5/22/2023 0 Comments Fallen angel by anne mather![]() ![]() Her Anne Mather's novel, Leopard in the Snow, was developed into a 1978 movie. ![]() ![]() She also published books as Caroline Fleming or Cardine Fleming. And now, more than 160 books later, she's literally - excuse the pun - staggered by what happened. Not very professional, as you can see, but that's the way it was. She was newly married then, and her daughter was just a baby, and it was quite a job juggling her household chores and scribbling away in exercise books every chance she got. The trouble was, she never used to finish any of the stories, and Caroline, her first published book as Anne Mather, was the first book she'd actually completed. One the contrary, for years She wrote only for her own pleasure, and it wasn't until her husband suggested that she ought to send one of her stories to a publisher that they put several publishers names into a hat and pulled one out. Mildred has always wanted to write - which is not to say she has always wanted to be a professional writer. ![]() Her mother used to gather these up from time to time, when her bedroom became too untidy, and dispose of them! She had written all through her infant and junior years and on into her teens, the stories changing from children's adventures to torrid gypsy passions. Mildred Grieveson was born on Octoin England. ![]()
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5/22/2023 0 Comments Checkmate by Norah Lofts![]() Most of her historical novels fall into two general categories: biographical novels about queens, among them Anne Boleyn, Isabella 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 Norah Lofts elements. ![]() ![]() Norah 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 Norah Lofts historical fiction. She also published using the pseudonyms Juliet Astley and Peter Curtis. Lofts was born in Shipdham, Norfolk in England. Many of her novels, including her Suffolk Trilogy, follow the history of a specific house and the residents that lived in it. She wrote over fifty books specialising in historical fiction, but she also wrote non-fiction and short stories. Norah Ethel Robinson Lofts Jorisch (27 August 1904–10 September 1983) was a 20th century best-selling British author. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Books similar to normal people![]() ![]() ![]() Netflix has the production rights, but it's been in the early stages of production since April of 2020. So it was super exciting when Kiera Cass announced that the TV series would follow America's journey. This series is by far my favorite of all time - I've read the first three books at least 80 times (sorry Eadlyn, I'm an America fan). That deal is only first of her and Maxon's relationship. But after realizing that she needs to stay for her family, she decides to strike a deal with Maxon. ![]() America Singer has been chosen to participate in this event of the decade, but the problem? She has no interest in this whole thing, much less winning over Maxon. Synopsis: Thirty-six girls are vying for the heart of Prince Maxon Schreave in The Selection. ![]() ![]() Impersonating Lady Saren is a crime punishable by death, but Dashti will have to play the role many times if she is to save them both from the tower and the dangers outside. Not long after their confinement begins, Saren's suitors arrive-one welcome, the other less so-and she orders Dashti to speak to them. As food runs low and the weather changes from broiling hot to unbearably cold, it is all Dashti can do to make them comfortable in their dark prison. ![]() When Lady Saren refuses to marry a man she fears, she and her maid, Dashti, are locked in a tower with just a tiny flap open to the outside world. ![]() From New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale comes a Brothers Grimm fairy tale retelling about mistaken identity and love gone awry. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seton's Issued to the Bride One Sniper was one of BookBub's most highly rated books of 2017. Her books have regularly ranked as iBooks bestsellers, and her book The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride was one of Draft2Digital's bestselling self-published ebooks of 2014. The Soldiers E-Mail Order Bride (2014) by Cora Seton (Favorite Author) 4. Cora Seton (born February 13, 1969) is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance novels. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Black hole by charles burns![]() Examination of the imagery Keith witnesses early on while hallucinating reveals a pattern emerging which continues through Black Hole. ![]() His hallucination serves as a moment of foreshadowing while also working in regards to the comic’s overall depictions of struggles with adolescence, the transformation all of the teenagers undergo following their sexual awakenings, and the obsession with sex including vaginal imagery braided through the comic. One teen named Keith dissects a frog during science class and while doing so experiences a hallucination before blacking out. The story switches between the perspectives of several teenagers in a small town, however, the imagery throughout is consistent from one character to the next. ![]() ![]() The Charles Burns comic Black Hole focuses on aspects concerning the coming of age adolescents face as they move from teenagers towards maturation, and the shared experiences most of them go through such as awkward social situations and sexual discovery. Black Hole: The Grotesque Imagery of Sex and Adolescence ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The buried giant meaning![]() It's not known whose hands they were they could have been Egyptians or people the Hyksos were fighting in the Levant. "You deprive him of his power eternally," Bietak explained. ![]() "Each pit represents a ceremony."Ĭutting off the right hand, specifically, not only would have made counting victims easier, it would have served the symbolic purpose of taking away an enemy's strength. "Our evidence is the earliest evidence and the only physical evidence at all," Bietak said. ![]() ![]() The hands appear to be the first physical evidence of a practice attested to in ancient Egyptian writing and art, in which a soldier would present the cut-off right hand of an enemy in exchange for gold, Bietak explains in the most recent edition of the periodical Egyptian Archaeology. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Staying fat for sarah byrnes book![]() ![]() While probing such issues as friendship, free speech and moral values, Crutcher ( Chinese Handcuffs Stotan! ) tells a tale whose mordant humor, poignancy and suspense pack a breathtaking wallop. Eric must uncover the terrible secret she's hiding, before its dark currents pull them both under.Publishers WeeklySuch superlatives as ``riveting'' and ``powerful'' can only hint at the craftsmanship on display in this transcendent story of love, loyalty and courage. Now Sarah Byrnes — the smartest, toughest person Eric has ever known — sits silent in a hospital. Later, although swimming slimmed Eric, she stayed his closest friend. When they were children, his fat and her terrible scars made them both outcasts. Sarah Byrnes and Eric have been friends for years. ![]() ![]() ![]() I recommend this novel if you like magic and fantasy. She is able to make us care not only about an artificial being but also a jinni that has a dark history.Ī sequel is supposed to be released but no idea when but I will be looking out for that. Books about jinnis’ and golems are interesting reads and Wecker is also a great storyteller. I have read this novel twice and plan to read it again down the line. ![]() She makes everything connect while also showing us the greatest city in the world. Her characters are detailed and the plot is also great. Wecker does a great job painting Manhattan vividly and shows us the viewpoints of an immigrant that just arrived. Also in the city, Schaalman has followed the golem and seeks immortality and will go to any lengths to accomplish that.Įxploring old New York City from the viewpoint of someone who was just created into existence and someone who has been locked up in a flask for centuries is a delight. Ahmad tries to recover his memories as he walks around Manhattan at night. In Little Syria New York City, a jinni has been freed from a flask that he was trapped in for centuries. ![]() ![]() ![]() But finally this year, the government seems to have jump-started the moribund project.ĭuring the Hong Kong International Art Fair last month, more than 100 visiting art-world luminaries were taken on a cruise to see that promised plot of land, guided by Lars Nittve, a founding director of the Tate Modern in London and now the new head of West Kowloon’s proposed contemporary art museum. Hong Kongers rolled their eyes at the delays, red tape, bloated budget and executive shuffling. ![]() Endless plans were rejected, like one by the architect Norman Foster to build the world’s largest canopy. The heads of the Pompidou Center in Paris and the Guggenheim Museum in New York once visited with charm offensives, hoping to build branches here, but interest petered out. The years have seen international attention come and go. The budget set aside for new cultural development would be the envy of any arts administrator: 21.6 billion Hong Kong dollars, or about $2.8 billion, to build 15 performance venues, a museum, an exhibition center and a giant park on some of the world’s most valuable undeveloped waterfront property.Īnd yet the 40-hectare, or almost 100-acre, site reclaimed from the South China Sea in the 1990s for this purpose is still empty, except for a walkway and an orange sign advertising a “West Kowloon Cultural District” that does not exist. HONG KONG - This is a fast city, where skyscrapers go up in a blink and neighborhoods are transformed overnight. ![]() |