5/13/2023 0 Comments The Concubine by Norah Lofts![]() ![]() Her creation of this fictitious area of England is reminiscent of Thomas Hardy's creation of " Wessex" and her use of recurring characters such that the protagonist of one novel appears as a secondary character in others is even more reminiscent of William Faulkner's work set in " Yoknapatawpha County," Mississippi. ![]() Most of her historical novels fall into two general categories: biographical novels about queens, among them Anne Boleyn, Isabella I of Castile, and Catherine of Aragon and novels set in East Anglia centered around the fictitious town of Baildon (patterned largely on Bury St. However, the murders still show characteristic Lofts elements. Lofts chose to release her murder-mystery novels under the pen name Peter Curtis because she did not want the readers of her historic fiction to pick up a murder-mystery novel and expect classic Lofts historical fiction. She stood as a Town Councillor for Bury St Edmunds from 1957 to 1962, where she died in 1983. ![]() Lofts wed her second husband, Robert Jorisch, a technical consultant to the British Sugar Corporation at the town's sugar beet factory, in 1949. ![]() She married Geoffrey Lofts in 1931 with whom she had one son, Clive. In 1925 she attained a teaching diploma from Norwich Training College. Norah Ethel Robinson was born in Shipdham, Norfolk to Isaac Robinson and Ethel Garner, and grew up in Bury St Edmunds where she was educated at Guildhall Feoffment Girls School and the County Grammar School for Girls in the town. Northgate House, Bury St Edmunds, home to Lofts from 1955 until her death in 1983 ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Betsy tacy and tib![]() ![]() “I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer,” she recalled decades later. From an early age, she was set on a literary career. Her family moved into the house on Center Street a few months after her birth and stayed there until 1906. ![]() Both houses give you the opportunity to experience the real-life setting of a uniquely appealing fictional world. Both the Hart and Kenney homes have been restored and opened for tours by the Mankato-based Betsy-Tacy Society. Their parents, siblings, and friends all appear-under different names-in the books. There was a real Betsy (Lovelace, originally Hart) and a real Tacy (her friend Frances “Bick” Kenney). ![]() ![]() What not all Betsy-Tacy readers may realize is that Lovelace drew the Deep Valley stories from her own life in Mankato, a small city about 90 miles south of Minneapolis. Along the way are birthday parties, adventurous excursions up The Big Hill behind Betsy’s house and to the Opera House downtown, elementary and high school, and, eventually, Betsy’s efforts to find true love and begin a writing career. Starting with two small girls in the 1890s, the series follows Betsy and Tacy into young adulthood. Real-Life Setting of a Most Popular Fictional Worldīlume is not alone: nearly 80 years after Lovelace published her first Betsy-Tacy book, the stories of the two devoted friends and their families remain among the most charming and evocative portraits of childhood in American literature. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The deep sky by yume kitasei![]() ![]()
5/13/2023 0 Comments The dry by jane harper![]() " -David BaldacciĪ small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. "One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read. Harper dreams up.You'll love sleight of hand.A secret on every page." -The New York Times "A breathless page-turner, driven by the many revelations Ms. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM IFC FILMS STARRING ERIC BANA "I love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries." -Stephen King But now more than one person knows they didn't tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead". Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke's steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. ![]() About the Book "After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend Luke. ![]() ![]() He opened a briefcase filled with sensitive electronics, retrieving a minuscule GPS beacon/listening device. He was well aware that a gun couldn’t kill an immortal, but an armor-piercing round between the eyes at close range could bring one to the ground. More cartridges filled the pockets of his camo pants. He strapped his sword to his side, then checked the pistols in his dual holster and the extra cartridges in his dark flak jacket. After turning off the ignition, he readied for the night with a swift efficiency born of years of combat. When he spied lightning in the distance, he pulled off into the thick brush, deep enough to conceal his truck. ![]() Yet he reminded himself that tonight’s target would be merely another capture, yet another prisoner he delivered to the Order-the mortal army to which he’d pledged his life. ![]() Perhaps because no other magister had ever captured a Valkyrie? Ever since he’d received her dossier two weeks ago, Declan had been impatient to seize this female. ![]() Though his head was splitting from lack of sleep and his usual tension plagued him, he felt a measure of excitement about his mission. Declan Chase eased his Humvee down a winding bayou drive leading to Val Hall, the estate where a notorious coven of Valkyrie lived. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This continuity was formerly called the Trade Pact Universe. In 2022, Czerneda was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame (CSFFA). She has edited and authored a number of educational books about career guidance and the teaching of science. She has written many novels, including four Aurora Award for Best Novel winners ( In the Company of Others, A Turn of Light, A Play of Shadow, and The Gossamer Mage), and a number of short stories she has also edited several anthologies.Ĭzerneda is a biologist by education, and has been active in writing and editing non-fiction. Czerneda (born April 11, 1955) is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Xoxo axie oh review![]() ![]() Their mutual attraction burns, but must be kept secret, both because of Mom’s general disapproval of distraction and the heady demands of K-Pop stardom. Jenny is admitted to a prestigious music academy that doubles as a training ground for K-Pop idols and miraculously, THE boy, Jaewoo, also attends, in between practices and appearances of his superstar band XOXO. Wish fulfillment time: she and her mom woosh off to Seoul to reunite with her darling, vaguely cancer-sticken halmeoni (grandma). She’s a talented cellist, but recent competition feedback pointing out her lack of “spark” has her re-thinking her all-work and no play approach, prompting her to spend a magical evening with a mysterious boy she meets in a karaoke bar. Jenny Oh is a first generation Korean-American living with her single mom in L.A. ![]() What did you like about the book? An utterly adorable teen romance that covers so much ground: K-Pop, forbidden love, boarding school drama, generational clash, and best of all, lots and lots of food. ![]() Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Neil author of stardust![]() Alan has been my friend for 25 years and his philosophy has always been, they give you a check and it's nothing to do with you and now they can make a film. ![]() Gaiman: To be honest, watching what happened with Alan was why I decided to get so involved. ![]() So Matthew became the director almost by accident. At first, he meant just as a producer, and we met with Terry Gilliam to see if he would direct it, but he had just come off "Brothers Grimm" and he wasn't going to make another fairy tale for love or money. I love fairy tales, and I love this, and I want to do this" (see "Neil Gaiman's 'Stardust' Finally Comes To Big Screen, Thanks To 'Layer Cake' Director"). And she read "Stardust." And she said, "This is just like fairy-tale stories I read as a kid, except for adults," and she had Matthew read it, and he said, "I want to make it. So I was very lucky that Claudia Schiffer was both pregnant and had a broken foot - though she wouldn't say she was lucky - so she couldn't do much and was doing a lot of reading. But I wasn't comfortable with "Stardust" being a vehicle for anyone. We had a lot of beautiful young lady actresses who asked to buy the rights for it to be a vehicle for them. Miramax had it for a while, and they hadn't gotten it together. Gaiman: I said no to people who wanted to make "Stardust" for four years. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Half blood prince jim kay![]() ![]()
5/13/2023 0 Comments Thomas leviathan![]() ![]() The title of Hobbes's treatise alludes to the Leviathan mentioned in the Book of Job. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature (" the war of all against all") could be avoided only by a strong, undivided government. Written during the English Civil War (1642–1651), it argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. ![]() Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). ![]() |