![]() 'This book literally has it all: simply faultless. Even if you don't usually go for this genre, give THIRTEEN STOREYS a try - you won't be disappointed!' NetGalley reviewer About Jonathan Sims Jonathan Sims is a writer, performer and games designer whose work primarily focuses on the macabre, the grotesque, and the gentle touch of creeping dread. ![]() 'Chilling and so creepy - perfect reading. 'Steals your sleep, not only because it's such a page turner but it is very very creepy. In other words, this was an excellent book' NetGalley reviewer As Halloween inexorably approaches, Laura Jayne Dodd & Andrew Sumner talk to the supremely-talented JonnySims for ForbiddenPlanetTV about. 'A wonderfully creepy climax, hitting that perfect spot of uncanny horror' Grimdark Magazine 'Combines a creeping sense of unease with all-out gore. His death has remained one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now. Whether privileged or deprived, they share only one thing in common - they've all experienced a shocking disturbance within the building's walls.īy the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened. None of them know why they were selected to receive his invitation. ![]() ![]() All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building. 5 out of 5' SFXĪ haunted house tour-de-force from the creator of THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES podcast.Ī dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. A wonderful new twist on an age-old genre. 'An astonishing debut from Jonathan Sims. 'A modern horror classic from one of the most exciting writers in the field today' Starburst Magazine ![]()
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![]() This is a story I heard from Jane Bown herself on a number of occasions. After the prescribed minute of photographic concentration, she packed up her Leica, thanked him for his time, and fled, hoping that she’d got a usable frame. In the half-lit alleyway outside the stage door, Bown positioned her reluctant celebrity against the wall, and fired off barely a dozen shots, later remembering the arctic blue intensity of Beckett’s eyes. He was tall and remote she was short but dauntless. ![]() ![]() “You can have a minute,” he announced, fiercely asserting the superiority of drama to journalism. ![]() Bown was renowned for snatching photographs against the odds, but the shy, unsmiling, and nervously intense figure of Beckett, compared by one friend to an “Aztec eagle”, presented a rare challenge. “I only had a minute.” Jane Bown, the Observer’s greatest postwar photographer, used to tell the story of the day she was sent to the Royal Court theatre to photograph Samuel Beckett, acclaimed author of Waiting For Godot. ![]() ![]() But when Hayes turns out to be kind, thoughtful, and charming, Saoirse finds herself increasingly drawn to him-especially when they're forced to work together to stop a deadly killer who's plaguing the city. After all, his father is the one who enforces the kingdom's brutal creature segregation laws. But when a mysterious blackmailer threatens her sister, Saoirse takes a dangerous job that will help her investigate: she becomes personal bodyguard to the crown prince. And to her family, Saoirse tells the biggest lie of all: that she can control her siren powers and doesn't struggle constantly against an impulse to kill.Īs the top trainee in her class, Saoirse would be headed for a bright future if it weren't for the need to keep her secrets out of the spotlight. ![]() ![]() At night, working as an assassin for a dangerous group of mercenaries, Saoirse lies about her true identity. As a soldier-in-training at the most prestigious barracks in the kingdom, she lies about being a siren to avoid execution. In this dark and seductive YA fantasy debut, a siren must choose between protecting her family and following her heart in a prejudiced kingdom where her existence is illegal. ![]() ![]() ![]() In our sophisticated, secular society, we can still learn from these ancient tales of love, adventure, magic, monsters, heroes, death, rebirth, and transcendence. Campbell showed that these old myths and stories, even if you don’t believe them literally-indeed, he encourages you not to-still hold value for us. ![]() Now I can’t watch certain movies without analyzing them in terms of Campbell’s outline.īut that book had another lasting effect on me. Once you read his analysis of the monomyth, the basic outline of mythological stories, you find it everywhere. Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces is a book that, for better or worse, will forever change how you see the world. Now I am rather an authority on gods, so I identified the machine-it seems to me to be an Old Testament god with a lot of rules and no mercy. I have bought this wonderful machine-a computer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. Covey provides a simple approach to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, and appreciate their parents, as well as tackle the new challenges of our time, like cyberbullying and social media. Now updated for the digital age, this classic book applies the timeless principles of 7 Habits to the tough issues and life-changing decisions teens face. That's what Sean Covey's landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, has