by Chris Ryan (Hodder & Stoughton) ISBN 9781444 710298 The first two chapters set the pace of the novel. It begins with a military engagement, filled with action, creating the back story of the protagonist Chet Friedman. The encounters of war have left Chet physically scarred. With an amputated leg he leaves the service and …
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22 April 2012 Today is the anniversary of the birthday of Henry Fielding, English novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones), born 22 April 1707. Clowns & Cowards The story behind this note: “Residing in Lyme Regis, Dorset in the summer of 1725, eighteen-year-old Henry’s affections soon latched onto fifteen-year-old Sarah Andrew, and her sizable inheritance. But Sarah …
Eudora Welty was born 13 April 1909, and died 23 July 2001.
Bill Watterson‘s creations from the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes said many things better than anyone else.
by Andrea Cremer (Sphere) ISBN: 978-0142423707 Cremer finishes the Nightshade trilogy in style. The battle between the keepers and the searchers is set. Shay accepts his destiny as the Scion. He and his team travel to the sacred sites to assemble the sword needed to defeat the evil Bosque Mar. Calla, Ren & Shay are set …
by J.D. Robb (Piatkus) ISBN 978-0-7499-5581-6 Detective Eve Dallas’ past has returned to haunt her. McQueen, who she arrested when she was a rookie, resurfaces with a vendetta. After McQueen strikes again Eve is consumed with the need to catch him. J.D. Robb is known for her powerful characters and emotionally charged stories. New York to Dallas does …
by Chad Harbach (4th Estate) ISBN: 97800007418695 Henry Skrimshander has the potential to be a ‘Jonty Rhodes’ of fielding in American baseball. Plucked from obscurity in South Dakota by Mike Schwartz, a Westish College player, Henry is thrown into a privileged world. He is a gifted fielder. He has prescience. He knows where the ball …
Michael: Through a Brother’s Eyes by Jermaine Jackson (Harper Collins) ISBN 9780007435678 “Michael was standing beside me, looking into the dark from our bedroom window as the snow fell and settled on Christmas Eve night. He looked sad. I can see myself now, looking down on him, feeling that same sadness too. Then he started …
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