These nuggets of wisdom are offered by an Academy Awardnominated actor (James Woods), a popular comedian (Aasif Mandvi), and a world-famous novelist (Jodi Picoult) to their sixteen-year-old selves. No matter how accomplished and confident they seem today, at sixteen, they were like the rest of usoften unsure, frequently confused, and usually in need of a little reassurance.
To simply say that Connolly is an Irish author who writes thrillers is like saying Mozart was simply some ‘dude’ who composed music. Private detective Charlie Parker has become a beloved character in the world of crime – not to mention the paranormal, and supernatural – clique of readers. A former police officer, Charlie is a private detective who is always on the hunt to find the killer of his wife and daughter, and these ‘hunts,’ in each and every novel, wrap around another completely different crime that he must investigate.
For Riveting Characters, Change the Reader's Point of View by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro October 2011 "We’ve all read that the character has to come to an aha moment in order to change and grow." —Shapiro We’ve all read that...
When an author saves the best for last, her fans are not only exceedingly happy, but they also experience some deep-seeded disappointment that this is the very last book about what has become their favorite story. This is what Anna Elliott has accomplished. Being the final book of the Twilight of Avalon trilogy, Sunrise offers a wealth of adventure, action, deception, and one of the most beautiful romances in history – the love of Trystan and Isolde.
This is the fourth book in the seriously addictive series, A Chet and Bernie Mystery. These fascinating stories focus on Chet and his constant companion, Private Detective Bernie Little. As you might imagine, Bernie and Chet are hired as a team to solve crimes, yet the beloved dog, Chet, is the true leader of this daring duo.
They live among us, abhorred, marginalised, despised. They are vampires, known politely as Sunless. The job of policing their community falls to the men and women of the Sunless Housing and Disclosure Executive SHADE. Captain John Redlaw is London’s most feared and respected SHADE officer.
PHILIPPA GREGORY and her fellow historians describe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins’ War books: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV; and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.
Uneven, at times taut and engrossing thriller, which needs a firm editor’s hand.
Merete Lynggaard has a quiet life. She gets rid of anyone and anything that does not help her keep her private life private: secretaries, men, outsiders. She is also on the rise in her political party and may someday be Prime Minister—until she goes missing and is presumed suicide.
Titles That Grab Readers by the Collar by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro September 2011 "If you want to get a book read, it’s got to have a compelling title. " —Shapiro Oh, to have an editor like the famous Sol Stein! In Stein on Writing, (St....
The amazingly brilliant novel, The Magicians, introduced readers to a truly stunning fairy-tale world, and a boy by the name of Quentin Coldwater. Quentin had always been able to escape the life he hated by opening the pages of the books he so loved and entering the land of Fillory. Upon growing up, he escaped the miserable life he had by passing the exam to get into the secret, exclusive college called Brakebills – a college that taught magic. And, once Quentin had graduated Brakebills, he found out that Fillory actually existed.
