![]() CareerĬoggins' first book, The Immortal Game, dealt with the theft of chess-playing software similar to that run on Deep Blue and was nominated for the Shamus Award and the Barry Award. ![]() This was published in 1986 in The New Black Mask, a revival of the famous Black Mask pulp magazine that launched the careers of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.Ĭoggins has worked in the Silicon Valley for such companies as Hewlett Packard and Netscape and although Riordan as a character is something of a technophobe, Coggins' novels often explore high technology themes and Silicon Valley culture. While at Stanford, Coggins took creative writing classes with Tobias Wolff and Ron Hansen and wrote the first short story featuring August Riordan in a class for Hansen. ![]() ![]() Coggins was born in New Mexico in 1957 and attended Stanford University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in International Relations, a masters in Computer Science and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what is owed and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty-until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Spinning Silver draws readers deeper into this glittering realm of fantasy, where the boundary between wonder and terror is thinner than a breath, and safety can be stolen as quickly as a kiss. ![]() With the Nebula Award–winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik opened a brilliant new chapter in an already acclaimed career, delving into the magic of fairy tales to craft a love story that was both timeless and utterly of the now. ![]() ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Public Library.NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADE.“One of the year’s strongest fantasy novels” (NPR), an imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale from the bestselling author of Uprooted. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rehman admits she is totally naïve about real life in the US. But perhaps his greatest attribute is his patience with his new wife, who despite speaking English, knows only what she has learned from American movies about her new home. Though this is an arranged marriage, she almost immediately begins to love her new husband Kahlid, who is handsome, hardworking, and kind. Early in the memoir, the 20-year-old author leaves her family and everything she knows in Pakistan as the new bride of a young Pakistani doctor completing his residency in New York. In many ways, Sabeeha Rehman’s memoir, Threading My Prayer Rug, is an immigrant’s story of assimilation including the difficulties and happy surprises she discovers in the process of becoming an American citizen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are some Stephen King short stories from this 1978 collection. Stephen King Short Stories from Night Shift The Stephen King short stories with PDF links are noted below. For now, there are stories from the following collections: Following David Drayton as he finds himself trapped in a convenience store during a mysterious, misty day, leads to some intense scenes, nail biting suspense, and lots of Lovecraftian creature design. Here are some Stephen King short stories to browse divided by the collection they appeared in. We begin Skeleton Crew with a gripping story, filled with strange imagery and a fantastic hook. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a comprehensive collection of Stephen King short stories, but he has several others available to check out, many of which are linked to below. Review of The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.Books for Elementary and Middle School Students. ![]() Short Stories: Characters in Conflict by John Warriner.Collections and Anthologies for Middle School. ![]() ![]() ![]() My Abuelita by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Houghton Mifflin), unspools as a detective story sprinkled with Spanish words, as the boy narrator hints at Abuelita's profession (she's a storyteller).Ĭhildtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (HarperCollins), with its scrapbook feel, family photographs and moments of history in one African American family, may well prompt grandparents to pull out their own photo albums. A trio of stories about three families-one white, one interracial, one Asian American-in the Caldecott Honor book More, More, More, Said the Baby by Vera Williams (Greenwillow) exudes the joy of a new baby, showered with affection. Our Grandparents: A Global Album by Maya Ajmera, Sheila Kinkade and Cynthia Pon (Charlesbridge) features photographs of families around the world and suggests activities for readers to do with their grandparents. ![]() What better way to unite grandparents and children than with a good book? Here are a few old and new favorites to celebrate. Abuelita and Abuelito, Dedushka and Babushka, Obaachan and Ojiichan-whatever children may call them, it's their day: Grandparents Day, this Sunday, September 8. