![]() ![]() ![]() "Here's excellent magic: the hours vanish, the pages turn themselves. And magic in every word." - Karen Joy Fowler Beautifully written, packed with fun, scares, and surprises. it all makes for a wild and heartstopping show. "Gold has conjured one dead president, one blood-sucking dog, a ship full of pirates, and a cabal of Secret Service agents. Red cloth over black boards, gilt stamping on spine, pictorial dust jacket. "A top-hat-and-tails performance.suspenseful, compendious, moving and persuasive." - Michael Chabon The mysterious death of President Harding in 1923 is only the curtain raiser to this extraordinary novel of magic and science. You hold in your hands the thick velvet curtains and the stage is waiting: open up! What a lucky reader you are, with all of Gold's world of wonder waiting right here in your fingertips. ![]() "Settle into your chair, get comfortable and prepare for an absolutely marvelous journey into magic and illusion. Glen David Gold is a first-rate storyteller, with his own hoard of magician's tricks." - Kevin Baker "Carter Beats the Devil is an absorbing mystery, full of magic, romance, and history and populated with fascinating characters, both real and imagined, from the great Houdini, to a doomed President Harding, to the villainous Mysterioso. ![]()
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![]() I made a lot of great friends through his community of blogger friends. If you don’t follow Alex’s blog, I highly recommend you do. I got this idea from Alex Cavanaugh’s Ninja News and asked him if it was okay to do this. It’s Follower News and will be at the top of my Monday posts. So first I want to share a new feature I’ll be starting. Plus with self-published authors releasing more than one book a year (and I know this is important for self-published authors), I couldn’t promote all the books. ![]() ![]() As you know, I don’t really do cover reveal posts and tend to get booked up with posts months in advance which makes it hard to join blog tours for book releases. And I’m doing a huge giveaway to promote the books of our fantastic followers.įirst, I’ve been feeling bad that I can’t contribute to all the cover reveals and book release news for many of our self-published followers. Hi Everyone! Today I want to share an exciting new feature I’ll be starting and get some advice from you all. ![]() ![]() In order to keep Brenda happy Ray has to hold his tongue a number of times. Brenda appears to be more concerned about what people think of her and what she can gain personally from any illness or condition Becca may have. ![]() I genuinely believe Brenda cares for Becca, but she does have an unusual way to show it. However, I did feel a little hostile towards Rebecca's mum, Brenda. They appear to have a very secure network around them with friends and family. Ray discusses the different relationships he and Becca share with both family and friends. He goes into detail about the medicine which she takes, the diagnosis Becca has and how she puts up a tremendous fight against Cystic Fibrosis. Ray shares a very honest and open perspective of Becca's condition and her fight with Cystic Fibrosis. ![]() Their relationship clearly shares a love which won't be broken, no matter what life throws at Ray and Rebecca. I felt very emotional for Ray, how he has this unconditional love for his wife. He talks with such affection that it never seems to occur to Ray that his life is anything other than caring and loving Rebecca in the way he does. How the way Ray talks about his wife and her illness of Cystic Fibrosis. The reviews were promising, they talked about how emotional, funny and distressing the book is. I started with reading other reviews which had been posted. ![]() He kindly sent me a copy of his book for my Kindle. I started talking to Ray after I was reading a post on Goodreads about people reviewing books shared by Goodreads users. ![]() ![]() After completing his A-levels he attended Cardiff University to complete a BSc in Neuroscience. This is the website for Doctor Dean Burnett, neuroscientist, lecturer, author, blogger, media pundit, science communicator, comedian and numerous other things, depending on who’s asking and what they need.Īlthough employed as a tutor and lecturer by the Cardiff University Centre for Medical Education in his day job, Dean is best known for his satirical science column ‘Brain Flapping‘ at the Guardian, and his internationally acclaimed debut book ‘The Idiot Brain‘.ĭean Burnett was born and raised in Pontycymer, a working-class former mining village in the South Wales valleys, which explains his strong Welsh accent. Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist and psychiatry lecturer at the Centre for Medical Education at Cardiff University and is the author of the Guardian’s most-read science blog, Brain Flapping. