It’s an emotion-laden story of revenge and rage driven by loss and fills a gap by giving Clytemnestra a voice. If you love Greek mythology and drama, this page-turner is for you.” “A spellbinding tale of war, betrayal and vengeance, but with a modern twist. “Poignant and necessary…These heroines rage at the dying of the light, refusing to go quietly into the fates that male authors like Euripides, Homer, and Aeschylus have set out for them, and though their endings remain as inevitable as always, for readers, the experience is a deeply cathartic one.” “A spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology’s most infamous heroines.” “An elektra-fying take on a classic myth focused on a wildly compelling trio of women all caught up in the midst of curses and tragedy.” “A vivid reimagining of Greek mythology’s most haunted lineage.” “A powerful glimpse of ancient Greece…If you were ever confused after learning about these characters and their stories in school, you won’t be once Elektra speeds up and dives into the action.” A Most Anticipated Book ( Harper’s Bazaar, USA Today, Book Riot, BuzzFeed, Bustle, Goodreads, Veranda Magazine, Historical Novel Society, She Reads, The Nerd Daily)
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Matt learns from Attean more than merely how to survive in the woods, and what begins as a resentful relationship soon turns into a friendship that, although awkward, is binding and true. When Matt finds himself living alone in his cabin without a gun and needing to gather provisions for his soon-to-arrive family for winter, he is forced to learn things all on his own, until one day an aged Indian convinces Matt to trade survival training for English lessons for his grandson, Attean, roughly Matt’s age. The Sign of the Beaver follows Matt, a boy of 13 who finds himself alone in the deep woods of Maine in the late 18th century, land which had been completely uninhabited by white men before him but which had served as the hunting grounds for the Beaver clan of Indians. While The Beaver did not offer as much character-building as I remember The Bronze Bow had done (as much of the protagonist as of the reader, mind you), I still enjoyed it for its simple plot structure and its emphasis on the topics of friendship, independence, and thinking for one’s self. That book became the first book I had ever re-read, so when I got a hold of The Sign of the Beaver, I was excited to see if it would have a similar impact on me, even though I am now no longer an early teen. I’m right proud of you.”įrom my early teen years, Elizabeth George Speare has been my favorite young adult author, specifically because of her book The Bronze Bow, an adventurous set in the time of Christ. “You’ve handled yourself like a man, Son. The center did say the threat in Europe remains low for the general public, and low to moderate for those in frequent contact with birds, however, the risk assessments contain “high uncertainty.” "With the wide geographical distribution of avian influenza viruses and high number of detections also in wild birds and mammals, sporadic human cases infected with HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) viruses cannot be ruled out whenever people are exposed to infected sick or dead birds," the report said. "The expansion of mammal species identified infected with A(H5N1) viruses as well as the detection of viruses carrying markers for mammalian adaptation in other genes such as the PB2 that correlated with increased replication and virulence in mammals, is of concern," the center said in a report. Just this week, the European Centre for Disease Control warned that mutations found in the H5N1 avian flu virus are “concerning.” It could suggest the potential for bird flu to jump to humans is increasing, the center said. Sign up here to get more stories like this and weekday weather updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.įollowing the COVID-19 pandemic, outbreaks of viruses such as the bird flu we keep hearing about might make us concerned about another disease jumping, or "spilling over" from animals to humans. Portions of this article originally appeared in the Morning Brief email newsletter. deeply observed." - USA Today "A book that truly does matter. The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination. Ships from and sold by Book Depository UK. Billionaires, all of us." "The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader glance up, searching for an available ear with which to share them." - Melissa Febos, New York Times Book Review "Witty. This item: NO TIME TO SPARE: Thinking about What Matters. The collected best of Ursula's blog, No Time to Spare presents perfectly crystallized dispatches on what mattered to her late in life, her concerns with the world, and her wonder at it: "How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: New. In the last great frontier of life, old age, she explored a new literary territory: the blog, a forum where she shined. No Time to Spare Le Guin, Ursula Published by Mariner Books (2019) ISBN 10: 1328507971 ISBN 13: 9781328507976 New Softcover Quantity: 1 Seller: GF Books, Inc. Le Guin took readers to imaginary worlds for decades. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of?" On breakfast: "Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even courage, possibly willingness to commit crime." Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub." On cultural perceptions of fantasy: "The direction of escape is toward freedom. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts-always adroit, often acerbic-on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Tolstoy notes that this story, completed in November 1939, was O'Brian's first venture into the description of man's relationship with nature. He catches a handsome trout but as he looks down at its fine flesh and feels it bound and then lie still at his gentle touch, he feels a symbolism and cannot find it in his heart to kill it. Stories "The Return" Ī man returns for a day's fishing to a favourite spot where, over the years, he had spent happy times with several female companions. All had previously appeared in one of his earlier collections The Last Pool (1950), The Walker (1953), Lying in the Sun (1956) and The Chian Wine (1974), and some had also been published individually.