![]() The main plot line is quite obviously focused upon Don and Rosie's unconventional love story, but even the secondary plot focusing upon Don's best friends Claudia and Gene is compelling and intriguing. Claudia's implication that he could be on the Autistic spectrum isn't explicitly confirmed, but if he is this is also a brilliant novel to allow a wider public to understand how Autism sufferers feel on a day to day basis while communicating with others. ![]() The changes that Don undergoes throughout the last hundred pages of the novel are inspirational - if you've ever been looking for the motivation to change something about yourself that you don't particularly appreciate, this is the novel to push you towards doing it - but even before he changes parts of his personality he's very easy to empathise with. A quick warning Don's narrative is quite hard to get into at the beginning (reminiscent of Sheldon Cooper from 'The Big Bang Theory') but if you persevere you will not be disappointed. ![]() I didn't know too much about it going in, mostly because I was extremely attracted to the book cover which was the main reason I purchased it (the second reason being that a best friend of mine read it extremely recently so I was more intrigued by it). ![]() The first thing I need to say is that I absolutely love this novel. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Until 2019, when he was convicted of multiple crimes and locked up for life in an American prison, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán tightened his grip on the Sinaloa cartel by paying for baptisms and bankrolling ostensibly legal businesses. But the international dragnet isn’t always a match for crime bosses who mount populist charm offensives. Drug Enforcement Administration had an astonishing 80-plus offices in more than 60 countries. Whether his subject is a drug cartel kingpin, a Wall Street swindler or an amoral weapons dealer, his stories don’t lack for memorable facts and elegant aphorisms. ![]() Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks collects a dozen pieces he’s penned as a staff writer for The New Yorker. If Say Nothing confirmed that he’s among the finest true-crime storytellers working today, Keefe’s new book suggests he won’t soon relinquish that status. Then, just as I was completing the manuscript, I made a startling discovery.” His digging essentially solved the case. ![]() His main concern? That those who knew “the whole truth of this dark saga”-the 1972 kidnapping and murder of Jean McConville, a Belfast mother of ten-“would take it with them to their graves. Near the end of his enthralling 2019 book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe recalls the frustration he felt while trying to solve a cold case that had stymied detectives for almost fifty years. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Would he be able to stay hanging from a branch like that while being sucked off?Ĭlover’s fantasies were cut short when Drake tightened his hold. ![]() Even his sweat was fragrant.Ĭlover let out a groan of excitement when Drake’s legs wrapped around Clover’s chest in return. “What if I rather stay back?”įuck, did Drake taste good. The droplets were sweet on his tongue when licked off the pronounced stomach muscles. The fresh, citrusy scent of Drake’s cologne and the hint of tobacco he always carried about him was now overcome by the musky aroma of fresh sweat, and Clover leaned in, greedy to taste him. He stepped closer to Drake and wrapped his arms around the angular hips. His arms flexed, and he started pulling himself up in a steady rhythm, with muscles rolling under his newly tanned skin.Ĭlover looked around, but with the trees growing all around the lake, they were pretty well hidden. Run,” Drake said, jumping up to grab the thick branch of a tree above. But while Clover’s feet were steady, the rest of his body was not, and he wobbled, his head spinning from the effort. Drake snorted but complied and put Clover back on the ground. ![]() ![]() Fabulous, in every meaning of the word." (Jenn Lyons, author of Ruin of Kings )Īwesome fantasy feast! A.K. "Hooked me in from the first page and never let go. " (Arkady Martine, author of A Memory Called Empire ) "In the vein of Le Guin's magnificent Tombs of Atuan - if Arha the Eaten One got to grow up to be a swordswoman mercenary in thrall to her dubious wizard mentor. ![]() ![]() Topple an empire, and help him reclaim his seat of power.īut Csorwe will soon learn - gods remember, and if you live long enough, all debts come due.Ī Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books Turn away from her destiny and her god to become a thief, a spy, an assassin - the wizard's loyal sword. What if you knew how and when you will die?Ĭsorwe does - she will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine of the Unspoken, and gain the most honored title: sacrifice.īut on the day of her foretold death, a powerful mage offers her a new fate. Larkwood's The Unspoken Name is a stunning debut fantasy about a young priestess sentenced to die, who at the last minute escapes her fate only to become an assassin for the wizard who saved her. Most importantly, Jay's narration captures Csorwe's manner and personality as she transforms from a meek priestess to a formidable character." ( AudioFile Magazine)Ī. Jay captures the growing affection and trust between Csorwe and those she enlists to help her. ![]() "Narrator Avita Jay manages a large cast of characters in this fantasy. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is detected by astronomers in the year 2131 while it is still outside the orbit of Jupiter. The "Rama" of the title is an alien starship weighing at least ten trillion tons, initially mistaken for an asteroid categorised as "31/439". The concept was later extended with several sequels, written by Clarke and Gentry Lee.Īfter an asteroid falls in Northeast Italy on 11 September 2077, creating a major disaster, the government of Earth sets up the Spaceguard system as an early warning of arrivals from deep space. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards upon its release, and is regarded as one of the cornerstones in Clarke's bibliography. