![]() Facing an unknown enemy, Wells attempts to keep the group together. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries. It's been 21 days since The 100 landed on Earth. And the hundred will struggle to survive the only way they can - together. ![]() In this pulse-pounding sequel to Kass Morgan's The 100, secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested. They were never meant to be heroes, but they may be mankind's last hope. ![]() Confronted with a savage land and haunted by secrets from their pasts, the hundred must fight to survive. And Glass managed to escape back onto the ship, only to find that life there is just as dangerous as she feared it would be on Earth. Wells, the chancellor's son, came to Earth for the girl he loves - but will she ever forgive him Reckless Bellamy fought his way onto the transport pod to protect his sister, the other half of the only siblings in the universe. Clarke was arrested for treason, though she's haunted by the memory of what she really did. ![]() It could be their second chance at life.or it could be a suicide mission. Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents - considered expendable by society - are being sent on a dangerous mission: to re-colonize the planet. Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth's radioactive surface. No one has set foot on Earth in centuries - until now. The Hunger Games meets Lost in this spectacular new series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The novel was subsequently banned in the UK and the USA and not released for publication for a further thirty years." - Contents: Night people - The secret life of insects - The ballad of Easy Earl - The crime of Marble Lesson. Tropic of Cancer's 1934 publication in France was hailed by Samuel Beckett as 'a momentous event in the history of modern writing'. A fictional account of Miller's adventures amongst the prostitutes and pimps, the penniless painters and writers of Montparnasse, Tropic of Cancer is an extravagant and rhapsodic hymn to a world of unrivalled eroticism and freedom. Leaving behind a disintegrating marriage and an unhappy career in America, he threw himself into the low-life of bohemian Paris with unwavering gusto. A penniless and as yet unpublished writer, Henry Miller arrived in Paris in 1930. ![]() "A stream-of-consciousness story of a poverty-stricken young American, living in Paris." - "Miller's groundbreaking first novel, banned in Britain for almost thirty years. Dark blue octavo pocket book, xxvii, 287 pages 18cm. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the future vision projected throughout the story, while certainly serving to illustrate humanity’s notorious lack of willingness to change, largely fails to awe. In addition, the prose itself frequently soars, especially when Robinson lets loose in first-person, raving and ranting about the city, its history, vision, future, pros and cons, giving it a true ‘New York’ personality. The character gallery is vividly varied, fittingly bringing together people, names, mannerisms and cultural references from across the globe. One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is politics and human nature, so as we jump between the various viewpoints of the many different characters in Robinson’s big, big story, we see that despite history trying its absolute worst to teach us a lesson, it may not be enough to better us or change the way we conduct ourselves.Ī highlight of New York 2140 is the way Robinson seamlessly binds together a large number of characters and narrative strands, lending each one a distinct and immediately recognisable voice, vocabulary and rhythm, which makes for an immensely enjoyable reading experience. ![]() In New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest vision of the future, the Big Apple has been submerged by waves of catastrophic climate change, heralding a new world order and a transformed way of living. Good stories about New York always have a certain grandeur about them, and the best elevate the narrative and characters to the mythical heights of its subject. ![]() ![]() I know that’s contentious (the number of people I know personally who say they love and highly rate the film I can count on one hand and have fingers left to spare), but I hold that it is true and, on the whole, both critics and ‘Top Ten’ type lists tend to agree (give or take a superlative or two). That said, the Stanley Kubrick movie of 2001 was, without a shadow of doubt, one of the greatest movies of any genre. ![]() Compared with Asimov (and Clarke so often was) and Anne McCaffrey, I really didn’t find Clarke so interesting. ![]() Even in my youth, when I devoured classic sci-fi while other kids my age were discovering their dad’s not-so-secret stash of porn magazines, I was reading things like ‘Rendezvous with Rama’, ‘Imperial Earth’ and ‘Childhood’s End’ and really not so impressed, to be honest. ![]() ![]() ![]() > 16-17 SEPT 2023 - BOSTON/SALEM/PEABODY, MA (Getting Witchy With It) - Boston Marriott Peabody Hotel & Conference Center - OVER 330 AUTHORS!!! > 25- HOUSTON, TX (Sultry in the City) - Hilton Houston NASA Clearlake - Over 50 Authors > 17- NASHVILLE, TN (Killer Nashville) - Embassy Suites Nashville > 11- WINSTON-SALEM, NC (Romance In The Carolinas) - Historic Brookstown Inn - Cozy & Beautiful venue and bonus events Friday night and Saturday night! ![]() > 4- KNOXVILLE, TN (Rockin' Romance Readers) - Hilton Knoxville Airport > 28-29 JULY 2023 - NORFOLK, VA (SaSS) - Sheraton Norfolk Waterfront > 8 JULY 2023 - TRUMBULL, CT (RomantiConn) > 10 JUNE 2023 - DOTHAN, AL (Dothan Houston County Library) > 28-29 