The story moves like a runaway train, at a pace that becomes ever more hectic. Although fear not – there’s no George Lucas-style redecoration here.īlatty began his writing career as a screenwriter, and those skills are obvious in the book. We have been presented with something closer to a director’s cut. Now a fortieth-anniversary edition has been brought out, with tweaks and tidying by William Peter Blatty – an excuse, as he says in the foreword, to polish “the rhythms of the dialogue and prose throughout.” The original, as he admits, was rushed, and subject to editorial meddling. A sensation on it’s release, a large part of the success of William Friedkin’s adaptation is due to how closely it cleaves to the original story. A dark, brutal trap of a film, and one of the few whose reputation remains unsullied and potent.īut the book, published in 1971, came first. Published this month, you can buy a copy here.įor any horror fan that knows the genre, The Exorcist is the alpha and the omega. Many thanks to Rob, whose work you can read on Excuses and Half Truths, and to Transworld for the review copy. As someone who was traumatised by Watership Down, I was fortunate in that I could pass this demonfest along to an expert in the genre. I can think of no-one better suited to review the new commemorative edition of The Exorcist, a book with the tagline ‘The most terrifying book ever written’. I’m delighted to post here a guest review by Rob Wickings – writer, film maker, cook, good friend and horror maestro.
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In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "colored computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career. And they used their genius minds to change the world. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!ĭorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math… really good. Emily lives in Brighton with her family and pet dogs. An author-illustrator of unique talent and skill, she has a host of popular and critically acclaimed titles to her name including Dogs, Wolf Won't Bite! and Again! And is the illustrator of Cave Baby, written by Julia Donaldson. Emily Gravett has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice with her books Wolves and Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. You can visit her at, follow on Twitter or join her at Judy Blume on Facebook. Parents need to know that Superfudge, the third book in Judy Blumes Fudge series, uses humor and honesty to offer an entertaining view of family life. She loves her readers and is happy to hear from them. Judy lives in Key West, Florida, and New York City with her husband. Her twenty-eight books have won many awards including the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. More than 82 million copies of her books have been sold, in thirty-two languages. She has spent her adult years in many places, doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories insider her head. Publication Order of Fudge Books Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, (1972) Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, (1972) Superfudge, (1980) Fudge-a-Mania, (1990). But before they can turn up the treasure, the bell may toll for another victim. When she finally locates the kidnapped Edwin, his captor insists that she lead him back to Storyton Hall, convinced that it houses Ernest Hemingway's lost suitcase, stolen from a Paris train station in 1922. that is, until his body turns up in the reading room of his cottage, a book on his lap. One of the staff gardeners promises to be helpful. Officially, she's there to learn about luxury hotel management, but she's also prowling around the breathtaking buildings and grounds looking for secret passageways and clues. Jane's boyfriend, Edwin, is missing, and she thinks she may find him at North Carolina's historic Biltmore Estate. Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams 3. But manager Jane Steward is temporarily leaving for another renowned resort-in hopes of solving a twist-filled mystery. Storyton Hall, Virginia, is a paradise for book lovers who come from all over for literary getaways. : "The Library Policeman" is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger. : "Secret Window, Secret Garden" enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn't. : "The Langoliers" takes a red-eye flight from LA to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. "Stephen King is a master storyteller, and you will never forget these stories," raves the This collection, nominated for a Locus Award, is guaranteed to keep readers awake long after bedtime, and features an introduction and prefatory notes to each novella by the author. Movie release, Stephen King's brand is stronger than ever. Starring James Franco and the highly anticipated The Bram Stoker Prize-winner for Best Fiction Collection-four chilling novellas from Stephen King that will "grab you and not let go" ( Includes the story "The Sun Dog"-set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine It is a gorgeously written book that merges the sly wonder of magical realism and alternate history with the depth and characterization of literary fiction. Keith Rosson paints outside the typical genre lines with his brilliant debut novel. Meanwhile, Sheriff Dave Dobbs and Deputy Nick Hayslip must try to put their own sorrows aside to figure out who, or what, is wreaking havoc on their once-idyllic town. At the heart of the story are Sam Finster, a senior in high school mourning the death of his mother, and his sister Trina, a nine-year-old deaf girl who denies her grief by dreaming of a nuclear apocalypse as Cold War tensions rise. The Mercy of the Tide follows four people drawn irrevocably together by a recent tragedy as they do their best to reclaim their lives - leading them all to a discovery that will change them and their town forever. But then strange things start happening: a human skeleton is unearthed in a local park and mutilated animals begin appearing, seemingly sacrificed, on the town's beaches. A sleepy coastal town, where crime usually consists of underage drinking down at a Wolf Point bonfire. She does still make cold cereal and sandwiches. She gave up cooking for lent one year and the oven hasn’t been turned on since. Croix, a stone mage in a post-apocalyptic alternate reality.įaith writes full-time, tries to keep house, and is a workaholic. Her Rogue Mage novels-Bloodring, Seraphs, Host, and the RPG Rogue Mage-feature Thorn St. The Soulwood series is a dark-urban fantasy / paranormal police procedural /para-thriller series featuring Nell Nicholson Ingram, an earth magic user and Special gent of PsyLED. Jane is a full blooded Cherokee skinwalker and hunter of rogue-vampires in a world of weres, witches, vampires, and other supernats. Faith Hunter's Junkyard Cats novella series is available in Audible and eBook at this time.įaith's Jane Yellowrock series is a dark urban fantasy. She endures a great deal of loss and loneliness, and some of her major problems–a jealous sister, unrequited first love, betrayal by those she feels closest to–are just as relavent today as they were in her day. Elizabeth’s voice is sure, steady, and sympathetic–you can’t help but feel sorry for the young girl who has no real parent, as her father changes his mind about his affections for her on the slightest whim. What makes the story work really well is the narration. The story is told through her eyes, and it traces her from the time she loses her status as princess at age 9 to the day she becomes queen. Rinaldi’s book definitely does her justice. Because of the girl’s interest in Tudor England, I knew immediately which book to recommend: The Redheaded Princess.Įlizabeth I is a fascinating character, and Ms. I love that book, it is one of my favorites, but definitely not appropriate for that age group. The other day, a friend of mine who has a twelve year old daughter asked me if I thought it would be okay to let her daughter read The Other Boleyn Girl. Publisher: HarperCollins (January 29, 2008) And the book is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur's best friend has just announced that he's an alien. It's an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES - "An astonishing comic writer."-Neil Gaiman This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the original publication-with all-new art by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition In one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adams's beloved Hitchhiker series: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Life,the Universe and Everything So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Mostly Harmless She was unique in her determination to speak and write without shame, but at the same time wholly representative, embodying the complexities of a contemporary radical Black feminist identity. Lorde treated her body-the range of her corporeal needs, fears, and desires-as a resource of political and creative information, a platform from which she communicated her worldview. Eminently faithful to the tenet that the personal is political, she wrote fearlessly from the landscape of her most intimate self. To her readers, colleagues, and admirers, she offered a radical and liberating vision of the world in her work. A self-described Black lesbian mother warrior poet, Audre Lorde lived a life of possibility. |