![]() ![]() Whereas The First Men in the Moon sees men travelling to another ‘world’ and meeting the alien life-forms that exist there, our next novel sees the aliens coming to us… Recommended edition: The First Men in the Moon (Penguin Classics). ![]() But it deserves more attention. In many ways this book forms a pair with the next book on our list of the best H. ĭrawing on earlier moon-voyage novels by Jules Verne, this is another of Wells’s classic early scientific romances, though it often gets overlooked in favour of, say, The War of the Worlds or The Time Machine. This novel might be read as Wells’s take on Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: a scientist, Griffin, succeeds in making himself invisible but finds it difficult to reverse the scientific process, just as Jekyll finds he can no longer keep his alter ego, Edward Hyde, at bay in Stevenson’s story. Recommended edition: The Invisible Man (Penguin Classics). Wells twist. Recommended edition: The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics). ![]() ![]() The novel is a bit like a cross between Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (Moreau, as the title suggests, has his own island which the novel’s narrator is shipwrecked upon) and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, given a distinctive H. These creatures resemble men, but are actually monsters. The idea at the heart of this, Wells’s second science-fiction novel, is vivisection: the titular doctor fashions creatures from the body parts of animals. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The folks at Henry Holt, at least, are trying to have it both ways, "marketing the book to Wolf Hall fans through print and online ads also courting new readers by pitching the book as a satisfying stand-alone." That's probably sensible, since e-readers have made it easier for latecomers to catch up on a series, and Mantel has already finished writing the third installment. But the marketing campaign for the upcoming sequel, Bring Up The Bodies, shows the tricky calculus publishers face when promoting a "buzzy literary series." It boils down to whether you consider Bring Up The Bodies the second installment of a burgeoning franchise or a new big book by an acclaimed author. ![]() Today in publishing and literature: The difficulties of selling a literary sequel, science fiction is alike all over, and Whitney Houston's mother is looking for a book deal.įive years ago, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall won the Man Booker prize and sold more than 400,000 copies in the United States, not bad for a 500-page novel about political skullduggery in the court of Henry VII with multiple narrators. This article is from the archive of our partner. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is an alternative history of the Partition - the first and only one told through material memory that makes the event tangible even seven decades later. Written as a crossover between history and anthropology, Remnants of a Separation is the product of years of passionate research. Despite being born into a family affected by the Divide, artist and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra too had thought little about the Partition until she. ![]() Her debut book, Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a. Despite being born into a family affected by the Divide, artist and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra too had thought little about the Partition until she. A refugee certificate created in Calcutta evokes in a daughter the feelings of displacement her father had experienced upon leaving Mymensingh zila, now in Bangladesh. Aanchal Malhotra is an oral historian who writes on the 1947 Partition and its related topics. A notebook of poems, brought from Lahore to Kalyan, shows one woman's determination to pursue the written word despite the turmoil around her. ![]() A string of pearls gifted by a maharaja, carried from Dalhousie to Lahore, reveals the grandeur of a life that once was. They now speak of their owner's pasts as they emerge as testaments to the struggle, sacrifice, pain, and belonging at an unparalleled moment in history. These belongings absorbed the memory of a time and place, remaining latent and undisturbed for generations. Remnants of a Separation is a unique attempt to revisit the Partition through objects that refugees carried with them across the border. ![]() ![]() “Wind would be helpful in this situation.” “You have to broaden your spells, Alexandria. The flames danced off my father’s butterscotch eyes. Belting out my trusty wind spell seemed like a perfect idea, but Ethan shook his head. There wasn’t much room to maneuver, but I flipped my palms outward. Sweat dripped down my neck as the heat wrapped around me like a cocoon. The fire flickered inches away, threatening to burn me to a crisp. Regardless of the speed, it was getting closer.