Still, the ghosts from her past are always by her side - and history has appeared on her doorstep to threaten the people she keeps in her heart. Ten years later, Phyllis LeBlanc has given up everything - not just her own past, and Dev, the man she loved, but even her own dreams. The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in Alaya Dawn Johnson's timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City, where an assassin falls in love and tries to change her fate at the dawn of World War II.Īmid the whir of city life, a young woman from Harlem is drawn into the glittering underworld of Manhattan, where she’s hired to use her knives to strike fear among its most dangerous denizens. Both narrators also excel at a range of accents, making this audiobook a fully immersive experience." ( AudioFile Magazine) "Narrators Shayna Small and Neil Shah transport listeners to 1940s New York in this dark fantasy set against a backdrop of racial tension and brewing war.
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Now Olivia sees what has unraveled generations of her family, and where her father may have come from. The manor is crumbling, the ghouls are solid, and a mysterious figure rules over all. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant-but not. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home, it doesn’t matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home-to Gallant. Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal-which seems to unravel into madness. Because Nate was a child being abused by his father, and has never told his family. But it doesn't take long before things get strange in the night and even stranger by day. Married now, Nate decides to move in with his wife, Maddie, and their son, Oliver, seeking peace from the chaos of the city. A family returns to their hometown - and to the dark past that haunts them still - in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers 'Move over King, Chuck Wendig is the new voice of modern American horror' Adam Christopher 'A rich, rewarding tale' The Guardian _ A family returns to their hometown - and to the dark past that haunts them still - in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers When Nate's father dies, he leaves behind a final gift for his son- his childhood home. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement the rule of the shorter term. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. 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About the author Winston Groom, bestselling author of eight novels and several non-fiction books, wrote the acclaimed 1 New York Times bestsellers Forrest Gump and Gumpisms: The Wit and. It's Forrest Gump as you've never seen him before, but just as lovable as ever.Īt 6'6", 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao. 'Superbly controlled satire' Washington Postĭiscover the bestselling novel that inspired the classic Oscar-winning film. THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE 1994 OSCAR-WINNING FILM STARRING TOM HANKS. (born March 23, 1943) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. Dopey side note, the author of the book got nothing for it because he signed a contract that gave him a percentage of the net profits, and the producers dumped so many costs into the balance sheet the movie technically lost money. 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Inc.Īll characters and events in this book are fictitious. Book designed by Stanley S, Drate/Folio Graphics Co. Box 10161 Kansas City, MO 64111 Phone: 1-80ĭAW Books are distributed by Penguin Putnam, Inc. Lackey All rights reserved.įor color prints of Jody Lee's paintings, please contact: The Cerridwen Enterprise P.O. GILBERT PUBLISHERSĬopyright © 1999 by Mercedes R. Growing up Lydia Montrose knew she was descended from the legendary witches of Salem but was warned to never show the world what she could do and so slowly forgot her legacy. Years after the Salem witch trials one witch remains. Linda Finlay, author of The Flower Seller ‘With it's sense of creeping menace… this compelling story had me gripped from the first page… ’ ‘Beautifully written… The Witch of Willow Hall will cast a spell over every reader’ The must-have historical read for the autumn, perfect for fans of Outlander and A Discovery of Witches. Interesting rituals for the benefit of the living In doing so she expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity and reveals unexpected possibilities for our own death rituals. With curiosity and morbid humour, Doughty introduces us to inspiring death-care innovators, participates in powerful death practices almost entirely unknown in the West and explores new spaces for mourning - including a futuristic glowing-Buddha columbarium in Japan, a candlelit Mexican cemetery and America's only open-air pyre. She meets Bolivian ñatitas (cigarette-smoking, wish-granting human skulls) and introduces us to the Japanese ritual of kotsuage, in which relatives use chopsticks to pluck their loved ones' bones from cremation ashes. In rural Indonesia, she observes a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body. In From Here to Eternity, she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears. As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. NORA KRUG‘s memoir Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home (foreign edition title Heimat), about WWII and her own German family history was chosen as a New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018, as one of The Guardian’s 50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2018 and Best Books of 2018, as an NPR Book of the Year 2018,Īs one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Memoirs of 2018 as one of Time Magazine’s 8 Must-Read Books you May Have Missed in 2018, one of the San Fransisco Chronicle’s Best Books of 2018, one of The Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2018, and for the January 2019 SWR Bestenliste. Together, the unlikely couple braved the dangers of war, the perils of seduction, the anguish of infidelity, and the scourge of partisanship that menaced their family and the country itself. Elizabeth was the wealthy, beautiful, adventurous daughter of the respectable Schuyler clan-and a pioneering advocate for women. Admired by George Washington, scorned by Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton was a lightning rod: the most controversial leader of the new nation. Hamilton was a bastard and orphan, raised in the Caribbean and desperate for legitimacy, who became one of the American Revolution's most dashing-and improbable-heroes. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of legendary characters, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from passionate and tender beginnings of their romance to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River. " A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton." - Cosmopolitan Description A New York Times Bestseller and one of the best historical fiction books of 20! |