![]() ![]() "A beautifully realized setting, a great cast of characters, and dramatic action scenes. "An epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book." -Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author The outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones - and of Kekon itself. When a powerful new drug emerges that lets anyone - even foreigners - wield jade, the simmering tension between the Kauls and the rival Ayt family erupts into open violence. Ancient tradition has little place in this rapidly changing nation. They care about nothing but protecting their own, cornering the jade market, and defending the districts under their protection. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, the war is over and a new generation of Kauls vies for control of Kekon's bustling capital city. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for - and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion. Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. * World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, winner *Named one of TIME's Top 100 Fantasy Books Of All Time In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Losing interest in life, she ends up in a mental hospital.įull of remorse, François visits her but she wants nothing: she has found a quiet place that suits her inwardness. Her deep reserve begins to annoy him and they split up. Though he introduces her to his well-off parents and his intellectual friends, she is unable to mix in their worlds. ![]() There Marylène soon goes off with a new man, leaving Béatrice on her own.īefriended by the shy student François, the two become lovers and Béatrice moves into his room in Paris. Left by her lover, Marylène suggests that the two girls take a holiday by the sea at Cabourg. In Paris, the shy and virginal Béatrice (known as "Pomme") lives with her mother and works in a hairdressing salon, where her only friend is the lively Marylène. ![]() It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Dentellière by Pascal Lainé. The Lacemaker ( French: La Dentellière) is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Goretta and starring Isabelle Huppert and Yves Beneyton. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At the root of these events is the death of Bri’s father, a local rap legend and rising, who was murdered in front of the family home by a rival gang, a trauma that still reverberates in the present setting of the novel. Trey, her loyal and erudite older brother who seemingly broke the cycle and graduated college, is stuck back home making pizzas for a living to support the family. Her mother, Jay, a former drug addict, can’t afford to pay for private school, so Midtown was the second-best option. Bri, the star of On the Come Up is a high-schooler at Midtown School of the Arts, drily noting the “diversity initiative” that allowed her to bus in. The book shares a setting-and the ever-lurking shadow of racial tensions and discrimination in background-with Thomas’ debut novel: Garden Heights, a neighborhood notoriously poor, black, and gunshot-haunted, a bad reputation that the reader is challenged to consider. ![]() ![]() Back with her second novel after The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas hits the ground running with On the Come Up, a funny, hopeful, and deeply impactful story of a young rapper fighting through poverty, trauma, and controversy to realize her dream. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Doctor’s Friend.–The Origin of their Friendship.–Dick Kennedy at London. –Bets made.–Sundry Propositions offered to the Doctor The Article in the Daily Telegraph.–War between the Scientific Journals.– Mr. –A Dinner at the Travellers’ Club.–Several Toasts for the Occasion –Excelsior.–Full-length Portrait of the Doctor.–A Fatalist convinced. The End of a much-applauded Speech.–The Presentation of Dr. VERNE as much at home in voyaging through the air as in journeying “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas.” The latter are abundantly amusing, and, in view of the wonderful “travellers’ tales” with which we have been entertained by African explorers, they can scarcely be considered extravagant while the ingenuity and invention of the author will be sure to excite the surprise and the admiration of the reader, who will find M. The mode of locomotion is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidents and adventures fictitious. It gives, in some particulars, a survey of nearly the whole field of African discovery, and in this way will often serve to refresh the memory of the reader. ![]() So far as the geography, the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countries the travellers pass over are described, it is entirely accurate. “Five Weeks in a Balloon” is, in a measure, a satire on modern books of African travel. ![]() ![]() Throughout the whole book, the author tries to show how absurd the justice system can be in its attempts to follow the existing legislation in its abstract form (Kafka 45).