![]() ![]() The characters (even Lady Jane as a four year old and her moderately educated nurse) just speak by turns chronologically, journal style, in elegant modern prose. ![]() Weir makes so pretence of using literary devices other than modified epistolary format, and no literary devices are much better than the feeble ones usually found in historical fiction. but as a novel, it's far from the literary fiction category. Don't hesitate to get this book - you will not want it to end. And if you enjoy this style, as well as the time period/Tudor era, you will also like Philippa Gregory's 'The Boleyn Inheritance', which is narrated in similar manner. This multi-narrator treatment works extremely well to make it a "can't stop" listen. What makes this colorful and outstanding narrative come completely to life is the selection of excellent readers for each of the characters. To enhance the storyline, the tale is told from the pov's of a number of different characters - from Lady Jane, to her mother, to the last of Henry's wives, Katherine Parr. ![]() ![]() Weir does an extraordinary job capturing her life and the circumstances that made her such a tragic figure in the Tudor legacy. The brief reign of the Lady Jane Grey is not often written about, and Ms. Allison Weir is one of the best historical fiction writers on the bookshelves, and this book is superb. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ISBN-13: 978-0940322882 Summary: Tété-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland-and knew that he must go there. Winner of the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2003Īn African in Greenland Tete-Michel Kpomassie, 2001 Some publications: "Chemins de croix", "Atterissage," "Cola cola jazz," Canailles et charlatans", Un rêve d’Albatros"… ![]() He lives between Lomé and Bordeaux in France. His works explores the political and historic memory of African peoples through themes like slavery, dictatorship and racial and cultural métissage. He is professor of theater and literature at University of Lomé, Togo. Novelist, playwright and short story writer, he has published more than ten books. Born in Togo, 1966, Kangni Alem Alemdjrodo holds a PhD in French, Comparative and French African Literature of University of Bordeaux III, France. ISBN-13: 978-2906067820 Summary: Kangni Alem (full name Kangni Alemdjrodo) b. ![]() ![]() ![]() He returned in late March during a blizzard looking forlorn and with a mysterious story. Grace thought it might be Robbie’s ship and was excited for their father’s return. Roderick received word that one of his ships had survived the storm and he went to town to deal with the business. Hope and Gervain married a year after the move and were blessed with twins shortly there after. They were successful because of their skill and the great need that village and surrounding villages had for them both. The family fortunes were auctioned and they moved out. Gervain, Hope’s secret love, came and told the family there was work for the father as a carpenter in the country where we was moving to be a blacksmith. Disaster struck the four ships and Robbie was presumed dead and the family lost all of their money in out swoop. Four of these ships set sail on a three year long journey taking with them Grace’s love Robbie whom she promised to wait for and marry him when he returned. Beauty’s mother died when she was young and her father Roderick Huston, was a successful businessman who owned many ships. Her sisters Grace and Hope received, in her mind at least, all the beauty the family had to offer. Summary: Beauty is a nickname Honour received when she was five and found herself unfit to carry the name. ![]() ![]() Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast by Robin McKinley ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s been a celebration of spring and fertility in places like Egypt and India, and in pre-Christian Rome it was the time of the festival of Flora, the goddess of flowers. ![]() Its roots as a holiday run much deeper than the labor movement, however. It remains a day of rallies and protests in many parts of the world, and in 2006, protest returned to the United States on May 1st to call attention to immigrants’ rights. President Eisenhower tried to take back May Day during the Cold War by declaring it Law Day and Loyalty Day. Since many of the organizers of the strikes were communists, socialists, and anarchists, May Day has also come to be associated with communism, and was a big national holiday in the Soviet Union. In 1886, unions around the country went on strike in support of an eight-hour workday. It’s the date when many countries celebrate Labor Day, a tradition with its roots in the 19th-century labor movement in the United States. Today is May Day, the first of May, a date that may have more holidays than any other. “Old Roses” by Donald Hall from The Selected Poems of Donald Hall. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But keeping it simple has never been Ky’s style. It’s a simple assignment: escorting one of the Vatta fleet’s oldest ships on its final voyage. But soon after opportunity’s door slams shut, Ky finds herself with a ticket to ride– and a shot at redemption–as captain of a Vatta Transport ship. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down.Įxpelled from the Academy in disgrace–and returning home to her humiliated family, a storm of high-profile media coverage, and the gaping void of her own future–Ky is ready to face the inevitable onslaught of anger, disappointment, even pity. And despite her family’s misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable asset. It’s adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. shipping concern can’t hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. For Ky, it’s no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father’s only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. ![]() "Filled with fast-paced action and well-conceived characters.”