![]() ![]() Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing the elixir of immortality. When not writing or reading, she enjoys exploring the hills, lakes, and temples around her home.ĭaughter of the Moon Goddess - Publisher Description:Ī captivating debut fantasy inspired by the legend of Chang'e, the Chinese moon goddess, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm. After devouring every fable she could find in the library, she discovered fantasy books, spending much of her childhood lost in magical worlds. Her love for stories began with a gift from her father, her first compilation of fairytales from around the world. īorn in Malaysia, Sue Lynn studied in London and France, before moving to Hong Kong with her family. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her books will be translated into sixteen languages, and are USA Today and Sunday Times bestsellers.įind her on Instagram or Twitter or on her website. Sue Lynn Tan is the award-winning author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess and Heart of the Sun Warrior, a romantic fantasy duology inspired by the legend of Chang’e, the Chinese moon goddess. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It’s easy enough to accept the unconvincing Brit journalist of the original being turned into an American narrator played by Bruce Willis. The compromising circumstance of McCoy’s mistress being in the car with him doesn’t help matters when he finds himself at the center of political machinations involving among others a black religious leader (John Hancock), a district attorney running for mayor, and a down-and-out alcoholic reporter. Wolfe’s conservative, page-turning satire pretending to be centrist is the tale of Sherman McCoy, a young multimillionaire bond trader (Tom Hanks) who takes a wrong turn and winds up in the south Bronx, where his car hits a young black man, whose companion may have been trying to mug McCoy. It seems almost impossible that someone could vulgarize and coarsen Tom Wolfe’s best-selling novel any further, but leave it to director Brian De Palma, working here with a script by Michael Cristofer, to plumb uncharted depths. From the Chicago Reader (September 1, 1992). ![]() ![]() 'A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. Or it might save them from annihilation.Ī Memory Called Empire is followed by A Desolation Called Peace in the Teixcalaan duology. For she's hiding an extraordinary technological secret, one which might destroy her station and its way of life. And while she hunts for the killer, Mahit must somehow prevent the rapacious Empire from annexing her home: a small, fiercely independent mining station.Īs she sinks deeper into an alien culture that is all too seductive, Mahit engages in intrigues of her own. Now Mahit must navigate the capital's enticing yet deadly halls of power, to discover dangerous truths. But no one will admit his death wasn't accidental - and she might be next. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her predecessor was murdered. Īmbassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the Teixcalaanli Empire's interstellar capital, eager to take up her new post. ![]() Shortlisted for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards. ![]() For those who loved Ann Leckie's epic space opera Ancillary Justice, Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth and Iain M. ![]() Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel.Īrkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire is one of the hottest science fiction debuts around. ![]() ![]() ![]() You wouldn’t think that a newspaper has anything in common with a puffin…but wait…they’re both black and white! And surely a goldfish isn’t anything like a puffin…but wait…goldfish and puffins both like to swim! Another plus for this book is the fact that it focuses on puffins instead of the more popular penguins. What I like most about this book, aside from the bright illustrations, is the fact that it really makes children (and adults!) think. This is a wonderfully illustrated picture book that details ways that things are similar to or different from puffins. So last week was the triumphant return of preschool storytime, and I thought a polar animal theme would be a great way to kick off January!īook #1: Nothing Like a Puffin by Sue Soltis ![]() ![]() My preschool storytime is on Tuesday mornings, and we had a two week break from these storytimes due to both Christmas and New Years falling on Tuesdays this year (we were closed both days). ![]() ![]() ![]() For full terms and conditions please visit .uk/digitalboost. ![]() Small business customers (less than 10 employees) only. For full terms and conditions please visit Your latest and most special book: What did it teach you? What would you say to your father if he was alive? It was a pleasure to read, and a pleasure to speak to him in my kitchen.Īre we always chasing a bigger challenge? He’s spent five years writing it, written every single word himself, and shares some lessons from his life he’s never felt comfortable sharing before. ![]() But now, he reflects to us about the costs of that mentality, and where it leaves you when you come up short.īear’s new book is a follow-up to his smash-hit bestseller Mud, Sweat and Tears. ![]() Wild, Running Wild, The Island, and the author of Mud, Sweat and Tears and over twenty other books, he’s come in to talk to us about his new book - Never Give Up.īear has always told himself a story about himself that he’s ‘resilient’, he’s pushed through the toughest challenges the world has to offer - from climbing Everest to surviving in the desert - because he’s told himself he’s the type of person who survives. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify. Bear Grylls is a British adventurer and television host who has been an international sensation of survival shows for twenty years. Bear Grylls, Mud, Sweat and Tears 6 likes Like Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. ![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Ramsey Campbell has won more awards than any other living author of horror or dark fantasy. Campbell's best known works in the US are Obsession, Incarnate, Midnight Sun, and Nazareth Hill. He has been President of the British Fantasy Society and has edited critically acclaimed anthologies, including Fine Frights. Scribner Book Company, 18.