Books & Authors - August 2006

I would like some series as many as you can list...OTHER then harry potter,inkheart,inkspell.Give a short summary of what the book(s) are about.I like fantasy/romance, and anything like hp(harry potter),thats it.thanks
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2006-08-07 10:36:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-07 10:27:14 · 2 answers · asked by sinfullysaphire 1

I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;
Morn came and went--and came, and brought no day,
And men forgot their passions in the dread
Of this their desolation; and all hearts
Were chill'd into a selfish prayer for light:
And they did live by watchfires--and the thrones,
The palaces of crowned kings--the huts,
The habitations of all things which dwell,
Were burnt for beacons; cities were consum'd,
And men were gather'd round their blazing homes
To look once more into each other's face;
Happy were those who dwelt within the eye
Of the volcanos, and their mountain-torch:
A fearful hope was all the world contain'd;
Forests were set on fire--but hour by hour
They fell and faded--and the crackling trunks
Extinguish'd with a crash--and all was black.
The brows of men by the despairing light
Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits
The flashes fell upon them; some lay down
And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest
Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smil'd;
And others hurried to and fro, and fed
Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up
With mad disquietude on the dull sky,
The pall of a past world; and then again
With curses cast them down upon the dust,
And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd: the wild birds shriek'd
And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,
And flap their useless wings; the wildest brutes
Came tame and tremulous; and vipers crawl'd
And twin'd themselves among the multitude,
Hissing, but stingless--they were slain for food.
And War, which for a moment was no more,
Did glut himself again: a meal was bought
With blood, and each sate sullenly apart
Gorging himself in gloom: no love was left;
All earth was but one thought--and that was death
Immediate and inglorious; and the pang
Of famine fed upon all entrails--men
Died, and their bones were tombless as their flesh;
The meagre by the meagre were devour'd,
Even dogs assail'd their masters, all save one,
And he was faithful to a corse, and kept
The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay,
Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead
Lur'd their lank jaws; himself sought out no food,
But with a piteous and perpetual moan,
And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand
Which answer'd not with a caress--he died.
The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two
Of an enormous city did survive,
And they were enemies: they met beside
The dying embers of an altar-place
Where had been heap'd a mass of holy things
For an unholy usage; they rak'd up,
And shivering scrap'd with their cold skeleton hands
The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath
Blew for a little life, and made a flame
Which was a mockery; then they lifted up
Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld
Each other's aspects--saw, and shriek'd, and died--
Even of their mutual hideousness they died,
Unknowing who he was upon whose brow
Famine had written Fiend. The world was void,
The populous and the powerful was a lump,
Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless--
A lump of death--a chaos of hard clay.
The rivers, lakes and ocean all stood still,
And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths;
Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea,
And their masts fell down piecemeal: as they dropp'd
They slept on the abyss without a surge--
The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,
The moon, their mistress, had expir'd before;
The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,
And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need
Of aid from them--She was the Universe

2006-08-07 10:24:06 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

the main character was a guy named Bink who lived in a land where ev'one had a macigal talent by a certain age or they were exiled. this happened to bink. while in exile he met a girl who had a curse. @ the start of a month she was pretty but dumb. in the middle she was average looks/smart @ the end of the month she was ugly as sin but smart as a whip. in end of the book bink finds out he does have magic. his magiacl talent was that no magic could be used on him. also ev'thing in the land was litteral. a nightmare was a mare the came out at night.A joshua tree was a tree named joshua.

2006-08-07 10:23:42 · 2 answers · asked by harmony 4

i need a title for a fantasy storie that im making.

2006-08-07 10:20:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

IS it good??how long(pages)???And is it true tink dies???A short summary please.

2006-08-07 10:17:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any poetry anyone can remember that was used to frighten children! I remember my mother reading them to me as a child which we were all enthralled by!

2006-08-07 09:50:54 · 10 answers · asked by MICHAEL P 1

Is this anyone else's favorite book?
Do you think they should make it into a movie?
Can anyone recommend any other books like this one?

2006-08-07 09:41:27 · 5 answers · asked by batmantis1999 4

I read a Gossip Girl novel by Cecily von Ziegesar called "Only In Your Dreams". In the novel, one of the characters read a book called "Siddhartha" that I am interested in reading. Who is the author of the book referred to in the novel I read?

2006-08-07 09:38:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

in book 5 his personality really changed, i was wondering if he was drinking a lot

2006-08-07 09:24:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-07 09:09:00 · 1 answers · asked by ette 1

you make it all up

2006-08-07 08:58:28 · 7 answers · asked by hansonfictonadict10102 1

2006-08-07 08:56:37 · 2 answers · asked by Nick F 1

And if yes, Who

2006-08-07 08:40:17 · 20 answers · asked by wordykat 5

I'd like to hear your thoughts on this book and I want to ask... is "killing of a mockingbird" a metaphor for the killing of innocent black people like Thomas Robinson?

2006-08-07 08:15:44 · 13 answers · asked by Adelphie 5

I am writing a book that includes information about wildcats, such as where they live, how they look, etc. I'm not sure if I should reference them because if I find out I DO need to reference when i finish, then i probably won't remember all the materials I used. Please Help!

2006-08-07 08:07:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

It can be any type - horror, adventure, crime, autobiography etc

2006-08-07 07:59:42 · 29 answers · asked by tjstarbe 4

All these people are middle schoolers in a book I'm writing... do they fit?

