No other writer uses language with greater originality and zest. The seventeenth is your own future told on the skin of the Illustrated Man:- Review(s): "He retains a wonderful, idiosyncratic sense of magic. Here are sixteen tales: sixteen illustrations. Tiny pink hands gesture, tiny mouths flicker, as the figures enact their stories - voices rise, small and muted, predicting the future. Because, as the sun sets, the pictures glow like charcoals, like scattered gems. Yet the Illustrated Man has tried to burn the illustrations off. 1st printing of 2005 edition:- Contents: Prologue: The Illustrated Man / The Veld / Kaleidoscope / The Other Foot / The Highway / The Man / The Long Rain / Usher II / The Last Night Of The World / The Rocket / No Particular Night Or Morning / The Fox And The Forest / The Visitor / Marionettes, Inc / The City / Zero Hour / The Playground / Epilogue:- Synopsis: If El Greco had painted miniatures in his prime, no bigger than your hand, infinitely detailed, with his sulphurous colour and exquisite human anatomy, perhaps he might have used this man's body for his art. © 1951: A collection of 17 short stories by Ray Bradbury.
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" The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" Upon King's request, a limited edition was released, along with the regular version, featuring a DVD collection of the 25 episodes of the online animated series based on N., one of the stories collected in this volume. King planned to begin writing a new novel, but after he was asked to edit The Best American Short Stories 2007, he was inspired to write short stories instead. On February 19, 2008, the author's official site revealed twelve stories that would comprise the collection, mentioning the possibility that one additional "bonus story" could be included, and on April 16 " The Cat from Hell" (a much anthologized but heretofore uncollected short story originally published in 1977) was added to the contents list. Previous titles mentioned in the media by Stephen King himself were Pocket Rockets and Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse. About a month later, the title was subtly changed to Just After Sunset. On February 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed the title of the collection to be Just Past Sunset. It was released in hardcover by Scribner on November 11, 2008, and features a holographic dust jacket. Just After Sunset is the fifth collection of short stories by Stephen King. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and.Jamie. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. She thinks no one will take it seriously.īut someone does. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's used to being alone and she follows the rules.with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family-and a new love-changes the course of her life.Īs one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. But the intention of Wilberforce was much more focused: He addressed his work to a particular group of people, living at a particular time and place, embracing a unique religious system, which produced a specific religious experience. Since that time, I have often seen the title condensed to A Practical View of Real Christianity. In 1797, the year the book was first published, catchy titles were not in vogue. Early in the process of working on this film, I decided to read an abridged version of Wilberforce’s classic work on Christian faith.Īs you can see from the title page, this was a work written at a time when publishers believed that you should deliver as much information in the title of a book as was humanly possible. Then, several years ago, I had the good fortune of becoming part of the team that began production on the feature-length film Amazing Grace, which is based on the life of William Wilberforce. That was certainly the case in my own experience. Perhaps you are reading this book because you are already familiar with the man but have never read his writings. In the following pages I am going to introduce you to a classic book by one of the most amazing figures in British history. Bob BeltzĪuthor, Real Christianity (Updated and Revised Edition) Special feature Real Christianity: An Introduction By Dr. Real Christianity by William Wilberforce (updated by Dr. Now if, like me, you were immensely irritated by that particular storyline, please don’t judge Pesh for it! Emma was the stupid one, Pesh got caught up in a situation he knew nothing about! Pesh is actually fantastic! Nicknamed “ Dr Dreamy McBollywood”, he’s a good guy, and such a gentleman! Respectful, kind, caring, and intelligent, he’s gorgeously sexy but also emotional, and isn’t afraid to let people know how he is feeling. Pesh is the doctor that Emma dated briefly in The Proposal. She is smart, no-nonsense, and not afraid to go after what she wants. She is a single mother who is working hard to create a life for her and her 15 month old son, Mason. Tying in nicely with The Proposition and The Proposal, this is the story of Pesh and Megan, who we met earlier in the series. If you’re looking for an angst-free, drama-free, chemistry-filled love story that is sweet but hot, featuring a super-functional couple – this is your book! Seven little folk who live in the forest. The tragic myth of the goddess Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, stolen by the king of the underworld, is woven together with the tale of Snow White to create a powerful story of mothers and daughters and the blood that binds them together, for good or ill. until the mirror speaks, and blood is spilled, and the forest claims her. Avoided by both her parents and half forgotten by her father’s court, she grows into womanhood alone. Coira is the princess raised in the shadow of her mother’s hatred. Cold as winter, she has only one passion-for the mysterious hunter who courts the outlawed old gods of the woodland. So begins this dark, unusual retelling of the story of Snow White by the writer reviewers have called “the Angela Carter of the fantasy field”-a whole novel based on a beloved story, turning it into a dark and sensual drama full of myth and magic.