Instead, she finds herself at the entrance to a strange world of purple skies and pink seas-a portal to the opulent realm of jinn, inhabited by the trickster creatures from her mother’s cautionary tales. Nura refuses to believe it and shovels her way through the dirt hoping to find him. Her plan backfires when the mines collapse and four kids, including her best friend, Faisal, are claimed dead. Local rumor says there’s buried treasure in the mine, and Nura knows that finding it could change the course of her family’s life forever. But it’s not just the extra rupees in her pocket Nura is after. But with her mom hard at work in a run-down sweatshop and three younger siblings to feed, Nura must spend her days earning money by mica mining. Nura longs for the simple pleasure of many things-to wear a beautiful red dupatta or to bite into a sweet gulab. Aru Shah and the End of Time meets Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in this mesmerizing portal fantasy that takes readers into the little-known world of Jinn.
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OL18154374W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 87.28 Pages 230 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1439136556 Calico Bush Rachel Field Simon and Schuster, Juvenile Fiction - 224 pages 4 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. With the original wood engravings by Allen Lewis. Calico Bush Rachel Field 0. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:48:29 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA106806 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary External-identifier CALICO BUSH SIMON reset and reissued 1966 reissued 1987 Printed in the United States of America 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 The Library of Congress has catalogued the first. Faint tide mark to the margin of the plate facing page 300. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Rebound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. She also wrote adult novels, including 'The Shuttle', 'The Making of a Marchioness', and 'A Lady of Quality'.Complete with illustrations by Charles Robinson.Half-title is present.Six pages of adverts to the rear. Burnett wrote two other children's books, 'Little Lord Fauntleroy', and 'A Little Princess'. The novel was published in the U.S earlier the same year.?Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and seven colour plates, with all tissue guards present.Collated, complete.'The Secret Garden' didn't receive as much popularity as Frances Hodgson Burnett's other novels during her lifetime however, its popularity has greatly increased since, and is now considered one of the best children's book from the twentieth century. edition of the popular charming novel 'The Secret Garden', complete with the original colour illustrations by Charles Robinson. And again.Įach time, he tries different ways of making his life meaningful - love, sex, drugs, parenthood, selfless acts, etc. He achieves incredible wealth, only to die again 25 years later and start the cycle over again. And off he goes, making insider bets and investments that earn him millions and soon carving out a new life, determined to avoid all the old mistakes that doomed him to a lackluster life and troubled marriage. He wakes up in his 18-year-old body in 1963, his head full of memories of his old life, and realizes he has a chance to start over again. The book has a great set up - the main protagonist, Jeff, is having a midlife crisis and filled with ennui and regret, dies in mid-conversation with his wife. Replay by Ken Grimwood was gifted to me some years back and on a trip to the Sawtooth wilderness, I finally got around to reading it. An underwhelming treatment of a great concept The book is also the basis of the acclaimed 2015 film Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Erotic, eloquent, and suspenseful, this story offers an honest look at the necessity of being true to one's nature. Originally published in 1952 under a pseudonym, The Price of Salt was heralded as "the novel of a love society forbids." Highsmith's sensitive treatment of fully realized characters who defy stereotypes about homosexuality marks a departure from previous lesbian pulp fiction. Originally published in 1952, The Price of Salt was heralded as 'the novel of a love society forbids.' Highsmith's sensitive treatment of fully realized characters who defy stereotypes about homosexuality marks a departure from previous lesbian pulp fiction. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.Īuthor Patricia Highsmith is best known for her psychological thrillers Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. With 18 New York Times bestsellers to his credit, Weber moves from novels to films with his adaption of the sexy mystery The Man in 3B. Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere's One Unit/Flavor Unit have partner with Freestyle Releasing to distribute "The Man In 3b".