![]() ![]() Gore Vidal was the political wit of the twentieth century. ![]() We last saw Gore Vidal at the Huntington Library shortly before his death and he was still as witty as ever.Ĭataloging his books has given us an interesting insight into his mind. We also hosted a book signing for HOLLYWOOD at our store on Westwood Boulevard. He disavowed writing it up until his memoir, PALIMPSEST, when he explained why was forced to write “this romantic tripe.” The Everard books were the only ones he wouldn’t sell. In 1990 we were invited to his house on Outpost to buy books. Also his personal copies of the books he authored including the rare pseudonymous novel, A STAR’S PROGRESS by Katherine Everard. The library included his research books on many topics of interest: ancient history, art, political science, literature and Hollywood. The over 3,000 books were collected from his villa in Ravello, Italy, his mansion Edgewater in New York, and home on Outpost Drive in the Hollywood Hills. In September 2016 we had the opportunity for the second time to purchase famous author, essayist, screenwriter, and political pundit, Gore Vidal’s personal library. ![]()
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![]() When her mother wins the right for Kathy and her two older sisters to attend schools in one of Montreal's richest neighbourhoods,Kathy is thrown into a foreign world with a completely different set of rules, leading to disastrous results. She offers a glimpse into the culture of extreme poverty, giving an insider's view into a neighbourhood then described as the "toughest in Canada." When student social workers and medical students from McGill University invade the Point, Kathy and her five sisters witness their mother transform from a defeated welfare recipient to an angry and confrontational community organizer who joins in the fight against a city that has turned a blind eye on some of its most vulnerable citizens. Charles, an industrial slum in Montreal (now in the process of gentrification). ![]() Starting in 1968, eight-year-old Kathy Dobson shares her early years growing up in Point St. ![]() Charles of the author's childhood people move for one of two reasons: their apartment is on fire, or the rent is due. A gutsy, no-holds-barred, coming-of-age story. Kathy Dobson is the author of With a Closed Fist: Growing Up in Canada's Toughest Neighbourhood (2011). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not to mention the two guys who really, really liked the color green. He was told he didn’t have a ghost of a chance in the industry, but that wasn’t what he felt in his heart, and so he wowed them on DC characters like, yeah, the ghostly Spectre, and a dude dressed up like a bat. Neal was one of those creators who pushed his way past the “old boys club” of the 1950s and 1960s comic book guard-and I say that in the very best way possible. I’d like to take a moment to highlight his Marvel output, a much briefer era in his career compared to DC, but to me just as amazing, incredible, fantastic, and mighty. ![]() Tributes to the late, great Neal Adams have been pouring in, and rightfully so, the majority of them focusing on his DC work, specifically Batman, and again rightfully so. For interviews and more tributes to the groundbreaking creator, click here. Neal Adams, comics’ greatest artist, has died at the age of 80. Columnist Jim Beard takes you to the other side of the street… Much of the Neal Adams outpouring has been DC focused. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was quite young when his debut novel was published in 1990, and the first book in the Myron Bolitar series came shortly after in 1995, his third publication. ![]() Just like his fictional protagonist he also attended Livingston High School, but unlike Myron, Coben went to Amherst College where he graduated in 1984. If you would like to learn more about all the Harlan Coben books in order, you can check out our ultimate guide.īut in many ways Harlan Coben’s early life mirrors that of his popular character: Myron Bolitar.Ĭoben was born in Newark, New Jersey, where he still lives. His books have also been translated into 45 languages. Harlan Coben is the bestselling author of more than 30 books which have collectively sold more than 75 million copies around the world. ![]() With Coben’s engaging prose and Bolitar’s humor, these books are entertaining and delightful. Each book in this series by Harlan Coben follows the sports agent as he embarks on a new case to protect his clients. If you enjoy suspenseful mysteries that are full of wit, then you will love reading the Myron Bolitar books in order. