![]() ![]() But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love. ![]() Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world.WHEN A CROCODILE EATS THE SUN is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years.Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Having grown up and had an idyllic childhood in Zimbabwe but left the country in the late 60's, this book tore at my heart and confirmed all the stories I had heard about the downfall of my beautiful country. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into thejaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. Reviewed in the United States on Verified Purchase This is a book that you cannot put down. After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. ![]() Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Clarke, was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime. He has works published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (lacking only an entry in the 100s category of Philosophy).Īsimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Professor Asimov is generally considered one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before long, she has to juggle dealing with the annoyingly attractive, ex-military, new neighbor, Sean Evans-an alpha-strain werewolf-and the equally arresting cosmic vampire soldier, Arland, while trying to keep her inn and its guests safe. ![]() Under the circumstances, "normal" is a bit of a stretch for Dina.Īnd now, something with wicked claws and deepwater teeth has begun to hunt at night.Feeling responsible for her neighbors, Dina decides to get involved. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can't leave the grounds because she's responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight. ![]() ![]() But Dina is.different: Her broom is a deadly weapon her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. It is a short novel, of approximately 60,000 words in length/227 pages*** ***Notice: This is a special Collectors Edition, trade-paperback volume, which includes Black and White original illustrations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colin Loader identifies that “the irony presented in Holmes’ claims and shortcomings stems from the controversy over specialization in the medical profession” (148). Surprisingly, Doyle initially struggled to find a publisher for his work, and Doyle received a mere 25 pounds for the rights to his work, and thus Sherlock Holmes became immortalized when he was first published in the Beeton Christmas Annual of 1887 (Edwards).ĭoyle had previously been working within a medical profession before emerging fully as a successful writer and his past experiences certainly informed his character and the development of his novel. A Study in Scarlet is Doyle’s first Holmes detective novel and this story launched the writer and the entire Victorian readership into four full length Holmes novels by Doyle, as well as an abundance of short stories and other related publications (Edwards). Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet introduces one of the most well known literary characters of all time, the enigmatic detective Sherlock Holmes. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book sold a million copies worldwide in its first few years in print and has gone on to become recognized as a modern classic. Adams wrote Watership Down and began sending it to agents and publishers it was rejected several times before at last being acquired by a publisher named Rex Collins. ![]() He had a love for storytelling, and when he began telling a story about a group of rabbits to his two young daughters, they urged him to write the tale down. ![]() After leaving the army in 1946, Adams finished his degree at Oxford and went on to join the British Civil Service, eventually working in the Department of the Environment. The son of a well-to-do doctor, Adams attended the prestigious Oxford University, though his education was interrupted when he was called to serve in the British Army during World War II. Richard Adams was born in the English countryside-an evocative, lush place he would later use as the setting for his most famous novel, Watership Down. ![]() ![]() But there is someone in the shadows more powerful - and more ambitious - than Locke has yet imagined. Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld's most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains - a man who is neither blind nor a priest.Ī con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected "family" of orphans - a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part "Robin Hood", one part Ocean's Eleven, and entirely enthralling.Īn orphan's life is harsh - and often short - in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters. ![]() ![]() ![]() So when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick’s brother has a health crisis of his own, Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian. But in terms of caretaking and relating to two children, no matter how adorable, Patrick is, honestly, overwhelmed. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. ![]() Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. A heartwarming family comedy, The Guncle conveys an incredibly sweet message with extremely irreverent humor, which will not be to everyone’s taste (and wasn’t always to mine, hence the 3.5 stars instead of 4).įrom the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer. All at once, Gay Uncle Patrick, lovingly referred to as GUP, learns the weight of parenting children, even if just temporarily, and finds the power to move past his own grief. When his sister-in-law dies and his brother goes to rehab, Patrick agrees to watch his niece and nephew for the summer. Audiobook Length: 11 hours and 23 minutesĪfter his hit tv show ends and his boyfriend dies, once famous sitcom star Patrick lives a life of seclusion in Palm Springs. ![]() ![]() ![]() He became a war reporter for the popular Red Army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star). ![]() Grossman was exempt from military service, but volunteered for the front, where he spent more than 1,000 days. ![]() When the Great Patriotic War broke out in 1941, Grossman's mother was trapped in Berdichev by the invading German army, and eventually murdered together with 20,000 to 30,000 other Jews who did not evacuate Berdychiv. Young Vasily Grossman idealistically supported the Russian Revolution of 1917. His father had social-democratic convictions and joined the Mensheviks. A Russian nanny turned his name Yossya into Russian Vasya (a diminutive of Vasily), which was accepted by the whole family. Born Iosif Solomonovich Grossman into an emancipated Jewish family, he did not receive a traditional Jewish education. ![]() ![]() ![]() PLEASE NOTE: This book is published in two distinct editions (English & French) please select the edition you wish to order, under the price, before adding it to your cart. With In My Room, Leiter ushers viewers into his private world while retaining his strong sense of mystery." Leiter preferred solitude in life, and resisted any type of explanation or analysis of his work. The prolific Leiter, who painted and took pictures fervently up to his death, worked in relative obscurity well into his eighties. Leiter, who was also a painter, incorporates abstract elements into these photographs and often shows the influence of his favorite artists, including Bonnard, Vuillard and Matisse. Now we are granted a first-time look at this body of work, which Leiter began on his arrival in New York in 1946 and chipped away at over the next two decades. In the 1970s, Leiter planned to make a book of his nudes, but never realized the project in his lifetime. Showing deeply personal interior spaces, often illuminated by the lush natural light of the artist’s studio in New York City’s East Village, these black-and-white images reveal the unique collaboration between Leiter and his subjects. "Fed by thrilling recent discoveries from Saul Leiter’s vast archive, In My Room provides an in-depth study of the nude, through intimate photographs of the women Leiter knew. Both English & French editions available. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was like a curse, and only once she confronted it could she break the cycle. In my heroine’s case, she was caught in an unending cycle of slipping from parallel universe to parallel universe. Whether we realize we’ve brought it on ourselves or not could be our curse. ![]() I firmly believe we all eventually sit down to a banquet of consequences. But as I was writing NEVER APART, the idea of a curse kept coming up, which was a little weird considering I was writing a contemporary thriller. Usually, when talking curses, we’re discussing paranormal or fantasy books. I have a surprising number of conversations about curses-or maybe not so surprising. We asked our authors to share either how they came up with the curse mythology for their books, whether they’ve ever felt cursed either metaphorically or in a real way, what curse – if any – they could imagine placing on someone or some other character in the future, or who their fave characters in books, tv, or movies who have been cursed.Īnd now here’s Romily Bernard, the author of Never Apart: Grimm’s Summoner, and Jaime Questell’s By A Charm and A Curse about characters who are cursed in one way or another, so we’re doing a blog series about it. We have several books, including Meg Kessel’s Black Bird of the Gallows, Kat Colmer’s The Third Kiss, S.D. Cursed: Romily Bernard Talks About Breaking Curses in Real Life and Books! ![]() |