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Four Past Midnight is a collection of novellas written by Stephen King in 1988 and 1989 and published in August 1990. [1] It is his second book of this type, the first one being Different Seasons.
In his book, Riordan made the labyrinth grow to cover the entire undergrowth of the United States. [7] On 4 October 2007, Publishers Weekly revealed the book's title along with the cover art by John Rocco. [8] A preview of the book was read out for children to judge, and the reactions were "unbelievable", according to the author. [7]
The collisions that formed Pannotia were glancing collisions, and the continents composing Pannotia already had active rifting. By the Cambrian 540 Ma , or only about 60 million years after Pannotia formed, Pannotia disintegrated into four continents: Laurentia , Baltica , Siberia and Gondwana .
Alexander Nevsky's 1242 campaign against German and Estonian invaders is a major subject of Book 4, including the climactic Battle on the Ice. The mythical Baba Yaga helps the protagonists defend Kievan Rus'. In Book 5, the action shifts to the Albigensian Crusade against Catharism, and the 1244 siege of Château de Montségur.
The fourth book in the Dark Tower series, published in 1997 it placed fourth in the annual Locus Poll for best fantasy novel. [1] Dave McKean created eighteen Illustrations for The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass. The original eighteen illustrations appear only in the first edition hardback and trade paperback released in 1997. [2]
Pannotia was centred on the South Pole, hence its name. Pannotia (from Greek: pan-, "all", -nótos, "south"; meaning "all southern land"), also known as the Vendian supercontinent, Greater Gondwana, and the Pan-African supercontinent, was a relatively short-lived Neoproterozoic supercontinent that formed at the end of the Precambrian during the Pan-African orogeny (650–500 Ma), during the ...
The list also includes one book that won two categories: Romance queen Emily Henry's "Funny Story" was readers' pick for both "Best Romance" and "Best Audiobook," which was a newly introduced ...
This book is composed of what remains of that left behind by the fictional privateer Captain William Lubber. His journal tells of the chase of the notorious female pirate Arabella Drummond across the seven seas. Included in the book is a replica of a treasure map, leading to Arabella Drummond's buried treasure.