ĭean King's 2000 biography includes comments on many of the stories, as do the two volumes of biography (20) by O'Brian's step-son Nikolai Tolstoy. The collection consists of 27 stories which, according to the book's first edition dust jacket, represent "all the stories which O'Brian wishes to preserve". It was published in the US under the title The Rendezvous and Other Stories. Collected Short Stories is a 1994 collection of stories by the English author Patrick O'Brian. In all his alpha male, sexy, and horrible joke telling gloryĤ) Speaking of the Walker women. SAVAGE ENDING, the fourth and final book in the series if LIVE!ġ) Badass fight scene with some of the sexy Walker men (against the bad guys, not each other, lol)Ģ) Savage being, well.very much Savage. You can reach her at and she is active on Twitter and Facebook daily. In 1998 Lisa was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine. Prior to publishing Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women's Magazine. Lisa is presently working on a dark, edgy new series, Dirty Money, for St. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. In addition to the success of Lisa's INSIDE OUT series, she has published many successful titles. Sara’s character is strong, flawed, complex, and sexy - a modern girl we all can identify with. Suzanne Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland) on the INSIDE OUT series: Lisa has created a beautiful, complicated, and sensual world that is filled with intrigue and suspense. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series. Yet there you are, in the fifth house on the left, fighting for your life. Construction has already started, pushing toward this corridor of condemned houses and cracked concrete with the momentum of the inevitable. They can be found on Instagram Roxyįrom the team that brought you the New York Times bestselling Dry comes a riveting new thriller that proves when gods play games, even love is a lie. Together they enjoy traveling the world and learning new languages, living between Los Angeles and Spain. Jarrod writes and directs with his partner Sofia, under their company Dos Lobos Entertainment. He has a passion for storytelling across many mediums, with love and multiculturalism as an ethos. Jarrod Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Dry. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Scythe, the first book in his latest series, Arc of a Scythe, is a Michael L. Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Read on for more about Neal and Jarrod and their book! Today we are chatting with Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman, authors of The structure of the dissertation reflects its focus in the following way: the literary, as well as extra-literary factors conditioning the import/export of Polish narratives into English are discussed in Chapter One, Chapter Two constitutes the qualitative and quantitative analysis of Polish novels and short-story collections of the 1945-1989 period translated into English and presented decade by decade until 2015, Chapter Three, in contrast, focuses on those notable Polish writers whose narratives have not found their way into English-language translated literature. Questions about how a text is selected for translation, what role translation agents (commissioners, publishers, translators, editors) play in it, or how a text will be received in the target system are at the heart of the polysystemic approach to studying translation. Drawing on the ideas of the Russian formalists, Even-Zohar suggested that in studying the status and image of translated literature in a given target culture, extra-literary factors should be taken into account as well. The theoretical framework adopted in the thesis remains in accordance with the polysystemic approach theorised by Itamar Even-Zohar. The striking gap discernible between the high reputation of many Polish narratives dating to the 1945-1989 period and their absence in English translation became an inspiration for the study of the selection criteria employed by Anglo-American as well as Polish translation commissioners in the time between 19. At once an adventure story, visual delight, and piece of cultural history, this publication is a tremendous monument to one of the most innovative pioneers-and one of the most intrepid explorers-of comic history. media and entertainment industry, and explores the immense art historical value of McCay's dream narrative. In the illustrated essay, art historian and comics expert Alexander Braun places Winsor McCay’s life and work within the cultural history of the U.S. The strip was first called Little Nemo in Slumberland and then In the Land of. TASCHEN’s sumptuous Winsor McCay – The Complete Little Nemo collects, in full, glorious color, all 549 episodes of Little Nemo. Little Nemo - The Complete Comic Strips (1905 - 1914) by Winsor McCay. Nemo’s creator Winsor McCay was a founding figure in the modern American entertainment industry, above all with his revolutionary comics, which set standards for panel layout and storytelling technique, timing and pacing, and architectural and other detail that left an inestimable influence on subsequent artists, including Robert Crumb and Federico Fellini. The master creation of Winsor McCay (1869–1934), restless sleeper Nemo inspired generations of artists with his weekly adventures from bed to Slumberland, a realm of colorful companions, psychedelic scenery, and thrilling escapades. Meet Little Nemo, a diminutive hero of comic narrative, but one of the greatest dream voyagers of the 20th century. Lilah owns and runs the town kennel with her friend Cruz, she also runs an animal rescue charity on the side and is using what little spare time she has to study for her degree. I couldn't wait to start this series and I loved every minute of Animal Magnetism. I've been a huge fan of Jill Shalvis ever since I discovered her Lucky Harbor series so I was really excited when I found out that her Animal Magnetism series had been picked up by UK publisher Headline. Visit Jill Shalvis' website for more information. Still, she doesn't find it hard to focus on the sexy, gorgeous stranger she's collided with.īrady is just passing through, but there's something about Lilah and her menagerie that makes the temptation of staying in Sunshine one that's too difficult to resist. Well, maybe not for man, as pilot-for-hire Brady Miller discovers when his truck is rear-ended by what appears to be Noah's Ark.Īs the co-owner of the town's only kennel, Lilah Young has good reason to be distracted behind the wheel - there are puppies, a piglet and a duck in her Jeep. Sunshine, Idaho, is a small, sunny town - the perfect home for man and beast. This alpha male is going to bring out her wild side. |