Download or read book Chucky dies written by Laurent Poret and published by Laurent Poret. This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chucky, the famous doll from Tom Holland’s film Child’s Play, is inspired by the story of Robert the Doll, an evil doll allegedly inhabited by a demonic spirit. This doll is now exhibited in a museum, locked in a glass cage, which would not prevent her from continuing her misdeeds. I invite you to discover the incredible story of Robert the Doll and its owner, Robert Eugène Otto. In 1896, Thomas Otto and his wife moved into their new home at the corner of Eaton and Simonton Streets in Key West, Florida. Mr. Otto was a doctor, the family was wealthy and their lives were very pleasant, but rumours were that they were particularly harsh towards their servants and abused them. Among their servants was a young woman of Haitian origin whom they had hired to take care of their young son Robert Eugene, but one day in 1906, Mrs. Otto saw her performing black magic rituals in the backyard of her house and shocked, she decided to dismiss her immediately. Before leaving, the woman went to young Robert, who was then six years old, and offered him a large, one-metre-high doll as a farewell gift. The object was most surprising and nowhere else was there one like it. Her body was made of a thick cloth filled with straw, two black buttons replaced her eyes and her wool hair was so soft that it looked like a child’s. Thinking that the young woman had become attached to her son, and despite her poor opinion of her, Mrs. Otto agreed that the young boy should accept the doll, but Robert fell so in love with his new toy that they became inseparable. He took her everywhere with him, day and night. Every night he would slip her into his bed, sleeping with her, and when it was time to sit at the table he would sit her down close to him, on a small chair specially designed for this purpose, and discreetly “feed” her without her parents’ knowledge. This whim amused Mr. and Mrs. Otto, who saw nothing but a child’s attachment to his new toy, but certain events would lead them to revise their judgment. One day, when his mother had just lectured him for some reason, Robert said that from now on he wanted to be called Eugene, who was his middle name, because, he explained, Robert was his doll’s name. On another occasion, while Mrs. Otto was near her room, she caught a strange conversation between her son and the doll. The little boy addressed Robert with his usual childish voice and another, much deeper voice replied. Of course, the mother first assumed that the child was playing, transforming his voice and responding to himself, but as she continued to listen to him, an uneasiness invaded her and eventually did not leave her. In a surprising way, the tone of the voice seemed to emanate from the doll and it looked in every way like that of an adult. Then suddenly, the little boy’s behaviour began to change. Sometimes he would show himself agitated and when his mother broke into his room she would find him huddled in a corner of the room, sitting on the floor, staring strangely at the large rag doll that was sitting on a chair or his bed. Often he was plagued by frightening nightmares and woke up screaming, terrified. One evening, a frightful noise rose from Eugene’s room and immediately his parents rushed in, panicked. The room had been destroyed. The furniture lay on the floor, upside down, and sitting on his bed, the child stared at the doll in horror. “It’s Robert! It’s not me, it’s Robert! ‘he cried as he saw them. Sometimes the servants would find Eugene’s toys scattered all over the house, horribly mutilated, and when the little boy was questioned, he would answer tirelessly: “Robert did it! “His whole family was worried that he would act in such a disturbing way, and soon the servants began to be afraid of it. Strange rumours then began to spread in the neighbourhood that when the family was away, their neighbours sometimes saw the doll moving from window to window. Some had remarked to them, and Eugene’s parents had confirmed their observations, replying that when they returned, they would never meet Robert instead. Sometimes it seemed as if they could see his small figure running from room to room, and soon his terrifying laughter echoed throughout the house. If Mr. and Mrs. Otto were the main witnesses of the unexplainable phenomena, they were not the only ones to have noticed the doll’s actions. Some of their guests reported, troubled, that Robert sometimes blinked and that the glimmers in his eyes seemed to vary according to his mood. Then, as the demonstrations became more and more frequent, many of their servants, terrified, gave their leave and even if new ones were hired, Mr. and Mrs. Otto’s relatives advised them to react. On the recommendation of a great-aunt, Eugene’s parents confiscated the doll from her and placed it in a box that they hid in the attic. She was going to stay there for a very long time. Many years had passed and the child had become a man. Eugene was a professional painter and he had married Anne, a young woman he had met during his studies in Paris. When his father died, the young man decided to move back to the old Victorian mansion of his childhood, thinking that he could easily set up a large workshop in his old room, but soon after his arrival he discovered the doll he had almost forgotten. She seemed to be waiting for her, lying in her little cedar chest, and immediately her old passion reappeared. He then decided to arrange a place for her in the attic, a room just for her, and decorated it with small pieces of furniture adapted to her size. Anne didn’t like Robert, she had hated him from the moment she saw him. Shivers were running through her as she looked at him and she was desperate about the way her husband seemed obsessed with this doll. Some time later, Eugene told his wife that Robert was not satisfied with where he was and that he no longer wanted to stay in the attic. Now he wanted light. Ignore his wife’s protests, Eugene moved his small room to a room on the 3rd floor and dropped Robert off in an armchair, near the window overlooking the street, but soon the children who passed by the house on their way to school reported seeing the doll wince, making fun of them and even dancing. So, since they were afraid of her, they avoided approaching or looking at her. Eugene had changed and his marriage to Anne was slowly deteriorating. He got carried away for no reason, shouted, attacked her, hit furniture, broke things and then, suddenly, he seemed to be himself again, apologized and started again a little later. His excuse was always the same: “It was Robert, Anne, it was Robert! “and his wife was beginning to doubt his mental health. Family friends said that the doll’s gaze changed according to the circumstances, and that it sometimes seemed frightening, full of hatred and wickedness. One day, a plumber who was working alone in the room where Robert was standing heard a laugh ringing in his back and turning over hastily, he noticed that the doll had changed places. The unfortunate man ran away from home without even picking up his tools. Malcolm Ross, a journalist at Solares Hill, visited Eugene Otto’s house and when he saw Robert, he thought he had the look of a punished little boy. Some of his friends, who were accompanying him, then told him Robert’s story and to prove their point, they showed him the small pieces of furniture that decorated his room. At that moment, the doll seemed to change her expression, as if she was following the conversion. One of the men then made an unpleasant comment about Gene Otto, calling him an old fool, and Robert’s eyes were tinged with disdain. According to Malcolm Ross: “There was a kind of intelligence there. The doll was listening to us. Then suddenly, in the early 1970s, Eugene became seriously ill. Instead of spending time with his wife, he preferred to lock himself in the room, alone with Robert. He died in 1972 in their guest room, his doll next to him. Anne’s heart was broken. She quickly sold the house and moved to Boston, near her family. As for Robert, he found his place in the attic, but this time he didn’t wait long before leaving.

