5/30/2023 0 Comments Needful things goodreadsAnd the price? It's always within your reach - as long as you're willing to do the storeowner a little favor or two. Essentially, imagine a new store owner comes to your town and offers to sell you something that you really need - something you can't live without. Needful Things, at its heart, is the most simple of narratives. Originally printed 26 years ago, I feel like this book could hit the bestseller list just as easily today as it did back then. Besides, my mom has been bugging me for years to read this book (it's her favorite). I recently reviewed another book by Stephen King, Dolores Claiborne ( see review here) and it seemed to be pretty popular. Only Sheriff Alan Pangborn suspects that Gaunt is behind the population's increasingly violent behavior.Īre you looking for a book that's going to scare the crap out of you? Are you looking for one that's literally going to make you bite your nails off and pull your hair out? Look no further. These practical jokes cascade out of control and soon the entire town is doing battle with itself. In addition to a token payment, Gaunt requests that each person perform a little "deed," usually a seemingly innocent prank played on someone else from town. Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires: a prized baseball card, a healing amulet. Leland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things.
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Chaucer and Gaunt married the daughters of the French Knight Sir Paon de Roet-Gaunt in order to legitimize his sons by the Roet’s daughter, who had been his mistress for some time (all the English kings after Henry VI came from this line), and Chaucer to enter the world of the aristocracy. At this time, Chaucer made the acquaintance of the man who would most deeply influence his political career: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. The countess was French, so French poets such as Guillaume de Machaut and Eustache Deschamps provided an early inspiration, and Chaucer’s earliest poems, The Book of the Duchess and The Parliament of Birds, rest on a heavy French base. The way must have opened quickly for Chaucer, who could both tell stories and compose songs. A young man in this position would be in service to the aristocrats of the court who required diversions as well as domestic help. As a squire in the court of Elizabeth, Countess of Ulster, the wife of Lionel, Earl of Ulster (later Duke of Clarence), Chaucer would have served as a gentleman’s gentleman-essentially a butler. Chaucer was descended from two generations of wealthy vintners who had everything but a title and in 1357 Chaucer began pursuing a position at court. Geoffrey Chaucer was born between the years 1340-1345, the son of John and Agnes (de Copton) Chaucer. 5/30/2023 0 Comments Devolution brooks novelWe must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us-and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and, inevitably, of savagery and death. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing-and too earth-shattering in its implications-to be forgotten. FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z is back with “the Bigfoot thriller you didn’t know you needed in your life, and one of the greatest horror novels I’ve ever read” (Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and Recursion ). Holmes and Watson must work through a list of suspects which includes Colonel James Moriarty, brother to the late Professor Moriarty - but will they find the culprit before tragedy strikes? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless creation returns in a new series of handsomely designed detective stories, encapsulating the most varied and thrilling cases of the world's greatest detective. Soon after departure, highly important submarine plans for the US navy are stolen. Watson board the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage, where Holmes is to carry out a secret government mission. |a Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists she and her pa have lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember. Vanderbilt’s vast and opulent home, but she must take care to never be seen. Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of Biltmore Estate. “Never go into the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul.” It also won the prestigious 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize for “representing the best in Southern literature.” A blend of history, mystery, and magic, this new series has become a favorite for both adults and young readers (8+). This page-turning thriller from Disney-Hyperion is a #1 New York Times Bestseller, has been on the bestsellers list for more than 50 weeks, and is already being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide. Serafina’s pa, the estate’s maintenance man, has warned her to keep herself hidden from the fancy folk who live on the floors above, but when children at the estate start disappearing, Serafina and her friend Braeden Vanderbilt must work together to solve a dark and dangerous mystery. A brave and unusual girl named Serafina lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate amidst the splendor of the Gilded Age. 5/30/2023 0 Comments King In Black by Tini HowardI worked in HR and in facilities management and in a whole bunch of other boring offices until I decided I quite liked marketing, actually. My family didn’t really have the money and I didn’t know what I wanted to do yet, so I just started answering phones and filing papers in offices, so I could learn things. I grew up near Washington, D.C., and didn’t go to college out of high school. Are you able to talk a bit about your pre-comics life and how it might influence writing X-Corp ? Well, this week we’re able to go a little deeper into what readers can eXpect from X-Corp, as Tini’s back to answer your questions about this new series, launching this May.ĪIPT: Welcome back to X-Men Monday, Tini! In Marvel’s X-Corp announcement, you mentioned you yourself have a corporate past. 5/30/2023 0 Comments The giver novelFor a kid, it was deep.īut what happens at the end of the book? Jonas runs away from the community with a baby, Gabriel, in his arms, but it’s entirely unclear from the last scene - where he’s sledding downhill toward sounds of music - whether this is a death metaphor or a happy ending. This was a book that made you think about bigger ideas like “society” and “free will” and “totalitarianism.” Okay, maybe not “totalitarianism” per se, but it certainly impressed ideas about what suppressing individualism does. The story was about a boy named Jonas living in what seemed like the perfect world where there was no hunger, war, or poverty, who then slowly realizes that it’s one deprived of choice, spontaneity, and most memorably, color. So you were in fourth or fifth grade when you had to read The Giver - that book with a gnarly, bearded old guy and a bright-gold medal slapped on the cover. Alongside dresses designed by Dior himself, creations by the designers who succeeded him show the continuity of the house’s rich heritage up to the absolute modernity of Raf Simons’s designs. Working closely with the House of Dior, Demarchelier showcases the extraordinary gowns made in the Dior ateliers from 1947 to today. This gorgeous volume continues the homage paid by famed photographer Patrick Demarchelier to one of the most important and influential fashion houses in the world. Still one of the most revered names in fashion, Dior is known today for its unique couture dresses. From the moment Christian Dior unveiled his famed "New Look" collection in Paris on February 12, 1947, women’s fashion changed forever. The second volume of legendary photographer Patrick Demarchelier’s sublime portraits of iconic Dior haute couture looks, from Christian Dior to Raf Simons. Dior: New Couture Foreword by Cathy Horyn, Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier 5/30/2023 0 Comments In search of lost time volume 2In spite of its length and complexity, most readers find it readily accessible. I always tell anyone who might be intimidated by the many pages to be read that, although In Search of Lost Time is rich and complex and demands an attentive reader, the novel is never difficult. As he tells his story, he speaks to us in a voice that is one of the most engaging and enchanting in all of literature. The opening pages, which Proust called the overture, state in a musical, intimate, and subtle manner the goal of the quest, which is to find the answer to life’s essential questions: Who am I? What am I to make of this life? As Proust’s title indicates, the main character, known as the Narrator or Marcel, is searching for his own identity and the meaning of life. The novel’s major themes-love, art, time, and memory-are carefully and brilliantly orchestrated throughout the book. In Search of Lost Time, like many great literary works, is a quest whose structure resembles that of a symphony. She’d flushed in acknowledgment of her mistake but forged ahead, gushing about Maura’s sweet nature and quick mind. “Maura,” he’d said, automatically corrected her on the pronunciation. And his daughter, Mara, was simply a joy to have in her classroom. She absolutely loved children-that was, after all, the reason she’d decided to become a teacher. Her divorce had been final for almost two years and her only regret was that she and her husband never had any children. “Mrs.” Patterson was actually “Ms.” Patterson, as she’d made a point of clarifying when he’d met her at the beginning of the year. Patterson wrote a note in my agenda for you.” “Why are you out of bed?” he asked, more curiosity than censure in his tone. She might be growing up, but she still smelled like his little girl. His lips curved as he breathed in the scent of her shampoo. |