![]() ![]() It was published in 1948 as The Glen Castle Mystery. Miss Allan submitted Grim Glen Castle to another publisher in the spring of 1945. ![]() During World War II, Miss Allan served as a farm worker in the Women's Land Army, a teacher in a preparatory school, and a nursery warden for the children of factory workers. She sold her first book for publication, Grim Glen Castle, in 1939, but it was not published because of the outbreak of war. She failed to publish any adult pieces, but found unexpected success at selling short stories for children. After completing her education in 1932, Miss Allan taught folk dancing classes for the English Folk Dance and Song Society while submitting stories and novels for publication. From the age of eight, she intended to become an author. Educated at disappointing dame schools, Miss Allan took no interest in her lessons but enjoyed only reading in the library and composing short stories and novels. She was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, on February 11, 1915, to James Pemberton Allan, a merchant, and his wife, Priscilla Hagon Allan. Mabel Esther Allan was a British author of about 170 children's books. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Her critical study of aesthetics and cruelty, The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (2011), was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Glassock Award for Interdisciplinary Scholarship. ![]() She is the author of an account of sexual violence and the media, The Red Parts: A Memoir (2007), and a critical work on the New York School poets, Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions (2007), which won a Susanne M. Her other collections of poetry include Something Bright, Then Holes (2007), Jane: A Murder (2005), The Latest Winter (2003), and Shiner (2001), which was a finalist for a Norma Farber First Book Award. Her work is often described as genre crossing or hybrid she has noted her interest in poet Eileen Myles’s idea of “vernacular scholarship,” adding, “I need to talk back, or talk with, theorists and philosophers in ordinary language, to dramatize how much their ideas matter to me in my everyday life.” Nelson’s book Bluets (2009) is perhaps her most well-known work mix of scholarship and poetry. Poet, scholar, and nonfiction writer Maggie Nelson earned a PhD in English literature at the Graduate Center, CUNY. ![]() ![]() When the revelation of a stunning family secret places Marlie's freedom on the line, she and Ewan have to run for their lives into the hostile Carolina night. ![]() ![]() Seemingly a quiet philosopher, Ewan has his own history with the cruel captain of the Home Guard, and a thoughtful but unbending strength Marlie finds irresistible. Unbeknowst to those under her roof, escaped prisoner Ewan McCall is sheltering in her laboratory. Her formerly enslaved mother's traditions and the name of a white father she never knew have protected her-until the vicious Confederate Home Guard claims Marlie's home for their new base of operations in the guerilla war against Southern resistors of the Rebel cause. ![]() ![]() For all of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped the cause in peace: with coded letters about anti-Rebel uprisings in her Carolina woods, tisanes and poultices for Union prisoners, and silent aid to fleeing slave and Freeman alike. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Colombian author behind One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera died in 2014, leaving behind an unfinished manuscript.Īt the time, García Márquez's family hadn't decided whether to publish the novel posthumously.īut now his two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo García Barcha, have concluded that the book should be read by an eager public.Įn Agosto Nos Vemos "was the fruit of a final effort to continue creating against all odds," they said. ![]() The novel called En Agosto Nos Vemos - roughly translated from Spanish as See You In August - will be published by Penguin Random House, The Guardian reported. An unpublished novel by the late literary giant Gabriel García Márquez will arrive on bookstore shelves next year. ![]() ![]() In the seventh book of the series, the concept of an impending millennial apocalypse is introduced. In the first six novels, the plot focuses on the protagonist discovering her soulmate and the danger which ensues. The society enforces two fundamental laws to prevent discovery: never allow humans to gain knowledge of the Night World's existence, and never fall in love with a human.Įach volume in the series follows a different teenage, female protagonist who must face challenges involving love, the " soulmate principle", and the Night World's strict code. In the series, vampires, witches, werewolves, and shape-shifters live among humans without their knowledge, making up a secret society known as the Night World. Night World is a series of nine young adult fantasy novels by American author L. Horror, Fantasy, Romance, young adult fiction
