![]() Cujo will forever change how you view man's best friend. ![]() What happens to Cujo, how he becomes a horrifying vortex inescapably drawing in all the people around him, makes for one of the most heart-stopping novels Stephen King has ever written. As Tad tries to fend off the terror that comes to him at night from his bedroom closet, and as Vic and Donna face their own nightmare of a marriage on the rocks, there is no way they can know that a monster, infinitely sinister, waits in the daylight. They are seeking peace and quiet, but life in this small town is not what it seems. ![]() Meanwhile, Vic and Donna Trenton, and their young son Tad, move to Maine. ![]() One day, Cujo chases a rabbit into a cave inhabited by sick bats and emerges as something new altogether. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Outside a peaceful town in central Maine, a monster is waiting. Get ready to meet the most hideous menace ever to savage the flesh and devour the mind. ![]() The #1 national bestseller for Stephen King's rabid fans, Cujo 'hits the jugular' (The New York Times) with the story of a friendly Saint Bernard that is bitten by a sick bat. ![]()
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![]() The Sea of Stories is under threat by an evil ruler, Khattam-Shud, whose name means “The End.” Iff travels with Haroun to Kahani, a fictional moon of earth that contains the Sea of Stories-the source of all stories and creativity. Rashid was a subscriber to a storytelling service, and Iff has disconnected it. That night, Haroun learns something disturbing-a water genie named Iff has taken his father’s storytelling gift. Shortly after, Rashid finds that he has run out of stories to tell. ![]() In the first chapter, Haroun’s mother leaves her husband for a man named Mr. Haroun’s father, Rashid, is a celebrated storyteller known for his ability to entertain, instruct, and persuade crowds on behalf of politicians. ![]() Haroun lives with his parents in a city that is so sad it no longer remembers its name. The novel begins with a young boy named Haroun Khalifa. ![]() ![]() It turns out that love does indeed have the power to rescue. Now she gives Astra loving care and a sense of security. She helps her mother cope with her difficult circumstances by taking care of her and the two seem to swap roles. The daughter (Rūta Kronberga) who has not received her mother’s milk and care grows up to be a cheerful and sweet girl. Devastated, she gives up not only her joy and love, but even on her newborn child by refusing to breastfeed it. ![]() But then the Soviet regime destroys the life of an outstanding and talented personality: an uncompromising and uncomfortable woman in conflict with the system, she is exiled to the countryside. And Ikstena succeeds in making their pain. But politics aside, the novel’s emotional core revolves around the mother’s longing for a better life and the daughter’s inability to save her. As a gynecologist, she is the first person to experiment with artificial insemination in the USSR. Even though the milk-imagery is a bit repetitive and sometimes comes across too heavy-handed, it aptly illuminates the political message of the book. Unlike the book, film focuses on the life of a young, promising doctor, Astra (Maja Doveika). At that time, people went out on the streets to fight for the restoration of their country’s sovereignty and independence. ![]() The period from the 1940s, when the first Soviet tanks invaded Latvia, to the singing revolution in the Baltics in 1987-1991. ![]() ![]() The novel tells the story of three generations of Latvian women during the Soviet occupation. Although based on Nora Ikstena’s autobiographical book “Soviet Milk”, the film is a fully independent work of art. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of my friends said, "Oh, so you like mean older brothers?" And it's true that Frankie does and says a lot of stupid things to Jake, but I guess it felt realistic to me, and underneath it all, I could see that their friendship and love for one another ran deep. I mentioned at book club that my favorite relationship in the book was the one between Frankie and his younger brother, Jake. He begins by saying that the summer brought with it many deaths (there was some debate at book club about how many he said and which ones counted in that tally), but one of the deaths is particularly personal and tragic, and the rest of the novel is crafted a bit like a mystery, trying to put the events leading up to it in chronological order and identify possible suspects.īut it's also just about Frankie himself because that summer changed him and made him grow up in a hurry. The story is told by Frank Drum, and it's his recounting of what happened during the summer of 1961 forty years before when he was thirteen years old. I listened to this on our recent road trip to Arizona, and it was nice to be able to devote a chunk of time to it because I couldn't stop listening. This was our first book club pick for 2018 (I mentioned in my last post that my book club votes between three books for each month, so in case you're wondering, the other recommendations for January were When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin and Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Until a salesperson gets an order nobody in the company has a job. ![]() Salespeople are the most important people in any organization. Chris Gardner: Let me explain something to you.Why aren't people in sales always considered professional? Let's start with a subject that's really important to Sales Machine readers. Geoffrey James: Chris, thanks for taking the time to talk with me. ![]() So it is with great joy that post it as a holiday present for all of you. This brief conversation was one of the most enjoyable and enlightening interview I've ever had the pleasure of conducting. Readers, I have interviewed over a hundred assorted gurus and motivation speakers. He's also got two excellent books out The Pursuit of Happyness and Start Where You Are, which are available as signed copies on his website. He's now involved in numerous media and public speaking projects, such as the Take Control Of Your Life tour, where he'll be appearing on January 16th. Earlier today I spent a half hour chatting with Chris Gardner, the sales professional portrayed by Will Smith in the movie "Pursuit of Happyness." As anyone who's seen the movie knows, he's an inspiring role model, but the movie only documents his early years. ![]() ![]() ![]() Daring and bizarre, Toad demonstrates her genius for black humor and her ecstatic celebration of the grotesque. It is filled with the same mordant observations about the darkest aspects of human nature that made Geek Love a cult classic and Dunn a misfit hero. Self-deprecating and sardonic, Sally recounts their misadventures, up to the tragedy that tore them apart.