Glenn Frankel, author of Beyond the Promised Land And they manage to make West Baltimore as much a character as any of the flesh-and-blood people in the book." To be there for an entire year, to make sense of random events and a list of characters long enough to make Charles Dickens envious, and to write coherently-it's a breathtaking achievement. As a reporter, I can only stand back and admire David Simon and Edward Burns for an amazing piece of reportage. Some of it is brutal and all of it is heartbreaking. " The Corner is a remarkable book-very tough, very demanding, very rewarding. An important document, as devastating as it is lucid." It is impossible to read these pages and not feel stunned at the high price, in human potential, in thwarted aspirations, that simple survival on the streets of West Baltimore demands of its citizens. " The Corner is an intimate, intense dispatch from the broken heart of urban America.
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But since they are merely telling the main story of two couples, the book is mostly in third-person POV. Lovely War is written in multiple first-person POVs of Greek gods. She seeks to answer the age-old question: Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another? But her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music and reveals that War is no match for the power of Love. Thirty years after these four lovers’ fates collide, the Greek goddess Aphrodite tells their stories to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. But that’s before he meets Colette Fournier, a Belgian chanteuse who’s already survived unspeakable tragedy at the hands of the Germans. A gifted musician who’s played Carnegie Hall, he’s a member of the 15th New York Infantry, an all-African-American regiment being sent to Europe to help end the Great War. When they fall in love, it’s immediate and deep–and cut short when James is shipped off to the killing fields.Īubrey Edwards is also headed toward the trenches. She’s a shy and talented pianist he’s a newly minted soldier with dreams of becoming an architect. ( From Goodreads) It’s 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party. Date Published: May 30th 2017 by Greenwillow BooksĬontent Warning: War, Murder, Hate Crime/Racism, PTSD He tapped his ear piece a few times to confirm that it was working before he spoke again. "Good," he said, placing his own mask over his face. They were already wearing their mask, an army of brightly smiling faces staring back at him as they all gave him a salute. Two in pink, one in black, one in red, and the last in blue. He looked behind him at his team of five, all wearing hooded cloaks like his but in varying colors. Kokichi had switched out his usually bright clothes for a darker outfit, a dark purple cloak obscuring his form as he held his mask in his hand. It was the night of a new moon, making the sky darker than usual and lending an ominous air to the world. Stats: Published: Updated: Words: 5,351 Chapters: 1/? Comments: 6 Kudos: 9 Bookmarks: 4 Hits: 78 Still, the book offers a mesmerizing tour through the ghostly, gray tatters of Romania. Simmons ( Song of Kali ) makes Children 's fantastical scientific claims easy to swallow, although the medical jargon in some of the American scenes is thicker than Bela Lugosi's accent (try out ``hypogammaglobulinemia''). The drawback is that Joshua has inherited his talents from the decrepit but murderous Vlad Dracula, and this patriarch of an accursed clan of blood-drinkers is more interested in perpetuating his power than in providing miracle cures for the masses. Children Of The Night Simmons, Dan Published by Lord John Press: CA(1992) ISBN 10: 0935716637ISBN 13: 9780935716634 UsedHardcoverFirst EditionSignedQuantity: 1 Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS (Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. If the virus in his system responsible for this ability can be isolated, his diseases could be remedied and medical marvels would be within Kate's grasp. The key lies with a Romanian orphan adopted by American hematologist Kate Neuman the infant, Joshua, has a series of rare diseases, and can survive only because his body extracts and processes genetic material from blood transfusions. Children of the Night By: Dan Simmons Narrated by: George Ralph Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins 4.2 (19 ratings) Try for £0.00 Thousands of incredible audiobooks and podcasts to take wherever you go. This time, however, the count's sanguinary tippling habits may hold the cure for both AIDS and cancer. Count Dracula kicks off the coffin lid again in this updated vampire tale, ready to stalk through the rubble of post-Communist Europe. I wouldn’t have minded if it was a little quicker, but I was still interested enough to keep reading. The choice is both simpler and more complicated than she realizes because Porter Roth is hiding a secret of his own: Porter is Alex…Approximately.Īnother Jenn Bennett book to check off my list! I’m so happy I got to read this one especially since it was a “retelling” of You’ve Got Mail. But life is whole lot messier than the movies, especially when Bailey discovers that tricky fine line between hate, love, and whatever-it-is she’s starting to feel for Porter.