![]() They said my father had passed away at the hospital having had a massive heart attack. ![]() The ambulance came and we all road to the hospital together. He abruptly collapsed to fall with a crash flat on his back. My father rose from his chair, walked in front of the table where I was seated, came face to face with my mother and was about to speak to her when he suddenly started making a horrible noise. All three of us were listening to one of our family's favorite radio shows, Mr. Apparently, my mother didn't know how to remove the strings. I had been left to finish eating string beans which I hated because I always gagged on them. One November evening in 1948, as I was trying to finish eating dinner, my father, Herbert Valentine Gaertner, a man who everybody loved dearly, including me, rose from his easy chair to speak to my mother. When I was 10, life as I knew it came to an abrupt end. Why? Because I think Sally's story may turn out to be the most important thing I've written. ![]() I am republishing the story in this new format with its new cover and title, Sally's Magic River. I wrote the story over twenty years ago and first published it as Sally and the magic River in 2014. ![]() Sally's Magic River is my only work of fiction. I am a retired molecular genetics scientist who has authored and co-authored well over 50 patents and academic publications. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A frequent contributor of covers for the New Yorker, he's recognized as one of the most outstanding international exponents of comics art. ![]() ![]() Lorenzo Mattotti is an Italian comics and graphic artist living in Paris. ![]() He has said that the story of Hansel and Gretel is what made him want to be a writer. He is a pillar of modern fantasy writing. His work has received many international awards, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, as well as Hugos, two Nebulas, a World Fantasy Award, four Bram Stoker Awards, six Locus Awards, and countless other honors. Neil Gaiman is the best-selling author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio, theater, and films for children and adults alike. Gaiman crafts an original text filled with his signature wit and pathos that is sure to become a favorite of readers everywhere, young and old. Mattotti's sweeping ink illustrations capture the terror and longing found in the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale. "If this isn't the definitive edition of Hansel and Gretel, it's absolutely necessary."- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewīest-selling author Neil Gaiman and fine artist Lorenzo Mattotti join forces to create Hansel & Gretel, a stunning book that's at once as familiar as a dream and as evocative as a nightmare. ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments Machiavelli by Quentin Skinner![]() ![]() ![]() In this second edition of his Very Short Introduction Skinner includes new material on The Prince, showing how Machiavelli developed his neo-classical political theory, through engaging in continual dialogue with the ancient Roman moralists and historians, especially Cicero and Livy. It was after the fall of the Republic that Machiavelli composed his main political works: The Prince, the Discourses, and The History of Florence. Is his sinister reputation deserved? In answering this question Quentin Skinner traces the course of Machiavelli's adult life, from his time as Second Chancellor of the Florentine republic, during which he met with kings, the pope, and the Holy Roman Emperor to the fall of the republic in 1512 to his death in 1527. ![]() Niccolò Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil so that good may come of it, and his name has been a byword ever since for duplicity and immorality. ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments Anatole mouse book![]() ![]() How could Anatole provide for his family after this incident? Could he ever steal leftovers again? What was he going to do next? He gets an idea while discussing with his wife. He had never imagined that humans had such opinions about mice. They were dirty and to be a mouse was to be a villain. They would rummage around in garbage, nibble untasted food, steal food from the table and were a disgrace. A man and woman were talking about how horrible the mice were. One night, Anatole overheard people in the house talking about mice as they were looking for food in the kitchen. They would sneak into people’s homes through secret passageways known only to them.Īnatole’s partner was usually Gaston. Every evening the husbands and fathers from the village bicycled towards Paris after dark in search of food for their families. No mouse in the whole of France was happier or more contented than him. Anatole lived in a small mouse village near France with his wife Doucette and their six charming children. ![]() ![]() Interactions should not primarily be for personal benefit. Interact with the community in good faith. Respect for members and creators shall extend to every interaction. Visionīuild a reputation for inclusive, welcoming dialogue where creators and fans of all types of speculative fiction mingle. We reserve the right to remove discussion that does not fulfill the mission of /r/Fantasy. 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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 information about Book Clubs and AMAs as of October 2018. ![]() 6/6/2023 0 Comments Fredrik backman anxious![]() Fredrik Backman has once again cemented his position as one of Sweden’s absolute best and entertaining authors. “Backman’s tale of a failed bank robbery is not only extremely entertaining but also moving, containing keen-eyed and beautiful descriptions of people. “Funny, compassionate and wise… an absolute joy.”Ī “Best of Fall” in Good Housekeeping, PopSugar, The Washington Post, New York Post, Shondaland, CNN, and more!Ī National Public Radio “Best Books of 2020”Ī CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger Award 2021 nominee ![]() In a series of dysfunctional testimonies afterwards, the witnesses all tell their version of what really happened, whereupon a classic puzzle mystery develops around the questions: How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry? And: What is WRONG with people these days? In the end the robber gives up and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it is…empty. A failed bank robber locks themselves in with an over-enthusiastic real estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal multi-millionaire and a damn rabbit. ![]() Fredrik Backman is back with this year’s rowdiest novel.Īnxious People is an unreasonably riotous comedy about a hostage drama during an open house. ![]() ![]() ![]() But through perseverance and resilience, Elena gradually adapts to her new country. Cultural disorientation comes in the form of not knowing how to eat a hamburger, buy a pair of shoes, or catch a bus. Now, in Russian Tattoo, Elena learns that the journey of an immigrant is filled with everyday mistakes, small humiliations, and a loss of dignity. In A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova describes coming of age behind the Iron Curtain and leaving her mother and her Motherland for a new life in the United States. An exquisite portrait of mothers and daughters that reaches from Cold War Russia to modern-day New Jersey, from the author of A Mountain of Crumbs-the memoir that “leaves you wanting more” (The Daily Telegraph, UK). ![]() ![]() What they overhear and see consistently is their father’s steady compassion, even when he is broken-hearted himself. Through a furnace duct in the church basement across from their home in the rectory, the two boys eavesdrop, a clever device to reveal more of the plot than they would’ve known naturally. She is young and has a promising future as a musician ahead their mother, in deep depression briefly abandons her husband and two young sons. But when his talented, kind, attractive older sister Ariel dies mysteriously, the family feels directly the jagged edge of tragedy. ![]() ![]() His father is called when a child is killed by a train or an old war buddy becomes drunk and violent. Reconstructing the past, he sees a path weaving into and out of deep shadow.Īs the son of the town’s Methodist minister Nathan, Frank has a front row seat on small town events. Forty years later, the narrator looks back and reflects, but still doesn’t fully understand. ![]() It’s narrated by 13-year old Frank Drum, whose experiences that summer teach him “the terrible price of wisdom.” Deaths come by accident, suicide and murder, in unpredictable ways with unforeseen consequences. The prologue gives the tip-off, with the Aeschylus quote, “And even in our sleep pain… falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.” What could possibly happen? Plenty, in this rich novel by William Kent Krueger. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her contribution to writing, and to travel writing in particular, had a unique commitment to the value of human experience in all its diversity." While known as Ireland’s most famous travel writer, such a description barely captures the fullness and deep understanding captured in her work. President Higgins has said: “People throughout Ireland, in her community of Lismore and far beyond to the many places in which she travelled, and they were many, will have been saddened to hear of the death of Dervla Murphy. She documented her journery on her bike across Europe and the East in her 1965 book Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle . ![]() ![]() ![]() Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!įeyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. 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