![]() Did you ever do such a familial outing either as a child or adult?Ī:For years we went with our daughter to Lair of the Golden Bear, a weeklong camp for UC Berkeley alumni and their families. Q: Much of the book is spent at a family camp with Max and his parents. Besides, as you point out, Max both succeeds and fails. Was your message “to thine ownself be true,” or did you just see this as a setup for Max?Ī:I tried hard, I’m telling you, hard, not to hammer a message into the book. Max sets out to do exactly that, and in the end, he both succeeds and fails. Q: All of us dream of being a better and “cooler” version of ourselves. More than anything else, “Anyway*” is about that feeling. Max is in that fleeting netherworld in which one is neither a little kid nor a teenager, but a (semi)-independent being balanced precariously, giddily, gloriously in between. ![]() Q: When you set out to write “Anyway*,” did you think of it as a coming-of-age story?Ī:It’s an almost coming-of-age story. ![]() ![]() Then Simon & Schuster came up with the idea of putting them in that great font, and added little Max-doodles. They’re meant to be fun and funny, even a little goofy sometimes. A:Just the opposite: I was confident they they’d be an attraction. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() However, donations are appreciated as the Neilson Hays Library is a not-for-profit, 100% member supported organization. Find out more about John Shors novels on his official website.Īdmission is free and books will be available for purchase at a special price. All of them are set in Asia as he has lived in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam during various stretches of his life. John’s other novels are Beneath a Marble Sky, Beside a Burning Sea, Dragon House, The Wishing Trees, and Cross Currents. Temple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors(Goodreads Author) 3. Join the event to listen to John recount his steps and passage to write Temple of a Thousand Faces as well as the inspiration and passion behind the novel. His latest book, Temple of a Thousand Faces is a historical fiction novel centered on Angkor Wat in Cambodia. John Shors is an award-winning novelist who has travelled extensively in Asia. On Tuesday April 2, 2013, at 7pm, Neilson Hays Library is organizing an interesting event with American author John Shors who will be in Bangkok for an author’s talk and book signing event. ![]() ![]() South America is a bit underrepresented (although this is the first Atlas in which Brazil and Uruguay are included) and China should certainly merit a bit more space – as one of the world’s most important emerging wine powers, as well as for being a wine-producing country that’s growing at a supersonic pace. ![]() There’s been an important update to Europe’s wine regions and North America has taken a significant position as the second most important continent in The World Atlas of Wine, with some key regions given unprecedented focus. Although the Atlas is still France-heavy (accounting for almost a quarter of the book), there is an important update that has happened in the last six years, in seeking to include more on new and emerging regions, as well as those that have long been under the radar. Its scope is broad, but there’s a great depth of understanding too and it’s a joy to read – in part due to the indefatigable and studious Jancis Robinson and the eloquence and charisma of Hugh Johnson, but also because of the 70-strong team of contributors they have from each corner of the globe. The World Atlas of Wine, now in its 8th edition since 1971, is one of the most authoritative and educational books on the market for an overview of the world’s wine regions. It’s one of the most anticipated releases of the year, and certainly no disappointment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ''You can't be so disrespectful of the terrible things that happened in Cambodia.'' When she began her second book, Pung at first thought she would use the same sassy first-person voice that had been so successful in Unpolished Gem. She went on to edit a book of other peoples' stories, Growing Up Asian in Australia. But it subverted the conventional migrant misery story and made it funny. ![]() Sure, it had its dark side: Pung wrote graphically about the nervous breakdown she suffered in her teens. Her memoir of a girl high on education and achievement but low on self-esteem, growing up in a Chinese-Cambodian family in Braybrook, won the Australian Book Industry newcomer of the year award and was shortlisted for the Victorian and New South Wales premiers' literary awards and The Age book of the year. The humour and sarcasm provided the charm and bite in Pung's best-selling and much-loved first book, Unpolished Gem. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cora is a well-to-do London widow who moves to the Essex parish of Aldwinter, and Will is the local vicar. Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890's, and enlivened by the debates on scientific and medical discovery which defined the era, The Essex Serpent has at its heart the story of two extraordinary people who fall for each other, but not in the usual way. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee, one she may not be strong enough to run from again.