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![]() ![]() It's difficult to understand, but I've read it three times at least. Joy in the Morning – Jeeves, Wooster and the fearsome Aunt Agatha. ![]() "Books are my best friends", he confided. It is, Kipling argued, "one of the most perfect short stories ever written".Ĭountless readers of Wodehouse have testified to the way his novels have their own "stimulating effect" on morale, providing not just comic, but almost medicinal effects: the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm, after his defeat in the first world war, consoled himself by reading Wodehouse to his "mystified" staff the late Queen Mother allegedly read "The Master" on a nightly basis, to set aside the "strains of the day" more recently, news reports tell of the imprisoned Burmese comedian Zargana finding comfort in Wodehouse during solitary confinement. ![]() What happened was that Gladys, seeking further protection, slipped at this moment a small hot hand into his."Ĭontained but viscerally alive, there is a poignant reserve about this "mute vote of confidence" – the pace and rhythm of the sentences are as subtle as the emotions they convey. "It was, in itself, quite a trivial thing, but it had an astoundingly stimulating effect on Lord Emsworth's morale. ![]() ![]() ![]() We now have a section of relics of Kline’s bones brought to him by men called Paul. “That night he had dreams of conflagration, scattered bits and fragments of burning that seemed, he reflected later, to be assembled from many moments of smoke or fire, benign or otherwise,…”Įarlier today, before reading this section of the Evenson, I happened to quote a resonating passage from Eleanor Farjeon at the e-link here: Īn appropriate painting, too, to the left that I photographed a few days ago while still on holiday. You can even see this book in my pocket! (These photos NOT to be replicated elsewhere!! Copyrighted only to this page!) This is a genuine coincidence that I have noticed after her having just sent me this photo and its companion. Just got caught out by sudden heavy rain and having donned an ‘emergency poncho’ that makes me seem to be armless. My wife happened to take this photo this morning, as she was wickedly amused by my glum expression. I told you earlier that this book is my holiday reading. Extremely disarming - in more ways than one. ![]() A powerful book, both serious and absurd. And striptease by a woman that you won’t believe, unless you’ve read my story ‘Queuing Behind Crazy People’, and then you still won’t believe it. Cleave means both to cleave and uncleave, both to divide and to heal. This novel is genuinely as invasive as some of its cleavers. Reality is a desperate and evasive creature.” “…everything is a reconstruction of something else. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. ![]() Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.īendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Magazine's "Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2021" One of Working Mother Magazine's "21 Best Books of 2021 for Working Moms" One of Badass Women's Bookclub picks for "Badass Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021!" One of Fortune Magazine's "21 Books to Look Forward to in 2021!" One of theSkimm's "16 Essential Books to Read This Black History Month" In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes.Ī New York Times Bestsellers Editors' ChoiceĪmazon's Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2021 But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them. Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning Theirs is a history forgotten that begs to be told, and Tubbs tells it brilliantly." ![]() Through Tubbs' writing, Berdis, Alberta, and Louise's stories sing. "Tubbs' connection to these women is palpable on the page - as both a mother and a scholar of the impact Black motherhood has had on America. ![]() Tubbs’s book stands against the women’s erasure, a monument to their historical importance.” “This dynamic blend of biography and manifesto centers on Louise Little, Alberta King, and Berdis Baldwin. ![]() ![]() ![]() and foreign governments, international energy expert, war and human rights correspondent and award-winning poet, he has lived and worked in many remote, dangerous parts of the world, including 30 countries on six continents. A bestselling novelist, environmental activist, advisor to U.S. īond has been called the "master of the existential thriller" by the BBC and "one of the 21st Century's most exciting authors" by The Washington Times. Mike Bond is an American novelist, ecologist, war and human rights journalist, and poet. ![]() ![]() ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( November 