![]() Unexpectedly, he finds a hyper intelligent golden retriever whom he names Einstein who is on the run both from the governmental laboratory where he was created, and from the Outsider, a vicious genetically engineered killing machine. ![]() The story begins with ex Delta force and estate agent Travis Cornel on a trip into the California Mountains trying to find a lost zest for life he once had. Since I myself had a more generally ambivalent view of Watchers, and personally think the only thing Koontz and Hitler have in common is a liking for dogs, I hope to offer at least a somewhat saner perspective on the book, which, like all books, had both its good and bad aspects. Such is the case with Watchers, on the very same page of Goodreads Koontz is both called a visionary by one reviewer and compared to Adolf Hitler by another yes really! ![]() For every review where the reviewer carefully notes what they thought was good or bad in a book and gives a considered opinion, there are usually ten others that declare a book is the best thing ever! Or the worst thing ever! With some books this very polarisation becomes polarised, and reviews are either so effusive in their praise they border on the embarrassing, or cynical rants full of vicious vitriol. One thing I notice when I read other people’s book reviews, is that there is so much polarisation. ![]()
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![]() ![]() "Masterfully creepy and sinister, all the more so for taking place in the beautifully drawn English countryside. The feel of being exposed to magic for the first time and the feel of doing magic and having it done to you have never been better described in any story." - Bill Willingham, author of Fables and Down the Mysterly River adeptly describes the emotion of magic its effects and internal ignition of wonder. local politics and witchcraft writ small and personal, but large in consequence. This is Cornell at the height of his craft." - Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of the InCryptid and October Daye series Beautifully written, perfectly cruel, and ultimately kind. A supermarket wants to build a major branch on their border. Witches of Lychford The villagers in the sleepy hamlet of Lychford are divided. ![]() ![]() This is the story of a village, not a city, and all the more powerful for that not all big fantasy needs an urban setting. All five volumes of Paul Cornell's popular Witches of Lychford series, together for the first time Traveler, Cleric, Witch. PRAISE FOR Paul Cornell's THE WITCHES OF LYCHFORD Judith Mawson (local crank) knows the truth - that Lychford lies on the boundary between two worlds, and that the destruction of the border will open wide the gateways to malevolent beings beyond imagination.īut if she is to have her voice heard, she's going to need the assistance of some unlikely allies. Some welcome the employment opportunities, while some object to the modernization of the local environment. ![]() The villagers in the sleepy hamlet of Lychford are divided. ![]() ![]() Dan O’Malley checks all the boxes: single, romantically indifferent to her, completely trustworthy. To avoid imminent disaster, she must marry immediately it is essential that the person she chooses have no romantic feelings for her whatsoever and be completely trustworthy.įortunately, she knows exactly who to ask. But now, Kat’s silver spoon past has finally caught up with her, and so have her youthful mistakes. Determined to live a quiet life, Kat Tanner changed her identity years ago and eschewed her family’s legacy. And three: She knows how to knit.īeing a billionaire heiress isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. One: She’s determined to make good decisions. ![]() There are three things you need to know about Kat Tanner (aka Kathleen Tyson.and yes, she is that Kathleen Tyson). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t know how long I lay there afterward, telling myself: Squeeze your eyelids shut, try, just try to forget. Or why I didn’t try to fight him when I still stood a chance. Why I didn’t scream when I opened my eyes and saw him crawling between my sheets. Or why it didn’t register that something was wrong-so mercilessly wrong-when I felt the mattress shift under his weight. Why I didn’t lock the damn door to begin with. I don’t know why I didn’t hear the door click shut. But it also demonstrates one young woman’s strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt, all while learning to embrace the power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart. Told in four parts-freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year-this provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she’s supposed to tell someone what happened but she can’t. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. What Eden once loved-who she once loved-she now hates. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. New York Times bestseller! In the tradition of Speak, Amber Smith's extraordinary debut novel “ is a heart-twisting, but ultimately hopeful, exploration of how pain can lead to strength” ( The Boston Globe).