![]() When she was a junior Librarian, Irene traveled to alternate worlds collecting specific books required by the Library by any means necessary: sometimes she was able to simply purchase them, but other times she had to establish herself in that world and plan a heist. ![]() The Masked City is both Genevieve Cogman’s second novel and the second installment in the Invisible Library series-and it is every bit as delightful as its predecessor! These books follow the adventures of Irene, a spy for an organization outside of time and space known as the Library, and they are tailor-made for bibliophiles with literary references galore. If you’d prefer to go into the first book without knowing the true identity of one of the characters until it’s revealed, you may want to avoid reading further and read my review of the first book, The Invisible Library, instead. ![]() Note: This review contains what some may consider to be a spoiler for the first book. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. In Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of … well, everything. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives-how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: Freakonomics. ![]() Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues others have an admittedly freakish quality. They usually begin with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life-from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing-and whose conclusions turn the conventional wisdom on its head.įreakonomics is a ground-breaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. ![]() These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. ![]() Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything ![]() ![]() ![]() He was a perceptive listener, and in his hands even Cope’s memories about the invention of Kleenex can become reflections on a time of change: “I’d always used cloth handkerchiefs” before, Cope says. ![]() Guibert spent five years talking to Cope. It was a land of wool swimming suits, where a road might take you past rows of oil derricks or hillsides filled with the scent of orange blossoms. “How the World Was” tells the story of Cope’s youth in the less crowded, more hopeful Southern California. “How the World Was: A California Childhood” serves as a kind of prequel to “Alan’s War.” Like that earlier and critically acclaimed work, Guibert’s new book is the product of the French artist’s friendship with the late Alan Ingram Cope.īefore he was drafted into the Army in the wake of Pearl Harbor, Cope was a boy growing up in the San Gabriel Valley. ![]() “Alan’s War,” the memoir of a California GI’s service in World War II, was an epic that followed an earnest, food-obsessed and libido-driven troop of young men halfway around the globe. “The Photographer” told the story of a French medical mission into war-torn Afghanistan. ![]() Many of his books are based on long interviews with real subjects. The Parisian artist Emmanuel Guibert creates nonfiction graphic novels that have the emotional weight and patient observation of great prose fiction. ![]() ![]() Black boards, orange cloth spine wrap, gilt embossed SK at front, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Ex-Libris" Rare early signature contemporaneous with the first publishing of this title. First printing denoted at copyright: "First Published in 1980 by the Viking Press." Beautifully flat signed by Stephen King on intriguing limited custom bookplate at half-title page: "Stephen King" Pictorial printed plate depicts painting of mother Ural and offspring: "1/10, Ural Owl. ![]() ![]() Stroud, Stephen (Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). Two years after that their little girl with green eyes, Charlie, sets her teddy bear on fire. In 1969 Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson participate in a drug experiment run by a veiled government agency known as The Shop. Rare near very good signed early printing in near fine wrapper. Dramatic jacket art of green eyes behind flames by Steven Stroud. Dust wrapper light shelf wear unclipped 13.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Black boards, orange cloth spine wrap, gilt embossed SK at front, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear, some toning. Stated at copyright: "First Published in 1980 by the Viking Press." Number-line begins w/4. Beautifully signed and dated in black at front endpaper: "For George - Be well, Stephen King, 1/28/82." Rare early signature contemporaneous with the first publishing of this title. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PLUS 67 More TRUE, Spooky Stories From The Popular Campfire Podcast FREE Audio Download With Purchase A Statue That Comes To Life and Leaves Proof Two Weary Travelers Nearly Trapped In A Mysterious Mural An Evil Spirit Stalks A Young Woman Across The USA Haunted, Chilling Short Stories That Will Freak You Out! 