- Enjoy this artful merger Book Review By Derryll White Adler Olsen, Jussi (2015). The Hanging Girl. ’The Hanging Girl’ is another Danish Department Q novel featuring Detective Inspector Carl Mørck and his able assistants Assad and Rose. Mørck is remorselessly philosophical in this …
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- Book review: 'Everything, Everything' puts life in perspective But earlier this week, it happened. It’s funny how one short, simple book can change your perspective on life. I’m referring to “Everything, Everything,” the 2015 debut novel by young adult author Nicola Yoon. The book is what I like to refer to as a fast- …
- Lonely Asian Woman: A hilarious, smart Kiwi book of our era "Lonely Asian Women Looking for Fun" are the inhabitants of email spam catchers and uninvited screen ads. They are internet clickbait and a sign of our times. They tell us about ourselves. Sharon Lam's Lonely Asian Woman is a hallucinatory …
- The Silver Road: A superb, slow-burning slice of Nordic noir Stina Jackson may have lived in Colorado for the past 13 years, but she hasn't forgotten her northern roots. She was raised in a small Swedish city which marks the entrance to Swedish Lapland and is surrounded by lakes, forests and sub-Arctic ocean. …
- Ockham Book Awards winners of their time, and also today The top two prizes at this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards went to works whose setting in a specific moment in New Zealand's history opens a window onto the present day. Dame Fiona Kidman took the $53,000 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize for …
- Harvey's latest beach novel finds trouble in 'Paradise' Book review: NC writer Kristy Woodson Harvey continues her Peachtree Bluff novel series with 'The Southern Side of Paradise' Just in time for beach read season, North Carolina author Kristy Woodson Harvey delivers the latest installment in her …
- UK Solar Output Hits Record Peak Of 9.55 Gigawatts Clean Power Published on May 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill 0 May 16th, 2019 by Joshua S Hill The UK Solar Trade Association announced twice this week that the country’s solar fleet broke the peak generation record set originally two years ago, …
- Vestas Slumps In First Quarter Despite Record Intake & Backlog Clean Power Published on May 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill 0 May 16th, 2019 by Joshua S Hill Danish wind energy manufacturing giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S published its first quarter earnings earlier this month, revealing slumping profit and minimal …
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