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then her nephew Eric, wide-eyed and ashen-faced, whispers, "Meg, something's wrong with Santa." The local curmudgeon, whose beard and belly made him a natural for the role, has been murdered. Of course, getting all the camels, pipers, leapers, and drummers in order is proving every bit as difficult as Meg feared it would be. Meg has been volunteered to organize the parade, which is to proceed from her house to the local campus, where Santa will take up residence to hear the Christmas wishes of the town's children. ![]() ![]() There are also assorted Christmas-themed floats, a live nativity scene on a flatbed truck, the Three Wise Men on Caerphilly zoo camels, and Santa Claus in a bright red horse-drawn sleigh (eight reindeer were beyond the zoo's scope). The theme is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and it features twelve drummers from the school marching band, eleven bagpipers, ten leaping lords costumed in medieval finery from the college drama department, etc. Meg and Michael's house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sphinx’s Princess by Esther Friesner is an exciting tale of the beginning of Nefertiti’s life in ancient Egypt. She continues to challenge herself and the boundaries of ancient Egyptian society.Įsther Friesner offers readers another fresh new look at an iconic figure—blending historical fiction and mythology in a thrilling concoction. Even though Nefertiti is taken from her beloved family and forced into a life filled with courtly intrigue and danger, her spirit and mind will not rest. And news of her striking beauty and impulsive behavior attracts the attention of her aunt, the manipulative Queen Tiye, who sees Nefertiti as an ideal pawn in her desire for power. But she is also extraordinarily beautiful. And she’s the kind of girl who acts first, and apologizes later whenever she witnesses injustice or cruelty. ![]() Nefertiti may be the dutiful daughter of a commoner, but her inquisitive mind often gets her into situations that are far from ordinary, like receiving secret lessons from a scribe. Nefertiti was far more than just a pretty face. Get Your Copy at: Amazon, Book Depository Published by Random House Books for Young Readers on September 22, 2009 Series: Sphinx's Princess Series #1, Princesses of Myth Series #3 ![]() ![]() ![]() The country was still in the throes of a terrible epidemic. The Yellow River had burst its banks, submerging vast areas of farmland, washing away villages and leaving famine and disease in its wake. In 1352, eight years before Zhu Di's birth, a terrible flood had struck parts of China. Zhu Di was the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, who had risen to become the first Ming emperor despite his lowly birth as the son of a hired labourer from one of the poorest parts of China. They had not been invited, for such backward states, lacking trade goods or any worthwhile scientific knowledge, ranked low on the Chinese emperor's scale of priorities. No fewer than twenty-eight heads of state were present, but the Holy Roman Emperor, the Emperor of Byzantium, the Doge of Venice and the kings of England, France, Spain and Portugal were not among them. A fleet of leviathan ships, navigating the oceans with pinpoint accuracy, had brought the rulers and their envoys to pay tribute to the emperor and bear witness to the inauguration of his majestic and mysterious walled capital, the Forbidden City. On that Chinese New Year's Day, kings and envoys from the length and breadth of Asia, Arabia, Africa and the Indian Ocean assembled amid the splendours of Beijing to pay homage to the Emperor Zhu Di, the Son of Heaven. On 2 february 1421, China dwarfed every nation on earth. The Year China Discovered America Chapter One The Emperor's Grand Plan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A dangerous and exciting adventure begins. But Griffins are a dragon's fiercest enemy, and live far away in the sweltering jungle. His silver dragon, Firedrake, agrees to help. The foals are ill, and Ben - a young dragon rider - volunteers to seek the only cure: a Griffin's feather. The last winged horses are on the brink of extinction. But Griffins, with the heads of eagles and the bodies of lions, are a dragon's fiercest enemy, and live far across the world in the sweltering jungle. The foals are ill, and the pair volunteer to seek the only cure: a Griffin's feather. Three foals lie curled in their eggs in a sanctuary for threatened creatures, where a young dragon rider lives with his silver dragon. The second dragon adventure from the legendary Cornelia Funke - over 1 million English language copies of DRAGON RIDER sold worldwide! The last winged horses are on the brink of extinction. ![]() |