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City of Thieves is a 2008 historical fiction novel by David Benioff. It is, in part, a coming of age story set in the World War II siege of Leningrad . It follows the adventures of two youths as they desperately search for a dozen eggs at the behest of a Soviet NKVD officer, a task that takes them far behind enemy lines.
Powell's headquarters, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. [4] Powell's City of Books is located in the Pearl District on the edge of downtown and occupies a full city block between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W. Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It contains over 68,000 ...
Emma Davis of the Fantasy Book Review, gave the book a rating of 8/10, praising the overall plot and mystery while criticizing aspects of the language and pacing. [ 7 ] The book won the 2019 Ditmar Award for Best Novel, [ 8 ] the 2019 Norma K. Hemming Award , [ 9 ] and was tied for the 2018 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel with Maria Lewis ...
City of Night is a novel written by John Rechy. It was originally published in 1963 in New York by Grove Press. Earlier excerpts had appeared in Evergreen Review, Big Table, Nugget, and The London Magazine. City of Night is notable for its exposé approach to and stark depiction of hustling, as well as its stream of consciousness narrative style.
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City of Bones is the first urban fantasy book in author Cassandra Clare's New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.The novel, first published in 2007, is set in modern-day New York City and has been released in several languages, including Bulgarian, Hebrew, Polish and Japanese.
The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semi-monthly magazine [2] with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs. Published in New York City, it is inspired by the idea that the discussion of important books is an indispensable literary activity.
City of Heavenly Fire generally received mixed to positive reviews. Common Sense Media called the book 'an exciting send-off' giving the book a rating of 4/5, stating that "This YA fantasy is too long—but amid far too much of the characters' internal dialogue and remembrances of the good and bad times of the past five books, it's got a ...