Watson: 1865 books

In this lush, romantic retelling of one of the most enduring Irish legends, acclaimed Celtic historical author Jules Watson reignites the tale of Deirdre—the Irish Helen of Troy—in a story that is at once magical, beautiful, and tragic. She was born with a blessing and a curse: that she...

ABOUT THE BOOK The idea for Glee came to Ian Brennan in 2005. He was working as an actor in New York City (a literal dream-come-true for any Midwestern theater geek) and had a flashback to his days as a show choir performer back in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Inspired by these memories, the inexperienced...

Stephen king said: "If you love horror movies you've got to have a love for pure S#it!" Bear that in mind, friends and neighbours, as you suffer through another Michael Bay reboot or a sequel to a movie about a film crew that goes to a haunted asylum. Seriously, who goes to a haunted asylum?...

Pauline Kael wrote: "Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them."Bear that in mind, friends and neighbours, as you read about Tinseltown's schlockiest missteps in Part 7 of our ongoing series, "Hollywood Horses#!t"....

“Thebest debut novel I’ve ever read.”—Tess Gerritsen,bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series “Anexceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished thelast page.” —Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Moonlight Mile S....

"The geographical heart of Rick Watson's stories and essays is in a small community at the edge of Walker County, Ala., named Sloss Holler. But there are also detours to other memorable places in the world and imagination, and the spiritual heart of his work is about the necessity of living...

Radiohead is a British rock band from Oxford. Their current moniker, 'Radiohead', was taken from the song 'Radio Head' by Talking Heads, whose album Remain in Light (1980) is a band favorite and major influence on their Kid A (2000). The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, rhythm guitar and...

Perhaps the oddest and most influential collaboration in the history of American modernism was hatched in 1926, when a young Virgil Thomson knocked on Gertrude Stein's door in Paris. Eight years later, their opera Four Saints in Three Acts became a sensation--the longest-running opera in Broadway...

Bestselling author and teacher Casey Watson shares the horrifying true story of Kiera Bentley, a 12-year-old girl with a deeply shocking secret she’s too young to even understand. When Casey first meets Kiera, a small slight girl who’s just lashed out at a fellow pupil in assembly, she immediately...

Why do women find work-life balance so hard? Why is “having it all” such an elusive quest? Why haven’t women yet reached equality in the leadership ranks? Authors Jodi Ecker Detjen, Michelle A. Waters, and Kelly Watson probe these questions and more in their highly anticipated new book: The Orange...

Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican businessman and one of the richest people in the world who has a net worth of $72 billion. He is a businessman, philanthropist, and engineer largely focused on the telecommunications industry in Mexico. Slim has a substantial influence over the telecommunications industry...

This Is Your Captain puts you inside the cockpit of a modern-day airliner for an insider’s look at one of the most glamorized, yet deadly professions in the world. What makes an airline captain, and how did they end up flying your plane? What makes air travel dangerous, and what makes it safe? Do...

We have had five million conversations. This will go to the wire. ED MILIBAND  Iain Watson was the BBC Political Correspondent assigned to follow the Labour campaign. He shares the gaffes and glories of the 2015 general election culminating in the notorious ‘Edstone’ and humiliating defeat....

'If you want a book that is TRULY 'laugh out loud', start here***'* Goodreads reviewer** The hilarious new rom-com from the author of the ebook bestseller Love to Hate You**. Perfect for fans of Joanna Bolouri, Cate Woods and Sally Thorne.** On the scale of one to worst idea ever, agreeing...