![]() ![]() Eli pretty much sways Amelia into breaking off her relationship with Joshua and moving as far away from Wilburton as she can in order to save his life as well as that of her mother. She also subtly leads the readers into the final book of the series where everything is riding on Amelia’s choices and decisions.Īfter Eli projects a dire warning that “they’re coming for you,” Amelia begins to understand that being with Joshua comes with a huge price tag in that she never knows when the darkness is going to show up in an attempt to drag her into the Netherworld. Hudson has raised the bar revealing the scope and depth that the demons will continue to use in order to chase after Amelia interrupting her romance with her boyfriend Joshua Mayhew and putting everyone around her in danger. ![]() ![]() ARISE, the sequel to Hereafter, is filled with mystery, romance, suspense and the intriguing setting of New Orleans. ![]()
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![]() ![]() While numerous tomes have been written on the Indian freedom struggle, the popularity of Freedom at Midnight lies in its easy narrative flow which veers from the thrilling to the enlightening, sometimes poignant and ever-compelling style. Surely it is time for the over 1 billion people in India to ask themselves honestly what their contribution has been thus far towards realizing an India free from poverty, illiteracy and inequality. Freedom at Midnight is the true story of the events surrounding Indian independence, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last Viceroy of British India, and ending with the assassination and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi. The significance lies in invoking the re-awakening of the Indian spirit. The significance of the new edition lies in engaging the minds of two generations born into a free country, to enable them to empathetically understand the aspirations and goals that united our leaders then towards the common cause of freedom. ![]() Time Magazine raised a poetic salutation to this brilliantly written book, hailing it as the Song of India. It is a poignant reminder of the defining moments of the end of the British Raj, the independence of 400 million people, their division into India and the newly created Pakistan. First published in 1975, this 2009 edition is a new edition of the best-selling book described as irreplaceable by Le Monde, Paris. ![]() ![]() ![]() Swept into a world of illicit parties and social landmines, she sheds her virginity, embraces the numbness she feels from the drugs, and floats through it all, knowing that she is now called beautiful. Stepping into her new identity turns out to be easier than Cassie could have ever imagined…one moment, one choice, changes everything.Ĭassie’s new existence both thrills and terrifies her. ![]() This is Cassie’s chance to stop being invisible and become the kind of girl who’s worth noticing. When Cassie moves from the tiny town where she has always lived to a suburb of Seattle, she is determined to leave her boring, good-girl existence behind. (Released October, 2009 Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster) Synopsis of Beautiful ![]() ![]() They contain 10 pages of large, vibrant color portraits with distinctive black backgrounds, and a simple rhyming text appropriate for the youngest children. Each book in the series focuses on a different activity, and explores concepts babies and toddlers can grasp. One of the original best-selling books in the popular "Baby Faces" series, Peek-a- Boo! is the perfect playtime book!īabies are fascinated by other babies and will love to hold these small sturdy books in their hands and gaze at the candid and appealing photographs of all kinds of baby faces. ![]() ![]() Laughing, crying, pouting, thinking, yawning, and smiling are portrayed in pictures and text, so that babies will learn to connect the expression with the word that describes it. Peek-a-boo! I love you - laughing, crying - or just being you!Īn endearing text and photographs of babies in their many moods give this delightful old game new meaning. ![]() ![]() Not that it will stop all the emails, but maybe it will forestall a few. Basically, I wanted to give an official update. However, sharing my freakout over my poor little dog and our local vet shortage wasn't my intention for this post. ![]() (The SO just texted me that there is one vet and three dogs with rattlesnake bites!!) But when it comes to trying to diagnose my dog while he's having what looks like an asthma attack. I never ran into this until these last few years, and it's hard to get used to. There is literally ONE animal emergency center out here. But that would have been a total of TWENTY FREAKING DAYS OF HIS BEING SICK AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE NORMALLY. Hopefully, I'm overreacting and he would have been fine going another FIVE FLIPPING DAYS without seeing a vet (which is the soonest we could have got him in if we hadn't gone the emergency route). NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE PROPERLY IS AN EMERGENCY.