Ĭarl Weber is one of a handful of African American authors who consistently appear on the New York Times bestseller list year after year. The feature is directed by Trey Haley and produced by ND Brown and Carl Weber. The Man in 3B, is adapted from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel by the same name from Weber, and will also star Christian Keyes (BET's Let's Stay Together, ABC's Mistresses), television actress Kellita Smith (The Bernie Mac Show, SyFy's Z Nation), up and coming leading lady Brely Evans and veteran actresses Jackee Harry and Marla Gibbs. Lamman Rucker (Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married), DB Woodside (Fox's 24, Centric's Single Ladies) and iconic actor Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars) will star in The Man in 3B, the first film from 18-time New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber, in theaters Friday, November 6th. And a white raven has brought word from the Citadel itself, foretelling summer's end. Stannis's child Princess Shireen dreams of dragons waking from stone. A comet in the night sky, red and malevolent, the colour of blood and flame, can only be an omen of murder and war. In Dragonstone, Robert's brother Stannis has declared himself king, while his other brother Renly proclaims himself king at Storm's End - and Eddard Stark's fifteen year old son Robb wears the crown of the north at Winterfell. Even so, Joffrey is now a boy-king, Cersei is his regent, and war is inevitable. His daughter Sansa is betrothed still to his killer's son Joffrey - Queen Cersei's son, though not the son of her late husband Robert. At King's Landing, the head of Lord Eddard Stark rots on a spike for all to see. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst themselves. Martin's superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms in the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Fallow is the eighth book in the Whyborne & Griffin series, where magic, mystery, and m/m romance collide with Victorian era America. And if the cult’s foul harvest isn’t stopped in time, Fallow will be only the first city to fall. But as drought withers the crops of Fallow, a sinister cult sinks its roots deep into the arid soil. To keep Griffin’s estranged mother safe, they must travel to a dying town in Kansas. Once a simple farmer from Griffin’s hometown of Fallow, the assassin now bears a terrifying magical corruption, one whose nature even Whyborne can’t explain. His husband, Griffin Flaherty, wants to help-but how can he, when Whyborne won’t tell him what’s wrong? When a man from Griffin’s past murders a sorcerer, the situation grows even more dire. The books in Hawks Hexworld series all take place in 1890s New York City, focused on the witches and familiars of that citys Witch Police. When Griffin’s past collides with his present, will it cost the lives of everyone he loves? Between the threat of a world-ending invasion from the Outside and unwelcome revelations about his own nature, Percival Endicott Whyborne is under a great deal of strain. Career ĭe La Cruz wrote her first full-length novel at 22 while living in New York City and working at Bankers Trust. They and their daughter live in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California. Personal life ĭe la Cruz is married to Michael Johnston, another writer, with whom she co-wrote the Heart of Dread series. After graduation she worked as a computer consultant. She went on to study art history and English at Columbia University in New York City. She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 13, in 1985, and they settled in San Francisco, where she graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. Melissa de la Cruz was born in Manila, Philippines and says that she has wanted to be an author since she was eleven years old. Her young-adult series include Au Pairs, the Blue Bloods, and The Beauchamp Family. Melissa de la Cruz (born 1971) is a Filipina-American writer known for young adult fiction. At the centre is the Navidson Record a short film put together by world-renowned photographer Will Navidson as he investigates the physics-defying dimensions of his new house on Ash Tree Lane. House of Leaves is a set of Russian dolls enclosed within an Escher-style literal manipulation of the words on the page. House of Leaves is one of those cult legends that you may have heard somebody breathlessly try and explain to you, but to be honest, the only way you can even begin to understand the sheer complexity and bizarre, sometimes impressive, sometimes impenetrable, maze of words that Mark Z Danielewski crafted to be his debut novel back in 2000 is to read it yourself. He's starting to notice things changing around him… The worst part is that he can't just dismiss the notebook as the ramblings of a crazy old man. And the more he reads about Will Navidson's house, the more frightened he becomes. Zampano, writing on loose sheets, stained napkins, crammed notebooks, has compiled what must be the definitive work on the events on Ash Tree Lane.īut Johnny Truant has never heard of the Navidson Record. What happens next is recorded on videotapes and in interviews. Will Navidson, a photojournalist, and his family move into a new house. Herein is the heavily annotated story of the Navidson Report. Johnny Truant, wild and troubled sometime employee in a LA tattoo parlour, finds a notebook kept by Zampano, a reclusive old man found dead in a cluttered apartment. |