As the only one in the family without magic, Makeda has decided to move out on her own and make a life for herself among the claypicken humans. But when her father goes missing, Makeda will have to find her own power--and reconcile with her twin sister, Abby-if she's to have a hope of saving him . . .We'd had to be cut free of our mother's womb. She'd never have been able to push the two-headed sport that was me and Abby out the usual way. Abby and I were fused, you see. Conjoined twins. Abby's head, torso and left arm protruded from my chest. But here's the real kicker; Abby had the magic, I didn't. Far as the Family was concerned, Abby was one of them, though cursed, as I was, with the tragic flaw of mortality.SISTER MINENow adults, Makeda and Abby still share their childhood home. The surgery to separate the two girls gave Abby a permanent limp, but left Makeda with what feels like an even worse deformity: no mojo. The daughters of a celestial demigod and a human woman, Makeda and Abby were raised by their magical father, the god of growing things--an unusual childhood that made them extremely close. Ever since Abby's magical talent began to develop, though, in the form of an unearthly singing voice, the sisters have become increasingly distant.Today, Makeda has decided it's high time to move out and make her own life among the other nonmagical, claypicken humans--after all, she's one of them. In Cheerful Rest, a run-down warehouse, Makeda finds exactly what she's been looking for: a place to get some space from Abby and begin building her own independent life. There's even a resident band, led by the charismatic (and attractive) building superintendent.But when her father goes missing, Makeda will have to find her own talent--and reconcile with Abby--if she's to have a hope of saving him . . .Review"As audacious as it is addictive." (A Toronto Life "Must Read" )"Hopkinson has lost none of her gift for salty, Caribbean-Canadian talk...and the relationship between Makeda and Abby always rings true: resentment and anger enduringly intertwined with love and loyalty." (Kirkus Reviews )"A most impressive work . . . vivid and richly nuanced, utterly realistic yet still somehow touched with magic." (Toronto Star on The New Moon's Arms )"With sly humor and great tenderness, Hopkinson draws out the hope residing in age and change." (Toronto Globe and Mail on The New Moon's Arms )"[A] considerable talent for character, voice, and lushly sensual writing . . . her most convincing and complex character to date." (Locus on The New Moon's Arms )"A book of wonder, courage, and magic . . . an electrifying bravura performance by one of our most important writers." (Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on *The Salt Roads* )"Sexy, disturbing, touching, wildly comic. A tour de force from one of our most striking new voices in fiction." (Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on The Salt Roads )"Vibrant . . . stunning . . . Hopkinson puts her lyrical gifts to good use." (New York Times Book Review on Skin Folk )"Hopkinson has already captured readers with her unique combination of Caribbean folklore, sensual characters, and rhythmic prose. These stories further illustrate her broad range of subjects." (Booklist on Skin Folk )"Succeeds on a grand scale . . . Hopkinson's narrative voice has a way of getting under the skin." (New York Times Book Review on Midnight Robber )"Rich and complex . . . Hopkinson owns one of the more important and original voices in SF." (Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Midnight Robber )"Excellent . . . a bright, original mix of future urban decay and West Indian magic . . . strongly rooted in character and place." (Sunday Denver Post on Brown Girl in the Ring )"Utterly original . . . the debut of a major talent. Gripping, memorable, and beautiful." (Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club on *Brown Girl in the Ring* ) About the AuthorNalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica and has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada. The daughter of a poet/playwright and a library technician, she has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada's Sunburst Award for literature of the fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collection Skin Folk was selected for the 2002 New York Times Summer Reading List and was one of the New York Times Best Books of the Year. Hopkinson is also the author of The New Moon's Arms, The Salt Roads, Midnight Robber, and Brown Girl in the Ring. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and splits her time between California, USA, and Toronto, Canada. Views: 35
This revised third volume of Harold Pinter's work includes The Homecoming, Old Times, No Man's Land, four shorter plays, six revue sketches and a short story. It also contains the speech given by Pinter in 1970 on being awarded the German Shakespeare Prize. The Homecoming 'Of all Harold Pinter's major plays, The Homecoming has the most powerful narrative line... You are fascinated, lured on, sucked into the vortex.' Sunday Telegraph 'The most intense expression of compressed violence to be found anywhere in Pinter's plays.' The Times Old Times 'A rare quality of high tension is evident, revealing in Old Times a beautifully controlled and expressive formality that has seldom been achieved since the plays of Racine.' Financial Times 'Harold Pinter's poetic, Proustian Old Times has the inscrutability of a mysterious picture,... Views: 35
Looking For Redemption... Lucy Durango can't ever bring back her brother, killed in a drunk driving accident. But she's doing her best to honor his memory and to atone for her part in his death. She also can't seem to stop her feelings for Tony Bravo, the cowboy who broke her heart the same night her brother died. But if she gets close to Tony again, she risks losing her whole family this time—because they blame Tony for their tragic loss. As a U.S. border agent, Tony sees his fair share of danger. But nothing stops his heart like seeing Lucy once more. Her family's anger toward Tony meant he and Lucy lost any future together. But Lucy's got a hold on his heart again...and he's not at all sure he wants to let go of her this time. Views: 35
Does all human passion, all memory, all imagination come merely from the chemistry in our brains, like the movements of a clock follow from the arrangement of its cogs and wheels?Are we just clockwork dolls? Or is there an organizing principle at work, something we can ask for answers to the important questions of existence... something that might answer? Dave Burns has asked. Now he, and his friends, might not live long enough to understand the reply. Views: 35
Jagger Sintallon, a half-demon warrior, has dedicated his existence to fighting demons who enter the world through Hell gates. A loner of conflicting ideals, he offers shelter to a troubled woman but knows he is too rough, too dangerous, and too cocky for her delicate nature.
Dedicated to Divine Will, Sonya Camael, a Seraph, is determined to discover why she is drawn to Jagger's doorstep and the reason behind her mission. She needs the demon's help but fears he may get himself killed before she can figure it out and the world slips into Hell's dominion.
Sonya faces grave danger with evil stalking her every move, and Jagger shouldn't care but realizes he cares more than he'd likely admit. Sonya knows Jagger cannot win this war alone, but will her divine intervention mean his imminent end? Or will just the right combination of Heaven and Hell set the world right once again? Views: 35
From best-selling author April Hill comes the most delightful assortment of domestic discipline and spanking stories you will ever read. Think spanking can't be funny? You haven't read April Hill. Her unique blend of wry humor and realistic domestic discipline scenarios will have you coming back to this collection again and again! You will never meet a group of more deserving brats than in an April Hill collection. In "Little Miss Hearts and Flowers," we meet Sam, Emma, and Emma's Mommy. Emma's Mommy takes four-year-old beauty pageants a bit too seriously, leading to a no-nonsense encounter between Sam, Emma's Mommy and a hairbrush. In "A Work in Progress," a tolerant but no-nonsense husband finally says "enough" to his stay-at-home wife who just can't seem to get her art career moving. In "Sextet for a Grand Piano," a woman gets exactly what she's wanted her WHOLE LIFE. A piano and piano lessons. And she learns - the hard way - what happens when she decides - after only a few days - that the piano wasn't really ever right for her. And then there's "Puppy Love." Ever wonder what happens in a DD marriage when a patient and long-suffering husband who has said no to "puppies" finds out that the beloved St. Bernard is pregnant anyway? In "On My Doctor's Advice," a young woman whose life is basically out of control meets a fine, upstanding young orthopedic surgeon. He's rich, handsome, and, oh yeah, a spanker. But who said life was fair? You will love this "don't miss" collection from Blushing Books and April Hill! Views: 35
