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![]() ![]() Most readers will be repulsed not only by Garton's imagery but by his exploitation of genetic deformity to horrific effect. The novel will remind readers of Tod Browning's film Freaks, of course, but the compassion expressed by Browning is sorely missing in Garton's telling. A dash for escape leads to an accident, and a predictable ending. ![]() The young man learns that he, because of his scars, has been chosen to lead the family into the future. There, the young man, who narrates, encounters an incestuous family of grotesques-a pinhead, Siamese twins, a massive man-boy with a tail (who, it transpires, is the serial killer who's been stalking the town) and many other misshapen and "retarded" creatures. ![]() He runs, but she has his car keys and won't return them until after she drives him to her family's brooding mansion. She drives him at high speed to a spooky graveyard, where he succumbs to her seductions-until he feels her impossibly long tongue roaming his body and something unnatural clutching his genitals. A young man, a semi-outcast in his rural town because of his fire-scarred face and his problem with the area's fundamentalist Christian ambience, is picked up one Halloween night by a beautiful woman. This time, though, the twist is simply twisted. Garton has a flair for taking veteran horror themes and twisting them-sometimes to evocative or entertaining effect, as in his classic novel Live Girls, about vampirish nude models in Manhattan. ![]() ![]() Four pages of Advent activities and a "map" tracing Jesuss story through the Old Testament, with suggested Bible readings for each day of Advent.Includes four beloved Christmas hymns: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen We Three Kings and? Joy to the World.Features 16 buttons that activate 20 seconds of classic Christmas music or narration by award-winning British actor David Suchet.Is a picture book for children ages 4 to 8. ![]() ![]() With an interactive array of creative and heartfelt elements,? The Jesus Storybook Bible A Christmas Collection : In this interactive picture book, children young and old will understand and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas the great love God has for his children. ![]() An interactive Advent experience featuring story, sound, and song for the whole family to enjoy this holiday season! This engaging journey to Christmas is brought to you by beloved? New York Times? bestselling author Sally Lloyd-Jones and based on the bestselling? The ? Jesus Storybook Bible, with over 6 million copies sold. ![]() ![]() Reading it was like an out-of-body experience. “ Confessions of the Fox is so goddamned good. an action-adventure tale with postmodern flourishes an academic comedy spliced with period erotica an intimate meditation on belonging.” -Katy Waldman, The New Yorker ![]() “A cunning metafiction of vulpine versatility. Writing with the narrative mastery of Sarah Waters and the playful imagination of Nabokov, Jordy Rosenberg is an audacious storyteller of extraordinary talent. Voth is drawn deeper into Jack and Bess’s tale of underworld resistance and gender transformation, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwined-and only a miracle will save them all. ![]() Is Confessions of the Fox an authentic autobiography or a hoax? As Dr. Voth discovers a long-lost manuscript-a gender-defying exposé of Jack and Bess’s adventures. Reeling from heartbreak, a scholar named Dr. Yet no one knows the true story their confessions have never been found. Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess were the most notorious thieves, jailbreakers, and lovers of eighteenth-century London. ![]()
![]() " was based on an idea that there's a complete map of the body's surface on the surface of the brain," he tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. Several years ago, Ramachandran proposed that phantom limb pain might be caused by changes in the brain - not, as most people thought, in the peripheral nerves near the phantom limb. Chronic phantom pain - which strikes roughly two-thirds of patients who have had a limb removed - can become so severe that patients seriously contemplate suicide. Take, for example, the clinical phenomenon known as the "phantom limb." In the majority of cases where people have lost limbs, they continue to vividly feel the presence of the missing limb. In his latest, The Tell-Tale Brain, Ramachandran describes several neurological case studies that illustrate how people see, speak, conceive beauty and perceive themselves and their bodies in 3-D space. He has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. ![]() Ramachandran is a neurologist and professor at the University of California, San Diego, who studies the neural mechanisms underlying human behaviors. Even basic sensory maps in the brain can be remapped in a matter of months, says neurologist V.S. ![]() ![]() And neither family duty nor future obligation can make them ignore what’s in both their hearts. ![]() Still, when she’s caught in a dangerous scandal, he leaps to her aid without hesitation. But one impulsive kiss, then another, and another… says otherwise.