Bøger af Eric Gibson

WARNING: Contains depictions of medical procedures, teenage drinking, animal husbandry, exposed female hairstyles, heresy, and assart. Arriving in a pile of turnips, a small boy makes a meteoric rise from escaped serf all the way to indentured servant. The small market-town of Broadhole is fertile territory for a 12th century confidence man, and this pathological liar is stealing something more valuable than silver-no, not gold. Education. He steals an education.Recruited by a mysterious monk to steal the secrets of a philandering spice merchant, Wilmot will sabotage apprenticeships, be chased by dogs, chased by marriageable girls, chased by his past, and other things besides chasing, like shopping and... learning Latin. By scamming his way into the lives and pockets of the townsfolk, he gains multiple mentors, loyal customers, and faithful friends. He needs every one of them when his former co-criminals track him down and involve him in a plot that could destroy the town.This medieval comedy is a work of fiction about events that might have happened in a town that could have existed in a mythical land called England. Appropriate for teens and adults. 102,000 words

The lucky ones were taken by the deeps. The rest will only escape by banding together. When a trio of young mages set off on an unsanctioned expedition into the isle's interior, they are expecting to find their powerful masters instead of the shipwrecked survivors of the Crown's harvest vessel. A constable, a smuggler, and a naturalist join the magicians on a desperate journey to leave the island before they fall victim to an army of monstrous, sea-dwelling scavengers, a cult of the undead, and something unseen that leaves destruction in its wake. They say the gods watch over travelers on the road, and so listen to the tales they tell. As much as the struggle for survival, and the battles fought side by side, the stories they share in the small hours bind them together in love and laughter.

A light comedy about our darker future. In a self-contained city of the future, life is a grind until retirement, cooking is a dying art, and the weight of wealth at the top exerts a crushing pressure on the populace below.She's the best drone pilot around and he's a rising star in food delivery. Her punishing schedule isolates her, making it hard to find happiness outside of virtual reality. He's eager to show her the experiences real life has to offer if he can deal with his event hijacking brother, geriatric hooligans, and a conspiracy to keep the young lovers apart even if it kills them. 72k words

The Necessity of Sculpture brings together a selection of articles on sculpture and sculptors from Eric Gibson's nearly four-decade career as an art critic. It covers subjects as diverse as Mesopotamian cylinder seals, war memorials, and the art of the American West; stylistic periods such as the Hellenistic in Ancient Greece and Kamakura in medieval Japan; Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and other historical figures; modernists like Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, and Alberto Giacometti; and contemporary artists including Richard Serra, Rachel Whiteread, and Jeff Koons. Organized chronologically by artist and period, this collection is as much a synoptic history of sculpture as it is an art chronicle. At the same time, it is an illuminating introduction to the subject for anyone coming to it for the first time.