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 […]
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Eudora Welty was born on 13 April 1909 and died on 23 July 2001.
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Bill Watterson‘s creations from the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes said many things better than anyone else.
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Just yesterday, authors needed an agent.
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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
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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
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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
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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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by Mark Pearson (Arrow Books) ISBN: 978 0 099 55088 4 Mark Pearson is hailed as Britain’s best new crime writer. He has already co-authored James Patterson’s bestselling Private London and penned three other violent police procedurals featuring Detective Inspector Jack Delaney. In this explosive novel, Delaney is on the trail of a vicious and
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by Donna Milner (Quercus) ISBN: 978 1849 162326 There is something endearing about Donna Milner’s story telling. Perhaps it’s because she mainly uses the first person narrative, or seeks out bittersweet stories, but she always managed to create an emotional bond with the reader. She has a deft ear for dialogue, a gift for creating
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