![]() ![]() ![]() Nothing prepared them for Earth's last day. ![]() Christians beware! This book is not what it seems." - B&N review A new super human race? Twisting Biblical scriptures? Totally not what I thought it would be! Plus an adulterous affair resulting in a new species.
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![]() ![]() Mantel, who has written frankly in the past about her misdiagnosed endometriosis, knows what she’s talking about: her essay “Meeting the Devil”, describing abdominal surgery she underwent in 2010, is one of the most irreverent and savagely convivial meditations on pain and illness you are ever likely to read (no wearing away of the intellect here). ‘Historians,’ says Mantel writes, ‘and, I’m afraid, doctors, underestimate what chronic pain can do to sour the temper and wear away both the personality and the intellect.’ ![]() In his later years Henry suffered from osteomyelitis, an infection in the bone of the leg. ![]() But she also argues persuasively that the ageing and increasingly irascible king fits the picture for McLeod syndrome, the symptoms of which include progressive muscular weakness in the lower body, depression, paranoia, and an erosion of personality – which would make the tragedy of his reign “not a moral but a biological tragedy, inscribed on the body”. The author is, of course, quite brilliant on the Tudors and the various iterations of Henry VIII, from strapping young prince (“Hooray Henry”), through pious apostate (“Holy Henry”) to tyrannical Bluebeard (“Horrid Henry”). ![]() ![]() ![]() The thought is ever only fleeting and I don’t spend my days weighted by a morbid gloom, but nonetheless the fear exists and is powerful enough to assert its presence daily. And yet every morning I wake up and wonder if this will be it, if this will be the last day I get to enjoy my child. ![]() I live in Southern California and the probability that my daughter will at least get a full two decades of life is ridiculously high. ![]() I am the father of a young daughter and the possibility of losing her haunts me. It’s times like this that the term comic is grossly inadequate as a descriptor of what it hopes to describe. Leukemia, cancer, some horrible incurable disease that causes the body to slowly shut down. Kids, from time to time, will die from terrible conditions that for-better-or-worse will give parents a good space of time in which to quietly go mad. If you’d prefer to stop here, I’ll just say that the book is very well done and is a simple treasure. As I came to realize where Pedrosa was taking me, I experienced something that those with prior awareness will never be able to experience. I had the opportunity to approach the book agnostically-that is, without any knowledge of its contents. Note: Three Shadows is a book that you may prefer to come to without knowing anything of its plot or subject matter. ![]() ![]() ![]() He holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of South Florida, a Master of Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, and is a ten-time recipient of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residency Grant. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has published the collections Inheritance and Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat. Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles-based poet and educator and was appointed the first City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood (2014-2016). ![]() His commitment to the defense of homosexuals in Muslim countries has made him one of the most prominent Arab writers of his generation-both "a literary transgressor and cultural paragon," according to Interview magazine. Taïa made history in 2006 by coming out in his country, where homosexuality is illegal. He also directed and wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film adaptation of Salvation Army. ![]() His novel Le jour du roi, about the death of Morocco’s King Hassan II, won the 2010 Prix de Flore. He is the author of six novels, including Salvation Army and An Arab Melancholia, both published by Semiotext(e) and Infidels. In 1973, Abdellah Taïa was born in the public library of Rabat in Morocco, where his father was the janitor and where his family lived until he was two years old. ![]() ![]() ![]() During this time, Miller has written 26 plays, a novel entitled Focus (1945), several travel journals, a collection of short stories entitled I Don't Need You Anymore (1967), and an autobiography entitled Timebends: A Life (1987). ![]() Miller's prolific writing career spans a period of over 60 years. Miller died on February 10, 2005, of heart failure. Congress closed the Federal Theatre late in 1939. The Federal Theatre provided work for unemployed writers, actors, directors, and designers. After he left the University of Michigan, Miller wrote plays for the Federal Theatre in 1939. In addition to hosting a radio program, Miller held a variety of jobs during his early career. At school, he studied journalism, became the night editor of the Michigan Daily, and began experimenting with theater. Miller worked a variety of odd jobs - including as a host of a radio program - before the University of Michigan accepted him. ![]() He applied to Cornell University and the University of Michigan, but both schools refused him admission. Miller graduated from high school in New York in 1933. Financial hardship compelled the Miller family to move to Brooklyn in 1929. Miller's father had established a successful clothing store upon coming to America, so the family enjoyed wealth however, this prosperity ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Arthur Miller was born in Harlem on October 17, 1915, the son of Polish immigrants, Isidore and Augusta Miller. ![]() ![]() The ugliness of Seever’s actions seems to permeate the book, his reach overshadowing even the newest murders as he sits calmly in his cell, continuing to destroy lives without lifting a finger. This is a dark, disturbing mystery, but