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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer is a 2009 memoir by Novella Carpenter. The book describes her extensive garden in Ghost Town, a run down neighborhood a mile from downtown Oakland, California. [1] Farm City was listed by some reviewers as one of the top books of 2009. [2] [3] [4] [5]
[1] [2] His mystery novels were adapted into films The Man in 3B (2015), The Preacher's Son (2017), The Choir Director (2018) and Influence (2020). Weber created and produced the crime family drama series The Family Business (2018–present) based on his book series. In 2022 he created the crime drama series The Black Hamptons. [3]
Ordinary (fictional town), Oregon, USA: The Others series: Anne Bishop: 2: 2013-2014: ongoing: Precognate, shape-shifting and elemental non-human: Similar to east coast of USA [83] Outcast Season series: Rachel Caine: 4: 2009-2012: Magical humans, jinn: Parasol Protectorate series: Gail Carriger: 5: 2009-2012 [84] [85] Prospero's War series ...
The painting turns out to be an interdimensional portal, and the Center's staff kick out the Artistes. Manny and Brooklyn arrive in Padmini's magically protected apartment and stay the night. Bronca is offered 23 million dollars to exhibit the Alt Artistes' work by the Woman in White, disguised as Dr. White of the "Better New York Foundation".
Sama's father is hospitalized after a heart attack, and given only a month to live. A stranger at the hospital tells Sama that he can find a cure for his father, the Sugar Stone, a magical healing item, but it is located in the mysterious realm of Undertown. All Sama needs to do is crawl under his bed, close his eyes, and countdown from ten to one.
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles is a 1990 book by Mike Davis examining how contemporary Los Angeles has been shaped by different powerful forces in its history. The book opens with Davis visiting the ruins of the socialist community of Llano, organized in 1914 in what is now the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. The ...
Urban fantasy combines imaginary/unrealistic elements of plot, character, theme, or setting with a largely-familiar world [10] —combining the familiar and the strange. The world does not have to imitate the real world, but can instead be set in a different world or time. [11]
The novel is presented as a series of interviews in which various people recall their experiences with a man called Rant. Buster Casey is born in the rural town of Middleton with the senses of smell and taste far more advanced than other humans. He acquires the nickname Rant from a ch