Yes, it’s a suspenseful thriller, but I try to offer something more than bloody shootouts, high-speed chases, and hair-raising escapes.”īeckett began writing fiction last year. As a storyteller, my priority is to generate compelling, vivid descriptions enlivened with rich historical detail. As the author explained, “I admired the way classic adventure writers set their tales in romantic locales – places I wanted to visit and explore. Another factor might be the book’s beautiful, dramatic locations. What elements explain the book’s popularity? It could be the fascinating plot, which reviewers have compared to Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code. During this hectic span, more than 62,500 enthusiastic readers downloaded The Cana Mystery’s kindle edition. By October 16, The Cana Mystery had reached #1 on Amazon, a position the book held for nearly three full days until displaced by John Grisham’s Sycamore Row. This outcome mirrors online performance: readers snapped up the first shipment in hours. At the novel’s debut event, Twig bookstore employees watched in amazement as their complete stock sold out in less than 2 hours. David Beckett’s 2013 The Cana Mystery has experienced dramatic success.
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6/8/2023 0 Comments Mermaids by Patty DannCharlotte Flax is like no one you have ever met - and someone you know very well. Dann has created a young girl who accepts the unkindness of the mad universe in which she's whirling and takes it on with a savage glee. She's smitten with the shy young caretaker at the convent at the top of the hill. Charlotte's main ambition in life is to become a saint, preferably martyred, though she's Jewish. And then there's Charlotte, who in Patty Dann's hands, is transformed into a young woman of infinite whim and variety. Flax is a woman who wears polka-dot dresses and serves hors d'oeuvres for dinner every night, and Kate is a child who basically wants to be a fish. Flax into a sleepy 1960's Massachusetts town. A teenager follows along as her mother moves from town to townand man to manin this coming-of-age novel: Both hilarious and tragic. Flax is a woman who wears polka-dot dresses and serves hors d''oeuvres for dinner every night, and Kate is a child who basically wants to be a fish. Flax into a sleepy 1960''s Massachusetts town. Flax." So begins this extraordinary first novel about one wild year in the life of fourteen-year-old Charlotte Flax, when she and her sister Kate move with Mrs. So begins this extraordinary first novel about one wild year in the life of 14-year-old Charlotte Flax, when she and her sister Kate move with Mrs. Flax was happiest when she was leaving a place, but I wanted to stay put long enough to fall down crazy and hear the Word of God. 6/7/2023 0 Comments Stephen kings the fog“The Mist” is not an original story (as mentioned). What the hell, there was enough there for me to give it a go and – you know what – I’m glad I did. Then, of course, there was the cast list: Thomas Jane (in my eyes an under-rated actor) and several folk from “The Walking Dead” (Carol, Dale, Andrea… Was Frank doing a test run with the actors before hiring them for The WD?). That being said, I do like the ideas he has. Now, I’m not a fan of King because – for me – I find the books a bit too wordy to read (I have a short attention… oh look, a penny). Then I saw it was based on the work of Stephen King. Directed by Frank Darabont, he who made “The Green Mile”, “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Walking Dead”. Not entirely sure we needed another film with a similar concept. I mean, we’ve seen this back in the eighties with John Carpenter’s “The Fog”. Just what the film industry needed, another knock-off film. I couldn’t help but laugh and shake my head. When I first heard of the film “The Mist” I knew nothing about it other than – a mist descends on a town and, hidden within the murkiness, there are… Things. Creature Features in Review: The Mist (2007) 6/7/2023 0 Comments If, Then by Kate Hope DayGinny’s husband, Mark, a wildlife scientist, sees a vision that suggests impending devastation and grows increasingly paranoid, threatening the safety of his wife and son. Ginny, a devoted surgeon whose work often takes precedence over her family, has a baffling vision of a beautiful co-worker in Ginny’s own bed and begins to doubt the solidity of her marriage. In the quiet haven of Clearing, Oregon, four neighbors find their lives upended when they begin to see themselves in parallel realities. The residents of a sleepy mountain town are rocked by troubling visions of an alternate reality in this dazzling debut that combines the family-driven suspense of Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere with the inventive storytelling of The Immortalists. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Saints for All Occasions “A must-read-a gorgeous literary novel that asks us to imagine all the possible versions of ourselves that might exist.” -J. But in answering the central question of what caused the Empire’s fall, Gibbon failed utterly. Gibbon deserves considerable credit for taking on such a massive project, for his extensive use of primary sources and even for his appealing prose. More than two centuries later, he is still considered an authority on ancient Rome because of the six-volume magnum opus that made him famous: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The British author and parliamentarian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) was celebrated as one of the greatest historians of his day. They may over-emphasize some factors while under-emphasizing others or allow their personal biases to color what they write. Even the best of them may find their way to the wrong conclusions. Some are very good at what they do, others are quite bad at it, and most fall somewhere in between. In The Devil’s Dictionary, the writer Ambrose Bierce offered this definition of History: “An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.”