![]() ![]() A TV series (13 one-hour episodes) based on his novel, jPod premieres on the CBC in January, 2008. ![]() 2006 marks the premiere of the feature film Everything's Gone Green, his first story written specifically for the screen and not adapted from any previous work. He has written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, England, and in 2001 resumed his practice as a visual artist, with exhibitions in spaces in North America, Europe and Asia. Since then he has published nine novels and several non-fiction books in 35 languages and most countries on earth. His first novel, Generation X, was published in March of 1991. ![]() Coupland has studied art and design in Vancouver, Canada, Milan, Italy and Sapporo, Japan. In 1965 his family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he continues to live and work. Douglas Coupland is Canadian, born on a Canadian Air Force base near Baden-Baden, Germany, on December 30, 1961. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Help illustrate the marvelous way Bujold writes her stories. There is a pair of sentences near the end of "MoM" that might Packs a lot into this novella (having a previously established background Spare, transparent prose style, she needs room for all the layering, depthĪnd development she gives her characters and plots - but she certainly Thinks the novel is her best length: I believe she's right - despite her In one of the essays, Bujold says that she Skill, cunning, and compassion, not simply to solve a murder, but more Skill, as Miles undergoes a harrowing experience, and must use all his Here Bujold is showing her real depth and Novella "The Mountains of Mourning", giving us a turning point Novella, with a more satisfying, interesting SF background, turning onĪnd then there's the Hugo and Nebula award winning "Dreamweaver's Dilemma" is a more substantial Suburban life, those kind of single SF-trick stories typical of many Slight (in terms of SF content), stories of the hell of contemporary Sale" and "The Hole Truth" are well-written, but rather The feel, without the turgidness, of the original. ![]() Lady on the Embankment" is a good Sherlock Holmes pastiche, capturing (In Penric's Labors )Ī collection of short stories and essays, the best of which haveĪlready appeared elsewhere in print before. The Adventures of the Lady on the Embankment.The Borders of Infinity linking story.Allegories of Change: the "New" Biotech in the Eye of Science Fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() So without further ado, start clicking to be inspired by all 65 of these tiny homes. (Or to take the extra easy route, you can buy one of these tiny houses straight from Amazon!) No matter your style and taste, you're sure to find one in this list that fits your decor preferences for a vacation home, to downsize, as a "granny pod" in your backyard, or even to just find some design inspiration for a small studio apartment or a cozy reading nook in your home of any size. With it the tiny home lifestyle comes with a small price, reduced environmental footprint, and simplified way of living, not to mention the many options for architecture and interior design they bring. Is there anything more quaint than a tiny house? With the increasing popularity of these homes, we have rounded up also our favorite tiny house plans and small houses (they're practically tiny!) to let you ooo and ah over them and maybe even dream up your own tiny home to build or buy. I am going to put the Not So Big House on my Reading List I have an average size home, about 2,000 square feet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The question to be asked then is whether this new writing is a fair representation of the existential realities of Africa, or if it is just a "Caine-prize aesthetic" that has emerged in a vacuum created by the judges and the publishers and agents over the years, and which has begun to perpetuate itself. The result, for the reader, isn't always catharsis, as Aristotle suggested, but its direct opposite: a sort of creeping horror that leads to a desensitisation to the reality being represented. We are talking child soldiers, genocide, child prostitution, female genital mutilation, political violence, police brutality, dictatorships, predatory preachers, dead bodies on the roadside. To perform Africa, the distinguished panellist explained, is to inundate one's writing with images and symbols and allusions that evoke, to borrow a phrase from Aristotle, pity and fear, but not in a real tragic sense, more in a CNN, western-media-coverage-of-Africa, poverty-porn sense. One of the panellists, in passing, accused the new writers of "performing Africa" for the world. ![]() I was at a Caine prize seminar a few years back and the discussion was on the state of the new fiction coming out of Africa. ![]() ![]() ![]() I haven’t read the book yet (it’s on my list), but I believe there is great wisdom in careful discernment and intentional decision-making when it comes to our intake of information. McCracken divides The Wisdom Pyramid into six categories, beginning with the bottom and most important layer, the Bible, followed by church, then nature, then books, then beauty, and finally the internet and social media. ![]() He argues, “We need for our spiritual health what the food pyramid was for our physical health-guidance on what to eat and not eat, and in what proportions.” ![]() It’s this conviction that led Brett McCracken to write his latest book, The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World. In other words, we not only need a healthy, balanced diet of food, but also of information. This is true not only for what we put in our mouths but also in our minds. They are the most important and should be consumed more often. We need food from all groups, of course, but especially from the bottom layers. The bottom layer and foundation of a healthy diet is vegetables and fruit, followed by grains, then dairy, meat, eggs, and nuts, topped off by healthy fats. Basically, it presents the five main food groups and how much we should be consuming from each of them. Have you ever heard of the ‘Healthy Eating Pyramid’? I have vague memories of learning about it in primary school. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The appearance of his byline in the New Yorker is always an event, and collected here for the first time readers can see his work forms an always enthralling but deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up against them. ROGUES brings together a dozen of Patrick Radden Keefe’s most celebrated articles from The New Yorker. As Keefe says in his preface: 'They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.' Keefe brilliantly explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black-market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death-penalty attorney who represents the 'worst of the worst', among other bravura works of literary journalism. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker. he's a national treasure.' Rachel Maddow Patrick Radden Keefe's work has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US to the Orwell Prize in the UK for his meticulously reported, hypnotically engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Every time he writes an article, I read it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Time is running out before the island will be sold. But they aren't the only ones searching for the treasure.Someone is following them, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. No-one knows where, but Tory Brennan - great-niece of famous forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan - is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues. A 300-year-old legend Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. The breathtaking follow-up to Virals, Kathy Reichs' brand new forensic series HEART-STOPPING FORENSIC ACTION WITH A LETHAL TWIST The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money. ![]() ![]() The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money. The breathtaking follow-up to Virals in the new forensic series from Sunday Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs. The book starts 3 months after the events of Virals with Tory and her friends having just been allowed to leave the house again after being grounded. Description for Seizure (Tory Brennan 2 Adult Cover) Paperback. Seizure is the second book in Kathy Reichs’ young adult series of books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the book for people who love punctuation and get upset about it. "You have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion - and arguably you didn't have much of that to begin with." If there are only pendants left who care, then so be it. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss dares to say that, with our system of punctuation patently endangered, it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them for the wonderful and necessary things they are. "Pansy's ready," we learn to our considerable interest ("Is she?"), as we browse among the bedding plants. ![]() "Its Summer!" says a sign that cries out for an apostrophe, "ANTIQUE,S," says another, bizarrely. Everyone knows the basics of punctuation, surely? Aren't we all taught at school how to use full stops, commas and question marks? And yet we see ignorance and indifference everywhere. ![]() ![]() ![]() When his father died at an early age, he took over being responsible for his younger brothers, although they have a very strong mother. Julian is one of three sons in the Ross family, and the one who has always been responsible. Which is how Daniel Michaelson, my very straight, very hot best friend becomes my fake boyfriend, even though he’s most definitelyĪs I mentioned in my review last week of The Fall, I stumbled onto this series on Amazon and thought that first book sounded interesting. The one unlikely exception: the gorgeous guy who moved to a cabin just outside of town and somehow became my best friend.īut friendships are complicated, and one morning I find myself accidentally telling the whole town the biggest lie of my life. It’s a hell of a lot simpler spending my time working with animals than trying to interact with actual people. I do what’s expected, say what’s expected, and keep to myself as much as possible. I’ve lived in O’Leary my entire life and learned to fly under the radar a long time ago. The last thing I need is complications, and most definitely The only recent exception: O’Leary’s town veterinarian…my new best friend. For one thing, every person I’ve ever cared about has let me down. ![]() I suck at relationships and don’t trust anyone, but there are reasons for that. ![]() ![]() His work on Robert Jackson Bennett’s Divine Cities trilogy is beautiful. ![]() This is a testament to the Mistborn series’ longevity that it’s stayed in print long enough to even need new covers!Īfter a few brainstorming sessions, we were drawn to some of the symbolic book cover illustrations that Sam Weber has done recently. They’ve been on the paperback books for over a decade now, and it was time for a refresh. Sometime last year, we got into a discussion with Brandon’s agent Joshua about the Mistborn mass market covers. Thankfully we’re not quite getting a different “book look” with each season of the year, but the way a book cover is illustrated and designed can definitely tell you about how long it’s been on the market. Yeah, we don’t talk much about that one.īook design, just like fashion and automotive design, goes through phases. Then there was that one cover with the grim reaper. ![]() The Mistborn series book covers have had a colorful history of different illustrations: the beautiful originals by Jon Foster, Chris McGrath’s iconic renditions that we can probably thank for some of the paperbacks’ success over the years, and of course let’s not forget Sam Weber’s fantastic covers for the young adult editions. ![]() |