Įden was always good at being good. ![]() ![]() Mina’s brother won’t speak to her, her parents fear she’ll relapse, old friends have become enemies, and Sophie has to learn how to live without her other half. When the cops deem Mina’s murder a drug deal gone wrong, casting partial blame on Sophie, no one will believe the truth: Sophie has been clean for months, and it was Mina who led her into the woods that night for a meeting shrouded in mystery.Īfter a forced stint in rehab, Sophie returns home to a chilly new reality. Sophie survives, but Mina is not so lucky. Sophie and her best friend Mina are confronted by a masked man in the woods. The second time, she’s seventeen, and it’s no accident. ![]() ![]() The first time, she’s fourteen, and escapes a near-fatal car accident with scars, a bum leg, and an addiction to Oxy that’ll take years to kick. Synopsis from Goodreads: Sophie Winters nearly died. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. ![]() NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() Hugh Lofting's doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh who could speak to animals first saw light in the author's illustrated letters to children, written from the trenches during World War I when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible or too dull. ![]() "It does not bother me any more now, but I still feel there should be a category of 'seniles' to offset the epithet." ![]() "For years it was a constant source of shock to me to find my writings amongst 'juveniles,'" Lofting reported. Lofting was married three times and had three children, one of whom, his son Christopher, is the executor of his literary estate. Seriously wounded in the war, he moved with his family to Connecticut in the United States. Not wishing to write to his children of the brutality of the war, he wrote imaginative letters that were the foundation of the successful Doctor Dolittle novels for children. He traveled widely as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Irish Guards to serve in World War I. His early education was at Mount St Mary's College in Sheffield, after which he went to the United States, completing a degree in civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lofting was born in Maidenhead, England, to English and Irish parents. Hugh Lofting was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle - one of the classics of children's literature. ![]() ![]() He also created a cartoon called Gerald McBoing-Boing which also won him an Oscar. Captain Geisel would write for Frank Capra's Signal Corps Unit (for which he won the Legion of Merit) and do documentaries (he won Oscar's for Hitler Lives and Design for Death). Eventually in 1937 a friend published the book for him, and it went on to at least moderate success.ĭuring World War II, Geisel joined the army and was sent to Hollywood. In 1936 on the way to a vacation in Europe, listening to the rhythm of the ship's engines, he came up with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which was then promptly rejected by the first 43 publishers he showed it to. This association lasted 17 years, gained him national exposure, and coined the catchphrase "Quick, Henry, the Flit!" ![]() These references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads for Flit. In some of his works, he'd made reference to an insecticide called Flit. Additionally, he was submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ACES Worldwide, is a space policy advocacy organization that is now advocating for the creation and registration of space compacts where states, regions, international organizations, NGOs and private business can sign the compact that declares a commitment to a roadmap for their outer space activities to advance the SDGs and benefit the common good. I am familiar with the Compact through participation in an initiative in sub-Saharan Africa. ![]() ![]() UN Energy has created the Energy Compact which is an agreement between an actor in the economy and the UN to work for the organization to achieve organization specific milestones for the achievement of SDG7 - universal access to sustainable, reliable and affordable energy by 2030. The idea of architecting the financial system to work proactively for the common good is what is needed but mechanisms need to be created to encourage commitment to the common good by actors in the economy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thus, as the war unfolded, they vehemently insisted on the privileges of full citizenship. African-Americans recognized the paradox of fighting a world war for the "four freedoms'' while being subjected to prejudicial practices in the United States. Throughout the war years they repeatedly had to battle adversaries on two fronts: the enemy overseas and racism at home. ![]() World War II began over 80 years ago and as we continue to honor those Americans who undoubtedly and courageously contributed to the defense of our nation, we often overlook in our remembrances the valiant efforts of African Americans. Original Caption: "These drivers of the 666th Quartermaster Truck Company, 82nd Airborne Division, who chalked up 20,000 miles each without an accident, since arriving in the European Theater of Operations." Local Identifier: 208-AA-32P-3, National Archives Identifier: 535533. ![]() |