ĭrew means to marry a respectable, dignified Englishwoman-a very proper future duchess. ![]() When she discovers the handsome soldier who sweeps her off her feet for a rollicking dance is her friend’s brother, soon to be an English duke, she tells herself he’s not for her, no matter how tempting he is. Ilsa Ramsay yearns for some adventure and fun, not another husband. There is much for Drew to learn and adjust to-but first he goes home to Edinburgh, to tell his mother and three sisters of their startling good fortune. (shelved 1 time as historical-romance-the-book-club) avg rating 3.95 1,177 ratings published 2011. The Highlander's Heart (Highlander, 2) by. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. ![]() Nothing shocks him more than learning that he now stands as heir presumptive to his distant cousin the Duke of Carlyle. avg rating 3.72 1,519 ratings published 2010. James always knew he came from a noble family, but his branch grew far from the wealth and status. The second book in the clever, sexy Desperately Seeking Duke series from USA Today bestselling and RITA award–winning author Caroline Linden.Ĭaptain Andrew St. ![]() ![]() ![]() The giants of the title, the crowned heads of Europe, are solidly ensconced in their palaces when the story begins in 1911 but all gone (except King George V of Britain) when it ends, in 1924. He prefers to save history’s horrors for the villains, who are frequently humiliated in satisfying ways. In this huge panorama, empires rise and fall, wars break out and characters of varying social backgrounds live mostly happy or mostly unhappy lives - mostly happy, more often than not, because Follett is an optimist, and firmly on the side of the good guys. His new novel, “Fall of Giants,” is the first volume of a projected trilogy in which the 20th century has replaced the Middle Ages as a stage for life’s grandeurs and miseries, but the book’s narrative structure is the same: multiple plot strands woven through a vast tapestry of times past. The British novelist Ken Follett’s two-part medieval epic, “The Pillars of the Earth” (now a TV miniseries) and “World Without End,” teemed with oppressed peasants, bloodthirsty warlords and lusty wassailers. ![]() ![]() **Avery's story continues in The Brothers Hawthorne** Hearts and lives are at stake - and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning. Soon, Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a last deadly game against an unknown and powerful opponent. She's weeks away from fulfilling the terms of Tobias Hawthorne's will and inheriting his billions.Īvery thinks she knows all the family secrets, but when a familiar face arrives with shocking news and a plea for help, it's clear there is one last puzzle to solve. ![]() Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.Īgainst all odds, Avery has survived nearly a year of secrets, schemes, and love lost and found at Hawthorne House. The third thrilling and unmissable instalment in the global bestselling, 'impossible to put down' (Buzzfeed), BookTok sensation, Inheritance Games series. ![]() 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! ![]() ![]() ![]() Sensory Researchįor this novel, I travelled to Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore and visited some excellent museums that provided valuable information about every day artifacts, clothing and rituals. The Feng Shui Handbook, A Practical Guide to Chinese Geomancy and Environmental Harmony by Derek Walters (Thorsons). ![]() The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui by Lillian Too (Element). I used a number of books to explore the intriguing art of Feng Shui, including: Flying Star Feng Shui for the Master Practitioner by Lillian Too (Element). My main source of information about the world of the Chinese eunuchs was the very thorough Chinese Eunuchs, The Structure of Intimate Politics by Taisuke Mitamura (Charles E. What a fascinating (and slightly gruesome) subject. That can mean anything from going to a local Tai Chi class, cooking a new Chinese dish, or travelling all the way to Japan to walk through the temples and gardens. Alongside my reading, I also do empirical research to help me fully create my world using vivid sesory detail. A great deal of the information I collect doesn’t make it into the book, but it sits in me as a springboard for my imagination. I start to gather as much information as I can, then follow the research road to wherever it may lead. ![]() ![]() ’30 Days’ has so far sold in 28 countries worldwide, and was listed by ‘The Marginalian‘ as one of the best science books of 2014 – sharing a list Edward O. I've had to remove full-page images of the poems from this listing due to ongoing piracy issues.) ![]() I wrote and illustrated these poems simultaneously, using my vast collection of scanned vintage paper ephemera and illustrations, and old typewriter fonts, which I digitally manipulated and messed about with to create montage backdrops for the poems. ![]() This ‘quantum poetry’ reflects my abiding love of nature, and my deep awe of the mysteries of space and time. ![]() A gold-foiled soft-cover anthology containing 30 illustrated poems about nature, science and cosmology and including end notes to help you understand the scientific basis of each poem. ![]() |