it’s also addicting-the characters are so well drawn that you almost feel sorry for them even while condemning their behavior. All of the characters in this story have heavy baggage, not just from Seever’s actions, but from the choices they have made in their own lives that have kept them from moving forward. Seever has been locked up for years, but when a new wave of murders tied to him hit Denver, the people he damaged come together, albeit grudgingly, to deal with the horror again. Almost worse off than those he kills, however, are the living whose lives remain troubled by his crimes-the police who investigate the murders, the reporter who tells the story, the victim who got away, and his wife, who may or may not have turned a blind eye to his actions. Jacky Seever is a serial killer who leaves dozens of bodies in his wake. ![]() ![]() Other stories by him soon appeared in several other Polish magazines. In 1961 Młody Technik published Zajdel's science-fiction debut, the short story " Tau Ceti" ( Polish: Tau Wieloryba). With his brother, he started a column in a Polish magazine for young people interested in science and engineering, Młody Technik ( Young Technician), in which they proposed various futuristic gadgets. In his spare time, he popularized science by writing science fiction. He published a number of academic works, handbooks of safety regulations, as well as educational and popular science texts. After graduating, he worked many years as a radiological engineer and an expert on nuclear physics at the Central Laboratory of Radiological Protection in Poland. He studied physics at the University of Warsaw. Janusz Zajdel was born 15 August 1938 in Warsaw, Poland. ![]() The Polish science fiction fandom award was named after him: the Janusz A. His heroes desperately try to find meaning in the world around them. His main recurring theme involved the gloomy prospects for a space environment into which mankind carried totalitarian ideas and habits: Red Space Republics, or Space Labor Camps, or both. His major genres were social science fiction and dystopia. Janusz Andrzej Zajdel (15 August 1938 – 19 July 1985) was a Polish science fiction author, second in popularity in Poland to Stanisław Lem. ![]() ![]() ![]() It has a simple plot, is sprinkled with sadness, has fantastic characters, and is wonderfully warm-hearted. This novel has the quintessential feel of a children’s story. 'Everyone's idea of a smash-hit first novel: full-blown characters to love and hate, moments of grief and joy, and a marvellous story that knows just how to grab the emotions' Guardian Why You Should Read Goodnight Mister Tom: But then his cruel mother summons him back to war-torn London. ![]() A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of kind old Tom Oakley. When the Second World War breaks out, young Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside. She didn't tell him what to watch out for, though. Mum said war was a punishment from God for people's sins, so he'd better watch out. Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Genres: Children's Classic, Classic Literatureīuy on Amazon, Buy on Barnes & Noble, Buy from The Book Depository Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian ![]() I knew nothing about it but my bookish friends repeatedly told me that it was worth my time. It is a part of my Puffin clothbound children’s classics, which was my first exposure to the story. Tom by Michelle Magorian had been a mystery to me for some time. ![]() ![]() But when his old crush, Annie, shows up to volunteer, her killer curves and kind smile fan the embers of a flame Felipe didn’t realize he’d been carrying. ![]() Or the way they make snap judgments about his practice and the people he cares for. Felipe Gutierrez doesn’t have to like them. Gawking “volun-tourists” may keep his family’s medical clinic afloat, but Dr. But as soon as she steps off the plane, Annie realizes her bug spray, feeble Spanish, and medical supplies won’t help her deal with her new feelings for Felipe-her best friend’s older brother, who’s much hotter than she remembers, and who also happens to be the doctor in charge of the trip. ![]() With any luck, it will also land her application in the “accepted” pile at a top tier medical school. WITHOUT BORDERS BY AMANDA HEGER Happy book birthday to WITHOUT BORDERS and Amanda Heger! I am so excited to celebrate Amanda’s debut today!įor Annie London, a month in a Central American rainforest means handing out mosquito nets, giving medical aid, and teaching children about the birds and the bees. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel also reflects Hawthorne’s interest in the art and culture of Europe-especially Italy, where he traveled for a year and a half before writing the novel. Hawthorne suggests that the experience of sin and evil may help us to become morally and spiritually more mature. Both Donatello and Miriam must deal with the consequences of their wrongdoing and find their way back to happiness and moral righteousness. The faun, Donatello, symbolizes the innocence and happiness of mankind before original sin. Like his earlier novel The Scarlet Letter, The Marble Faun shows Hawthorne’s preoccupation with the problem of evil and the psychology of sin. Kenyon and Hilda plan to marry, and while Miriam and Donatello are in love once more, their future remains uncertain. The solution to the mystery partially emerges during the Carnival festivities in Rome, where the four friends reunite. Meanwhile, Kenyon is in love with Hilda, but his plan to propose marriage is thwarted when she mysteriously disappears after telling a priest about the murder. When Miriam arrives there, Kenyon suggests a plan to reunite her with Donatello and heal their feelings of sadness and guilt. ![]() Donatello leaves Rome and goes to his ancestral home in Tuscany, where Kenyon visits him. When Donatello kills a man who has been shadowing Miriam, the murder unleashes strong feelings of guilt in Donatello and the two women. ![]() |