False colours heyer7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Their departure was a serious loss to Heinemann and both Georgette Heyer and Graham Greene expressed sadness at the way things had unfolded: With Frere went Georgette Heyer, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler and George Millar. In late 1962, fed up with no longer having an active role at Heinemann, Frere resigned as president and moved to the Bodley Head which was owned and managed by his friend, Max Reinhardt. He was no longer in charge and his direct relationships with authors he had nurtured and befriended over many years were effectively severed. He was appointed president instead and “kicked upstairs” into what amounted to little more than a token role. The deal fell through, however, (it was strongly felt by some in the company that Heinemann should remain an English publisher) and Frere lost his position as chairman. In 1961 the company had approached bankruptcy and Frere was one of several people who wanted to sell Heinemann to the American publisher, McGraw-Hill. Frere, had been pushed out of any active role at the firm. ![]() It was a move that she had come to see as inevitable after her close friend and publisher, A. In 1963, Georgette Heyer left Heinemann, her publisher for nearly forty years, and moved to the Bodley Head. The 1963 Bodley Head first edition of False Colours with its jacket by Barbosa. ![]()
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Julius caesar shakespeare book7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In this tense political thriller, the Roman senator Brutus must decide whether to assassinate the powerful military general Julius Caesar in order to save Roman Republic - and the audience must decide whether Brutus made the right choice. Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, telling the story of one of history’s most famous events. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984, reissued 2008. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1998, reprinted 2018. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus and Gordon McMullan. Edited by Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. Maus, Katharine Eisaman, “Introduction,” Julius Caesar, in Shakespeare, William. “ Julius Caesar: A Modern Perspective.” Folger Shakespeare Library. ![]() The characters’ distinctive rhetorical styles and where they draw their persuasive powerĮpisode 1: Julius Caesar - the Story and the ContextĮpisode 2: Julius Caesar - the Characters and the Questions ![]() The strategies Shakespeare uses to render historical figures as morally and psychologically complex dramatic characters The story of Julius Caesar and its relationship to Roman history and Renaissance culture ![]() The white princess novel7/8/2023 ![]() When a young man who would be king leads his army and invades England, Elizabeth has to choose between the new husband she is coming to love and the boy who claims to be her beloved lost brother: the rose of York come home at last. ![]() Henry’s greatest fear is that somewhere a prince is waiting to invade and reclaim the throne. The novel follows the story of Princess Elizabeth of York, daughter of White Queen Elizabeth Woodville, and focuses on her marriage to Henry Tudor (King Henry. While the new monarchy can win power, it cannot win hearts in an England that plots for the triumphant return of the House of York. When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house-Elizabeth of York-to unify a country divided by war for nearly two decades.īut his bride is still in love with his slain enemy, Richard III-and her mother and half of England dream of a missing heir, sent into the unknown by the White Queen. ![]() ![]() From “queen of royal fiction” ( USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes this instant New York Times bestseller that tells the story of the remarkable Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen, and mother to the House of Tudor. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rendered in colored ballpoint pen, Ferris occasionally blurs read order in order to prioritize the emotional milieu of a moment. “Monsters” does not prompt its reader to wonder if the story would be better as an animation. With a tantalizing plot and astounding rending, “Monsters” attains that next-generation status in graphic novels.įerris leans away from cinematic paneling, preferring instead intricate spreads that celebrate mark making. Professionals spin and flip more, landing with a flourish. The progress of the graphic novel is like freestyle snowboarding at the Olympic Games: half-pipe performances that won medals a dozen years ago would not make it through a qualifier today. Her debut graphic novel, “My Favorite Thing is Monsters Volume 1” (2017) exemplifies the ass kicking. “Graphic novels are kicking ass,” Emil Ferris (BFA 2008, MFA 2010) recently told me. ![]() Karen sees herself as a werewolf in “My Favorite Thing is Monsters.” ![]() Fatty legs olemaun7/7/2023 ![]() a foreword by noted Indigenous scholar Debbie Reese (Nambé Pueblo), founder of American Indians in Children’s Literature.a table of contents to ensure all the added materials are easy to find.audiobook features original song "Say Your Name" by acclaimed artist Keith Secola, a song inspired by Olemaun's story.This piece asks readers to be mindful that not all survivors of residential school will wish to talk about their experiences, and that their silence should be respected. With important updates since it first hit the shelves a decade ago, this audiobook edition of Fatty Legs will continue to resonate with readers young and old. Debbie Reese, noted Indigenous scholar and founder of American Indians in Children’s Literature, while Christy Jordan-Fenton, mother of Margaret’s grandchildren and a key player in helping Margaret share her stories, discusses the impact of the book in a new preface. ![]() ![]() Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton’s powerful story of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemorate the memoir’s 10th anniversary with updates to the text, reflections on the book’s impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A Stranger at Home. ![]() ![]() The beloved story of an Inuvialuit girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, now available as an audiobook for a new generation of readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() has written and designed many successful video games, which is why her two beagles are named Zelda and Kirby. ![]() She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family. ' - E! 