![]() JESSIE VAN RHEENEN: I want to open with the language of your stories in Coulrophobia and Fata Morgana. ![]() Forthcoming are The Liars’ Asylum (Black Lawrence Press) and a second novel, Millard Salter’s Last Day, out in November 2017 from Gallery Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint.ĭuring the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Washington, D.C., I sat down with Appel over coffee for a discussion of his approach to absurdity in fiction, matriarchal families, the value of MFA programs, the illusion of authenticity, and expanding fair use. ![]() This year alone, Appel will publish four books, a confluence he describes as “an embarrassment of riches.” So far in 2017, he has released a story collection and a novel: The Topless Widow of Herkimer Street, winner of the 2016 Howling Bird Press Fiction Award, and The Mask of Sanity (Permanent Press). His short fiction has appeared in over two hundred literary journals he also publishes in the field of bioethics and is a practicing psychiatrist in New York City. ![]() Appel is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including the recent story collection Coulrophobia and Fata Morgana. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When Centurion Macro arrives on British soil as one of Emperor Claudius's invasion force in AD 43, he is facing one of the toughest campaigns of his battle-scarred career. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. ![]() THE EAGLE'S CONQUEST is the thrilling second novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. After the long march west, Cato and Macro undertake a special mission that will thrust them headlong into a conspiracy that threatens to topple the Emperor himself. ![]() Then the men discover that the army's next campaign will take them to a land of unparalleled barbarity - Britain. As second-in-command to Macro, the fearless, battle-scarred centurion who leads them, Cato has more to prove than most in the adventures that lie ahead. If adjusting to the rigours of military life isn't difficult enough for the bookish young man, he also has to contend with the disgust of his colleagues when, because of his imperial connections, he is appointed a rank above them. It is AD 42, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. ![]() A must read for fans of Bernard Cornwell. UNDER THE EAGLE is the gripping first novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, even if you believe that a Jew called Jesus, born around 4BC, was also the incarnation of God, it remains an interesting question how such an astounding fact was discovered. 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The jet crashed into a hotel in nearby Gonesse two minutes after takeoff. The aircraft lifted off, but the loss of thrust, high drag from the extended landing gear, and fire damage to the flight controls made it impossible to maintain control. Large amounts of fuel leaking from the rupture ignited, causing a loss of thrust in the left-hand-side engines 1 and 2. Tyre fragments, flung by the rapidly spinning wheel, violently struck the underside of the wing, damaging parts of the landing gear – thus preventing its retraction – and causing the integral fuel tank to rupture. While taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport, the aircraft ran over debris on the runway, causing a tyre to blow up and disintegrate. It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history. On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. ![]() ![]() Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States ![]() ![]() ![]() Silk & Steel is out now in ebook, paperback and audiobook. ![]() If Lysander can’t save himself, maybe he can save the elf and maybe, just maybe… one stubborn elf will be enough to bring down the queen before she kills them all.ĭuty demands they fight for their people. An elf who sparks a violent, forbidden desire in Lysander. ![]() A stubborn, prideful, fool of an elf who doesn’t know when to quit. There’s nothing left to live for, until an elf assassin almost kills him. If the queen doesn’t kill him for his failures, her enemies will. Trapped in a life he despises, Lysander knows his time is running out. A warrior, a killer, and something else… something Eroan finds himself inexplicably drawn to. Why kill just the queen when he can kill them all? It would be simple, if not for the troubled and alluring prince. King of the Dark by Ariana Nash Write The First Customer Review Filter Results Shipping Eligible for Free Shipping Expedited Shipping Available Seller Rating 'Your love is worthless, it's your hate I need.' Prince Vasili Caville When King Talos Caville surrendered the war to the elves, soldier Nikolas Yazdan vowed never to serve the royals again. ![]() Now, captured and forced into the queen’s harem, Eroan sees another opportunity. He would have succeeded if not for her last line of defense: Prince Lysander. Humans have vanished under the rubble of their world and if the queen has her way, elves will be next.