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The Books of Elsewhere is a series of fantasy novels for kids and young teens by Jacqueline West that centers on the McMartins' house on Linden Street, which has many magical paintings. There are five Books of Elsewhere: [1] The Shadows (2010) Spellbound (2011) The Second Spy (2012) The Strangers (2013) Still Life (2014)
The Book of Elsewhere is a 2024 action and speculative fiction novel written by Keanu Reeves and British author China Miéville that takes place in an alternate universe to the main BRZRKR universe. Reeves had initial ideas for a novel set in the BRZRKR universe after the release of the first volume of his BRZRKR comic book run (2021) was ...
In the USA, the book was nominated for a 2006 Quill award, won the Borders Original Voices Award, and was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Book Club. [5] The book was also included on several "Best of" Lists including School Library Journal , Horn Book Magazine , Kirkus Reviews , Amazon.com , and the American Library Association Notable ...
Penguin Classics published a 100-page extract of "The Shadow of the Sun," in English in February 2007, as part of their "Great Journeys," series of short books highlighting 20 diverse historic examples of travel writing from antiquity to 2007. "The Shadow of the Sun" extract was published under the title "The Cobra's Heart," (ISBN 9780141025551).
During the years when The Book of the New Sun was published, Wolfe published two stories from it separately: "Foila's Story: The Armiger's Daughter" (one of the entries in the story-telling contest in the Pelerines' hospital) and "The Tale of the Student and his Son" (one of the two stories that Severian reproduces from a book he obtained for Thecla when she was imprisoned).
The Shadow of the Torturer is a science fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe, published by Simon & Schuster in May 1980. [2] It is the first of four volumes in The Book of the New Sun [1] which Wolfe had completed in draft before The Shadow of the Torturer was published.
The reviewer for the Chicago Daily Tribune wrote of the novel, "The Sun Also Rises is the kind of book that makes this reviewer at least almost plain angry." [ 105 ] Some reviewers disliked the characters, among them the reviewer for The Dial , who thought the characters were shallow and vapid; and The Nation and Atheneum deemed the characters ...
Shadows is a 1999 novel written by British author Tim Bowler. It tells the story of Jamie, a 16-year-old living in Ashingford who used to enjoy playing squash. It is revealed in the book that he stopped liking the sport after his family moved to Ashingford. Jamie is under pressure from his father to succeed.