![]() ![]() I suspected there was going to be some big plot twist, and I was trying to figure out what it was, but the story takes its time and Tryon holds on to his details, only ever giving just enough to keep his readers engaged. My suspicions ran wild as I was reading it. Their dad died a few months before the story begins, and from the beginning it seems pretty obvious that Holland had something to do with this. Niles is quiet and easily led, and Holland is… well, Holland is a real bad kid. Niles and Holland are twin 13 year old boys who live on a farm in New England. It was only as I read it that I realised how influential a novel it has been on modern horror. The only thing I knew about Thomas Tryon’s The Other before I read it was that it was a bestseller in 1971. Fawcett Crest – 1972 (Originally published 1971) ![]()
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![]() ![]() He was a determined opponent both the Greek church and Latin church. Matthew was born in Edessa sometime in the second half of the 11th century and was a member of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Byzantine authors such as Joannes Zonaras and Anna Comnena were well versed in their particular spheres, but uninformed regarding Edessa and neighboring lands which are treated by Matthew. ![]() He relates much about the Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia, the early Crusades, and the battles between Byzantines and Arabs for the possession of parts of northern Syria and eastern Asia Minor. ![]() Matthew was the superior abbot of Karmir Vank' (Red Convent), near the town of Kaysun, east of Marash (Germanicia), the former seat of Baldwin of Boulogne. Matthew of Edessa (Armenian: Մատթէոս Ուռհայեցի, romanized: Matevos Uṛhayetsi late 11th century – 1144) was an Armenian historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa (Armenian: Ուռհա, romanized: Uṛha). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I find that the most interesting sections are the last 150-200 pages or so. I’ll be honest and admit that I’m really not 100% sold on these books anymore and I just don’t seem to understand everything that’s going on in them anymore. There is just so much going on in them but, at the same time, you get to the end and wonder what you’ve just spent the last 600 plus pages reading about. I have to admit that these books are getting enormous and quite nerve-wracking to me these days. Celaena wants to fight for herself, her friends and family but, most of all, for her people who she wants to free from their tyrannical king. This time, she wants to have her revenge on her previous master, amongst other people, and she has brought her new friends with her. In this book, Celaena Sardothien has returned to Rifthold but, this time as her own person, no longer a prisoner or a slave. ![]() This is her series about Celaena Sardothien. ‘Queen Of Shadows’ is book four in the ‘Throne Of Glass’ series by Sarah J Maas, I believe this will eventually be a seven book series with other added novellas. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for and/or keywords that will inform future searches.Rules Post titles must be clear and informative For updated information regarding ongoing community features includings upcoming AMAs, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() ![]() Never before have their stories been told in such detail. ![]() With the addition of scrupulously stitched-together John Lennon quotes drawn from interviews with the slain Beatle, the three living members of the band tell their stories with the ease, candor and wit that marked their charming interviews on the TV program. With more than 300 books about the Beatles already published, this huge oral history was probably the only important book about them left to write. ![]() The book is the final piece of archival housecleaning that previously resulted in "The Beatles Anthology," a 1995 six-hour television miniseries (and subsequent 10-hour home video version), and "The Beatles Anthology," three double-CD sets of previously unreleased recordings. It is getting a reported first printing of 1.5 million copies, and sales are expected to quickly pass the billion-dollar mark. The deluxe, oversize volume is crammed with 1,200 photos, most previously unpublished. By the Beatles Chronicle Books 368 pages $60īut the three surviving Beatles - Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - have turned into hardback writers and gone on the record with their story in "The Beatles Anthology," a sumptuous $60 coffee- table book that hits bookstores tomorrow. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately, this is the story of how an empire without a serious rival rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state.Īdrian Goldsworthy is the author of many books about the ancient world including Caesar, The Roman Army at War, and In the Name of Rome. Goldsworthy pays particular attention to the willingness of Roman soldiers to fight and kill each other. It was a time of revolutionary ideas, especially in religion, as Christianity went from persecuted sect to the religion of state and emperors. Known for his scholarship, perspective, and narrative skill, Goldsworthy illuminates a period of remarkable personalities, from the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius to emperors like Diocletian, who portrayed themselves as tough, even brutal, soldiers. What accounts for this improbable decline? By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in Western Europe and much of North Africa, and only a shrunken Eastern Empire remained. Its vast territory accounted for most of the known world. ![]() In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable. Adrian Goldsworthy addresses perhaps the greatest of all historical questions in a presentation based on his monumental new work, How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower. ![]() ![]() ![]() The longest-living author of this work died in 1952, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. As this work's copyright was not renewed, it entered the public domain on 1 January 1964. at least 27 years after they were first published/registered but not later than 31 December in the 28th year. ![]() ![]() Works published in 1935 would have had to renew their copyright in either 1962 or 1963, i.e.
![]() ![]() It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. ![]() Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. The dedication to excellence and innovation is formed at an astonishingly early age and never wavers or wanes. The story of these years, during which he practiced and honed his craft, is moving and revelatory. In the decade that followed, he worked in the Disney magic shop and the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott's Berry Farm, performing his first magic/comedy act a dozen times a week. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written.Īt age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away."Įmmy and Grammy Award–winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. ![]() By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is independent and practical and often relies on her psychic gift to make important choices in her life. The crime was caught on camera and clearly shows Candice shooting the doctor at point blank range, but Abby’s radar is telling her different and she is on the hunt for the killer, who may or may not be Candice, and for Candice herself, who has disappeared after leaving a cryptic message on Abby’s voicemail.Ībby is a well developed character that has evolved immensely over the course of the books. This time around we find psychic, Abby Copper, racing to find answers after her partner and best friend, Candice, is accused of the cold blooded murder of a well liked doctor. ![]() ![]() Fatal Fortune is the 12th installment of Victoria Laurie’s long running Psychic Eye Mystery Series. ![]() ![]() But as he starts to uncover the truth about Furnace's deeper, darker purpose, Alex's actions grow ever more dangerous, and he must risk everything to expose this nightmare that's hidden from the eyes of the world. Furnace Penitentiary: the worlds most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earths surface. ![]() A vast building sunk deep into the ground, theres one way in and no way out. Now he is an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary - the toughest prison in the world for young offenders. Together with a bunch of inmates-some innocent kids who have been framed, others cold-blooded killers-Alex plans an escape. Escape from Furnace (Volume 1) Author: Alexander Gordon Smith. When thirteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, his life changes for ever. And behind everything is the mysterious, all-powerful warden, a man as cruel and dangerous as the devil himself, whose unthinkable acts have consequences that stretch far beyond the walls of the prison. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows, where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood-drenched tunnels below. ![]() ![]() ![]() Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. Convicted of a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, "new fish" Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Furnace Penitentiary: the world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. ![]() |