![]() ![]() Nighy wound up training at Guildford School of Dance and Drama in London, and has since then worked consistently in film, television, and on stage. When he ran out of money, the British consul shipped him home. He stayed in Paris for a while because he wanted to write "the great novel", but he only managed to write the title. He eventually went on to work as a messenger boy for the Field magazine. On leaving school he wanted to become a journalist but didn't have the required qualifications. At school, he gained 'O'-levels in English Language and English Literature and enjoyed reading, particularly Ernest Hemingway. He was born William Francis Nighy on Decemin Caterham, Surrey, England, to Catherine Josephine (Whittaker), a psychiatric nurse from Glasgow, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who was English-born and managed a garage in Croydon. ![]() Bill Nighy is an award-winning British character actor. ![]()
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7/8/2023 0 Comments The Beloved by Alison Rattle![]() Wisdom after the event is cheap indeed – but go back. Read moreĪcknowledgements The Thaw For Marjorie Genevieve Written with vigorous intelligence and delicate insight, this collection captures the surprising joys, small tragedies and profound truths of existence. ![]() Precise, playful and evocative, these exquisitely crafted stories explore memory, the media and mortality, unfolding at the line between reality and fiction. And at Charleston, Angelica Garnett, child of the Bloomsbury Group, is overcome by the past, all the beloved ghosts that spring to life before her eyes. On a trip to Brighton, reluctant jihadists face the ultimate spiritual test. In an ancient Yorkshire churchyard, the author visits Sylvia Plath's grave and makes an unexpected connection across time. A cardiac specialist lingers on the edge of consciousness as he awaits a new heart – and is transported to an attic room half a century ago. ![]() A teenager searches for his lover on a charged summer evening in 2011, as around him London erupts in anger. In 1920s Nova Scotia, as winter begins to thaw, a woman emerges from mourning and wears a new fur coat to a dance that will change everything. Hovering on the border of life and death, these stories form a ground-shifting collection, taking us into history, literature and the hidden lives of iconic figures. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDSĪcutely observed, evocative collection of short stories from the Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of Unexploded, blending fiction, biography and memoir ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments The deed of paksenarrion![]() (Whose life has taken a depressing turn for the worst, it seems.) "This is the first work of high heroic fantasy that has taken the work of Tolkien, assimilated it totally, and deeply, and absolutely. The quotes on the back of the book don't help. ![]() A new friend had some of her books, and I took her up on her generous "deed." Having done some further research it is much clearer to me now, that Moon did much of her writing in the mid-to-late 80s and was merely part of the explosion of new fantasy at that time. In an effort to get actual blog readers and to meet more like minded people, I kept hearing her name in relation to foundational fantasy literature: genre defining stuff. ![]() I'm ashamed to admit that I had not heard of Elizabeth Moon until just last year. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments The moonstone novel![]() He arrives before her birthday, carrying Rachel’s birthday present: her uncle’s Diamond. Rachel’s 18th birthday is coming up, and one of the guests is her cousin Franklin Blake, who has just finished his education abroad on Continental Europe. Her steward, Gabriel Betteredge, narrates the first period. Lady Verinder, Colonel Herncastle’s sister, is a widow living with her daughter in her estate by the coast. The story fast-forwards 50 years to England, off the Yorkshire coast. Upon return, Herncastle’s belligerent manners estrange him from the family. As they storm the Indian emperor’s palace, Herncastle’s cousin sees Herncastle in the armory with a large jewel in his hand, after murdering the Indian guards. ![]() ![]() The jewel will curse those who try to steal it, as it has three priestly guardians always following it. They hear a story about a legendary Indian jewel called the Moonstone, which is used in Hindu religious rituals. In 1799, Colonel John Herncastle and his cousin are taking part in the British invasion of the Indian Seringapatam. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Usagi yojimbo senso![]() In this anthropomorphic animal world, the Martians are drawn as octopi. Sakai has created an epic tale as the two warring sides come together to take on the overwhelming Martian force and their mechanical walkers that cause widespread destruction. ![]() Sakai introduces the collection with a comic strip where he explains to his main character, the rabbit ronin Usagi, and the reader that Senso‘s premise deals with the questions “what if the Martians had sent scout ships 200 years before the events chronicled by Wells, and what if they had landed in feudal Japan?” The story is set “15 years in future the final war between the Geishu Clan and Lord Hikiji.” Originally published from August 2014 through January 2015, Dark Horse has now collected them in one book. ![]() ![]() After a two-year break from his long-running Usagi Yojimbo, time spent working on the Eisner-nominated limited series Ronin 47, Stan Sakai returned to it with the six-issue miniseries Usagi Yojimbo: Senso. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Jingo book![]() ![]() The Last Continent: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market):Ĭarpe Jugulum: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Hogfather: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Maskerade: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Interesting Times: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Soul Music: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market):įeet of Clay: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Men at Arms: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Lords and Ladies: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Small Gods: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Witches Abroad: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Reaper Man: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Moving Pictures: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Guards! Guards!: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market):Įric: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Pyramids: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): ![]() Wyrd Sisters: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Sourcery: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): Mort: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): The Light Fantastic: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market):Įqual Rites: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): The Color of Magic: A Novel of Discworld (Mass Market): This is book number 21 in the Discworld series. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Theory by dionne brand![]() Abiding by the principle of Occam’s razor, the narrator simplifies the reasons to three women: Selah, Yara, and Odalys, each of whom are accorded a chapter.īrand, a doyenne of Canadian literature, wastes no time establishing the curious, vain, and misinterpreting narrator. They decide to take stock of the reasons for why the dissertation is incomplete. The visit reminds the narrator how kinships and lovers have interrupted their intellectual pursuits. This anything-but-simple footnote fills the remainder of the page, spilling over to the next, in which the narrator speaks about turning 40 soon, their incomplete and ambitious PhD dissertation, and a recent uneasy visit from their brother. ![]() Dionne Brand’s novel Theory opens with a short, footnoted, epigraphic introduction: “Occam’s razor.” Occam’s razor is a principle for solving problems in which the simplest solutions are considered the most truthful. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Cd reiss shuttergirl![]() And we haven't spoken a word to each other.Until tonight.PRAISE:"e A confident, badass heroine and a swoon worthy, good guy find each other in CD Reiss's latest contemporary romance. ![]() Then he left, and my life fell apart.Now we are the king and queen of opposite sides of Hollywood. I thought I could be his and he could be mine. And when he held my hand I thought I could fit in, just a little. He was the perfect boy, and I was the outcast kid from the other side of town. We're in the same town, on the same block, in the same building, and the gulf between us is just too wide to cross.Until tonight.-He was my high school crush, back when I lived in a world that didn't want me. ![]() ![]() I measured all women against her and all women came up short.But being with her was unfeasible in high school, and it's taboo now.I see her sometimes, but I've never spoken to her. Not from the last time I saw her, at seventeen, to today. ![]() ![]() That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only one who sees what they can see. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories-impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. When the children of Archer’s Peak-a sleepy town in the heart of America-begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. ![]() Where Did I Get This Book: I received an eARC from NetGalley.īook Description: When children begin to go missing in the town of Archer’s Peak, all hope seems lost until a mysterious woman arrives to reveal that terrifying creatures are behind the chaos – and that she alone will destroy them, no matter the cost. Book: “Something Is Killing the Children (Vol.1)” by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (Ill.). ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments The mark of athena next book![]() It brought life to book, as I felt that the story was being dragged out, and the things that happen felt really repetitive, monsters this, prophecies that, Gaia, Gaia, Gaia every where. ![]() This twists does bring out great things in the authors writing, and will keep people begging, wondering and worshipping for his work.ģ. It brought a massive unexpected twist to the story, especially since I expected a happy ending (I thought it was a trilogy! stupid me!!!). It made me want more, which will probably happen to everyone who reads this, so I think Rick Riordan can look forward to a lot of money in his future.Ģ. Now that I think about it, that cliffhanger did do some good deeds to the series:ġ. And what makes it worse is that you threw in the cliffhanger, and a HUGE one at that. Now I have to wait an age for the next book to come out, GREAT (throws arms up in air with despair). I'm really angry with you Mr Riordan, you are a cruel, cruel, CRUEL author. ![]() |