- Booklist ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They have seen repeated surges of renewed popularity from the Renaissance to the present fantasy-besotted moment.Įlves, changelings, mermaids, pixies, and sprites, England’s Queen Mab, France’s Morgana, Scandinavian nixies, and Irish banshees: these magical creatures are sometimes mischievous, sometimes dangerous, but always enchanting. With ancient roots in pagan belief, fairies have long populated mythology, folklore, and oral and written poetry. A wide-ranging and appealingly fairy-sized treasury of fantastical poems from across the centuries and around the world, in a gorgeously jacketed small hardcoverįascination with fairies spans centuries and cultures. ![]() ![]() She is a widow with children who have grown up and moved away. I do not know how this reflects on my detecting skills, but I hopefully made up for it by predicting the main twist towards the end (even if I have to convince myself of that) Only some chapters in did I suddenly realise that this was not a contemporary narrative. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.įor some strange reason, when I picked this off my Kindle to read, I had forgotten that it was a reprint. ![]() If you like the sound of a book where a resourceful old lady outsmarts her kidnappers and rescues two fellow prisoners then I think you'll love this, I thought the 'twist' was obvious from the outset, but then I've seen a lot of spy films. Of course little old ladies (laugh that a woman a decade older than me is deemed a little old lady) are famous for not doing the expected and soon Mrs Pollifax finds herself captured and kidnapped. Of course Mrs Pollifax is almost the exact opposite of a spy, but that what makes her perfect for a simple assignment in Mexico City. Full of determination she walks into the CIA building and offers her services. Then a chance chat with her doctor reminds Mrs Pollifax that she once wanted to be a spy. ![]() ![]() She's so bored that she almost, almost steps off the roof of her apartment building. ![]() Mrs Emily Pollifax is an unremarkable widow living an uneventful life, volunteering at the local hospital, garden club, book club etc. ![]() ![]() ![]() This ancient story might be dismissed as mere fancy, but for the fact that the elderly Sir Charles Baskerville recently died in very mysterious circumstances, apparently fleeing in terror from something which came from the moor. The same hound is reputed to have harrowed several of the subsequent heirs to the estate. ![]() He gives Holmes and Watson an account of a centuries-old legend, in which a hell-hound slaughtered the debauched heir of the Baskerville family who had been in lecherous pursuit of an innocent maiden across the moor. Mortimer, a physician now living on the fringes of Dartmoor. Sherlock Holmes is consulted in his Baker Street apartment by Dr. ![]() The Hound of the Baskervilles, serialized in 1901â∱902, was the third novel featuring Holmes and Watson. John Watson, appeared in two initial novels and dozens of short stories serialized in popular magazines, attracting a devoted, almost fanatical following which continues to this day. Holmes, alongside his friend and biographer Dr. It would be hard to nominate a more well-known character in English literature than that of the austere analytical detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 1880s. Â 44 in the Le Mondeâs 100 Books of the Century ![]() The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyleĥ9,648 words (3 hours 37 minutes) with a reading ease of 80.92 (easy) The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Grief shared in community distributes the burden over many shoulders. Collectively we can help one another. Usually, after sorting it out on the forum, I was able to talk with my husband, other family members, or friends. Having an anonymous sounding board gave me the freedom to share thoughts and feelings that I didn’t feel comfortable sharing with others in my life. There is comfort in knowing that you are not alone that there are others with similar experiences. They offered what worked for them and allowed me to share what was bothering me – those feelings in my heart that I didn’t dare share with other people. I didn’t know what to expect and was grateful to find people who understood my experience and didn’t ask questions. This was my first experience with an online group. I posted my story and right away received kind and gentle words. It started like this: I found the Alliance of Hope Forum a few weeks after my son Ian died. ![]() ![]() ![]() When your children are bored, they often find something to do on their own. She made the point that boredom in children produces creativity. Last fall I read an article by our local librarian. I think both have positive outcomes for your children this summer and hope you will share these with your friends & family. There are two solutions to your kids' boredom I want to share with you. The airplane "project" results from boredom. ![]() Whether you're 6, 16 or 36, you'll enjoy it. If you haven't read the book, go to your library and grab a copy. Out in the garage, they build an airplane and fly it. ![]() I'm bored, there's nothing to do!' I'm sure you've never heard that in your home! Have you ever read the book by Peter Spier, Bored, Nothing To Do? It's about two brothers who are bored so their mom sends them outside to do something. ![]() |