Īrpazia is the aging queen who paces the halls of a warlord’s palace. A Ferry of Bones & Gold is an Urban Fantasy full of action and suspense with a romantic subplot. Gods, mages, were creatures, and more are pawns in the mystery behind a missing immortal and the dead bodies showing up in ritualistic killings all over New York City. In the end, all debts must be paid, and Patrick can only do what he does best - cheat death. Jonothon de Vere is gorgeous, dangerous, and nothing but trouble - to the case, to the fight against every hell, and ultimately, to Patrick’s heart and soul. That doesn’t stop Patrick from wanting what he shouldn’t have. Patrick has been inexplicably attracted to the man from their first meeting, but desire has no place in war. Looking for allies in all the wrong places, Patrick discovers the Dominion Sect’s next target is the same werewolf the Fates themselves have thrown into his path. Standing his ground alone has never been a winning option in Patrick’s experience, but it’s been years since he’s had a partner he could trust. Unable to walk away, Patrick finds himself once again facing off against mercenary magic users belonging to the Dominion Sect. An immortal has gone missing in New York City and bodies are showing up in the wake of demon-led ritual killings that Patrick recognizes all too easily from his nightmares. Patrick Collins is three years into a career as a special agent for the Supernatural Operations Agency when the gods come calling to collect a soul debt he owes them. When the gods come calling, you don’t get to say no. Believing herself ugly, she’s convinced that if she could only get a nose job her boss Tommy would treat her differently, and her chances for advancement would improve. In “Paris,” Red, an immigrant, works shiftwork at a chicken plant and is careful to never be late. “The majority of Thammavongsa’s stories revolve around the immigrant experience: the aspirations, disappointments, the blunt-force strategies for survival that people are compelled to adopt in the struggle to adjust to unfamiliar, confusing, sometimes hostile environments.” After this experience she sees him with new eyes, recognizing his limitations and realizing that a lonely, gruelling struggle awaits her. Because his wisdom is unquestioned (he is “the only one in their home who knew how to read”), she consults her father about the puzzling word “knife.” But the advice he provides is flawed, and she is humiliated in class. The title story, which opens the collection, describes the struggle of a school-age Laotian child to learn English. The majority of Thammavongsa’s stories revolve around the immigrant experience: the aspirations, disappointments, the blunt-force strategies for survival that people are compelled to adopt in the struggle to adjust to unfamiliar, confusing, sometimes hostile environments. It is prose that thrusts hard and deep, its emotional impact landing with little to cushion the blow. The fourteen stories in Souvankham Thammavongsa’s first collection of short fiction are narrated in terse, economical prose largely shorn of lyrical embellishment. But how can he convince Lauren to be his.for better, for worse, for the rest of their lives? A summer to remember is not enough for him. Everything is going perfectly-until Kit does the unthinkable: He begins to fall in love. When summer ends, she will break off the engagement, rendering herself unmarriageable and leaving them both free. Lauren will masquerade as Kit's intended if he agrees to provide a passionate, adventurous, unforgettable summer. When these two fiercely independent souls meet, sparks fly-and a deal is hatched. A year after being abandoned at the altar, Lauren has determined that marriage is not for her. Desperate to thwart his father's matchmaking, Kit needs a bride.fast. Kit Butler is cool, dangerous, one of London's mostinfamous bachelors-marriage is the last thing on his mind. "Matchless storyteller"( Romantic Times ) Mary Balogh weaves a tantalizing web of wit and seduction in her new novel-an irresistible tale of two unlikely lovers and one unforgettable summer. Macon is the accidental tourist of his own life. Macon’s wife remarks that she knows Macon better than he knows himself, whereas Macon, in the company of the unlikely Muriel, asserts that he is “more myself than I’ve been in my whole life long”. Perceptions of identity are at the centre of the novel: how we can become trapped in other people’s ideas of who we are. With a young son in tow, she cannot afford to fail. On the other side of the train tracks, Muriel, considered the black sheep of her family, lives a hard life with little love and no breaks. Macon’s marriage disintegrates after a robber shoots his son. Their dialogues are the highlight of the novel.īut it’s not all kitchen sink bubbles. Macon thinks listening to blank cassettes is a brilliant travel idea. She’s streetwise and tenacious - and she has Macon in her sights. Its increasingly vicious behaviour forces Macon to seek help - and into the story clatters thrift-shop maven and dog trainer Muriel Pritchett: permed hair, deep lipstick, high heels, and manicures. He’s a travel writer - the circumspect voice behind the Accidental Tourist travel guides for businessmen who want to minimise all sense of the foreign when abroad. He’s got a broken leg, a nasty dog, a failing marriage, and a fast-approaching deadline. Winning the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985, Anne Tyler’s tenth novel The Accidental Tourist sets squeaky-clean Macon Leary up against firecracker Muriel Pritchett in this domestic drama of mis-matched manners. |