Download or read book What Makes the Great Great written by Dennis Kimbro and published by Main Street Books. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part vocational pep rally, part how-to book, in What Makes the Great Great, bestselling author Dennis Kimbro explores the strategies and thought processes of successful African-Americans. What Makes the Great Great elaborates on the inspiring message Dennis Kimbro put forth in his first book Think and Grow Rich--A Black Choice. Through dozens of interviews and the inspirational stories of people like John H. Johnson, Publisher of Ebony magazine, Condoleeza Rice, Provost of Stanford University, and Ann Fudge, President of Maxwell House Coffee, Dr. Kimbro outlines the nine strategies that determine success. According to Dr. Kimbro, being great depends on a commitment to making dreams come true: "All high achievers make choices, not excuses." We all have the seeds of greatness in us, and his book gives readers the tools to discover and nurture those seeds, showing them how to motivate themselves to master every aspect of their lives.

Download or read book Against the Grain written by Bill Courtney and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Courtney — entrepreneur, football coach, and subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated — shares his hard-won lessons on discipline, success, teamwork and triumph over adversity. In Against the Grain, Bill Courtney shares his convictions on the fundamental tenets of character, commitment, service, leadership, civility, and others that, in his decades of success as an entrepreneur and educator, have proven to be the keys to a winning and meaningful life and career. Each chapter tells the story of one of these tenets through compelling anecdotes of the colorful characters in Bill's life, leading to a deeper understand of the meaning of each and how to employee these fundamentals in all aspects of one's life. Against the Grain intertwines inspiring and thought-provoking anecdotes, lessons, and amazing real life examples. Bill's passion for us all to reconsider our own approach to life and constantly improve upon it comes across on every page.

Download or read book Horror Films of the 1990s written by John Kenneth Muir and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released from 1990 through 1999. The horror genre's trends and cliches are connected to social and cultural phenomena, such as Y2K fears and the Los Angeles riots. Popular films were about serial killers, aliens, conspiracies, and sinister "interlopers," new monsters who shambled their way into havoc. Each of the films is discussed at length with detailed credits and critical commentary. There are six appendices: 1990s cliches and conventions, 1990s hall of fame, memorable ad lines, movie references in Scream, 1990s horrors vs. The X-Files, and the decade's ten best. Fully indexed, 224 photographs.

