![]() ![]() In 2007 Hosseini published his second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, which was even more successful than The Kite Runner, and then published And the Mountains Echoed in 2013. When The Kite Runner was published in 2003, it made Hosseini an international literary star. For the next ten years, Hosseini practiced medicine while working on his first novel, The Kite Runner, which was loosely based on his childhood. Nevertheless, he succeeded in learning English, attended medical school at UC San Diego, and completed his residence at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He spoke no English, and found his time in the U.S. At the age of fifteen, Hosseini and his family moved to the United States. As a result, they spent the next two years in Paris. Following the start of the Soviet-Afghan War in early 1979, Hosseini’s family realized that returning to Afghanistan would be nearly impossible. ![]() In 1978, Hosseini’s father moved the family to Paris. As a child, Hosseini loved to read and write, and was encouraged by both of his parents, particularly his mother. His father was a successful diplomat, and his mother was a high school teacher at an all-girls school. ![]() Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Nelson construct a new house for the Ingalls family, including an attic bedroom and two rooms downstairs. Through the winter, Pa purchases two horses, who will provide good labor and transportation for the family into the nearby town of Plum Creek. None of the Ingalls have any idea what this means. The summer is long and dry, which is perfect grasshopper weather according to the Nelsons. The family also becomes acquainted with their neighbors, the Nelsons, for whom Pa helps to work the land in exchange for goods and animals such as Spot the cow. Immediately, the family sets to work making improvements. Laura and Mary are especially excited to be living near a beautiful creek, while Ma is thankful that the journey from Wisconsin is over. The Hanson house is built straight into one of the banks of Plum Creek. Pa trades his wagon and horse team to Mr. As the novel begins, Charles (Pa) and his wife, Caroline (Ma), have just arrived along Plum Creek with their three daughters, Mary, Laura, and Carrie, and a few animals including their dog Jack. ![]() ![]() It details the life and experiences of young Laura Ingalls between the ages of seven and eight while living along Plum Creek in Minnesota. ![]() “On the Banks of Plum Creek” is a young adult semi-autobiographical novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and is part of her “Little House on the Prairie” series. ![]() ![]() ![]() The third book would offer a set of snapshots of Danny’s personal journey. A second book would provide a contemporary history of the field through the eyes of its leading scholar. One book would describe the broad psychology underlying the judgment and decision-making field. Yet despite having followed Danny’s work quite closely, I feel TFS is a much more complex book than I anticipated: It provides an integrated tale that could easily have been broken down into three different books. I have followed Danny’s work closely since my days as a graduate student, have discussed many issues about the field with him, and even had the opportunity to co-teach a decision-making course with him to executives at a major corporation. ![]() Instead, TFS provides an assessment and integration that goes far beyond these early, comparatively simple questions. ![]() In accepting an invitation to review Thinking, Fast and Slow ( TFS) by Daniel (Danny) Kahneman, I anticipated getting a comprehensive and clear response to these decades-old questions. Do cognitive biases show up in people other than college sophomores? Do people make decision mistakes outside the lab, when real incentives are on the line? Are smart people immune from bias? Are these biases really mistakes? Does experience eliminate biases?Īs a card-carrying member of the biases-and-heuristics crowd of the behavioral decision research field, these are the questions I have continually been asked over the years, despite my belief that they were answered conclusively long ago. ![]() ![]() There’s nothing explicitly supernatural here instead, the gods’ powers are political. 'With this deliciously inventive retelling of Greek mythology, the Dark Olympus series launch, Robert (the Bloodline Vampires series) thrusts familiar figures into the present to intoxicating effect. ![]() With no options left, Persephone flees Olympus and makes a devil's bargain with a man she once believed was a myth.a man who awakens her heart and her body to a world she never knew existed. But that all goes down the drain when her mother ambushes her with an engagement to Zeus, the dangerous power behind their glittering city's dark facade. ![]() ![]() She has plans to leave the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start her life far away from the backstabbing and politics. Society darling Persephone Dimitriou wants nothing to do with her mother's ambitions. ![]() ![]() ![]() SPIRITED is a full-length (300+ page) reverse harem romance with a (slightly) clumsy but still kick-butt angel heroine and her six boyfriends who just happen to be ghosts. What kind of spirit whisperer is Brynn of Haversey if she can't exorcise her own soulmates? But Brynn isn't attending the most prestigious academy in the world to become a better exorcist-she's searching for a way to bring her lovers back to life. Oh, and especially if she brings her six ghostly boyfriends with her to the academy (including the recently deceased crown prince, a master thief hanged for his crimes, and a former student of the Royal College). ![]() Competition is brutal and the classes, nearly impossible to pass for a half-breed angel with two left feet and a massive pair of black feathered wings. Every year, the Royal College accepts a small number of new students, all magically inclined, all whisperers. In the country of Amerin, she's one of a select few with magical gifts known as whisperers. Brynn of Haversey is a spirit whisperer-a person blessed with the ability to see and speak to the dead. