THE DAZZLING SPIRIT OF 1970S CALIFORNIA.įor Jackie Pierce, everything changed the summer of 1979, when she spent three months of infinite freedom at her bohemian uncle’s sprawling estate on the California coast. “Fans of Crossing California and Daisy Jones and the Six will be enamored with the world of Lady Sunshine.” -Booklist A tone-perfect evocation of the free-spirited late 1970s and a riveting coming-of-age story.” -Karen Dukess, author of The Last Book Party “With lyrical writing and a page-turning plot, this sun-dappled book has it all: heart, smarts, and an irresistible musical beat. Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me “An engrossing tale of secrets, memory, music, and the people and places you can never outrun. “A delicious daydream of a book.” -Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of 28 Summers
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His first novel Thirteen Cents won the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for best first book, Africa region. The Hidden Star is Duiker’s third novel and it was published posthumously. But soon Nolitye finds out that the purplish-blue magic stone is but five stones needed to put right things that started to go wrong the day her father died in a mining accident when she was five years old. Along with her two friend – the somewhat pampered Bheki, and Four Eyes, a reformed member of the Spoilers gang led by Rotten Nellie – Nolitye puts the powers of the stone to good use: for the first time the threesome can stand up to the Spoilers Nolitye can save the life of Rex, the leader of a pack of talking township mutts and dare to look scary MaMtonga with her living brown-and-green snake necklace in the eye. When Nolitye finds a magical stone on the dusty streets of Phola, her granny’s words take on a new meaning. Eleven-year-old Nolitye’s granny used to say: if you mess with a woman, you mess with a stone. He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, a member of Parliament-and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary Hubįrom the standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death. Winner of the 2022 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography PrizeĪ Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of 2022Ī New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction And having Sophia in his arms and his bed is quickly becoming the thing he wants the most. Grey knows he should avoid the bewitching Sophia, but he’s never been able to say no to what he wants. On the boards and in the bedroom, he lives exactly how he wants to, shunning all the trappings of respectability and society. Responsibility isn’t something Grey is very familiar with. But when she learns Grey’s younger sister Liddy has gone missing, she can’t deny her desire to solve the mystery…or her attraction to the incorrigible scoundrel. She certainly isn’t interested in associating with the dashing Jasper Grey, the wayward heir to the Earl of Stanhope, and one of the stage’s leading men. On paper at least, as long as that paper isn’t from one of the lady detective stories she secretly pens. She certainly isnt interested in associating with the dashing Jasper Grey, the wayward heir to the Earl of Stanhope, and one of the. On paper at least, as long as that paper isnt from one of the lady detective stories she secretly pens. Sophia Ruthven is the epitome of proper behavior. Sophia Ruthven is the epitome of proper behavior. A Study in Scoundrels Christy Carlyle Christy Carlyle. The Long Tail describes the "three driving forces" that you must understand to master it. You both live in it and you market to it. That is the world of infinite niches.Īs a small business person, it is your world. We've moved into the (yellow) long tail of the curve. The digital era turns the tables on traditional thinking about supply and demand. As a result, the industrial business era has been mostly about a small number of mass-produced-and-sold products, the "head of the long tail" (red part of the graph). In the physical world, there isn't enough shelf space to carry everything for everyone. If you skip understanding this concept, you do yourself and your small business a disservice. So it's really important to understand it. If you understand The Long Tail, you understand the future of small business, how you fit in, and how to capitalize upon it. His book, The Long Tail, is an "impact book". "The long tail" is a phrase coined by Chris Anderson, executive editor of WIRED magazine. There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays. These times are an estimation, not a guarantee. These delivery times are the maximum delivery periods that a purchase can take to reach our customers. Standard Delivery: Free (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £2.49 (reduced rate, 1-2 working days)Įxpress Delivery: Free (1-2 working days) Standard Delivery: £2.99 (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £4.99 (1-2 working days) 3 A 2-in-1 edition of the romantic-comedy series where a student council president secretly. If any items are missing from your delivery, please allow 2 working days for the rest of your order to arrive before contacting us at of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! Items from our extended range section are dispatched separately. We sometimes