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Tenth of december stories5/27/2023 ![]() And in the title story, a stunning meditation on imagination, memory, and loss, a middle-aged cancer patient walks into the woods to commit suicide, only to encounter a troubled young boy who, over the course of a fateful morning, gives the dying man a final chance to recall who he really is. In the taut opener, “Victory Lap,” a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the girl next door and is faced with a harrowing choice: Does he ignore what he sees, or override years of smothering advice from his parents and act? In “Home,” a combat-damaged soldier moves back in with his mother and struggles to reconcile the world he left with the one to which he has returned. One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet. Includes an extended conversation with David Sedaris NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People ![]() ![]() ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW.NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE. ![]()
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N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() is essential reading, a stunningly simple tale of youthful desires and obsessions. ![]() ây là tác phm u tiên mình c.Nh nhàng, du dng, bn thân mình thích c nhng th loi ko có nhiu kch tính tình tit mà thích nhng khonh khc bình thng trong cuc sng và i sng ni tâm con ngi nên rt thích tác phm nh th này. Haunted by Shoji's death, Kazami discovers the truth behind the ninety-eighth story-and comes to believe that "everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy." Banana Yoshimoto's language sweeps the reader immediately into the streets of Tokyo, with her uncanny ability to merge the echoes of Japanese traditional literature with a contemporary plot. Banana Yoshimoto là mt trong nhng tiu thuyt gia Nht Bn ni ting. But the book may never be published in his native Japan: each translator who takes up the ninety-eighth story chooses death too-including Kazami's boyfriend, Shoji. is the title of a last collection of short stories by a celebrated Japanese writer. In N.P., a celebrated Japanese writer has committed suicide, leaving behind a collection of stories written in English, entitled N.P. Author: Banana Yoshimoto ISBN: 9780571212101. ![]() "Yoshimoto hits some of the same notes that a previous generation's literary masters (say, Kawabata or Tanizaki) might sound, and yet the effect seems artless, spontaneous and wonderfully fresh." - Los Angeles Times Book Reviewīanana Yoshimoto's warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese have earned her international acclaim and best-seller status, as well as a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. In N.P. ![]()
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John mcgahern amongst5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a 1993 interview with the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society ( very niche but also very on YouTube), McGahern talks about how only 5% of what he writes for a novel ends up in the finished product. Every sentence is golden, each stuffed with meaning without being weighed down by it. That last one might have a hint of hyperbole, but that’s how excited I feel about this book having read it again to prepare this piece. What about this: “the best novel ever written in the English language.” Try that one on for size and let me know when you’re done in the changing room. Some might say “best novel of the 1990s.” Dropping the Irish tag but narrowing the pool to just one decade of writing? Fair enough. Amongst Women - it’s up there isn’t it? The most popular way of framing it is probably “best Irish novel of the second half of the 20th century.” Everyone who sits on that fence avoids the indecency of stirring the shit in the Joyce/Beckett/Bowen/O’Brien (Flann)/O’Brien (Kate) cauldron of masterpieces. ![]()
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Ghosts In The Hills by Matthew Pierce5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() What are the nearest stations to Matthew Pearce School?.Winston Hills to James Ruse Agricultural HS via Gilroy College Oakhill College to Churchill Dr before Wilmott Av William Clarke College to Churchill Dr before Berrigan StĬrestwood HS to Windsor Rd after Campbell St James Ruse HS to Winston Hills Mall via Baulkham Hills Seven Hills HS to Our Lady of Mercy College via Kings Langley Mathew Pearce PS to Northmead via Model Farms HS Mathew Pearce PS to Seven Hills via Baulkham Hills HS & Oakhill College ![]() Seven Hills Station to Matthew Pearce PS via Model Farms HS ![]() Knightsbridge Shops to Matthew Pearce PS via Castle Hill & Baulkham Hills Matthew Pearce PS to Freeman St at Lucas Rd via Kings Langley Mathew Pearce PS to Seven Hills Rd before Solar Ave via Bella Vista Reston Grange after Norwest Bvd to Matthew Pearce PS via Crestwood PS ![]()
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Tycoon by Joanna Shupe5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() He's everything she never thought she could have, and she's everything he didn't know he wanted. Desperation propels her into a stranger's arms at the train station, but she hadn't expected Ted to offer her the protection she so badly needs-nor did she expect their chemistry to develop more steam than the engine of the train. Louis in his private car-perhaps against his better judgment.Ĭlara Dawson has long known how to take care of herself, but the savvy shop girl is at a loss when she witnesses-and becomes entangled in-a terrible crime. Disarmed, he invites her to spend the journey to St. He's certain she's a swindler who's only after his money, but he's never met a woman so passionate and sure of herself. Standing on the platform at Grand Central Station, Ted Harper is surprised by a fiery kiss from an undeniably gorgeous damsel in distress. ![]() Sometimes the journey is more pleasurable than the destination. In Gilded Age New York City, the bachelors of the Knickerbocker Club spend their days rubbing elbows with Manhattan's most elite citizens-and their nights with its most intoxicating women. ![]()
