genre that was popular at this point in time. In 1898, American-born British author Henry James published a short novel that is still causing a great deal of academic debate today. ![]() |