Īs it weaves between Lane's first Roanoke summer and her return, The Roanoke Girls shocks and tantalizes, twisting its way through revelation after mesmerizing revelation, exploring the secrets families keep and the fierce and terrible love that both binds them together and rips them apart. ![]() ![]() Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran fast and far away.Įleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. ![]() ![]() Some of the legal matters are complicated and she needs someone who isn’t connected to her giant tech firm, StratCast, and thus hires outside counsel. ![]() ![]() Ruthless is the start of a new series, so prior knowledge isn’t necessary the connection is simply a treat for fans of the previous series.Īs we start the main meat of the story, Ellie Stratton is in the process of helping her father’s business partner to retire. Blake’s other series may recognize as Mia, who was the heroine in a previous book. It’s three boys and a little girl, the latter of whom readers of Ms. The book opens distressingly, with small children escaping a fire that has surely killed their parents. She’s been on my “authors to get to” list for a long time, so I was very excited when this came across my desk, and it did not disappoint! Ruthless is a suspenseful, sexy story of two people who find home and love in each other as they seek to set the world to rights. ![]() Blake, but I know her reputation for excellently written, steaming hot romances. ![]() ![]() ![]() while wearing your face? Still, if anyone can find their way through this intractible mess of mistaken identity and alien invaders, it's the indomitable Zita, in "Legends of Zita the Spacegirl."Legends of Zita the Spacegirl" is one of "Kirkus Reviews'" Best Children's Books of 2012. And who can you trust when your true self is being eclipsed by your public persona, and you've got a robot doppelganger wreaking havoc. Zita’s determination to find her way back home to earth has her assuming the role of intergalactic hero in this delightful, action-packed science. ![]() Zita's exploits from her first adventure have made her an intergalactic megastar! But she's about to find out that fame doesn't come without a price. When her best friend gets abducted by an evil alien cult, Zita’s life takes a turn for the cosmic and she finds herself on a strange planet inhabited by humanoid chickens and neurotic robots. ![]() But things are never simple, and certainly never easy, in space. Zita is determined to find her way home to earth, following the events of the first book. 4, 2012 Lovable Zita returns in a charmingly dashing interplanetary adventure to save yet another doomed planet from impending peril. 2 by Ben Hatke & illustrated by Ben Hatke RELEASE DATE: Sept. Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processesĪ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBen Hatke brings back our intrepid space heroine for another delightful sci-fi/fantasy adventure. LEGENDS OF ZITA THE SPACEGIRL From the Zita the Spacegirl series, Vol. Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2023.Hong Kong Golden Dragon Books 2022-2023. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As he receives his nine lives at the Moonstone, StarClan gives him a prophecy: "Four will become two, lion and tiger will meet in battle, and blood will rule the forest."įirestar chooses Whitestorm, a senior warrior who is well admired and respected, as his deputy. The story chronicles the events directly after A Dangerous Path and leads to the final battle for the forest.įirestar is the leader of ThunderClan, succeeding the former leader, Bluestar, when she drowned saving ThunderClan from a pack of wild dogs. ![]() It was published on 1 October 2004, by HarperCollins. The series revolves around a group of wild cats living in four Clans, ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan. The Darkest Hour is a children's fantasy novel, the sixth and last book in the original Warriors series by Erin Hunter, featuring the fictional character Firestar, a cat. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read more on it almost from the start, but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper. The secret of the magic is simple, and the reader is in. At the heart of the row is an amazing illusion they both perform during their stage acts. ![]() Working in the gaslight-and-velvet world of Victorian music halls, they prowl edgily in the background of each other's shadowy life, driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy and insatiable curiosity. Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later. a dizzying magic show of a novel' WASHINGTON POST Series: Gollancz S.F. ![]() 'A brilliantly constructed entertainment, with a plot as simple and intricate as a nest of Chinese boxes. ![]() ![]() As Travers explains in her introduction to Mary Poppins in the Park, "She cannot forever arrive and depart." The later five books recount previously unrecorded adventures from her original three visits. Only the first three of the eight books feature Mary Poppins arriving and leaving. Encounters with pavement-painters and shopkeepers, and various adventures ensue, until Mary Poppins abruptly leaves, i.e., "pops out". The books centre on the magical English nanny Mary Poppins, who is blown by the East wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, and into the Banks' household to care for their children. Mary Shepard was the illustrator throughout the series. Travers and published over the period 1934 to 1988. ![]() Mary Poppins is a series of eight children's books written by Australian-British writer P. ![]() |