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All the consent! Nya is not experienced in the sexual department and Johan rushes nothing and asks for permission before everything.Nya has some trauma in her past and it isn’t info dumped but you get it.One’s queerness becomes a plot point, but the others are simply themselves and that is awesome. ![]() There are several LGBTQIA+ characters.Like most of Cole’s books it’s own voices Black representation.I’ve had very hit and miss experiences with Cole’s other contemporary novels, but this is my favorite Reluctant Royals book by far. Nya and Johan both have good reasons to avoid love, but as desires are laid bare behind palace doors, they must decide if their fake romance will lead to a happily-ever-after. When a royal referendum threatens his brother’s future, a fake engagement is the perfect way to keep the cameras on him. When Nya returns home for a royal wedding, she accidentally finds herself up close and personal-in bed-with the real-life celebrity prince who she loves to hate.įor Johan von Braustein, the red-headed step-prince of Liechtienbourg, acting as paparazzi bait is a ruse that protects his brother-the heir to the throne-and his own heart. Nya Jerami fled Thesolo for the glitz and glamour of NYC but discovered that her Prince Charming only exists in her virtual dating games. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together. The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can't imagine losing her homeland, too. When Papa decides it's too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders. It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These astonishing true portraits demonstrate how rich and varied gender and sexuality have always been in every culture, in every millennium, on every continent.Our subjects include people the reader will recognize but didn’t realize were queer AND queer people readers likely have never heard of but who made huge contributions to world history. In this updated and expanded edition of Queer, There, and Everywhere, which received three starred reviews, activist Sarah Prager gives voice to twenty-seven people who invented and radicalized and trailblazed and whose stories didn’t make it into the history books. World history has been made by countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people-and you’ve never heard of many of them. Now updated and expanded-with three starred reviews, this groundbreaking LGBTQ history book combines riveting facts with a pop culture vibe to the lives of twenty-SEVEN influential queer figures from the Roman Empire through to the present. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Road to Yesterday (1974), an abridged collection of some of the stories in The Blythes Are Quoted.Further Chronicles of Avonlea (April 1920), a short story collection.Chronicles of Avonlea(June 1912), a short story collection.Rachel Lynde (Marilla's friend and later housemate and the gossip of Avonlea)īooks in the series (chronological order).Gilbert Blythe (Anne's schoolmate nemesis and later her betrothed and her husband). ![]() The last three books are based in Glen St. ![]() The fourth book is put in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, in which the house known as Windy Poplars is located.Īnne's House of Dreams is located in Four Winds, a beautiful spot on the shoreline of the Island. Located in a lovely spot in Prince Edward Island, Canada, the first two books are based in Avonlea, a quaint town that is based on the real-life town of Cavendish.Īnne of the Island is primarily set in Kingsport, Nova Scotia, a bustling city that is home to Redmond College. 4 Books in the series (publication order)Ĭentered on Anne for the majority of the series, this eight-book collection is prized and loved by many.3 Books in the series (chronological order). ![]() ![]() Oscar Monroe and Wilson Kime manage the Commonwealth's new interstellar fleet, testing out new and dangerous superweapons while trying to find the wormhole the Primes are using to invade.Justine Burnelli must manage the complex Commonwealth politics while undergoing a natural pregnancy - almost unheard of for someone of her stature in these days where Uterine Replicators are commonplace.Guerrilla warfare on planets occupied by the primes gets into full steam, using their own weapons against them. ![]()
![]() He doesn’t dare hope she’ll ever return his devotion.Ī marriage on the front lines of the Napoleonic Wars would be difficult enough, but now Major Bones is out for vengeance. To prevent such a fate, Jesse hastily weds Nell. Her father, Captain Bertie Mason, is a compulsive gambler, and when Nell’s mother dies, he desperately agrees to marry her to the despicable Major William Bones to relieve his crushing gambling debts. ![]() A battlefield is no place to wage a campaign of love, and even if it was, Jesse is far too shy to ever confess his love to Nell, who helps the surgeons in the field hospital. ![]() Set against the vivid historical background of the Napoleonic Wars, “The Wedding Journey “is the unforgettable story of Captain Jesse Randall, assistant surgeon of Marching Hospital Number Eight, and his undying love for beautiful, young Nell Mason. ![]() |