Ella Banker
Adelaide Stone
Kimberly Heinzner
Vivian Frost
Claire Bunkhouser
Melinda Greyfield
Brittany Lancer
Ginger Hammond
Hayden Marshall
Mark Norville
Peter Wyatt
TJ Maxwell
Michael Tucker

2006-08-07 07:26:56 · 23 answers · asked by ~S~ is for Stephanie! 6

2006-08-07 07:26:22 · 4 answers · asked by tecvba 4

2006-08-07 07:12:01 · 8 answers · asked by somebrowning 4

some1 sent me this poem- and im trying to find out what it means. what do you think?

Your either going to look past the ugly or look right through me.
Missing every moment because time is so precious.
You left and walked without turning back.
If we brake up will it hurt you too?
Can we take that walk together one last time?
Past the preps to somewhere warm.
This cold winter has got to my heart.
Is yours still ok, even after everything you've been through?
Love and loss crushing it like crack does to the brain,
But like love the feeling is yours alone.
Share the rush,
Share the pain of your emotions with me.
You dont have to hold onto them like this forever.
Kill me not you.
I love you too much-

2006-08-07 06:54:37 · 8 answers · asked by striker 2

can anyone suggest a novel on vampires? and not Anne Rice i tihnk i honetly read all of her books! it has to have sex, blood and everytihng!

2006-08-07 06:25:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't remember the author or title

but there was a book i read about 15 years ago that was interesting

Here is what I do remember

- there was a magical black stallion that could talk
- there was a sorcerer who was immortal, but switched from good to evil every time he died
- the main character learned magic, i think when he was possessed by his dead father for a while
- there was a magical sword called the horned blade (i think) that became more powerful after every kill
- the main evil wizard was the main character's uncle

THE BOOK IS NOT
Immortal hero
or the Sword of Truth

any help would be appreciated

2006-08-07 06:17:51 · 4 answers · asked by BigD 6

The moon:

I don't know why,
why I love you more at night.
The darkness,
the strange,
evil night air,
makes your eyes seem more beautiful,
your smile brighter.
Probably,
I see your personality better,
in the dark.
A time, when the face doesn't matter.
A time,
when the street lights aren't even on any more.
The time,
when the size of a womens bust doesn't argue about their true intentions.
But,
it must be,
that your eyes remind me of the moon.
The only friend that I had when I was a kid.
The only thing that I thought would never leave me.
But,
I think I found something,
that's more beautiful than the moon.
I love you,
but you seem as distant,
as my old friend.



Just melody:

Just a sound,
ringing in my head.
Just a tune,
not your fce instead.
The song you left behind,
it makes me cry.
Reminding me,
all the times that I,
that we,
had so much fun.
Just running in the morning, afternoon, and evening sun.
But,
all you run through now is darkness,
with both eyes closed.
But,
your always in my heart.
A place that no one knows.
Just a melody,
rining in my ears.
just a song,
will have me crying for years and years.

Everlasting Friend:

A heart beat skip,
a strange eye.
A tear drop dripped,
below my lip,
when I saw you die.
My sorrow consumed,
like the mighty river.
Happiness never to be resumed,
Joy banished forever.
but,
late at night,
when the stars are young.
I just sit in the moon light,
thinking about out previous fun.
Laughing, swinging,
staying up late,
that time when you were late to the airport gate.
But,
now it's all gone,
in a flash.
The time of joy in our song,
reduced to nothing but ash.
But,
your always in my head,
never touched by time.
My everlasting friend,
buried in the ground dead,
and that's when I end this rhyme.

Lonely:

This feeling,
this sense of everyone condemming me to damnation.
It feels so familiar.
It feels,
as if my soul has left this lonliness,
this sadness,
this demonic passion before.
I want more.
I want to silence this hunger for more power,
by lessoning the ones that love me.

2006-08-07 06:14:28 · 7 answers · asked by Tori 5

ok i want a book aimed at 20 someting women, it has to have emotional, physical and psychological suggestions...like what women that age go through and how it can help...i'm 22 and i'm going through ups and down with life and school and so on...if you know a book closely related to waht i'm asking please let me know! thank you so much!!!

2006-08-07 06:11:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any guidance on where I could buy the book greatly appreciated.

2006-08-07 05:43:57 · 6 answers · asked by Sean L 2

I have FIVE novels going at once. I love them all but don't know which to finish first. Which are you most interested in?
1. A sequel to Pride and Prejudice, picking up 9 years after. Three kids, Mary and Kitty still single. Kitty is misled by a man who actually likes MARY! Then Kitty has an affair with Wickham, and Elizabeth has to leave the three kids in Mrs. Bennet's care, which Darcy doesn't like. Arguement...... etc!
2. Also in 1800's. A sixteen year old girl who has no wish to be wed. But her father is dead, and her little sister having no man in her life, her mom AND her are on man-watch at the same time! She receives a proposal from her closest male friend and refuses. Her mother is enraged and ends up marrying the 15 year younger friend! The girl is furious and stays with a friend where she meets a poor pleasent man. She instantly likes him, but he sees her as a rich snob, no more then an acquaintance. What will she do?
3. A story about a rich girl who hates it. Everyone

2006-08-07 05:31:44 · 21 answers · asked by ~S~ is for Stephanie! 6

2006-08-07 05:27:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love reading medical murder mysteries... One of my favorite authors in this genre is Tess Gerritsen. I recently have been picking up other ones but they are all lackluster and I solve the case in the first 50 pages... Does anybody have any good recommendations? I've read Crichton who is okay but I hate Robin Cook... Likewise I like light and funny romance novels, like those by Meg Cabot. Something with humor... I'd really appreciate suggestions on these books rather than me picking them out at random because I usually hate them. Any suggestions would be wonderful! Thank you!

2006-08-07 05:12:32 · 5 answers · asked by Enchanted Siren 1

2006-08-07 05:09:57 · 20 answers · asked by ANOOP S 1