![]() It's the little things that often add the most. Crispġ1 November update: Askew's been working on the cover since this post, and it's suddenly grown even Of particular note (with covers by C.C.A):Īll God's Angels, Beware! by Quentin S. I Am a Magical Teenage Princess by Luke Geddes. ![]() See that "bricolage-customised" copy? I advise all people who arrive at Medlar Comfits on "As Olde School as Presto Whip and Wonderbra" to cruise straight over to Look at what Chômu's doing these days, where they're making books that are not only beautiful but fun. I'm so lucky, not only that Crandolin has this cover, but that Chômu Press is such a special publisher, one that Askew is particularly fond of. ![]() Askew, what he calls himself on his site (where you can buy some of his art), he is a problem. Whether he goes by Christopher Conn Askew, Chris Conn Askew, or C.C. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The Brazilian struggled for form earlier this season but has improved his levels in and out of possession in recent weeks. Liverpool’s defensive midfielder Fabinho will be asked to contain Maddison. 22/23 goals/assists from bottom-half teams Player No other club in the bottom half of the table boast two players who have produced as many direct goal involvements as Maddison and Barnes. Together they have enough skill to cause Liverpool problems. Leicester’s No 10 has provided four goals for the winger Barnes, who has scored 12 this season. Maddison’s rapport with Harvey Barnes is something Jurgen Klopp’s side must find a way to nullify. He has assisted in their last three matches too, but frustratingly has now gone 11 Premier League matches without scoring a goal in open play. The midfielder has been Leicester’s standout performer, scoring 10 goals and making nine assists this season. ![]() ![]() The big criticism you used to get from skateboarding purists was for being a sellout. “I’m doing it against all odds, in terms of Father Time,” Hawk says. ![]() Over the last few years, aided by his charmingly self-deprecating social media presence and inspiring ability to maintain his still-formidable vert-ramp skills, Hawk has attained near-folk-hero status by proving that it’s possible to have a viable career as a 53-year-old professional skateboarder. But improbably, Hawk has defied the laws of pop-culture gravity. For a long time, the skateboarding icon Tony Hawk’s career appeared to have followed the trajectory of one of his tricks: He built up momentum during the 1980s and early 1990s, launched into an airborne peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s (thanks to his success in the newly televised X Games competitions and the popularity of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater video games) and then made a somewhat jarring return to Earth, pulled down by age and diminished cool. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A world where princes question their power, and powerful demons can help you.or destroy you.Ī prospective new queen joins a court whose lethal history may overwhelm her own political savvy.Īn imprisoned royal from a fallen dynasty and a young woman wrenched from her home cross paths in an enchanted garden.Ī pair of scouts stumble upon a secret in a cursed winter wood that will turn over their world.įrom Manizheh's first steps towards rebellion to adventures that take place after The Empire of Gold, this is a must-have collection for those who can't get enough of Nahri, Ali, and Dara and all that unfolded around them. A place where djinn live and thrive, fight and love. ![]() ![]() Explore this magical kingdom, hidden from human eyes. Now together in one place, these stories of Daevabad enrich a world already teeming with magic and wonder. The River of Silver gathers material both seen and new-including a special coda fans will need to read-making this the perfect complement to those incredible novels. Chakraborty's acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold, all from the perspective of characters both beloved and hated, and even those without a voice in the novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am not going to see that possibility in my lifetime so I decided to make it happen in my books.Ġ6: How many books have you published?: I have published 4 books so far. ![]() What if? That is a big question that still keeps the scientist looking for answers. As an engineer I always wondered about the probability of longevity. I was fascinated with the possibility of human immortality. It is the most extraordinary feeling in the world. In my wildest dreams I never thought that one day I will become and actual author and see my books in print. I wrote stories and pretended that I was one of the characters. ![]() It will be Historic / RomanceĠ5: Have you always written and what got you started professionally, Lilian?: I started to write when I was very young. 01: Name: Lilian Roberts Blog or Website: Ġ3: Do you prefer to read a genre, which?: Paranormal / RomanceĠ4: Do you write in the same genre, if not, which?: I write in the same genre, though I am making a change in my next book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Poetic yet forceful, this skillful blend of hope, tragedy, and a certain mysteriousness will entice you to stay in Mata Hari’s world to discover her fate and, most of all, if her sacrifices were worth it in the end. Even from the misery of her cold, damp prison cell, we’re allowed to feel the heat of her life in Indonesia, the thankfulness for her children, the sting of rejection and her appetite for adoration. Why you should read this book: Adrift in sensual memories, Mata Hari pulls her reader into her spirited life, letting them feel her yearnings to be more than just a doormat to her abusive and crushing force of a husband: to be a woman worthy of telling the story, ‘I walked across the sea.’ Of course, any freedoms she earns for herself will come at a price, and Mata Hari walks a thin line deciding what she can pay. While waiting for her trial, her life story pours out like an offering: her childhood, her marriage to an impossible man, tragedies, and a re-invention of herself into something more sensual and free – the self that will lead to her imprisonment and possible punishment… ![]() Synopsis: Mata Hari sits in her Paris jail cell, accused of spying for Germany during World War I. ![]() Reason for Reading: I like books that are set in unusual locations, and Indonesia qualified. ![]() ![]() ![]() They wait for fish to bite and Bao’s father speaks of fishing by a pond like the one they sit by now with his brother, long passed. ![]() A close-up of Bao’s expression creates empathy with the reader: one experiences the hollow feeling of otherness generated by his classmate’s comment, underscored by the lonely predawn street, and then the uplifting warmth of Bao’s love for his father’s voice.Īs his father sets up to fish, Bao carefully assembles twigs and rocks to make a fire. To Bao, his English sounds like “gentle rain”. ![]() While driving to the bait store, Bao remembers how a kid at school said his dad’s accented English sounds like “a thick, dirty river”. The book is full of rich glimpses into Bao’s interior life. Bui’s sumi ink brushwork and digital coloring capture the inky quality of the sky before sunrise, the chill of late autumn, and the quiet, emotional moments in between. ![]() A Different Pond, written by celebrated poet/author Bao Phi and illustrated by graphic memoirist Thi Bui, has received excellent reviews and multiple awards, including the 2018 Caldecott Honor and the APALA Picture Book Award.Ī Different Pond follows Bao, a Vietnamese American boy, on a hushed early morning fishing trip with his father. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Snow Queen Series The Snow Queen World’s End Summer Queen Tangled Up In Blue Other Books 47 Ronin Catspaw Cowboys & Aliens Dreamfall At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Interstellar politics, a millennia-long secret conspiracy, and a civilization whose hidden machineries might still control the fate of worlds all form the background to this spectacular hard science fiction novel from Joan D. Buy a discounted Paperback of The Snow Queen online from Australias leading online bookstore. Arienrhod is not without competition as Moon, a young Summer-tribe sibyl, and the nemesis of the Snow Queen, battles to break a conspiracy that spans space. Booktopia has The Snow Queen, Snow Queen by Joan D Vinge. Their only chance at surviving the change is if Arienrhod, the ageless, corrupt Snow Queen, can destroy destiny with an act of genocide. ![]() But soon the galactic stargate will close, isolating Tiamat, and the 150-year reign of the Summer primitives will begin. The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the sea mers. This reissue of a modern classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Locus Award-winning and Nebula-nominated The Snow Queen, marks the first time the book has been reprinted in fifteen years. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The rapid loss of habitat and disturbed ecological balance for wild animals such as desert bighorn sheep have been struggled against for a long time through endangered species laws, development restrictions, and the work of scientists and wildlife managers. This is "nature writing" which one could characterize as blending the poetry and emotional relationship of an Annie Dillard with the reflective ecology and anthropology of a Barry Lopez. Meloy writes of a year spent with bighorn sheep in the mountains of southern Utah where she lived, with side trips to several other desert and mountain "islands", and how their teetering populations epitomize the risks of humankind losing a core feature its identity by a loss of the "wild." ![]() One of those books that all riders on the planet would do well to consider reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each household covers an area of 0.069 square miles. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only 29 percent of the surface of the planet is land, so this reduces the populated area to 57.9 million square miles. Earth’s surface area is, given a radius of 3,986 miles (6,378 kilometers), 196.6 million square miles. Now let’s say these homes are spread equally across the landmasses of the planet. If we assume that there are 2.5 children per household, Santa has to make 842 million stops on Christmas Eve. Given the pagan origins of the festival and the holiday’s emphasis on charity, I will assume that Santa delivers presents to each and every child, and not just to Christian children or to the 191 million who live in industrialized countries. There are 2,106 million children under age eighteen in the world, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). (Wait, it’s not plagiarism if I credit the author… Need another drink. In my first Holiday Blog Post That’s Mostly Me Plagiarizing Someone Else, I share with you selections from pages 241-244 of said book. The nerd in me comes out and I giggle a bit. I like to bring it out around Christmas, usually after a couple drinks, and find my favorite couple pages. Twelve or thirteen years ago, young Dean was browsing some bookstore and happened upon The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey by Dr. ![]() |