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The seducer's many faces include: the Siren, the Rake, the Ideal Lover, the Dandy, the Natural, the Coquette, the Charmer, and the Charismatic. Kennedy, from Andy Warhol to Josephine Bonaparte, The Art of Seduction gets to the heart of the character of the seducer and his or her tactics, triumphs and failures. The Art of Seduction is a masterful synthesis of the work of thinkers such as Freud, Ovid, Kierkegaard, and Einstein, as well as the achievements of the greatest seducers throughout history. ![]() Now Greene has once again mined history and literature to distill the essence of seduction, the most highly refined mode of influence, the ultimate power trip. The season's most talked-about all-purpose personal strategy guide and philosophical compendium," said Newsweek of Robert Greene's bold, elegant, and ingenious manual of modern manipulation, The 48 Laws of Power. ![]() ![]() ![]() He first completed Hogg in June 1969 (although the novel itself would not appear until 1995). Delany completed the first draft of Tides of Lust (author's title, Equinox) in September 1968 (it appeared in 1973). In 1984, David Pringle listed it as one of the 100 best science-fiction novels written since 1949.Īfter Delany completed Nova at the age of 25, his published output stopped for several years, although his writing continued. Nova was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1969. It has strong mythological overtones, relating to both the Grail Quest and Jason's Argonautica for the golden fleece. Nominally space opera, it explores the politics and culture of a future where cyborg technology is universal (the novel is one of the precursors to cyberpunk), yet making major decisions can involve using tarot cards. Nоva is a science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. ![]() ![]() ![]() The "shack" of the story was the ugly place inside him where everything awful was hidden away, a result of his history as a victim of sexual abuse, his own adultery and the ensuing shame and pain, all stuffed deep in his psyche, as Young explained. ![]() ![]() He wrote the novel for his six children to explain his own journey through pain and misery to "light, love and transformation," according to a profile in USA Today. According to the book jacket, Young was raised by missionary parents living among a Stone Age tribe in New Guinea. The glowing reviews for The Shack hail it as everything from the new Pilgrim’s Progress (theologian Eugene Peterson, translator of the Bible paraphrase The Message) to "the best novel of 2007" and "one of the rare fiction books that could change your life" (various five-star reviewers). Young, and started out being sold out of a garage. The Shack has become a publishing phenomenon, a bestseller by a first-time author that has rocketed up the sales charts and was made into a movie-not bad for a book that was self-published by the author, William P. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Laugh-out-loud funny, honest, hot and sweet. * "Another wild, funny adventure from Korman, who knows how to please his YA audience."- Kliatt, starred review has the goods to go platinum." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "Funny and unexpectedly affecting."- Publishers Weekly Teens will find deeper issues to consider about popularity, being true to one's self, and taking responsibility for one's actions as they relate to the setting and characters."- Booklist "Korman's reworking of The Great Gatsby places the action in a modern framework, which makes it more recognizable for today's readers and may lead them to the classic. "A compelling investigation of the transience of charisma and the flimsy underpinnings of popularity."- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ![]() ![]() "A fast-paced, tightly focused story."- The Horn Book "This novel is signature Korman."- School Library JournalĪn ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young AdultsĪn ALA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant ReadersĪ Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year * "hese kids are living minute to minute, where one false step may haunt them forever. ![]() * "There's lots to relish here."- Kliatt, starred review THE JUVIE THREE, by Gordon Korman booktrailers4all 2.44K subscribers 23K views 12 years ago This book trailer was created by Sarah Loch, who is the librarian at Carl Albert Middle School. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With the Fates manipulating them like pieces on a chessboard, Daphne and Ajax must find a way to break the cycle of destruction set in motion by their ancestors before the walls of Troy, or risk becoming yet another pair of star-crossed lovers doomed to repeat the same fatal mistakes. Josephine Angelini is a 1 international bestselling author. That's because the artist is Ajax Delos, Son of Apollo, Scion of the House of Thebes, and Daphne's mortal enemy. A series of murals painted all over town mysteriously pull at her in ways she can't understand. Fate has brought Daphne, daughter of Zeus, and Heir to the House of Atreus to where the descendants of the Greek gods can shed blood over her once again.īut New York holds a surprise for Daphne and her cursed face-the same one that once launched a thousand ships. Perfect for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Chloe Gong. It wasn't Daphne's choice to move into the heart of a struggle that has been secretly waging for thirty-three hundred years, but not much in her life has been up to her. Scions: a Starcrossed Novel Show full title Written by Josephine Angelini Narrated by Devon Sorvari ( 0 ratings ) About this audiobook The dazzling prequel to the Starcrossed series, the 1 international bestselling trilogy. Perfect for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Chloe Gong. of this book at Amazon Find this book at The perfect start to the Starcrossed series. The dazzling prequel to the Starcrossed series, the #1 international bestselling trilogy. ![]() |