pizzapants rated Beautiful Thing: 4 stars

Beautiful Thing by Sonia Faleiro
Offers first-hand insight into Bombay's sex industry and traces the author's experiences with a charismatic teenage exotic dancer whose independence …
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Offers first-hand insight into Bombay's sex industry and traces the author's experiences with a charismatic teenage exotic dancer whose independence …

"The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan …

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger …

Scott Jurek: Eat & Run (2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force—and darling—in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. Until …

McDougall reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for …

The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler -- the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled …

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery …

The novels of the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and non-stop fun. Storm Front is Jim …

After years of struggle, the Foundation lay in ruins -- destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But …

Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the …

One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …

"Set one hundred years before the events in George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and …

Ben Avery: The mystery knight (2017)
A full-color graphic rendering of the novella set a century before the events of the Game of Thrones series continues …