The Shadow Knows
10 best books like The Shadow Knows (Diane Johnson): Toplin, The Dark Country, Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Vol. 2, Baby, It's Cold Outside, The Art of Amy Brown II, Tassajara Cooking, The Art of Faery, The Works Of Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion), How to Draw and Paint Fairies: From Finding Inspiration to Capturing Diaphanous Detail, a Step-By-Step Guide to Fairy Art, Superflirt
| Author | Michael McDowell |
| ISBN | 2739600100 |
A nameless, paranoid narrator, compelled by mysterious warnings and sourceless messages, sets out to kill a deformed waitress whom he feels wants to die. With every revelation of the narrator's bizarre lifestyle and unusual acquaintances, the reader is less sure of what can be believed, until the...
| Author | Dennis Etchison |
| ISBN | 1930235046 |
After reading a handful of The Dark Country stories, I began to think of the paintings of Edward Hopper. At first my reaction was a puzzle. I wonderer why.
After all, Etchison writes vividly of Southern California in the late 70’s and early ‘80’s, of LA airports, highways and rest...
| Author | Julia Child |
| ISBN | 0394721772 |
The sequel to the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Here, from Julia Child and Simone Beck, is the sequel to the cooking classic that has inspired a whole American generation to new standards of culinary taste and artistry. On the principle that “mastering any art is a continuing process,”...
| Author | Cathy Yardley |
| ISBN | 0373793707 |
Wanted: Hot holiday fling with an out-of-towner (sort of)Is jet-setting, supermodel-bedding hottie Colin Reeves actually home for the holidays? That's the rumor this Christmas. And now he's desperate for something only wholesome Emily Stanfield can provide: a room at her inn.But Emily's tired...
| Author | Amy Brown |
| ISBN | 0974461261 |
The Art of Amy Brown is the first collection of Amy Brown's wildly popular art. It was published by Chimera Publishing in 2003. The book is 157 pages of art, with a commentary by Amy Brown for every piece of artwork. The Art of Amy Brown has an introduction by the well-known author Charles deLint. There are...
| Author | Edward Espe Brown |
| ISBN | 0877733449 |
When it was first issued, Tassajara Cooking became an overnight classic. Ed Brown's recipes for cooking—for learning to appreciate all the steps involved in making a meal, from selecting the ingredients to serving the finished dish—struck a chord with people who care about food and nutrition....
| Author | David Riche |
| ISBN | 1843400952 |
From the gothic fantasies of Amy Brown to Myrea Pettit’s gentle, playful creatures, this breathtaking collection of superbly reproduced paintings celebrates the finest in fairy art. Each illustrator has chosen his or her favorite pieces, and all the artists reveal their inspiration, preferred...
| Author | Jane Austen |
| ISBN | 1587264323 |
I've always wanted to read Jane Austen, but I when it came between buying a classic story and a new release while wandering the bookstore, the new release always won. However, as I was moping around Borders, trying not to feel the hollow ache as I passed each Going Out of Business sign, I noticed this gigantic...
| Author | Linda Ravenscroft |
| ISBN | 0823023834 |
How do you draw a fairy? It's not like you can convince one to do life modeling in your studio. How to Draw and Paint Fairies confronts the fairy labor shortage directly, explaining all the techniques needed to bring fairy art to life. For beginners, explanations of basic techniques and easy-to-follow...
| Author | Tracey Cox |
| ISBN | 0789496518 |
Fresh, chatty, and filled with Tracey Cox's personal tips and hilarious anecdotes, Superflirt takes the reader through the fundamentals of body language, then shows you how to express the messages you want to send and how to read what other bodies are saying to you. Packed with intimate photographs...
| Author | Elizabeth Berg |
| ISBN | 0060929294 |
Elizabeth Berg touches women's lives with heartbreakingly funny and true novels -- including the New York Times bestseller Talk Before Sleep -- that distinctly capture the essence of their lives. Now this critically acclaimed author and writing instructor offers an inspiring, practical handbook...
| Author | Poppy Palin |
| ISBN | 0738705772 |
Wild Witchcraft is a magical, free-spirited philosophy that embraces nature. It resonates with those who yearn to express their inherent spirituality in a joyous, meaningful manner; who sense their wild heart and soul nature; who know there is beauty, magic, and meaning in the world if only we want...
| Author | Brian Froud |
| ISBN | 0743201116 |
Bring the insight, wisdom, and joy of the faeries into your life.
Using the enchanted art of Brian Froud as your guide, enter into the wise and wonderful world of the faeries. The Faeries' Oracle calls on sylphs, pans, gnomes -- and, of course, faeries -- to lead you on a delightful journey of adventure,...
| Author | Suza Scalora |
| ISBN | 0060282347 |
An archeologist, a woman of science and logic, always believed fairies were the stuff of storybooks. That was before she made the discovery of a lifetime. After learning the secrets behind locating and luring these magical creatures out from hiding, she vows to travel all over the world photographing...
| Author | James Mooney |
| ISBN | 0486289079 |
Noted anthropologist James Mooney (1861–1921) spent much of his life studying American Indians. In North Carolina, he lived for several years with the Cherokee, studying their language, culture, and mythology. His research resulted in this comprehensive volume, comprising 126 Cherokee myths,...
| Author | Lindsey Fraser |
| ISBN | 0439314550 |
The name J.K. Rowling is one that is on the lips of millions of readers worldwide, but before 1997 few people knew the brilliant woman behind the phenomenally successful Harry Potter books. And now, four books into the series, few yet know the real story of Ms. Rowling's childhood and career as a writer....
| Author | Mary Downing Hahn |
| ISBN | 0380711168 |
"In an unusually convincing blend of the supernatural and the real, twelve-year-old Laura tries to prevent her parents' impending divorce by seeking the help of an older woman who may be a witch...."-Horn Book
It is the middle of the night and suddenly Laura is awake, trembling with fear. Just...
| Author | Bari Wood |
| ISBN | 0595179274 |
Twins is a spellbinding novel of the bizarre lives and shocking deaths of twin doctorsbound together by more than brotherly love, damned together to a private hell of unspeakable obsessions. Made into the motion picture Dead Ringers by David Cronenberg..
| Author | Alison Lurie |
| ISBN | 0805061746 |
Like a loyal Victorian wife, Jenny has devoted her life to her much older husband, the famous writer and naturalist Wilkie Walker, bringing up their children and researching and editing his best-selling books. But this year, as winter approaches, Wilkie is increasingly depressed and withdrawn....
| Author | Jean Stafford |
| ISBN | 0292751362 |
Coming of age in pre-World War II California and Colorado brings tragedy to Molly and Ralph Fawcett in Jean Stafford's classic semi-autobiographical novel, first published in 1947. Torn between their mother's world of genteel respectability and their grandfather's and uncle's world of cowboy...
| Author | Perri Klass |
| ISBN | 0618562079 |
An impassioned and gifted neonatal physician, Dr. Maggie Claymore fights for the lives of her newborn patients with a fierceness that has gained her the devotion of worried parents and sometimes the ire of her colleagues. Maggie is just shy of forty, and her career is on the rise: she is on the verge of...
