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![]() ![]() ![]() In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. As medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky, they came to develop a vibrant scientific culture. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. Albans abbey, leafing through dusty manuscripts by candlelight." -Alex Orlando, Discover By the end, The Light Ages didn’t just broaden my conception of science even as I scrolled away on my Kindle, it felt like I was sitting alongside Westwyk at St. ![]() "Falk’s bubbling curiosity and strong sense of storytelling always swept me along. Named a Best Book of 2020 by The Telegraph, The Times, and BBC History MagazineĪn illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk. ![]()
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Hild novel6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() And she is indispensable-unless she should ever lead the king astray. Hild establishes a place for herself at his side as the king's seer. ![]() Her uncle, Edwin of Northumbria, plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. She will become a fascinating woman and one of the pivotal figures of the Middle Ages: Saint Hilda of Whitby.īut now she has only the powerful curiosity of a bright child, a will of adamant, and a way of seeing the world-of studying nature, of matching cause with effect, of observing her surroundings closely and predicting what will happen next-that can seem uncanny, even supernatural, to those around her. ![]() Hild is the king's youngest niece, and she has a glimmering mind and a natural, noble authority. A new religion is coming ashore the old gods are struggling, their priests worrying. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. The award-winning author Nicola Griffith's brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild. ![]()
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The bellmaker redwall6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He had always loved to write, but it was only then that he realized he had a talent for it. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". Brian's teacher could not, and would not believe that a ten year old could write so well. John's foreshadowed his future career as an author given an assignment to write a story about animals, he wrote a short story about a bird who cleaned a crocodile's teeth. At the age of ten, his very first day at St. John's School, an inner city school featuring a playground on its roof. ![]() Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.īrian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St. Brian Jacques (pronounced 'jakes') was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. ![]()
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An echo to the bone6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Claire, Jamie, and Ian leave their mountain home for Scotland to see Jenny, Ian, and their children, and also to recover Jamie's printing press. ![]() Bug Arch vows to take his revenge when Ian has 'someone worth losing'. Bug shoots Jamie when he tells her to stop, and Ian shoots her. Arch and Murdina Bug go after the gold on Fraser's Ridge, during a confused confrontation Mrs. ![]() In the past, Lord William Ellesmere (actually Jamie's son but raised as Lord John Grey's stepson) is involved in the American Revolution as a Redcoat, but is repeatedly embarrassed until the battle of Saratoga, wherein he distinguishes himself. Jem is locked underground at the dam where Brianna and Rob work, finds an electric train, and starts an escape his fate is unseen. Rob Cameron, one of Brianna's coworkers, kidnaps Jem, and appears that he has taken Jem into the past, and Roger and William travel through time to find them but Rob appears at Brianna's home and orders her to tell Jem to disclose the location of the gold. Given his date of death on the family record, Brianna and Roger know he is unlikely to make it safely back. William Buccleigh, Roger's Scottish ancestor, who accidentally appears in their time. In the 20th century at Lallybroch, Brianna, Roger, Jem, and Mandy are reading letters from Claire and Jamie from the past, one of which mentions hidden gold, with a location known only to Jem. ![]()
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A Trip with the Tycoon by Nicola Marsh6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Ninemsn Money interview: Love is in the Air: can you make money as a romance novelist?ĭecember 2009 – Birthing Books after Babiesįormula for Romance (excerpt taken from The Indian Express)įebruary 2007 – Financial Times – Mills and Boon sets its cap at Indian market The Age ‘Ruby Awards or romance writers mining for new chick-lit gems’Ĭasey Weekly ‘Author’s Secret is Write from the Heart’ Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centreīig W Eastland, Waverley Gardens, Lilydale, Fountain Gate, Southland, Parkmore Keynote speaker at the Multiple Sclerosis Fund Raiser Ladies Luncheon for 300 people RWAustralia’s conference “Spellbound on Southbank” ![]() “How to Write a Romance’ Moonee Valley Libraries Rivoli Theatre (for Dymocks Camberwell Book Club) ![]() RARE booksigning, Melbourne Convention Centre Nicola has appeared at these venues and is available for author talks: ![]()
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Ghosts alderton6/28/2023 ![]() Which is a surprise to nobody' Candice Carty-Williams 'I loved it - Dolly Alderton has clearly mastered every form of writing. ![]() Dolly Alderton's talent is phenomenal' Elizabeth Day It is wise, funny, tender and true, sharply-observed and utterly hilarious. There's no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who's caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.ĭolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. ![]() Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.Ī new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. ![]() Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. Narrated by Holliday Grainger, star of Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tell it to the Bees and Animals. ![]() The first novel from the award-winning, bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love ![]()
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Prozac nation book6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “I could have had a mastectomy with reconstruction and skipped the part where I got cancer,” she wrote. After her diagnosis, she became an advocate for BRCA testing – something she had not had – and wrote about her cancer experience in The New York Times. Writer David Samuels, a friend since childhood, said the cause was metastatic breast cancer, a disease that resulted from the BRCA genetic mutation. Elizabeth Wurtzel, whose startling 1994 memoir, Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America won praise for opening a dialogue about clinical depression and helped introduce an unsparing style of confessional writing that continues to endure, died on Tuesday in New York City. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Despite Sarbajaya's strong disapproval she remains with the family and shares a special bond with Durga. Like most widowed Brahmins of Bengal, she lives a life without love and respect. ![]() She is the ailing aunt living with the family. Although we are told in the film's narrative that Durga is suffering from an unknown illness, her ultimate death at the end of the film comes as the final blow to Sarbajaya. Sarbajaya often channels her annoyance in life at the elderly Indir and the young Durga. She considers her life a burden as she finds herself alone in her struggle, with Harihar being absent for long periods. Throughout the film she is deeply frustrated yet does not seem cynical. ![]() She had dreams of her own but had to forsake them while managing the family with the paltry sum that Harihar makes. Sarbajaya, Harihar's wife, is another central character in the film. ![]()
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Dave gibbons watchmen6/27/2023 ![]() In 1985, the country is edging toward World War III with the Soviet Union, freelance costumed vigilantes have been outlawed and most former superheroes are in retirement or working for the government. Watchmen depicts an alternate history in which superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s and their presence changed history so that the United States won the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was never exposed. Moore used the story as a means to reflect contemporary anxieties, to deconstruct and satirize the superhero concept and political commentary. ![]() As Moore's proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories, managing editor Dick Giordano convinced Moore to create original characters instead. Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. ![]() It was published monthly by DC Comics in 19 before being collected in a single-volume edition in 1987. ![]() Watchmen is an American comic book maxiseries by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins. ![]()
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The dare game tracy beaker6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() He has also enjoyed stellar success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson's books. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.Find out more about Jacqueline and her books at Sharratt (Illustrator) Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. ![]() She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. Jacqueline Wilson (Author) Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. ![]() |