I'm off shortly to pick up a pizza at a nice looking pizzeria on Cook Street. We're staying at a very comfortable, nice Air B&B. Very comfortable bed and a nice sitting room and kitchen. Quiet street too.
I'll let you know the books I found today, but let's start off with my Day 7 entry in my 2018 Musical Advent Calendar.
Bill's 2018 Musical Advent Calendar.
Day 7. Girls Aloud - Something New.
I first heard this when it was released in England. Jo and I were over visiting her family, I believe over the Xmas period. Anyway, a great song.
Now on to my latest book purchases. All but one were bought at Russell Books on Fort Street. I found another at an antiquey - type store on Cook Street, Kat's Korner. I remember reading it back in my high school days. Eric Nicol was a Canadian humorist. I quite enjoyed his books.
So without ado, new books.
New Books
"Iris Carr is a beautiful, young socialite on her way back home to England after vacationing in Europe. Feeling terribly alone and afraid, she finds comfort in the company of a strange woman she knows only as "Miss Froy." But comfort soon turns to horror when Miss Froy mysteriously vanishes without a trace. Fearing madness, risking death, Iris desperately tries to solve the sudden disappearance of her traveling companion-a woman no one else on the journey remembers seeing at all!"
"The accidental death of his brother-in-law sends the commissaris to the secluded town of Jameson, Maine. De Gier goes along to see the USA. But there has been a sinister series of deaths in the area and the two find themselves neck-deep in a murder investigation involving shady real estate deals, with a town full of suspects, and the icy breath of a cold-blooded killer stalking their every move."
"The second of Trollope's "Palliser" novels introduces its title character, Phineas Finn, a talented but naive doctor's son from Ireland with Parliamentary aspirations. He must make numerous practical and ethical choices regarding his career, his political beliefs, and his romantic life, in hopes of emerging with his character, reputation, and prospects intact."
"Frances, a 1950s housewife, becomes bored with her suburban life and enrolls in a class at the local community college. When she meets Bake, a butch lesbian, her life completely changes. In thrall to a forbidden world of martini lunches, late nights at queer bars, and a sexual passion she never knew was possible, Frances must chose between the safety of heterosexual marriage, or the dangers of life on the edge of society."
"While studying advanced physics at a prestigious European university, Elisa Robledo was invited to join a select research team on a secret project to manipulate String Theory. It was the opportunity of a lifetime for the eager young scientist—the chance to actually view monumental events from the far distant past: dinosaurs roaming the Earth, life during the Stone Age, the crucifixion of Christ. But on a remote island in the Indian Ocean, the team's experiments went horribly awry . . . and something terrible was awakened.
Now, years later, Elisa's former colleagues are dying, one by one. The nightmare they created by meddling with Time is taking a shocking and gruesome toll. And only by uncovering the sinister truth behind the science can Elisa hope to survive the dark, devouring forces that mean to destroy her and the world she knows."
"Kathryn Ardleigh is everything the Victoria English gentlewoman is not -- outspoken, free-thinking, American.. and a writer of the frowned upon "penny-dreadfuls." She shocked her ancestral home at Bishop's Keep -- and captured the interest of detective Sir Charles Sheridan as they solved their first case together.
Now the brutal demise of a local constable and the mysterious disappearance of a child have the sleuthing couple on the trail of deadly greed and criminal mischief once again. And with the help of a shy young woman who calls herself Beatrix Potter, Kate intends to uncover the sinister secrets of Gallows Green...."
"The timeless story of the love affair between a British artist and a Chinese prostitute.
Robert is the only resident of the Nam Kok hotel not renting his room by the hour when he meets Suzie at the bar. She becomes his muse and they fall in love. But even in Hong Kong, where many white expatriates have Chinese mistresses, their romance could jeopardize the things they each hold dear. Set in the mid-1950s, The World of Suzie Wong is a beautifully written time capsule of a novel. First published more than fifty years ago, it resonated with readers worldwide, inspiring a film starring William H olden, a ballet, and even a reggae song. Now readers can experience the romance of this groundbreaking story anew."
"Saturday 09:11 Hours: A blast rocks a London hospital and thousands are dead or injured… 10:09 Hours: Joe Ledger arrives on scene to investigate. The horror is unlike anything he has ever seen. Compelled by grief and rage, Joe rejoins the DMS and within hours is attacked by a hit-team of assassins and sent on a suicide mission into a viral hot zone during an Ebola outbreak. Soon Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences begin tearing down the veils of deception to uncover a vast and powerful secret society using weaponized versions of the Ten Plagues of Egypt to destabilize world economies and profit from the resulting chaos. Millions will die unless Joe Ledger meets the this powerful new enemy on their own terms as he fights terror with terror."
"He held the fate of two worlds in his hands...
Once he was an orphan called Pug, apprenticed to a sorcerer of the enchanted land of Midkemia.. Then he was captured and enslaved by the Tsurani, a strange, warlike race of invaders from another world.
There, in the exotic Empire of Kelewan, he earned a new name--Milamber. He learned to tame the unimagined powers that lay withing him. And he took his place in an ancient struggle against an evil Enemy older than time itself."
"Adopted at birth, Hanna Conti attempts to trace her family. She turns up a mother who, 20 years earlier, was convicted of murder. Convinced that her mother is innocent, Hannah hires PI Grace Smith to prove it. Grace uncovers the story of the very messy murder of Janet Hepburn, a teacher at St. Martin’s Comprehensive, but there are a lot of people who’d rather she stopped digging. On Grace’s side (or possibly not) is an ex-cop with a shady past and Betterman177, a mysterious emailer who sends tantalizing clues about what was happening at St. Martin’s two decades ago. To add to these complications, Grace has been conned into bird-sitting a psychotic parrot, and Terry Rosco, the most chauvinistic cop in Seatoun, is trying to move into Grace’s spare room. And, oh yes—someone keeps trying to kill her."
"Charlie Bradshaw is in the Big Apple to search for a friend's missing teen-age son. But the boy, Sam, is involved in the dangerous world of big-time drug dealing and everyone--from Sam to Lt. Zack of the narcotics squad--wants Charlie to go back to Saratoga."
"In 1966, a new comedy by Eric Nicol opened to sell-out houses and cheering audiences in Vancouver. Like Father - Like Fun then travelled to Toronto where, despite the slings and arrows of an outraged critic, it played to delighted thousands. Then, on to Montreal.
Encouraged by its Canadian success, an optimistic entrepreneur decided to subject Nicol's farce - complete with a new cast, new director, and new title - to the bright lights of Broadway.
On the evening of Friday, October 6th, 1967, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, A Minor Adjustment had its official opening.
On the evening of Saturday, October 7th, 1967, A Minor Adjustment had its official closing. After three performances. "For the first time in my life, I envied the longevity of the 48-hour flu, writes the author."
So there you go, today's purchases. Maybe more tomorrow depending how successful I am. But now I'm off to get out pizzas..
Have a great weekend!!
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