'This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz.' - Teen Vogue About the authors: kamigarcia is a superstitious American southerner who can make biscuits by hand and pies from scratch! She attended George Washington University and is a teacher and reading specialist. Praise for Beautiful Creatures: 'Watch out Twilight and Hunger Games ' - The Guardian 'Move over Twilight, there's a new supernatural saga in town. ![]() I Love You) and featuring an all star cast including Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davies and hot young Hollywood talent Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich and Emmy Rossum. *Don't miss the Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment blockbuster movie of Beautiful Creatures directed by Richard LaGravenese (P.S. Ethan's next heartbeat could be his last. A Caster and a Mortal can never truly be together. And as her seventeenth birthday approaches Lena and Ethan face even greater danger. ![]() On her sixteenth birthday Lena made a terrifying choice, which now haunts her day and night. Lena is a Caster and her family is locked in a supernatural civil war: full of darkness and demons. One night in the rain, Ethan Wate opened his eyes and fell in love with Lena Duchannes. Beautiful Darkness is the second bewitching instalment in the bestselling love story Beautiful Creatures - a romance that is bound to capture the hearts of Twilight fans everywhere. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Serena Jane’s beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations. ![]() When he, too, relinquished his increasingly tenuous grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated–Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town on the farm of the town sadsack, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation at the hands of her peers. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity her father blamed her for her mother’s death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine perfection. When Truly Plaice’s mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. ![]() Algeria by Martin Evans7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() In secondary schools, even the most liberal history masters underplayed the gruesome details of that conquest as it evolved into full-scale colonisation. This was enough to whet the imperial appetite: Paris dispatched the Army to Algeria and a retaliatory expedition turned into conquest. We knew that in 1830, the Bey of Algiers had slapped a French consul in the course of an argument about debt. We were the unfortunate, unwilling heirs of French history: the building of the Empire had been sanitised for us by our school books and teachers. Some of us felt we were involved in the wrong conflict, on the wrong side. ![]() We could only nurse our nostalgia, and, as French citizens subject to national service, we were forced to take part in the unsavoury end of the colonial adventure in North Africa. In those easy Manichaean years, not having read Koestler or Orwell, some of us even wished we’d been able to fight with the International Brigades in Spain. We weren’t old enough to have joined either the Free French in Britain or the Resistance against the Nazis in France. I had been called up for 12 months, but like many young Frenchmen of that unlucky generation, I was kept in the Army nearly two and a half years owing to unforeseen ‘events’ in North Africa. In 1954 I was stationed near Versailles, doing my national service with the 93rd Infantry Regiment. ![]() ![]() ![]() At least, that's what Beau's father has been telling him his whole life, since Beau is the exact opposite of what the heir should be. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. if he can go from pawn to player before the Land tears itself apart. But it just might be Beau who wields the power he seeks. Teaming up with a fiery runaway boy, their mission quickly turns into something far greater as sinister forces long lurking in the shadows prepare to make their final move-no matter what the cost. For the first time, Beau begins to question everything he's ever been told and sets off in search of a rebel who might hold the key to setting things right. ![]() That is, until Beau meets a girl who shows him the secrets his father has kept hidden. With little control over his future, Beau is kept locked away, just another pawn in his father's quest for ultimate power. ![]() A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD GOLD STANDARD SELECTION! A boy who underestimates his power. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “These incredibly crafted stories, with their rare intelligence, humor, and empathy, describe the furious collision of nature and science, man and animal, everyday citizen and celebrity, fact and fiction. ![]() Millet treads newly imaginative territory with these charismatic tales. ![]() Implacable in their actions, the animals in Millet’s spiraling fictional riffs and flounces show up their humans as bloated with foolishness yet curiously vulnerable, as in a tour-de-force, Kabbalah-infused interior monologue by Madonna after she shoots a pheasant on her Scottish estate. While in so much fiction animals exist as symbols of good and evil or as author stand-ins, they represent nothing but themselves in Millet's ruthlessly lucid prose. Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with famous people and pop culture in a wildly inventive collection of stories that “evoke the spectrum of human feeling and also its limits” ( Publishers Weekly, Starred Review). Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants-all have shared spotlights and tabloid headlines with celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Thomas Edison, and David Hasselhoff. Animals and celebrities share unusual relationships in these hilarious satirical stories by an award-winning contemporary writer. ![]() |