![]() ![]() In 1910, two British naval officers, Captain Trench and Lieutenant Brandon, were charged and found guilty of espionage at a trial in Leipzig, and executed. ![]() Other readers took it as a manual for national defence. The Scotsman’s reviewer ‘hesitates to class it in the category of fiction’ St James’ Gazette called it ‘a breezy and thoroughly entertaining romance’. Many reviewers at the time disagreed as to exactly what the book was. Its author Erskine Childers was infuriated when it was described as fiction, because for him the issue of a probable German invasion by sea was real and the danger obvious. The Riddle of the Sands was published in May 1903, and it has probably sold more than two million copies in its lifetime. An old-school hardback and beautiful embossed ship. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The illustrations are beautiful, completed in muted hues that are well suited the tone of the story. Helene was awarded first prize in the 2013 CYA Conference illustration category and The Velveteen Rabbit is her first published book. This classic story about a toy that becomes real through the love of the child he belongs to has recently been republished by New Frontier Publishing with gorgeous illustrations by Helene Magisson, a French-Australian illustrator. It is a beautiful story about the power of love, the need to belong and the affection children bestow upon their favourite toys. I can remember reading The Velveteen Rabbit for the first time (quite some time after it was first published, I should probably point out!). The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco was first published in 1922. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her plan is to make the best of her unusual circumstances - and to change this alternate world for the better. In the meantime, she is terrified with the prospect of finally meeting her perpetually absent husband whom, incidentally, Aliya has never seen ever since her rebirth as Lilian. Constant attacks of robbers and slave traders never seem to stop plaguing Aliya, and killers and spies sent by the narcissistic aristocracy are just waiting for her to show a bit of weakness so that they can strike, even if as she finds an alternative solution to her troubles, developing alliances with the Highlanders and Vikings called the Virmans. Her first goal is taking care of the collapsing estate of Earton and its inhabitants - and learning to navigate a society unused to a woman in charge. Reborn as Countess Lilian Earton, she has to adjust to an unfamiliar world while trying to introduce everyday conveniences from the world she knows. Confused and dismayed, Aliya realizes she was given a second chance in life - so she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work on restoring the castle and her new life.Īliya’s situation is confusing and challenging. ![]() Instead of dying, however, she wakes up in a completely different body in the middle of a half-ruined castle during alternate medieval times. ![]() Her life seems perfect…until she finds herself in a fatal car accident. Aliya is a medical school graduate gifted with both smarts and an athletic body. ![]() ![]() ![]() Or so that’s the issue I’d been having recently with this review until this past week when I hand sold a few copies at work and was able to talk effortlessly about how wonderful the book was to a bunch of teens, a parent and a school librarian. Meeting Jessica and being able to get my book signed was a highlight of the weekend and one I’ve been struggling to form coherently into words. In March I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC copy of this novel from the Publisher Harper Collins Australia, what was even better however was that I received this novel the day before I flew to the Gold Coast to meet Jessica as part of the Indie Authors Down Under Event. In a world full of broken promises, the ones Maggie must keep could be the most heartbreaking. But as the pieces of her dangerous design fall into place, could Quentin’s involvement destroy everything she’s fought for? And Quentin Mercer – heir to the M-Corp empire – has become key to Maggie’s plan. ![]() ![]() Two years ago, Maggie Stevens watched helplessly as one of the people she loves most was taken from her, shattering her world as she knew it. An evolution of the smartphone, the bracelets promised an easier life. What if it could be used against you and the ones you love?Įight years ago, Mercer Corporation’s M-Bands became mandatory. What if a microchip could identify your perfect match? ![]() Format: In print (Courtesy Of Harper Collins Australia) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Forest uses a richly imagined magical world to offer an uncompromising condemnation of prejudice and injustice." - Booklist, starred review And to forge onward through the most devastating loss yet.Ĭritics are raving about Laurie Forests incredible debut, The Black Witch: ![]() With just weeks to train to become a warrior, and no control over her magic, Elloren finds unexpected allies among those under orders to kill her. With the Mage forces of Gardneria poised to conquer all of Erthia, Elloren has no choice but to ally with Lukas and combine their power to keep herself out of the hands of Gardnerian leader Marcus Vogel.the holder of the all-consuming Shadow Wand. Separated from everyone she loves, isolated and hunted, Elloren must turn to the last person she can trust-her fastmate, Commander Lukas Grey. HER WORLD-ALTERING SECRET CANT BE HIDDEN MUCH LONGERĮlloren Gardner hides the most powerful secret in all Erthia-she is the Black Witch of Prophecy, and destined to triumph.or be used as the ultimate weapon of destruction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Highlight Tour of Lawrence Alma-Tadema Sappho and Alcaeus Only since the 1960s has it been re-evaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century British art. ![]() Though admired during his lifetime for his skills in the depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death. In London, Alma-Tadema found a ready market among the wealthy middle classes for paintings re-creating scenes of domestic life in imperial Roman times and Ancient Greek views. Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a painter of classical-subjects, he became famous for his depictions of the decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of the blue Mediterranean Sea and sky. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 – 1912) was a Dutch painter with special British denizenship (permanent residency).īorn in the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Which means they're lame and Maggie's not. ![]() And they care about things like "matching" and "footwear." Of course, they also can't clean a gun blindfolded, shoot a crossbow, or exorcise ghosts from a house. Did you know normal girls don't stuff their bras with holy water balloons? Nor do they carry wooden stakes in their waistbands. Maggie's battled ghosts and goblins and her fair share of house brownies, but finding herself a boy-fitting in with her peers-proves a much more daunting task than any monster hunt. Which means they’re lame and Maggie’s not. Of course, they also can’t clean a gun blindfolded, shoot a crossbow, or exorcise ghosts from a house. And they care about things like matching and footwear. Blood and gore and insides being on the outside and all that. Nor do they carry wooden stakes in their waistbands. Something about virgin blood turning vampires into pointy rage monsters. Which presents a problem when Maggie's mother informs Maggie that she can't get her journeyman's license for hunting until she loses her virginity. She's also not like other girls her age, but then, who would be when the family business is monster hunting? Combat boots, ratty hooded sweatshirts, and hair worn short so nothing with claws can get a grip, Maggie's concerns in life slant more toward survival than fashion or boys. Seventeen-year-old Maggie Cunningham is tough, smart, and sassy. ![]() ![]() These donated materials will remain in the Rosenbach’s collection permanently, alongside the museum’s vast Sendak Collection. ![]() Recently, Colbert’s working materials for I Am a Pole took their rightful place alongside comparably great works of literature and Americana at the Rosenbach, including the manuscript for James Joyce’s Ulysses. When Sendak blessed Colbert’s idea for a “children’s book” called I Am a Pole (And So Can You!), Colbert followed through, producing and publishing the book just a few months later. ![]() In January 2012, millions of people watched television host Stephen Colbert and illustrator-author Maurice Sendak banter during an interview on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. Colbert Nation has raised its flag at the Rosenbach Museum & Library…or, at least its flagpole. ![]() ![]() ![]() It could be good for us."Įach poem in the famed anthology is an epitaph. People don't understand what it is, and that's a shame. The people hated it in the '30s and '40s. ![]() "I'd say that the Italians know more about Masters than the people of Lewistown do," said the mayor who, along with Eskridge, was among the Lewistown High School class of '72, one of the first classes assigned to read the book in school after the ban was lifted. Last year an Italian film crew stayed in the area for three weeks and selected local citizens to recite passages of the book for the documentary "Return To Spoon River," which is scheduled to premiere Nov. ![]() ![]() The visitors log at the Lewistown and Fulton County Visitors Center, just blocks from the cemetery and Masters' boyhood home, includes signatures of people from California and Japan among other places, says retiree Ed Emig, who mans the place as the sole volunteer, selling copies of "Anthology" and teaching about local history.Ībout three years ago, an Italian singer shot a video in the cemetery, a performance that aired live in Italy, recalls Lewistown Mayor John King. ![]() ![]() ![]() You will grow in your appreciation of Scripture and the joy of the Lord. If you are unsure how to hear from God, read it. If you are confused about the importance of dreams, read it. If you are wondering how to know God’s will for your life, read it. It was freeing because a correct understanding of any Scripture, and these passages especially, frees us from uncertainty and self-focus. I found it interesting as he shows us what each passage is really saying, or rather, what the author’s original message is to us. Osman’s careful exposition of various passages commonly used to support the idea of hearing from God is various ways is both interesting and freeing. It teaches us how to base our lives not on shifting feelings and guesses but on the unshifting written Word of God. By the end, though, you will understand what he is trying to say and context and sufficiency will be seared into your memory. As is started out as a series of articles, I can understand why it happened, but I still found myself getting annoyed by how many times it repeated the same arguments in a single chapter. It would have been five stars, but, it tends, especially in the early chapters, to get extraordinarily repetitive. ![]() ![]() Three stars doesn’t in any way reflect my support for the author’s main point. I’m going to get the negative out of the way first. ![]() |