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Drawn together by a combination of fate and chemistry, Silla and Nick must find out who else in their small Missouri town knows their secret and will do anything to take the book and magic from Silla. He has a few secrets of his own and is all too familiar with the lure of blood magic. What's a little spilled blood if she can uncover the truth? And then there's Nick-the new guy at school who makes her pulse race. The spells share one common ingredient: blood, and Silla is more than willing to cast a few. She is consumed by a book filled with spells that arrives mysteriously in the mail. TESSA GRATTON has wanted to be a paleontologist or a wizard since she was seven. She can't stop thinking about her parents alleged murder-suicide. Everywhere Silla Kennicott turns she sees blood. But instead of mythical creatures, blood magic has everything to do with primal human desires like power, wealth, and immortality. It's a natural next-read for fans of Stephanie Meyer, Carrie Jones, and Becca Fitzpatrick. This page-turning debut novel will entice fans who like their paranormal romances dark and disturbing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Do you have a favourite apple cake? let me know in the comments! One year I’m all about tiny cakes, which you can hold in one hand.Īt the moment, and in the last 4 years, my ideal comfort food is a warm slice of olive oil apple cake, fragrant with lemon zest, soft and bursting with melt-in-your-mouth apples. One year my perfect apple cake is embodied by an apple pie with a crisp shell covered with grains of sugar and a melting filling, the next year I’ll vow eternal love to a cinnamon pound cake enriched by cubes of apples and a good dose of warming spices. Have I reached perfection? Nope, and I’m happy to keep on searching and experimenting. ![]() Each season brings new ideas, scents and textures. ![]() The quest for the perfect apple cake is like searching for the Holy Grail: infinite, legendary, epic, exciting. Simple and domestic, romantic enough, juicy, fragrant, accessible, sensual, everyday food: apples know how to tell stories that fascinate generations of people since immemorial time. (By the way, did you know that Ruth Reichl has a newsletter here on Substack? She has a thread on comfort food, too.) I’m borrowing Ruth Reich’s memoir title to introduce the theme of today’s newsletter: comfort and apples. ![]() ![]() ![]() Twenty minutes in, every card in its deck is already on the table. It doesn’t flop hard - with its limited ambition, it has no height from which to fall. ![]() And what do 40- muffled-sound-year-old women want? We want rueful stories about mothers and daughters! We want Elizabeth Strout novels! We want Laura Linney! Every Venn-diagram circle about a certain kind of woman - the sort that subscribes to nonprofit theaters, specifically - overlaps in this little sliver. Recent figures tell us that 68 percent of Broadway audiences are women. Everything about programming the one-woman performance in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Of all the questions flooding through a mutinous brain during My Name Is Lucy Barton, “How did we get here?” has the most obvious answer. ![]() ![]() ![]() He wants nothing to do with the gangs that rule the world he lives in. Tobey wants a better life - for him and his girlfriend Callie Rose. ![]() Covering some of society’s everyday issues, Noughts and Crosses is a clever and compelling story about love and friendship, as well as tackling issues of prejudice and stereotypes. The story focuses on their relationship, which is frowned upon by society, and explores the discrimination they encounter at every turn. ![]() 15-year-old Callum is a Nought, and his best friend, Sephy, as well as being a Cross, is also the daughter of one of the most influential politicians in the country. he white Noughts are second-class citizens, and the black Crosses are highly-revered and perceived as the superior race. ![]() Described as ground breaking and phenomenal, Noughts and Crosses explains how the population is divided into two. There are five novels in the Noughts and Crosses collection in total, each one a fantastic a different read with young adults will enjoy. Cleverly written from two perspectives, Noughts and Crosses shows the views from main characters Callum and Sephy’s (Persephone) who are both from completely different worlds. A modern classic, Noughts and Crosses is a love story that meets shocking outcomes and faces bitter enemies. A must-have for all YA fans, Noughts and Crosses has been voted one of the UK’s best-loved books by legendary author Malorie Blackman. ![]() ![]() ![]() None of them had ever met the elderly woman. Still on suspension, and frankly curious, Gamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landers, the bookseller from Three Pines, and a young builder. When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Sûreté du Québec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her will. ![]() The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Published by Minotaur Books on November 27, 2018 Series: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #14 Source: supplied by publisher via Edelweissįormats available: hardcover, large print, paperback, ebook, audiobook Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14) by Louise Penny ![]() |