split orders between multiple parcels. Please note orders are only processed Monday-Friday. The orders go into our warehouse to be picked, packed and consolidated into one parcel where appropriate. We aim to process and dispatch our orders within 24 hours. We could also see Kristin Chenoweth return as the voice of Daisy, whose name was Mary as a human, before she was turned into a mouse, and the role of Bruno could be recast from Codie-Lei Eastick. Unless they wanted to go with an entirely new cast, you'd imagine Octavia Spencer would be back as Grandma, although Chris Rock would likely take over from Jahzir Kadeem Bruno in the role of the now grown-up boy-mouse. The Witches 2 cast: Who would be in The Witches 2? Right now, a sequel feels unlikely to happen, but if The Witches proves a hit with families this Halloween, you can't rule it out. She's unsuccessful in the movie, but perhaps a decade of experience with the potion could see her create a fix in the sequel. There was also hope in the first movie that Grandma could come up with a potion to reverse the mouse potion. Dahl never wrote a sequel to The Witches, so if Zemeckis and co want to continue this world, then the next movie would tell an entirely original story that sees children take on witches worldwide. The Little Rock, Arkansas-based Jennings, who is also the author of “Carry the Rock: Race, Football and the Soul of an American City,” knows Portis’s work well: He edited the excellent 2012 book, “Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany,” which collected Portis’s nonfiction, short stories and a play. “But any people who like him like them all … and that’s unusual for any writer.”Īlong with the engaging Jennings, fans include writers Donna Tartt, Ed Park, Jonathan Lethem, Maria Semple, Wells Tower, Roy Blount Jr. and Ron Rosenbaum, as well as filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, who made the second film adaptation of Portis’s “True Grit.” (The first starred John Wayne, Kim Darby and Robert Duvall.) Jennings adds that some of the writers of “The Simpsons” and “Arrested Development” have been fans. “People have different favorites,” says Jennings. “I’m sure there are a few 2-star Goodreads reviews of “True Grit” – I can’t pretend to understand those people – but yeah, he does seem to evoke an avid fandom.” “People just do attach to his books, to his whole body of work, in ways they don’t with a lot of other writers,” says Jay Jennings, the editor of “Charles Portis: Collected Works,” the recently published Library of America volume of novels, stories and other work. There are better-known writers than Charles Portis, author of the classics “True Grit,” “Dog of the South” and “Masters of Atlantis,” but everyone who reads him seems to become a fan. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane, but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days An airborne Boeing 747 is headed to London when, without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Jenkins cover the events of biblical prophecy surrounding the rapture and the seven-year period known as the tribulation that follows. The 12 books in the series by New York Times best-selling authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Summary: Millions of people suddenly vanish and frantic survivors of the disappearances begin their search for their friends and families, as well as answers. now has a label its creators could have never predicted: blockbuster success." -Entertainment Are you ready for the moment of truth?Īnd that's just the beginning. Book 1 The Vanishings: Four Kids Face Earth's Last Days Together by Jerry B. Also see The Young Trib Force series, which combines the books of this series and ties them to the adult Left Behind books. Book 1 in the 12-book series that has sold over 63 million copies Read the books that launched a cultural phenomenon "This is the most successful Christian fiction series ever." -Publishers Weekly "Combines Tom Clancy-like suspense with touches of romance, high-tech flash, and biblical references." -New York Times "Call it what you like, the Left Behind series. This is the Left Behind series for young readers. Get together with his friend and venture towards completing objectives, gathering resources, constructing and defending your operations, and eventually to the mining point. With the iconic Morita Assault Rifle, prepare for your fight against a wealth of bloodthirsty insectoid aliens on the treacherous surface of the planet Valaka. Follow the lines of interstellar war with the Arachnid threat and join the role of a Trooper in the resemblable Deep Space Vanguard, a Special Forces unit. With the development of the game, the prices are expected to improve in advance. The First Time: Extermination is now available for the Second Time at a special price of $44.99 USD. By influencing the community from the early stages, Offworld Industries aims to create a definitive version, shaped by the players themselves. The development team plans to maintain its core focuses with valuable player feedback. This shooter game is planned to offer an intense gameplay experience. Offworld Industries, in partnership with Sony Pictures Consumer Products, announced that a high-resolution satellite series called Extermination – The Advanced Satellite Pilot will be released in early access. |