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A reviewer in The Telegraph (UK), noted: "This unsettling small-town noir draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland, where corruption, desperation, and crime run rife. A gritty look at trust and betrayal where the written law isn't the only one, The Ruin asks who will protect you when the authorities can't-or won't."
Gildas swathes the condemnations in allegorical beasts from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation, likening the kings to the beasts described there: a lion, a leopard, a bear, and a dragon. [11] The kings excoriated by Gildas are: "Constantine the tyrannical whelp of the unclean lioness of Damnonia". [12] [13] "thou lion's whelp ...
Roman pool (with associated modern superstructure) at Bath, England.The pool and Roman ruins may be the subject of the poem. "The Ruin of the Empire", or simply "The Ruin", is an elegy in Old English, written by an unknown author probably in the 8th or 9th century, and published in the 10th century in the Exeter Book, a large collection of poems and riddles. [1]
Love in the Ruins (subtitle:The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World) is a novel of speculative or science fiction by author Walker Percy from 1971. [1] It follows its main character, Dr Thomas More, namesake and descendant of Sir Thomas More (author of Utopia ), a psychiatrist in a small town in Louisiana called ...
Tunnels has been followed by further books in the series, Deeper (2008) and Freefall (2009), and a further installment entitled Closer was published in the UK on 3 May 2010 and the fifth book, Spiral, in 2011. The sixth and final book in the Tunnels series is called Terminal and was published in the UK on 6 May
It is the first in the five-book series of the same name. It was first published in 1993 and re-released in 2003 with the fifth and final novel in the series: Rowan of the Bukshah . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1994, the novel won the Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers .
Touch Me (ISBN 0702231517 [1]) is a novel written by Australian author James Moloney. It was published in April 2000 by University of Queensland Press . The National Library of Australia holds eleven editions of this title including as a book , braille , sound recording, MP3 and electronic resource. [ 1 ]
The book fits specifically into the survival horror genre, which is marked by people doing whatever it takes to conquer their environment and stay alive. The novel was released on July 18, 2006 (ISBN 1-4000-4387-5). A film adaptation of the novel was released in the United States and Canada on April 4, 2008. [1]