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() More than lighthearted comedies built around puzzling crimes, these superbly written tales contain deeply perceptive philosophical reflections.įather Brown, an ordinary priest whose unremarkable exterior conceals extraordinary crime-solving ability, is celebrated for his solutions to metaphysical mysteries, a genre perfected by his creator, G. ![]() The Innocence of Father Brown is the first book of G.K. The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) was the first collection of stories featuring the ecclesiastical sleuth and is widely considered the best. Chestertons ingenious, thoughtful and lyrically written mystery short stories featuring the. In this annotated edition of the collection, the Chesterton scholar Martin Gardner provides detailed notes and background information on various aspects of such stories as "The Blue Cross," "The Secret Garden," "The Invisible Man," "The Hammer of God," "The Eye of Apollo," and seven more, as well as an informative introduction and an extensive bibliography. Included also are eight illustrations reproduced from the first edition. ![]() The result is an indispensable companion for all Chesterton enthusiasts and a perfect introduction for anyone who has yet to meet the incomparable Father Brown. ![]() ![]() ![]() While there's no denying that the basic premise is fascinating and entertaining, the real draw here is Angel's personal journey of growth and self-discovery.” -Tor.com “ An incredibly fun series, and a breath of fresh air in an increasingly crowded field. “Rowland is a hilarious writer, and her White Trash Zombie series shines in a crowded genre.” - USA Today Praise for the White Trash Zombie series: ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. She’ll need plenty of brainpower to fit all the pieces-and body parts-together in order to save herself, her town, and quite possibly the human race. Soon she's fighting her way through mud, blood, bullets and intrigue, even as zombies, both real and fake, prowl the streets.Īngel’s been through more than her share of crap, but this time she’s in way over her head. Oh, and it’s raining, and won’t let up.īut things get even crazier when a zombie movie starts filming in town, and Angel begins to suspect that it’s not just the plot of the movie that's rotten. ![]() Our favorite white trash zombie, Angel Crawford, has enough problems of her own, what with dealing with her alcoholic, deadbeat dad, issues with her not-quite boyfriend, the zombie mafia, industrial espionage and evil corporations. Winner of the 2012 Best Urban Fantasy Protagonist by the RT Awards.Horror meets humorous urban fantasy in third book of the White Trash Zombie series ![]() ![]() ![]() He lectures all the time and makes Miles think about religion, philosophy, and life, and Miles loves it. Miles's favorite class is religious studies, taught by an old man nicknamed… the Old Man. ![]() They have to avoid the Eagle-the aptly-named dean of the school-when they're creating mischief so they don't get brought before a peer jury and appropriately punished. The three take Miles (nicknamed Pudge because he's so skinny) under their wing and introduce him to the social order of campus, mischief-making, smoking cigarettes, and drinking. ![]() The Colonel grew up in a trailer park, Alaska and her dad don't get along (mystery alert), and Takumi is just kind of there for a while. Miles meets the Colonel (real name Chip Martin), Takumi, and Alaska Young. The story is split in two parts: before and after. ![]() He tells his parents that he's going to seek a Great Perhaps, that there's something more for him.Īnd there is. Miles Halter is tired of his predictable and friendless life (check out the going-away party for him at the beginning of the book), so he decides to attend Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama for his junior year of high school. ![]() ![]() ![]() I sometimes think that accidentally Mary took them all on. I don’t understand the draw of the Survivor Club books. They are not my favorite, but not at all because of the things the men and women have to overcome. But how can an all-consuming fire burn from such a cold arrangement? As friendship and camaraderie lead to sweet seduction and erotic pleasure, dare they believe a bargain born of desperation might lead them both to a love destined to be?Īnd here is my review, Which has some spoilers in it, round aboutly:įirst, If I would have known this was a Survivor Club novel, I probably would have skipped it. Her alternative is too dreadful to contemplate. But when such a gloriously handsome man persuades her that he needs a wife of his own choosing as much as she needs protection from destitution, she agrees. He may have been blinded in battle, but he can see a solution to both their problems: marriage.Īt first, quiet, unassuming Sophia rejects Vincent’s proposal. ![]() So when Miss Sophia Fry’s intervention on his behalf finds her unceremoniously booted from her guardian’s home, Vincent is compelled to act. But even there, another marital trap is sprung. Desperate to escape his mother’s matchmaking, Vincent Hunt, Viscount Darleigh, flees to a remote country village. ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s clever about Gran’s writing is that the humour is not always where you expect it. If it sounds a little whimsical, it’s really not. The Bohemian Highway switches between contemporary San Francisco and Brooklyn during DeWitt’s youth in the 80s, when she was an aspiring Nancy Drew sending off for fingerprint sets advertised in the back of detective comics. ![]() It’s also a thoughtful, imaginative detective novel with a wit and rhythm that fans of Raymond Chandler will admire. The second novel in Sara Gran’s San Francisco crime series is a strange, heady narrative that draws you into a noirish netherworld of sex, drugs and rock n roll. ![]() It’s an audacious move putting the name of your detective in the title of a novel, but Claire DeWitt is a big enough character to justify such confidence. ![]() |