APRIL 2023 - MIRAMAR BEACH, FL (DESTIN) - Emerald Coast Winery & Boutique (solo signing event) > 28 APRIL 2023 - PANAMA CITY, FL - Bay County Library w/ CaliOkie (Patty McCall) * Member - MWA (SEMWA), GRW, TWIG, Royal Society of Literature (London) * 2022 Mystery Writers of America/Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalist - Best Suspense Book of the Year & Readers' Choice Award Finalist - Best Book of the Year ![]() * Host/Organizer of TropiCon Book Expo & Writing Convention - St. * Indie Author living in Sweet Home Alabama Amazon #1 Bestselling Author of Romance Suspense Mystery Thrillers ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike “Snow”, which abounds in conflicts and ideology to such an extent that it makes for a hard read, Pamuk's latest book, “A Strangeness in My Mind”, flows more swiftly and marks a return to origins for the writer – to his birthplace of Istanbul and to the style that consecrated him, the meandering family saga. But that has not stopped him from delving into controversial topics for Turkish readers in books and interviews, like the issue of headscarves in schools and universities, and the military regimes’ oppression of Islamists in novels like “Snow” (2002) and the Armenian genocide in an interview in 2005, for which he was even charged with “insulting Turkishness”. ![]() One of Turkey's best known contemporary writers, Nobel-prize winner Orhan Pamuk, is as popular among foreigners as he is looked down upon at home, ostensibly for conveying an Orientalist image of the country that caters to educated Western readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() The concept of mixing two colors to create an all-new color can be confusing for youngsters but debut author Laura Schaumer figured out a unique way to convey the “magic” that happens when you mix colors. Kita and the Magic Paint is a fun story that uses a delightful assortment of animal friends to teach young readers about the wonders of colors. And when Annie the bunny hops her way onto the painted daisies, watch out! Soon, Kita and Bushy are joined by other friends and they all get excited about trying different color combinations. And wow! Surprise! Both daisies turn green! It must be magic! The “new” yellow and blue daisies look lovely so they decide to swap paint colors again and see what happens. ![]() Kita paints a daisy yellow while Bushy paints one blue. The two friends decide that they should try different colors and see what happens. But wow! Surprise! Both daisies turn purple! It must be magic! They both expect that the daisies will be half red and half blue. But then Kita decides it’d be fun to add red to her daisy while Bushy adds blue to his red daisy. Kita decides to first paint a daisy blue while Bushy paints one red. ![]() Today, they have several cans of paint and lots of white daisies to paint. Kita the raccoon and Bushy the squirrel are good friends who love to play together. Two friends, a lot of paint, and loads of pretty, little daisies, combine to create a fun new children’s book that teaches children what happens when colors are mixed together. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Either/Or by Elif Batumanįrom the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Idiot, the continuation of beloved protagonist Selin’s quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok LeeĪ sweeping, lyrical novel following a Korean immigrant pursuing the American dream who must confront the secrets of the past or risk watching the world he’s worked so hard to build come crumbling down.Ī high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big hearted mercenary, from beloved and acclaimed novelist Dan Chaon Avalon by Nell ZinkĪ profound and singular story about a young woman searching for her place in the world, from one of America’s most original voices. This imaginative and affecting new novel is beloved, bestselling, and award-winning author David Yoon at his finest: thought-provoking and heart-piercing, by turns funny and challenging, and at all times deeply human. Neruda on the Park by Cleyvis NateraĪn exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification. The former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm makes his literary debut with this dramatic and riveting novel of book publishing, émigrés, spies, and diplomats in World War II Sweden based on his grandfather’s life. B. by Daniel Birnbaum, Translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner ![]() ![]() ![]() Natural laws contradict others, and still others are “ascientific”-i.e., neither true nor false but unprovable: “Science has nothing to say about it. Unlike many other science writers, Hossenfelder is less interested in denouncing pseudoscience than revealing that many spiritual ideas are compatible with modern physics. Religious leaders ask the same questions, as do philosophers, gurus, mystics, alternative healers, and outright quacks. More than other scientific fields, notes the author, physics asks profound questions about the meaning of everything, including life and death, the origin of the universe, and the nature of reality. In her second book, she turns her gimlet eye on popular beliefs. In her 2018 book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, Hossenfelder, research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, excoriated her colleagues for falling in love with theories that bear little relation to reality. A German physicist digs into a host of existential quandaries. ![]() ![]() ![]() Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. ![]() For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. ![]() |