![]() Parker attended the University of Florida at Gainesville. Parker himself was a tall, lean runner in college, standing 6'4" and weighing about 162 pounds, with a best time of 4:06 for the mile. Once A Runner is loosely based on Parker's college experience. While neither book ever acquired literary acclaim, Parker-and Quenton Cassidy-achieved a cult following among readers in the running community. ![]() 2015's "Racing the Rain" recounts Cassidy's early years. After taking a break from running, he begins training again in earnest trying to recapture the feeling and the glory of the past, this time through long-distance running. In "Again to Carthage," ten years have passed for Cassidy. He trains in private hoping to compete in disguise. In "Once a Runner" Cassidy is a college athlete who is suspended from school and prohibited from competing in his university's track meets. Thirty years later Parker follows the career of Cassidy in a second book Again to Carthage, published in late 2007. ![]() Ĭassidy, a passionate, obsessive runner, is first introduced in Once A Runner, published in 1978. The trilogy chronicles the struggles of Quenton Cassidy, a middle-distance runner. ![]() (born 1947) is an American writer and the author of the cult classic novel Once A Runner and the more recently published Again to Carthage and Racing the Rain. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “Would you like me to tell you the tale of Ma’at?” But enemies or reluctant lovers, if they don’t stop themselves soon, heaven will. But at the end of the day, the two are enemies. In spite of themselves, Ana and Famine are drawn to each other. But when Ana, a ghost from his past, corners him and promises pain for what he so recently did to her, she and her empty threats captivate him, and he decides to keep her around. Try as he might, he can’t forget what they once did to him. And how these blighted bastards deserve it. ![]() If there’s one thing Famine is good at, it’s cruelty. But if the horseman remembers her at all, he must not care, for when she comes face to face with him for the second time in her life, she’s stabbed and left for dead. ![]() They came to earth, and they came to end us all.Īna da Silva always assumed she’d die young, she just never expected it to be at the hands of Famine, the haunting immortal who once spared her life so many years ago. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth–Pestilence, War, Famine, Death–four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() The next story line is about Tavi, a teenage boy with a terrible curse – he has no Furies. ![]() Amara and her mentor, Fidelias, are attempting to infiltrate a camp of potential rebels against the First Lord, in an attempt to determine who is behind the rebellion. Our story begins with Amara, a young woman who has recently become a Cursor – the elite group who works directly for the ruler of Alera. Different people’s Furies have different strengths, and an individual’s Fury may appear in a specific form and be given a name. Everyone is able to work with at least one Fury, and some are able to work with multiples. So, after a year of reading Pern, I am ready to begin a new series! And the fates have given me the Codex Alera, a series of six books about a fictional land, Alera, whose people can harness the elements, called Furies. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews//
![]() ![]() Then there is Marshall Applewhite, leader of Heaven’s Gate, who, along with 38 followers, killed themselves in the belief that the Hale-Bopp comet signaled the arrival of a spaceship that would transport them to a higher plane of existence. Or Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret, who founded the Order of the Solar Temple, a doomsday cult that led to the death of 51 members by murder or suicide. But others are less well known, such as Shoko Asahara and his doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo, who orchestrated the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Some cults, led by leaders like Charlie Manson, Jim Jones, and David Koresh, are notorious. Meet these cult leaders-and get an inside look at their beliefs and how they controlled others. What’s scarier than a murderer? Someone with the charisma to compel others to kill for them. ![]() ![]() ![]() The handsome local curate welcomes them, but though he and his family seem acquainted with the manor's past, the only information they offer is a stern warning: Beware trespassers drawn by rumors that Pembrooke Park contains a secret room filled with treasure. The Fosters journey to imposing Pembrooke Park and are startled to find it entombed as it was abruptly left: tea cups encrusted with dry tea, moth-eaten clothes in wardrobes, a doll's house left mid-play. She fears she will end up a spinster, especially as she has little dowry, and the one man she thought might marry her seems to have fallen for her younger, prettier sister.įacing financial ruin, Abigail and her father search for more affordable lodgings, until a strange solicitor arrives with an astounding offer: the use of a distant manor house abandoned for eighteen years. Abigail Foster is the practical daughter. