![]() ![]() ![]() With its gentle sense of fun and mischief, beguiling French backdrop, tender portrayal of love, and a gallery of wonderfully expressive illustrations, this is a book which has stood the test of time and is the ideal gift for a new generation of readers. 'An enchanting, warm-hearted and timeless storytelling odyssey. this beautiful production is the perfect read for a new generation of Duvoisin fans' PICTURE BOOK BLOGGER ![]() I hope we see more of the Happy Lion!' THE BOOK ACTIVIST 'Like it's predecessor, this book is utterly enchanting and evokes a timeless world of romance and friendship. 'Superb art and a lovely story where friendship and freedom reign supreme, characterise this classic re-issue.' RED READING HUB There was once ONE Happy Lion who lived in the zoo of a little. ![]() 'A charmingly told story of a lion who gets his girl' THE TIMES Children's Book of the Week The third adventure in this much-loved classic series is re-published for a new audience. When she is discovered he won't let anyone separate them, and his friend Francois convinces the mayor to let the lioness stay. When a beautiful lioness comes to town with a visiting circus, the Happy Lion pays her a visit and it is love at first sight! The Happy Lion finds a way to release her and hide her in his enclosure. Free Resources > The Happy Lion Roars Louise Fatio and Roger Duvoisin Click here for biography ![]()
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![]() ![]() You will hate the world which is just what you should be doing right now.Ī life without anything to believe in, is a life without hope, Ellison concludes. ![]() So when a book like this doesn’t thrill me – or more accurately offends me in a fairly benign way with its sexist depictions and unnecessary violence and vulgarity, and pummels me with adjectives, and turns out to be maybe two dozen versions of the same basic tale – I feel like it’s not only okay to give it up, it’s practically required. Each of the stories was well written, but lacked indulging in a stable outcome. You can’t make a god without some human in it, after all - we create our own demise. ![]() Harlan Ellison®, Subterranean (), $45 (p) ISBN Deathbird Stories is his most daring collection of dangerous visions, each tale a gem that peels back layers of human emotions to reveal a dark dream inspired. Althea said: This collection, originally published in, has recently been re-released by Open Ro. Deathbird Stories has ratings and reviews. ![]() ![]() ![]() **Content Warning** This books if full of crazy Alpha-male, drummer who loves women. ![]() Will Dex toss away his one-night stands in favor of sleeping every night with only one woman-or is Raine simply his latest conquest? A Rock Band. Shattered from a long-term relationship with a cheater, Raine is determined to make Dex prove himself. Raine doesn’t expect to be on the radar of the sexy manwhore drummer, let alone the center of his sights. There’s only one kink in that plan-and his name is Dex Harris. She’s fought her way into the executive offices as an assistant to CEO Cami Michaels, but being an assistant isn't what she imagines doing for the rest of her life-so when Cami sends her to assist with the 69 Bottles tour, she jumps at the opportunity. Is he strong enough to resist falling back into the black hole that was once his life or will he let addiction consume him? Raine Montgomery has worked for Bold International, Inc since she moved to California at eighteen. After an ill-fated night after a tour stop in Phoenix, his wicked demons resurface. Book 2 to be released Summer 2015 Dex Harris, Drummer for America's Hottest Alternative Rock Band 69 Bottles, has never gone looking for love-for good reason. ![]() ![]() Taming Dex is Book 1 in Dex and Raine's Story. Taming Dex is Book #4 of the 69 Bottles Series and stands alone from Books 1-3. ![]() ![]() He must take his nation's warriors to the ends of the known world. But to see it built, this scholar must first learn the art of war. ![]() Kublai dreams of an empire stretching from sea to sea. An epic tale of a great and heroic mind his action-packed rule and how in conquering one-fifth of the world's inhabited land, he changed the course of history forever.Ī scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar.Ī warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength and wisdom.Ī man who betrayed a brother to protect a nation.įrom a young scholar to one of history's most powerful warriors, Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan - an extraordinary man who should be remembered alongside Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. ![]() Number one bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. ![]() ![]() Have your voice heard and it will help us out. To get a solid estimate of how many Limited Edition copies we'll need, I've put together a poll. Still, I think our editions will please a great many collector and reader. Sadly, no interiors on these as Marcus is quite busy. Marcus Whinney - who produced the covers on John's newest books - has joined Grim Oak to produce wrap around covers and one full-color signature page per book. John wasn't published in hardcover in the United States when he debuted, leaving a big hole in people's collections, and numerous bibliophiles have requested his work be given the Grim Oak treatment. I always knew this day would come and the result will be a beautiful edition of Malice and its sequels. He published a short story in my anthology Unfettered III and we've stayed in contact since. He's become a fan favorite fantasy writer these last few years and it's great fun watching his readership exponentially grow. ![]() Yes, we will be producing beautiful editions of John Gwynne's work, beginning with Malice. ![]() I know this post is going to generate a lot of excitement. ![]() ![]() 'When I was nine, in the city now called Kyoto, I changed my fate.What I asked for? Any life but this one.'When Aurelia flees the fire that kills her missionary uncle and leaves her orphaned and alone in nineteenth-century Japan, she has no idea how quickly her wish will be answered. ![]() ![]() But her feelings for her mistress are never reciprocated and as tensions mount in the household Aurelia begins to realise that to the world around her she will never be anything but an outsider.A lushly detailed, spellbinding story, The Teahouse Fire is an unforgettable debut. Knowing only a few words of Japanese she hides in a tea house and is adopted by the family who own it: gradually falling in love with both the tea ceremony and with her young mistress, Yukako.As Aurelia grows up she devotes herself to the family and its failing fortunes in the face of civil war and western intervention, and to Yukako's love affairs and subsequent marriage. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vargas's crisp and haunting illustrations entice readers into the story and refuse to let go. Title: Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin 1) Author: Jonathan Maberry Genre: YA, Horror, Dystopia First published: September 14th 2010 Publisher: Simon. However, Maberry's writing is clever and funny, his characters are compelling, and their relationships are fraught with tension and full of emotion. As Benny, Nix, Chong, and Lilah, make their way across the zombie minefields of the west coast, they encounter some truly disturbing situations in which they must make difficult decisions about what is best for them, as well as the floundering human race: Is it better to live unprotected but free, or to repopulate the Earth but live in bondage? Although it is strong enough to be a stand-alone, it might leave readers who have never read the original novel feeling like they are missing some key plot points and character background. ![]() A hip new take on an old genre, this work features sharp dialogue, martial arts philosophy and fighting, sticky moral predicaments, and a refreshing diversity of characters. Author: Jonathan Maberry Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile. & S.), this addictive graphic novel follows four teenagers as they attempt to trace the trail of an aircraft, an impossible sight in the sky of this zombie-riddled world. Rot & Ruin 1 Format: Trade Paperback, Paperback Language: English Item Height: 1.4in. Gr 9 Up-Set in the world of the author's "Rot & Ruin" series (S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even descriptions of the most mundane actions read like poetry. The world of this particular horse track is well crafted, and the reader understands the poor racers and petty mobsters who run the place, almost like they'd always known them. Gordon crafts a collection of excellent characters, from the young and naive Maggie, to the veteran Medicine Ed (whose dialect is pitch perfect and never difficult to read). As soon as I finished the second chapter, though, I was hooked, and the novel kept getting better from there. I didn't care about small-stakes horse racing, and I'm always wary of award winners. "I have to be honest, the only reason I picked this book up was because the author, Jaimy Gordon, was going to be giving a lecture in town. She adores the horses in all their rundown glory and becomes fascinated by the misfits who populate the backwater West Virginia track-including some local gangsters looking for a big score of their own. ![]() Complicating matters further is Tommy’s tragic love, Maggie. ![]() ![]() But his plans go awry when everyone at the Indian Mound Downs track seems to be on to his shenanigans. In the early 1970s, horse trainer Tommy Hansel cooks up a crafty get-rich-quick scheme. Jaimy Gordon’s engrossing Lord of Misrule is a National Book Award winner. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re an author reading this, you may have already been affected by soft censorship. Book Riot regularly reports on censorship, as does School Library Journal. Well, first I want to tell you that it’s extremely important to track what’s happening with book challenges and soft censorship around the country – and don’t assume that it couldn’t be happening where you live. ![]() ![]() So what does all that even look like, teaching and author-ing and librarian-ing, two-plus years into a pandemic, with a world and country in tumult on multiple fronts, with book challenges, particularly challenges targeting LGBTQ+ books, dramatically increasing? (And yes, I do have a title on the infamous Texas Republican lawmaker’s list.) I’m still working forty hours a week as a librarian. When I was invited to contribute a post about what it’s like to be an author and a librarian, I remembered I’d talked about it when I was interviewed at Cynsations about my book The Rules for Hearts (Penguin, 2007), quite some time back.Ī few years after that, I wrote a short piece on a related topic: “ Nobody’s A Full-Time Anything.” And a while after that, I began teaching writing, too – first in one-off sessions, then in longer workshops, and for the last few years as a faculty member in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His stories are what I think of when I say ‘hard SF’, where the ideas are central to the story most science fiction is merely adventure stories with an SF setting, and you could tell the same story in a fantasy or historical setting. Ted Chiang’s short stories contain more craft, more in the way of ideas, than most full-length novels. I want to see it again already, so I can just enjoy it, instead of constantly anticipating how well it does/does not match the short story. The only downside to this is that I will never get to see the film fresh, unaware, I will never really know if it works on its own. I re-read ‘Story of Your Life’ before going to see Arrival (and I read it again to write this post) I wanted to make sure I really understood the original ideas before seeing the adaptation. I loved this film so much, I think it is a great film in its own right, and I think it is probably the best adaptation possible, even if it doesn’t manage to do the central concept of Chiang’s short story justice. ![]() SPOILER ALERT: I am writing about the film Arrival specifically as an adaptation of Ted Chiang’s short story ‘Story of Your Life’, so it will be spoiler heavy for both. ![]() |