Download or read book Deadlines written by Camilla Chafer and published by Audacious. This book was released on 2016 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shayne Winter thinks she has everything she ever wanted: a job as chief reporter at the LA Chronicle, a swish new apartment in a fabulous neighborhood, and a Californian-cool lifestyle just waiting to reveal itself. But on the first day of her new life, it all goes horribly wrong. The apartment is less ‘young professional’ and more ‘young offender’, the only furnishing a handsome squatter with roving eyes. Even worse, Ben, her predecessor at the Chronicle, has returned to claim his old job, leaving Shayne nothing but the obituary column and a simple choice: take it or leave it. Her first assignment should be easy: write up the accidental death of washed-up former child-star Chucky Barnard and file her column. Yet when Shayne interviews the people close to Chucky, his sister claims Chucky had everything to live for and his untimely death could only be murder. Convinced this could be the perfect headline to put her life back on track, Shayne vows to find the truth, convince a reticent homicide detective to investigate, and bring a killer to justice, all before Ben grabs her story and the killer makes Shayne his or her personal deadline.

Download or read book CMJ New Music Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-11-02 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMJ New Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts of non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and trend-forward retail sales. CMJ's trade publication, compiles playlists for college and non-commercial stations; often a prelude to larger success.

Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-05-27 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

Download or read book 10 Commandments of Heart Health Explained written by Doctor Warrick Bishop and published by Evolve Global Publishing. This book was released on with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Secrets to a Healthier Heart with "10 Commandments of Heart Health" In "10 Commandments of Heart Health," renowned cardiologists Dr. Warrick Bishop and Dr. Karam Kostner, along with writer Penelope Edman, unveil a groundbreaking approach to understanding and combating one of the world's most prevalent killers: heart disease. This book is not just a guide; it's a lifesaver. Why This Book? Heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally, but Drs. Bishop and Kostner believe it doesn’t have to be this way. Their book offers a blend of expert knowledge, patient experiences, and actionable advice distilled into 10 core principles for heart health. Whether you're looking to reduce your risk, come from a family with a history of heart issues, or are a healthcare professional aiming to stay ahead of the curve, this book is for you. Expertise Meets Accessibility With decades of experience in cardiology and a passion for preventive care, the authors break down complex medical concepts into understandable and actionable advice. Their insights are supported by real-life patient stories that not only shed light on the human side of heart disease but also illustrate the life-saving impact of the strategies discussed. For Everyone Who Has a Heart This book is designed for anyone who cares about their heart health, regardless of medical background. It is especially valuable for: Individuals seeking to minimize their heart attack risk. Families with a history of heart disease looking for preventive strategies. Medical, nursing, and health professional students seeking a comprehensive yet accessible resource. Proactive doctors and health professionals looking for up-to-date information on risk and prevention. Transform Your Life "10 Commandments of Heart Health" is more than a book; it's a guide to transforming your approach to heart health. From dietary advice to the latest in medical research, this book equips you with the knowledge you need to take control of your heart health and live a longer, healthier life. Embrace the commandments. Protect your heart. Transform your future.

Download or read book The Story That Must Be Told written by Kimberly M. Wallace and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As I look back at my introduction and slowly began reading each chapter, I am amazed at all that I’ve endured some things not written. There were many times I wanted to give up, but I am so grateful for being a mother who refused to lay in bed and die, not wanting my children to come in from school and find me lifeless after all the alcohol I’d consumed. I would press my way downstairs while asking God not to let me die. “Thank you, God, for Your grace and mercy which has seen me through so many dark, tough, lonely times to this living point.” We go through unwanted and unwarranted situations in this thing called life, and we have questions that always starts with why. Why did my son’s life have to come to an end so soon and tragically? I haven’t cried in a while, but writing these words reminds me of just how much I miss my son. And of so many other moms and dads who have had to feel this void of not having your special son/daughter here with you anymore. Hold on to your faith in Jesus Christ, our Savior. You can make it. I did, and I am praying for each of you. Coming out to many storms, I’m flourishing into God’s beautiful rainbow.

