Follow up to Five Minute Man Views: 70
The second in an exciting, original chapter book series based on the new Cartoon Network show, Transformers: Robots in Disguise! Copyright © 2015 Hasbro. Views: 70
A richly inventive new collection of stories from Ali Smith, author of How to be both, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize and the Costa Novel Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeWhy are books so very powerful?What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us?What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us?The stories in Ali Smith's new collection are about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they remind us to pay attention to the world we make.Public libraries are places of joy, freedom, community and discovery - and right now they are under threat from funding cuts and widespread closures across the UK and further afield. With this brilliantly inventive... Views: 70
While her father and best friend are dying, a young American woman tries to find the limits of love and the power of art in the face of the inevitable.While her father and best friend are dying, a young American woman tries to find the limits of love and the power of art in the face of the inevitable.What is the power of art in the face of death? In The Art Lover Carole Maso has created an elegant and moving narrative about a woman experiencing (and reliving) the most painful transitions of her life. Caroline, the novel's protagonist, returns to New York after the death of her fatherostensibly to wrap things up and take care of necessary "business"where her memory and imagination conspire to lay before her all her griefs and joys in a rebellious progression. In different voices, employing a collage-like fragmentation, Maso gently unfolds The Art Lover in much the same way the fragile and prehistoric fiddlehead fern unfolds... Views: 70
A meteor strikes the Earth. Dirt and dust fill the air. Only a few people remain under the setting skies, and those who still live find it's not God's England anymore. It's the Devil's turn. Lines are drawn between the dark and light. For the darkness, James Finley and his cult for the end of days. On the side of light, Paul Deacon, the lost policeman, and Dawn Graves, the last mother. To survive, they must put their lives in one man's hands: Frank Liebowicz, a killer with a soft spot for lost causes. Because come Armageddon, God won't choose his champions. They'll choose themselves.** Views: 70
Everyone's favorite badboy finally gets to tell his story.When Vin Dhoma gets trapped in a rough Quadrant of space with regulation-happy Allie Ert’zod, he swears to get the hottie to loosen up a bit. Heck, she comes from a family of space pirates! How hard can it be?Well, tough and getting tougher when you add in the little hiccup of having to run for their lives. They’ve stumbled upon the wrong town and ticked off the wrong people. If they have a shot of getting out of there, it’ll take his cockiness and her level head to see them through. And guns. Lots and lots of guns.Drop into the Outer Settlement Agency. You can start with any book! Take your pick. OSA hires hunky soldiers and dark pirates, serious doctors and ridiculous CEOs. Hey, the Milky Way is ours. Might as well make it awesome. Views: 70
The wickedly entertaining new Fethering mystery featuring chalk-and-cheese detective duo Carole and JudePolly's Cake Shop has been a feature of the shopping parade for many years, but when its owner announces her retirement, the Fethering residents start to worry about the loss of this popular amenity. Alarmed by rumours that the café might become a Starbucks, a group clubs together to form the Save Polly's Cake Shop Action Committee. The plan is that Polly's should become a community venture, managed and run by volunteers from the village. Roped in to help, Jude finds the committee meetings fraught with petty power struggles, clashing personalities and monstrous egos. Matters take a turn for the worse when she and Carole come across a badly-decomposed body on Fethering beach – and uncover a link to Polly's. Not only do the two neighbours have to find out whodunit, they are also faced with the thorny question: is it possible to run a business on that... Views: 70
