![]() Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. Spillers, Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe, 1987 In order for me to speak a truer word concerning myself, I must strip down through layers of attenuated meanings, made an excess in time, over time, assigned by a particular historical order, and there await whatever marvels of my own inventiveness. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 1922 The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. In fact, the word imagination comes from the Latin imāginātiō, which means “mental image.” The philosopher Wittgenstein even went so far as to believe that humans can only imagine things that they have language for. ![]() When we read a good novel, we picture the events in our mind’s eye it’s almost as if we are on the adventure ourselves. ![]() One of the key powers of language is to encourage and broaden our imagination. ![]() This article gathers some of the thoughts of these experts to showcase a few of the powers words have, from imagination and connection to disruption and liberation. Few understand the power of language more than writers and philosophers, who use words as the essential tools of their craft. Words can transport you to other worlds, conjure up emotions, and spark inspiration. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Patient proves Steena Holmes’s infinite ability to create a taut, smart, and darkly captivating story. “Gorgeously disturbing and endlessly surprising-an intense, thought-provoking, and riveting psychological puzzle of mind games. A brilliant psychological thriller that will mess with your mind.” -Kimberly Belle, USA Today bestselling author of Dear Wife Holmes starts with a bang, then builds the action steadily, a gradual unfolding of secrets and truths that will have you constantly rethinking who is the killer. “A therapist with a serial-killer patient is at the heart of Steena Holmes’ latest, The Patient. Brilliant!” -Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and Not a Sound n all-encompassing journey through the dark side of the human psyche, The Patient is a mind-bending psychological thriller that will leave readers on edge and gasping for breath right up to the final shocking twist. ![]() “Steena Holmes has returned with another compelling page-turner. “ The Patient pulls you in by the heartstrings, plays them like a symphony, then careens toward the surprise finale like a skydiver without a chute.” -August Norman, author of Come and Get Me ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Don learns that Rotman is actually the archdemon Bianakith, he knows this is going to be a tough job. Enter Don Drake, drunken diabolist and semi-reformed hitman, and an almost-fallen angel called Trixie. Hunted by something they know only as the Rotman, the Elementals have no one trustworthy they can turn to. ![]() In the tunnels deep under London, the Earth Elementals are dying. The Second book in the Burned Man series Description – Edward Cox, author of the Relic Guild seriesĪ dark neo noir set beneath London, written with all the charm of your favourite British gangster movies.įile Under: Dark Fantasy “Chock full of sweary gangsters, snark and deadpan humour, thrills and spills and genuinely terrifying moments, this is smart and fun storytelling, a novel for the devil in us all… Dominion is mad, bad and glorious to read.” ![]() ![]() ![]() She named him "the sea god." He was, in fact, not the son of Lord Hawkhurst, but the son of an Irishman named O'Neill, the Earl of Tyrone.Ĭaptain Shane Hawkhurst was Queen Bess' favorite. But his English father claimed him as heir, and when Shane's father died, Shane became Lord Hawkhurst. Shane had promised his father he would marry, and to stave off Queen Bess' jealousy and because he did not really want a wife, he had his solicitor find a country lass who had some land in Ireland he wanted and married her by proxy. Little did he know his new wife was the red-haired Irish vixen, Sara Bishop, referred to by her jealous half siblings as "Sabre Wilde" after her dead father and his sword. Shane planned to have his brother Matthew take Sara to one of his estates and dump her there, never wishing to meet her. She intends to go to Court and seduce her husband and become his mistress, making him her love slave and having her revenge.Īh, but Sara-as Sabre-has a different plan. She is fiercely independent, courageous, feisty and smart. ![]() Just the woman to tame a wild man like Shane Hawkhurst. It's one of the things Henley does so well-excellent characters and a plot with great twists and turns! Both have Irish blood running through their veins-at a time when Queen Elizabeth feared the rebellious Irish. ![]() ![]() Throughout, Wecker pulls off an impressive juggling act with the many characters, all of whom are well positioned for another sequel. ![]() Whereas the first installment was a propulsive battle of good versus evil, this delightful entry is more serialized storytelling à la Dickens. New characters, including another golem and a young female jinniyeh, and historical touchstones such as the sinking of the Titanic, drive the plot. Chava then enrolls at Teachers College, and Ahmad throws himself into his work as a metalsmith, holing up in a downtown building to create a mysterious masterpiece. For Chava and Ahmad, their opposite natures both attract and repel, dooming the relationship. ![]() Back in New York, in a tenement on the Lower East Side, a little girl named Kreindel helps her rabbi father build a golem they name Yossele-not knowing that she's about to be sent to an orphanage uptown, where the hulking Yossele will become her only friend. Toby, the young son of Chava’s former co-worker Anna Blumberg, was only present in utero during the climactic events of the first book, and now has questions about Anna’s past. There she meets Dima, a tempestuous female jinni who's been banished from her tribe. Meanwhile, heiress Sophia Winston travels incognito to the Middle East seeking a cure to her chills, a remnant of her own brief romance with Ahmad. ![]() Soon, their nighttime walks lead to romance. Golem Chava Levy and jinni Ahmad al-Hadid renew their friendship in 1900 upon Ahmad’s return to New York City. Wecker delivers a satisfying, mature sequel to The Golem and the Jinni, continuing the magical story of two immigrant mythological characters from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of WWI. ![]() |