![]() ![]() No-one believes that the shadow of war is falling across the very heart of the Union. While the King of the Union lies on his deathbead, the peasants revolt and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. But love can be painful too, and glory has a nasty habit of creeping up on a man when he least expects it. Jezal dan Luthar has decided that winning glory is far too painful, and turned his back on soldiering for a simple life with the woman he loves. Its a good thing blackmail, threats and torture still work well enough. His days with a sword are far behind him. ![]() A secret struggle in which no-one is safe, and no-one can be trusted. ![]() With too many masters and too little time, Superior Glokta is fighting a different kind of war. Its past time for the Bloody-Nine to come home. Battle rages across the North, the King of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only one man who can stop him. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but its going to be a big one. ![]()
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![]() A medical school dropout, she’s come back to small-town Everton, New Hampshire, to care for her father, who is dying from a mysterious brain disease. Natural-born healer Emma Starling once had big plans for her life, but she’s lost her way. Both funny and sad, the kind of story we like best. It was a source of entertainment at Maple Street Cemetery. 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The man who invented the Commitments back in the 1980s is now 47, with a loving wife, 4 kids.and bowel cancer. ![]() A triumphant return to the characters of Booker Prize-winning writer Roddy Doyle's breakout first novel, The Commitments, now older, wiser, up against cancer and midlife. ![]() ![]() ![]() If “Binocular Vision” launched Pearlman, rightly, into the spotlight, “Honeydew” should cement her reputation as one of the most essential short story visionaries of our time.” And where on earth would literature be without its great contrarians? Nowhere good. To commit oneself wholly to the short story, as Edith Pearlman has done, suggests not only a gift for exploding the boundaries of the form, but something of a contrarian spirit. Better still if the novel in question is large enough to be wielded interchangeably as a doorstop and a weapon. “We write in a culture that favors the heft of the novel. But Pearlman deserves the comparisons, and this is the point toward which I’ve been meandering: Pearlman is our greatest living American short story writer, and 'Honeydew' is her best collection yet.” “.Cheever, Paley, Spark: these, I realize, are some big names. ![]() ![]() ![]() What if she’s the next person on the list? Torn between letting things lie, and rescuing her twin, will Kaylee be brave enough to take a leap into her sister’s unknown world? Here is the Amazon link to the book Here is our Facebook page: _ Thank you so much for joining our community and for supporting the show. And when she receives threatening messages warning her to stay away, she has to be quick. ![]() Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. With the mystery unraveling towards a world of crime, Kaylee comes to the conclusion that everyone could be a potential suspect. Buy The Whispering Magpies by SAUNDERS, Adley J (ISBN: 9798698660231) from Amazons Book Store. 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Where to sit? I’ve never been as backseat wastecase. The driver pulls away from the curb while I stand in the aisle. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomachache. ![]() |