īefore you dismiss Bierce’s cynical perspective, remember that historians are mortals. 6/7/2023 0 Comments Mary queen of scots fraserIf important data like this is not being collected, or cannot be readily retrieved, the Service’s systems are not fit for purpose." "It is scandalous that the Police Scotland cannot tell us how many rapes and sexual assaults in hospitals have been reported to them. Teenage rape victim hopes for 'justice' after Crown appeals her attacker's community sentence. Yet ANOTHER rapist has been handed soft-touch sentence because he's under 25."Given the horrific numbers we have uncovered in the rest of the UK, it is likely that dozens, possibly hundreds, of women, children and men have been sexually assaulted or raped in hospitals across Scotland. WRN spokeswoman Heather Binning said: "It is inconceivable that these shocking crimes are not being committed in Scotland, too. READ MORE: Police Scotland is light years behind the Garda in Ireland, says former police fed boss Their report found at least 2088 rapes and 4451 sexual assaults had been recorded since 2019 – but eight forces including Police Scotland did not provide figures. The Women's Rights Network used freedom of information requests to the 43 police forces in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to uncover some "horrifying statistics". Police Scotland has been blasted by a women's organisation for refusing to reveal the number of rapes and sexual assaults recorded in Scottish hospitals. 6/6/2023 0 Comments Lost horizon hiltonAnd the only non -British one on board the plane American Henry Barnard, mysterious, jovial a typical citizen of that country hiding something? Landing at an isolated mountainous spot not really a runway, getting refueled by people with lots of guns, the passengers are encouraged to stay in the plane, and obey, with few arguments, heroes none here. A missionary Roberta Brinklow a little past her prime the unkind would say. His vice -consul young hot- tempered Charles Mallinson, rather impetuous or just a coward. "Glory" Hugh Conway a British consul, in some half- forgotten and remote city in Asia (suffering shell shock, from W.W.1). Tibet an almost unknown country with few visitors who return back home to report their findings, the apparent destination. The aircraft goes above, around and hopefully not through them, a spectacular view for those with the guts to look, beautiful the Himalayas and frightening too. A "mad" Asian pilot with a gun does, flying east into the tallest mountains in the world. Skyjacked! Unheard of in the early 1930's, yet it did happen to four passengers in Afghanistan, during a civil conflict there sounds sadly familiar. 6/6/2023 0 Comments Wickedpedia by Chris Van EttenVan Etten got his start on the beloved One Life to Live back in 2001 and worked his way up through the ranks to where he was an associate head writer, and breakdown writer and had been with the series all the way through till One Life went off the air.Ĭhris joined the team at General Hospital then under head writer Ron Carlivati in 2012 and has been there ever since. In her tweet, Passanante stated: “Shelly will have Chris Van Etten as co-head, and he’s a lifelong fan and brilliant writer.” As previously announced by the enduring soap scribe, Jean has decided for now to step away from the soaps and has retired. Outgoing GH co-head writer, Jean Passanante, revealed the co head-writer promotion for Van Etten when answering an inquiry from a GH fan’s tweet on who would be replacing her, since this week marked Jean’s last day at GH. A current Daytime Emmy Award-winning member of the GH writing team, the talented Chris Van Etten, has been named the new co-head writer of General Hospital working alongside of co head-writer, Shelly Altman. “ Black on white violence or Black on Black violence,” said Library of America editorial director John Kulka. They wanted something more along the lines of “ Native Son,” which sold 215,000 copies in its first three weeks of publication, making Wright America’s leading Black author. “The Man Who Lived Underground” follows Fred Daniels, a Black man who retreats into the sewers after being tortured by police and framed for a double homicide.Īt the time, publishers believed white readers didn’t want to be reminded of America’s history of violence against Black Americans. Long considered a pioneering work of African American literature, it was also thought to suffer from constraints on what an author could really say - or be allowed to publish - in Jim Crow America.įewer readers know that, in 1942, Wright submitted to his publisher a considerably more radical work. Many readers know about Richard Wright’s famous 1940 debut novel, “ Native Son,” about a 20-year-old Black man who can’t escape a system designed for him to fail and accidentally kills a young white woman as a result. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. 6/6/2023 0 Comments Convenience store woman pagesIt’s almost hard to tell where the store ends and she begins. Managers come and go, but Keiko stays at the store for eighteen years. In the store, unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interaction ― many are laid out line by line in the store’s manual ― and she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a “normal” person excellently, more or less. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of “Smile Mart,” she finds peace and purpose in her life. Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. |