![]() In Arabic texts, his name has appeared as Abdullah al-Ḥaẓrad (عبدالله الحظرد). The more proper Arabic form might be Abd al-Hazred or simply Abdul Hazred, although these are still anomalous, as Hazred is not one of the 99 Names of God. What if they were to discover that, far from being mad, Abdul Alhazred was so terribly sane that others dubbed him mad simply because they could not bear the burden of the facts he uncovered?Ībdul Alhazred is not an Arabic name. Many have read excerpts from the Necronomicon, yet are reassured by the thought that Alhazred was mad. ![]() ~ Brian Lumley, The Transition of Titus Crow ![]() ![]() Aleister Crowley was a nobody by comparison, Dee a pewling babe, Éliphas Lévi a mere dabbler and Merlin, if he ever existed, a first-year apprentice. ' Alhazred', the professor answered, 'was the greatest dreamer, seer and mystic of all time. ![]()
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By the time Lisa was ten, Lisa’s mother had them pledging their lives to the Unification Church (the “Moonies”). ![]() By the time her older brother was ten, Lisa’s father had him smoking pot. Lisa’s early years in 1970s New York City were a mixture of encounter groups, macrobiotic diets, communes, Indian ashrams, and watching naked actors on off-Broadway stages in the musical HAIR. ![]() Phoenixville Public Library will host a book talk by local author Lisa Kohn, author of to the moon and back: a childhood under the influence, on Thursday, April 1 at 7:00 PM. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A lady is found dead in her bed, the apparent victim of a murder the coroner proves could not possibly have occurred. And how he can write!" - Virginia Kirkus The discovery of piles of bones seeming to belong to a previously unknown species of monster will help to unfold a macabre and grisly tale. Many of his concepts are so original that they blur the distinction between fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and horror, but the cumulative impact of his short stories is horrific in the extreme." - "Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural" "Kersh tells a story, as such, rather better than anybody else." - Pamela Hansford Johnson, "Daily Telegraph" "Gerald Kersh has a strange, perverted sort of genius. "Gerald Kersh had a wild imagination matched by a vivid, near-hallucinatory style. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lukas de Wilde and his flock of students. Turns out that Eleanor has rented Shorehaven to the handsome, charismatic environmentalist Dr. ![]() Would Iris like to come down to Eleanor's cottage estate Shorehaven and have a look? Before long Iris is on the scene-and on the case. Then, just when all hope seems lost, Iris gets a call from Eleanor Brady, a wealthy, reclusive spinster who just happens to have trunks full of vintage fabrics. In just a matter of days her apron shop Ruffles & Bows, will be jam-packed with tourists eager to lay eyes on its world-class collection of aprons and linens-and Iris's inventory is running low. Iris Buckley is busier than ever this July, with the town's annual Lobster Festival fast approaching. Tragedy strikes in Thread and Dead, the second book in Elizabeth Penney's cozy mystery series-and now everyone in Blueberry Cove, Maine, is on pins and needles. ![]() ![]() There was no time to develop a plot or revealing information about a few major characters because Hearne's publisher had given him a deadline. What I'm saying is that it DIDN'T take five or more years to write the last three books, and it shows. A paragraph or two to introduce some new supernatural creature I never heard of before, two more paragraphs of Oberon jokes, a bare mention of Granuale, a page or two of battle to destroy the supernatural creature that we barely know and do not care about (some of them come back for seconds and thirds), they run a bit. I've tried three times, starting up from where I left off, but it is just so incredibly dull. I literally kept falling asleep during it. But the first book made such a big splash that the publisher went crazy. Time to develop the plot time to fiddle with them and rewrite. ![]() For all we know the first three books could have taken him five years or even longer. So who knows how long it took him to actually write them. It is my understanding that the first three books in this series were already written before Hearne found a publisher. ![]() ![]() He has produced a solid courtroom thriller with plenty to say about the long half-life of prejudice in the deep south. ![]() Grisham's decision to revive Brigance after almost 25 years and write what amounts to a historical novel is intriguing. As one character observes: "Ethics are determined by what they catch you doing." Grisham has no more time than the creator of Jarndyce v Jarndyce would have had for a judicial system that allows straightforward trials to become feeding frenzies, where sharp practice and techniques such as "deposition warfare", in which lawyers with their meters running peck away at witnesses for hours, are shrugged off as part of the game. ![]() If the division-of-estate plot lends Sycamore Row Shakespearean gravitas (Lang becomes Hubbard's proxy third child – a Cordelia who loves according to her bond and yet is rewarded), then the multiple-will twist is self-consciously Dickensian. But before he can represent the estate in what promises to be a gladiatorial trial by jury, Brigance must decode him, and fast. Its existence raises questions about Hubbard's "testamentary capacity" in his final months – was he out of it on Demerol? Hubbard was such an enigma that inferring any kind of motive is tricky. ![]() Just to complicate matters, there is another will – a more conventional one, that rewards the children and excludes Lang. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tiger Daughter is a novel that will grab hold of you and not let go Cataloging source VWMR Lim, Rebecca Dewey number A823. But when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen's resilience and resourcefulness to get herself and Henry through the storm that follows. Wen and her friend, Henry Xiao - whose mum and dad are also poor immigrants - both dream of escape from their unhappy circumstances, and they form a plan to sit an entrance exam to a selective high school far from home. ![]() Language eng Summary Wen Zhou is the daughter and only child of Chinese immigrants whose move to the lucky country has proven to be not so lucky. Children of immigrants - Juvenile fiction.Immigrants - Chinese - Juvenile fiction.Label Tiger daughter Title Tiger daughter Statement of responsibility Rebecca Lim Creator ![]() ![]() Inspired by her son, Roll With It is author Jamie Sumner’s first novel, and with it, she has given us a main character who is upbeat, smart, funny, and darned independent. ![]() Ellie starts school and a new life in Oklahoma, befriending Coralee and Bert schoolmates who have their own eccentric flairs, and taking on a school that isn’t ready for Ellie. Ellie’s grandmother is thrilled to have her family for a visit, but makes it clear that she’s not putting her husband into a home. After her grandfather, who has dementia, drives his car into a local supermarket, Ellie’s mom packs up and heads to Eufala, Oklahoma, to live with and help out. Ellie also has cerebral palsy, or CP, which keeps her wheelchair-bound, but never out of the game. 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