Īll efforts to find the details of the whole trial fail as there is no clear understanding of why it was initiated and what are the real consequences. Since this very event, Josef’s main activity is multiple attempts to protect himself from the Law and ensure the court that he is not guilty. However, they are sure that there was a need for it as they know the verdict. ![]() One day, the man is detained in his house by two guards who cannot explain the reason for his arrest. The novel revolves around Josef K’s arrest and the continuous trial. ![]() Similar issues can be seen in modern society, and, moreover, they have reflected in Kafka’s work The Trial. This opposition results in the appearance of a certain precedent because if there is any case of injustice, a person tries to resist it and overturn the law by referring to some higher principles that are related to morals, ethics, and people’s needs. At the same time, any law must be just, it is a fundamental rule of the world. ![]() Under these conditions, the question about the legal nature of multiple regulations emerges. ![]() ![]() ![]() Confined inside by the unseasonable weather, thousands of famine refugees stream past her door. But worse is yet to come: as the ash cloud rises and covers the sun, the seasons will fail.1816In Switzerland, Mary Shelley finds dark inspiration. ![]() Once a paradise, the island is now solid ash, the surrounding sea turned to stone. ![]() Sent to investigate, ship surgeon Henry Hoggcan barely believe his eyes. LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT HISTORICAL FICTION PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD 2020'A STRIKINGLY SHARP AND SUBTLE WRITER' Guardian'SUPERB.BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN.UNFORGETTABLE' FT Weekend'SKILFUL' Sunday Times 'RICH, INTRICATE, IMPRESSIVELY REALISED' Observer 'VIVIDLY REALISED' The Times'A VISION OF THE PAST AND A VISION OF THE FUTURE' Irish Times'A VIVID SLICE OF HISTORICAL FICTION' Sunday Express1815, Sumbawa Island, IndonesiaMount Tambora explodes in a cataclysmic eruption, killing thousands. ![]() ![]() ![]() You don’t need to have read the previous books to enjoy this, each is set in a different time with it’s own plot line. A Narrow Door is the third book in the Malbry Cycle of books, and takes the reader back to St Oswalds boy school,and to the classroom of Classics Master, Roy Straightly. I have been a huge fan of her writing since reading Chocolat over twenty years ago. I was really excited when I received the notification from NetGalley to say I had been approved for A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris. She’ll bury the past so deep it will evade even her own memory, just like she has done before. ![]() And with it, the remains of a body are discovered.īut Rebecca is here to make her mark. As the new regime takes on the old guard, the ground shifts. Barely forty, she is just starting to reap the harvest of her ambition. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. It’s an incendiary moment for St Oswald’s school. 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Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() “You heard me.” Felicity sipped from her own coffee, then put her cup down on the table. “You want to do what ?” The cappuccino in Carmen’s hand wobbled precariously as Felicity’s words sunk home. Know that if and when you are ready, there is a wonderful community waiting to welcome you in. Lastly, a few words for anyone who has picked up this book because they, too, are questioning their sexuality. Oh wow, did you ever push me on this one! But thank you so much for your guidance, your patience, and all the things you taught me throughout this process. ![]() Thanks once again to the team at Ylva for all their work in bringing another novel of mine to life.īig thanks to my wonderful beta readers, Katja, Erin, and Amy, and to Cari for the extra read-through at the end.Īnd an enormous thank-you, with a big bow on top, to my editor, the editor-in-chief herself, Sandra Gerth. ![]() ![]() ![]() If the restaurant had been quiet before, now it was silent enough to be a new dimension. Her mouth hung open, eyes bugged out, coke and beer and a hint of iced tea speckling her cheek. The plastic hit the side of her head with a shocking crack and she stumbled backward, then fell on her well-padded butt. Which is why, as ice-cold liquid gushed down my front, I whipped my dripping tray right into the woman’s smirking face. ![]() I try my best, okay? I keep my mouth shut, I smile real polite, and I let the managers give free meals to every scamming asshole because “the customer is always right” or whatever. And by inkling, I mean I might as well wear a flashing sign that reads, “Firecracker Redhead, Beware.” Or, if you’re my ex-boyfriend, it reads, “Don’t Stick It in Crazy Gingers.” Liquid drenched my white blouse and glassware shattered on the floor, spraying shards over my legs as ice cubes skittered under tables.Īnyone who’s known me for more than an hour has an inkling of my temper. It flipped up, dumping all six beverages onto my chest. ![]() “Out of my way!” Her fat hand shot out and shoved my drink tray. ![]() “If you could just wait one moment,” I tried again. Her companion shoveled one last mouthful of chicken down her gullet before scrambling up. I won’t pay to be mocked and insulted.” The woman shoved to her feet, frothing at the mouth with vindicated rage. ![]() |