Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she’s desperate to discover what happened to her. But he’s not used to company and he certainly doesn’t want any evacuees.ĭesperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. We weren’t even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.įebruary, 1941. We weren’t supposed to be going to the pictures that night. A Year in Books – Reading Subscriptionsįrom the queen of historical fiction, Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll is a stunningly evocative wartime drama, and sure to keep you breathlessly reading to its very last page.Reading Together – Books for Book Clubs.
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The old doctor, Nelder, tells him that the water is an ancient evil, somehow alive-and it likes Mike. Mike too bathes and drinks, and is healed in body, indeed possessed of extraordinary strength. Brought, barely alive, to an abandoned spa resort by a concerned trucker, Mike suffers wild dreams of bodies splitting asunder, and of an ancient doctor waving a scalpel-who subsequently appears alive, bathing in a pool of the spa's sulfurous water. Vicious drug-dealer Aitch and his reluctant sidekick Charlie beat their erstwhile partner Mike, a doctor and drug addict, to a pulp, then throw him from a car in the high desert of eastern Oregon following an attempted double-cross. Adder, Farewell, Horizontal, Infernal Devices, etc. Gritty, spare but rather empty horror yarn from the author of Dr. Thrown together by chance and joined by their hatred of the ruthless king, they will come to rescue each other in ways they cannot yet imagine. Though Jenna doesn’t know why she’s being hunted, she knows that she can’t get caught.Įventually, Ash’s and Jenna’s paths will collide in Arden. But when the King’s Guard launches a relentless search for a girl with a mark like hers, Jenna assumes that it has more to do with her role as a saboteur than any birth-based curse. With time running out, Ash faces an excruciating choice: Can he use his powers not to save a life but to take it?Ībandoned at birth, Jenna Bandelow was told that the magemark on the back of her neck would make her a target. 6,559 ratings625 reviews The third book in the thrilling four-book Shattered Realms series from New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima The empress in the eastthe unspeakably cruel ruler whose power grew in Flamecaster and Shadowcastertightens her grip in this chilling third installment in the series. Now he’s closer than ever to killing the man responsible, the cruel king of Arden. Ash is forced into hiding after a series of murders throws the queendom into chaos. This dazzling beginning to a new series is indispensable for fans of Cinda Williams Chima and a perfect starting point for readers who are new to her work.Īdrian sul’Han, known as Ash, is a trained healer with a powerful gift of magic-and a thirst for revenge. Set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Seven Realms series, a generation later, this is a breathtaking story of dark magic, chilling threats, and two unforgettable characters walking a knife-sharp line between life and death. From desert scrub to cold blue sea, it carries an eloquent yet hard-edge take on the contradictions of a place so difficult to define. ‘Wonder Valley is destined to be a classic L.A. Their lives will all intertwine and come crashing together in a shocking way, one that could only happen in this enchanting, dangerous city. And there’s Blake, a drifter hiding in the desert, doing his best to fight off his most violent instincts. There’s Tony, a bored and unhappy lawyer who is inspired by the runner. There’s Britt, who shows up at the commune harbouring a dark secret. There’s Owen and James, teenage twins who live in a desert commune, where their father, a self-proclaimed healer, holds a powerful sway over his disciples. There’s Ren, just out of juvie, who travels to LA in search of his mother. When a teenager runs away from his father’s mysterious commune, he sets in motion a domino effect that connects a cast of six characters who narrate Wonder Valley. Most Loonies are discharged criminals, political exiles and their free-born descendants men outnumber women two to one so that polyandry and many forms of polygamy are the norm. In 2075, the Moon (Luna) is used as a penal colony by Earth's government, with three million inhabitants (called "Loonies") living in underground cities. Originally serialized monthly in Worlds of If (December 1965 – April 1966), the book was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1966 and received the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967. It is respected for its credible presentation of a comprehensively imagined future human society on both the Earth and the Moon. The novel illustrates and discusses libertarian ideals. Heinlein about a lunar colony's revolt against absentee rule from Earth. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. In the world of self-publishing, where anyone can put a document on Amazon and call it a book, many writers are seeing their work being appropriated without their permission. “I didn’t believe it was true that someone would do that.” There was one major difference between the books: The Auction Deal had sex scenes and was being marketed as mainstream romance-the most profitable category in self-publishing. They were a curse, and had been for the thirty-one years of my life.” They were a curse, and had been for twenty-eight of Cassi’s twenty-nine years.” Compare that to Chapter 2 of Mullen’s book, which begins, “Dark brunette curls were everywhere. In Chapter 2, Nunes writes, “The dark brown curls were everywhere. Mullens’ book, titled The Auction Deal, looked like the same story with much of the same language. First published in 1998, A Bid for Love did well enough to spawn two sequels before it eventually went out-of-print. An anonymous stranger seemed to have stolen her book, changed it superficially, and passed it off as her own work. With that single exchange, Nunes found herself part of a trend affecting many professional authors in the age of self-publishing. When it was consumed, Seregil knocked the ash to bits with the poker. Alec rocked back on his heels, watching in silent consternation as the parchment blossomed into flame. "I'm going to do something now, and you're going to watch and say nothing." Taking the final page of the manuscript, he twisted it into a tight squib and tossed it into the fire. Damn you, Nysander! "I can't tell you, talí, because I'd only have to lie," he said, suddenly dejected. Look for TRAITOR'S MOON Available now!Ī QUESTION OF TRUST "What is it? You look like you've just seen your own ghost." A desperate ache lanced through Seregil as he looked down into those dark blue eyes. I commend this one to your attention." -Robin Hobb, author of SHIP OF MAGIC Available form Bantam Spectra Books. Lynn Flewelling has eschewed the easy shortcuts of cliched minor characters and cookie-cutter backdrops to present a unique world. ISBN 3-0 BANTAM BOOKS DON'T MISS LYNN FLEWELLING'S DAZZLING FANTASY DEBUT LUCK IN THE SHADOWS "Memorable characters, an enthralling plot and truly daunting evil. Inferior glass could invalidate or even thwart experimentation altogether. Glass figured prominently in many aspects of scientific inquiry. The prism was an elegantly simple instrument, and the quality of glass used in its manufacture was essential to the success of the experimental process. Opticks was Newton’s statement on the nature and properties of light, but the glass prism extended his discoveries to color. With it, Newton separated natural white light into the spectrum of primary visible colors, which could be refracted to differing degrees and combined again to re-form white light. The glass prism was indispensable to these experiments. Thus, at the very outset of Opticks, he makes clear to the reader that “my design in this book is not to explain the properties of light by hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by reason and experiments.” Newton’s experimental method was a new approach to science, and it helped to propel scientific investigation into the modern era. He developed a theory of light and then proved his theory through experimentation and observation. Newton conducted optical experiments for several decades before he published Opticks in 1704. Optics is the science of light and how light behaves. However, his interests also included alchemy, theology, mathematics, and the branch of physics known as optics. He is most famous, perhaps, for having formulated the universal law of gravitation, as well as the laws of motion. Isaac Newton (1642–1727) is often described as the greatest of all scientific thinkers. Sharp, hilarious and undeniably endearing, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes would be immortalised by the 1953 musical starring Marilyn Monroe, and Anita Loos herself was so impressed by the success of her creation that she ended up dyeing her hair … With the help of her wise-cracking friend and protector Dorothy, Lorelei learns to spot a gentleman ‘whom you can call up at any time and ask him to go shopping and he is delighted’ at a hundred paces, dances with the Prince of Wales, and travels to Paris to enjoy ‘the Eyeful Tower’. Capturing the carefree attitude of the glamorous jazz age, the flighty Lorelei moves from suitor to suitor, from scandalous situation to frivolous engagement, ever in search of the elusive millionaire who could provide her own happy ending. Written in diary form, Lorelei Lee’s life makes for an outrageous, witty read. With these deceptively simple words Lorelei Lee, a not-so-dumb blonde with a single-minded devotion to orchids, diamonds and champagne, embarks on what Edith Wharton was to call, perhaps not entirely seriously, ‘the great American novel’. She wrote a great many of the Douglas Fairbanks films and did the stage adaptation of Collette’s Gigi. She wrote scripts from 1912 till her death in 1981 and was the first scriptwriter on the payroll of Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Loos was an American screenwriter, playwright, and author born in 1889. But when his best friend Laen falls prey to their watery embrace he has no choice but to follow.Come and swim. and now she will do anything, risk anything,to see him again.A Dark Tale.Beautiful, beguiling and deadly, the Nixe and their river King the Kelpie are best left alone as the Prince Corin knows to his cost. The man who is caught between his own honour and her desire.A Dark Desire.She saw him once.Just a glimpse of those golden eyes. Three short stories from the Les Fées that prequel the Dark Series.A Dark Design, A Dark Desire, A Dark Tale and including bonus material, Interview With a Dark Prince.A Dark Design.An oath of honour is not to be taken lightly.An oath never to lay hands on your best friend's sister should certainly be upheld, no matter how much you want to break it.But what if the sister is a beautiful, single minded young woman who is not afraid to use blackmail to get what she wants?The Prince Laen's sister, Aleish is such a woman and Prince Corin. |