![]() ![]() Recently we asked NBCC members, former awards winners and finalists, What’s your favorite book about work? The responses to this NBCC Reads series poured in (a few within minutes). ![]() Even at work, where I am doing so well now, the sight of a closed door is sometimes enough to make me dread that something horrible is happening behind it, something that is going to affect me adversely if I am tired and dejected from a night of lies or booze or sex or just plain nerves or insomnia, I can almost smell the disaster mounting invisibly and flooding out toward me through the frosted glass panes.” It’s been grist for books from Studs Terkel’s Working to Joshua Ferris’ And Then We Came to the End to Joseph Heller’s Something Happened, set in an ad agency circa Mad Men, which begins with these evocative lines: “I get the willies when I see closed doors. Work is the all-American pastime, taking more and more of our waking hours, and infiltrating our sleep. ![]()
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![]() ![]() So who better to answer his questions than the son of the woman who murdered him? Six years ago, Graeme’s little brother also died and Graeme wants the truth about what happened that day. In spite of the blood feud that has raged for centuries between their families, Graeme finds himself in the unfortunate situation of needing Cassius’s help. He’s supposed to be their future, but all Graeme can think about is the past - until the infuriating Cassius Corbin returns. ![]() ![]() Once he finds it, he'll finally be everything the witches in Winslow fear and the Corbin name will be respected once again - as long as Graeme Hewitt, the son of his family's archenemy, stays out of his way.Īs the first weather witch born in a century, the witches in Winslow demand great things from Graeme Hewitt, despite his thoughts on the matter. While he’s home, he intends to track down a magical folio stolen from his family centuries ago. Six years later, he is back in the town of Winslow, Massachusetts to attend Tennebrose University. ![]() It was a lesson he learned well when his mother was murdered by fellow witches. Like all Necromancers, Cassius Corbin grew up knowing one irrevocable truth: death comes for us all. ![]() ![]() He spends his days training artificial-intelligence engines to act more human, jamming out to 1980s new wave - an extremely obscure genre - and trying to salvage his deteriorating marriage. Their slogan: ! Joel Byram, our smartass protagonist, is an everyday 22nd century guy. ![]() ![]() And teleportation has become the ideal mode of transportation, offered exclusively by International Transport - a secretive firm headquartered in New York City. We've genetically engineered mosquitoes to feast on carbon fumes instead of blood, ending air pollution. Advancements in nanotechnology have enabled us to control aging. Klein Narrator: Matthew Mercer Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 07-25-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 600 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Technothrillers Publisher's Summary: It's the year 2147. ![]() Go to Title: The Punch Escrow Author: Tal M. Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. ![]() ![]() Collins studied to be a lawyer and, in the Preamble, he explains why he uses various narrators to tell the story. ![]() Collins was a gifted wordsmith and one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victorian fiction writers.įriendship is a thread throughout the story as well as contrasting themes of selflessness and selfishness, bravery and cowardice, loyalty and treachery. There are twists, turns, and false trails, as well as some very humorous descriptions of different characters. It is a wonderfully written blend of melodrama, mystery and Victorian-style identity theft. There are certain elements common to Victorian novels and The Woman in White has all the complexities of Dickens (but a few less characters and so easier to follow) the exploration of character that Gaskell does so beautifully the thwarted love that Charlotte Bronte depicts in Jane Eyre, and the physical and psychological violence of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Wilkie Collins lived between 18 and his life overlapped those of other well-known Victorian authors whose books I’ve enjoyed reading: ![]() The Woman in White is an exciting and complex story with a memorable cast of heroes, villains, and sundry other interesting characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() * "A wonderfully charming tale of family and sisters that anyone can bond with." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review "It hits home partly because there is nothing else out there like it." - The New York Times Book Review "One of the most widely loved kids' graphic novels in recent history." - Booklist "Irresistible, funny, and touching." - Kirkus Reviews "A compassionate and accessible look at one girl's struggles with anxiety." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books * "A must." - School Library Journal, starred review * "The story both normalizes therapy and shows a child developing useful coping mechanisms for anxiety in a way that will reassure, even inspire, readers." - Publishers Weekly, starred review School Library Journal Best Graphic Novel of the YearĪ 2020 CBC Children’s & Teen Choice Book Award Winner School Library Journal Best Book of the Year ![]() ![]() Washington Post Best Graphic Novel of the Yearįorbes Best Graphic Novel of 2019, Honorable MentionĬhicago Public Library's Best of the Best New York Times Best Children's Book of 2019 ![]() ![]() The main reason I remember him these days is because of James McGlothlin’s title-by-title survey of the series here at BG.