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In The Times, a reviewer said, "As to Lovelace's language, he is in a world of his own.It is a carnival of Creole sounds, and this is the deepest ideology of the novel, the display of the power of West Indian speech, the emancipation of the West Indian tongue from the shackles of the English sentence."
Adam Roberts has been nominated three times for the Arthur C. Clarke Award: in 2001 for his debut novel, Salt, in 2007 for Gradisil and in 2010 for Yellow Blue Tibia. He won both the 2012 BSFA Award for Best Novel, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, for Jack Glass. It was further shortlisted for The Kitschies Red Tentacle award.
The Book of Salt is a 2003 debut novel by Vietnamese-American author Monique Truong.. It presents a narrative through the eyes of Bình, a Vietnamese cook. His story centers in Paris in his life as the cook in the home of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, and is supplemented by his memories of his childhood in French-colonial Vietnam.
Why the Sea Is Salt (Norwegian: Kvernen som maler på havsens bunn; the mill that grinds at the bottom of the sea) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr. [1] Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book (1889). [2]
Reviewing the novel for Infinity Plus, Stuart Carter writes, "Doris Lessing and Iain Banks collaborate to rewrite The Dispossessed, and do a better job of it than anyone might reasonably hope! OK, so it's not exactly a blockbuster by-line but, please, trust me on this one—Salt is a moving, intelligent and great book." He adds that Petja and ...
He used his knowledge of the oil industry to full effect, criticizing the businessmen who ran it and the politicians they served. Munif was the author of fifteen novels. The Cities of Salt quintet followed the evolution of the Arabian Peninsula as its traditional Bedouin culture was transformed by the oil boom.
The Greek Myths by Robert Graves (1955) Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece by Gustav Schwab (1837) Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece by W. H. D. Rouse (1934) Bulfinch's Mythology (originally published as three volumes) by Thomas Bulfinch (1855) Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1942) Myths of the Ancient Greeks by Richard P. Martin (2003)
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes is a book written by Edith Hamilton, published in 1942 by Little, Brown and Company. [1] It has been reissued since then by several publishers, including its 75th anniversary illustrated edition. [2] It retells stories of Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology drawn from a variety of sources. The ...