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Told in four delightfully distinct narrative voices-a. "I laughed out loud more times reading this book than any book I've read in years.I never wanted to leave Woefield, and you won't, either."-Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries and Insatiable Susan Juby, already a reader-favorite YA author, makes her triumphant first foray into adult contemporary fiction with Home to Woefield, a hilarious, wildly original, and wonderfully insightful tale of no-so-ordinary life down on the farm. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bookriot In Amberlough, amidst rising political tensions, three lives be intertwined with the fate of the city itself. When Cyrils cover is blown on a mission, however, he must be a turncoat in exchange for his life- Book Synopsis A double-agent sacrifices all his ideals in order to save his smuggler lover before a government coup takes over their decadent city in Lara Elena Donnellys glam spy thriller debut, now a Nebula finalist for Best Novel! Exploring the roots of hatred, nationalism, and fascism, while at the same time celebrating the diversity, love, romance, fashion, and joy the world is capable of producing. ![]() Not everyone agrees with the Ospies philosophy, including master spy Cyril DePaul and his lover Aristide Makricosta, smuggler and emcee at the popular Bumble Bee Cabaret. The radical One State Party-nicknamed the Ospies-is gaining popular support to unite Geddas four municipal governments under an ironclad, socially conservative vision. About the Book Welcome to Amberlough City, the illustrious but corrupt cosmopolitan beacon of Gedda. ![]() ![]() In this first book in the series, Rachel and Kirsty meet Ruby the Red Fairy at the end of the rainbow.Ĭheck out the website for free activity downloads, more information and newsletter subscription: 20. ![]() 9781843620167 Rainbow Magic: Ruby the Red Fairy 20.3000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/childrens-books /shop/books/childrens-books/fiction/traditional-stories /shop/books/childrens-books/fiction /shop/books/teen-young-adult /shop/books/childrens-books/non-fiction /shop/books/teen-young-adult/fiction /shop/books/teen-young-adult/non-fiction /shop/books/childrens-books/fiction/general /shop/books/childrens-books/fiction/life-skills /shop/books/childrens-books/non-fiction/true-stories /shop/books/teen-young-adult/fiction/general /shop/books/teen-young-adult/fiction/life-skills /shop/books/teen-young-adult/non-fiction/true-stories When Rachel and Kirsty meet on the ferry to Rainspell Island one summer holiday, they have no idea that such incredible adventures with the fairies await them! Meet Ruby the Red Fairy and her friends in this wonderful collection of eight favourite Rainbow Magic stories to treasure forever Including gorgeous new illustrations for Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy. ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s more, all his ex-wives are in trouble.īefore Tree knows it, he is up to his neck in complications, including a jailed ex-wife, his best friend under arrest, a Russian oligarch who doesn’t like him, cops out to get him…Īnd, oh yes, Marilyn Monroe shows up unexpectedly.Īt a time when he is supposed to be retired and enjoying a quiet life on an island paradise, Tree finds himself in bigger jams than ever, trying to stay alive while he searches for a killer and asks himself that age old question: how does a private detective get married so many times? ![]() How does one detective end up married four times?Ī good question, Tree Callister wishes he had the answer.Īll he knows is that three of his ex-wives have arrived on Sanibel Island, off the west coast of Florida, much to the chagrin of Freddie, his fourth wife. The Four Wives of the Sanibel Sunset Detective ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Neon Genesis Evangelion” completed its run on Japanese television in 1996 a quarter century later, the franchise it launched is more popular than ever. On top of all that, he has to deal with all the typical stresses of being a teenager while regularly hopping into a giant biomechanical robot in order to defend humanity from the threat of monstrous beings tellingly referred to as “Angels.” And with each new iteration of the pioneering anime “ Neon Genesis Evangelion,” Shinji relives this cycle of death, depression, and rebirth all over again. He’s actually kind of a mess, but not without damn good reason: His mother died when he was 3 years old, his father abandoned him, and his entire world view has been shaped by the people around him, who try to maneuver Shinji any which way they’d like. ![]() |