The Magic and the Healing

10 best books like The Magic and the Healing (Nick O'Donohoe): The Library of the Unwritten, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression, The Blacksmith Queen, Master of the Five Magics, The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride, The Unkindest Tide, The King of Kindergarten, Captain Freedom, The Pigeon Has to Go to School

The Library of the Unwritten

Author	A.J. Hackwith
ISBN	1984806386

In the first book in a brilliant new fantasy series, books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, and it is up to the Librarian to track down any restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories.

Many years ago, Claire was named Head Librarian...

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Author	Jodi Kantor
ISBN	0525560343

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement

For many years, reporters...

Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression

Author	Teresa Wong
ISBN	1551527650

In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of a letter to her daughter Scarlet. Equal parts heartbreaking and funny, Dear Scarlet perfectly captures the quiet desperation of those suffering from...

The Blacksmith Queen

Author

G.A. Aiken

When a prophesy brings war to the Land of the Black Hills, Keeley Smythe must join forces with a clan of mountain warriors who are really centaurs in a thrilling new fantasy romance series from New York Times bestselling author G.A. Aiken.  

The Old King Is Dead
 
With the demise...

Master of the Five Magics

Author

Lyndon Hardy

If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.



Maxwell's Demon: "Master of the Five Magics" by Lyndon Hardy



(Original Review, 1980-10-02)


Just out from Del Rey is MASTER OF THE FIVE MAGICS by Lyndon Hardy (who "became interested in fantasy...

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Author	Daniel James Brown
ISBN	0061348104

In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of emigrants led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows...

The Unkindest Tide

Author	Seanan McGuire
ISBN	0756415071

Hundreds of years ago, the Selkies made a deal with the sea witch: they would have the sea for as long as she allowed it, and when the time came, she would call in all their debts at once. Many people assumed that day would never come. Those people were wrong.

When the Luidaeg—October "Toby" Daye's...

The King of Kindergarten

Author	Derrick Barnes
ISBN	1524740748

A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten.

The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets.It sits and shines behind your head--like a crown. Mommy says that today, you are going to be the King of Kindergarten!

Starting kindergarten...

Captain Freedom

Author	G. Xavier Robillard
ISBN	0061650684

Freedom's fifteen minutes are over!

Software pirates! Mostly extinct dinosaurs! Giant barbarians! Crooning criminals! Captain Freedom's beat them all, saved the world, and looked fantastic doing it—but he couldn't fend off middle management.

The Superhero lifestyle is...

The Pigeon Has to Go to School

Author

Mo Willems

I can't believe that I was looking forward to a children's book! But it is about our favourite pigeon .