This is no mere guidebook, though: the poetry of Deakin's language itself seems to flow like water, and the book defies genres.
The book defies genre, but on first blush one might be tempted to call it an illustrated natural, culinary, and industrial history of chocolate.
Her latest book, Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason, is available October 13th.
The big, brave surprise in this book is that it defies the expectation of abuse that it has cultivated – yet it also raises the question of whether the novel needs a bigger drama as it progresses to ramp up the tension.
Mekhennet has another goal in this book, which is to defy generalizations about Muslims, and Muslim women in particular.
Certain books defy sentimentality as their primary triumph.
Held Form-book defying stalemates usually involve a frustrated side being held.
A doctor by training — he also created the hit television series "ER" — Mr. Crichton used fiction to explore the moral and political problems posed by modern technology and scientific breakthroughs, which in his books defied human control or ended up as tools used for evil ends.
These writers, and I've met them, are tempted to explain the ways their books defy or cross genres, but they shouldn't.
I defy anybody not to enjoy this book.