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Wolf hall mirror and the light5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() The world is run from Antwerp, from Florence … from Lisbon, where the ships with sails of silk drift west and are burned up in the sun. As Mantel puts it in one memorable passage from Wolf Hall: This Cromwell is a Renaissance man in every meaning of the term in his mind, we can detect the first stirrings of modernity. In this, he faces off against a series of upper-class twits who’ve fooled themselves into believing their privileges of birth actually mean something. Her Cromwell is the self-made son of an abusive drunken blacksmith, who uses his polymathic gifts to attain ever-greater political power, yes, but also to usher in a more meritocratic age. Most prior fictional treatments of Cromwell depict him as a conniving backstabber, but Mantel’s version is much more sympathetic. The books tell the story of Thomas Cromwell, one of Henry VIII’s most trusted advisers. Thinking about jumping back into the Tudor pool? Here’s a refresher on everything you need to know before you do: ![]() ![]() ![]() Rejoice - the long-awaited conclusion to a best-selling series of popular fiction based on late-medieval British history is here! I am of course talking about The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel’s follow-up to 2009’s Wolf Hall and 2012’s Bring Up the Bodies, which has finally arrived after an eight-year wait. Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in the BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall. ![]()
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Plastic Confidence by Alisa Mullen5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mullen is the author of Amazon’s best-selling books (in multiple categories) – The Chosen Series. She wrote these characters that sucked me in and then flipped everything I thought about them upside down.” – Give Me Books “Mullen has a lot to answer for, in my opinion. “Once again Mullen never ceases to amaze me.” – Evocative Book Reviews ![]() I love Alisa’s books but this one is my favorite by far. Desperate to alter how people view her, she realizes that she might never be able to escape the past.įollow the past ghosts into the now for the emotional roller coaster ride you all expect from Alisa Mullen. Jules’ journey of self-discovery started at a young age and her self- image, which is engrained in her brain, might just be there for life. When the plastic snaps wide open, Jules finds herself in a vulnerable and awkward situation with Brennan and her band. That is until she meets Brennan Curtis, a fan boy, a wannabe friend, and the only one who can possibly tear Jules’ walls down. She loves them and leaves them, a bad girl through and through. Meet Julia Delaney, a.k.a Jules, the lead singer of Love Sick Ponies, sex superstar, and a heart full of rocks. What happens when the past rears its ugly head and messes with who you thought you were? Will it break down all your walls and set your whole world on fire? Go one click now! Alisa’s Amazon Page will link the book. ![]()
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How to hide a lion by helen stephens5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But Iris can’t hide her lion forever, and when her mum discovers him, he has to run away and hide all on his own. Luckily, there are lots of good places to hide a lion – behind the shower curtain, in your bed, and even up a tree. How does a very small girl hide a lion? It’s not easy, but Iris has to do her best because mums and dads can be funny about having a lion in the house. It’s not easy, but Iris has to do her best.Īfter all, mums and dads can be funny about having a lion in the house. Where can a very small girl hide a very large lion? Written and illustrated by Helen Stephens Win a paperback copy of How to hide a lion. ![]() About the Author & Illustrator – Helen Stephens. ![]()
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Sistersong by lucy holland5/26/2023 ![]() But the sisters have other, secret abilities, waiting to be awakened by the threat of invasion. ![]() Sinne, the youngest, is beautiful and can use her glamour to charm any man. Keyne desires to be a man and a warrior, and wears men’s clothes to hide her femininity. She dreams of love and a good marriage but is almost resigned to a future in a nunnery. Riva, crippled in one hand and foot by a fire, is a healer unable to heal herself. The Horned One has sent retribution for my blasphemy.’ I try to scream and manage only a whimper. ![]() ‘The shadow has four legs and it snorts, breath billowing from unseen nostrils. Set in Dumnonia (today’s Devon and Cornwall) in the early sixth century, the novel introduces us to three sisters, daughters of the British king, Cador, and his queen, Enica, who is of Roman descent. ![]() In a wonderful blend of history, myth, magic and mysticism, Sistersongtakes us to Dark Age Britain, to spin us on the Wheel of the Year in a joyride of everything that makes fantasy worth reading. Just as I was beginning to think no one writes stories like that any more, along comes Lucy Holland’s tale of war, valour, love, betrayal and female power – and weakness. ![]()
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Andrew rowe sufficiently advanced magic5/26/2023 ![]() Seiryu, the God Serpent - God Beast of Valia. Genbu, the God Tortoise - God Beast of Dalenos. Often depicted as a trickster or shapeshifter. Kerivas - Visage of Law, second patron Visage of Edria. ![]() Tenjin - Visage of Inspiration, patron Visage of Valia. Melkyr - Visage of Resilience, patron Visage of Edria.įerras - Visage of Creation, patron Visage of Caelford. Katashi - Visage of Valor, patron Visage of Dalenos, where he is a central figure in their government. Tavare - Derek’s summoned blade elemental.ĭelsys - Derek’s summoned flame/wind elemental.Įlora Theas - Heir to House Theas, an ancient noble house. Vera’s brother.ĭerek Hartigan - Heir to House Hartigan, an ancient noble house. Vera Corrington - Tower explorer that Corin first encounters during his Judgment.Īloras Corrington - Automotive engineer. Corin first meets Echion during his Judgment. ![]() Keras Selyrian - Mysterious swordsman that Corin first encounters during his Judgment.Įchion - Child with an unusual mark across his forehead. Lars Mantrake - Shopkeeper for the Climber’s Court, a magic item shop. Lisa Stone - Former classmate from Corin’s childhood. ![]() Cecily Lambert - Student Corin is deliberately avoiding for unknown reasons.Ĭurtis Maddock - Dorm chief for Corin’s dorm. ![]() |