5/23/2023 0 Comments Ithaca by claire northBut as everyone waits for the balance of power to tip, Penelope knows that any choice she makes could plunge Ithaca into bloody civil war. No one man is strong enough to claim Odysseus’s empty throne – not yet. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the isle of Ithaca. ‘The greatest power we women can own is that which we take in secret.’ But on the isle, it is the choices of the abandoned women – and their goddesses – that will change the course of the world. Beyond Ithaca’s shores, the whims of gods dictate the wars of men. This is t he story of Penelope of Ithaca, famed wife of Odysseus, as it has never been told before. ***A Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year*** ‘Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth – darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking’ Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne
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Tom Sherbourne ( Michael Fassbender, giving a very measured, confident performance) is a World War I veteran battling Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder before his condition really had a name. Buried beneath this melodrama-but shining through nearly enough to justify a look-one can see the film that could have been, as anchored by great performances and emotional truth. Narrative beats and themes are hit repeatedly, just to make sure you don’t miss an opportunity to feel something. It's a film with greatness within that’s been lost due to varying degrees of distrust ridiculously tight close-ups in soft focus feel like they’re pushing you to cry instead of allowing emotion to come organically. Derek Cianfrance can’t find this trust in “The Light Between Oceans," an adaptation of M.L. He also has to trust the viewer to bring their own interpretations and emotions to the story, meeting the characters halfway along the spectrum of the human experience. The director has to trust his actors to convey the complexity of the human experience without smothering their performances in manipulative filmmaking devices. 5/22/2023 0 Comments A farewell to arms first editionExcelling in English at school, he became a junior reporter for the Kansas City Star. Born in Chicago, he was grew up in the prosperous suburb of Oak Park. The publication of A Farewell to Arms cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as "the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I." Įrnest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American writer of novels and short stories. The title is taken from a poem by 16th-century English dramatist George Peele.Ī Farewell to Arms is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. Fiction, historical, romance, war, World War I, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptationĪ Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. in English, devoting his thesis to the life and works of H. in 1946 he was the class valedictorian.įollowing graduation Manchester enrolled at the University of Missouri and completed an M.A. After discharge Manchester returned to his studies and graduated with a B.A. Marine Corps from 2 July 1942 until 24 October 1945, achieving the rank of sergeant. World War II interrupted his studies, and he served with the U.S. After graduating from high school in 1940, Manchester attended the University of Massachusetts, majoring in English. Manchester was the first of two sons of William Raymond Manchester, a social worker, and Sallie E. 1 April 1922 in Attleboro, Massachusetts), reporter, historian, and biographer best known for his controversial and award-winning book The Death of a President: November 20–Novem(1967), which examines the days surrounding the assassination of John F. I read my eyes out I couldn't stop till I'd finished and it was dawn.' Anne McCaffrey 'A Song of Ice and Fire offers the rich tapestry that the very best fantasy demands: iron and steel within the silk, grandeur within the wonder, and characters torn between deep love and loyalty. Praise for A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: 'In the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best … tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting' Time Magazine 'An absorbing, exciting read … Martin's style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages' The Times 'The sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads …Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias' Guardian 'Colossal, staggering … Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world … The writing is always powerful …' SFX 'Truly epic … with its magnificent action-filled climax, it provides a banquet for fantasy lovers with large appetites.' Publishers Weekly 'Such a splendid tale. 5/22/2023 0 Comments Book phantastesIn this way, a place can be Heaven to some and Hell to others. Similarly, a human being who leads an evil life and goes to Hell would say that life on Earth was Hell. A human being who lives a just life on Earth and goes to Heaven would say that his life on Earth was Heaven. Good and evil are “retrospective.” After a human being experiences good and evil, he can judge for himself whether his experiences were good or evil. MacDonald tries to explain the truth to the Narrator. And yet for those who choose to stay here, it will also be Heaven. The place in which the Narrator is currently standing is called the Valley of the Shadow of Life. But the people who manage to leave the grey town behind will have been in Purgatory, not Hell. The Narrator asks MacDonald, “Is there really a way out of Hell into Heaven?” MacDonald replies that the people who live in the grey town are in Hell. Phantastes is the story of a quest,that of a young man searching for his true self, and many details of the visit of Anodos to FairyLand have clear connections with Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, beginning with the opening of thestory, in which the protagonist enters Fairy Land through an old piece of furniture. He explains to the Narrator that “the damned have holidays.” Occasionally, the people of Hell are allowed to visit the river, although most opt to visit Earth instead. George MacDonald, addressing the Narrator as “Son,” thanks the Narrator for his enthusiasm and respect. The book chronicles several days in late November of 1963, from a small reception the Kennedys hosted in the White House on Wednesday, November 20, the evening before the visit to Dallas, through the flight to Texas, the motorcade, the assassination, the hospital, the airplane journey back to Washington, D.C., and the funeral on Monday, November 25. The book is dedicated: " For all in whose hearts he still lives-a watchman of honor who never sleeps". The book gained public attention before it was published when Kennedy's widow Jacqueline, who had initially asked Manchester to write the book, demanded that the author make changes in the manuscript. The Death of a President: November 20–Novemis historian William Manchester's 1967 account of the assassination of United States President John F. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Extra yarn by mac barnettWhile we love reading this one year-round, December is the perfect month to bust it out with your children. Though Extra Yarn does have some funny images, it’s got a much more serious tone than their other books… Yet my girls would tell you this is their favorite Barnett/Klassen book (yes, even more than the “ Hat” series or the “ shape” series). Do you know Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen? The duo is practically unbeatable when it comes to authoring and illustrating incredible books for children, but most of their books tend to make children laugh. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Year of the witching bookHer mother’s union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement. In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet’s word is law, Immanuelle Moore’s very existence is blasphemy. You can read this before The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Ī young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) written by Alexis Henderson which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) by Alexis Henderson 5/21/2023 0 Comments Ironside black novelNicnevin is described thus: “Her blood-red hair was pulled back into thick, jewelled braids, and the dusky grey of her dress made her skin all the more pale and creamy by comparison. In turn the dark knight Nephamael joined the Seelie Court. As part of the truce, the Seelie Queen Silarial sent her finest and most noble knight, Roiben, to serve the Unseelie Queen Nicnevin. Not all the faerie are courtiers – there are solitary fey, although they tend to be aligned to one court or the other and may offer their allegiance in exchange for protection.Īt the beginning of the series, the faerie courts have been at peace for decades. No explanation is offered as to how they were transplanted to America. Seelie and Unseelie are Scottish terms for faerie divisions (literally, Holy and Unholy). Robin: Holly Black’s Modern Faerie Tales series is set in New Jersey and New York in modern America, a great swath of land over which the faeries of the Seelie and Unseelie Courts have been warring for the longest time. |