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-5 British horror writer Campbell here focuses on one of his most intriguing inventions, a horror. Ramsey Campbell's works have been published in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and several other languages. ![]() His collection, Scared Stiff, virtually established the subgenre of erotic horror. His classic novels, such as The Face that Must Die, The Doll Who Ate His Mother, and The Influence, set new standards for horror as literature. Critically acclaimed both in the US and in England, Campbell is widely regarded as one of the genre's literary lights for both his short fiction and his novels. ![]() ![]() She learns how haunted the production was and survivors are. Researcher Sandy Allan vows to track it down. Ramsey Campbell has won more awards than any other living author of horror or dark fantasy, including four World Fantasy Awards, nine British Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, and two International Horror Guild Awards. Tower of Fear is a lost Karloff and Lugosi film. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They are trapped in a remnant of the Shadow Fold that holds some of Ravka's Saints, including Sankta Elisaveta, Sankt Juris, and Sankt Grigori. Yuri, the leader of this cult, travels with Zoya and Nikolai while they are searching for a way to control the monster inside of Nikolai. They also run into the Cult of the Starless Saint, who worship and claim loyalty to the Darkling. ![]() Zoya Nazyalensky, his friend, a powerful Squaller, and general of Ravka's Second Army, is desperate to help him. King of Ravka Nikolai Lantsov attempts to rebuild his country after the Ravkan Civil War and get it in order to fend off threats from neighboring nations Shu Han and Fjerda while dealing with the demons the Darkling infested him with. The story is primarily told in third person by three point of views: Nikolai Lantsov and Zoya Nazyalensky from the original trilogy in Ravka, and Nina Zenik from Six of Crows in Ketterdam. It is the first in a duology, followed by Rule of Wolves, and a continuation of Bardugo's Grishaverse. King of Scars is a fantasy novel by American author Leigh Bardugo published by Imprint in 2019. ![]() ![]() ![]() I saw only that sunny days were better than rainy ones."She was there - the Morning Star - just as Grandmother Lili had promised, brilliant in the brightening sky above the far roofs of Jerusalem, and beneath her, just rising over the dark shape of the Temple, the slimmest crescent moon. There had been little rain this year or the one before, and though my parents worried about it in their talk, I thought little of it. ![]() The sparse grass showed weak new growth at the crown of the hill where it lay open to the dew and fight frost of the winter just past. Hanging the bowl on Nadja's tether post, I faced into the dawn breeze and climbed the little rise behind our house. I went outdoors with the milking bowl and breathed in the sweet air. The excitement that had wakened me combined with the cold, and I shivered, pulling my cloak around me. "Revelation 12:1, KJVOn the day I was given to the Goddess I awakened before daylight, a strange fluttering inside me. Chapter OneThe Morning StarAnd there appeared a great wonder in Heaven, ![]() ![]() Portia feared the town had turned against Jake. ![]() Both Jake and his assistant, Portia, noticed how steeply calls to the office had dropped. ![]() They feared that Jake would get Drew off on an insanity plea. ![]() When word spread that Drew had been released from jail, community members became angry. Jake sensed that Drew had been traumatized and fought the prosecuting attorney as well as the sheriff to get Drew released from jail for a mental evaluation. Drew also seemed unable to comprehend that his mother was alive. He seemed confused about what had happened and asked Jake several times if Stuart was dead. He first met Drew, a sixteen-year-old boy who was underdeveloped for his age, in the jail. More than anything, Jake worried that the case would bankrupt him.Įven though Jake did not want the case, he was asked by Circuit Judge Omar Noose to represent Drew until Noose could find another lawyer. He worried taking the case would ruin his friendship with police in the area. He worried that he and his family would be in danger. He worried what people would think of him if he defended a boy accused of murdering a police officer. Jake knew the case would not earn him any money. The teen boy had shot his mother’s police officer boyfriend, Stuart Kofer, after Kofer came home drunk and beat Josie, Drew’s mother, unconscious. In the courtroom drama A Time for Mercy by John Grisham, lawyer Jake Brigance did not want to represent Drew Gamble. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Grisham, John. ![]() ![]() She takes decorating classes, shares recipes, and samples the best cakes and the worst.The book is held together by the hero on a quest, one that traces cake history and tradition. She interviews famous chefs like Duff Goldman of Food Network'sAce of Cakesand less famous ones like Roland Winbeckler, who sculpts life-size human figures out of hundreds of pounds of pound cake and buttercream frosting. She visits factories and local bakeries and wedding cake boutiques. ![]() ![]() Miller embarks on a journey (not a journey cake, although it's in there) into the moist white underbelly of the cake world. After all, it is so much more than dessert.As a book about cake would demand, this one is a multilayered, amply frosted, delicious concoction with a slice (or more) for everyone.Let Me Eat Cakeis not a book about baking cake, but about eating it.Author Leslie F. ![]() Few creations are more associated with joy or more symbolic of the sweet life than cake. ![]() |