![]() ![]() In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. ![]() From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.' ![]() Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. 'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Year after year they churned out Championship riders. With the exception of Jeff Ward’s 1984 run, Honda had dominated the 125 class outdoors. They hadn’t won a 125 Championship since 1981, when Mark Barnett clinched his third title in a row in the class. Suzuki was searching for their next 125 outdoor champion. While the rest of the year was focused on the 125 class in the AMA Nationals, Cooper would start off his Supercross career on a 250 two-stroke, while racing an 125 two-stroke outdoors. In 1985, Cooper raced his first (and only) Supercross of the year at Daytona. ![]() Cooper would earn the 1984 AMA Rookie of the Year award. While he was overshadowed by class leaders Jeff Ward and Johnny O’Mara, the AMA did take notice. His best race of the season was at Red Bud, where he placed fifth. Cooper had some momentum entering the major leagues, having won the Oklahoma State Championships. He first started racing professionally in 1984. Cooper had an unusual pro career to start with. 1990 was a highlight in Guy Cooper’s career. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s short and explains what happened ten years ago. Yes, I know, I also groaned when I saw that it had a prologue, but this prologue is actually good. ![]() The book starts with a prologue, which describes Elantris before that wretched event. ![]() The summary is right in the fact that Elantris thrived before that. The magic didn’t fade, it suddenly disappeared ten years before the events occurring in the book, and that is integral for the plot. I prefer the summary of the 2011 edition because this summary, to me, does not feel true to the book. This is the book summary written on Amazon. Can a young Princess unite the people of Elantris, rediscover the lost magic and lead a rebellion against the imperial zealots?” And now its shattered citizens face domination by a powerful Imperium motivated by dogged religious views. But then the magic began to fade, and Elantris began to rot. “Elantris was built on magic and it thrived. Trigger warnings: Mild pain, death, and depression. Relationships: A straight CIS main relationship. Rating: (scroll to the bottom for my scoring system) ![]() We’ll start this series of book reviews with the debut book of Brandon Sanderson, Elantris, published on the 21st of April in 2005 by Tor Fantasy. ![]() ![]() In "The Comfort of Strangers," a pair of middle-class tourists fall prey to a Machiavellian sadist during a trip to Venice. ![]() Like so many of the author's stories, "Amsterdam" concerns the sudden intrusion of violent, perverse events into his characters' mundane lives, events that cruelly expose the psychological fault lines running beneath One can only hope that this small, perfectly fashioned novel - novella, really - will send readers back to the rest of the talented McEwan's oeuvre. Than "The Innocent," his 1990 masterpiece of Cold War suspense. 'Amsterdam' by Ian McEwan Wins Booker Prize (October 28, 1998)Īn McEwan's new novel, "Amsterdam," which won the Booker Prize in Britain this autumn, is a dark tour de force, a morality fable,Ī chilling little horror story, easily read in one enjoyable gulp, "Amsterdam" is by no means McEwan's finest work: It is less ambitious than "Enduring Love" (1998) and "Black Dogs" (1992), and less resonant. ![]() DecemBOOKS OF THE TIMES 'Amsterdam': Dark Tour De Force ![]() ![]() ![]() Julian, handsome, rich, and engaging, is a huge mystery buff, but he’s never quite worked up the nerve to ask Ellery out.Īs his relationship with Police Chief Jack Carson seems to be dead in the water, Ellery is grateful for a little flattering male attention from the village’s most eligible bachelor. But Marguerite’s son, Julian, wants to know him. Bloodworth-Ainsley-nor, it turns out does Mrs. ![]() ![]() Love is in the Salt Sea Air–and So is Murder!Įllery Page, aspiring screenwriter, reigning Scrabble champion, and occasionally clueless owner of the Crow’s Nest mystery bookshop, is both flattered and bemused when he’s invited to the annual Marauder’s Masquerade, the biggest social event of the season in the quaint seaside village of Pirate’s Cove, Rhode Island.Įllery doesn’t even know Mrs. ![]() ![]() The trouble is that the villains are two-dimensional characters. Told in harsh, jolting sentences - which may be partly due to the translation from the original German - the novel relates how the villainous Basta and his horrible boss, Capricorn, appear, kidnap Mo, and are tracked to their hideout in a ruined Italian village. But this time I am not sure the promise is quite fulfilled, though the story is undeniably exciting. ![]() ![]() Cornelia Funke seems to have a gift for this: her previous, award-winning novel, The Thief Lord, opened up similarly towards its end. The story opens with Meggie discovering this through the arrival of the unhappy trickster-figure, Dustfinger.