Īnyway. Nobody seems to think this is an emergency except me. Marlowe is at the emergency room right now because I had a panic attack last night listening to him struggle to breathe. ![]() All of them inevitable and normal and reasonable. Easter, graduation party, birthday party, allergies, TAXES (UGH), sick doggie, on and on and on with the interruptions and distractions. So April was one of those months not particularly conducive to writing. ![]() You know you're going through something when you wake up in the morning worrying about whether the pine tree outside your window has too many pine cones on it. ![]() ![]() There’s a poem in the book called “Poem Ending With a Hotel on Fire” that begins, “Poor means knowing the trees couldn’t care less.” I can’t tell you how happy I am that we have more work from Levis in the world. And I just finished reading the new Larry Levis book, The Darkening Trapeze… he’s such a force. I am seriously loving Major Jackson’s Roll Deep. Let’s start with a heavy-hitter: Who are you reading right now? It’s not often you get the chance to hear from someone who has accomplished so much in such a short time. ![]() Hey, Ada! Thanks so much for speaking with me. Interview Correspondent Lois Carlisle was exclamation-point happy to pick Ada’s brain, and you’ll see why below. She also works as a freelance writer splitting her time between Lexington, Kentucky and Sonoma, California. ![]() She serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency M.F.A program, and the 24Pearl Street online program for the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. The author of four collections of poetry, most recently her Milkweed Editions collection Bright Dead Things (named a National Book Award Finalist and Top-Ten Book of the Year by The New York Times), superstar Ada Limón hardly needs an introduction. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Howard’s memory deteriorates, Ruth trawls through her father’s records of their relationship in an effort to remember her childhood and come to terms with the cracks in her parents’ marriage. Her mother begs Ruth to stay for a year to help care for him, despite Howard’s insistence that he’s absolutely fine. Her father Howard, a prominent history professor beloved by his students, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and is only erratically lucid. Heartbroken and directionless, Ruth quits her job and heads home to spend the holidays with her parents. Thirty-year-old Ruth Young has been left by her fiancé for another woman. This small miracle of a novel about family, friendship and memory is equal parts laugh-out-loud hilarious and acutely moving. ![]() I doubt I will enjoy another book in 2017 more than Rachel Khong’s Goodbye, Vitamin. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's obscene, rock-bottom laughter, disabused of all idealism, that provides the tonic Céline speaks of. Journey to the End of the Night (Alma Classics): Louis-Ferdinand Cline: .uk: Louis-Ferdinand Cline, Translated by Ralph Manheim, Foreword by John Banville: 9781847492401: Books Poetry, Drama & Criticism History & Criticism Novels & Novelists Buy new: 9.19 RRP: 9.99 Details Save: 0. ![]() The blackest comedies can baffle readers not trained, or just unwilling, to recognise the comic in human extremis. But, the interest of those he influenced aside, Céline’s novel remains as readable and vital today as it was in the 1930s. But the influences do not stop there: one cannot help but appreciate the palpable influence that the author's anti-war invective and defence of cowardice had on Joseph Heller's Yossarian and Kurt Vonnegut's Billy Pilgrim respectively. He wasn't the first French writer to use a colloquial style, but he was the first to use it so relentlessly and powerfully, to create a brand, the rant, whether it was delirious, lyrical or raging.Ĭéline’s expletive-laden, first-person narration influenced Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski and Beat poetry. Born in the shadow of entrenched realism and naturalism, Céline ripped up the textbook. ![]() ![]() Welcome to Emily’s Big Discovery, the first in a sparkling, charmingly illustrated series of readers. ![]() She gets that weird feeling again, but this time she looks down to see that her legs are gone-replaced by a shiny, beautiful tail! Eager to figure out what’s happening, Emily later dives into the sea. Standing beside the pool, she feels the water calling her, but when she jumps in, she gets a strange, kind of scary sensation. But it’s hard to make friends at the beach when everyone else is having fun in the waves! So when swimming lessons start at school, Emily is excited to finally have the chance to learn. Her mother has always cautioned her to stay out of the water. ![]() Introducing an exciting new line of readers that brings half-mermaid Emily Windsnap-star of the New York Times best-selling series-to a younger audience.Įven though she lives in a houseboat, Emily Windsnap doesn’t know how to swim. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quantum mechanics, the study of molecules, atoms and even smaller stuff, is the theory behind computer technology and other modern miracles. ![]() What makes Carroll's new project so worthwhile, though, is that while he is most certainly choosing sides in the debate, he offers us a cogent, clear and compelling guide to the subject while letting his passion for the scientific questions shine through every page. That's the fraught territory best-selling author and physicist Sean Carroll dives into with his new book Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime. But all too often over the last 100 years, this has been the case, as scientists have disagreed sharply over the meaning of their greatest and most potent theory known as quantum mechanics. While no one will be surprised to find these kinds of arguments playing out about immigration or the importance of NATO, finding it among staid physicists - and about the nature of physical reality - might not be so expected. It's hard to find any issue these days that people aren't ready to square off on, with sharp, snarky barbs. How?Įveryone knows we live in a partisan age. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Something Deeply Hidden Subtitle Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime Author Sean Carroll ![]() |