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We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. ![]() We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() ![]() When she discovers that her husband is on an obsessive and increasingly dangerous quest to find a “cure” for their daughter, Tiny must decide whether Chouette should be raised to fit in or to be herself-and learn what it truly means to be a mother.Īrresting, darkly funny, and unsettling, Chouette is a brilliant exploration of ambition, sacrifice, perceptions of ability, and the ferocity of motherly love. Even in those times when Chouette’s behaviors grow violent and strange, Tiny’s loving commitment to her daughter is unwavering. ![]() Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughter’s needs. “You think this baby is going to be like you, but it’s not like you at all,” she warns him. "Claire Oshetsky’s novel is a marvel: its language a joy, its imagination dizzying." -Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World BehindĪn exhilarating, provocative novel of motherhood in extremis LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ST HELENS - Theatre Royal 7 – 12 November 2016įind out more at www.twopencetocrossthemersey. STOCKPORT - Plaza Theatre 1 – 4 November 2016 It is a periods drama set in the early 1930’s during the great depression. WARRINGTON - Pyramid & Parr Hall 28 – 29 October 2016 Twopence To Cross the Mersey is an adaptation of Helen Forrester’s book based on her own life experiences. SOUTHPORT - Theatre and Convention Centre 24 – 27 October 2016 5.0 out of 5 stars A very worthwhile read. A once wealthy English family, now struggling to survive in the slums of Liverpool. PRESTON - Charter Theatre 19 – 22 October 2016 In the 90s I discovered Twopence to Cross the Mersey, and have read it several times since. RHYL - Pavilion Theatre 12 – 15 October 2016 Then will continue to six venues in Rhyl, Preston, Southport, Warrington, Stockport and St Helens.įind out more about this incredible show Full Tour Listing LIVERPOOL - Royal Court Theatre 20 September – 8 October 2016 Following a hugely successful tour across Merseyside earlier this year and the announcement of a three-week run at Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre in Autumn 2016, Twopence to Cross the Mersey will now extend its journey to venues across England’s northwest and North Wales.ĭue to popular demand, Twopence to Cross the Mersey will return to entertain larger audiences In Liverpool for three weeks at the popular Royal Court, which has undergone a multi-million pound refurbishment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Agamemnon, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution The Libation Bearers deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death and in The Eumenides, Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vierna enlists the help of Bregan D'aerthe, the most prominent mercenary band in Menzoberranzan. Vierna believes that this quest, if successful, will gain her the full favor of Lolth, the chief drow goddess. Meanwhile, in Menzoberranzan, Drizzt's sister Vierna (Taken in by Matron Baenre after the fall of House Do'Urden) is preparing to recapture her brother. Among his personality quirks are a disgusting smell, and ungreased, ridged armor, which also serves as Pwent's primary weapon. The dwarf, knocked unconscious during the invasion of Mithral Hall, pledges fealty to Bruenor. Newly introduced is the dwarf battlerager, Thibbledorf Pwent. ![]() When Wulfgar unexpectedly attacks Drizzt and appears to have lethal motives, the tension builds, despite the drow defusing the situation. Wulfgar, on the other hand, is straining his relationship with Catti-brie, who feels his possessiveness is excessive and unwise. While Bruenor plans the wedding, Wulfgar's tribe settles the appropriately named Settlestone and begins to prosper. ![]() Drizzt returns to a disturbed Catti-brie and eccentric Regis, who has returned to Mithral Hall after a stint as master of Pasha Pook's thieves' guild. The Legacy continues the plot-line of The Icewind Dale Trilogy, with Wulfgar and Catti-brie preparing for their marriage and Drizzt returning from the first of many visits to Lady Alustriel of Silverymoon. It is the first book in his series Legacy of the Drow. The Legacy is a 1992 fantasy novel by American writer R. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It takes itself very seriously, which makes the fact that it portrays Hannah-Barbara classics such as Huckleberry Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, and the eponymous Snagglepuss as closeted gay men during a very turbulent time in American history all the better. ![]() The Snagglepuss Chronicles is bizarre in all the best ways. While he tries to get his latest production off the ground, HUAC refuses to let him go and hunts for some proof of their claims, hoping to turn the playwright into an example and ruin his career. Behind his fantastic life, however, Snagglepuss is living a hidden life as a homosexual man, with a sham marriage to a woman who knows his secret, and a boyfriend who he meets regularly at a bar. Snagglepuss, a famous Broadway playwright in 1953's America, is called before the House Un-American Activities Committee for potential subversion of the government with his performances. ![]() |