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. Set in the 2130s, the story involves a 50-by-20-kilometre (31 by 12 mi) cylindrical alien starship that enters the Solar System. ![]() Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Hugo Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel, John W. ![]() ![]() ![]() Either way, her life is forfeit - it always has been, as she has been forever touched by Life and Death.Ī Shadow in the Ember is the first in the Flesh and Fire series, a prequel to the Blood and Ash series and set in the same world. And his seductive touch ignites a passion she’s never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. A "monster." Until "him." Until the Primal of Death’s unexpected words and deeds chase away the darkness gathering inside her. A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood. ![]() If she fails, she dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him. ![]() However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania - she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission - one target. "Chosen" before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort. Armentrout returns with book one of the all-new, compelling Flesh and Fire series - set in the beloved Blood and Ash world.īorn shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. Number-one 'New York Times' best-selling author Jennifer L. ![]() ![]() ![]() ``By the year 2020,'' Baker says in a concluding note, ``no wilderness will remain on our planet, outside that protected in national parks and reserves.'' Her distinctive collages are extraordinary in their complexity, but children will need an adult to explain how, ``by understanding and changing the way we personally affect the environment, we can make a difference.'' All ages. At the end of the book Sam holds up his baby to a new window where the tree-filled landscape contains an ominous sign advertising a new subdivision. Each spread features the window of Sam's room, from which the reader can see the landscape being destroyed as Sam grows up-forest and animals are replaced by neighbors and houses, factories are built, graffiti is scribbled on walls and other problems indigenous to populous cities appear. ![]() ![]() The creator of Where the Forest Meets the Sea offers another warning about the environment-somewhat didactically-in this wordless picture book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon she founded her own dance company, El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, where she integrated her knowledge of ballet and modern dance with folkloric dances. Hernandez traveled throughout Mexico studying and learning regional dances. She began to study many different types of dance, including ballet and modern, under some of the best teachers in the world. She was fascinated by the way the dancers twirled and swayed, and she knew that someday she would be a dancer, too. As a child, Amalia always thought she would grow up to be a teacher, until she saw a performance of dancers in her town square. ![]() Danza! is a celebration of Hernandez's life and of the rich history of dance in Mexico. Published in time for the 100th anniversary of Hernandez's birth, Danza! is the first picture book about the famous dancer and choreographer. Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of Amalia Hernandez, dancer and founder of El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. ![]() ![]() ![]() "I thought 'they're never going to do the dildoes'," says Waters, "but there was a lot of dildo work in the rushes and they've had the go-ahead to keep it all in. Expect "lesbo horror" headlines in the Daily Mail when the series begins, because there will be lashings of lesbian sex. October promises to be a big month: as well as the Booker result, BBC2 will be showing a three-part serialisation of Waters' first novel, Tipping the Velvet, a raunchy evocation of the late-Victorian demi-monde. "I didn't expect to be shortlisted and I don't expect to win, which is great because it just means I can enjoy it," she says. She is entirely without pretension, and more surprised by her success than elated. Waters, who is 36, used to be an academic, and is highly perceptive about her own work and that of other writers. "Have you put that up as some kind of social comment?" I ask. The flat's decor is high camp: strings of fairy lights a circular bar, which she rescued from a skip, in the middle of the living room a single Wildean gladiolus in a slim vase postcards featuring male impersonators religious iconography and a portrait of Miss Wong - that green-tinged painting of a weeping Oriental woman usually seen in suburban homes in Swindon. The wind whistles through the flat when you open the door, scattering letters and disturbing her two cats. ![]() ![]() ![]() Why these three decades? Because they saw important shifts in feminist movements across the country. Taking a panoptic view, the book covers the time span between 19, presenting a continuum of violence. ![]() They are exacerbated when factors such as caste, environmental degradation, living in conflict zones and loss of livelihood come into play. The consequences of these deprivations are as long lasting as those of sexual assault. ![]() At the same time, she also gives space to other untold stories that reveal how poor and marginalised women, burdened by the conventional division of labour within homes, endure equally pernicious forms of cruelty on a daily basis because developmental policies ignore their needs such as running water, housing, basic sanitation, affordable and accessible healthcare. ![]() Taking an anecdotal approach, the author refers to several well-known cases of such brutalities. While the safety of women is a concern, a comprehensive narrative must go beyond rape, domestic violence, child sexual abuse. It belies the efforts of culturists who say that respect for women is an Indian tradition and those of state functionaries who’d have us believe that opening up the economy has led to women’s empowerment. But mindsets have not.” Drawn from 30 years of reporting on gender issues, this perspective makes an important distinction between things that can be legislated and others that cannot. ![]() |