![]() ![]() It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. His baptism entry in the register of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, gives "Arthur Ignatius Conan" as his given names and "Doyle" as his surname. ![]() Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the Mary Celeste.ĭoyle is often referred to as "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" or "Conan Doyle", implying that "Conan" is part of a compound surname rather than a middle name. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.ĭoyle was a prolific writer other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL ( – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. ![]()
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![]() ![]() With stunning originality, acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks offers us a compelling portrait of a morally complex hero from this strange age - part legend, part history.įull of drama and richly drawn detail, The Secret Chord is a vivid story of faith, family, desire and power that brings David magnificently alive. ![]() It falls to Natan, the courtier and prophet who both counsels and castigates David, to tell the truth about the path he must take. His wives love and fear him, his sons will betray him. In a life that arcs from obscurity to fame, he is by turns hero and traitor, glamorous young tyrant and beloved king, murderous despot and remorseful, diminished patriarch. Brooks’s trademark is her ability to delve into universal and contemporary themes in historical contexts. Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2005 novel March. But his journey is a tumultuous one, and the consequences of his choices will resound for generations. The Secret Chord covers the life of David from the Old Testament from his time as a young boy to his ascension to the throne of Israel and on into his old age. The Secret Chord is a 2015 novel by Australian-American writer Geraldine Brooks. Anointed as the chosen one when just a young shepherd boy, David will rise to be king, grasping the throne and establishing his empire. ![]() From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book, Year of Wonders and March comes a unique and vivid novel that retells the story of King David's extraordinary rise to power and fall from grace. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Taking us through a year in Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth enters with astonishing emotional acuity the worlds of a cast of richly drawn characters, all connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two girls-sisters, eight and eleven-go missing. Spellbinding, moving-evoking a fascinating region on the other side of the world-this suspenseful and haunting story announces the debut of a profoundly gifted writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() At the abbey, he wrote this extraordinary testament, a unique spiritual autobiography that has been recognized as one of the most influential religious works of our time. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, the four walls of my new freedom, Thomas Merton struggles to withdraw from the world, but only after he has fully immersed himself in it. The Seven Storey Mountain tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man, who at the age of twenty-six, takes vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders-the Trappist monks. ![]() Book Synopsis One of the most famous books ever written about a mans search for faith and peace. About the Book A modern spiritual classic chronicles the journey of a restless, intelligent young man buffeted by the social and political winds of the early twentieth century as he decides to join a Trappist monastery. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Jonathan is a terrific writer of big, sprawling epics, and we’ve talked about working together more than once so for this new Ultimate Universe adventure to unite us is very exciting. "It’s been more than 20 years since I started work on THE ULTIMATES, a project that would have a big impact on my own career and beyond, so when Marvel came to me with the idea of revisiting the Ultimate Universe with the man who so brilliantly and spectacularly destroyed the last one, I was both feet in!" Hitch said. I’m pretty happy to say that it feels like we’ve accomplished those things and we’re very excited for everyone to get to read it," he added. "We also thought the very idea of Ultimate Comics needed to be inverted from what the original universe was-we wanted this to be something that could really only exist in the comic space: a new way of thinking about, and enjoying, a new version of the Marvel Universe. And it certainly couldn’t be what I did, which was a final chapter of a pre-existing universe," Hickman explained to Entertainment Weekly. " couldn’t be replicating or revisiting what Bryan did in the original ULTIMATES-creating a streamlined, modernized version that would eventually become the spine of the MCU. ![]() ![]() Now every magical being in the city wants the vase for himself. With a book in her bag and a switchblade in her pocket, Rebel’s been thieving her way through life while hoping for a cure to fix her ailing heart.īut when the bejeweled vase she just tried to hawk turns out to be a jinni’s vessel, Rebel gets lost to her world and dragged within another. Now, Ashton has to decide whether to once again envelope himself in his party-boy persona, or to trust in the only man who’s ever seen the real him.