Įroan, one of the last elven assassins, lives for one purpose: kill the queen. The Dragon Queen’s reign is one of darkness and death. ![]() ![]() The chief says the case isn’t a killing like the last two, but something simple that the cops can handle but Dupin might find interesting, as the case is odd, like Dupin himself. The narrator says it is quite a coincidence, but not if Dupin knows the chief is coming. Dupin and the narrator are smoking pipes by the fire discussing the two previous cases, “meditation and meerschaum,” as the narrator says, when the police chief, who pleaded with Dupin to take the case of Marie Roget, returns to ask him to take another case that he is charged to solve personally and can’t. Like the Rue Morgue, Poe returned to a fantastic, imaginary case after worrying about his reputation in misjudging the case of Mary Rogers a bit. Different critics have praised each of the three stories as the best, but Poe himself said that the last, The Purloined Letter, was his best, and it is both brilliant and half the length of the other two tales, which may make it more profound according to Dupin. ![]() ![]() The authors' hope is that by understanding how patriarchal traditionalists have come to exercise so much authority in today's Islam, as well as by rereading some of the Qur'an's most controversial verses, adherents of the faith will learn to question patriarchal dogma and see that an egalitarian reading of the Qur'an is equally possible and, for myriad reasons, more plausible. Hassan, and Amina Wadud come readily to mind, Asma Barlass more recent Believing Women joins their ranks in examining how the accumulated tradition regarding gender roles in Muslim societies might be re-envisioned. They show how traditional teachings about women's inferiority are not supported by the Qur'an but were products of patriarchal societies that used it to justify their existing religious and social structures. ![]() The authors focus primarily on the Qur'an's teachings about women and patriarchy. She explains why a handful of verses have been interpreted to favor men and shows how these same verses can be read in an egalitarian way that is fully supported by the text itself and compatible with the Qur'an's message that it is complete and self-consistent.Ī Brief Introduction presents the arguments of Believing Women in a simplified way that will be accessible and inviting to general readers and undergraduate students. ![]() Is women's inequality supported by the Qur'an? Do men have the exclusive right to interpret Islam's holy scripture? In her best-selling book Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an, Asma Barlas argues that, far from supporting male privilege, the Qur'an actually encourages the full equality of women and men. ![]() ![]() ![]() And like me, you will laugh, you will cheer, you will gasp, you will stress eat, and you will probably cry. But I will say, if you do love the others, you will love this one. So, for that reason, I don't want to share my feelings on characters too much because it might give stuff away. Now, if you love these books, you know how twisty and turny they can be. She didn't steal the scenes in this book (that honor belongs to someone else), but she did rise in my "favorite character" standings. But Lyria's story and her budding friendship with a particular character really surprised me and took me off guard. There were also a surprising amount of grammatical errors, but that's to be expected in an "uncorrected" copy, so I won't hold that against it.ĭarrow and Lysander have strong showings, as you'd expect, no matter how you feel about Lysander (and one particular hashtag, iykyk). This book follows four characters, the newest of which (though not technically a new perspective to the series, just the newest compared to the others) is probably the weakest in the book (in my opinion). ![]() In the interest of not spoiling anything for anyone else, I must be brief. Angry that I must wait *however long* for Red God. ![]() This book is everything I wanted it to be. Well, I did say I was ready to be hurt again. ![]() ![]() “The rich cast of secondary characters plenty of humor.enrich this thirteenth in the long-running series.”- Booklist ![]() “Benni delves into the secrets of the town's elite with her usual flair, unraveling a plot that is as dangerous as the bulls on her father's ranch and as cozy as the quilts she reveres.”- Publishers Weekly Nevertheless, she’ll need to crack this exclusive circle of suspects, before one more gourmet goose gets cooked. But with a famously reclusive artist about to put Benni’s quilting museum on the map-and her daunting mother-in-law soon to arrive-Benni’s holiday is already hectic. Reluctant at first, she profiles a few women whose social ambitions give them an obvious motive. When the latest socialite de-pledges in her sleep, Benni’s boss wants the mystery solved-and naturally, it’s landed on Benni’s to-do list. The upper crust, female-only “49 Club” is restricted to exactly that many members, and one must die before another joins. ![]() ![]() San Celina’s most exclusive society suddenly has an opening and Benni Harper has been tapped-not to join, but to investigate. ![]() In the new novel in the “breezy humorous” ( Chicago Sun-Times) series, Benni Harper is carrying a bundle of holiday stress-as she unwraps the secrets of an elite and possibly murderous society. ![]() |