Download or read book Watching Murder written by Simon Cottee and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watching Murder shines a light onto the dark world of jihadi murder videos and the people who watch and share them on the internet. Images and videos of murder, torture and other cruelties are everywhere on the internet. Why do some people seek out and watch this material, how are they affected by it and do they have a right to watch any of it in the first place? In this ground-breaking book, terrorism scholar Simon Cottee visits the murky fringes of the internet in search of answers. Focusing on ISIS, he shows how the group transformed the urban myth of the snuff movie into a grim reality watched by tens of thousands of people across the globe. On shock-sites, he finds a contingent of ISIS fans who, while hating the group, love to watch its most monstrous depredations in high definition. He interviews his fellow extremism researchers and asks them about all the dark things they have seen online and how this has affected their mental health. He speaks with the "cleaners" whose job is to report and remove violent jihadi propaganda from the internet. And he surveys thousands of young adults to find out what they think of ISIS and its notorious beheading videos. Cottee exposes the hysteria around online radicalization, and shows how our engagement with violent online spectacles is much more complex and multifaceted than many would have us believe. Watching Murder will appeal to anyone with an interest in violence, media, terrorism and ISIS. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of terrorism studies, political science, culture and communication.

Download or read book Yellow Bird written by Sierra Crane Murdoch and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it—an urgent work of literary journalism. “I don’t know a more complicated, original protagonist in literature than Lissa Yellow Bird, or a more dogged reporter in American journalism than Sierra Crane Murdoch.”—William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Barbarian Days In development as a Paramount+ original series WINNER OF THE OREGON BOOK AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Publishers Weekly When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker, Kristopher “KC” Clarke, had disappeared from his reservation worksite, she became particularly concerned. No one knew where Clarke had gone, and few people were actively looking for him. Yellow Bird traces Lissa’s steps as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke’s disappearance. She navigates two worlds—that of her own tribe, changed by its newfound wealth, and that of the non-Native oilmen, down on their luck, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit of Clarke is also a pursuit of redemption, as Lissa atones for her own crimes and reckons with generations of trauma. Yellow Bird is an exquisitely written, masterfully reported story about a search for justice and a remarkable portrait of a complex woman who is smart, funny, eloquent, compassionate, and—when it serves her cause—manipulative. Drawing on eight years of immersive investigation, Sierra Crane Murdoch has produced a profound examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing.

Download or read book The Horror Comic Never Dies written by Michael Walton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horror comics were among the first comic books published--ghastly tales that soon developed an avid young readership, along with a bad reputation. Parent groups, psychologists, even the United States government joined in a crusade to wipe out the horror comics industry--and they almost succeeded. Yet the genre survived and flourished, from the 1950s to today. This history covers the tribulations endured by horror comics creators and the broader impact on the comics industry. The genre's ultimate success helped launch the careers of many of the biggest names in comics. Their stories and the stories of other key players are included, along with a few surprises.

Download or read book The Black Guy Dies First written by Robin R. Means Coleman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising success of Get Out, Candyman, and Lovecraft Country from creators behind the acclaimed documentary, Horror Noire. The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the Oscar-​winning cinematic heights of Get Out and beyond. This eye-opening book delves into the themes, tropes, and traits that have come to characterize Black roles in horror since 1968, a year in which race made national headlines in iconic moments from the enactment of the 1968 Civil Rights Act and Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in April. This timely book is a must-read for cinema and horror fans alike.

Download or read book Ill Effects written by Martin Barker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-26 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of the media remains a contentious issue. Every time a particularly high-profile crime of violence is committed, there are those who blame the effects of the media. The familiar culprits of cinema, television, video and rock music, have now been joined, particularly in the wake of the massacre at Columbine High, by the Internet and the World Wide Web. Yet, any real evidence that the media do actually have such negative effects remains as elusive as ever and, consequently, the debate about effects frequently ends up as being little more than strident and rhetorical appeals to 'common sense'. Ill Effects argues that the question of media influence needs to be debated by those with a clearer understanding of how audiences and media interact with one another. Analysing the failure of the effects approach to understand both the modern media and their audiences, this second edition examines the influence of the effects tradition in America, the United Kingdom, Australia and Europe as well as the role of the British Board of Film Classification. Contributors examine the increasing number of stories about the alleged ill effects of the Internet and enquire whether this is a prelude to, and a crude attempt to legitimise, the imposition of tighter controls on new media. Ill Effects is a guide for the perplexed. It suggests new and productive ways in which we can understand the effects of the media and questions why many in media education accept a simple interpretation of the effects debate, particularly at times of moral panic. Refusing to adopt the absurd position that the media have no influence at all, Ill Effects reconceptualises the notion of media influence in ways which take into account how people actually use and interact with the media in their everyday lives. Martin Barker, Sara Bragg, David Buckingham, Tom Craig, David Gauntlett, Patricia Holland, Annette Hill, Mark Kermode, Graham Murdoch, Julian Petley, Sue Turnbull.

