![]() ![]() There are many, many things in jars between the pages of Jess Kidd’s aptly titled novel - and they are all so brilliantly and twistedly delightful.īridie Devine, “pipe-smoking detective extraordinaire,” has just accepted quite the unusual case. (Note: For optimal effect, the above quote should be read in a whispery, quivery, British-accented voice.) But secrets abound in this foggy underworld where spectacle is king and nothing is quite what it seems.īlending darkness and light, history and folklore, Things in Jars is a spellbinding Gothic mystery that collapses the boundary between fact and fairy tale to stunning effect and explores what it means to be human in inhumane times. Luckily, her search is aided by an enchanting cast of characters, including a seven-foot tall housemaid a melancholic, tattoo-covered ghost and an avuncular apothecary. ![]() Winding her way through the labyrinthine, sooty streets of Victorian London, Bridie won’t rest until she finds the young girl, even if it means unearthing a past that she’d rather keep buried. Published by Atria Books on April 4, 2019īridie Devine, female detective extraordinaire, is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted attention of collectors trading curiosities in this age of discovery. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Irby tells the story of caring for her mother who suffered with MS, whilst also balancing her childhood. Maybe because it was sandwiched between chapters filled with scatological humour and awkward dating stories, this chapter felt so raw and heartbreaking. The first couple of chapters were difficult to get through, but when I arrived at chapter five, ‘My mother, my daughter’, I understood the hype. Meaty perfectly captures the zeitgeist of 2012 social media culture, packed with internet slang that, in 2020, is a mixture of cringy and nostalgic. It is Irby’s unfaltering humanity and remorselessness that makes her so charming and readable. However, Irby reveals that the reason behind the inception of her successful blog was to impress a guy she wanted to date. On learning some of the tragic events of her life, you might assume that this blog was born out of a desire to destigmatize some of the issues she faces. ![]() ![]() In 2009, Irby set up her blog bitches gotta eat, sharing anecdotes on all things revealing. This week’s book was Meaty, an enormously praised collection of essays by Samantha Irby about her identity as a Black woman, being a carer for her mother, and Crohn’s disease-friendly brunch recipes. But last week I attended the lovely Lighthouse Books’ queer writing book club, ‘Other Fruit’. Perhaps because I, like many others, enjoy reading as a solitary activity to escape having to interact with other people. ![]() As a lover of literature, I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t attended many book clubs before. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bashō’s decision to embark on this five-month journey to the deep north is made after he accepts the “summons of the Deity of the Road” (683). He invites us through his poetry to savor the experience with him. He connects with nature, the past, and his inner self on this exciting adventure and uses haiku to immortalize his feelings and discoveries. In his travelogue The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he recounts the experience of travelling with his friend Sora and becoming a tourist in his own country. Though for many of us such desires never actually materialize, Matsuo Basho, a Japanese Haiku master of the 1600s, realized his escapist fantasy when he embarked on a pilgrimage to explore the Japanese Deep North. ![]() Most of us have probably experienced at least once a desire to escape everything – our homes, our responsibilities, our banal lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Motivated by the need to support himself in the U.S. Forester, chronicling the adventures of fictional British naval officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars, and was surprised to find there were no such novels following Lord Wellington's campaign on land. Unable to get a green card, he started writing novels, as this did not require a work permit.Īs a child, Cornwell loved the novels of C.S. He relocated to the United States in 1980 after marrying an American. He then joined Thames Television as editor of Thames News. He then joined BBC's Nationwide and was promoted to become head of current affairs at BBC Northern Ireland. He attempted to enlist in the British armed services at least three times but was rejected on the grounds of myopia. After he left them, he changed his name to his birth mother's maiden name, Cornwell.Ĭornwell was sent away to Monkton Combe School, attended the University of London, and after graduating, worked as a teacher. He was adopted and brought up in Essex by the Wiggins family, who were members of the Peculiar People, a strict Protestant sect who banned frivolity of all kinds and even medicine. His father was a Canadian airman, and his mother, who was English, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The excitement builds as Helicity delights in her first ride in a lighter-than-air balloon when disaster strikes. They meet up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the annual International Hot Air Balloon Festival, a spectacle that must be seen to be believed. She decides to accept an offer to be interviewed about her experience in Texas by a reporter who followed her story. Much to her dismay, Helicity ends up in the spotlight-first in a good way after surviving the hurricane and rescuing the dog, and then social media turns on her and she finds herself in the eye of a completely different kind of storm.īack at school Helicity struggles to maintain her focus-long rides on her horse, Raven, help as do a few weekend trips with her mom. They leave Andy and their dad behind as Andy is finally going to get the help he needs in an addiction rehabilitation facility. She somehow manages to keep herself safe and to even rescue a lost dog in the process.