īuy it: Riptide | Amazon | BN | kobo | iBooks The Wishing Heart by J.C. ![]() But before they can figure out what it all means-and what they want to do about it-the world drags them out of their haven, revealing a secret Val has kept for years. ![]() Between Val’s training for an upcoming fight and dodging paparazzi, they succumb to their need for each other. When Ashton flees his glitzy lifestyle, he finds refuge with Val in the Bronx. And then there’s the sexual attraction between them that Val tries so hard to ignore. As the son of Ashton’s beloved nanny, Val has always bounced between resenting Ashton and regarding him as his best friend. ![]() Val’s relationship with Ashton is complicated. Most people can’t imagine him wanting for anything, but Ashton yearns for friendship, respect, and the love of his best friend-amateur boxer Valdrin Leka. The black sheep of his wealthy family, he’s known for his club appearances, Instagram account, and sex tape. ![]() Ashton Townsend is the most famous celebutante of Manhattan’s glitterati. ![]() ![]() I'm tired of the binaries-signs being masculine/feminine, or phrases like "who benefit most of all from members of the opposite sex," which make this book and astrology in general feel very outdated and uninclusive. The downsides are ones rife throughout astrology, but still downsides. While there isn't extensive information on houses and aspects past explaining to you how they work, the explanation was the first in astrology that I actually understood, and I now think I'll be able to look at what houses my signs are in and understand what that means for the first time despite having dedicated plenty of time to astrology in the past. Moon in Aquarius), and it does the best job I think of any astrology book I've read of explaining what the planets are actually trying to tell you. It gives very good information for each sign and planet (ex. ![]() ![]() This book is an excellent primer for figuring out your birth chart. ![]() ![]() Every month, a “Homework Assignment” would accompany the lesson, so Workshop members could apply what they had learned. These were 'How To' pieces, straight out of Chuck's personal bag of tricks, based on the tenants of minimalism he learned from Tom Spanbauer. In 2004, Chuck began submitting essays to on the craft of writing. In the years that followed, he continued to write, publishing the bestselling Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, a 'remix' of Invisible Monsters, Damned, and most recently, Doomed.Ĭhuck also enjoys giving back to his fans, and teaching the art of storytelling has been an important part of that. While on the road in support of Diary, Chuck began reading a short story entitled 'Guts,' which would eventually become part of the novel Haunted. Diary and the non-fiction guide to Portland, Fugitives and Refugees, were released in 2003. ![]() Chuck credits writing Lullaby with helping him cope with the tragic death of his father. Chuck’s work has always been infused with personal experience, and his next novel, Lullaby, was no exception. Choke, published in 2001, became Chuck’s first New York Times bestseller. ![]() Chuck put out two novels in 1999, Survivor and Invisible Monsters. ![]() The film’s popularity drove sales of the novel. ![]() The adaptation of Fight Club was a flop at the box office, but achieved cult status on DVD. Written in stolen moments under truck chassis and on park benches to a soundtrack of The Downward Spiral and Pablo Honey, Fight Club came into existence. ![]() ![]() ![]() She earned a PhD in Renaissance Studies at Brown University and taught at Boston University and Northeastern University. ![]() Delia Sherman was born in Tokyo, Japan, and brought up in New York City. Interfictions 2 is here and ready to be read, discussed, taught, blogged, taken apart, and re interpreted. Henry Jenkins, ex director of MIT s Comparative Media Studies program and now a member of USC s Annenberg School for Communication and School of Cinematic Arts, provides a fantastic introduction sure to set readers imaginations alight. Colleen Mondor, of the well known blog Chasing Ray, interviews the editors for the afterword. Ball, Camilla Bruce, Amelia Beamer, William Alexander, Shira Lipkin, Lionel Davoust, Stephanie Shaw, and David J. Also featured are works by Will Ludwigsen, Cecil Castellucci, Ray Vukcevich, Carlos Hernandez, Lavie Tidhar, Elizabeth Ziemska, Peter M. Newcomers such as Alaya Dawn Johnson, Theodora Goss, and Alan DeNiro rub shoulders with established visionaries such as Jeffrey Ford The Drowned Life, Brian Francis Slattery Liberation, Nin Andrews The Book of Orgasms, and M. It includes contributions from authors from six countries, including the United States, Poland, Norway, Australia, France, and Great Britain. ![]() Delving deeper into the genre spanning territory explored in Interfictions, the Interstitial Arts Foundation’s first groundbreaking anthology, Interfictions 2 showcases twenty one original and innovative writers. Selected as one of the Best Books of the Year in science fiction and fantasy by Amazon. ![]() ![]() The entire SECRET WARS saga and its many tie-ins are available on digital comics super-service Marvel Unlimited. The Beyonders, an omnipotent alien race, were behind this cataclysmic disaster, which left only the Prime Marvel Universe (Earth-616) and the Ultimate Marvel Universe to fight each other for the right to survive. The concise synopsis is that the Illuminati, powerful gatekeepers who represent the interest of heroes, discovered that different universes were colliding during “Incursion events,” and it soon left the Marvel Multiverse a shadow of its former self. ![]() Hickman set the stage for his updated take on the story during series AVENGERS (2012) and NEW AVENGERS (2013), particularly during the “Time Runs Out” tie-ins that saw the Marvel Universe’s final days before the Incursion. ![]() |