įlames scorched the dried yellow grass. The fire edged closer and spread lazily, but efficiently, like lava. That ridiculously irrelevant (yet true) fact didn’t help matters. This wasn’t the first time I’d been tied to a tree with death hanging over my head. ![]() I twisted my shoulders, but the ancient bark sliced against my back. The second rope bound my hands in front of me. The rope stretched across my body and around the tree trunk. Let me rephrase - I was about to be burned at the old cedar tree in the Hallows. Well, not an actual stake like they burned my witch ancestors hundreds of years ago. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. ![]() No part of this book may be used, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the express written permission of the author.Ĭopyright © April 2013 by Chelsea Luna (Bellingeri) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vaughn and Jonah find themselves grappling not just with stolen art, but with their own differences. When another painting goes missing, tension ramps up both on and off the clock. No way can Jonah give Vaughn what he really wants, not when Jonah barely understands what love is. But Vaughn seems to be the one gay guy in Toronto who doesn’t do hookups, which is all Jonah can offer. ![]() Jonah wants his men like his coffee: hot, intense, and daily. But when a piece is stolen from his art gallery and insurance investigator Jonah Sondern shows up, Vaughn finds himself struggling with that decision. That’s all he really needs, especially since sex isn’t his forte anyway and no one else seems interested in a purely romantic connection. The decision to stop dating has made Vaughn Hargrave’s life infinitely simpler: he has friends, an excellent wardrobe, and a job in the industry he loves. ![]() ![]() ![]() She seeks small, dark holes for months on end. Since then, she’s consulted doctor after doctor, with each diagnosis different and each result the same. It begins at 17, when “a little bomb” went off in Martha’s brain. The book is her reflection upon her past life - her battles with mental illness and what ultimately made her marriage fall apart. Martha moves back to her parent’s house in London. Soon after, her husband, Patrick, leaves her. She’s a British columnist that writes about all things food. ![]() The reader meets her at her 40th birthday party in Oxford. She just doesn’t know what (not for now, anyway). ![]() Meet Meg Mason’s Martha - a woman who knows that there’s something wrong with her. This is your reminder to read/listen to it alone so you don’t seem like a madman. Meg Mason’s Sorrow and Bliss may also make you laugh uncontrollably. This is your reminder to grab some tissues. Meg Mason’s Sorrow and Bliss may make you weep. ![]() ![]() Here is the whisper in the night, the dog whose loyalty outlasted death, the creak upstairs, that half-remembered ghost story that won't let you sleep, the sound that raises gooseflesh, the wish you'd checked the lock on the door before dark fell. ![]() "Fantasy is combined with magic, myth and adventure to form weird, wonderful and immersive tales."- For Book's Sake have a dream-like quality executed with a brevity and wit that is a testament to her skill as a story-teller."- California Literary Review "Aiken's pastoral meadows and circus chaos, gothic grotesques and quirky romances. "Will appeal to readers of short stories and literary fiction. Aiken writes with surpassing spirit and alertness, her elegant restraint and dry wit never fail to leave their mark."- Kirkus Reviews "Wildly inventive, darkly lyrical, and always surprising. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yahweh was unique in the ancient Middle East in that he actually participated in the profane lives of his worshipers. These groups were united by their loyalty to Yahweh. According to Armstrong, the cult of Yahweh consisted of a variety of ethnic groups that migrated to Canaan in three waves. The evolution of the idea of God is traced from its ancient roots in the Middle East up to the present day.Īrmstrong begins with the rise of the cult of Yahweh (Jahweh), one of the deities of Canaan. It details the history of the three major monotheistic traditions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, along with some details on Buddhism and Hinduism. 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Together, The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches series have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. ![]() AMC Networks announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Anne Rice's major literary works, The Vampire Chronicles series and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches series, encompassing 18 titles, including such beloved and celebrated works as Interview With The Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, and The Witching Hour.ĪMC Networks will hold the comprehensive rights for this world-renowned and globally coveted intellectual property to develop for its own television networks and streaming services under the AMC Studios umbrella, as well as external partner licensing, with Anne Rice and son Christopher Rice serving as executive producers on all series and films. ![]() |