Download or read book The Lonely Soldier written by Helen Benedict and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lonely Soldier--the inspiration for the documentary The Invisible War--vividly tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006--and of the challenges they faced while fighting a war painfully alone. More American women have fought and died in Iraq than in any war since World War Two, yet as soldiers they are still painfully alone. In Iraq, only one in ten troops is a woman, and she often serves in a unit with few other women or none at all. This isolation, along with the military's deep-seated hostility toward women, causes problems that many female soldiers find as hard to cope with as war itself: degradation, sexual persecution by their comrades, and loneliness, instead of the camaraderie that every soldier depends on for comfort and survival. As one female soldier said, "I ended up waging my own war against an enemy dressed in the same uniform as mine." In The Lonely Soldier, Benedict tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006. She follows them from their childhoods to their enlistments, then takes them through their training, to war and home again, all the while setting the war's events in context. We meet Jen, white and from a working-class town in the heartland, who still shakes from her wartime traumas; Abbie, who rebelled against a household of liberal Democrats by enlisting in the National Guard; Mickiela, a Mexican American who grew up with a family entangled in L.A. gangs; Terris, an African American mother from D.C. whose childhood was torn by violence; and Eli PaintedCrow, who joined the military to follow Native American tradition and to escape a life of Faulknerian hardship. Between these stories, Benedict weaves those of the forty other Iraq War veterans she interviewed, illuminating the complex issues of war and misogyny, class, race, homophobia, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Each of these stories is unique, yet collectively they add up to a heartbreaking picture of the sacrifices women soldiers are making for this country. Benedict ends by showing how these women came to face the truth of war and by offering suggestions for how the military can improve conditions for female soldiers-including distributing women more evenly throughout units and rejecting male recruits with records of violence against women. Humanizing, urgent, and powerful, The Lonely Soldier is a clarion call for change.

Download or read book Laws Policies Attitudes and Processes That Shape the Lives of Puppies in America written by Carmen M. Cusack and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puppies -- nubile, tender, and pure -- have become endeared to U.S. society, and to some extent, the world. Puppies are the holy grail of animal companions to Americans. They are glorified above other animals and protected by numerous laws, yet they are systematically, lawfully, and illegally abused, tortured, and killed. A vast array of opinions, policies, protocols, rules, regulations, and laws govern treatment or mistreatment of puppies demonstrating that appreciation for puppies is neither ubiquitous, nor superseding. Puppies may be subjected to painful product testing in the U.S., but not in Europe, despite their glorified status above other animals. This book details the myriad of laws, policies, attitudes, misfortunes, and processes shaping puppies' lives in America. Specialized topics such as Bestiality, Child Grooming, Pornography, Film, Mythology, and Art are addressed to build an argument that overall, treatment of puppies in the U.S. reflects priorities, needs, values, and morals which are contextually based on human desires, capabilities, survival mechanisms, altruism, American family life, and the economy. The randomized yet selective treatment of puppies typifies American culture, and to some extent other cultures, at least in the American purview. The author analyzes physiological comparisons between humans and dogs to discover why Americans may be so interested in puppies. The foundations of this research are law, social and behavioral science, policies, history, politics, animal studies, animal welfare, criminal justice, sociology, anthropology, and current events.

Download or read book Emergency Care written by Linda Owen and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mexico, Hurricane Bertha flattened tobacco crops and coffee bean fields and demolished entire villages. Then suddenly she turned northward a surprising act that had not been foreseen by meteorologists. After twelve hours, the winds that had reached 180 miles per hour would slow, and the storm would die. But before that, Bertha would terrorize the unsuspecting residents of a South Texas hospital and the bank robbers holding them hostage. It is a toss-up whether nurse Sidney Shelton is more afraid of the thugs or the hurricane. For hours the captors threaten and brutalize the hostages. Sidney wonders whether they will be dead or alive when the robbers leave. What can she do to protect her six-year-old son and friends from harm? God sends her unexpected help from a Mexican cop and a soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder. This novel is recommended for book clubs that enjoy a good thriller and individuals who seek theological reflection. Discussion questions are at the end of the novel.