Īfter a day in the hospital, she and her mom and Same make the two-day drive back to Western Michigan. ![]() Themes: Weather, Storms, Meteorology, Survival, Hot Air Balloon Festival, Addiction, Bullying, Family relationships, Friendshipsīattered, bruised, but alive, Helicity Dunlap rides out a hurricane in the Bolivar Peninsula Lighthouse in Texas. Chasing Helicity – Through the Storm (Book 3) ![]() ![]() ![]() The author, who chose the pen name Storm Constantine, was born 12 October 1956 in Stafford, Staffordshire. In addition to her work as a writer, Constantine headed Immanion Press, an independent publishing company she founded in 2003 to publish both her own back catalogue and works of other niche fiction and non-fiction writers. ![]() Her debut novel, The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, and subsequently her work was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Locus Award and the Otherwise Award. She was the author of over 30 published novels and non-fiction books (often examining issues of sex and gender ), plus numerous other publications, including magical grimoires. ![]() Storm Constantine (12 October 1956 – 14 January 2021) was a British science fiction and fantasy author, primarily known for her Wraeththu series, which began as one trilogy but has spawned many subsequent works.īeginning in the 1980s, Constantine's short stories appeared in dozens of genre fiction magazines and anthologies. ![]() ![]() ![]() There was something so sweet and sassy and bold and vulnerable about it. But when the trip is over, will the relationship they've built up fall down? My Review:Ĥ.5 stars - I loved it loved it loved it. Thousands of miles from London, it's easy for the lovers to play pretend. ![]() Once she makes it her mission to help the sexy Brit loosen his tie, there's no turning back. ![]() But even he knows outgoing California-girl Ruby is a breath of fresh air. Not one for letting loose and breaking rules, recently divorced Niall would describe himself as hopeless when it comes to women. Despite her ongoing crush, Ruby is certain Niall barely knows she's alive until their flirty overnight flight makes him sit up and take notice. The part that's throwing her is where she'll be spending a month up close and personal working alongside and staying in a hotel with Niall Stella, her firm's top urban planning executive and The Hottest Man Alive. As one of the best and brightest young engineers in London, she knows she's professionally up to the task. When Ruby Miller's boss announces he's sending her on an extended business trip to New York City, she's shocked. Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2018 Beat the Backlist Challengeįind it: Goodreads ✩ Amazon ✩ B&N ✩ Google ✩ Kobo ✩ iBooks ✩ IndieBound If you buy the book using that link, I will receive a small commission from the sale. This post contains affiliate links you can use to purchase the book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:isbn:0141904550 Republisher_date 20170809164827 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 378 Scandate 20170808184821 Scanner Scanningcenter hongkong Top_six true Tts_version v1. Urn:lcp:fourteenbyzantin00psel:epub:86e26112-1f0c-4957-b5b6-581488efe1c1 Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Force-update true Identifier fourteenbyzantin00psel Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6c28xd61 Invoice 1213 Isbn 0140441697 Ocr tesseract 5.3.0-1-gd3a4 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9784 Ocr_module_version 0.0.18 Ocr_parameters -l grc+eng Openlibrary OL22712332M Openlibrary_edition ![]() Containerid_2 X0008 Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition Rev. Penguin Classics: Fourteen Byzantine Rulers by Michael Psellus. (Edgar Robert Ashton), 1907-1976 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1155320 Boxid_2 CH129925 City Harmondsworth, Eng. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. This book by Michael Psellus is just so fascinating that if you only read one book about Byzantium, by a Byzantine, this would be the one Id choose. This title shows an understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire/ Fourteen Byzantine Rulers by Michael Psellus. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:17:45.031819 Associated-names Sewter, E.R.A. Chronicles the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025. ![]() ![]() ![]() Die Morgenlandfahrt: Eine Erzälung ( 1932 trans Hilda Rosner as The Journey to the East 1956 chap), which focuses upon a conclave of European and Asian spiritual eminences who may be thought of as spiritual Secret Masters, is a clear precursor of his last and largest novel and only work unequivocally identifiable as sf, Das Glasperlenspiel ( 1943 2vols trans M Savill as Magister Ludi 1949 preferred trans Richard and Clara Winston as The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) 1969) it was largely as a result of this novel that Hesse was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature. His long career, which began in the mid-1890s, culminated with the publication of two novels of interest. ![]() ![]() (1877-1962) German-born author, in Switzerland 1880-1886, and from 1919 a Swiss citizen from 1923 found "unfit" for active service in World War One, he took a military position dealing with prisoners of war. ![]() ![]() ![]() Golden Age Size, Approximately 4 1/4" x 6 3/8" 158 pages + 2 pages of publisher's list pictorial wraps, glued. ***************************************************** TITLE : Tomorrow Plus X (Originally "Time Bomb") / AUTHOR : Wilson Tucker (Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker ,1914 - 2006) / IMPRINT : Avon Books / PUBLISHER S CATALOG NUMBER : T-168 / PLACE : New York / DATE : / EDITION Reprint - First Avon Printing / COVER ART : Richard Powers / STATUS : OP / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Mass market paperback. How can one catch a serial killer who can elusively slip through the corridors of time? Now Out of Print. ![]() This 1957 Avon T-168 is a re-titled reprint of the the novel "Time Bomb", originally published by Rinehart and Company in 1955. Wilson Tucker's "Tomorrow Plus X" was given a wonderful surreal cover by renowned Richard Powers, the King of Sci-Fi cover art. ![]() |