įortunately Steve H Silver has a much better memory than I do. Page is best known as the editor of four volumes of The Year’s Best Horror Stories (1976-79), also published by DAW. Heroic Fantasy was edited by two Georgian SF fans with very different careers. ![]() Paul Wilson, and Manly Wade Wellman - and kept readers talking for years. Page and Hank Reinhardt’s one-shot anthology Heroic Fantasy, which came out of nowhere, never had a sequel, but was packed with terrific original stories by Charles Saunders, Andre Norton, Adrian Cole, E. And the occasional Conan pastiche and Lancer paperback.Īnd there was Gerald W. Offutt’s Swords Against Darkness, naturally. Lin Carter’s Flashing Swords anthologies. ![]() If you were a sword & sorcery fan in the 70s and 80s, there wasn’t a lot to get excited about. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Webster's Thesaurus Edition) The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Tor Classics) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Apple Classics) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Volume 7) (Graphic Classics) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Children's Audio Classics) The Hunchback Of Notre Dame : Illustrated ![]() The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) The Hunchback of Notre Dame: The Stage Musical Songbook: Vocal Selections The Hunchback of Notre-Dame: The classic tale of the deformed bell-ringer of the Notre-Dame, who finds his calling and stands unto his tyrannic guardian, by Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Christopher Lee Reads.) ![]() The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Classic horror series) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Notre-Dame de Paris Book (Level 3) (Lectures Cle En Francais Facile) (French Edition) The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Includes MLA Style Citations for Scholarly Secondary Sources, Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Critical Essays (Squid Ink Classics) The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Real Reads (French Classics) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Great Illustrated Classics (Abdo)) ![]() Sales Rank Publication Date Lowest New Price ![]() ![]() She majored in English, history, and philosophy. Though sickly as a child, Yoshiko graduated from high school in two and a half years and enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, at age 16. Courtesy of the Yoshiko Uchida photograph collection, UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Yoshiko (left) and Keiko Uchida before the war. The girls took piano lessons and the family went to concerts and museums, while also taking memorable vacations to the East Coast and to Japan. The family lived in a rented home in an area of Berkeley that had been previously restricted to whites. By the time Yoshiko and her older sister Keiko (1918–2008) were born, her parents were well established, with Dwight working for the San Francisco branch of Mitsui and Company, and the girls enjoyed a relatively privileged upbringing. ![]() Both were Christian and graduates of Doshisha University. Yoshiko Uchida was born on November 24, 1921, to Issei parents Dwight Takashi Uchida (1884–1971) and Iku Umegaki Uchida (1893–1966). ![]() ![]() Her New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards. Wells has written many fantasy novels, including The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite, the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction. ![]() “I love Murderbot!”- New York Times bestselling author Ann Leckie. The series stars a human-like android who keeps getting sucked back into adventure after adventure, though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk. The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells concerns a violent, self-hacking cyborg searching for the meaning of life. ![]() “The original idea that I started with in All Systems Red was about an enslaved security person.” ![]() ![]() This could merely be a fun social media exercise since Endeavor owns WWE and UFC. Roman and Paul out the bus,” the 34-year-old legend said. It seemed playful until McGregor referenced SummerSlam. Heyman’s not fighting anyone anytime soon, but McGregor still wants a piece of him anyway. He took it to an audio message, too.Ģ012. ![]() Since Reigns holds the WWE and Universal Championships, McGregor noted his own multi-title run with the UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Championships. Starting Wednesday, McGregor began tweeting messages about Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman when a rumor about the former’s title run went viral. If the opportunity arises, however, the longtime UFC star appears to know what he wants. The likes of Mike Tyson and Tyson Fury have competed in matches while Ken Shamrock and Ronda Rousey (who’s still competing) signed full time.Īrguably MMA’s top talent of the past decade, Conor McGregor has never appeared on WWE programming, despite numerous company mentions on social media over the years. ![]() Crossing over with other fighting sports, WWE has drawn some of the biggest boxing and MMA stars to the squared circle over the years. ![]() |