Īnd as the summer months go by, Bailey must choose whether to cling to a dreamy online fantasy in Alex or take a risk on an imperfect reality with Porter. Or that she’s being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Roth-a.k.a. Or that she’s landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum. Classic movie buff Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by “Alex.” Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush.įaced with doubts (what if he’s a creep in real life-or worse?), Bailey doesn’t tell Alex she’s moved to his hometown. “An intriguing bubble universe setting, flawed characters, and advanced technology from a compelling sf story that will draw in and hold readers until the very last page. It's just as mind-bending as you'd think when the very fabric of existence unravels in this last battle of powerful forces and the wills behind them.”- Wayne Santos, author of The Chimera Code "Some writers have a big finish in which worlds collide, but for Essa Hansen, nothing short of a final confrontation in which universes collide will be fitting for closing the tale of Caiden, Leta, Threi, and Abriss. "Parallel universes pop like champagne bubbles in the fizzy and frenetic final space opera of Hansen’s Graven series.This proves a worthy finale." - Publishers Weekly It'll tear your heart up in all the best ways.” - Shelly Campbell, author of Under the Lesser Moon Ethera Grave pulls it all together and absolutely nails the landing. "Hansen doesn't just build worlds, she engineers fresh universes, weaves depth into incredibly charismatic characters, and balances kick-ass combat scenes with galactic stakes. 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We strive to recommend the very best things that are suggested by our community and are things we would do ourselves - our aim is to be the trusted friend to parents. At Kidadl we pride ourselves on offering families original ideas to make the most of time spent together at home or out and about, wherever you are in the world. This is the third book about diseases and medicine that I've really enjoyed (though, yes, enjoyed seems like a poor choice of word) - the other two being And the Band Played On and The Emperor of All Maladies. Imagine a virus with the infectiousness of influenza and the mortality rate of the black plague in the Middle Ages- that's what we're talking about. Preston definitely dramatizes the whole thing, but he's working with some pretty powerful material. Reality can be so much more scary than fiction. It acts like a predator, lying quietly in wait for a host so it can multiply and multiply to destructive effect. I didn't know that it is one of the most infectious diseases that have likely ever existed on this planet. I didn't know that it liquidates your organs and turns your body into a walking corpse days before you "bleed out". I knew it was a disease and that it killed people. Preston uses interviews and first-hand accounts to tell the story of the Ebola virus and its various strains. That's what The Hot Zone is: A true horror story. Because, well, the TV show might be very creepy, but I have to say it is nothing compared to the horror of this book. I read this book on the same days I was watching the Netflix adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, which had a curious effect on me. Both species, the human and the monkey, were in the presence of another life form, which was older and more powerful than either of them, and was a dweller in blood. Around 90% of Black citizens in Montgomery participated in the boycott. People stayed at home, took a cab, or walked to work or school. In protest of her arrest, African-Americans boycotted city bus service on December 5, 1955, the day of Rosa’s trial.When the driver asked her, “Are you going to stand up?” she replied, “No.” The driver called the police and got her arrested for civil disobedience. Three of the passengers seated in the row obliged, but Rosa remained seated and refused to get up.He asked the four Black passengers sitting in the first row of the seats to give up their seats for the white passengers. As the bus filled with passengers, the driver noticed that a white man was standing in the aisle because there were no empty seats. She paid for her ticket and took a seat in the first row of the seats designated for people of color. The first few pages provide sufficient background to allow first-time readers to get acquainted with Amy and Dan and why they're on a race around the world in search of clues that will make them the most powerful people in the world. It isn't strictly necessary to have read the previous books in this series to enjoy In Too Deep, but it would undoubtedly help. Relentlessly pursued by other members of the family, the two increasingly find that danger seems to lurk around every corner - and security is provided by an unexpected source. Yet just seeing their "uncle" and visiting his home starts to bring back memories for Amy … and not necessarily ones she wants to remember. The siblings had accompanied their parents, but were too young to remember much. Review: Amy and Dan Cahill continue their quest for the 39 Clues to Australia, following the trail their parents took 10 years earlier, in In Too Deep, the sixth book in this series, this one written by Jude Watson.Īmy and Dan arrive in Sydney from Moscow, intent on locating an old family friend who may know more about why their parents visited Australia a decade earlier. |