![]() ![]() "I first purchased a copy of one of Charles Fort's books when I was about 13 years old. ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Phantom Figures.THe Original Cat Burgler. In a breezy easy to read style Fort presents hundreds of episodic tales from the borderland of human understanding such as. We are proud to be able to present the following four volumes in never before presented large print editions. ![]() This resulted in 4 works of approximately 1,000 pages pertaining to the most unusual subjects you are likely to read about anywhere in any era.and the stories are well researched and documented.įort's works have long been sought after and were finally made available long after his death. He spent over 20 years in public libraries in the UK and later in America where he combed the shelves of the NY Public Library in search of the strange and unknown. The Father Of Unexplained Phenomenon.Ĭharles Fort was a collector of strange tales which he gleamed from dusty newspapers and out of print scientific journals. ![]() FIRST LARGE PRINT EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF CHARLES FORT. ![]()
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![]() ![]() While Lazarus is kept in chains, Kelsea is permitted to travel freely among the brigands. The leader of the group is an infamous masked bandit, the Fetch, to whom Kelsea is drawn. They are rescued by a second group of brigands who fight off the first but keep Kelsea and Lazarus captive. ![]() The guard is scattered, and Kelsea and her guardsman Lazarus are separated. On the way to New London, the royal retinue is set upon by a group of brigands. On the morning of her departure, she wakes up to find her original necklace glowing. Before she leaves, her surrogate mother, Carlin, gives Kelsea a sapphire necklace just like the one she's had her whole life. As arranged by her mother, when Kelsea reaches 19 she receives a visit from the Queen's Guard, informing her that she will travel with them to her new home in the Keep, located in the Kingdom's capital of New London. Elyssa dies at the age of 28, throwing her kingdom into turmoil. When Princess Kelsea is an infant, her mother-Queen Elyssa of the Kingdom of Tear-hides her away in the countryside to protect her until she comes of age. The first book in a trilogy, The Queen of the Tearling is followed by 2015's The Invasion of the Tearling and 2016's The Fate of the Tearling. Set on a fictional continent many years in the future, American author Erika Johansen’s fantasy novel The Queen of the Tearling (2014) tells the story of Princess Kelsea's efforts to fight injustice and restore the Kingdom of Tear to its former glory. ![]() ![]() ![]() This queer literary renaissance flies in the face of coordinated efforts to ban LGBTQ+ books in U.S. Growth in LGBTQ+ fiction sales is consistent across generations and genres, from young adult and general adult fiction to more specific genre categories, including fantasy, sci-fi, and romance. ![]() This has been a truly banner year for queer book releases spanning multiple genres, from "Unwieldy Creatures" and "Before We Were Trans" to "My Government Means to Kill Me" and "Myth of the Wrong Body." ![]() Increased mainstream interest in queer stories has transformed what book publishing data analyst Kristen McLean called a once-"niche area of publishing" into a genre-spanning category that is no longer confined to one section of bookstore shelves. In 2022, sales of LGBTQ+ fiction doubled those of two years prior. 25 LGBTQ+ books that changed the literary landscape ![]() ![]() Now that the Civil War is over, Hetty and her husband, Benjy, have settled in Philadelphia, solving murders and mysteries that the white authorities won’t touch. In the proud tradition of Victor LaValle and Zen Cho, Nicole Glover speaks truth to history in the language of the fantastic.Īs a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Hetty Rhodes helped usher dozens of people north with her wits and magic. A clever, cold-blooded killer is on the prowl, and as death draws near, testing their magic and placing their lives at risk, Hetty and Benjy will discover how little they really know about their neighbors. ![]() But when an old friend is murdered their investigation stirs up a wasp nest of intrigue, lies, and long-buried secrets-and a mystery unlike anything they’ve handled before. In the heart of Philadelphia’s Seventh Ward, everyone knows that when there’s a strange death or magical curses causing trouble, Hetty and Benjy are the only ones that can solve the case. With the war over, those skills find new purpose as they solve mysteries and murders in their community that white authorities would otherwise ignore. ![]() Hetty Rhodes and her husband, Benjy, were Conductors on the Underground Railroad, ferrying dozens of slaves to freedom with daring, cunning, and magic that draws its power from the stars. ![]() ![]() Publisher: Del Rey/ Penguin Random House UKįrom a bold new voice comes a vibrant historical fantasy of magic and murder set in the aftermath of the Civil War. ![]() ![]() ![]() Io's son becomes friends with a boy named Phaethon, the son of Apollo. Suspicious, Juno takes possession of the cow, and Ovid goes on to describe how Jove sends mercury to kill Argus, Io's guard, and how Io must flee Juno's wrath until Jove forces Juno to pardon her. At the same time, Inachus the river god's daughter, Io, has been raped by Jove, who then transforms Io into a cow to protect her from jealous Juno. Ovid turns to the tale of Daphne and Apollo, and how Apollo's unrequited love leads Daphne to be transformed into a laurel tree. After the floods, this couple repopulates the earth by obeying the commands of the gods and throwing rocks behind them these rocks transform into a new, hearty breed of man. In response to all this corruption, Jove sends a great flood to the earth which destroys all living things except one pious couple: Deucalion and Pyrrha. The bad behavior of mankind lead to an attempt by the giants to seize the heavens. ![]() ![]() He describes how mankind progressed (or degenerated) from the Gold Age to the Silver Age to the Age of Iron. Then he begins his tale of transformations by describing how the earth, and the heavens and everything else were created out of chaos. At the beginning of the poem, Ovid addresses the gods and asks them to bless his undertaking. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Things like 19th-century mechanical toys and moving artwork. ![]() “Maurice Sendak was not a puppeteer per se, but he was a huge proponent of movement,” said Matthew Sorensen, co-director of the Ballard Institute. Many of these objects have movement or a musical component to them. In his personal life, Sendak was fascinated from an early age with whimsical objects like puppets and toys, some of which are now on display in the exhibition “Swing into Action: Maurice Sendak and the World of Puppetry” at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. Whether it was falling into a giant vat of morning cake batter in the 1970 children’s book “In the Night Kitchen,” or being whisked away to the island Wild Things in “Where the Wild Things Are,” the late Maurice Sendak had a knack for creating fantastical worlds in his books. ![]() ![]() ![]() (So, I read contemporary and non-fiction a lot instead. "No science fiction or fantasy is going to help me. When she’s not writing, she’s visiting schools to talk about her books with the kids who read them, or teaching writing at Arizona State University, where she is the Piper Endowed Chair and Founding Artistic Director of the Virginia G. Jewell has received numerous honors including the American Book Award, the National Endowment of the Arts Award in Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. She has also published six adult novels, two writing guides, and a memoir. ![]() ![]() Her other books include Paradise on Fire, Towers Falling, and the Louisiana Girls Trilogy: Ninth Ward, Sugar, and Bayou Magic. Now she is the author of seven books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother. She wrote six novels for adults, two writing guides, and a memoir, but writing for children remained her dream. She began college as a dance major, but when she discovered there were novels by African Americans, she knew she wanted to be an author. Born and raised in Manchester, a largely African-American neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh, she was a voracious reader as a child. Jewell Parker Rhodes has always loved reading and writing stories. ![]() ![]() But sure, let’s all believe Harry fact checks The Crown. Maybe Eton owes HM the King a refund on their fees.”Īnother wrote, “Prince Harry cannot even fact-check his own family tree given that he remains under the impression he is descendent from King Henry VI, whose son died childless at 17. “Henry VI had no other children so how could he be a ‘direct’ ancestor? Prince Harry appears to have been very loosely educated. ![]() ![]() Critics of Prince Harry’s memoir, “Spare,” have found multiple factual errors. “Henry VI’s only son, Edward of Westminster, was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, aged 17,” one person tweeted. However, readers took to social media to point out why that was an impossibility because Henry VI had only one son, Edward of Westminster, who died in battle at age 17, before he could have any children of his own. The Duke of Sussex wrote that King Henry VI, who founded the prestigious boarding school Eton - which he attended, was his “great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.” Prince Harry is under fire - yet again - over his new memoir, “Spare,” as critics continue to find multiple factual errors in the book. ![]() Elliot Page claims he had relationship with Kate Mara while she was dating Max Minghella ![]() ![]() If it works, no one will ever treat Riley as an outsider again. ![]() Riley was adopted, and despite having memorized every healing spell she's ever heard, she often feels like the odd one out in her family and the gifted community.Then Hattie gets an idea: what if the two of them could cast a spell that would allow Riley to share Hattie's magic? Their sleuthing reveals a promising incantation in the family's old spell book, and the sisters decide to perform it at Hattie's initiation ceremony. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps when she herself turns thirteen, she's a saram-a person without magic. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. ![]() ![]() "Graci Kim does such an amazing job of blending Korean mythology into the modern world, I am now wondering how I ever lived without knowing all this cool information."-New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Graci Kim's thrilling debut about an adopted Korean-American girl who discovers her heritage and her magic on a perilous journey to save her witch clan family. ![]() ![]() Now all of a sudden it Only shows up in a totally different state and with exact name search. From the award-winning, 1 New York Times bestselling author of Wayward Son, Fangirl, Carry On, and Landline comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel about an office romance that blossoms one email at a time. Is there something I could do to send signals to Google to show that I am in Matthews, NC?Ģ months ago my listing quit showing up at all unless you typed exact business name Plex running on a native 4:3 composite video player working extremely well as shown on my pink Zenith after finding a Roku Express+. What could possibly cause my listing or Google to do this? I have been without my listing for a few months now and have NO calls coming in from it. If you search Locksmith Independence, KS it shows up on the maps. If you search Locksmith Matthews, NC my listing does not show up at all. Keep in mind the GMB is in Matthews, NC All my service areas and the actual map show the correct areas. Now if I search my business name under the auto populate I see it with Independence, KS on the listing. I pretty much do not have any traffic, views or calls now. ![]() In the emails, the two friends speak in the present tense. Beth and Jennifer's chapters are presented as emails. ![]() The novel is written in a semi-epistolary way, meaning it belongs to a genre where the narrative is comprised of letters, correspondence, and non-narrative prose. Posted about my SAB listing a few weeks ago about not showing up in search only when you entered the exact name. I pictured a girl who made every moment, everything she touched, and everyone around her feel. Attachments alternates between different narrative formats. ![]() |