been to millions of teens: a handbook to self-esteem and success. You just need the tools to help you get there. Your goals, your dreams, your plans.they're all within reach. Adapted from the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide-now updated for the digital age.Imagine you had a roadmap-a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() As her novel’s fictional homesteaders clash over proposed changes in the face of increasing tourism, one might wonder whether the events of The Great Alone aren’t drawn directly from the author’s experience. ![]() Kristin Hannah’s own family migrated to Alaska as homesteaders in the 1980s and later founded the Great Alaska Adventure Lodge, an all-inclusive resort. With beauty and grit, The Great Alone explores identity, isolation, love, and survival in sisterhood. The novel’s evocative descriptions of Alaska’s unforgiving climate bring a definite sense of place to the story of 13-year-old Leni Allbright’s harrowing journey into womanhood. ![]() The Great Alone is set in Alaska in 1974, but its themes - the experience of womanhood, trauma, and personal survival - have special resonance today. Her latest novel examines a different type of women’s war, one that speaks to the pressing issues raised by #MeToo and #TimesUp. KRISTIN HANNAH, the author of over 20 novels, is best known for her New York Times best seller and Wall Street Journal Book of the Year The Nightingale, a story of sisterhood and resistance in World War II–era France. ![]() ![]() ![]() Local legend has it that the house is haunted, and with every passing day Declan's belief in the ghostly presence grows. He sees visions of days from a century past and experiences sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief. ![]() But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house take a toll. Ever since he first saw Manet Hall, he'd been enchanted-and obsessed-with it.ĭetermined to restore the mansion to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a novel set deep in the bayou of Louisiana-where the only witness to a long-ago tragedy is a once-grand house…ĭeclan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. ![]() ![]() But we in the children’s book community will miss him terribly,” National Book Award finalist Jarrett J. His books and his advocacy for the arts will continue to ripple through time. “To have spent some time with Eric Carle was the closest thing one could get to hanging out with the actual Santa Claus. One of his last books was 2015′s “The Nonsense Show,” which centered on a parade of flying fish, cat-taming mice and circus animals. or other authors, but most with Carle working alone. It’s beyond reproach,” he said.Ĭarle wrote and-or illustrated more than 75 books, sometimes partnering with Bill Martin Jr. “It’s almost talking about how great the Beatles were. ![]() Fellow writer and illustrator Ted Dewan called the book one of the pillars of children’s culture. The American Academy of Pediatrics sent more than 17,000 pediatricians special copies of the book, along with growth charts and parent handouts on healthy eating. Bush and Hillary Clinton were known to read the book to children on the campaign trail. ![]() ![]() ![]() Theft of Swords is a book that is made up of of two different acts. Despite being lauded as a thief and a mercenary, they would deliberately choose the path that aligns with the ‘right thing to do’, even when the consequences are rife with danger. Surprisingly, this predictive pattern grew to be rather amusing and helped to emotionally attach the reader to the pair. ![]() Conveniently, a solution always seems to present itself, regardless of how trapped the two might seem to be. When one particularly suspicious mission results in them being framed for murder, Royce and Hadrian find themselves set on a path that quickly evolves beyond their control and grows increasingly outrageous with each new situation they are forced to navigate. ![]() Royce Melborn is the ultimate thief who, along with his partner Hadrian Blackwater, a swordsman of remarkable skill, make up Riyria, a duo skilled at completing unusual jobs. ![]() That said, by the end of this novel you can’t help but be drawn in by the deceptively complex world and nuanced characters who work hard to hide their golden hearts. Theft of Swords is a sneaky read that on the surface appears to assume a classic adventure mold with characters who feel quite familiar. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities-unanticipated truths-often spring from mistaken ideas. While some false tales produce new knowledge (like Columbus's discovery of America) and others create nothing but horror and shame (the Rosicrucian story wound up fueling European anti-Semitism) they are all powerfully persuasive. ![]() The fictions that grew up around the cults of the Rosicrucians and Knights Templar were the result of a letter from a mysterious "Prester John"-undoubtedly a hoax-that provided fertile ground for a series of delusions and conspiracy theories based on religious, ethnic, and racial prejudices. Exploring the "Force of the False," Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously "discovering" America. ![]() Best-selling author Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. ![]() |