Īt this stage, you feel an enormous prospect opening up, promising marvels. Nine years back, Mo read aloud from Fenoglio's Inkheart and unintentionally fetched all the baddies into reality, causing Meggie's mother to disappear into the book. Unfortunately, a living being is always transferred into the book at the same time. The basic, bookish idea is that Meggie's father Mo (often called Silvertongue) can, by reading aloud, fetch characters from a book through into the real world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meyer's Twilight saga – Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn – has sold 85m copies worldwide. Reading Young's version brought me back to the feeling I had when I was writing and it was just me and the characters again. It seems like all I can see are the mistakes in the writing. "It's been a while since I was really able to read Twilight there is so much baggage attached to that book for me now. "It takes me back to the days when I was writing Twilight," she told Entertainment Weekly. ![]() The American author said yesterday that Kim's graphic interpretation of her characters and settings was "very close" to what she was imagining while writing the series. I was so intrigued by the nameless couple's story that I hated the idea of forgetting it it was the kind of dream that makes you want to call your friend and bore her with a detailed description." "I stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire," she has said. One of these people was just your average girl. "In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. The cover shows human teenager Bella Swan sprawled on the grass – an image from the dream that first inspired Meyer to write the novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() This contraction of time put aside to pursue selfish pleasures invariably obstructs the ability to achieve self-awareness. All this attention to carrying out the duties that are expected of one leaves very little time for carrying out what one actually wants or needs. It seems like every character has at least one speech about the importance of duty. Alving-and eventually himself, for as he endeavors to save his reputation, he ends up supporting a devilish trickster and a brothel. And, to a lesser extent, the Pastor's extreme hypocrisy dooms both the person he professes to care about-Mrs. ![]() Those lies in the name of keeping the real truth a secret eventually perpetuate themselves to the point that they are passed like a virus to the next generation, linking symbolically with the syphilitic strain that has the same degenerative effect. Alving’s lifelong attempt to construct a myth about the true nature of her husband, the Captain, through a tapestry of lies and deception. ![]() The central theme lying at the heart of the narrative of Ghosts is the long-term effects of keeping secrets and concealing truths. Buy Study Guide Deception, Lies, and Hypocrisy ![]() ![]() ![]() “Meet me on The Ramp at lunch on Monday and you can start then. “I guess I don’t have a choice.” I sighed. Special Excerpt from The Corner of Bitter and Sweet * BingeBooks earns revenue from qualifying purchases as an Amazon Associate as well as from other retail partners. Can Dylan-with Josh's help-pull the pieces together to create her own happily-ever-after? But when Dylan's so-called prince charming of a boyfriend dumps her flat, her life-and her social status-comes to a crashing halt. ![]() Reluctantly, Dylan lets F-list Josh into her A-list world, and is shocked to realize that sometimes nerds can be pretty cool. In return for rescuing Dylan's bag, Josh convinces Dylan to let him film her for his documentary on high school popularity. ![]() But when she accidentally tosses her bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog: self professed film geek Josh Rosen. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new 'it' bag that everyone covets. Inspiration for the Disney Channel TV movie, Geek Charming!ĭylan Shoenfield is the princess of L.A.'s posh Castle Heights High. fairy tale for fans of Once Upon a Time and L.A. ![]() ![]() The book was very successful and was soon reprinted - first printings are quite hard to come by. It was adapted as a film of the same name which was released in 2001.' ***A first printing of the first UK edition of Annie Proulx's second novel, after "Postcards", in nice condition. National Book Award, as well as other awards. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the U.S. Annie Proulx and published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1993. ![]() ***'"The Shipping News" is a novel by American author E. ***'A stunning book, full of magic and portent.' - Boston Sunday Globe. Some light fading to the spine of the dustwrapper. Edges of dustwrapper just slightly creased and rubbed, mainly at the head and tail of the spine. Dustwrapper complete with no chips or tears. ![]() ![]() ***In a near fine colour illustrated price-clipped dustwrapper. Internally also near fine, but a previous owner's inscription to the front free endpaper has been covered over with a plain white sticker. The top edge of the page block is lightly foxed. Boards clean with just some small marks to the lower corner of the back board. ![]() ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The book was first published in the USA in 1993 by Scribner's, NY. First printing of the first UK edition, with no mention of any further printings on the printer's page. ![]() |