The things we say in the dark5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Luckily for us, in writing these terrifying tales Logan, like Margaret Atwood or George Orwell, turns the big light on.' - The Herald You may also be interested in. these tales seem to perfectly suit the unsettling times in which we live. 'Her poetic, supernatural prose has lace edges of sticky, violent terror.Logan masters the format indubitably, channelling the spirit of Angela Carter. 'Logan observes modern anxieties and commonplace troubles and twists them into surreal new shapes.marvellously unnerving.her sharp wit is unmistakable.' - The New Statesman you won't put it down' - The Sunday Telegraph 'Finely crafted feminist short stories, each one gripping and unnerving in equal measure. ![]() Some feature horror, nearly all feature dread and, in the manner of Shirley Jackson, all will burrow their way into your brain and not let go.' - Stylist 'Deeply, deeply unsettling and brilliant collection of short stories. ![]()
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It’s smart, funny, honest and a little heartbreaking. “Chua’s memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, is a quick, easy read. the most stimulating book on the subject of child rearing since Dr. tale is as compelling as a good thriller.” - The Financial Times “Courageous and thought-provoking.” -David Brooks, The New York Times ![]() Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Even as a child, Picoult had a penchant for writing stories: she wrote her first story- "The Lobster Which Misunderstood"-when she was five. Picoult was born and raised in Nesconset on Long Island in New York State when she was 13, her family moved to New Hampshire. Picoult currently has approximately 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide. ![]() She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Currently-lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.Education-B.A., Princeton University M.Ed., Harvard University.Where-Nesconset (Long Island), New York, USA.Jodi Picoult presents a fascinating portrait of Amish life rarely witnessed by those outside the faith-and discovers a place where circumstances are not always what they seem, where love meets lies, and where relationships grow so strong they can transcend death. Moving seamlessly from psychological drama to courtroom suspense, Plain Truth is a triumph of contemporary storytelling. In Plain Truth, a shocking murder shatters the picturesque calm of Pennsylvania's Amish country-and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer who steps in to defend the young woman at the center of the storm.… Her eager fans have come to expect hard-hitting topics, and Picoult never disappoints. Not one to shy away from the tough issues that makes her novels so compelling, Jodi Picoult’s recent bestsellers tackled themes from sexual abuse to stem cell research to intense parent-child relationships. ![]() Map of Bones by James Rollins5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() As they flee the carnage they have wrought, they carry a prize that could reshape the world. ![]() The killers haven't come for the church's gold and valuable artwork, but for a priceless treasure secreted within: the preserved bones of the Three Magi who once came to pay homage to a newborn savior. During a service at a cathedral in Cologne, Germany, a band of armed intruders dressed in monk's robes unleashes a nightmare of blood and terror, ruthlessly gunning down worshippers and clergy alike. The crime is inhumanly cruel with horrific consequences both unthinkable and inevitable. The bestselling master of astonishing adventure, James Rollins delivers his most relentlessly exciting page-turner to date - a gripping and explosive novel of an ancient conspiracy to create a terrifying new world order out of the ashes of modern civilization. ![]() Louise penny book a better man5/20/2023 ![]() “What my books have and why I think people have responded to them is that they’re about the terror, but they’re also about the fact that goodness and decency exists. I realise when I read older classical golden age crime novels that I like when they describe the world that they were living that they’re not trying to be make it so vague that it could be any place or anytime. There’s no doubt that location is a character, but so is the timing. “I want them to be timeless but at the same time I want them to be clearly centred in Quebec. But she’s also a writer who wants her own storytelling to be rooted in specific times and locations. 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A photo album includes snapshots of Winnie with her soldiers and with Christopher Robin. ![]() ![]() Mattick’s prose has a storyteller’s rhythm and features the occasional flourish (repeating “his heart made up his mind”) Blackall’s watercolor-and-ink illustrations have a peaceful stillness that’s welcome in a book that, though not about combat, concerns the trappings of war. Milne, of course-takes the name and runs with it. Christopher Robin names his stuffed bear Winnie-the-Pooh after her, and his father-A.A. “That’s the end of Harry and Winnie’s story,” but another section begins, about a boy named Christopher Robin Milne who plays with Winnie at the London Zoo. Mom tells little Cole about Harry, a veterinarian in Winnipeg “about a hundred years before you were born.” En route to his World War I muster, Harry buys a bear cub from a trapper and names her Winnipeg “so we’ll never be far from home.” Winnie travels overseas with the Canadian soldiers to training in England, but when they ship out to France for actual combat, Harry leaves her at the London Zoo. A mother tells a true bedtime story about the bear that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh’s name. ![]() Deirdre bair books5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Her seven-year relationship with the domineering and difficult de Beauvoir required a radical change in approach, yielding another groundbreaking literary profile.ĭrawing on Bair’s extensive notes from the period, including never-before-told anecdotes and details that were considered impossible to publish at the time, Parisian Lives is full of personality and warmth and give us an entirely new window on the all-too-human side of these legendary thinkers.ĭeirdre Bair received the National Book Award for Samuel Beckett: A Biography. While quite literally dodging one subject or the other, and sometimes hiding out in the backrooms of the great cafés of Paris, Bair learned that what works in terms of process for one biography rarely applies to the next. ![]() The catch? De Beauvoir and Beckett despised each other–and lived essentially on the same street. The next seven years of intimate conversations, intercontinental research, and peculiar cat-and-mouse games resulted in Samuel Beckett: A Biography, which went on to win the National Book Award and propel Deirdre to her next subject: Simone de Beauvoir. He agreed that she could write his biography despite never having written–or even read–a biography herself. who managed to secure access to Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett. ![]() In 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and recently minted Ph.D. ![]() AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
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