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pylodet and Augusta Harriet Leypoldt (1886). QUIES by Paul Celieres (1887).ĬHECKMATED AND OTHER STORIES BY LEADING WRITERS Edited by L. I came to you because you seem to have a literary bent (not just your own writing – you mentioned in a column that you like Nick Cave) but if you are not the one to whom I should be asking this question, can you point me to someone else who might know about such matters?Ī few 19 th Century titles that feature some chess related theme are:ĪRABIAN KNIGHTS by Richard Burton (1885).ĭIGBY, CHESS PROFESSOR by Charles Edward Barns (1889). Do you know of any works of fiction that mention or give pride-of-place to chess? The older the better. I am a sucker for the 19th century, but, though I can find plenty enough in the 20th century (Eliot’s THE WASTELAND has an intriguing reference, THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, various memoirs) 19th century literature seems to be lacking on this front. There is, of course, Lewis Carroll. Still, any books at all that you can recommend I would greatly appreciate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Vol. Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. ![]() These are official English editions licensed from the Chinese rights holders, so every new copy purchased-ebook or paperback-will support the original creator, like the official editions in various other languages. We will make our best efforts to include everything! Our English editions will include all the material given to us by the licensors, which in most cases will include all short stories previously seen in print and digital editions, unless exclusive to that publisher. Will you include all the short stories and bonus chapters? The books are rated appropriately for sexual situations, violence, coarse and/or uncomfortable language, and other mature subject matter. We’re working closely with respected translators in the danmei community to ensure a smooth, faithful translation of the original works given to us by the rights holders, with all content included-including some material not available in other editions (such as short stories and sex scenes). ![]() ![]() Sarjeant, with whom he collaborated on their classic book, Ms Holmes of Baker Street. ![]() ![]() He was a founding member of The Casebook of Saskatoon, a society devoted to the study of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlockian writings. His short stories have been broadcast by CBC Radio. His fiction has been published in literary journals and he has given many public readings in schools and galleries. His children's stories were published in The Canadian Children's Annual, and his short story, Meet Miss Mullen, was the first recipient of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild Award for Children's Literature.įor a number of years, he regularly taught Script Writing and Television Production courses at the University of Saskatchewan (Extension Division) at both beginner and advanced levels. He became the first President of the Saskatoon Writers, and a founding member of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild. ![]() With an education in electronic engineering, Alan worked at numerous radio and television stations in Ontario, and at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) in Toronto, before becoming Director of Television Engineering in the media centre at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, where he remained for 25 years before taking early retirement to write in 1994. ![]() Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]() ![]() ![]() I cannot wait to read the next Trevor Finnegan book.' -Jason Pinter, bestselling author of Hide Away 'Aaron Philip Clark's Under Color of Law is extraordinary. Agent: Gina Panettieri, Talcott Notch Literary. Under Color of Law is a landmine placed at the intersection of law enforcement, race, media, and politics by an author who clearly knows the volatile territory. ![]() Cosby fans will hope for a long series run. Clark balances the personal and the professional challenges adroitly as he further develops his lead. ![]() Finn’s search for the motive for the hit coincides with his shocking discovery that he has a year-old daughter. Finn learns that the pair had been trying to nail socialite Cassandra Boyle, a former head of an escort service, who was using her legal marijuana dispensaries to sell heroin and cocaine. While Munoz and Riley are stopped at a hot dog stand, someone shoots them, killing Riley and wounding Munoz, whom Finn once considered as close to him as a sister. In that capacity, the gumshoe becomes an eyewitness to murder after his boss, a lawyer at the firm, directs him to observe two police officers, Sally Munoz, Finn’s former partner, and her current one, Martin Riley. ![]() In Clark’s page-turning sequel to 2021’s Under Color of Law, Trevor “Finn” Finnegan, a Black police officer who was wrongfully terminated from the LAPD, but received a generous settlement as compensation, is now a PI paid by a law firm to take pictures of dirty cops engaged in illegal activities. ![]() |