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Patrick Skene Catling (born 14 February 1925) [1] is a British journalist, author and book reviewer, best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952. [2] He has written 12 novels, 3 works of nonfiction and 9 books for children.
The series, which has five books, deals with an orphaned 14-year-old boy, Leven Thumps, who becomes involved in a battle between good and evil. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The five books in the series are titled Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo (2005), [ 3 ] Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret (2006), [ 3 ] Leven Thumps and the Eyes of The Want (2007 ...
Years ago, when novelist Don Winslow first read Aeschylus, he recognized that the Greek father of literary tragedies had explored every major theme found in modern crime fiction, from murder ...
A Touch of Sin (Chinese: 天注定; lit. 'Destiny') is a 2013 Chinese anthology thriller film written and directed by Jia Zhangke and starring Jiang Wu , Wang Baoqiang , Luo Lanshan, and Zhao Tao , Jia's wife and longtime collaborator.
On Bookmarks Magazine Jul/Aug 2015 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Atkinson's latest novel is "a sprawling, unapologetically ambitious saga that tells the story of postwar Britain through the microcosm of a single family" (New ...
The Rúin (2018) is the debut crime novel by Irish/Australian writer Dervla McTiernan.It was originally published by HarperCollins in Australia in 2018. [1]It is the first in the author's Cormac Reilly series of novels, later following by The Scholar and The Good Turn.
Bones recovered from the 1545 Mary Rose shipwreck reveal new insights about life for the crew in Tudor England as well as shed light on how work changes our bones.
Children of Ruin is a 2019 science fiction novel by British author Adrian Tchaikovsky, the second in his Children of Time series. The novel was well received, winning the 2019 BSFA Award for Best Novel. [1] The book was followed by the third book in the series, Children of Memory, in 2022.