Ĭolorful, crass, and profound, Toad is Katherine Dunn’s ode to her time as a student at Reed College in the late 1960s. There was Sam, an unabashed collector of other people’s stories Carlotta, a troubled free spirit and Rennel, a self-obsessed philosophy student. ![]() She broods over her deepest regrets: her blighted romances with self-important men, her lifelong struggle to feel at home in her own body, and her wayward early twenties, when she was a fish out of water among a group of eccentric, privileged young people at a liberal arts college. ![]() Her only companions are a vase of goldfish, a garden toad, and the door-to-door salesman who sells her cleaning supplies once a month. She spends her days alone at home, reading drugstore mysteries, polishing the doorknobs, waxing the floors. Sally Gunnar has withdrawn from the world. A previously unpublished novel of the reflections of a deeply scarred and reclusive woman, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vic and Simon race to stop the murders against an unholy deadline, but as they battle rising tides and risen ghosts, can they save the intended victims without getting trapped themselves? With the storm hammering the coast, and new victims piling up, Simon is certain that the sins and secrets of the past are coming due, and that the murders have a supernatural link. ![]() As Simon tries to reach out to the spirits of the murdered men to help the investigation, he's attacked by malicious ghosts that don't want anyone getting in the way of their long-overdue vengeance. Simon's premonition confirms Vic's gut feeling-the killing is just getting started. Rough tides wash the wreck of an old pirate ship into shallow waters, high winds threaten to damage an old mansion with a dark past, and the citizens of the beach town hunker down to ride out the storm.Īs the skies grow dark and the sea turns wild, several men from prominent local families end up dead under suspicious circumstances. Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his sexy cop boyfriend, homicide detective Vic D'Amato have their hands full helping the Grand Strand brace for rough surf, driving rain, and high winds as a winter storm roars toward shore.Įveryone's on edge, and rumors are rampant about sightings of Blackcoat Benny, a ghostly omen of danger, and worse, the Gallows Nine, the spirits of nine infamous criminals hanged back in the 1700s, a harbinger of disaster. A big storm is brewing, there's a killer on the loose, and the ghosts of Myrtle Beach are restless. ![]() ![]() A fresh, stomach-turning take on gendered apocalypse.” - NPR “Disgustingly rendered and brilliantly imagined…. You should read it and share it with all your friends and enemies.” - Roxane Gay By far the best book I've read this year. “ Manhunt is sublime horror – gory, impeccably written, a condemnation and a celebration with a cast of incredibly flawed, deeply interesting characters. "A filthy, furious delight."- The New Yorker Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.Īfter a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics-all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons. “A modern horror masterpiece.” - Carmen Maria Machadoīeth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate. ![]() Manhunt is an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and trans men on a grotesque journey of survival. A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror.A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 ( Booklist).One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 ( Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads).A Best Horror Novel of All Time ( Cosmopolitan)."By far the best book I've read this year.” - Roxane Gay ![]() ![]() ![]() She tries to justify her position by stating abortions occur worldwide and throughout history. That is why abortion continues to be such a controversial issue. ![]() Pollitt tells us,” We need to talk about ending a pregnancy as a common, even normal, event in the reproductive lives of women.” But it is not "normal," regardless of its frequency, and no amount of writing or talking will ever make it so. There is no honest exchange of ideas in which she fairly presents pro-life arguments before skewering them. Pollitt’s excerpt, and I suspect the rest of her book as well, reads nothing like a conversation and very much like an attempt to convince society to go along with her agenda. Webster defines “conversation” as an oral exchange of sentiments, observations, opinions, or ideas. ![]() Pollitt in the Huffington Post, is entitled “The Abortion Conversation We Need to Have.” Over the past week multiple media outlets have covered the recently published book by Katha Pollitt, “Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights.” An October 16th excerpt, penned by Ms. Activist tries to convince Americans that caring for kids sometimes means killing them ![]() ![]() ![]() A reboot television series, co-developed by Julie Plec, debuted on Septemon Peacock. The film was a financial and critical failure. The first book in the series was adapted into a film directed by Mark Waters, starring Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky and Dominic Sherwood, released by The Weinstein Company on February 7, 2014. As of 2013, the series had sold 8 million copies in 35 countries. The fifth book, Spirit Bound, and the sixth book, Last Sacrifice, were released in 2010. The third book in the series, Shadow Kiss was also published in 2008, and the fourth book, Blood Promise, was published in 2009. The first book in the series, Vampire Academy, was published in 2007 it was followed by Frostbite in 2008. Vladimir's Academy, Rose finds herself caught in a forbidden romance with her instructor, Dimitri Belikov, while having an unbreakable psychic bond with Lissa. In the process of learning how to defeat strigoi in St. It tells the story of Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway, a dhampir girl, who is training to be a guardian of her moroi best friend, Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir. Vampire Academy is a series of six young adult paranormal romance novels by American author Richelle Mead. ![]() ![]() For other uses, see Vampire Academy (disambiguation). ![]() This article is about the fantasy book series. ![]() |